ag: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ag
- bag«Word Popularity Bar5/5
bag
- noun a flexible container with a single opening
- he stuffed his laundry into a large bag
- noun the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
- his bag included two deer
- noun a flexible container with a single opening
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flag
- noun emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- noun a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
masthead.
- noun emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
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drag
- noun the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
retarding force.
- noun something that slows or delays progress
- taxation is a drag on the economy
- too many laws are a drag on the use of new land
- noun the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
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tag
- noun a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
ticket.
- noun a label associated with something for the purpose of identification
- semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word
- noun a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
- lag4/5
lag
- noun the act of slowing down or falling behind
retardation; slowdown.
- noun the time between one event, process, or period and another
meantime; interim; meanwhile.
- meanwhile the socialists are running the government
- noun the act of slowing down or falling behind
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rag
- noun a small piece of cloth or paper
tatter; shred; tag; tag end.
- noun a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
rag week.
- noun a small piece of cloth or paper
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mag
- noun a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
magazine.
- it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money
- noun a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
- gag3/5
gag
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
joke; jest; laugh; jape.
- he told a very funny joke
- he knows a million gags
- thanks for the laugh
- he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
- even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
- noun restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
muzzle.
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- stag3/5
stag
- noun a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
hart.
- noun adult male deer
- noun a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
- zigzag3/5
zigzag
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
zig; zag.
- verb travel along a zigzag path
crank.
- The river zigzags through the countryside
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
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handbag
- noun a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
bag; purse; pocketbook.
- she reached into her bag and found a comb
- noun a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- slag3/5
slag
- noun the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
dross; scoria.
- verb convert into slag
- noun the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
- dag3/5
dag
- noun 10 grams
decagram; dekagram; dkg.
- noun a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
jag.
- noun 10 grams
- brag3/5
brag
- noun an instance of boastful talk
crow; vaporing; crowing; bragging; line-shooting; gasconade.
- his brag is worse than his fight
- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
- verb show off
blow; boast; gasconade; gas; tout; swash; bluster; shoot a line; vaunt.
- noun an instance of boastful talk
- sontag3/5
sontag
A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.
- fag3/5
fag
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
poove; fairy; nance; queen; fagot; pansy; poof; queer; pouf; faggot.
- noun finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
cigarette; coffin nail; cigaret; butt.
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- jag3/5
jag
- noun a sharp projection on an edge or surface
- he clutched a jag of the rock
- noun a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
- noun a sharp projection on an edge or surface
- sag3/5
sag
- noun a shape that sags
droop.
- there was a sag in the chair seat
- verb droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
flag; swag; droop.
- noun a shape that sags
- nag3/5
nag
- noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
nagger; common scold; scold; scolder.
- noun an old or over-worked horse
plug; jade; hack.
- noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
- wag3/5
wag
- noun a witty amusing person who makes jokes
wit; card.
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
waggle; shake.
- noun a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- snag3/5
snag
- noun a sharp protuberance
- noun a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest
- a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds
- noun a sharp protuberance
- crag3/5
crag
- noun a steep rugged rock or cliff
- noun a steep rugged rock or cliff
- hag3/5
hag
- noun an ugly evil-looking old woman
crone; beldam; witch; beldame.
- noun eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
slime eels; hagfish.
- noun an ugly evil-looking old woman
- gulag3/5
gulag
- noun a Russian prison camp for political prisoners
- noun a Russian prison camp for political prisoners
- reichstag3/5
reichstag
The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire, which is composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. See Bundesrath .
- yag3/5
- shag2/5
shag
- noun a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
- noun a matted tangle of hair or fiber
- the dog's woolly shag
- noun a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
- zag2/5
zag
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
zig; zigzag.
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
- swag2/5
swag
- noun valuable goods
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
booty; prize; pillage; plunder; dirty money; loot.
- noun valuable goods
- beanbag2/5
beanbag
- noun a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; thrown in games
- noun a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; thrown in games
- saddlebag2/5
saddlebag
- noun a large bag (or pair of bags) hung over a saddle
- noun a large bag (or pair of bags) hung over a saddle
- sandbag2/5
sandbag
- noun a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast
- verb treat harshly or unfairly
- noun a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast
- carpetbag2/5
carpetbag
- noun traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century
- adjective following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers
- carpetbag adventurers
- a carpetbag government
- noun traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century
- ragtag2/5
ragtag
- noun disparaging terms for the common people
rabble; riffraff; ragtag and bobtail.
- noun disparaging terms for the common people
- wampanoag2/5
wampanoag
- noun a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims
- noun a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims
- prag2/5
prag
- noun the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century
Prague; Praha; Czech capital.
- noun the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century
- haag2/5
haag
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- bundestag2/5
bundestag
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- cag2/5
- frag2/5
frag
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- airbag2/5
airbag
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- diag2/5
diag
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- freytag2/5
- stalag2/5
stalag
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- maytag2/5
maytag
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- scumbag2/5
scumbag
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- landtag2/5
landtag
The diet or legislative body; as, the .Landtag of Prussia
- riksdag2/5
riksdag
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- nametag2/5
nametag
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- wigwag1/5
wigwag
- verb send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code
- verb signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code
- verb send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code
- workbag1/5
workbag
- noun container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
workbox; workbasket.
- noun container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
- mailbag1/5
mailbag
- noun pouch used in the shipment of mail
mail pouch.
- noun letter carrier's shoulder bag
postbag.
- in Britain they call a mailbag a postbag
- noun pouch used in the shipment of mail
- dishrag1/5
dishrag
- noun a cloth for washing dishes
dishcloth.
- noun a cloth for washing dishes
- schoolbag1/5
schoolbag
- noun a bag for carrying school books and supplies
- found just the right dictionary to fit into his schoolbag
- noun a bag for carrying school books and supplies
- scalawag1/5
scalawag
- noun a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
scallywag.
- noun a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
varlet; rascal; rapscallion; scallywag; rogue; knave.
- noun a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
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ragbag
- noun a motley assortment of things
hotchpotch; farrago; mingle-mangle; oddments; hodgepodge; odds and ends; omnium-gatherum; melange; gallimaufry; mishmash.
- noun a bag in which rags are kept
- noun a motley assortment of things
- kitbag1/5
kitbag
- noun a knapsack (usually for a soldier)
kit bag.
- noun a knapsack (usually for a soldier)
- scrag1/5
scrag
- noun a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
thin person; skin and bones.
- noun lean end of the neck
- noun a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
- gasbag1/5
gasbag
- noun a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
windbag.
- noun the bag containing the gas in a balloon
envelope.
- noun a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
- nosebag1/5
nosebag
- noun a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head
feedbag.
- noun a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head
- scallywag1/5
scallywag
- noun a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
scalawag.
- noun a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
varlet; rascal; rapscallion; rogue; knave; scalawag.
- noun a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
- postbag1/5
postbag
- noun letter carrier's shoulder bag
mailbag.
- in Britain they call a mailbag a postbag
- noun letter carrier's shoulder bag
- feedbag1/5
feedbag
- noun a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head
nosebag.
- noun a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head
- quag1/5
quag
- noun a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
mire; morass; slack; quagmire.
- noun a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- windbag1/5
windbag
- noun a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
gasbag.
- noun a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
- seabag1/5
seabag
- noun a cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear
- noun a cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear
- moneybag1/5
moneybag
- noun a drawstring bag for holding money
- noun a drawstring bag for holding money
- ninhursag1/5
ninhursag
- noun the great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu
Ninkhursag; Ninkharsag.
- noun the great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu
- sprag1/5
sprag
- noun a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline
- noun a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine
pitprop.
- noun a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline
- fleabag1/5
- brobdingnag1/5
brobdingnag
- noun a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous
- noun a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous
- greylag1/5
greylag
- noun common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds
graylag; greylag goose; Anser anser; graylag goose.
- noun common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds
- skag1/5
skag
- noun street names for heroin
nose drops; thunder; hell dust; big H; smack; scag.
- noun street names for heroin
- scag1/5
scag
- noun street names for heroin
skag; nose drops; thunder; hell dust; big H; smack.
- noun street names for heroin
- washrag1/5
washrag
- noun bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
washcloth; face cloth; flannel.
- noun bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
- kashag1/5
kashag
- noun the advisory board of the Tibetan government-in-exile
- noun the advisory board of the Tibetan government-in-exile
- magyarorszag1/5
magyarorszag
- noun a republic in central Europe
Hungary; Republic of Hungary.
- noun a republic in central Europe
- vag1/5
- defrag1/5
defrag
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- pflag1/5
- coag1/5
coag
See Coak , a kind of tenon.
- teabag1/5
teabag
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- minhag1/5
minhag
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- trag1/5
trag
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- rolvaag1/5
rolvaag
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- laoag1/5
- jetlag1/5
jetlag
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- waag1/5
waag
(Zoöl.) The grivet.
- knag1/5
knag
A knot in wood; a protuberance. Wright.
- naumkeag1/5
- oflag1/5
oflag
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- dirtbag1/5
- spag1/5
spag
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- blag1/5
blag
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- aktiebolag1/5
aktiebolag
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- sleazebag1/5
sleazebag
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- ratbag1/5
ratbag
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- clag1/5
clag
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Suffixes of ag
- aggregate«Word Popularity Bar5/5
aggregate
- noun the whole amount
sum; total; totality.
- noun material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
- noun the whole amount
- age5/5
age
- noun how long something has existed
- it was replaced because of its age
- noun an era of history having some distinctive feature
historic period.
- we live in a litigious age
- noun how long something has existed
- agent5/5
agent
- noun an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- their research uncovered new disease agents
- noun a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
- noun an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
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agent
- noun an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- their research uncovered new disease agents
- noun a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
- noun an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
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age
- noun how long something has existed
- it was replaced because of its age
- noun an era of history having some distinctive feature
historic period.
- we live in a litigious age
- noun how long something has existed
- agriculture5/5
agriculture
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
agribusiness; factory farm.
- noun the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
farming; husbandry.
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
- aged5/5
aged
- noun people who are old collectively
elderly.
- special arrangements were available for the aged
- verb begin to seem older; get older
age.
- The death of his wife caused him to age fast
- noun people who are old collectively
- aging5/5
aging
- noun acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
ripening; ageing.
- noun the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
senescence; ageing.
- noun acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
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agreement
- noun the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
understanding.
- they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business
- there was an understanding between management and the workers
- noun compatibility of observations
correspondence.
- there was no agreement between theory and measurement
- the results of two tests were in correspondence
- noun the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
- agency5/5
agency
- noun an administrative unit of government
office; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency.
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- noun a business that serves other businesses
- noun an administrative unit of government
- agreed5/5
agreed
- adjective satellite united by being of the same opinion
in agreement.
- agreed in their distrust of authority
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; concur; agree; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- adjective satellite united by being of the same opinion
- agree5/5
agree
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; concur; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- verb consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something
- She agreed to all my conditions
- He agreed to leave her alone
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
- agricultural5/5
agricultural
- adjective relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
- agricultural engineering
- modern agricultural (or farming) methods
- agricultural (or farm) equipment
- an agricultural college
- adjective satellite relating to rural matters
farming; agrarian.
- an agrarian (or agricultural) society
- farming communities
- adjective relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
- agencies5/5
agency
- noun an administrative unit of government
office; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency.
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- noun a business that serves other businesses
- noun an administrative unit of government
- agreements5/5
agreement
- noun the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
understanding.
- they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business
- there was an understanding between management and the workers
- noun compatibility of observations
correspondence.
- there was no agreement between theory and measurement
- the results of two tests were in correspondence
- noun the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
- aggression5/5
aggression
- noun a disposition to behave aggressively
- noun a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
aggressiveness.
- noun a disposition to behave aggressively
- agrees5/5
agree
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; concur; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- verb consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something
- She agreed to all my conditions
- He agreed to leave her alone
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
- aggressive5/5
aggressive
- adjective having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; positive in his convictions"
- an aggressive businessman
- an aggressive basketball player
- he was aggressive and imperious
- aggressive drivers
- adjective satellite tending to spread quickly
strong-growing; fast-growing.
- an aggressive tumor
- adjective having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; positive in his convictions"
- ago5/5
ago
- adjective satellite gone by; or in the past
agone.
- two years ago
- `agone' is an archaic word for `ago'
- adverb in the past
- long ago
- sixty years ago my grandfather came to the U.S.
- adjective satellite gone by; or in the past
- agenda5/5
agenda
- noun a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
docket; schedule.
- noun a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
order of business; agendum.
- noun a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- again5/5
again
- adverb anew
once more; once again; over again.
- she tried again
- they rehearsed the scene again
- adverb anew
- against5/5
against
Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, ; -- in this sense often preceded by over.against the mouth of a riverJacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale.
- aggregates4/5
aggregate
- noun the whole amount
sum; total; totality.
- noun material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
- noun the whole amount
- agonist4/5
agonist
- noun the principal character in a work of fiction
protagonist.
- noun someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)
- noun the principal character in a work of fiction
- agitated4/5
agitated
- adjective troubled emotionally and usually deeply
- agitated parents
- verb try to stir up public opinion
stir up; agitate; foment.
- adjective troubled emotionally and usually deeply
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ageing
- noun acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
ripening; aging.
- noun the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
aging; senescence.
- noun acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
- aggravated4/5
aggravated
- adjective satellite made more severe or intense especially in law
- aggravated assault
- verb make worse
worsen; aggravate; exasperate; exacerbate.
- This drug aggravates the pain
- adjective satellite made more severe or intense especially in law
- agar4/5
agar
- noun any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
nutrient agar.
- noun a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods
agar-agar.
- noun any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
- agitation4/5
agitation
- noun a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
- noun a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
ferment; unrest; tempestuousness; fermentation.
- the political ferment produced new leadership
- social unrest
- noun a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
- agony4/5
agony
- noun intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
torment; torture.
- an agony of doubt
- the torments of the damned
- noun a state of acute pain
excruciation; suffering.
- noun intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- aggregation4/5
aggregation
- noun several things grouped together or considered as a whole
assemblage; collection; accumulation.
- noun the act of gathering something together
collecting; assembling; collection.
- noun several things grouped together or considered as a whole
- agreeing4/5
agree
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; concur; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- verb consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something
- She agreed to all my conditions
- He agreed to leave her alone
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
- aggregated4/5
aggregated
- adjective satellite formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
aggregate; mass; aggregative.
- aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year
- the aggregated amount of indebtedness
- verb amount in the aggregate to
aggregate.
- adjective satellite formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
- agile4/5
agile
- adjective satellite moving quickly and lightly
quick; spry; nimble.
- sleek and agile as a gymnast
- as nimble as a deer
- nimble fingers
- quick of foot
- the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it
- adjective satellite mentally quick
nimble.
- an agile mind
- nimble wits
- adjective satellite moving quickly and lightly
- agreeable4/5
agreeable
- adjective conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
- Is the plan agreeable to you?
- he's an agreeable fellow
- My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"- Disraeli
- an agreeable manner
- adjective satellite in keeping
concordant; consonant; accordant; conformable.
- salaries agreeable with current trends
- plans conformable with your wishes
- expressed views concordant with his background
- adjective conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
- agendas4/5
agenda
- noun a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
docket; schedule.
- noun a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
order of business; agendum.
- noun a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- aggressively4/5
aggressively
- adverb in an aggressive manner
sharply.
- she was being sharply questioned
- adverb in an aggressive manner
- agrarian4/5
agrarian
- adjective satellite relating to rural matters
agricultural; farming.
- an agrarian (or agricultural) society
- farming communities
- adjective satellite relating to rural matters
- agnes4/5
agnes
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- agonists3/5
agonist
- noun the principal character in a work of fiction
protagonist.
- noun someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)
- noun the principal character in a work of fiction
- aggressor3/5
aggressor
- noun someone who attacks
attacker; assailant; assaulter.
- noun a confident assertive person who acts as instigator
- noun someone who attacks
- aggravating3/5
aggravating
- adjective satellite making worse
exacerbating; exasperating.
- verb make worse
worsen; aggravate; exasperate; exacerbate.
- This drug aggravates the pain
- adjective satellite making worse
- aggravate3/5
aggravate
- verb make worse
worsen; exasperate; exacerbate.
- This drug aggravates the pain
- verb exasperate or irritate
exasperate; exacerbate.
- verb make worse
- agitate3/5
agitate
- verb try to stir up public opinion
stir up; foment.
- verb cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
commove; turn on; excite; charge up; charge; rouse.
- The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
- verb try to stir up public opinion
- aggressors3/5
aggressor
- noun someone who attacks
attacker; assailant; assaulter.
- noun a confident assertive person who acts as instigator
- noun someone who attacks
- agate3/5
agate
- noun an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
- noun an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
- agitating3/5
agitating
- adjective satellite causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
provoking; agitative.
- a provoking delay at the airport
- verb try to stir up public opinion
stir up; agitate; foment.
- adjective satellite causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
- agility3/5
agility
- noun the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
lightsomeness; nimbleness; lightness; legerity.
- noun the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
- agamemnon3/5
agamemnon
- noun (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War
- noun (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War
- aggravation3/5
aggravation
- noun an exasperated feeling of annoyance
exasperation.
- noun unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
provocation; irritation.
- noun an exasperated feeling of annoyance
- agnostic3/5
agnostic
- noun someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
doubter.
- noun a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)
- noun someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
- agonies3/5
agony
- noun intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
torment; torture.
- an agony of doubt
- the torments of the damned
- noun a state of acute pain
excruciation; suffering.
- noun intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- aggregating3/5
aggregate
- noun the whole amount
sum; total; totality.
- noun material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
- noun the whole amount
- agribusiness3/5
agribusiness
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
agriculture; factory farm.
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
- aggregations3/5
aggregation
- noun several things grouped together or considered as a whole
assemblage; collection; accumulation.
- noun the act of gathering something together
collecting; assembling; collection.
- noun several things grouped together or considered as a whole
- aggrandizement3/5
aggrandizement
- noun the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
elevation; aggrandisement.
- the aggrandizement of the king
- his elevation to cardinal
- noun the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
- aggrieved3/5
aggrieve
- verb infringe on the rights of
- verb cause to feel sorrow
grieve.
- his behavior grieves his mother
- verb infringe on the rights of
- agonizing3/5
agonizing
- adjective satellite extremely painful
agonising; excruciating; torturous; torturing; harrowing; torturesome.
- verb cause to agonize
agonize; agonise.
- adjective satellite extremely painful
- aggressiveness3/5
aggressiveness
- noun the quality of being bold and enterprising
- noun a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
aggression.
- noun the quality of being bold and enterprising
- agglomeration3/5
agglomeration
- noun a jumbled collection or mass
- noun the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating
- noun a jumbled collection or mass
- agape3/5
agape
- noun (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind
- noun selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature)
agape love.
- noun (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind
- agonized3/5
agonized
- adjective satellite expressing pain or agony
agonised.
- agonized screams
- verb cause to agonize
agonize; agonise.
- adjective satellite expressing pain or agony
- agassiz3/5
agassiz
- noun United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873)
Louis Agassiz; Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz.
- noun United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873)
- agricola3/5
agricola
- noun Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93)
Gnaeus Julius Agricola.
- noun Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93)
- agra3/5
agra
- noun a city in northern India; former capital of the Mogul empire; site of the Taj Mahal
- noun a city in northern India; former capital of the Mogul empire; site of the Taj Mahal
- agrippa3/5
agrippa
- noun Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.
- noun Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)
- agreeably3/5
agreeably
- adverb in an enjoyable manner
enjoyably; pleasantly.
- we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon
- adverb in an enjoyable manner
- aga3/5
aga
In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.
- agitators3/5
agitator
- noun one who agitates; a political troublemaker
fomenter.
- noun one who agitates; a political troublemaker
- agitator3/5
agitator
- noun one who agitates; a political troublemaker
fomenter.
- noun one who agitates; a political troublemaker
- aghast3/5
aghast
- adjective satellite struck with fear, dread, or consternation
dismayed; appalled; shocked.
- adjective satellite struck with fear, dread, or consternation
- agni3/5
agni
- noun (Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas
- noun (Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas
- agua3/5
agua
- noun largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests
agua toad; Bufo marinus.
- noun largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests
- agora3/5
agora
- noun 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel
- noun the marketplace in ancient Greece
- noun 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel
- agoraphobia3/5
agoraphobia
- noun a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)
- noun a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)
- aground3/5
aground
- adjective stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float
- a ship aground offshore
- a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it
- adverb with the bottom lodged on the ground
- he ran the ship aground
- adjective stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float
- agatha3/5
agatha
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- agric3/5
agric
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- agarose3/5
- agnew3/5
agnew
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- aguilar3/5
aguilar
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- agroforestry3/5
- agr3/5
- agarwal3/5
agarwal
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- aggie3/5
aggie
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- aguirre3/5
aguirre
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- ags2/5
ag
- noun a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
atomic number 47; silver.
- noun a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
- aglow2/5
aglow
- adjective satellite softly bright or radiant
lucent; luminous; lambent.
- a house aglow with lights
- glowing embers
- lambent tongues of flame
- the lucent moon
- a sky luminous with stars
- adjective satellite softly bright or radiant
- aggravates2/5
aggravate
- verb make worse
worsen; exasperate; exacerbate.
- This drug aggravates the pain
- verb exasperate or irritate
exasperate; exacerbate.
- verb make worse
- agglomerates2/5
agglomerate
- noun volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
cumulus; pile; heap; mound; cumulation.
- noun volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- agglomerate2/5
agglomerate
- noun volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
cumulus; pile; heap; mound; cumulation.
- noun volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- agglomerated2/5
agglomerated
- adjective satellite clustered together but not coherent
clustered; agglomerative; agglomerate.
- an agglomerated flower head
- verb form into one cluster
agglomerate.
- adjective satellite clustered together but not coherent
- agitates2/5
agitate
- verb try to stir up public opinion
stir up; foment.
- verb cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
commove; turn on; excite; charge up; charge; rouse.
- The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
- verb try to stir up public opinion
- agates2/5
agate
- noun an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
- noun an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
- agglutination2/5
agglutination
- noun a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins)
- noun the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
- noun a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins)
- agronomy2/5
agronomy
- noun the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production
scientific agriculture.
- noun the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production
- agriculturists2/5
agriculturist
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
agriculturalist; cultivator; raiser; grower.
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- agitations2/5
agitation
- noun a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
- noun a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
ferment; unrest; tempestuousness; fermentation.
- the political ferment produced new leadership
- social unrest
- noun a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
- agriculturalists2/5
agriculturalist
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
cultivator; raiser; grower; agriculturist.
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- aggressions2/5
aggression
- noun a disposition to behave aggressively
- noun a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
aggressiveness.
- noun a disposition to behave aggressively
- agriculturist2/5
agriculturist
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
agriculturalist; cultivator; raiser; grower.
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- agnostics2/5
agnostic
- noun someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
doubter.
- noun a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)
- noun someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
- aggregator2/5
aggregator
- noun a person who collects things
collector.
- noun a person who collects things
- aggrandisement2/5
aggrandisement
- noun the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
elevation; aggrandizement.
- the aggrandizement of the king
- his elevation to cardinal
- noun the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
- aggregators2/5
aggregator
- noun a person who collects things
collector.
- noun a person who collects things
- agglomerative2/5
agglomerative
- adjective satellite clustered together but not coherent
clustered; agglomerated; agglomerate.
- an agglomerated flower head
- adjective satellite clustered together but not coherent
- agriculturalist2/5
agriculturalist
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
cultivator; raiser; grower; agriculturist.
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- aggravations2/5
aggravation
- noun an exasperated feeling of annoyance
exasperation.
- noun unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
provocation; irritation.
- noun an exasperated feeling of annoyance
- agee2/5
agee
- noun United States novelist (1909-1955)
James Agee.
- noun United States novelist (1909-1955)
- agronomic2/5
agronomic
- adjective of or relating to or promoting agronomy
agronomical.
- adjective of or relating to or promoting agronomy
- agrobacterium2/5
agrobacterium
- noun small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems
genus Agrobacterium.
- noun small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems
- ague2/5
ague
- noun a fit of shivering or shaking
- noun successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria
chills and fever.
- noun a fit of shivering or shaking
- agreeableness2/5
agreeableness
- noun pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
amenity.
- a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations
- he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age
- noun a temperamental disposition to be agreeable
agreeability.
- noun pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
- agglomerations2/5
agglomeration
- noun a jumbled collection or mass
- noun the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating
- noun a jumbled collection or mass
- agonising2/5
agonising
- adjective satellite extremely painful
excruciating; torturous; torturing; agonizing; harrowing; torturesome.
- verb cause to agonize
agonize; agonise.
- adjective satellite extremely painful
- agon2/5
agon
- noun a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes
- noun a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes
- agonize2/5
agonize
- verb cause to agonize
agonise.
- verb suffer agony or anguish
agonise.
- verb cause to agonize
- aggregative2/5
aggregative
- adjective satellite formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
aggregate; mass; aggregated.
- aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year
- the aggregated amount of indebtedness
- adjective satellite formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
- agonised2/5
agonised
- adjective satellite expressing pain or agony
agonized.
- agonized screams
- verb cause to agonize
agonize; agonise.
- adjective satellite expressing pain or agony
- aggrandizing2/5
aggrandize
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandise.
- verb add details to
- agnatic2/5
agnatic
- adjective satellite related on the father's side
agnate; paternal.
- a paternal aunt
- adjective satellite related on the father's side
- agronomists2/5
agronomist
- noun an expert in soil management and field-crop production
- noun an expert in soil management and field-crop production
- agitprop2/5
agitprop
- noun political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema
- noun political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema
- agronomist2/5
agronomist
- noun an expert in soil management and field-crop production
- noun an expert in soil management and field-crop production
- agaricus2/5
agaricus
- noun type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species
genus Agaricus.
- noun type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species
- aggrandize2/5
aggrandize
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandise.
- verb add details to
- agios2/5
agio
- noun a fee charged for exchanging currencies
premium; agiotage; exchange premium.
- noun a fee charged for exchanging currencies
- agnates2/5
agnate
- noun one related on the father's side
patrilineal sib; patrikin; patrilineal kin; patrisib.
- adjective satellite related on the father's side
agnatic; paternal.
- a paternal aunt
- noun one related on the father's side
- agonistic2/5
agonistic
- adjective of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
- adjective satellite striving to overcome in argument
combative; agonistical.
- a dialectical and agonistic approach
- adjective of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
- ageless2/5
ageless
- adjective satellite continuing forever or indefinitely
unending; unceasing; perpetual; eternal; eonian; everlasting; aeonian.
- the ageless themes of love and revenge
- eternal truths
- life everlasting
- hell's perpetual fires
- the unending bliss of heaven
- adjective satellite continuing forever or indefinitely
- agha2/5
agha
In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.
- agave2/5
agave
- noun tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
American aloe; century plant.
- noun tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
- agenesis2/5
agenesis
- noun imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part
agenesia.
- noun imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part
- ageism2/5
ageism
- noun discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people
agism.
- noun discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people
- agrippina2/5
agrippina
- noun wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero
Agrippina the Younger.
- noun granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33)
Agrippina the Elder.
- noun wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero
- agincourt2/5
agincourt
- noun a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
- noun a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
- agouti2/5
agouti
- noun agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food
Dasyprocta aguti.
- noun agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food
- agglutinin2/5
agglutinin
- noun an antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen
- noun an antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen
- agone2/5
agone
- adjective satellite gone by; or in the past
ago.
- two years ago
- `agone' is an archaic word for `ago'
- adjective satellite gone by; or in the past
- agnosticism2/5
agnosticism
- noun a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God
- agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God's existence
- noun the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
scepticism; skepticism.
- noun a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God
- agnosia2/5
agnosia
- noun inability to recognize objects by use of the senses
- noun inability to recognize objects by use of the senses
- agranulocytosis2/5
agranulocytosis
- noun an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes
agranulosis; granulocytopenia.
- noun an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes
- agonizingly2/5
agonizingly
- adverb in a very painful manner
excruciatingly; torturously.
- the progress was agonizingly slow
- adverb in a very painful manner
- agog2/5
agog
- adjective satellite highly excited
- adjective satellite highly excited
- agoraphobic2/5
agoraphobic
- adjective satellite suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places
- adjective satellite suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places
- agraphia2/5
agraphia
- noun a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion
logagraphia; anorthography.
- noun a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion
- agama2/5
agama
- noun small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World
- noun small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World
- agamas2/5
agama
- noun small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World
- noun small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World
- agustin2/5
agustin
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- agin2/5
again
- adverb anew
once more; once again; over again.
- she tried again
- they rehearsed the scene again
- adverb anew
- aguinaldo2/5
aguinaldo
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- ager2/5
ager
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- agers2/5
agers
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- agriculturally2/5
agricultural
- adjective relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
- agricultural engineering
- modern agricultural (or farming) methods
- agricultural (or farm) equipment
- an agricultural college
- adjective satellite relating to rural matters
farming; agrarian.
- an agrarian (or agricultural) society
- farming communities
- adjective relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
- agnus2/5
- agentive2/5
agentive
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- agen2/5
again
- adverb anew
once more; once again; over again.
- she tried again
- they rehearsed the scene again
- adverb anew
- agrarians2/5
agrarian
- adjective satellite relating to rural matters
agricultural; farming.
- an agrarian (or agricultural) society
- farming communities
- adjective satellite relating to rural matters
- agron2/5
agron
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- agricole2/5
agricole
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- agraria2/5
agraria
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- agonistes2/5
agonistes
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- agrochemicals2/5
- agt2/5
- aggadah2/5
aggadah
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- agit2/5
agit
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- agassi2/5
agassi
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- agrarianism2/5
agrarianism
An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.
- agulhas2/5
- agata2/5
agata
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- aggadic2/5
aggadic
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- aggradation2/5
aggradation
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- agrochemical2/5
agrochemical
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- agger2/5
agger
An earthwork; a mound; a raised work. Obs. Hearne.
- agadir2/5
- aguascalientes2/5
aguascalientes
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- agonism2/5
agonism
Contention for a prize; a contest. Obs. Blount.
- aggressivity2/5
- ageist2/5
ageist
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- agre2/5
agree
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; concur; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- verb consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something
- She agreed to all my conditions
- He agreed to leave her alone
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
- aguardiente2/5
aguardiente
A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.
- agleam1/5
agleam
- adjective satellite bright with a steady but subdued shining
nitid; gleaming.
- from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights
- the gleaming brass on the altar
- Nereids beneath the nitid moon
- adjective satellite bright with a steady but subdued shining
- aglitter1/5
aglitter
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
glittery; fulgid; glistering; scintillant; coruscant; sparkly; glinting; scintillating; glittering.
- bugle beads all aglitter
- glinting eyes
- glinting water
- his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent
- shop window full of glittering Christmas trees
- glittery costume jewelry
- scintillant mica
- the scintillating stars
- a dress with sparkly sequins
- `glistering' is an archaic term
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
- agglutinative1/5
agglutinative
- adjective satellite forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning
polysynthetic.
- adjective satellite united as if by glue
agglutinate.
- adjective satellite forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning
- agglutinate1/5
agglutinate
- verb string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
- verb clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
- verb string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
- agricultures1/5
agriculture
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
agribusiness; factory farm.
- noun the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
farming; husbandry.
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
- agars1/5
agar
- noun any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
nutrient agar.
- noun a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods
agar-agar.
- noun any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
- agglomerating1/5
agglomerate
- noun volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
cumulus; pile; heap; mound; cumulation.
- noun volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- agential1/5
agential
- adjective of or relating to an agent or agency
- adjective of or relating to an agent or agency
- agglutinated1/5
agglutinate
- verb string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
- verb clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
- verb string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
- agribusinesses1/5
agribusiness
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
agriculture; factory farm.
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
- agaric1/5
agaric
- noun fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses
Fomes igniarius.
- noun a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
- noun fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses
- aggress1/5
aggress
- verb take the initiative and go on the offensive
attack.
- The Serbs attacked the village at night
- The visiting team started to attack
- verb take the initiative and go on the offensive
- aglaia1/5
aglaia
- noun (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces
- noun (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces
- agglutinating1/5
agglutinate
- verb string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
- verb clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
- verb string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
- aggressing1/5
aggress
- verb take the initiative and go on the offensive
attack.
- The Serbs attacked the village at night
- The visiting team started to attack
- verb take the initiative and go on the offensive
- aggressed1/5
aggress
- verb take the initiative and go on the offensive
attack.
- The Serbs attacked the village at night
- The visiting team started to attack
- verb take the initiative and go on the offensive
- agglutinates1/5
agglutinate
- verb string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
- verb clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
- verb string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
- agnatha1/5
agnatha
- noun superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms
superclass Agnatha.
- noun superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms
- agarics1/5
agaric
- noun fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses
Fomes igniarius.
- noun a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
- noun fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses
- agglutinogens1/5
agglutinogen
- noun any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production
- noun any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production
- agglutinogen1/5
agglutinogen
- noun any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production
- noun any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production
- agrostis1/5
agrostis
A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop ( Agrostis vulgaris ), are valuable pasture grasses.
- agues1/5
ague
- noun a fit of shivering or shaking
- noun successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria
chills and fever.
- noun a fit of shivering or shaking
- agonal1/5
agonal
- adjective pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies)
- adjective pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies)
- agropyron1/5
agropyron
- noun perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass
genus Agropyron.
- noun perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass
- aggrandized1/5
aggrandize
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandise.
- verb add details to
- agonizes1/5
agonize
- verb cause to agonize
agonise.
- verb suffer agony or anguish
agonise.
- verb cause to agonize
- agamic1/5
agamic
- adjective satellite (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
agamogenetic; parthenogenetic; apomictic; agamous.
- adjective satellite (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
- agio1/5
agio
- noun a fee charged for exchanging currencies
premium; agiotage; exchange premium.
- noun a fee charged for exchanging currencies
- agnate1/5
agnate
- noun one related on the father's side
patrilineal sib; patrikin; patrilineal kin; patrisib.
- adjective satellite related on the father's side
agnatic; paternal.
- a paternal aunt
- noun one related on the father's side
- aglets1/5
aglet
- noun metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon
aiglet.
- noun ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform
aiguilette; aiglet.
- noun metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon
- aggrading1/5
aggrade
- verb build up to a level by depositing sediment
- verb build up to a level by depositing sediment
- agronomical1/5
agronomical
- adjective of or relating to or promoting agronomy
agronomic.
- adjective of or relating to or promoting agronomy
- agonise1/5
agonise
- verb cause to agonize
agonize.
- verb suffer agony or anguish
agonize.
- verb cause to agonize
- agkistrodon1/5
agkistrodon
- noun copperheads
genus Agkistrodon; genus Ancistrodon; Ancistrodon.
- noun copperheads
- agathis1/5
agathis
- noun kauri pine
genus Agathis.
- noun kauri pine
- aglet1/5
aglet
- noun metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon
aiglet.
- noun ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform
aiguilette; aiglet.
- noun metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon
- aggrandising1/5
aggrandise
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandize.
- verb add details to
- agelaius1/5
agelaius
- noun red-winged blackbirds
genus Agelaius.
- noun red-winged blackbirds
- aggrandise1/5
aggrandise
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandize.
- verb add details to
- agal1/5
agal
- noun a cord (usually of goat's hair) that Arabs (especially Bedouins) wind around their heads to hold down the kaffiyeh
- noun a cord (usually of goat's hair) that Arabs (especially Bedouins) wind around their heads to hold down the kaffiyeh
- agamous1/5
agamous
- adjective satellite (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
agamic; agamogenetic; parthenogenetic; apomictic.
- adjective satellite (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
- agones1/5
agon
- noun a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes
- noun a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes
- agaricales1/5
agaricales
- noun typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
order Agaricales.
- noun typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
- agalactia1/5
agalactia
- noun a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered
agalactosis.
- noun a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered
- agamidae1/5
agamidae
- noun an Old World reptile family of Sauria
family Agamidae.
- noun an Old World reptile family of Sauria
- aggraded1/5
aggrade
- verb build up to a level by depositing sediment
- verb build up to a level by depositing sediment
- aggrandizes1/5
aggrandize
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandise.
- verb add details to
- aglaonema1/5
aglaonema
- noun climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen
genus Aglaonema.
- noun climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen
- aggrieve1/5
aggrieve
- verb infringe on the rights of
- verb cause to feel sorrow
grieve.
- his behavior grieves his mother
- verb infringe on the rights of
- aggrandised1/5
aggrandise
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandize.
- verb add details to
- agglutinins1/5
agglutinin
- noun an antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen
- noun an antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen
- agaves1/5
agave
- noun tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
American aloe; century plant.
- noun tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
- agrimony1/5
agrimony
- noun a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers
agrimonia.
- noun a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers
- agas1/5
aga
- noun title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
Agha.
- noun title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
- agendum1/5
agendum
- noun a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
order of business; agenda.
- noun a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
- aggro1/5
aggro
- noun (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression
- I skipped it because it was too much aggro
- noun (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression
- aghas1/5
agha
- noun title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
Aga.
- noun title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
- agilely1/5
agilely
- adverb in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease
nimbly.
- nimbly scaling an iron gate"- Charles Dickens
- leaped agilely from roof to roof
- adverb in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease
- aguacate1/5
aguacate
- noun a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
alligator pear; avocado; avocado pear.
- noun a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
- agoutis1/5
agouti
- noun agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food
Dasyprocta aguti.
- noun agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food
- agelong1/5
agelong
- adjective satellite lasting through all time
- agelong struggle for freedom
- adjective satellite lasting through all time
- agelessness1/5
agelessness
- noun the quality of being timeless and eternal
- noun the quality of being timeless and eternal
- agavaceae1/5
agavaceae
- noun chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
sisal family; family Agavaceae; agave family.
- noun chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
- agastache1/5
agastache
- noun giant hyssop; Mexican hyssop
genus Agastache.
- noun giant hyssop; Mexican hyssop
- agnation1/5
agnation
- noun line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family
patrilineage.
- noun line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family
- agreeability1/5
agreeability
- noun a temperamental disposition to be agreeable
agreeableness.
- noun a temperamental disposition to be agreeable
- agrapha1/5
agrapha
- noun sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels
- noun sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels
- agrimonia1/5
agrimonia
- noun a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers
agrimony.
- noun a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers
- agdistis1/5
agdistis
- noun Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele
- noun Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele
- aggravator1/5
aggravator
- noun an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
annoyance.
- noun an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
- aggravators1/5
aggravator
- noun an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
annoyance.
- noun an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
- agrostemma1/5
agrostemma
- noun a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles
genus Agrostemma.
- noun a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles
- aguish1/5
aguish
- adjective satellite affected by ague
- adjective satellite affected by ague
- agnathan1/5
agnathan
- noun eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
jawless fish; jawless vertebrate.
- noun eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
- agrigento1/5
agrigento
- noun a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples
Acragas.
- noun a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples
- agapanthus1/5
agapanthus
- noun any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
lily of the Nile.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
- ageratum1/5
ageratum
- noun rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
mistflower; Conoclinium coelestinum; Eupatorium coelestinum; mist-flower.
- noun any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers
- noun rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
- agnosias1/5
agnosia
- noun inability to recognize objects by use of the senses
- noun inability to recognize objects by use of the senses
- agoras1/5
agora
- noun 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel
- noun the marketplace in ancient Greece
- noun 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel
- agammaglobulinemia1/5
agammaglobulinemia
- noun a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection
- noun a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection
- aggravatingly1/5
aggravatingly
- adverb in an aggravating fashion
- his hair was caught aggravatingly in the branches of the tree
- adverb in an aggravating fashion
- aggies1/5
aggies
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- agitational1/5
- agitatedly1/5
agitated
- adjective troubled emotionally and usually deeply
- agitated parents
- verb try to stir up public opinion
stir up; agitate; foment.
- adjective troubled emotionally and usually deeply
- agood1/5
agood
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- agenting1/5
agent
- noun an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- their research uncovered new disease agents
- noun a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
- noun an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- agrammatism1/5
- aglycone1/5
aglycone
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- agented1/5
agent
- noun an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- their research uncovered new disease agents
- noun a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
- noun an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- aggiornamento1/5
- agoing1/5
go
- noun a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
turn; tour; spell.
- it's my go
- a spell of work
- noun street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
cristal; ecstasy; XTC; Adam; X; hug drug; disco biscuit.
- noun a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- agrin1/5
agrin
In the act of grinning. "His visage all agrin." Tennyson.
- agroindustrial1/5
- agana1/5
agana
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- agma1/5
agma
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- agains1/5
again
- adverb anew
once more; once again; over again.
- she tried again
- they rehearsed the scene again
- adverb anew
- agba1/5
agba
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- agentivity1/5
- agapeic1/5
agapeic
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- aganglionic1/5
aganglionic
(Physiol.) Without ganglia.
- aguada1/5
- agilis1/5
agilis
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- agitato1/5
agitato
(Med.) Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner.
- agentry1/5
agentry
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- aglycones1/5
- agronomically1/5
agronomical
- adjective of or relating to or promoting agronomy
agronomic.
- adjective of or relating to or promoting agronomy
- agne1/5
agne
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- agonisingly1/5
agonising
- adjective satellite extremely painful
excruciating; torturous; torturing; agonizing; harrowing; torturesome.
- verb cause to agonize
agonize; agonise.
- adjective satellite extremely painful
- agreat1/5
- agneau1/5
- agst1/5
agst
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- agemates1/5
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- agoraphobics1/5
agoraphobic
- adjective satellite suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places
- adjective satellite suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places
- agroindustry1/5
- agada1/5
agada
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- agrestis1/5
agrestis
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- agram1/5
agram
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- agmatine1/5
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agitans
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agita
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- agonia1/5
agonia
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- agassizii1/5
agassizii
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agami
(Zoöl.) A South American bird ( Psophia crepitans ), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also thegold-breasted trumpeter . Its body is about the size of the pheasant. SeeTrumpeter .
- aggadot1/5
aggadot
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- agonic1/5
agonic
Not forming an angle.
- agy1/5
- aggada1/5
aggada
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- agalma1/5
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ago
- adjective satellite gone by; or in the past
agone.
- two years ago
- `agone' is an archaic word for `ago'
- adverb in the past
- long ago
- sixty years ago my grandfather came to the U.S.
- adjective satellite gone by; or in the past
- agrichemicals1/5
- agad1/5
agad
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- agoge1/5
agoge
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- agogic1/5
agogic
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agrichemical
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- agria1/5
agria
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agistment
(Law) (a) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests. (b) The taking in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certain rate. Mozley & W. (c) The price paid for such feeding. (d) A charge or rate against lands; as, an , i. e., charge for banks or dikes.agistment of sea banks
- agrest1/5
agrest
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- agla1/5
agla
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- agonistics1/5
agonistic
- adjective of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
- adjective satellite striving to overcome in argument
combative; agonistical.
- a dialectical and agonistic approach
- adjective of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
- agness1/5
agness
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- agley1/5
agley
Aside; askew. Scotch Burns.
- ageusia1/5
- aggregatum1/5
aggregatum
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aget
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- agnosis1/5
agnosis
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aglycon
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- aggrandizers1/5
aggrandizer
One who aggrandizes, or makes great.
- agyria1/5
- agnel1/5
agnel
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- aggrievedly1/5
aggrieve
- verb infringe on the rights of
- verb cause to feel sorrow
grieve.
- his behavior grieves his mother
- verb infringe on the rights of
- agricultor1/5
agricultor
An agriculturist; a farmer. R.
- agila1/5
agila
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- agust1/5
agust
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Derived words of ag
- fragments«Word Popularity Bar5/5
fragment
- noun a piece broken off or cut off of something else
- a fragment of rock
- noun a broken piece of a brittle artifact
sherd; shard.
- noun a piece broken off or cut off of something else
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carriage
- noun a railcar where passengers ride
coach; passenger car.
- noun a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
rig; equipage.
- noun a railcar where passengers ride
- fragment5/5
fragment
- noun a piece broken off or cut off of something else
- a fragment of rock
- noun a broken piece of a brittle artifact
sherd; shard.
- noun a piece broken off or cut off of something else
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magnificent
- adjective satellite characterized by grandeur
brilliant; splendid; glorious.
- the brilliant court life at Versailles
- a glorious work of art
- magnificent cathedrals
- the splendid coronation ceremony
- adjective satellite characterized by grandeur
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propagation
- noun the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
extension.
- noun the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
generation; multiplication.
- noun the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
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language
- noun a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
linguistic communication.
- he taught foreign languages
- the language introduced is standard throughout the text
- the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written
- noun (language) communication by word of mouth
oral communication; spoken language; voice communication; speech communication; speech; spoken communication.
- his speech was garbled
- he uttered harsh language
- he recorded the spoken language of the streets
- noun a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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management
- noun the act of managing something
direction.
- he was given overall management of the program
- is the direction of the economy a function of government?
- noun those in charge of running a business
- noun the act of managing something
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page
- noun one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
- noun English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)
Sir Frederick Handley Page.
- noun one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
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image
- noun an iconic mental representation
mental image.
- her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate
- noun (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
persona.
- a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty
- noun an iconic mental representation
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stage
- noun any distinct time period in a sequence of events
phase.
- we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected
- noun a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
point; degree; level.
- a remarkable degree of frankness
- at what stage are the social sciences?
- noun any distinct time period in a sequence of events
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message
- noun a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
- he sent a three-word message
- noun what a communication that is about something is about
content; substance; subject matter.
- noun a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
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image
- noun an iconic mental representation
mental image.
- her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate
- noun (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
persona.
- a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty
- noun an iconic mental representation
- pages5/5
page
- noun one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
- noun English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)
Sir Frederick Handley Page.
- noun one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
- damage5/5
damage
- noun the occurrence of a change for the worse
harm; impairment.
- noun loss of military equipment
equipment casualty.
- noun the occurrence of a change for the worse
- passage5/5
passage
- noun the act of passing from one state or place to the next
transition.
- noun a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- noun the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- managed5/5
manage
- verb be successful; achieve a goal
negociate; bring off; carry off; pull off.
- She succeeded in persuading us all
- I managed to carry the box upstairs
- She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it
- The pianist negociated the difficult runs
- verb be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
handle; deal; care.
- I can deal with this crew of workers
- This blender can't handle nuts
- She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old
- verb be successful; achieve a goal
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language
- noun a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
linguistic communication.
- he taught foreign languages
- the language introduced is standard throughout the text
- the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written
- noun (language) communication by word of mouth
oral communication; spoken language; voice communication; speech communication; speech; spoken communication.
- his speech was garbled
- he uttered harsh language
- he recorded the spoken language of the streets
- noun a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
- engaged5/5
engaged
- adjective satellite having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
occupied.
- she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities
- deeply engaged in conversation
- verb carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
pursue; prosecute; engage.
- She pursued many activities
- They engaged in a discussion
- adjective satellite having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
- stages5/5
stage
- noun any distinct time period in a sequence of events
phase.
- we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected
- noun a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
point; degree; level.
- a remarkable degree of frankness
- at what stage are the social sciences?
- noun any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- storage5/5
storage
- noun the act of storing something
- noun a depository for goods
entrepot; depot; store; storehouse.
- storehouses were built close to the docks
- noun the act of storing something
- messages5/5
message
- noun a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
- he sent a three-word message
- noun what a communication that is about something is about
content; substance; subject matter.
- noun a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
- manage5/5
manage
- verb be successful; achieve a goal
negociate; bring off; carry off; pull off.
- She succeeded in persuading us all
- I managed to carry the box upstairs
- She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it
- The pianist negociated the difficult runs
- verb be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
handle; deal; care.
- I can deal with this crew of workers
- This blender can't handle nuts
- She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old
- verb be successful; achieve a goal
- engage5/5
engage
- verb carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
pursue; prosecute.
- She pursued many activities
- They engaged in a discussion
- verb consume all of one's attention or time
engross; absorb; occupy.
- Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely
- verb carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
- magnetic5/5
magnetic
- adjective of or relating to or caused by magnetism
- magnetic forces
- adjective having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel
magnetized; magnetised.
- the hard disk is covered with a thin coat of magnetic material
- adjective of or relating to or caused by magnetism
- managing5/5
manage
- verb be successful; achieve a goal
negociate; bring off; carry off; pull off.
- She succeeded in persuading us all
- I managed to carry the box upstairs
- She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it
- The pianist negociated the difficult runs
- verb be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
handle; deal; care.
- I can deal with this crew of workers
- This blender can't handle nuts
- She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old
- verb be successful; achieve a goal
- voltage5/5
voltage
- noun the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts
electromotive force; emf.
- noun the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
electric potential; potential difference; potential; potential drop.
- noun the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts
- package5/5
package
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
parcel; packet; bundle.
- noun a wrapped container
parcel.
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
- magnitude5/5
magnitude
- noun the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
- they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion
- about the magnitude of a small pea
- noun a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
order of magnitude.
- noun the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
- damages5/5
damages
- noun a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
indemnification; amends; redress; indemnity; restitution.
- noun the occurrence of a change for the worse
harm; impairment; damage.
- noun a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- passages5/5
passage
- noun the act of passing from one state or place to the next
transition.
- noun a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- noun the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- damaged5/5
damaged
- adjective harmed or injured or spoiled
- I won't buy damaged goods
- the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings
- verb inflict damage upon
damage.
- The snow damaged the roof
- She damaged the car when she hit the tree
- adjective harmed or injured or spoiled
- rage5/5
rage
- noun a feeling of intense anger
fury; madness.
- hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
- his face turned red with rage
- noun a state of extreme anger
- she fell into a rage and refused to answer
- noun a feeling of intense anger
- bags5/5
bag
- noun a flexible container with a single opening
- he stuffed his laundry into a large bag
- noun the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
- his bag included two deer
- noun a flexible container with a single opening
- engaging5/5
engaging
- adjective satellite attracting or delighting
piquant.
- an engaging frankness
- a piquant face with large appealing eyes
- verb carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
pursue; prosecute; engage.
- She pursued many activities
- They engaged in a discussion
- adjective satellite attracting or delighting
- packages5/5
package
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
parcel; packet; bundle.
- noun a wrapped container
parcel.
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
- dragged5/5
drag
- noun the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
retarding force.
- noun something that slows or delays progress
- taxation is a drag on the economy
- too many laws are a drag on the use of new land
- noun the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
- eagle5/5
eagle
- noun any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
bird of Jove.
- noun (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
- noun any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
- disagree5/5
disagree
- verb be of different opinions
dissent; differ; take issue.
- I beg to differ!
- She disagrees with her husband on many questions
- verb be different from one another
disaccord; discord.
- verb be of different opinions
- average5/5
average
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
norm.
- it set the norm for American homes
- noun (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
- manager5/5
manager
- noun someone who controls resources and expenditures
director; managing director.
- noun (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team
handler; coach.
- noun someone who controls resources and expenditures
- managers5/5
manager
- noun someone who controls resources and expenditures
director; managing director.
- noun (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team
handler; coach.
- noun someone who controls resources and expenditures
- encourage5/5
encourage
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
- paragraph5/5
paragraph
- noun one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
- verb divide into paragraphs, as of text
- This story is well paragraphed
- noun one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
- encouraged5/5
encouraged
- adjective satellite inspired with confidence
bucked up.
- felt bucked up by his success
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; encourage; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- adjective satellite inspired with confidence
- coverage5/5
coverage
- noun the total amount and type of insurance carried
insurance coverage.
- noun the extent to which something is covered
- the dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent
- noun the total amount and type of insurance carried
- wage5/5
wage
- noun something that remunerates
pay; earnings; salary; remuneration.
- wages were paid by check
- he wasted his pay on drink
- they saved a quarter of all their earnings
- verb carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
engage.
- Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe
- noun something that remunerates
- wages5/5
wages
- noun a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
reward; payoff.
- the wages of sin is death
- virtue is its own reward
- noun something that remunerates
wage; pay; earnings; salary; remuneration.
- wages were paid by check
- he wasted his pay on drink
- they saved a quarter of all their earnings
- noun a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
- diagram5/5
diagram
- noun a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
- verb make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
plot.
- noun a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
- imaging5/5
imaging
- noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
mental imagery; imagination; imagery.
- he could still hear her in his imagination
- noun (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
tomography.
- noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
- heritage5/5
heritage
- noun practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
- a heritage of freedom
- noun any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
inheritance.
- my only inheritance was my mother's blessing
- the world's heritage of knowledge
- noun practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
- usage5/5
usage
- noun the act of using
use; utilization; utilisation; employment; exercise.
- he warned against the use of narcotic drugs
- skilled in the utilization of computers
- noun accepted or habitual practice
usance; custom.
- noun the act of using
- engagement5/5
engagement
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
battle; conflict; fight.
- Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
- he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- noun a meeting arranged in advance
date; appointment.
- she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- sage5/5
sage
- noun a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- noun aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc
- noun a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- encouraging5/5
encouraging
- adjective giving courage or confidence or hope
- encouraging advances in medical research
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; encourage; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- adjective giving courage or confidence or hope
- mortgage5/5
mortgage
- noun a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- verb put up as security or collateral
- noun a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- voyage5/5
voyage
- noun an act of traveling by water
ocean trip.
- noun a journey to some distant place
- noun an act of traveling by water
- propaganda5/5
propaganda
- noun information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
- noun information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
- savage5/5
savage
- noun a member of an uncivilized people
barbarian.
- noun a cruelly rapacious person
beast; wolf; brute; wildcat.
- noun a member of an uncivilized people
- imaginary5/5
imaginary
- noun (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
complex number; complex quantity; imaginary number.
- adjective satellite not based on fact; unreal
notional; fanciful.
- the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt
- a small child's imaginary friends
- to create a notional world for oneself
- noun (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
- drainage5/5
drainage
- noun emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
drain.
- noun emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
- wagon5/5
wagon
- noun any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
waggon.
- noun van used by police to transport prisoners
police van; paddy wagon; police wagon; patrol wagon; black Maria.
- noun any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
- managerial5/5
managerial
- adjective of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management
- adjective of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management
- paragraphs5/5
paragraph
- noun one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
- verb divide into paragraphs, as of text
- This story is well paragraphed
- noun one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
- diagrams5/5
diagram
- noun a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
- verb make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
plot.
- noun a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
- cage5/5
cage
- noun an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
coop.
- noun something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
- noun an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
- marriage5/5
marriage
- noun the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
union; spousal relationship; matrimony; wedlock.
- a long and happy marriage
- God bless this union
- noun two people who are married to each other
married couple; man and wife.
- his second marriage was happier than the first
- a married couple without love
- noun the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- advantage5/5
advantage
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
vantage.
- the experience gave him the advantage over me
- noun (tennis) first point scored after deuce
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
- chicago5/5
chicago
- noun largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
Windy City.
- noun a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Michigan; Newmarket; boodle; stops.
- noun largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
- imagine5/5
imagine
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
conceive of; envisage; ideate.
- Can you conceive of him as the president?
- verb expect, believe, or suppose
guess; reckon; suppose; opine; think.
- I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
- I thought to find her in a bad state
- he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
- I guess she is angry at me for standing her up
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- percentage5/5
percentage
- noun a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
percent; pct; per centum.
- noun assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
portion; part; share.
- he wanted his share in cash
- noun a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
- diagnosis5/5
diagnosis
- noun identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
diagnosing.
- noun identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
- magazine5/5
magazine
- noun a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
mag.
- it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money
- noun product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object
- tripped over a pile of magazines
- noun a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
- imagination5/5
imagination
- noun the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
imaginativeness; vision.
- popular imagination created a world of demons
- imagination reveals what the world could be
- noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
mental imagery; imagery; imaging.
- he could still hear her in his imagination
- noun the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
- advantages5/5
advantage
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
vantage.
- the experience gave him the advantage over me
- noun (tennis) first point scored after deuce
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
- league5/5
league
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
conference.
- noun an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
- imagined5/5
imagine
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
conceive of; envisage; ideate.
- Can you conceive of him as the president?
- verb expect, believe, or suppose
guess; reckon; suppose; opine; think.
- I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
- I thought to find her in a bad state
- he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
- I guess she is angry at me for standing her up
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- diagnostic5/5
diagnostic
- adjective concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis
- a diagnostic reading test
- adjective satellite characteristic or indicative of a disease
symptomatic.
- a diagnostic sign of yellow fever
- a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever
- symptomatic of insanity
- a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown
- adjective concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis
- tragedy5/5
tragedy
- noun an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
calamity; cataclysm; catastrophe; disaster.
- the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
- the earthquake was a disaster
- noun drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
- noun an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- magazines5/5
magazine
- noun a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
mag.
- it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money
- noun product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object
- tripped over a pile of magazines
- noun a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
- vague5/5
vague
- adjective satellite not clearly understood or expressed
obscure.
- an obscure turn of phrase
- an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard
- their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin
- vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
- adjective not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
undefined.
- an undefined term
- undefined authority
- some undefined sense of excitement
- vague feelings of sadness
- a vague uneasiness
- adjective satellite not clearly understood or expressed
- imagery5/5
imagery
- noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
mental imagery; imagination; imaging.
- he could still hear her in his imagination
- noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
- encouragement5/5
encouragement
- noun the expression of approval and support
- noun the act of giving hope or support to someone
boost.
- noun the expression of approval and support
- marriages5/5
marriage
- noun the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
union; spousal relationship; matrimony; wedlock.
- a long and happy marriage
- God bless this union
- noun two people who are married to each other
married couple; man and wife.
- his second marriage was happier than the first
- a married couple without love
- noun the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- dragon5/5
dragon
- noun a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
firedrake.
- noun a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
tartar.
- noun a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
- disadvantages5/5
disadvantage
- noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
- verb put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
disfavor; disfavour.
- This rule clearly disadvantages me
- noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
- wagner5/5
wagner
- noun Austrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918)
Otto Wagner.
- noun German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883)
Richard Wagner; Wilhelm Richard Wagner.
- noun Austrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918)
- disadvantage5/5
disadvantage
- noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
- verb put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
disfavor; disfavour.
- This rule clearly disadvantages me
- noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
- diagnosed5/5
diagnose
- verb determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
name.
- verb subject to a medical analysis
- verb determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- pragmatic5/5
pragmatic
- noun an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land
pragmatic sanction.
- adjective satellite concerned with practical matters
matter-of-fact; pragmatical.
- a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem
- a matter-of-fact account of the trip
- noun an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land
- garage5/5
garage
- noun an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
- noun a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired
service department.
- noun an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
- plague5/5
plague
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
pestilence; pestis; pest.
- noun any epidemic disease with a high death rate
pestilence; pest.
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- village5/5
village
- noun a community of people smaller than a town
settlement; small town.
- noun a settlement smaller than a town
hamlet.
- noun a community of people smaller than a town
- colleagues5/5
colleague
- noun an associate that one works with
workfellow; fellow worker; co-worker.
- noun a person who is member of one's class or profession
confrere; fellow.
- the surgeon consulted his colleagues
- he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers
- noun an associate that one works with
- magic5/5
magic
- noun any art that invokes supernatural powers
thaumaturgy.
- noun an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
thaumaturgy; legerdemain; conjuring trick; trick; deception; conjuration; magic trick; illusion.
- noun any art that invokes supernatural powers
- courage5/5
courage
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
courageousness; braveness; bravery.
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
- villages5/5
village
- noun a community of people smaller than a town
settlement; small town.
- noun a settlement smaller than a town
hamlet.
- noun a community of people smaller than a town
- eager5/5
eager
- noun a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
bore; eagre; aegir; tidal bore.
- adjective having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
- eager to learn
- eager to travel abroad
- eager for success
- eager helpers
- an eager look
- noun a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
- reagan5/5
reagan
- noun 40th President of the United States (1911-2004)
President Reagan; Ronald Wilson Reagan; Ronald Reagan.
- noun 40th President of the United States (1911-2004)
- tragic5/5
tragic
- adjective satellite very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
tragical.
- a tragic face
- a tragic plight
- a tragic accident
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy
- tragic hero
- adjective satellite very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
- cottage5/5
cottage
- noun a small house with a single story
bungalow.
- noun a small house with a single story
- magical5/5
magical
- adjective satellite possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
magic; wizard; witching; wizardly; charming; sorcerous.
- charming incantations
- magic signs that protect against adverse influence
- a magical spell
- 'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare
- wizard wands
- wizardly powers
- adjective satellite possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
- colleague5/5
colleague
- noun an associate that one works with
workfellow; fellow worker; co-worker.
- noun a person who is member of one's class or profession
confrere; fellow.
- the surgeon consulted his colleagues
- he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers
- noun an associate that one works with
- magnesium4/5
magnesium
- noun a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)
atomic number 12; Mg.
- noun a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)
- garbage4/5
garbage
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
scraps; food waste; refuse.
- noun a worthless message
drivel.
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
- sewage4/5
sewage
- noun waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
sewerage.
- noun waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
- fragmentation4/5
fragmentation
- noun separating something into fine particles
atomisation; atomization.
- noun the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships
- noun separating something into fine particles
- fragmented4/5
fragmented
- adjective satellite having been divided; having the unity destroyed
disunited; disconnected; split.
- Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell
- a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White
- a fragmented coalition
- a split group
- verb break or cause to break into pieces
fragment; fragmentize; fragmentise; break up.
- The plate fragmented
- adjective satellite having been divided; having the unity destroyed
- magnet4/5
magnet
- noun (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
- noun a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
attraction; attractive feature; attracter; attractor.
- flowers are an attractor for bees
- noun (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
- diaphragm4/5
diaphragm
- noun a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
stop.
- the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
- noun (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration
midriff.
- noun a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
- antagonism4/5
antagonism
- noun a state of deep-seated ill-will
enmity; hostility.
- noun the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors
- the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism
- noun a state of deep-seated ill-will
- messaging4/5
messaging
- noun the sending and processing of e-mail by computer
electronic messaging.
- verb send a message to
message.
- She messaged the committee
- noun the sending and processing of e-mail by computer
- carriages4/5
carriage
- noun a railcar where passengers ride
coach; passenger car.
- noun a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
rig; equipage.
- noun a railcar where passengers ride
- propagate4/5
propagate
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- propagate these characteristics
- verb travel through the air
- sound and light propagate in this medium
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- propagated4/5
propagate
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- propagate these characteristics
- verb travel through the air
- sound and light propagate in this medium
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- massage4/5
massage
- noun kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation
- verb manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
knead; rub down.
- She rubbed down her child with a sponge
- noun kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation
- flags4/5
flag
- noun emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- noun a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
masthead.
- noun emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- leverage4/5
leverage
- noun the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
purchase.
- noun strategic advantage; power to act effectively
- relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage
- noun the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- damaging4/5
damaging
- adjective satellite (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
prejudicial; detrimental; prejudicious.
- damaging to career and reputation
- the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant
- verb inflict damage upon
damage.
- The snow damaged the roof
- She damaged the car when she hit the tree
- adjective satellite (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
- dragging4/5
dragging
- adjective satellite marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner
- it was a strange dragging approach
- years of dragging war
- verb pull, as against a resistance
drag.
- He dragged the big suitcase behind him
- These worries were dragging at him
- adjective satellite marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner
- staging4/5
staging
- noun the production of a drama on the stage
theatrical production.
- noun a system of scaffolds
scaffolding.
- noun the production of a drama on the stage
- manages4/5
manage
- verb be successful; achieve a goal
negociate; bring off; carry off; pull off.
- She succeeded in persuading us all
- I managed to carry the box upstairs
- She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it
- The pianist negociated the difficult runs
- verb be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
handle; deal; care.
- I can deal with this crew of workers
- This blender can't handle nuts
- She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old
- verb be successful; achieve a goal
- staged4/5
staged
- adjective written for or performed on the stage
- a staged version of the novel
- verb perform (a play), especially on a stage
represent; present; stage.
- we are going to stage `Othello'
- adjective written for or performed on the stage
- baggage4/5
baggage
- noun cases used to carry belongings when traveling
luggage.
- noun a worthless or immoral woman
- noun cases used to carry belongings when traveling
- luggage4/5
luggage
- noun cases used to carry belongings when traveling
baggage.
- noun cases used to carry belongings when traveling
- ragged4/5
ragged
- adjective satellite being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
- clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's
- a ragged tramp
- verb treat cruelly
bedevil; rag; crucify; dun; frustrate; torment.
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- adjective satellite being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
- engages4/5
engage
- verb carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
pursue; prosecute.
- She pursued many activities
- They engaged in a discussion
- verb consume all of one's attention or time
engross; absorb; occupy.
- Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely
- verb carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
- raging4/5
raging
- adjective satellite characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
hot.
- the fighting became hot and heavy
- a hot engagement
- a raging battle
- the river became a raging torrent
- verb behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
ramp; storm; rage.
- adjective satellite characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense
- vagina4/5
vagina
- noun the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
- the vagina receives the penis during coitus
- the vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a fetus
- noun the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
- staggered4/5
stagger
- noun an unsteady uneven gait
lurch; stumble.
- verb walk as if unable to control one's movements
swag; lurch; keel; careen; reel.
- The drunken man staggered into the room
- noun an unsteady uneven gait
- disagreed4/5
disagree
- verb be of different opinions
dissent; differ; take issue.
- I beg to differ!
- She disagrees with her husband on many questions
- verb be different from one another
disaccord; discord.
- verb be of different opinions
- antagonist4/5
antagonist
- noun someone who offers opposition
resister; opposer; adversary; opponent.
- noun a muscle that relaxes while another contracts
- when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist
- noun someone who offers opposition
- beverages4/5
beverage
- noun any liquid suitable for drinking
drinkable; potable; drink.
- may I take your beverage order?
- noun any liquid suitable for drinking
- antagonists4/5
antagonist
- noun someone who offers opposition
resister; opposer; adversary; opponent.
- noun a muscle that relaxes while another contracts
- when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist
- noun someone who offers opposition
- rags4/5
rag
- noun a small piece of cloth or paper
tatter; shred; tag; tag end.
- noun a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
rag week.
- noun a small piece of cloth or paper
- dagger4/5
dagger
- noun a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
sticker.
- noun a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
obelisk.
- noun a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
- staggering4/5
staggering
- adjective satellite so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
astonishing; stupefying; astounding.
- such an enormous response was astonishing
- an astounding achievement
- the amount of money required was staggering
- suffered a staggering defeat
- the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying
- verb walk as if unable to control one's movements
swag; lurch; stagger; keel; careen; reel.
- The drunken man staggered into the room
- adjective satellite so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
- beverage4/5
beverage
- noun any liquid suitable for drinking
drinkable; potable; drink.
- may I take your beverage order?
- noun any liquid suitable for drinking
- eagles4/5
eagle
- noun any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
bird of Jove.
- noun (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
- noun any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
- voltages4/5
voltage
- noun the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts
electromotive force; emf.
- noun the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
electric potential; potential difference; potential; potential drop.
- noun the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts
- antagonistic4/5
antagonistic
- adjective satellite indicating opposition or resistance
counter.
- adjective satellite characterized by antagonism or antipathy
antipathetic; antipathetical.
- slaves antagonistic to their masters
- antipathetic factions within the party
- adjective satellite indicating opposition or resistance
- archipelago4/5
archipelago
- noun a group of many islands in a large body of water
- noun a group of many islands in a large body of water
- raged4/5
rag
- noun a small piece of cloth or paper
tatter; shred; tag; tag end.
- noun a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
rag week.
- noun a small piece of cloth or paper
- postage4/5
postage
- noun the charge for mailing something
- noun a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid
stamp; postage stamp.
- noun the charge for mailing something
- encourages4/5
encourage
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
- exaggerated4/5
exaggerated
- adjective satellite represented as greater than is true or reasonable
overstated; overdone.
- an exaggerated opinion of oneself
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- adjective satellite represented as greater than is true or reasonable
- tags4/5
tag
- noun a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
ticket.
- noun a label associated with something for the purpose of identification
- semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word
- noun a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
- pagan4/5
pagan
- noun a person who does not acknowledge your god
heathen; infidel; gentile.
- noun a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)
- noun a person who does not acknowledge your god
- packaging4/5
packaging
- noun the business of packing
- his business is packaging for transport
- noun a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
promotional material; promotion; publicity.
- the packaging of new ideas
- noun the business of packing
- patronage4/5
patronage
- noun the act of providing approval and support
backing; championship; backup.
- his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives
- noun customers collectively
clientele; business.
- they have an upper class clientele
- noun the act of providing approval and support
- disagreement4/5
disagreement
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
dissonance; dissension.
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
divergence; discrepancy; variance.
- a growing divergence of opinion
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- linkage4/5
linkage
- noun an associative relation
- noun (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
gene linkage.
- noun an associative relation
- electromagnetic4/5
electromagnetic
- adjective pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion
- electromagnetic energy
- adjective pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion
- magistrate4/5
magistrate
- noun a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
- noun a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
- dosage4/5
dosage
- noun the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
dose.
- noun a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
dose.
- noun the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
- lineage4/5
lineage
- noun the descendants of one individual
pedigree; parentage; descent; bloodline; ancestry; stemma; blood; line; stock; line of descent; origin; blood line.
- his entire lineage has been warriors
- noun the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
filiation; line of descent; descent.
- noun the descendants of one individual
- discouraged4/5
discouraged
- adjective satellite made less hopeful or enthusiastic
disheartened; demoralized; demoralised.
- desperate demoralized people looking for work
- felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
- the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
discourage; deter.
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- adjective satellite made less hopeful or enthusiastic
- vaginal4/5
vaginal
- adjective of or relating to the vagina
- vaginal suppository
- adjective of or relating to the vagina
- averaged4/5
average
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
norm.
- it set the norm for American homes
- noun (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
- diagonal4/5
diagonal
- noun (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
- noun a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
bias.
- noun (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
- linkages4/5
linkage
- noun an associative relation
- noun (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
gene linkage.
- noun an associative relation
- foliage4/5
foliage
- noun the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
leaf; leafage.
- noun (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
foliation.
- noun the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- cartilage4/5
cartilage
- noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
gristle.
- noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
- collagen4/5
collagen
- noun a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
- noun a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
- pedagogy4/5
pedagogy
- noun the principles and methods of instruction
teaching method; pedagogics.
- noun the profession of a teacher
teaching; instruction.
- he prepared for teaching while still in college
- pedagogy is recognized as an important profession
- noun the principles and methods of instruction
- magistrates4/5
magistrate
- noun a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
- noun a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
- wagons4/5
wagon
- noun any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
waggon.
- noun van used by police to transport prisoners
police van; paddy wagon; police wagon; patrol wagon; black Maria.
- noun any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
- discourage4/5
discourage
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
deter.
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- verb deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
- averages4/5
average
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
norm.
- it set the norm for American homes
- noun (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
- leakage4/5
leakage
- noun the discharge of a fluid from some container
leak; outflow; escape.
- they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe
- he had to clean up the leak
- noun the discharge of a fluid from some container
- outrage4/5
outrage
- noun a feeling of righteous anger
indignation.
- noun a wantonly cruel act
- noun a feeling of righteous anger
- pentagon4/5
pentagon
- noun a five-sided polygon
- noun a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
- noun a five-sided polygon
- cleavage4/5
cleavage
- noun the state of being split or cleft
- there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members
- noun the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
- noun the state of being split or cleft
- averaging4/5
average
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
norm.
- it set the norm for American homes
- noun (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
- savages4/5
savage
- noun a member of an uncivilized people
barbarian.
- noun a cruelly rapacious person
beast; wolf; brute; wildcat.
- noun a member of an uncivilized people
- assemblage4/5
assemblage
- noun a group of persons together in one place
gathering.
- noun a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
hookup.
- noun a group of persons together in one place
- salvage4/5
salvage
- noun property or goods saved from damage or destruction
- noun the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
- noun property or goods saved from damage or destruction
- cabbage4/5
cabbage
- noun any of various types of cabbage
chou.
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; boodle; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; pelf; lolly; bread.
- noun any of various types of cabbage
- disagreements4/5
disagreement
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
dissonance; dissension.
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
divergence; discrepancy; variance.
- a growing divergence of opinion
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- vantage4/5
vantage
- noun place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
advantage.
- the experience gave him the advantage over me
- noun place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
- engagements4/5
engagement
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
battle; conflict; fight.
- Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
- he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- noun a meeting arranged in advance
date; appointment.
- she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- outrageous4/5
outrageous
- adjective satellite grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
hideous; horrific; horrid.
- subjected to outrageous cruelty
- a hideous pattern of injustice
- horrific conditions in the mining industry
- adjective satellite greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
extortionate; usurious; exorbitant; unconscionable; steep.
- exorbitant rent
- extortionate prices
- spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
- usurious interest rate
- unconscionable spending
- adjective satellite grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
- packaged4/5
packaged
- adjective enclosed in a package or protective covering
- packaged cereals
- verb put into a box
box; package.
- box the gift, please
- adjective enclosed in a package or protective covering
- fragrance4/5
fragrance
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
perfume; scent; aroma.
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
bouquet; redolence; fragrancy; sweetness.
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
- voyages4/5
voyage
- noun an act of traveling by water
ocean trip.
- noun a journey to some distant place
- noun an act of traveling by water
- coagulation4/5
coagulation
- noun the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
clotting; curdling.
- noun the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
- pragmatism4/5
pragmatism
- noun (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
- noun the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
realism.
- noun (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
- mortgages4/5
mortgage
- noun a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- verb put up as security or collateral
- noun a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- manageable4/5
manageable
- adjective capable of being managed or controlled
- adjective satellite capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do
accomplishable; doable; achievable; realizable.
- adjective capable of being managed or controlled
- outraged4/5
outraged
- adjective satellite angered at something unjust or wrong
umbrageous; incensed; indignant.
- an indignant denial
- incensed at the judges' unfairness
- a look of outraged disbelief
- umbrageous at the loss of their territory
- verb strike with disgust or revulsion
scandalize; appal; shock; appall; scandalise; outrage; offend.
- The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
- adjective satellite angered at something unjust or wrong
- waged4/5
wag
- noun a witty amusing person who makes jokes
wit; card.
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
waggle; shake.
- noun a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- piaget4/5
piaget
- noun Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980)
Jean Piaget.
- noun Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980)
- esophagus4/5
esophagus
- noun the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
gorge; oesophagus; gullet.
- noun the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
- stagnation4/5
stagnation
- noun a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
doldrums; stagnancy.
- economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation
- noun inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation
stagnancy.
- noun a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
- foraging4/5
foraging
- noun the act of searching for food and provisions
forage.
- verb collect or look around for (food)
forage; scrounge.
- noun the act of searching for food and provisions
- contagious4/5
contagious
- adjective satellite easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
- a contagious grin
- adjective satellite (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
transmittable; transmissible; communicable; catching; contractable.
- adjective satellite easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
- gage4/5
gage
- noun street names for marijuana
sess; skunk; pot; weed; smoke; Mary Jane; sens; grass; green goddess; dope; locoweed.
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
gauge.
- noun street names for marijuana
- brokerage4/5
brokerage
- noun a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller
securities firm; brokerage firm.
- noun the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties
- noun a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller
- anchorage4/5
anchorage
- noun the condition of being secured to a base
- the plant needs a firm anchorage
- the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family
- noun a fee for anchoring
- noun the condition of being secured to a base
- fragmentary4/5
fragmentary
- adjective satellite consisting of small disconnected parts
fragmental.
- fragmentary remains
- adjective satellite consisting of small disconnected parts
- magnetism4/5
magnetism
- noun attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
magnetic attraction; magnetic force.
- noun the branch of science that studies magnetism
magnetics.
- noun attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
- shrinkage4/5
shrinkage
- noun process or result of becoming less or smaller
shrinking.
- the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage
- noun the amount by which something shrinks
- noun process or result of becoming less or smaller
- forage4/5
forage
- noun bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
eatage; pasturage; grass; pasture.
- noun the act of searching for food and provisions
foraging.
- noun bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
- tagged4/5
tagged
- adjective bearing or marked with a label or tag
labeled; labelled.
- properly labeled luggage
- verb attach a tag or label to
mark; tag; label.
- label these bottles
- adjective bearing or marked with a label or tag
- assemblages4/5
assemblage
- noun a group of persons together in one place
gathering.
- noun a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
hookup.
- noun a group of persons together in one place
- magnified4/5
magnified
- adjective satellite enlarged to an abnormal degree
exaggerated; enlarged.
- thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
magnify; amplify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- adjective satellite enlarged to an abnormal degree
- jagged4/5
jagged
- adjective satellite having a sharply uneven surface or outline
scraggy; jaggy.
- the jagged outline of the crags
- scraggy cliffs
- verb cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge
jag.
- adjective satellite having a sharply uneven surface or outline
- madagascar4/5
madagascar
- noun a republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960
Malagasy Republic; Republic of Madagascar.
- noun an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world
- noun a republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960
- bandage4/5
bandage
- noun a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
patch.
- verb wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
bind.
- noun a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
- discouraging4/5
discouraging
- adjective depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
- where never is heard a discouraging word
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
discourage; deter.
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- adjective depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
- barrage4/5
barrage
- noun the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
outpouring; onslaught; bombardment.
- a barrage of questions
- a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
- noun the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
battery; barrage fire; bombardment; shelling.
- they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
- the shelling went on for hours without pausing
- noun the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- cages4/5
cage
- noun an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
coop.
- noun something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
- noun an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
- fragile4/5
fragile
- adjective satellite easily broken or damaged or destroyed
delicate; frail.
- a kite too delicate to fly safely
- fragile porcelain plates
- fragile old bones
- a frail craft
- adjective satellite vulnerably delicate
- she has the fragile beauty of youth
- adjective satellite easily broken or damaged or destroyed
- villagers4/5
villager
- noun one who has lived in a village most of their life
- noun one who has lived in a village most of their life
- shortage4/5
shortage
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
shortfall; deficit.
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
- noun an acute insufficiency
famine; dearth.
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- imaginative4/5
imaginative
- adjective satellite (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
inventive.
- an imaginative use of material
- the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford
- an ingenious device
- had an inventive turn of mind
- inventive ceramics
- adjective satellite (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
- teenagers4/5
teenager
- noun a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
teen; adolescent; stripling.
- noun a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
- teenage4/5
teenage
- adjective satellite being of the age 13 through 19
teen; teenaged; adolescent.
- teenage mothers
- the teen years
- adjective satellite being of the age 13 through 19
- pilgrimage4/5
pilgrimage
- noun a journey to a sacred place
pilgrim's journey.
- noun a journey to a sacred place
- suffrage4/5
suffrage
- noun a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
right to vote; vote.
- American women got the vote in 1920
- noun a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
- percentages4/5
percentage
- noun a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
percent; pct; per centum.
- noun assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
portion; part; share.
- he wanted his share in cash
- noun a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
- imagining4/5
imagine
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
conceive of; envisage; ideate.
- Can you conceive of him as the president?
- verb expect, believe, or suppose
guess; reckon; suppose; opine; think.
- I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
- I thought to find her in a bad state
- he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
- I guess she is angry at me for standing her up
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- vintage4/5
vintage
- noun a season's yield of wine from a vineyard
- noun the oldness of wines
time of origin.
- noun a season's yield of wine from a vineyard
- hemorrhage4/5
hemorrhage
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
bleeding; haemorrhage.
- verb lose blood from one's body
shed blood; bleed.
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
- synagogue4/5
synagogue
- noun (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
temple; tabernacle.
- noun (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
- protagonist4/5
protagonist
- noun a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
champion; admirer; supporter; friend; booster.
- all their supporters came out for the game
- they are friends of the library
- noun the principal character in a work of fiction
agonist.
- noun a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
- advantageous4/5
advantageous
- adjective giving an advantage
- a contract advantageous to our country
- socially advantageous to entertain often
- adjective satellite appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
- adjective giving an advantage
- teenager4/5
teenager
- noun a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
teen; adolescent; stripling.
- noun a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
- santiago4/5
santiago
- noun city in the northern Dominican Republic
Santiago de los Caballeros.
- noun a port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center
Santiago de Cuba.
- noun city in the northern Dominican Republic
- disadvantaged4/5
disadvantaged
- adjective satellite marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
deprived.
- a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity
- boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law
- verb put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
disfavor; disfavour; disadvantage.
- This rule clearly disadvantages me
- adjective satellite marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
- leagues4/5
league
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
conference.
- noun an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
- bondage4/5
bondage
- noun the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
- he was in bondage to fear:
- he sought release from his bondage to Satan
- a self freed from the bondage of time
- noun the state of being under the control of another person
thrall; thraldom; thralldom; slavery.
- noun the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
- diagnoses4/5
diagnosis
- noun identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
diagnosing.
- noun identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
- pedagogical4/5
pedagogical
- adjective of or relating to pedagogy
pedagogic.
- pedagogical significance
- adjective of or relating to pedagogy
- envisaged4/5
envisage
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
conceive of; ideate; imagine.
- Can you conceive of him as the president?
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- shortages4/5
shortage
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
shortfall; deficit.
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
- noun an acute insufficiency
famine; dearth.
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- exaggeration4/5
exaggeration
- noun extravagant exaggeration
hyperbole.
- noun the act of making something more noticeable than usual
- the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness
- noun extravagant exaggeration
- sages4/5
sage
- noun a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- noun aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc
- noun a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- plagued4/5
plague
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
pestilence; pestis; pest.
- noun any epidemic disease with a high death rate
pestilence; pest.
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- diagnose4/5
diagnose
- verb determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
name.
- verb subject to a medical analysis
- verb determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- protagonists4/5
protagonist
- noun a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
champion; admirer; supporter; friend; booster.
- all their supporters came out for the game
- they are friends of the library
- noun the principal character in a work of fiction
agonist.
- noun a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
- fragrant4/5
fragrant
- adjective pleasant-smelling
- adjective pleasant-smelling
- magician4/5
magician
- noun someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
illusionist; prestidigitator; conjurer; conjuror.
- noun one who practices magic or sorcery
necromancer; wizard; thaumaturgist; thaumaturge; sorcerer.
- noun someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
- esophageal4/5
esophageal
- adjective relating to the esophagus
- adjective relating to the esophagus
- sausage4/5
sausage
- noun highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
- noun a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
sausage balloon; blimp.
- noun highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
- magnification4/5
magnification
- noun the act of expanding something in apparent size
- noun the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object
- noun the act of expanding something in apparent size
- tragedies4/5
tragedy
- noun an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
calamity; cataclysm; catastrophe; disaster.
- the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
- the earthquake was a disaster
- noun drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
- noun an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- bragg4/5
brag
- noun an instance of boastful talk
crow; vaporing; crowing; bragging; line-shooting; gasconade.
- his brag is worse than his fight
- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
- verb show off
blow; boast; gasconade; gas; tout; swash; bluster; shoot a line; vaunt.
- noun an instance of boastful talk
- lagos4/5
lagos
- noun chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria
- noun chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria
- dragons4/5
dragon
- noun a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
firedrake.
- noun a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
tartar.
- noun a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
- imagines4/5
imagine
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
conceive of; envisage; ideate.
- Can you conceive of him as the president?
- verb expect, believe, or suppose
guess; reckon; suppose; opine; think.
- I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
- I thought to find her in a bad state
- he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
- I guess she is angry at me for standing her up
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- meager4/5
meager
- adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent
stingy; scrimpy; meagerly; meagre.
- meager resources
- meager fare
- adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent
- reagent4/5
reagent
- noun a chemical agent for use in chemical reactions
- noun a chemical agent for use in chemical reactions
- reagents4/5
reagent
- noun a chemical agent for use in chemical reactions
- noun a chemical agent for use in chemical reactions
- imaginations4/5
imagination
- noun the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
imaginativeness; vision.
- popular imagination created a world of demons
- imagination reveals what the world could be
- noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
mental imagery; imagery; imaging.
- he could still hear her in his imagination
- noun the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
- champagne4/5
champagne
- noun a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
bubbly.
- noun a region of northeastern France
Champagne-Ardenne.
- noun a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
- vaguely4/5
vaguely
- adverb in a vague way
mistily.
- he looked vaguely familiar
- he explained it somewhat mistily
- adverb in a vague way
- courageous4/5
courageous
- adjective possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
brave.
- Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville
- a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth
- set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory
- adjective possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
- homage4/5
homage
- noun respectful deference
court.
- pay court to the emperor
- noun respectful deference
- extravagant4/5
extravagant
- adjective satellite unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
overweening; excessive; exuberant.
- extravagant praise
- exuberant compliments
- overweening ambition
- overweening greed
- adjective satellite recklessly wasteful
prodigal; spendthrift; profligate.
- prodigal in their expenditures
- adjective satellite unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
- macrophages4/5
macrophage
- noun a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
- noun a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
- footage4/5
footage
- noun film that has been shot
- they had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes
- he edited the news footage
- noun a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done
- noun film that has been shot
- eagerness4/5
eagerness
- noun a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
keenness; avidity; avidness.
- noun prompt willingness
zeal; readiness; forwardness.
- readiness to continue discussions
- they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel
- they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority
- he tried to explain his forwardness in battle
- noun a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
- hostage4/5
hostage
- noun a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
surety.
- noun a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- disagreeable4/5
disagreeable
- adjective not to your liking
- a disagreeable situation
- adjective satellite unpleasant to interact with
- a disagreeable old man
- adjective not to your liking
- lagoon4/5
lagoon
- noun a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
lagune; laguna.
- noun a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
- cottages4/5
cottage
- noun a small house with a single story
bungalow.
- noun a small house with a single story
- enraged4/5
enraged
- adjective satellite marked by extreme anger
furious; angered; maddened; infuriated.
- the enraged bull attached
- furious about the accident
- a furious scowl
- infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy
- could not control the maddened crowd
- verb put into a rage; make violently angry
enrage.
- adjective satellite marked by extreme anger
- sabotage4/5
sabotage
- noun a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
- verb destroy property or hinder normal operations
countermine; subvert; counteract; undermine; weaken.
- The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
- noun a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
- hostages4/5
hostage
- noun a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
surety.
- noun a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- niagara4/5
niagara
- noun waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls
Niagara Falls.
- noun a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York
Niagara River.
- noun waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls
- prague4/5
prague
- noun the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century
Praha; Czech capital; Prag.
- noun the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century
- baghdad4/5
baghdad
- noun capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River
capital of Iraq; Bagdad.
- Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world
- noun capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River
- copenhagen4/5
copenhagen
- noun the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand
Danish capital; Kobenhavn.
- Copenhagen is sometimes called the Paris of the North
- noun the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand
- saga4/5
saga
- noun a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- noun a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- imaginable4/5
imaginable
- adjective satellite capable of being imagined
conceivable.
- that is one possible answer
- adjective satellite capable of being imagined
- espionage4/5
espionage
- noun the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets
- noun the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets
- eagerly4/5
eagerly
- adverb with eagerness; in an eager manner
thirstily.
- the news was eagerly awaited
- adverb with eagerness; in an eager manner
- nicaragua4/5
nicaragua
- noun a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821
Republic of Nicaragua.
- noun a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821
- maggie4/5
maggie
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- hague4/5
hague
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- gallagher4/5
gallagher
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- magnus4/5
magnus
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- magma3/5
magma
- noun molten rock in the earth's crust
- noun molten rock in the earth's crust
- plumage3/5
plumage
- noun the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
feather; plume.
- noun the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
- portage3/5
portage
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- noun overland track between navigable waterways
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- sewerage3/5
sewerage
- noun waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
sewage.
- noun a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
cloaca; sewer.
- noun waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
- magnesia3/5
magnesia
- noun a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium
periclase; magnesium oxide.
- noun a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium
- propagating3/5
propagate
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- propagate these characteristics
- verb travel through the air
- sound and light propagate in this medium
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- magnets3/5
magnet
- noun (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
- noun a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
attraction; attractive feature; attracter; attractor.
- flowers are an attractor for bees
- noun (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
- lagged3/5
lag
- noun the act of slowing down or falling behind
retardation; slowdown.
- noun the time between one event, process, or period and another
meantime; interim; meanwhile.
- meanwhile the socialists are running the government
- noun the act of slowing down or falling behind
- magnetization3/5
magnetization
- noun the extent or degree to which something is magnetized
magnetisation.
- noun the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently)
magnetisation; magnetic induction.
- noun the extent or degree to which something is magnetized
- lags3/5
lag
- noun the act of slowing down or falling behind
retardation; slowdown.
- noun the time between one event, process, or period and another
meantime; interim; meanwhile.
- meanwhile the socialists are running the government
- noun the act of slowing down or falling behind
- lagging3/5
lagging
- noun used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat
- verb hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
dawdle; fall behind; fall back; lag.
- noun used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat
- propagates3/5
propagate
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- propagate these characteristics
- verb travel through the air
- sound and light propagate in this medium
- verb transmit from one generation to the next
- antagonisms3/5
antagonism
- noun a state of deep-seated ill-will
enmity; hostility.
- noun the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors
- the inherent antagonism of capitalism and socialism
- noun a state of deep-seated ill-will
- magnitudes3/5
magnitude
- noun the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
- they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion
- about the magnitude of a small pea
- noun a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
order of magnitude.
- noun the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
- camouflage3/5
camouflage
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
disguise.
- the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories
- noun fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
camo.
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- contagion3/5
contagion
- noun any disease easily transmitted by contact
contagious disease.
- noun an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
transmission; infection.
- noun any disease easily transmitted by contact
- magnificence3/5
magnificence
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
impressiveness; grandness; richness.
- the grandness of the architecture
- impressed by the richness of the flora
- noun the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
grandness; brilliance; splendour; grandeur; splendor.
- for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel
- his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects
- it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor
- an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art
- advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
- blockage3/5
blockage
- noun the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
obstruction.
- noun an obstruction in a pipe or tube
closure; stoppage; occlusion; stop; block.
- we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
- noun the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
- shaggy3/5
shaggy
- adjective satellite used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
shaggy-haired; shaggy-coated; bushy.
- bushy locks
- a shaggy beard
- adjective satellite having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags
shagged.
- junipers with shagged trunks
- shaggy rugs
- adjective satellite used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
- passageway3/5
passageway
- noun a passage between rooms or between buildings
- noun a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
passage.
- the nasal passages
- noun a passage between rooms or between buildings
- vagaries3/5
vagary
- noun an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
- the vagaries of the weather
- his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market
- he has dealt with human vagaries for many years
- noun an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
- magnolia3/5
magnolia
- noun dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine
- noun any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms
- noun dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine
- disengaged3/5
disengage
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
withdraw.
- I want to disengage myself from his influence
- disengage the gears
- verb free or remove obstruction from
free.
- free a path across the cluttered floor
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
- drags3/5
drag
- noun the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
retarding force.
- noun something that slows or delays progress
- taxation is a drag on the economy
- too many laws are a drag on the use of new land
- noun the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
- flagged3/5
flag
- noun emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- noun a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
masthead.
- noun emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- disagrees3/5
disagree
- verb be of different opinions
dissent; differ; take issue.
- I beg to differ!
- She disagrees with her husband on many questions
- verb be different from one another
disaccord; discord.
- verb be of different opinions
- daggers3/5
dagger
- noun a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
sticker.
- noun a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
obelisk.
- noun a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
- seepage3/5
seepage
- noun the process of seeping
oozing; ooze.
- noun the process of seeping
- magnificently3/5
magnificently
- adverb extremely well
excellently; splendidly; famously.
- he did splendidly in the exam
- we got along famously
- adverb in an impressively beautiful manner
gorgeously; splendidly; resplendently.
- the Princess was gorgeously dressed
- adverb extremely well
- rages3/5
rage
- noun a feeling of intense anger
fury; madness.
- hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
- his face turned red with rage
- noun a state of extreme anger
- she fell into a rage and refused to answer
- noun a feeling of intense anger
- assuage3/5
assuage
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb satisfy (thirst)
quench; allay; slake.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- stagger3/5
stagger
- noun an unsteady uneven gait
lurch; stumble.
- verb walk as if unable to control one's movements
swag; lurch; keel; careen; reel.
- The drunken man staggered into the room
- noun an unsteady uneven gait
- pager3/5
pager
- noun an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
beeper.
- noun an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
- massaging3/5
massage
- noun kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation
- verb manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
knead; rub down.
- She rubbed down her child with a sponge
- noun kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation
- disengage3/5
disengage
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
withdraw.
- I want to disengage myself from his influence
- disengage the gears
- verb free or remove obstruction from
free.
- free a path across the cluttered floor
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
- massaged3/5
massage
- noun kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation
- verb manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
knead; rub down.
- She rubbed down her child with a sponge
- noun kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation
- vagabond3/5
vagabond
- noun anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
- pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea
- noun a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
floater; vagrant; drifter.
- noun anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
- stoppage3/5
stoppage
- noun the state of inactivity following an interruption
halt; stop; hitch; arrest; stay; check.
- the negotiations were in arrest
- held them in check
- during the halt he got some lunch
- the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
- he spent the entire stop in his seat
- noun an obstruction in a pipe or tube
closure; blockage; occlusion; stop; block.
- we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
- noun the state of inactivity following an interruption
- cartilaginous3/5
cartilaginous
- adjective of or relating to cartilage
- adjective satellite difficult to chew
gristly; rubbery.
- adjective of or relating to cartilage
- gagged3/5
gag
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
joke; jest; laugh; jape.
- he told a very funny joke
- he knows a million gags
- thanks for the laugh
- he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
- even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
- noun restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
muzzle.
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- disagreeing3/5
disagree
- verb be of different opinions
dissent; differ; take issue.
- I beg to differ!
- She disagrees with her husband on many questions
- verb be different from one another
disaccord; discord.
- verb be of different opinions
- magnetite3/5
magnetite
- noun an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets
magnetic iron-ore.
- noun an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets
- flagging3/5
flagging
- noun flagstones collectively
- there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place
- noun a walk of flagstones
- the flagging in the garden was quite imaginative
- noun flagstones collectively
- craggy3/5
craggy
- adjective satellite having hills and crags
cragged; mountainous; hilly.
- hilly terrain
- adjective satellite having hills and crags
- passageways3/5
passageway
- noun a passage between rooms or between buildings
- noun a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
passage.
- the nasal passages
- noun a passage between rooms or between buildings
- propagandist3/5
propagandist
- noun a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
- adjective of or relating to or characterized by propaganda
propagandistic.
- noun a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
- propagandists3/5
propagandist
- noun a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
- adjective of or relating to or characterized by propaganda
propagandistic.
- noun a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government
- vagabonds3/5
vagabond
- noun anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
- pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea
- noun a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
floater; vagrant; drifter.
- noun anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
- stagnant3/5
stagnant
- adjective satellite not circulating or flowing
dead.
- dead air
- dead water
- stagnant water
- adjective satellite not growing or changing; without force or vitality
moribund.
- adjective satellite not circulating or flowing
- diagnostics3/5
diagnostics
- noun the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease
nosology.
- noun the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease
- lineages3/5
lineage
- noun the descendants of one individual
pedigree; parentage; descent; bloodline; ancestry; stemma; blood; line; stock; line of descent; origin; blood line.
- his entire lineage has been warriors
- noun the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
filiation; line of descent; descent.
- noun the descendants of one individual
- coinage3/5
coinage
- noun coins collectively
metal money; specie; mintage.
- noun a newly invented word or phrase
neologism; neology.
- noun coins collectively
- exaggerate3/5
exaggerate
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb do something to an excessive degree
overdo.
- He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- haggard3/5
haggard
- adjective satellite showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
careworn; raddled; worn; drawn.
- looking careworn as she bent over her mending
- her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness
- that raddled but still noble face
- shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens
- noun British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
Sir Henry Rider Haggard; Rider Haggard.
- adjective satellite showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
- mileage3/5
mileage
- noun distance measured in miles
milage.
- noun the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned
fuel consumption rate; gasoline mileage; gas mileage.
- noun distance measured in miles
- pagans3/5
pagan
- noun a person who does not acknowledge your god
heathen; infidel; gentile.
- noun a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)
- noun a person who does not acknowledge your god
- fragility3/5
fragility
- noun quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
frangibleness; breakability; frangibility.
- noun lack of physical strength
delicacy.
- noun quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
- usages3/5
usage
- noun the act of using
use; utilization; utilisation; employment; exercise.
- he warned against the use of narcotic drugs
- skilled in the utilization of computers
- noun accepted or habitual practice
usance; custom.
- noun the act of using
- bandages3/5
bandage
- noun a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
patch.
- verb wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
bind.
- noun a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
- personage3/5
personage
- noun another word for person; a person not meriting identification
- a strange personage appeared at the door
- noun a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
important person; influential person.
- noun another word for person; a person not meriting identification
- flagship3/5
flagship
- noun the chief one of a related group
- it is their flagship newspaper
- noun the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag
- noun the chief one of a related group
- wreckage3/5
wreckage
- noun the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked
- they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors
- noun the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked
- aragon3/5
aragon
- noun French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982)
Louis Aragon.
- noun a region of northeastern Spain; a former kingdom that united with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (after the marriage of Ferdinand V and Isabella I)
- noun French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982)
- carnage3/5
carnage
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
butchery; massacre; mass murder; slaughter.
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
- dosages3/5
dosage
- noun the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
dose.
- noun a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
dose.
- noun the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
- mirage3/5
mirage
- noun an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
- noun something illusory and unattainable
- noun an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
- magnifying3/5
magnify
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
amplify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
- tillage3/5
tillage
- noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
cultivated land; farmland; tilled land; ploughland; tilth; plowland.
- noun the cultivation of soil for raising crops
- noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
- personages3/5
personage
- noun another word for person; a person not meriting identification
- a strange personage appeared at the door
- noun a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
important person; influential person.
- noun another word for person; a person not meriting identification
- waging3/5
wag
- noun a witty amusing person who makes jokes
wit; card.
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
waggle; shake.
- noun a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- tagging3/5
tag
- noun a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
ticket.
- noun a label associated with something for the purpose of identification
- semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word
- noun a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
- parentage3/5
parentage
- noun the state of being a parent
parenthood.
- to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man
- noun the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
birth.
- noun the state of being a parent
- tagore3/5
tagore
- noun Indian writer and philosopher whose poetry (based on traditional Hindu themes) pioneered the use of colloquial Bengali (1861-1941)
Rabindranath Tagore; Sir Rabindranath Tagore.
- noun Indian writer and philosopher whose poetry (based on traditional Hindu themes) pioneered the use of colloquial Bengali (1861-1941)
- leveraged3/5
leverage
- noun the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
purchase.
- noun strategic advantage; power to act effectively
- relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage
- noun the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- mismanagement3/5
mismanagement
- noun management that is careless or inefficient
misdirection.
- he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies
- noun management that is careless or inefficient
- disengagement3/5
disengagement
- noun the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
detachment.
- noun to break off a military action with an enemy
fallback; pullout.
- noun the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
- paging3/5
paging
- noun calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system)
- the public address system in the hospital was used for paging
- noun the system of numbering pages
pagination; page number; folio.
- noun calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system)
- tobago3/5
tobago
- noun island in West Indies
- noun island in West Indies
- breakage3/5
breakage
- noun the quantity broken
- the total breakage was huge
- noun reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
- noun the quantity broken
- visage3/5
visage
- noun the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
smiler; physiognomy; mug; kisser; countenance; phiz.
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
countenance.
- a pleasant countenance
- a stern visage
- noun the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
- exaggerating3/5
exaggerate
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb do something to an excessive degree
overdo.
- He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- appendages3/5
appendage
- noun an external body part that projects from the body
extremity; member.
- it is important to keep the extremities warm
- noun a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
process; outgrowth.
- a bony process
- noun an external body part that projects from the body
- tutelage3/5
tutelage
- noun teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
tutorship; tuition.
- noun attention and management implying responsibility for safety
charge; guardianship; care.
- he is in the care of a bodyguard
- noun teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
- leveraging3/5
leveraging
- noun investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)
leverage.
- verb supplement with leverage
leverage.
- leverage the money that is already available
- noun investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)
- voyager3/5
voyager
- noun a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)
- noun a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)
- magnify3/5
magnify
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
amplify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
- magenta3/5
magenta
- noun a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
- noun a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
Battle of Magenta.
- noun a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
- slippage3/5
slippage
- noun a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping
- noun decline from a standard level of performance or achievement
- noun a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping
- bandaged3/5
bandaged
- adjective satellite covered or wrapped with a bandage
bound.
- the bandaged wound on the back of his head
- an injury bound in fresh gauze
- verb wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
bind; bandage.
- adjective satellite covered or wrapped with a bandage
- appendage3/5
appendage
- noun an external body part that projects from the body
extremity; member.
- it is important to keep the extremities warm
- noun a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
process; outgrowth.
- a bony process
- noun an external body part that projects from the body
- paragon3/5
paragon
- noun an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
beau ideal; idol; perfection.
- noun model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
nonesuch; nonsuch; apotheosis; ideal; saint; nonpareil.
- noun an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
- outrages3/5
outrage
- noun a feeling of righteous anger
indignation.
- noun a wantonly cruel act
- noun a feeling of righteous anger
- sagittarius3/5
sagittarius
(Astron.) (a) The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [&sagittarius;] in almanacs; the Archer. (b) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow.
- salvaged3/5
salvage
- noun property or goods saved from damage or destruction
- noun the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
- noun property or goods saved from damage or destruction
- cleavages3/5
cleavage
- noun the state of being split or cleft
- there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members
- noun the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
- noun the state of being split or cleft
- discourages3/5
discourage
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
deter.
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- verb deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
- camouflaged3/5
camouflaged
- adjective satellite made invisible by means of protective coloring
- verb disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something
camouflage.
- The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy territory
- adjective satellite made invisible by means of protective coloring
- straggling3/5
straggling
- adjective satellite spreading out in different directions
sprawling; rambling; straggly.
- sprawling handwriting
- straggling branches
- straggly hair
- verb wander from a direct or straight course
straggle; digress; depart; sidetrack.
- adjective satellite spreading out in different directions
- spoilage3/5
spoilage
- noun the amount that has spoiled
- noun the process of becoming spoiled
spoiling.
- noun the amount that has spoiled
- galapagos3/5
galapagos
- noun a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life
Galapagos Islands.
- noun a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life
- mortgaged3/5
mortgaged
- adjective satellite burdened with legal or financial obligations
- his house, his business, indeed, his whole life was heavily mortgaged
- verb put up as security or collateral
mortgage.
- adjective satellite burdened with legal or financial obligations
- vagrant3/5
vagrant
- noun a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
floater; vagabond; drifter.
- adjective satellite continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
vagabond; floating; aimless; drifting.
- a drifting double-dealer
- the floating population
- vagrant hippies of the sixties
- noun a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
- magisterial3/5
magisterial
- adjective of or relating to a magistrate
- official magisterial functions
- adjective satellite offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
peremptory; dominating; high-and-mighty; autocratic; bossy.
- an autocratic person
- autocratic behavior
- a bossy way of ordering others around
- a rather aggressive and dominating character
- managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way
- a swaggering peremptory manner
- adjective of or relating to a magistrate
- stragglers3/5
straggler
- noun someone who strays or falls behind
strayer.
- noun someone who strays or falls behind
- outage3/5
outage
- noun the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation
- noun a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers)
- there will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a.m.
- noun the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation
- paramagnetic3/5
paramagnetic
- adjective of or relating to a paramagnet
- adjective of or relating to a paramagnet
- oesophagus3/5
oesophagus
- noun the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
gorge; esophagus; gullet.
- noun the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
- menagerie3/5
menagerie
- noun a collection of live animals for study or display
- noun the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
zoological garden; zoo.
- noun a collection of live animals for study or display
- reportage3/5
reportage
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
reporting; coverage.
- they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
- diagonals3/5
diagonal
- noun (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
- noun a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
bias.
- noun (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
- bagged3/5
bag
- noun a flexible container with a single opening
- he stuffed his laundry into a large bag
- noun the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
- his bag included two deer
- noun a flexible container with a single opening
- swagger3/5
swagger
- noun an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
swaggie; swagman.
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
prance; strut.
- noun an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
- caravaggio3/5
caravaggio
- noun Italian painter noted for his realistic depiction of religious subjects and his novel use of light (1573-1610)
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
- noun Italian painter noted for his realistic depiction of religious subjects and his novel use of light (1573-1610)
- magpie3/5
magpie
- noun long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
- noun someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
scavenger; pack rat.
- noun long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
- frontage3/5
frontage
- noun the extent of land abutting on a street or water
- noun the direction in which something (such as a building) faces
- noun the extent of land abutting on a street or water
- rampage3/5
rampage
- noun violently angry and destructive behavior
violent disorder.
- verb act violently, recklessly, or destructively
- noun violently angry and destructive behavior
- quagmire3/5
quagmire
- noun a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
mire; quag; morass; slack.
- noun a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- cabbages3/5
cabbage
- noun any of various types of cabbage
chou.
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; boodle; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; pelf; lolly; bread.
- noun any of various types of cabbage
- waggon3/5
waggon
- noun any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
wagon.
- noun a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
station waggon; wagon; station wagon; beach waggon; beach wagon; estate car.
- noun any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
- fragrances3/5
fragrance
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
perfume; scent; aroma.
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
bouquet; redolence; fragrancy; sweetness.
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
- entourage3/5
entourage
- noun the group following and attending to some important person
retinue; cortege; suite.
- noun the group following and attending to some important person
- diagnosing3/5
diagnosing
- noun identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
diagnosis.
- verb determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
diagnose; name.
- noun identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
- sagittal3/5
sagittal
- adjective satellite located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture
- adjective satellite located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture
- collage3/5
collage
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
montage.
- he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map
- noun any collection of diverse things
- a collage of memories
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
- spaghetti3/5
spaghetti
- noun spaghetti served with a tomato sauce
- noun pasta in the form of long strings
- noun spaghetti served with a tomato sauce
- arbitrage3/5
arbitrage
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- verb practice arbitrage, as in the stock market
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- phage3/5
phage
- noun a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
bacteriophage.
- phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria
- noun a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
- extravagance3/5
extravagance
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
extravagancy.
- we were surprised by the extravagance of his description
- noun the trait of spending extravagantly
prodigality; profligacy.
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
- pageant3/5
pageant
- noun an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes
pageantry.
- noun a rich and spectacular ceremony
pageantry.
- noun an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes
- synagogues3/5
synagogue
- noun (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
temple; tabernacle.
- noun (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
- ravaged3/5
ravaged
- adjective satellite having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
despoiled; sacked; pillaged; raped.
- the raped countryside
- verb make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
ravage; harry.
- adjective satellite having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
- miscarriage3/5
miscarriage
- noun failure of a plan
abortion.
- noun a natural loss of the products of conception
spontaneous abortion; stillbirth.
- noun failure of a plan
- wager3/5
wager
- noun the act of gambling
bet.
- he did it on a bet
- noun the money risked on a gamble
stake; bet; stakes.
- noun the act of gambling
- orphanage3/5
orphanage
- noun the condition of being a child without living parents
orphanhood.
- his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult
- noun a public institution for the care of orphans
orphans' asylum.
- noun the condition of being a child without living parents
- paganism3/5
paganism
- noun any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
pagan religion; heathenism.
- noun any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
- pragmatics3/5
pragmatics
- noun the study of language use
- noun an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land
pragmatic sanction; pragmatic.
- noun the study of language use
- acreage3/5
acreage
- noun an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)
land area.
- he wanted some acreage to build on
- noun an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)
- meagre3/5
meagre
- adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent
stingy; scrimpy; meager; meagerly.
- meager resources
- meager fare
- adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent
- plagues3/5
plague
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
pestilence; pestis; pest.
- noun any epidemic disease with a high death rate
pestilence; pest.
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- ravages3/5
ravage
- noun (usually plural) a destructive action
depredation.
- the ravages of time
- the depredations of age and disease
- verb make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
harry.
- noun (usually plural) a destructive action
- plagiarism3/5
plagiarism
- noun a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
- noun the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
piracy; plagiarization; plagiarisation.
- noun a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
- backstage3/5
backstage
- noun a stage area out of sight of the audience
wing; offstage.
- adjective satellite concealed from public view or attention
offstage.
- offstage political meetings
- noun a stage area out of sight of the audience
- haemorrhage3/5
haemorrhage
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
bleeding; hemorrhage.
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
- imaged3/5
image
- noun an iconic mental representation
mental image.
- her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate
- noun (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
persona.
- a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty
- noun an iconic mental representation
- sausages3/5
sausage
- noun highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
- noun a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
sausage balloon; blimp.
- noun highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
- chagrin3/5
chagrin
- noun strong feelings of embarrassment
mortification; humiliation.
- verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
abase; mortify; humble; humiliate.
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
- noun strong feelings of embarrassment
- pythagoras3/5
pythagoras
- noun Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)
- noun Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)
- envisage3/5
envisage
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
conceive of; ideate; imagine.
- Can you conceive of him as the president?
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- magicians3/5
magician
- noun someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
illusionist; prestidigitator; conjurer; conjuror.
- noun one who practices magic or sorcery
necromancer; wizard; thaumaturgist; thaumaturge; sorcerer.
- noun someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
- nagasaki3/5
nagasaki
- noun a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb
- noun a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb
- discouragement3/5
discouragement
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
dismay; disheartenment.
- noun the expression of opposition and disapproval
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- sagging3/5
sagging
- adjective satellite hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)
drooping; droopy.
- verb droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
flag; swag; sag; droop.
- adjective satellite hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)
- magi3/5
magus
- noun a magician or sorcerer of ancient times
- noun a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians
- noun a magician or sorcerer of ancient times
- prostaglandin3/5
prostaglandin
- noun a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity
- noun a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity
- conflagration3/5
conflagration
- noun a very intense and uncontrolled fire
inferno.
- noun a very intense and uncontrolled fire
- pilgrimages3/5
pilgrimage
- noun a journey to a sacred place
pilgrim's journey.
- noun a journey to a sacred place
- fuselage3/5
fuselage
- noun the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
- noun the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
- dragoons3/5
dragoon
- noun a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
- verb compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
railroad; sandbag.
- They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone
- noun a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
- caged3/5
cage
- noun an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
coop.
- noun something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
- noun an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
- beleaguered3/5
beleaguer
- verb annoy persistently
badger; pester; bug; tease.
- The children teased the boy because of his stammer
- verb surround so as to force to give up
circumvent; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb annoy persistently
- anticoagulant3/5
anticoagulant
- noun medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
decoagulant; anticoagulant medication.
- noun medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
- mutagenesis3/5
mutagenesis
- noun an event capable of causing a mutation
- noun an event capable of causing a mutation
- prostaglandins3/5
prostaglandin
- noun a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity
- noun a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity
- imaginings3/5
imagine
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
conceive of; envisage; ideate.
- Can you conceive of him as the president?
- verb expect, believe, or suppose
guess; reckon; suppose; opine; think.
- I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
- I thought to find her in a bad state
- he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
- I guess she is angry at me for standing her up
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- beagle3/5
beagle
- noun a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
- noun a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
- glucagon3/5
glucagon
- noun a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)
- noun a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)
- mortgagee3/5
mortgagee
- noun the person who accepts a mortgage
mortgage holder.
- the bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home
- noun the person who accepts a mortgage
- armageddon3/5
armageddon
- noun (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world
- noun any catastrophically destructive battle
- they called the first World War an Armageddon
- noun (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world
- dimaggio3/5
dimaggio
- noun United States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999)
Joe DiMaggio; Joseph Paul DiMaggio.
- noun United States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999)
- pedagogic3/5
pedagogic
- adjective of or relating to pedagogy
pedagogical.
- pedagogical significance
- adjective of or relating to pedagogy
- bragging3/5
bragging
- noun an instance of boastful talk
crow; vaporing; crowing; brag; line-shooting; gasconade.
- his brag is worse than his fight
- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
- verb show off
blow; boast; gasconade; gas; brag; tout; swash; bluster; shoot a line; vaunt.
- noun an instance of boastful talk
- septuagint3/5
septuagint
A Greek version of the Old Testament; -- so called because it was believed to be the work of seventy (or rather of seventy-two) translators. ✍ The causes which produced it [the Septuagint], the number and names of the translators, the times at which different portions were translated, are all uncertain. The only point in which all agree is that Alexandria was the birthplace of the version. On one other point there is a near agreement, namely, as to time, that the version was made, or at least commenced, in the time of the early Ptolemies, in the first half of the third century b.c. Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)
- phagocytosis3/5
phagocytosis
- noun process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection
- noun process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection
- pragmatist3/5
pragmatist
- noun an adherent of philosophical pragmatism
- noun a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions
- noun an adherent of philosophical pragmatism
- sarcophagus3/5
sarcophagus
- noun a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
- noun a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
- sagged3/5
sag
- noun a shape that sags
droop.
- there was a sag in the chair seat
- verb droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
flag; swag; droop.
- noun a shape that sags
- unmanageable3/5
unmanageable
- adjective difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
unwieldy.
- we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter
- almost dropped the unwieldy parcel
- adjective hard to control
difficult.
- a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation
- adjective difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
- garages3/5
garage
- noun an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
- noun a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired
service department.
- noun an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
- stratagem3/5
stratagem
- noun a maneuver in a game or conversation
gambit; ploy.
- noun an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
dodge; contrivance.
- his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
- noun a maneuver in a game or conversation
- viagra3/5
viagra
- noun virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men
sildenafil citrate; sildenafil.
- noun virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men
- pillage3/5
pillage
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
swag; booty; prize; plunder; dirty money; loot.
- noun the act of stealing valuable things from a place
plundering; pillaging.
- the plundering of the Parthenon
- his plundering of the great authors
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
- lavage3/5
lavage
- noun washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water
- noun washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water
- villager3/5
villager
- noun one who has lived in a village most of their life
- noun one who has lived in a village most of their life
- gastroesophageal3/5
gastroesophageal
- adjective of or relating to or involving the stomach and esophagus
- adjective of or relating to or involving the stomach and esophagus
- hemorrhages3/5
hemorrhage
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
bleeding; haemorrhage.
- verb lose blood from one's body
shed blood; bleed.
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
- bandwagon3/5
bandwagon
- noun a popular trend that attracts growing support
- when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon
- noun a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band
- the gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade
- noun a popular trend that attracts growing support
- cartagena3/5
cartagena
- noun a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean
- noun a port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean
- noun a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean
- crags3/5
crag
- noun a steep rugged rock or cliff
- noun a steep rugged rock or cliff
- anticoagulants3/5
anticoagulant
- noun medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
decoagulant; anticoagulant medication.
- noun medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
- bragged3/5
brag
- noun an instance of boastful talk
crow; vaporing; crowing; bragging; line-shooting; gasconade.
- his brag is worse than his fight
- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
- verb show off
blow; boast; gasconade; gas; tout; swash; bluster; shoot a line; vaunt.
- noun an instance of boastful talk
- disadvantageous3/5
disadvantageous
- adjective constituting a disadvantage
- adjective constituting a disadvantage
- rummaged3/5
rummage
- noun a jumble of things to be given away
- noun a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
ransacking.
- he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis
- noun a jumble of things to be given away
- wastage3/5
wastage
- noun the process of wasting
- noun anything lost by wear or waste
- noun the process of wasting
- lager3/5
lager
- noun a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
laager.
- noun a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September
lager beer.
- noun a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
- envisages3/5
envisage
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
conceive of; ideate; imagine.
- Can you conceive of him as the president?
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- bacteriophage3/5
bacteriophage
- noun a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
phage.
- phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria
- noun a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
- signage3/5
signage
- noun signs collectively (especially commercial signs or posters)
- there will be signage displayed at each post
- noun signs collectively (especially commercial signs or posters)
- offstage3/5
offstage
- noun a stage area out of sight of the audience
backstage; wing.
- adjective situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience
- offstage noises
- noun a stage area out of sight of the audience
- miscarriages3/5
miscarriage
- noun failure of a plan
abortion.
- noun a natural loss of the products of conception
spontaneous abortion; stillbirth.
- noun failure of a plan
- bagel3/5
bagel
- noun (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
beigel.
- noun (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
- underage3/5
underage
- adjective not of legal age
nonaged; minor.
- minor children
- adjective satellite dependent by virtue of youth
- adjective not of legal age
- rummaging3/5
rummage
- noun a jumble of things to be given away
- noun a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
ransacking.
- he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis
- noun a jumble of things to be given away
- silage3/5
silage
- noun fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
ensilage.
- noun fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
- orphanages3/5
orphanage
- noun the condition of being a child without living parents
orphanhood.
- his early orphanage shaped his character as an adult
- noun a public institution for the care of orphans
orphans' asylum.
- noun the condition of being a child without living parents
- sagacious3/5
sagacious
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
perspicacious; sapient.
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument
- observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions
- a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators
- adjective satellite skillful in statecraft or management
- an astute and sagacious statesman
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
- snagged3/5
snag
- noun a sharp protuberance
- noun a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest
- a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds
- noun a sharp protuberance
- pageants3/5
pageant
- noun an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes
pageantry.
- noun a rich and spectacular ceremony
pageantry.
- noun an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes
- pageantry3/5
pageantry
- noun a rich and spectacular ceremony
pageant.
- noun an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes
pageant.
- noun a rich and spectacular ceremony
- outrageously3/5
outrageously
- adverb in a very offensive manner
- he behaved outrageously
- adverb to an extravagant or immoderate degree
atrociously.
- atrociously expensive
- adverb in a very offensive manner
- multistage3/5
multistage
- noun occurring in more than one stage
- noun occurring in more than one stage
- pagination3/5
pagination
- noun the system of numbering pages
paging; page number; folio.
- noun the system of numbering pages
- pragmatists3/5
pragmatist
- noun an adherent of philosophical pragmatism
- noun a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions
- noun an adherent of philosophical pragmatism
- exaggerations3/5
exaggeration
- noun extravagant exaggeration
hyperbole.
- noun the act of making something more noticeable than usual
- the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness
- noun extravagant exaggeration
- nagging3/5
nagging
- adjective satellite continually complaining or faultfinding
shrewish.
- a shrewish wife
- nagging parents
- verb bother persistently with trivial complaints
peck; nag; hen-peck.
- She nags her husband all day long
- adjective satellite continually complaining or faultfinding
- asparagus3/5
asparagus
- noun plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
Asparagus officinales; edible asparagus.
- noun edible young shoots of the asparagus plant
- noun plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
- vagueness3/5
vagueness
- noun unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning
- the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness
- these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey
- noun indistinctness of shape or character
- the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner
- noun unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning
- hemorrhagic3/5
hemorrhagic
- adjective of or relating to a hemorrhage
haemorrhagic.
- adjective of or relating to a hemorrhage
- macrophage3/5
macrophage
- noun a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
- noun a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
- montage3/5
montage
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
collage.
- he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
- laguna3/5
laguna
- noun a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
lagune; lagoon.
- noun a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
- magnum3/5
magnum
- noun a large wine bottle for liquor or wine
- noun a large wine bottle for liquor or wine
- savagery3/5
savagery
- noun the property of being untamed and ferocious
savageness.
- the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters
- a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
viciousness; ferociousness; brutality.
- noun the property of being untamed and ferocious
- tonnage3/5
tonnage
- noun a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
tunnage; tonnage duty.
- noun a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
- montagu3/5
montagu
- noun United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905-)
Ashley Montagu.
- noun United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905-)
- hermitage3/5
hermitage
- noun the abode of a hermit
- noun the abode of a hermit
- intermarriage3/5
intermarriage
- noun marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
exogamy.
- noun marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law
endogamy; inmarriage.
- noun marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
- adage3/5
adage
- noun a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
proverb; saw; byword.
- noun a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- homepage3/5
homepage
- noun the opening page of a web site
home page.
- noun the opening page of a web site
- paget3/5
paget
- noun English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899)
Sir James Paget.
- noun English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899)
- savagely3/5
savagely
- adverb in a vicious manner
brutally; viciously.
- he was viciously attacked
- adverb wildly; like an animal
- she cried out savagely
- adverb in a vicious manner
- flagrant3/5
flagrant
- adjective satellite conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
gross; egregious; rank; crying; glaring.
- a crying shame
- an egregious lie
- flagrant violation of human rights
- a glaring error
- gross ineptitude
- gross injustice
- rank treachery
- adjective satellite conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- pythagorean3/5
pythagorean
Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c. ), or his philosophy.The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is the idea of number, the recognition of the numerical and mathematical relations of things. Encyc. Brit.
- dysphagia3/5
dysphagia
- noun condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful
- noun condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful
- dowager3/5
dowager
- noun a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
- noun a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
- nystagmus3/5
nystagmus
- noun involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders
- noun involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders
- sagacity3/5
sagacity
- noun the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
judgement; sagaciousness; judgment; discernment.
- noun the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
judiciousness; sagaciousness.
- noun the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- magdalen3/5
magdalen
- noun a reformed prostitute
- noun a reformed prostitute
- anticoagulation3/5
anticoagulation
- noun the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood
- noun the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood
- pagoda3/5
pagoda
- noun an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
- noun an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
- pelagic3/5
pelagic
- adjective relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
oceanic.
- oceanic islands like Bermuda
- oceanic currents
- oceanic birds
- pelagic organisms
- pelagic whaling
- adjective relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
- wagging3/5
wag
- noun a witty amusing person who makes jokes
wit; card.
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
waggle; shake.
- noun a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- magdalena3/5
magdalena
- noun a river that rises in the Andes mountains in southwestern Colombia and flows generally northward to empty into the Caribbean Sea at Barranquilla
Magdalena River.
- noun a river that rises in the Andes mountains in southwestern Colombia and flows generally northward to empty into the Caribbean Sea at Barranquilla
- magellan3/5
magellan
- noun Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521)
Ferdinand Magellan; Fernao Magalhaes.
- noun Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521)
- triage3/5
triage
- noun sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food
- noun sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food
- advantaged3/5
advantage
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
vantage.
- the experience gave him the advantage over me
- noun (tennis) first point scored after deuce
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
- disparaging3/5
disparaging
- adjective satellite expressive of low opinion
derogatory; derogative.
- derogatory comments
- disparaging remarks about the new house
- verb express a negative opinion of
pick at; disparage; belittle.
- She disparaged her student's efforts
- adjective satellite expressive of low opinion
- lagoons3/5
lagoon
- noun a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
lagune; laguna.
- noun a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
- magnates3/5
magnate
- noun a very wealthy or powerful businessman
business leader; tycoon; baron; power; king; mogul; top executive; big businessman.
- an oil baron
- noun a very wealthy or powerful businessman
- ferromagnetic3/5
ferromagnetic
- adjective relating to or demonstrating ferromagnetism
- adjective relating to or demonstrating ferromagnetism
- imaginatively3/5
imaginatively
- adverb with imagination
- the room was decorated very imaginatively
- adverb with imagination
- magyar3/5
magyar
(Ethnol.) One of the dominant people of Hungary, allied to the Finns; a Hungarian.
- magnanimous3/5
magnanimous
- adjective satellite noble and generous in spirit
greathearted.
- a greathearted general
- a magnanimous conqueror
- adjective satellite generous and understanding and tolerant
large; big.
- a heart big enough to hold no grudges
- that's very big of you to be so forgiving
- a large and generous spirit
- a large heart
- magnanimous toward his enemies
- adjective satellite noble and generous in spirit
- iago3/5
iago
- noun the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife
- noun the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife
- diagrammatic3/5
diagrammatic
- adjective satellite shown or represented by diagrams
diagrammatical.
- adjective satellite shown or represented by diagrams
- magnate3/5
magnate
- noun a very wealthy or powerful businessman
business leader; tycoon; baron; power; king; mogul; top executive; big businessman.
- an oil baron
- noun a very wealthy or powerful businessman
- pragmatically3/5
pragmatically
- adverb in a realistic manner
- we want to build a democratic society, but we must act pragmatically
- adverb in a realistic manner
- vagal3/5
vagal
- adjective of or relating to the vagus nerve
pneumogastric.
- adjective of or relating to the vagus nerve
- flagstaff3/5
flagstaff
- noun a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
flagpole.
- noun a town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory
- noun a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
- peerage3/5
peerage
- noun the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
baronage.
- noun the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
- osage3/5
osage
- noun a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century
- noun a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River
Osage River.
- noun a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century
- imago3/5
imago
- noun (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
- noun an adult insect produced after metamorphosis
- noun (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
- stagecoach3/5
stagecoach
- noun a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
stage.
- we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles
- noun a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
- undamaged3/5
undamaged
- adjective not harmed or spoiled; sound
- adjective not harmed or spoiled; sound
- maggots3/5
maggot
- noun the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
- noun the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
- ragtime3/5
ragtime
- noun music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
rag.
- noun music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
- patagonia3/5
patagonia
- noun region in southern South America between the Andes and the South Atlantic
- noun region in southern South America between the Andes and the South Atlantic
- magneto3/5
magneto
- noun a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine
magnetoelectric machine.
- noun a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine
- wagged3/5
wag
- noun a witty amusing person who makes jokes
wit; card.
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
waggle; shake.
- noun a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- octagon3/5
octagon
- noun an eight-sided polygon
- noun an eight-sided polygon
- hexagon3/5
hexagon
- noun a six-sided polygon
- noun a six-sided polygon
- jagger3/5
jag
- noun a sharp projection on an edge or surface
- he clutched a jag of the rock
- noun a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
- noun a sharp projection on an edge or surface
- foragers3/5
forager
- noun someone who hunts for food and provisions
- in Japan a fungus forager can earn a good living
- noun someone who hunts for food and provisions
- magus3/5
magus
- noun a magician or sorcerer of ancient times
- noun a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians
- noun a magician or sorcerer of ancient times
- disparage3/5
disparage
- verb express a negative opinion of
pick at; belittle.
- She disparaged her student's efforts
- verb express a negative opinion of
- carthage3/5
carthage
- noun an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697
- noun an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697
- charlemagne3/5
charlemagne
- noun king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
Charles the Great; Charles I; Charles; Carolus.
- noun king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
- hexagonal3/5
hexagonal
- adjective having six sides or divided into hexagons
hexangular.
- adjective having six sides or divided into hexagons
- unimaginable3/5
unimaginable
- adjective satellite totally unlikely
impossible; inconceivable; out of the question.
- adjective satellite totally unlikely
- tragically3/5
tragically
- adverb in a tragic manner; with tragic consequences
- the adventure ended tragically
- tragically, she contracted AIDS
- adverb in a tragic manner; with tragic consequences
- magically3/5
magically
- adverb in a magical manner
as if by magic.
- it disappeared magically
- adverb in a magical manner
- diagonally3/5
diagonally
- adverb in a diagonal manner
- she lives diagonally across the street from us
- adverb in a diagonal manner
- remarriage3/5
remarriage
- noun the act of marrying again
- noun the act of marrying again
- baggy3/5
baggy
- adjective satellite not fitting closely; hanging loosely
sloppy; loose-fitting.
- baggy trousers
- a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather
- adjective satellite not fitting closely; hanging loosely
- zagreb3/5
zagreb
- noun the capital of Croatia
- noun the capital of Croatia
- nicaraguan3/5
nicaraguan
- noun a native or inhabitant of Nicaragua
- adjective of or relating to Nicaragua or is people
- Nicaraguan earthquakes
- noun a native or inhabitant of Nicaragua
- magnanimity3/5
magnanimity
- noun liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
largess; largesse; munificence; openhandedness.
- noun liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
- octagonal3/5
octagonal
- adjective of or relating to or shaped like an octagon
octangular.
- adjective of or relating to or shaped like an octagon
- parsonage3/5
parsonage
- noun an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
vicarage; rectory.
- noun an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
- vagus3/5
vagus
- noun a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
wandering nerve; nervus vagus; pneumogastric nerve; pneumogastric; tenth cranial nerve; vagus nerve.
- noun a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
- courageously3/5
courageously
- adverb in a courageous manner
bravely.
- bravely he went into the burning house
- adverb in a courageous manner
- sagas3/5
saga
- noun a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- noun a narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account
- satyagraha3/5
satyagraha
- noun the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms
- noun the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms
- paraguay3/5
paraguay
- noun a landlocked republic in south central South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1811
Republic of Paraguay.
- noun a landlocked republic in south central South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1811
- naga3/5
naga
- noun Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma
- noun Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma
- sagebrush3/5
sagebrush
- noun any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium
sage brush.
- noun any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium
- nagas3/5
naga
- noun Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma
- noun Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma
- jaguar3/5
jaguar
- noun a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
Felis onca; Panthera onca; panther.
- noun a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
- onstage3/5
onstage
- adjective situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience
- adverb on the stage
- it was time for her to go onstage
- adjective situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience
- magna3/5
magna
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- magdalene3/5
magdalene
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- subparagraph3/5
subparagraph
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- montague3/5
montague
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- hagen3/5
hagen
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- lagrange3/5
lagrange
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- nagel3/5
nagel
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- flanagan3/5
flanagan
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- lagrangian3/5
lagrangian
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- volkswagen3/5
volkswagen
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- nagy3/5
nagy
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- interagency3/5
interagency
Intermediate agency.
- datagram3/5
datagram
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- hagar3/5
hagar
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- mage3/5
mage
A magician. Archaic Spenser. Tennyson.
- callaghan3/5
callaghan
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- diaphragmatic3/5
diaphragmatic
Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; thediaphragmatic arteries and nerves.
- protagoras3/5
protagoras
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- oesophageal3/5
oesophageal
Same as .Esophagus ,Esophageal , etc
- disaggregated3/5
disaggregate
To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
- armagh3/5
- sagan3/5
sagan
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- compagnie3/5
company
- noun an institution created to conduct business
- he only invests in large well-established companies
- he started the company in his garage
- noun small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- noun an institution created to conduct business
- srinagar3/5
srinagar
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- geomagnetic3/5
geomagnetic
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- monaghan3/5
- magdeburg3/5
magdeburg
A city of Saxony.
- magmas2/5
magma
- noun molten rock in the earth's crust
- noun molten rock in the earth's crust
- aragonite2/5
aragonite
- noun a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite
- noun a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite
- portages2/5
portage
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- noun overland track between navigable waterways
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- magnesite2/5
magnesite
- noun a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium
- noun a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium
- fragmenting2/5
fragment
- noun a piece broken off or cut off of something else
- a fragment of rock
- noun a broken piece of a brittle artifact
sherd; shard.
- noun a piece broken off or cut off of something else
- diaphragms2/5
diaphragm
- noun a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
stop.
- the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically
- noun (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration
midriff.
- noun a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
- mucilage2/5
mucilage
- noun a gelatinous substance secreted by plants
- noun cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
glue; gum.
- noun a gelatinous substance secreted by plants
- pilotage2/5
pilotage
- noun the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
navigation; piloting.
- noun the occupation of a pilot
piloting.
- noun the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
- magnetisation2/5
magnetisation
- noun the extent or degree to which something is magnetized
magnetization.
- noun the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently)
magnetization; magnetic induction.
- noun the extent or degree to which something is magnetized
- mucilaginous2/5
mucilaginous
- adjective satellite having the sticky properties of an adhesive
pasty; gluey; gummy; glutinous; sticky; viscid; viscous.
- adjective satellite having the sticky properties of an adhesive
- plumbago2/5
plumbago
- noun used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
black lead; graphite.
- noun any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago
- noun used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
- magnetized2/5
magnetized
- adjective having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel
magnetic; magnetised.
- the hard disk is covered with a thin coat of magnetic material
- verb make magnetic
magnetise; magnetize.
- The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings
- adjective having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel
- chagall2/5
chagall
- noun French painter (born in Russia) noted for his imagery and brilliant colors (1887-1985)
Marc Chagall.
- noun French painter (born in Russia) noted for his imagery and brilliant colors (1887-1985)
- massages2/5
massage
- noun kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation
- verb manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
knead; rub down.
- She rubbed down her child with a sponge
- noun kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation
- managements2/5
management
- noun the act of managing something
direction.
- he was given overall management of the program
- is the direction of the economy a function of government?
- noun those in charge of running a business
- noun the act of managing something
- stagnated2/5
stagnate
- verb stand still
- Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy
- verb cause to stagnate
- There are marshes that stagnate the waters
- verb stand still
- blockages2/5
blockage
- noun the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
obstruction.
- noun an obstruction in a pipe or tube
closure; stoppage; occlusion; stop; block.
- we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
- noun the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
- bagging2/5
bagging
- noun coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
sacking.
- verb capture or kill, as in hunting
bag.
- bag a few pheasants
- noun coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
- gags2/5
gag
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
joke; jest; laugh; jape.
- he told a very funny joke
- he knows a million gags
- thanks for the laugh
- he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
- even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
- noun restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
muzzle.
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- gagging2/5
gag
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
joke; jest; laugh; jape.
- he told a very funny joke
- he knows a million gags
- thanks for the laugh
- he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
- even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
- noun restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
muzzle.
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- electromagnetism2/5
electromagnetism
- noun magnetism produced by an electric current
- electromagnetism was discovered when it was observed that a copper wire carrying an electric current can magnetize pieces of iron or steel near it
- noun the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena
electromagnetics.
- noun magnetism produced by an electric current
- steerage2/5
steerage
- noun the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship
- noun the act of steering a ship
steering.
- noun the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship
- plagioclase2/5
plagioclase
- noun any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks
oligoclase.
- noun any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks
- adagio2/5
adagio
- noun (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)
- they played the adagio too quickly
- noun a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers
- noun (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)
- spillage2/5
spillage
- noun the amount that has spilled
- noun the act of allowing a fluid to escape
release; spill.
- noun the amount that has spilled
- pagers2/5
pager
- noun an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
beeper.
- noun an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
- staggers2/5
staggers
- noun a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling
blind staggers.
- noun an unsteady uneven gait
stagger; lurch; stumble.
- noun a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling
- handbags2/5
handbag
- noun a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
bag; purse; pocketbook.
- she reached into her bag and found a comb
- noun a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- stags2/5
stag
- noun a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
hart.
- noun adult male deer
- noun a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
- assuaged2/5
assuage
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb satisfy (thirst)
quench; allay; slake.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- gages2/5
gage
- noun street names for marijuana
sess; skunk; pot; weed; smoke; Mary Jane; sens; grass; green goddess; dope; locoweed.
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
gauge.
- noun street names for marijuana
- stoppages2/5
stoppage
- noun the state of inactivity following an interruption
halt; stop; hitch; arrest; stay; check.
- the negotiations were in arrest
- held them in check
- during the halt he got some lunch
- the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
- he spent the entire stop in his seat
- noun an obstruction in a pipe or tube
closure; blockage; occlusion; stop; block.
- we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
- noun the state of inactivity following an interruption
- coagulated2/5
coagulated
- adjective satellite transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
grumose; coagulate; grumous; curdled.
- coagulated blood
- curdled milk
- grumous blood
- verb change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
clot; coagulate.
- coagulated blood
- adjective satellite transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
- haulage2/5
haulage
- noun the act of drawing or hauling something
draw; haul.
- the haul up the hill went very slowly
- noun the act of drawing or hauling something
- cordage2/5
cordage
- noun the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords
- noun the ropes in the rigging of a ship
- noun the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords
- wattage2/5
wattage
- noun the product of voltage and current
electrical power; electric power.
- noun the product of voltage and current
- stagnate2/5
stagnate
- verb stand still
- Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy
- verb cause to stagnate
- There are marshes that stagnate the waters
- verb stand still
- electromagnet2/5
electromagnet
- noun a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet
- noun a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet
- propagator2/5
propagator
- noun someone who propagates plants (as under glass)
- noun someone who spreads the news
disseminator.
- noun someone who propagates plants (as under glass)
- zigzagging2/5
zigzag
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
zig; zag.
- verb travel along a zigzag path
crank.
- The river zigzags through the countryside
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
- stagnating2/5
stagnate
- verb stand still
- Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy
- verb cause to stagnate
- There are marshes that stagnate the waters
- verb stand still
- magritte2/5
magritte
- noun Belgian surrealist painter (1898-1967)
Rene Magritte.
- noun Belgian surrealist painter (1898-1967)
- disengaging2/5
disengage
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
withdraw.
- I want to disengage myself from his influence
- disengage the gears
- verb free or remove obstruction from
free.
- free a path across the cluttered floor
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
- upstage2/5
upstage
- noun the rear part of the stage
- verb treat snobbishly, put in one's place
- noun the rear part of the stage
- zigzags2/5
zigzag
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
zig; zag.
- verb travel along a zigzag path
crank.
- The river zigzags through the countryside
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
- leverages2/5
leverage
- noun the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
purchase.
- noun strategic advantage; power to act effectively
- relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage
- noun the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
- magnolias2/5
magnolia
- noun dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine
- noun any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms
- noun dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine
- undercarriage2/5
undercarriage
- noun framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle
- noun framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle
- magnetizing2/5
magnetize
- verb make magnetic
magnetise.
- The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings
- verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
bewitch; mesmerize; mesmerise; magnetise; spellbind.
- She magnetized the audience with her tricks
- verb make magnetic
- zigzagged2/5
zigzag
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
zig; zag.
- verb travel along a zigzag path
crank.
- The river zigzags through the countryside
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
- coagulate2/5
coagulate
- verb change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
clot.
- coagulated blood
- verb cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
clot.
- verb change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
- amperage2/5
amperage
- noun the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes
- noun the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes
- propagators2/5
propagator
- noun someone who propagates plants (as under glass)
- noun someone who spreads the news
disseminator.
- noun someone who propagates plants (as under glass)
- carrageenan2/5
carrageenan
- noun a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae
carrageenin.
- noun a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae
- downstage2/5
downstage
- noun the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience)
- adjective of the front half of a stage
- noun the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience)
- upstaged2/5
upstage
- noun the rear part of the stage
- verb treat snobbishly, put in one's place
- noun the rear part of the stage
- bagger2/5
bagger
- noun a workman employed to pack things into containers
packer; boxer.
- noun a machine for putting objects or substances into bags
- noun a workman employed to pack things into containers
- electromagnetics2/5
electromagnetics
- noun the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena
electromagnetism.
- noun the branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena
- electromagnets2/5
electromagnet
- noun a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet
- noun a temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet
- vaginas2/5
vagina
- noun the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
- the vagina receives the penis during coitus
- the vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a fetus
- noun the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
- fragonard2/5
fragonard
- noun French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806)
Jean Honore Fragonard.
- noun French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806)
- eagled2/5
eagle
- noun any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
bird of Jove.
- noun (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
- noun any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
- coagulating2/5
coagulate
- verb change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
clot.
- coagulated blood
- verb cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
clot.
- verb change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
- assuaging2/5
assuage
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb satisfy (thirst)
quench; allay; slake.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- storages2/5
storage
- noun the act of storing something
- noun a depository for goods
entrepot; depot; store; storehouse.
- storehouses were built close to the docks
- noun the act of storing something
- archipelagos2/5
archipelago
- noun a group of many islands in a large body of water
- noun a group of many islands in a large body of water
- stagings2/5
staging
- noun the production of a drama on the stage
theatrical production.
- noun a system of scaffolds
scaffolding.
- noun the production of a drama on the stage
- poundage2/5
poundage
- noun a charge based on weight measured in pounds
- noun a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals
- noun a charge based on weight measured in pounds
- disengages2/5
disengage
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
withdraw.
- I want to disengage myself from his influence
- disengage the gears
- verb free or remove obstruction from
free.
- free a path across the cluttered floor
- verb release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
- magnetised2/5
magnetised
- adjective having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel
magnetic; magnetized.
- the hard disk is covered with a thin coat of magnetic material
- verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
bewitch; mesmerize; mesmerise; magnetize; magnetise; spellbind.
- She magnetized the audience with her tricks
- adjective having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel
- ragging2/5
rag
- noun a small piece of cloth or paper
tatter; shred; tag; tag end.
- noun a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
rag week.
- noun a small piece of cloth or paper
- windage2/5
windage
- noun the retarding force of air friction on a moving object
- noun the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun
- noun the retarding force of air friction on a moving object
- stagnates2/5
stagnate
- verb stand still
- Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy
- verb cause to stagnate
- There are marshes that stagnate the waters
- verb stand still
- paralanguage2/5
paralanguage
- noun the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings
paralinguistic communication.
- noun the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings
- vagrants2/5
vagrant
- noun a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
floater; vagabond; drifter.
- adjective satellite continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
vagabond; floating; aimless; drifting.
- a drifting double-dealer
- the floating population
- vagrant hippies of the sixties
- noun a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
- antagonize2/5
antagonize
- verb provoke the hostility of
antagonise.
- Don't antagonize your boss
- verb act in opposition to
counteract; antagonise.
- verb provoke the hostility of
- flagella2/5
flagellum
- noun a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
scourge.
- noun a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
- noun a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
- pedagogies2/5
pedagogy
- noun the principles and methods of instruction
teaching method; pedagogics.
- noun the profession of a teacher
teaching; instruction.
- he prepared for teaching while still in college
- pedagogy is recognized as an important profession
- noun the principles and methods of instruction
- magnetosphere2/5
magnetosphere
- noun the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field
- noun the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field
- magnetically2/5
magnetically
- adverb by the use of magnetism
- magnetically contaminated material
- adverb as if by magnetism
- he was magnetically attracted to her
- adverb by the use of magnetism
- outages2/5
outage
- noun the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation
- noun a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers)
- there will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a.m.
- noun the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation
- exaggerates2/5
exaggerate
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb do something to an excessive degree
overdo.
- He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- waggons2/5
waggon
- noun any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
wagon.
- noun a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
station waggon; wagon; station wagon; beach waggon; beach wagon; estate car.
- noun any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
- voyagers2/5
voyager
- noun a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)
- noun a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)
- cartilages2/5
cartilage
- noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
gristle.
- noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
- paged2/5
page
- noun one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
- noun English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)
Sir Frederick Handley Page.
- noun one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
- equipage2/5
equipage
- noun equipment and supplies of a military force
materiel.
- noun a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
rig; carriage.
- noun equipment and supplies of a military force
- faggot2/5
faggot
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
poove; fairy; nance; queen; fagot; pansy; poof; queer; pouf; fag.
- noun a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
fagot.
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- swaggering2/5
swaggering
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
overbearing; haughty; prideful; imperious; lordly; disdainful; supercilious; sniffy.
- some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
- haughty aristocrats
- his lordly manners were offensive
- walked with a prideful swagger
- very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
- his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
- a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
- verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
sashay; ruffle; tittup; strut; prance; swagger; cock.
- He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- ravaging2/5
ravaging
- noun plundering with excessive damage and destruction
devastation.
- verb make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
ravage; harry.
- noun plundering with excessive damage and destruction
- sandbags2/5
sandbag
- noun a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast
- verb treat harshly or unfairly
- noun a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast
- magnifies2/5
magnify
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
amplify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
- flagpole2/5
flagpole
- noun surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors
ranging pole; range pole.
- noun a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
flagstaff.
- noun surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors
- rummage2/5
rummage
- noun a jumble of things to be given away
- noun a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
ransacking.
- he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis
- noun a jumble of things to be given away
- salvaging2/5
salvage
- noun property or goods saved from damage or destruction
- noun the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
- noun property or goods saved from damage or destruction
- coverages2/5
coverage
- noun the total amount and type of insurance carried
insurance coverage.
- noun the extent to which something is covered
- the dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent
- noun the total amount and type of insurance carried
- flagellum2/5
flagellum
- noun a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
scourge.
- noun a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
- noun a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
- heritages2/5
heritage
- noun practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
- a heritage of freedom
- noun any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
inheritance.
- my only inheritance was my mother's blessing
- the world's heritage of knowledge
- noun practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
- verbiage2/5
verbiage
- noun overabundance of words
verbalism.
- noun the manner in which something is expressed in words
diction; phrasing; choice of words; phraseology; wording.
- use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton
- noun overabundance of words
- saddlebags2/5
saddlebag
- noun a large bag (or pair of bags) hung over a saddle
- noun a large bag (or pair of bags) hung over a saddle
- metalanguage2/5
metalanguage
- noun a language that can be used to describe languages
- noun a language that can be used to describe languages
- collagenase2/5
collagenase
- noun any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin
- noun any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin
- antagonized2/5
antagonize
- verb provoke the hostility of
antagonise.
- Don't antagonize your boss
- verb act in opposition to
counteract; antagonise.
- verb provoke the hostility of
- pedagogue2/5
pedagogue
- noun someone who educates young people
pedagog; educator.
- noun someone who educates young people
- interlanguage2/5
interlanguage
- noun a common language used by speakers of different languages
lingua franca; koine.
- Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times
- noun a common language used by speakers of different languages
- magpies2/5
magpie
- noun long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
- noun someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
scavenger; pack rat.
- noun long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
- wagoner2/5
wagoner
- noun the driver of a wagon
waggoner.
- noun the driver of a wagon
- magnetometer2/5
magnetometer
- noun a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields
gaussmeter.
- noun a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields
- diagramming2/5
diagramming
- noun providing a chart or outline of a system
schematisation; schematization.
- verb make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
diagram; plot.
- noun providing a chart or outline of a system
- faggots2/5
faggot
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
poove; fairy; nance; queen; fagot; pansy; poof; queer; pouf; fag.
- noun a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
fagot.
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- magnetron2/5
magnetron
- noun a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators
- noun a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators
- waggoner2/5
waggoner
- noun the driver of a wagon
wagoner.
- noun the driver of a wagon
- voyaging2/5
voyage
- noun an act of traveling by water
ocean trip.
- noun a journey to some distant place
- noun an act of traveling by water
- anagram2/5
anagram
- noun a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
- verb read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning
anagrammatize; anagrammatise.
- noun a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
- bandaging2/5
bandaging
- noun the act of applying a bandage
binding; dressing.
- verb wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
bind; bandage.
- noun the act of applying a bandage
- astragalus2/5
astragalus
- noun the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
talus; astragal; anklebone.
- noun large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae
genus Astragalus.
- noun the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
- forages2/5
forage
- noun bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
eatage; pasturage; grass; pasture.
- noun the act of searching for food and provisions
foraging.
- noun bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
- rampaging2/5
rampage
- noun violently angry and destructive behavior
violent disorder.
- verb act violently, recklessly, or destructively
- noun violently angry and destructive behavior
- antagonizing2/5
antagonize
- verb provoke the hostility of
antagonise.
- Don't antagonize your boss
- verb act in opposition to
counteract; antagonise.
- verb provoke the hostility of
- straggled2/5
straggle
- noun a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
- a straggle of outbuildings
- a straggle of followers
- verb wander from a direct or straight course
digress; depart; sidetrack.
- noun a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
- yardage2/5
yardage
- noun distance measured in the aggregate number of yards
- what is the yardage of this golf course?
- noun distance measured in the aggregate number of yards
- asparagine2/5
asparagine
- noun a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus)
- noun a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus)
- coagulant2/5
coagulant
- noun an agent that produces coagulation
coagulator.
- noun an agent that produces coagulation
- sager2/5
sage
- noun a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- noun aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc
- noun a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- diagrammed2/5
diagram
- noun a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
- verb make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
plot.
- noun a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
- propagandistic2/5
propagandistic
- adjective of or relating to or characterized by propaganda
propagandist.
- adjective of or relating to or characterized by propaganda
- leakages2/5
leakage
- noun the discharge of a fluid from some container
leak; outflow; escape.
- they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe
- he had to clean up the leak
- noun the discharge of a fluid from some container
- mirages2/5
mirage
- noun an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
- noun something illusory and unattainable
- noun an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
- laggards2/5
laggard
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
poke; dawdler; drone; lagger; trailer.
- adjective satellite wasting time
dilatory; pokey; poky.
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- anchorages2/5
anchorage
- noun the condition of being secured to a base
- the plant needs a firm anchorage
- the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family
- noun a fee for anchoring
- noun the condition of being secured to a base
- imaginaries2/5
imaginary
- noun (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
complex number; complex quantity; imaginary number.
- adjective satellite not based on fact; unreal
notional; fanciful.
- the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt
- a small child's imaginary friends
- to create a notional world for oneself
- noun (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
- magnifier2/5
magnifier
- noun a scientific instrument that magnifies an image
- noun a scientific instrument that magnifies an image
- drainages2/5
drainage
- noun emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
drain.
- noun emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
- fags2/5
fag
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
poove; fairy; nance; queen; fagot; pansy; poof; queer; pouf; faggot.
- noun finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
cigarette; coffin nail; cigaret; butt.
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- swaggered2/5
swagger
- noun an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
swaggie; swagman.
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
prance; strut.
- noun an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
- slags2/5
slag
- noun the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
dross; scoria.
- verb convert into slag
- noun the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
- laggard2/5
laggard
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
poke; dawdler; drone; lagger; trailer.
- adjective satellite wasting time
dilatory; pokey; poky.
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- waggled2/5
waggle
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
wag; shake.
- verb move from side to side
wag.
- The happy dog wagged his tail
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- barrages2/5
barrage
- noun the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
outpouring; onslaught; bombardment.
- a barrage of questions
- a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
- noun the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
battery; barrage fire; bombardment; shelling.
- they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
- the shelling went on for hours without pausing
- noun the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- pedagogues2/5
pedagogue
- noun someone who educates young people
pedagog; educator.
- noun someone who educates young people
- straggle2/5
straggle
- noun a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
- a straggle of outbuildings
- a straggle of followers
- verb wander from a direct or straight course
digress; depart; sidetrack.
- noun a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
- flagon2/5
flagon
- noun a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)
- noun a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)
- intaglio2/5
intaglio
- noun a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
gravure; intaglio printing.
- noun glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)
diaglyph.
- noun a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
- tragedian2/5
tragedian
- noun a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
- noun an actor who specializes in tragic roles
- noun a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
- collagens2/5
collagen
- noun a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
- noun a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
- areopagus2/5
areopagus
The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were held on Mars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal
- foraged2/5
forage
- noun bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
eatage; pasturage; grass; pasture.
- noun the act of searching for food and provisions
foraging.
- noun bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
- coagulase2/5
coagulase
- noun an enzyme that induces coagulation
- noun an enzyme that induces coagulation
- paragons2/5
paragon
- noun an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
beau ideal; idol; perfection.
- noun model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
nonesuch; nonsuch; apotheosis; ideal; saint; nonpareil.
- noun an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
- roughage2/5
roughage
- noun coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
fiber.
- noun coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- invagination2/5
invagination
- noun the condition of being folded inward or sheathed
introversion.
- noun the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
infolding; introversion; intussusception.
- the invagination of the blastula
- noun the condition of being folded inward or sheathed
- brokerages2/5
brokerage
- noun a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller
securities firm; brokerage firm.
- noun the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties
- noun a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller
- mortgaging2/5
mortgage
- noun a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- verb put up as security or collateral
- noun a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
- visages2/5
visage
- noun the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
smiler; physiognomy; mug; kisser; countenance; phiz.
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
countenance.
- a pleasant countenance
- a stern visage
- noun the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
- tragedians2/5
tragedian
- noun a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
- noun an actor who specializes in tragic roles
- noun a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies
- anagrams2/5
anagrams
- noun a game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters
- noun a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
anagram.
- noun a game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters
- stagecraft2/5
stagecraft
- noun skill in writing or staging plays
- noun skill in writing or staging plays
- camouflaging2/5
camouflage
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
disguise.
- the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories
- noun fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
camo.
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- swags2/5
swag
- noun valuable goods
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
booty; prize; pillage; plunder; dirty money; loot.
- noun valuable goods
- archipelagic2/5
archipelagic
- adjective relating to or part of an archipelago
- an archipelagic war
- adjective relating to or part of an archipelago
- fagot2/5
fagot
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
poove; fairy; nance; queen; pansy; poof; queer; pouf; faggot; fag.
- noun a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
faggot.
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- decoupage2/5
decoupage
- noun art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
- noun the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with vanish or lacquer
- noun art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
- coinages2/5
coinage
- noun coins collectively
metal money; specie; mintage.
- noun a newly invented word or phrase
neologism; neology.
- noun coins collectively
- antagonizes2/5
antagonize
- verb provoke the hostility of
antagonise.
- Don't antagonize your boss
- verb act in opposition to
counteract; antagonise.
- verb provoke the hostility of
- magnetics2/5
magnetics
- noun the branch of science that studies magnetism
magnetism.
- noun the branch of science that studies magnetism
- mortgagees2/5
mortgagee
- noun the person who accepts a mortgage
mortgage holder.
- the bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home
- noun the person who accepts a mortgage
- pentagons2/5
pentagon
- noun a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
- noun the United States military establishment
- noun a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
- straggler2/5
straggler
- noun someone who strays or falls behind
strayer.
- noun someone who strays or falls behind
- equipages2/5
equipage
- noun equipment and supplies of a military force
materiel.
- noun a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
rig; carriage.
- noun equipment and supplies of a military force
- demagnetization2/5
demagnetization
- noun the process of removing magnetization
demagnetisation.
- noun the process of removing magnetization
- tagger2/5
tagger
- noun someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter
- noun someone who appends or joins one thing to another
- a theory that was simply added on by some anonymous tagger
- noun someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter
- farrago2/5
farrago
- noun a motley assortment of things
hotchpotch; ragbag; mingle-mangle; oddments; hodgepodge; odds and ends; omnium-gatherum; melange; gallimaufry; mishmash.
- noun a motley assortment of things
- onsager2/5
onsager
- noun United States chemist (born in Norway) noted for his work in thermodynamics (1903-1976)
Lars Onsager.
- noun United States chemist (born in Norway) noted for his work in thermodynamics (1903-1976)
- effleurage2/5
effleurage
- noun a rhythmic stroking
- effleurage of the abdomen is used in the Lamaze method of childbirth
- noun a rhythmic stroking
- flagellated2/5
flagellated
- adjective having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
lash-like; whiplike; flagellate.
- verb whip
scourge; flagellate.
- The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
- adjective having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
- fagged2/5
fagged
- adjective satellite drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
exhausted; spent; dog-tired; worn out; played out; fatigued; worn-out; washed-out.
- the day's shopping left her exhausted
- he went to bed dog-tired
- was fagged and sweaty
- the trembling of his played out limbs
- felt completely washed-out
- only worn-out horses and cattle
- you look worn out
- verb act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
fag.
- adjective satellite drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
- flagellate2/5
flagellate
- noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
mastigophoran; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophore.
- verb whip
scourge.
- The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
- noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
- stagehands2/5
stagehand
- noun an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production
stage technician.
- noun an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production
- paragraphing2/5
paragraph
- noun one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
- verb divide into paragraphs, as of text
- This story is well paragraphed
- noun one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
- scraggy2/5
scraggy
- adjective satellite being very thin
underweight; boney; skinny; scrawny; weedy.
- a child with skinny freckled legs
- a long scrawny neck
- adjective satellite having a sharply uneven surface or outline
jagged; jaggy.
- the jagged outline of the crags
- scraggy cliffs
- adjective satellite being very thin
- waggle2/5
waggle
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
wag; shake.
- verb move from side to side
wag.
- The happy dog wagged his tail
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- flagons2/5
flagon
- noun a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)
- noun a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)
- paginated2/5
paginate
- verb number the pages of a book or manuscript
page; foliate.
- verb number the pages of a book or manuscript
- magnetometers2/5
magnetometer
- noun a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields
gaussmeter.
- noun a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields
- salvages2/5
salvage
- noun property or goods saved from damage or destruction
- noun the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
- noun property or goods saved from damage or destruction
- slippages2/5
slippage
- noun a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping
- noun decline from a standard level of performance or achievement
- noun a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping
- jags2/5
jag
- noun a sharp projection on an edge or surface
- he clutched a jag of the rock
- noun a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
- noun a sharp projection on an edge or surface
- dags2/5
dag
- noun 10 grams
decagram; dekagram; dkg.
- noun a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
jag.
- noun 10 grams
- fagots2/5
fagot
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
poove; fairy; nance; queen; pansy; poof; queer; pouf; faggot; fag.
- noun a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
faggot.
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- coagulants2/5
coagulant
- noun an agent that produces coagulation
coagulator.
- noun an agent that produces coagulation
- phytophagous2/5
phytophagous
- adjective satellite (of animals) feeding on plants
phytophilous; phytophagic; plant-eating.
- adjective satellite (of animals) feeding on plants
- waggling2/5
waggle
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
wag; shake.
- verb move from side to side
wag.
- The happy dog wagged his tail
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- voyaged2/5
voyage
- noun an act of traveling by water
ocean trip.
- noun a journey to some distant place
- noun an act of traveling by water
- quagmires2/5
quagmire
- noun a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
mire; quag; morass; slack.
- noun a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- clientage2/5
clientage
- noun relation of a client to a patron
- noun relation of a client to a patron
- mortgagor2/5
mortgagor
- noun the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid
mortgager.
- we became mortgagors when the bank accepted our mortgage and loaned us the money to buy our new home
- noun the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid
- extravagantly2/5
extravagantly
- adverb in an abundant manner
abundantly; profusely; copiously.
- they were abundantly supplied with food
- he thanked her profusely
- adverb in a wasteful manner
lavishly.
- the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap
- adverb in an abundant manner
- virago2/5
virago
- noun a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
- noun a large strong and aggressive woman
amazon.
- noun a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
- disparagement2/5
disparagement
- noun a communication that belittles somebody or something
depreciation; derogation.
- noun the act of speaking contemptuously of
dispraise.
- noun a communication that belittles somebody or something
- lasagna2/5
lasagna
- noun baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables
lasagne.
- noun very wide flat strips of pasta
lasagne.
- noun baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables
- bagels2/5
bagel
- noun (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
beigel.
- noun (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
- malaga2/5
malaga
A city and a province of Spain, on the Mediterranean. Hence, Malaga grapes, Malaga raisins, Malaga wines.
- magistracy2/5
magistracy
- noun the position of magistrate
magistrature.
- noun the position of magistrate
- farragut2/5
farragut
- noun United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870)
David Glasgow Farragut.
- noun United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870)
- pillaged2/5
pillaged
- adjective satellite wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
plundered; ransacked; looted.
- the robbers left the looted train
- people returned to the plundered village
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave; ransack.
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
- adjective satellite wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
- teenaged2/5
teenaged
- adjective satellite being of the age 13 through 19
teen; teenage; adolescent.
- teenage mothers
- the teen years
- adjective satellite being of the age 13 through 19
- carthaginians2/5
carthaginian
- noun a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language
Punic.
- the Punic Wars
- Carthaginian peace
- noun a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage
- carthaginian2/5
carthaginian
Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa. --n. A native or inhabitant of Carthage.
- collages2/5
collage
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
montage.
- he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map
- noun any collection of diverse things
- a collage of memories
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
- chittagong2/5
chittagong
- noun a port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal
- noun a port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal
- suffragists2/5
suffragist
- noun an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
- noun an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
- dragoon2/5
dragoon
- noun a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
- verb compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
railroad; sandbag.
- They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone
- noun a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
- phagocytes2/5
phagocyte
- noun a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms
scavenger cell.
- noun a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms
- phages2/5
phage
- noun a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
bacteriophage.
- phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria
- noun a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
- stratagems2/5
stratagem
- noun a maneuver in a game or conversation
gambit; ploy.
- noun an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
dodge; contrivance.
- his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
- noun a maneuver in a game or conversation
- bedraggled2/5
bedraggled
- adjective satellite limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
draggled.
- the beggar's bedraggled clothes
- scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts
- verb make wet and dirty, as from rain
bedraggle; draggle.
- adjective satellite limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
- demagogues2/5
demagogue
- noun a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
rabble-rouser; demagog.
- noun a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
- marriageable2/5
marriageable
- adjective satellite of girls or women who are eligible to marry
nubile.
- adjective satellite of girls or women who are eligible to marry
- extravaganza2/5
extravaganza
- noun any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment
- noun any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment
- snags2/5
snag
- noun a sharp protuberance
- noun a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest
- a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds
- noun a sharp protuberance
- presaged2/5
presage
- noun a foreboding about what is about to happen
- noun a sign of something about to happen
omen; prognostic; prodigy; prognostication; portent.
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
- noun a foreboding about what is about to happen
- pillaging2/5
pillaging
- noun the act of stealing valuable things from a place
plundering; pillage.
- the plundering of the Parthenon
- his plundering of the great authors
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave; ransack.
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
- noun the act of stealing valuable things from a place
- chagrined2/5
chagrined
- adjective satellite feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
embarrassed; abashed.
- felt abashed at the extravagant praise
- chagrined at the poor sales of his book
- was embarrassed by her child's tantrums
- verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
abase; chagrin; mortify; humble; humiliate.
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
- adjective satellite feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
- plaguing2/5
plague
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
pestilence; pestis; pest.
- noun any epidemic disease with a high death rate
pestilence; pest.
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- demagogue2/5
demagogue
- noun a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
rabble-rouser; demagog.
- noun a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
- webpage2/5
webpage
- noun a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser
web page.
- noun a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser
- ravage2/5
ravage
- noun (usually plural) a destructive action
depredation.
- the ravages of time
- the depredations of age and disease
- verb make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
harry.
- noun (usually plural) a destructive action
- presage2/5
presage
- noun a foreboding about what is about to happen
- noun a sign of something about to happen
omen; prognostic; prodigy; prognostication; portent.
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
- noun a foreboding about what is about to happen
- pasturage2/5
pasturage
- noun succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land
herbage.
- noun bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
eatage; forage; grass; pasture.
- noun succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land
- scrimmage2/5
scrimmage
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- noun a noisy riotous fight
melee; battle royal.
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- extravagances2/5
extravagance
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
extravagancy.
- we were surprised by the extravagance of his description
- noun the trait of spending extravagantly
prodigality; profligacy.
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
- daguerreotype2/5
daguerreotype
- noun a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor
- noun a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor
- wagnerian2/5
wagnerian
- noun a follower of the theories or an admirer of the music of Richard Wagner
- adjective of or relating to Richard Wagner or his music
- noun a follower of the theories or an admirer of the music of Richard Wagner
- gaggle2/5
gaggle
- noun a flock of geese
- verb make a noise characteristic of a goose
- Cackling geese
- noun a flock of geese
- vintages2/5
vintage
- noun a season's yield of wine from a vineyard
- noun the oldness of wines
time of origin.
- noun a season's yield of wine from a vineyard
- sarcophagi2/5
sarcophagus
- noun a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
- noun a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)
- flagellation2/5
flagellation
- noun beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
- noun beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
flogging; whipping; lashing; tanning.
- noun beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
- cagney2/5
cagney
- noun United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986)
Jimmy Cagney; James Cagney.
- noun United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986)
- piagetian2/5
piagetian
- adjective of or relating to or like or in the manner of Jean Piaget
- adjective of or relating to or like or in the manner of Jean Piaget
- hemorrhaging2/5
hemorrhage
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
bleeding; haemorrhage.
- verb lose blood from one's body
shed blood; bleed.
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
- mismanaged2/5
mismanage
- verb manage badly or incompetently
misconduct; mishandle.
- The funds were mismanaged
- verb manage badly or incompetently
- wagering2/5
wager
- noun the act of gambling
bet.
- he did it on a bet
- noun the money risked on a gamble
stake; bet; stakes.
- noun the act of gambling
- wagers2/5
wager
- noun the act of gambling
bet.
- he did it on a bet
- noun the money risked on a gamble
stake; bet; stakes.
- noun the act of gambling
- paganini2/5
paganini
- noun Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840)
Niccolo Paganini.
- noun Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840)
- flagstones2/5
flagstone
- noun stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
flag.
- noun stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
- flagstone2/5
flagstone
- noun stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
flag.
- noun stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
- bagpipes2/5
bagpipe
- noun a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone
- noun a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone
- menage2/5
menage
- noun a social unit living together
house; household; family; home.
- he moved his family to Virginia
- It was a good Christian household
- I waited until the whole house was asleep
- the teacher asked how many people made up his home
- noun a social unit living together
- gagarin2/5
gagarin
- noun Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Yuri Gagarin.
- noun Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
- nags2/5
nag
- noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
nagger; common scold; scold; scolder.
- noun an old or over-worked horse
plug; jade; hack.
- noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
- wags2/5
wag
- noun a witty amusing person who makes jokes
wit; card.
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
waggle; shake.
- noun a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- vaguest2/5
vague
- adjective satellite not clearly understood or expressed
obscure.
- an obscure turn of phrase
- an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard
- their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin
- vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
- adjective not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
undefined.
- an undefined term
- undefined authority
- some undefined sense of excitement
- vague feelings of sadness
- a vague uneasiness
- adjective satellite not clearly understood or expressed
- raglan2/5
raglan
- noun a garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves
- noun a garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves
- collagenous2/5
collagenous
- adjective relating to or consisting of collagen
collagenic.
- adjective relating to or consisting of collagen
- haganah2/5
haganah
- noun the clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israeli defense force
- noun the clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israeli defense force
- suffragist2/5
suffragist
- noun an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
- noun an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
- mags2/5
mag
- noun a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
magazine.
- it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money
- noun a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
- bacteriophages2/5
bacteriophage
- noun a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
phage.
- phage uses the bacterium's machinery and energy to produce more phage until the bacterium is destroyed and phage is released to invade surrounding bacteria
- noun a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
- menorrhagia2/5
menorrhagia
- noun abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged
hypermenorrhea.
- noun abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged
- hoagland2/5
hoagland
- noun United States physiologist (1899-1982)
Hudson Hoagland.
- noun United States physiologist (1899-1982)
- sags2/5
sag
- noun a shape that sags
droop.
- there was a sag in the chair seat
- verb droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
flag; swag; droop.
- noun a shape that sags
- envisaging2/5
envisage
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
conceive of; ideate; imagine.
- Can you conceive of him as the president?
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- stagflation2/5
stagflation
- noun a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation)
- noun a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation)
- phantasmagoria2/5
phantasmagoria
- noun a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)
- noun a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)
- dagon2/5
dagon
The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish. W. Smith.This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon, their sea idol. Milton.
They brought it into the house of Dagon. 1 Sam. v. 2.
- pedagogically2/5
pedagogically
- adverb in a didactic manner
didactically.
- this is a didactically sound method
- adverb in a didactic manner
- dragnet2/5
dragnet
- noun a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)
- caught in the police dragnet
- noun a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
trawl; trawl net.
- noun a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)
- maginot2/5
maginot
- noun French politician who proposed the Maginot Line (1877-1932)
Andre Maginot.
- noun French politician who proposed the Maginot Line (1877-1932)
- peonage2/5
peonage
- noun the condition of a peon
- noun the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged
- noun the condition of a peon
- pendragon2/5
pendragon
- noun the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons
- noun the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons
- burbage2/5
burbage
- noun English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619)
Richard Burbage.
- noun English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619)
- bagpipe2/5
bagpipe
- noun a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone
- noun a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone
- mutagens2/5
mutagen
- noun any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation
- noun any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation
- haemorrhages2/5
haemorrhage
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
bleeding; hemorrhage.
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
- plagiarized2/5
plagiarized
- adjective satellite copied and passed off as your own
plagiaristic; plagiarised.
- used plagiarized data in his thesis
- a work dotted with plagiarized phrases
- verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
plagiarize; lift; plagiarise.
- adjective satellite copied and passed off as your own
- cottagers2/5
cottager
- noun someone who lives in a cottage
cottage dweller.
- noun someone who lives in a cottage
- magnifications2/5
magnification
- noun the act of expanding something in apparent size
- noun the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object
- noun the act of expanding something in apparent size
- yagi2/5
yagi
- noun a sharply directional antenna
Yagi aerial.
- noun a sharply directional antenna
- presages2/5
presage
- noun a foreboding about what is about to happen
- noun a sign of something about to happen
omen; prognostic; prodigy; prognostication; portent.
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
- noun a foreboding about what is about to happen
- encouragements2/5
encouragement
- noun the expression of approval and support
- noun the act of giving hope or support to someone
boost.
- noun the expression of approval and support
- stowage2/5
stowage
- noun the charge for stowing goods
- noun a room in which things are stored
storeroom; storage room.
- noun the charge for stowing goods
- savaged2/5
savage
- noun a member of an uncivilized people
barbarian.
- noun a cruelly rapacious person
beast; wolf; brute; wildcat.
- noun a member of an uncivilized people
- vassalage2/5
vassalage
- noun the state of a serf
serfhood; serfdom.
- noun the state of a serf
- wagered2/5
wager
- noun the act of gambling
bet.
- he did it on a bet
- noun the money risked on a gamble
stake; bet; stakes.
- noun the act of gambling
- birdcage2/5
birdcage
- noun a cage in which a bird can be kept
- noun a cage in which a bird can be kept
- corsage2/5
corsage
- noun an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
bouquet; nosegay; posy.
- noun an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
- fibrocartilage2/5
fibrocartilage
- noun cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue
- noun cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue
- pottage2/5
pottage
- noun a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat
- noun thick (often creamy) soup
potage.
- noun a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat
- suffrages2/5
suffrage
- noun a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
right to vote; vote.
- American women got the vote in 1920
- noun a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
- brags2/5
brag
- noun an instance of boastful talk
crow; vaporing; crowing; bragging; line-shooting; gasconade.
- his brag is worse than his fight
- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
- verb show off
blow; boast; gasconade; gas; tout; swash; bluster; shoot a line; vaunt.
- noun an instance of boastful talk
- dotage2/5
dotage
- noun mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
second childhood; senility.
- noun mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
- snagging2/5
snag
- noun a sharp protuberance
- noun a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest
- a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds
- noun a sharp protuberance
- ragusa2/5
ragusa
- noun a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center
Dubrovnik.
- noun a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center
- phagocyte2/5
phagocyte
- noun a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms
scavenger cell.
- noun a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms
- mutagen2/5
mutagen
- noun any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation
- noun any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation
- beagles2/5
beagle
- noun a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
- noun a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
- cagey2/5
cagey
- adjective satellite showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
cagy; canny; clever.
- a cagey lawyer
- too clever to be sound
- adjective satellite characterized by great caution and wariness
cagy; chary.
- a cagey avoidance of a definite answer
- chary of the risks involved
- a chary investor
- adjective satellite showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
- stalagmites2/5
stalagmite
- noun a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
- noun a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
- dagan2/5
dagan
- noun god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon
- noun god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon
- daguerre2/5
daguerre
- noun French inventor of the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1789-1851)
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre.
- noun French inventor of the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1789-1851)
- conflagrations2/5
conflagration
- noun a very intense and uncontrolled fire
inferno.
- noun a very intense and uncontrolled fire
- flagellates2/5
flagellate
- noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
mastigophoran; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophore.
- verb whip
scourge.
- The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
- noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
- plantago2/5
plantago
- noun type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs
genus Plantago.
- noun type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs
- extragalactic2/5
extragalactic
- adjective outside or beyond a galaxy
- extragalactic nebula
- adjective outside or beyond a galaxy
- vaguer2/5
vague
- adjective satellite not clearly understood or expressed
obscure.
- an obscure turn of phrase
- an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard
- their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin
- vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
- adjective not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
undefined.
- an undefined term
- undefined authority
- some undefined sense of excitement
- vague feelings of sadness
- a vague uneasiness
- adjective satellite not clearly understood or expressed
- plage2/5
plage
- noun the beach at a seaside resort
- noun the beach at a seaside resort
- discouragements2/5
discouragement
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
dismay; disheartenment.
- noun the expression of opposition and disapproval
- noun the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- straggly2/5
straggly
- adjective satellite spreading out in different directions
sprawling; rambling; straggling.
- sprawling handwriting
- straggling branches
- straggly hair
- adjective satellite growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly
- straggly ivy
- adjective satellite spreading out in different directions
- diagnostician2/5
diagnostician
- noun a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
pathologist.
- noun a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
- areopagite2/5
areopagite
A member of the Areopagus. Acts xvii. 34.
- stager2/5
stager
- noun someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed
stage manager.
- noun an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
old stager; warhorse; veteran; oldtimer; old hand; old-timer.
- noun someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed
- ferromagnetism2/5
ferromagnetism
- noun phenomenon exhibited by materials like iron (nickel or cobalt) that become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism when the field is removed
- noun phenomenon exhibited by materials like iron (nickel or cobalt) that become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism when the field is removed
- overage2/5
overage
- noun a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations
- adjective satellite too old to be useful
overaged; over-the-hill; superannuated.
- He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope
- noun a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations
- webpages2/5
webpage
- noun a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser
web page.
- noun a document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser
- haggis2/5
haggis
- noun made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach
- noun made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach
- presaging2/5
presage
- noun a foreboding about what is about to happen
- noun a sign of something about to happen
omen; prognostic; prodigy; prognostication; portent.
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
- noun a foreboding about what is about to happen
- daguerreotypes2/5
daguerreotype
- noun a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor
- noun a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor
- tragi2/5
tragus
- noun a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear
- noun a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear
- bagatelle2/5
bagatelle
- noun a light piece of music for piano
- noun something of little value or significance
frippery; fluff; frivolity.
- noun a light piece of music for piano
- lasagne2/5
lasagne
- noun baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables
lasagna.
- noun very wide flat strips of pasta
lasagna.
- noun baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables
- phragmites2/5
phragmites
- noun reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions
genus Phragmites.
- noun reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions
- diagonalization2/5
diagonalization
- noun changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal)
diagonalisation.
- the diagonalization of a normal matrix by a unitary transformation
- noun changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal)
- jaggery2/5
jaggery
- noun unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
jaggary; jagghery.
- noun unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
- staggeringly2/5
staggeringly
- adverb extremely
tremendously; enormously; hugely.
- he was enormously popular
- adverb extremely
- braggadocio2/5
braggadocio
- noun vain and empty boasting
rhodomontade; rodomontade; bluster.
- noun vain and empty boasting
- vaginismus2/5
vaginismus
- noun muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination
- noun muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination
- ragout2/5
ragout
- noun well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables
- noun well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables
- magistracies2/5
magistracy
- noun the position of magistrate
magistrature.
- noun the position of magistrate
- gaga2/5
gaga
- adjective satellite mentally or physically infirm with age
senile; doddering; doddery.
- his mother was doddering and frail
- adjective satellite intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
wild; crazy; dotty.
- crazy about cars and racing
- he is potty about her
- adjective satellite mentally or physically infirm with age
- extravaganzas2/5
extravaganza
- noun any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment
- noun any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment
- lagan2/5
lagan
- noun goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered
lagend; ligan.
- noun goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered
- newsagent2/5
newsagent
- noun someone who sells newspapers
newsstand operator; newsdealer; newsvendor.
- noun someone who sells newspapers
- raggedly2/5
raggedly
- adverb in a ragged uneven manner
unevenly.
- I took the cigarette he offered, drawing at it raggedly
- adverb in a ragged irregular manner
stragglingly.
- a stone wall trails raggedly through the woods
- adverb in a ragged uneven manner
- laager2/5
laager
- noun a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
lager.
- noun a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
- demurrage2/5
demurrage
- noun a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
- noun detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
- noun a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
- caging2/5
cage
- noun an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
coop.
- noun something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
- noun an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
- tragus2/5
tragus
- noun a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear
- noun a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear
- cottager2/5
cottager
- noun someone who lives in a cottage
cottage dweller.
- noun someone who lives in a cottage
- gavage2/5
gavage
- noun feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat
forced feeding.
- noun feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat
- syntagma2/5
syntagma
- noun a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
syntagm.
- noun a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
- selvage2/5
selvage
- noun border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet
selvedge.
- noun the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray
selvedge.
- noun border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet
- tagamet2/5
tagamet
- noun a drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid
cimetidine.
- noun a drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid
- acreages2/5
acreage
- noun an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)
land area.
- he wanted some acreage to build on
- noun an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)
- stalagmite2/5
stalagmite
- noun a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
- noun a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
- plagiarizing2/5
plagiarize
- verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
lift; plagiarise.
- verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- espagnole2/5
espagnole
- noun brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with Madeira
sauce Espagnole.
- noun brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with Madeira
- hypnagogic2/5
hypnagogic
- adjective satellite sleep inducing
hypnogogic; soporiferous; soporific; somniferous; somnific.
- adjective satellite sleep inducing
- berlage2/5
berlage
- noun Dutch architect and town planner (1856-1934)
Hendrik Petrus Berlage.
- noun Dutch architect and town planner (1856-1934)
- plagiarist2/5
plagiarist
- noun someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
pirate; literary pirate; plagiariser; plagiarizer.
- noun someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
- ragnarok2/5
ragnarok
- noun myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil
Gotterdammerung; Twilight of the Gods.
- noun myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil
- nagoya2/5
nagoya
- noun an industrial city in southern Honshu
- noun an industrial city in southern Honshu
- maghreb2/5
maghreb
- noun the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia
Mahgrib.
- noun the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia
- seagull2/5
seagull
- noun mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
sea gull; gull.
- noun mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
- tagalog2/5
tagalog
- noun a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
- noun the language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based
- noun a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
- phagocytic2/5
phagocytic
- adjective capable of functioning as a phagocyte
- adjective capable of functioning as a phagocyte
- disparaged2/5
disparage
- verb express a negative opinion of
pick at; belittle.
- She disparaged her student's efforts
- verb express a negative opinion of
- seagulls2/5
seagull
- noun mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
sea gull; gull.
- noun mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
- vagrancy2/5
vagrancy
- noun the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood
- noun the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood
- herbage2/5
herbage
- noun succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land
pasturage.
- noun succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land
- zaragoza2/5
zaragoza
- noun an ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain; formerly the capital of Aragon
Saragossa.
- noun an ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain; formerly the capital of Aragon
- advantageously2/5
advantageously
- adverb in a manner affording benefit or advantage
well.
- she married well
- The children were settled advantageously in Seattle
- adverb in a manner affording benefit or advantage
- unimaginative2/5
unimaginative
- adjective satellite deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
uninventive; sterile; uninspired.
- a sterile ideology lacking in originality
- unimaginative development of a musical theme
- uninspired writing
- adjective satellite dealing only with concrete facts
- adjective satellite deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
- tarragon2/5
tarragon
- noun aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia
Artemisia dracunculus; estragon.
- noun fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning
estragon.
- noun aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia
- hagiography2/5
hagiography
- noun a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
- noun a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
- esophagitis2/5
esophagitis
- noun inflammation of the esophagus; often caused by gastroesophageal reflux
oesophagitis.
- noun inflammation of the esophagus; often caused by gastroesophageal reflux
- haggling2/5
haggling
- noun an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
wrangling; haggle; wrangle.
- verb wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
chaffer; higgle; haggle; huckster.
- Let's not haggle over a few dollars
- noun an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
- encouragingly2/5
encouragingly
- adverb in an encouraging manner
- `Go on,' he said encouragingly to his student
- adverb in an encouraging manner
- maggot2/5
maggot
- noun the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
- noun the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
- sabotaged2/5
sabotage
- noun a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
- verb destroy property or hinder normal operations
countermine; subvert; counteract; undermine; weaken.
- The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
- noun a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
- mutagenic2/5
mutagenic
- adjective capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution)
- adjective capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution)
- saginaw2/5
saginaw
- noun a town in east central Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron
- noun a town in east central Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron
- hexagram2/5
hexagram
- noun a regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles
- noun a regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles
- pagodas2/5
pagoda
- noun an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
- noun an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
- anaxagoras2/5
anaxagoras
- noun a presocratic Athenian philosopher who maintained that everything is composed of very small particles that were arranged by some eternal intelligence (500-428 BC)
- noun a presocratic Athenian philosopher who maintained that everything is composed of very small particles that were arranged by some eternal intelligence (500-428 BC)
- vaginitis2/5
vaginitis
- noun inflammation of the vagina (usually associated with candidiasis)
- noun inflammation of the vagina (usually associated with candidiasis)
- sago2/5
sago
- noun powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener
- noun powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener
- nagged2/5
nag
- noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
nagger; common scold; scold; scolder.
- noun an old or over-worked horse
plug; jade; hack.
- noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
- curettage2/5
curettage
- noun surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
curettement.
- noun surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
- bretagne2/5
bretagne
- noun a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
Breiz; Brittany.
- noun a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
- haggai2/5
haggai
- noun a Hebrew minor prophet
Aggeus.
- noun an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the Babylonian Captivity
Book of Haggai; Aggeus.
- noun a Hebrew minor prophet
- sabotaging2/5
sabotage
- noun a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
- verb destroy property or hinder normal operations
countermine; subvert; counteract; undermine; weaken.
- The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
- noun a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
- braga2/5
braga
- noun an ancient city in northern Portugal
- noun an ancient city in northern Portugal
- unflagging2/5
unflagging
- adjective satellite showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
indefatigable; unwearying; tireless.
- an indefatigable advocate of equal rights
- a tireless worker
- unflagging pursuit of excellence
- adjective satellite unceasing
unfailing.
- unfailing loyalty
- unfailing good spirits
- unflagging courtesy
- adjective satellite showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
- haemorrhagic2/5
haemorrhagic
- adjective of or relating to a hemorrhage
hemorrhagic.
- adjective of or relating to a hemorrhage
- sphagnum2/5
sphagnum
- noun any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
peat moss; sphagnum moss; bog moss.
- noun any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
- magyars2/5
magyar
- noun a native or inhabitant of Hungary
Hungarian.
- noun the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs to the Ugric family of languages
Hungarian.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Hungary
- photocoagulation2/5
photocoagulation
- noun surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina
- noun surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina
- umbrage2/5
umbrage
- noun a feeling of anger caused by being offended
offense; offence.
- he took offence at my question
- noun a feeling of anger caused by being offended
- suffragette2/5
suffragette
- noun a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
- noun a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
- tragical2/5
tragical
- adjective satellite very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
tragic.
- a tragic face
- a tragic plight
- a tragic accident
- adjective satellite very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
- scraggly2/5
scraggly
- adjective satellite lacking neatness or order
- the old man's scraggly beard
- a scraggly little path to the door
- adjective satellite lacking neatness or order
- pentagram2/5
pentagram
- noun a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
pentangle; pentacle.
- noun a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
- nagano2/5
nagano
- noun a city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine
- noun a city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine
- hexagons2/5
hexagon
- noun a six-sided polygon
- noun a six-sided polygon
- haggadah2/5
haggadah
- noun Talmudic literature that does not deal with law but is still part of Jewish tradition
Haggada; Hagada.
- noun Talmudic literature that does not deal with law but is still part of Jewish tradition
- suffragettes2/5
suffragette
- noun a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
- noun a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
- dressage2/5
dressage
- noun maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider
- noun maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider
- dinoflagellates2/5
dinoflagellate
- noun chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton
- noun chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton
- fagin2/5
fagin
- noun a villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens
- Fagin was a fence who trained boys as pickpockets
- noun a villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens
- syntagmatic2/5
syntagmatic
- adjective related as members of a syntagma
- syntagmatic word associations
- adjective related as members of a syntagma
- seraglio2/5
seraglio
- noun living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem; serail; hareem.
- noun living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
- antiferromagnetic2/5
antiferromagnetic
- adjective relating to antiferromagnetism
- adjective relating to antiferromagnetism
- manageability2/5
manageability
- noun capable of being managed or controlled
manageableness.
- noun capable of being managed or controlled
- unimagined2/5
unimagined
- adjective satellite not imagined even in a dream
undreamed; undreamed of; undreamt of; undreamt.
- adjective satellite not imagined even in a dream
- haggle2/5
haggle
- noun an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
wrangling; haggling; wrangle.
- verb wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
chaffer; higgle; huckster.
- Let's not haggle over a few dollars
- noun an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
- diamagnetic2/5
diamagnetic
- adjective relating to or exhibiting diamagnetism; slightly repelled by a magnet
- adjective relating to or exhibiting diamagnetism; slightly repelled by a magnet
- tagus2/5
tagus
- noun a European river; flows into the North Atlantic
Tagus River.
- noun a European river; flows into the North Atlantic
- braggart2/5
braggart
- noun a very boastful and talkative person
line-shooter; boaster; blowhard; vaunter; bragger.
- adjective satellite exhibiting self-importance
crowing; big; boastful; cock-a-hoop; bragging; self-aggrandizing; braggy; self-aggrandising.
- big talk
- noun a very boastful and talkative person
- ragweed2/5
ragweed
- noun widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
ragwort; Senecio jacobaea; benweed; tansy ragwort.
- noun any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
ambrosia; bitterweed.
- noun widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
- sacagawea2/5
sacagawea
- noun the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way
Sacajawea.
- noun the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way
- cagliostro2/5
cagliostro
- noun Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795)
Count Alessandro di Cagliostro; Giuseppe Balsamo.
- noun Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795)
- baguette2/5
baguette
- noun narrow French stick loaf
baguet.
- noun narrow French stick loaf
- sagamore2/5
sagamore
- noun a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
sachem.
- noun a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
- hags2/5
hag
- noun an ugly evil-looking old woman
crone; beldam; witch; beldame.
- noun eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
slime eels; hagfish.
- noun an ugly evil-looking old woman
- borage2/5
borage
- noun hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
tailwort; Borago officinalis.
- noun an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked
- noun hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
- saragossa2/5
saragossa
- noun an ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain; formerly the capital of Aragon
Zaragoza.
- noun an ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain; formerly the capital of Aragon
- forager2/5
forager
- noun someone who hunts for food and provisions
- in Japan a fungus forager can earn a good living
- noun someone who hunts for food and provisions
- dragoman2/5
dragoman
- noun an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)
- noun an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)
- osages2/5
osage
- noun a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century
- noun a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River
Osage River.
- noun a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century
- demagogic2/5
demagogic
- adjective characteristic of or resembling a demagogue
demagogical.
- demagogic speeches
- adjective characteristic of or resembling a demagogue
- anlage2/5
anlage
- noun an organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development
primordium.
- noun an organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development
- demagoguery2/5
demagoguery
- noun impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace
demagogy.
- noun impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace
- fagus2/5
fagus
- noun beeches
genus Fagus.
- noun beeches
- nonaggressive2/5
nonaggressive
- adjective not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness
unaggressive.
- adjective not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness
- nonaggression2/5
nonaggression
- noun a policy of not initiating hostilities
- they signed a nonaggression pact
- noun a policy of not initiating hostilities
- seigniorage2/5
seigniorage
- noun charged by a government for coining bullion
- noun charged by a government for coining bullion
- medicago2/5
medicago
- noun a genus of herbs that resemble clover
genus Medicago.
- noun a genus of herbs that resemble clover
- carriageway2/5
carriageway
- noun one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes
- noun one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes
- dinoflagellate2/5
dinoflagellate
- noun chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton
- noun chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton
- diagnosable2/5
diagnosable
- adjective satellite capable of being diagnosed
- adjective satellite capable of being diagnosed
- intermarriages2/5
intermarriage
- noun marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
exogamy.
- noun marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law
endogamy; inmarriage.
- noun marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
- tetragrammaton2/5
tetragrammaton
The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH , Greekqeo`s , Latindeus , etc.
- jaggers2/5
jagger
- noun English rock star (born in 1943)
Michael Philip Jagger; Mick Jagger.
- noun English rock star (born in 1943)
- hexagrams2/5
hexagram
- noun a regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles
- noun a regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles
- estragon2/5
estragon
- noun aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia
Artemisia dracunculus; tarragon.
- noun fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning
tarragon.
- noun aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia
- montages2/5
montage
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
collage.
- he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
- lumbago2/5
lumbago
- noun backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc
lumbar pain.
- noun backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc
- bhagavadgita2/5
bhagavadgita
- noun (Hinduism) the sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life
Bhagavad-Gita; Gita.
- noun (Hinduism) the sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life
- homepages2/5
homepage
- noun the opening page of a web site
home page.
- noun the opening page of a web site
- leagued2/5
league
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
conference.
- noun an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
- cribbage2/5
cribbage
- noun a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
crib.
- noun a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
- arbitrageurs2/5
arbitrageur
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
arb; arbitrager.
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
- tragicomic2/5
tragicomic
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy
- a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama
- adjective satellite manifesting both tragic and comic aspects
tragicomical.
- the tragicomic disparity...between's man's aspirations and his accomplishments"- B.R.Redman
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy
- adages2/5
adage
- noun a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
proverb; saw; byword.
- noun a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- imagism2/5
imagism
- noun a movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality; used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery
- noun a movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality; used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery
- magnifico2/5
magnifico
- noun a person of distinguished rank or appearance
- noun a person of distinguished rank or appearance
- phantasmagoric2/5
phantasmagoric
- adjective satellite characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
phantasmagorical; surrealistic; surreal.
- a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys
- the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature
- adjective satellite characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
- disparages2/5
disparage
- verb express a negative opinion of
pick at; belittle.
- She disparaged her student's efforts
- verb express a negative opinion of
- stagecoaches2/5
stagecoach
- noun a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
stage.
- we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles
- noun a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
- haggled2/5
haggle
- noun an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
wrangling; haggling; wrangle.
- verb wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
chaffer; higgle; huckster.
- Let's not haggle over a few dollars
- noun an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
- pilferage2/5
pilferage
- noun the act of stealing small amounts or small articles
- noun the act of stealing small amounts or small articles
- suffragan2/5
suffragan
- noun an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
suffragan bishop.
- noun an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
- nagari2/5
nagari
- noun a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi
Devanagari; Nagari script; Devanagari script.
- noun a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi
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devanagari
The character in which Sanskrit is written.
- anlagen2/5
anlage
- noun an organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development
primordium.
- noun an organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development
- baguettes2/5
baguette
- noun narrow French stick loaf
baguet.
- noun narrow French stick loaf
- hermitages2/5
hermitage
- noun the abode of a hermit
- noun the abode of a hermit
- peerages2/5
peerage
- noun the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
baronage.
- noun the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
- hagiographies2/5
hagiography
- noun a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
- noun a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
- wagram2/5
wagram
- noun a town in northeastern Austria
- noun a battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians
battle of Wagram.
- noun a town in northeastern Austria
- maglev2/5
maglev
- noun high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction
magnetic levitation.
- noun high-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction
- ragamuffin2/5
ragamuffin
- noun a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
tatterdemalion.
- noun a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
- managua2/5
managua
- noun the capital and largest city of Nicaragua
capital of Nicaragua; Nicaraguan capital.
- noun the capital and largest city of Nicaragua
- vicarage2/5
vicarage
- noun an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
parsonage; rectory.
- noun an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
- dragonfly2/5
dragonfly
- noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
snake doctor; sewing needle; mosquito hawk; skeeter hawk; devil's darning needle; snake feeder; darning needle.
- noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
- winnebago2/5
winnebago
- noun a member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people
- noun the Siouan language spoken by the Winnebago
- noun a member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people
- onondaga2/5
onondaga
- noun a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River
- noun the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga
- noun a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River
- tetragonal2/5
tetragonal
- adjective of or relating to or shaped like a quadrilateral
- adjective of or relating to or shaped like a quadrilateral
- bagdad2/5
bagdad
- noun capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River
Baghdad; capital of Iraq.
- Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world
- noun capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River
- dragonflies2/5
dragonfly
- noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
snake doctor; sewing needle; mosquito hawk; skeeter hawk; devil's darning needle; snake feeder; darning needle.
- noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
- paraguayan2/5
paraguayan
Of or pertaining to Paraguay. --n. A native or inhabitant of Paraguay.
- concubinage2/5
concubinage
- noun cohabitation without being legally married
- noun cohabitation without being legally married
- pelagius2/5
pelagius
- noun a British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418)
- noun a British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418)
- diaghilev2/5
diaghilev
- noun Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev; Sergei Diaghilev.
- noun Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
- flagrantly2/5
flagrantly
- adverb in a flagrant manner
- he is flagrantly disregarding the law
- adverb in a flagrant manner
- disparagingly2/5
disparagingly
- adverb in a disparaging manner
slightingly.
- these mythological figures are described disparagingly as belonging `only to a story'
- adverb in a disparaging manner
- sagely2/5
sagely
- adverb in a wise manner
wisely.
- she acted wisely when she invited her parents
- adverb in a wise manner
- magnificat2/5
magnificat
The song of the Virgin Mary, Luke i. 46; -- so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate.
- hagerstown2/5
hagerstown
- noun a town in northern Maryland
- noun a town in northern Maryland
- diagrammatically2/5
diagrammatically
- adverb in a diagrammatic manner
graphically.
- the landscape unit drawn diagrammatically illustrates the gentle rolling relief, with a peat-filled basin
- adverb in a diagrammatic manner
- unimaginably2/5
unimaginably
- adverb to an unimaginable extent
unthinkably.
- adverb to an unimaginable extent
- saguaro2/5
saguaro
- noun extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
sahuaro; Carnegiea gigantea.
- noun extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
- nicaraguans2/5
nicaraguan
- noun a native or inhabitant of Nicaragua
- adjective of or relating to Nicaragua or is people
- Nicaraguan earthquakes
- noun a native or inhabitant of Nicaragua
- pentagonal2/5
pentagonal
- adjective of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon
pentangular.
- adjective of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon
- tragicomedy2/5
tragicomedy
- noun a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
- noun a comedy with serious elements or overtones
seriocomedy.
- noun a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
- magnanimously2/5
magnanimously
- adverb in a magnanimous manner
- magnanimously, he forgave all those who had harmed him
- adverb in a magnanimous manner
- skagway2/5
skagway
- noun a town in southeastern Alaska at the northern end of the Inside Passage; a gateway to the Klondike during the Alaskan gold rush
- noun a town in southeastern Alaska at the northern end of the Inside Passage; a gateway to the Klondike during the Alaskan gold rush
- dago2/5
dago
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
Guinea; greaseball; wop; ginzo.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
- enrage2/5
enrage
- verb put into a rage; make violently angry
- verb put into a rage; make violently angry
- carpetbaggers2/5
carpetbagger
- noun an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
- after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south
- noun an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
- afterimage2/5
afterimage
- noun an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased
aftersensation.
- noun an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased
- exaggeratedly2/5
exaggeratedly
- adverb in an exaggerated manner
hyperbolically.
- adverb in an exaggerated manner
- disagreeably2/5
disagreeably
- adverb in a disagreeable manner
- `I took no harm from the journey, thank you,' she said disagreeably
- adverb in a disagreeable manner
- maguey2/5
maguey
- noun Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal
Agave atrovirens.
- noun Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
cantala; Agave cantala.
- noun Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal
- armagnac2/5
armagnac
- noun dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France
- noun dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France
- engagingly2/5
engagingly
- adverb in an engaging manner
winsomely.
- she played the role engagingly
- adverb in an engaging manner
- photomontage2/5
photomontage
- noun a montage that uses photographic images
- noun a montage that uses photographic images
- pelagianism2/5
pelagianism
The doctrines of Pelagius.
- asparaginase2/5
asparaginase
- noun antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia
Elspar.
- noun antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia
- wagtail2/5
wagtail
- noun Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
- noun Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
- badinage2/5
badinage
- noun frivolous banter
- noun frivolous banter
- tanager2/5
tanager
- noun any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males
- noun any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males
- paraguayans2/5
paraguayan
- noun a native or inhabitant of Paraguay
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Paraguay or its people
- noun a native or inhabitant of Paraguay
- skagit2/5
skagit
- noun a member of the Salish people in northwestern Washington
- noun a Salishan dialect spoken by the Skagit
- noun a member of the Salish people in northwestern Washington
- snapdragon2/5
snapdragon
- noun a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon
- noun a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon
- curtilage2/5
curtilage
- noun the enclosed land around a house or other building
yard; grounds.
- it was a small house with almost no yard
- noun the enclosed land around a house or other building
- magh2/5
magh
- noun the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar
Magha.
- noun the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar
- nagi2/5
nagi
- noun medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan
Nageia nagi.
- noun medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan
- carpetbagger2/5
carpetbagger
- noun an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
- after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south
- noun an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
- counterespionage2/5
counterespionage
- noun spying on the spies
- noun spying on the spies
- undiagnosed2/5
undiagnosed
- adjective satellite eluding diagnosis
- undiagnosed disease
- adjective satellite eluding diagnosis
- seagrass2/5
seagrass
- noun any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds
- seagrass provides a protective environment in which young fish can develop
- noun any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds
- plantagenet2/5
plantagenet
- noun the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485
Plantagenet line.
- noun the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485
- seagoing2/5
seagoing
- adjective satellite used on the high seas
seafaring; oceangoing.
- seafaring vessels
- adjective satellite used on the high seas
- jagannath2/5
jagannath
- noun an avatar of Vishnu
Jagannatha; Jagganath; Juggernaut.
- noun an avatar of Vishnu
- pellagra2/5
pellagra
- noun a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments
mal rosso; Alpine scurvy; mayidism; Saint Ignatius' itch; maidism; mal de la rosa.
- noun a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments
- bagasse2/5
bagasse
- noun the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants
- noun the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants
- salvageable2/5
salvageable
- adjective satellite capable of being saved from ruin
- their marriage was not salvageable
- adjective satellite capable of being saved from ruin
- jagannatha2/5
jagannatha
- noun an avatar of Vishnu
Jagannath; Jagganath; Juggernaut.
- noun an avatar of Vishnu
- plantagenets2/5
plantagenet
- noun the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485
Plantagenet line.
- noun the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485
- rutabaga2/5
rutabaga
- noun the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
swedish turnip; swede; yellow turnip.
- noun a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
rutabaga plant; Brassica napus napobrassica; turnip cabbage; Swedish turnip; swede.
- noun the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
- jaguars2/5
jaguar
- noun a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
Felis onca; Panthera onca; panther.
- noun a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
- prepackaged2/5
prepackaged
- adjective satellite prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale
prepacked.
- prepackaged foods
- adjective satellite prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale
- intragroup2/5
intragroup
- adjective satellite occurring within an institution or community
internal.
- intragroup squabbling within the corporation
- adjective satellite occurring within an institution or community
- nonmagnetic2/5
nonmagnetic
- adjective not capable of being magnetized
- adjective not capable of being magnetized
- nagaland2/5
- nagpur2/5
nagpur
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- maggiore2/5
maggiore
(Mus.) Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major. Moore (Encyc. of Music).
- raga2/5
raga
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- babbage2/5
babbage
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- magmatic2/5
magmatic
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- malagasy2/5
malagasy
A native or natives of Madagascar; also ( sing .), the language.
- castlereagh2/5
castlereagh
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- yeager2/5
yeager
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- baguio2/5
baguio
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- magister2/5
magister
Master; sir; -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
- narragansett2/5
narragansett
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- teague2/5
teague
An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt. Johnson.
- jager2/5
jager
(Mil.) A sharpshooter. See Yager .
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- imaginal2/5
imaginal
Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins.
- disaggregation2/5
disaggregation
The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts.
- bagh2/5
bagh
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- imager2/5
image
- noun an iconic mental representation
mental image.
- her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate
- noun (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
persona.
- a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty
- noun an iconic mental representation
- nonagricultural2/5
nonagricultural
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- pythagoreans2/5
pythagorean
Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c. ), or his philosophy.The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is the idea of number, the recognition of the numerical and mathematical relations of things. Encyc. Brit.
- bhagat2/5
bhagat
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- managerialism2/5
- datagrams2/5
datagrams
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- ramage2/5
ramage
Boughs or branches. Obs. Crabb.
- magisterium2/5
- misdiagnosed2/5
misdiagnosed
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- vaginalis2/5
vaginalis
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- romagna2/5
romagna
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- leaguers2/5
leaguer
The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. b. Jonson.
- montagne2/5
montagne
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- diagenesis2/5
- magickal2/5
magickal
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- bagehot2/5
- raggedy2/5
raggedy
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- voyageurs2/5
voyager
- noun a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)
- noun a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)
- campagna2/5
campagna
An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome. ✍ Its length is commonly stated to be about ninety miles, and its breadth from twenty-seven to forty miles. The ground is almost entirely volcanic, and vapors which arise from the district produce malaria.
- mages2/5
mage
A magician. Archaic Spenser. Tennyson.
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- drago2/5
dragon
- noun a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
firedrake.
- noun a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
tartar.
- noun a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
- campagne2/5
campagne
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- misdiagnosis2/5
misdiagnosis
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- lepage2/5
lepage
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- magnes2/5
magnes
Magnet. Obs. Spenser.
- bhagavata2/5
bhagavata
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- magog2/5
magog
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- ragnar2/5
ragnar
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- diagenetic2/5
diagenetic
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- ouvrage2/5
ouvrage
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- subparagraphs2/5
subparagraphs
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- seagram2/5
seagram
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- pago2/5
pago
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- airbags2/5
airbags
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- flagellar2/5
- disaggregate2/5
disaggregate
To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
- yamagata2/5
yamagata
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- hagia2/5
hagia
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- aragonese2/5
aragonese
Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants. --n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Aragon, in Spain.
- overdosage2/5
overdosage
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- leaguer2/5
leaguer
The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. b. Jonson.
- imagistic2/5
imagistic
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- hypomagnesemia2/5
- hagiographic2/5
hagiographic
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- cagayan2/5
- repackaging2/5
repackaging
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- paglia2/5
paglia
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- repackaged2/5
repackaged
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- voyageur2/5
voyageur
A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest.
- diagnostically2/5
diagnostically
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- magnon2/5
magnon
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- unpaginated2/5
- chandragupta2/5
chandragupta
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- yager2/5
yager
(Mil.) In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army. Written also jager .
- imagen2/5
imagen
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- mutagenicity2/5
mutagenicity
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- meagan2/5
meagan
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- magellanic2/5
magellanic
Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator. they are smaller than the Milky Way galaxy, but separate from it, and thus are considered the galactic formations nearest to our galaxy, but not part of it.
- ragas2/5
ragas
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- patagonian2/5
patagonian
Of or pertaining to Patagonia. --n. A native of Patagonia.
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- magnetoresistance2/5
magnetoresistance
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- hommage2/5
hommage
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- chicagoans2/5
chicagoans
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- pantagruel2/5
pantagruel
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- electrodiagnostic2/5
electrodiagnostic
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- brigandage2/5
brigandage
Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder.
- magdala2/5
magdala
Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc.
- sagrada2/5
sagrada
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- pelagian2/5
pelagian
Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, .pelagian shells
- papago2/5
papago
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- vaginally2/5
vaginal
- adjective of or relating to the vagina
- vaginal suppository
- adjective of or relating to the vagina
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- tagline2/5
tagline
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- encourager2/5
encourage
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
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tracheoesophageal
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fragilis
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kagoshima
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milagros
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ashikaga
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dagobert
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jagat
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newsmagazine
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vijayanagar
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zhivago
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magsaysay
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- nagara2/5
nagara
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hemagglutinin
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curragh
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- paysage2/5
paysage
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- imagers2/5
imager
One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor. Obs.Praxiteles was ennobled for a rare imager. Holland.
- imagist2/5
imagist
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- wagga2/5
wagga
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ouagadougou
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jaggar
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- rectovaginal2/5
rectovaginal
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.
- overvoltage2/5
overvoltage
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magen
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- narragansetts2/5
narragansetts
(Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.
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- mascagni2/5
mascagni
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- baggie2/5
baggy
- adjective satellite not fitting closely; hanging loosely
sloppy; loose-fitting.
- baggy trousers
- a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather
- adjective satellite not fitting closely; hanging loosely
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- hagg2/5
hagg
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prophage
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managerialist
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jagir
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magalhaes
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- disaggregating2/5
disaggregate
To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
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- autophagy2/5
autophagy
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- reimagine2/5
reimagine
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contagiosum
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micromanagement
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vorlage
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- stumpage2/5
stumpage
Timber in standing trees, -- often sold without the land at a fixed price per tree or per stump, the stumps being counted when the land is cleared. Local, U.S.Only trees above a certain size are allowed to be cut by loggers buying stumpage from the owners of land. C. S. Sargent.
- almagest2/5
almagest
The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.
- phagosome2/5
phagosome
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esophagectomy
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baghdadi
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gravenhage
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soundstage
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- orage2/5
orage
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- defragment2/5
defragment
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montagnard
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- warpage2/5
warpage
The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors.
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micromanage
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substage
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hageman
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- reaganomics2/5
reaganomics
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- repackage2/5
repackage
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- flagrante2/5
flagrante
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- centage2/5
centage
Rate by the hundred; percentage.
- magnesian2/5
magnesian
Pertaining to, characterized by, or containing, magnesia or magnesium.
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- partage2/5
partage
Division; the act of dividing or sharing. Obs. Fuller.
- pagina2/5
pagina
(Bot.) The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus.
- intravaginal2/5
intravaginal
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- irrefragable2/5
irrefragable
Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; --as, an irrefragable argument;irrefragable evidence.Ir*ref"ra*ga*ble*ness , n. --Ir*ref"ra*ga*bly , adv.Syn. -- Incontrovertible; unanswerable; indisputable; unquestionable; incontestable; indubitable; undeniable; irrefutable.
- messager2/5
message
- noun a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
- he sent a three-word message
- noun what a communication that is about something is about
content; substance; subject matter.
- noun a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
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- restaging2/5
restaging
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staghorn
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- lagna2/5
lagna
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- dagenham2/5
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vulvovaginal
(Anat.) Pertaining both to the vulva and the vagina.
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- magasin2/5
magasin
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- ferromagnet2/5
ferromagnet
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- porterage1/5
porterage
- noun the charge for carrying burdens by porters
- noun the transportation of burdens by porters
- noun the charge for carrying burdens by porters
- plumages1/5
plumage
- noun the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
feather; plume.
- noun the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
- fragmentations1/5
fragmentation
- noun separating something into fine particles
atomisation; atomization.
- noun the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships
- noun separating something into fine particles
- magnetizations1/5
magnetization
- noun the extent or degree to which something is magnetized
magnetisation.
- noun the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently)
magnetisation; magnetic induction.
- noun the extent or degree to which something is magnetized
- propagations1/5
propagation
- noun the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
extension.
- noun the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
generation; multiplication.
- noun the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
- mucilages1/5
mucilage
- noun a gelatinous substance secreted by plants
- noun cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
glue; gum.
- noun a gelatinous substance secreted by plants
- lighterage1/5
lighterage
- noun the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters
- noun the transportation of goods on a lighter
- noun the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters
- paragonite1/5
paragonite
- noun a colorless or pale brown mica with sodium
- noun a colorless or pale brown mica with sodium
- cartage1/5
cartage
- noun the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
carting.
- noun the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it
- salmagundi1/5
salmagundi
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
mixture; smorgasbord; variety; motley; miscellanea; mixed bag; miscellany; assortment; potpourri.
- a great assortment of cars was on display
- he had a variety of disorders
- a veritable smorgasbord of religions
- noun cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- gaging1/5
gag
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
joke; jest; laugh; jape.
- he told a very funny joke
- he knows a million gags
- thanks for the laugh
- he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
- even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
- noun restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
muzzle.
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- coagulates1/5
coagulate
- verb change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
clot.
- coagulated blood
- verb cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
clot.
- verb change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
- cabotage1/5
cabotage
- noun the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders
- noun navigation in coastal waters
- noun the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders
- magnetize1/5
magnetize
- verb make magnetic
magnetise.
- The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings
- verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
bewitch; mesmerize; mesmerise; magnetise; spellbind.
- She magnetized the audience with her tricks
- verb make magnetic
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archipelago
- noun a group of many islands in a large body of water
- noun a group of many islands in a large body of water
- demagnetizing1/5
demagnetize
- verb erase (a magnetic storage device)
demagnetise.
- verb make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)
degauss; demagnetise.
- demagnetize the iron shavings
- they degaussed the ship
- verb erase (a magnetic storage device)
- shagged1/5
shagged
- adjective satellite having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags
shaggy.
- junipers with shagged trunks
- shaggy rugs
- verb dance the shag
shag.
- adjective satellite having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags
- magnetising1/5
magnetise
- verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
bewitch; mesmerize; mesmerise; magnetize; spellbind.
- She magnetized the audience with her tricks
- verb make magnetic
magnetize.
- The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings
- verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
- seepages1/5
seepage
- noun the process of seeping
oozing; ooze.
- noun the process of seeping
- baggers1/5
bagger
- noun a workman employed to pack things into containers
packer; boxer.
- noun a machine for putting objects or substances into bags
- noun a workman employed to pack things into containers
- spillages1/5
spillage
- noun the amount that has spilled
- noun the act of allowing a fluid to escape
release; spill.
- noun the amount that has spilled
- camouflages1/5
camouflage
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
disguise.
- the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories
- noun fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
camo.
- noun an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
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tragacanth
- noun a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing
- noun a gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing
- vagary1/5
vagary
- noun an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
- the vagaries of the weather
- his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market
- he has dealt with human vagaries for many years
- noun an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
- gaged1/5
gag
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
joke; jest; laugh; jape.
- he told a very funny joke
- he knows a million gags
- thanks for the laugh
- he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
- even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
- noun restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
muzzle.
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- invaginated1/5
invaginate
- verb sheathe
- The chrysalis is invaginated
- verb fold inwards
introvert.
- some organs can invaginate
- verb sheathe
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contagion
- noun any disease easily transmitted by contact
contagious disease.
- noun an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
transmission; infection.
- noun any disease easily transmitted by contact
- upstaging1/5
upstage
- noun the rear part of the stage
- verb treat snobbishly, put in one's place
- noun the rear part of the stage
- shags1/5
shag
- noun a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
- noun a matted tangle of hair or fiber
- the dog's woolly shag
- noun a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
- assuages1/5
assuage
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb satisfy (thirst)
quench; allay; slake.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
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message
- noun a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
- he sent a three-word message
- noun what a communication that is about something is about
content; substance; subject matter.
- noun a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
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flowage
- noun gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat)
- rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation
- noun a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area
- many campsites were located near the flowage
- noun gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat)
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demagnetize
- verb erase (a magnetic storage device)
demagnetise.
- verb make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)
degauss; demagnetise.
- demagnetize the iron shavings
- they degaussed the ship
- verb erase (a magnetic storage device)
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raggedness
- noun a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
roughness.
- noun shabbiness by virtue of being in rags
- noun a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
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dragger
- noun someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something
tugger; puller.
- noun a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish
trawler.
- noun someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something
- invaginates1/5
invaginate
- verb sheathe
- The chrysalis is invaginated
- verb fold inwards
introvert.
- some organs can invaginate
- verb sheathe
- draggers1/5
dragger
- noun someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something
tugger; puller.
- noun a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish
trawler.
- noun someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something
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carrageenan
- noun a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae
carrageenin.
- noun a colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae
- invaginate1/5
invaginate
- verb sheathe
- The chrysalis is invaginated
- verb fold inwards
introvert.
- some organs can invaginate
- verb sheathe
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freightage
- noun the charge for transporting something by common carrier
freight rate; freight.
- we pay the freight
- the freight rate is usually cheaper
- noun transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
freight.
- noun the charge for transporting something by common carrier
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magnetize
- verb make magnetic
magnetise.
- The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings
- verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
bewitch; mesmerize; mesmerise; magnetise; spellbind.
- She magnetized the audience with her tricks
- verb make magnetic
- cragged1/5
cragged
- adjective satellite having hills and crags
craggy; mountainous; hilly.
- hilly terrain
- adjective satellite having hills and crags
- invaginating1/5
invaginate
- verb sheathe
- The chrysalis is invaginated
- verb fold inwards
introvert.
- some organs can invaginate
- verb sheathe
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wattage
- noun the product of voltage and current
electrical power; electric power.
- noun the product of voltage and current
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adagio
- noun (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)
- they played the adagio too quickly
- noun a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers
- noun (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)
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plagioclase
- noun any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks
oligoclase.
- noun any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks
- demagnetising1/5
demagnetise
- verb erase (a magnetic storage device)
demagnetize.
- verb make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)
degauss; demagnetize.
- demagnetize the iron shavings
- they degaussed the ship
- verb erase (a magnetic storage device)
- demagnetize1/5
demagnetize
- verb erase (a magnetic storage device)
demagnetise.
- verb make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)
degauss; demagnetise.
- demagnetize the iron shavings
- they degaussed the ship
- verb erase (a magnetic storage device)
- magnetise1/5
magnetise
- verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
bewitch; mesmerize; mesmerise; magnetize; spellbind.
- She magnetized the audience with her tricks
- verb make magnetic
magnetize.
- The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings
- verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
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postage
- noun the charge for mailing something
- noun a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid
stamp; postage stamp.
- noun the charge for mailing something
- vagabonding1/5
vagabond
- noun anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
- pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea
- noun a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
floater; vagrant; drifter.
- noun anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
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upstage
- noun the rear part of the stage
- verb treat snobbishly, put in one's place
- noun the rear part of the stage
- undercarriages1/5
undercarriage
- noun framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle
- noun framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle
- baggages1/5
baggage
- noun cases used to carry belongings when traveling
luggage.
- noun a worthless or immoral woman
- noun cases used to carry belongings when traveling
- paramagnet1/5
paramagnet
- noun magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it
- noun magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it
- paganized1/5
paganize
- verb make pagan in character
paganise.
- The Church paganized Christianity
- verb make pagan in character
- magnetites1/5
magnetite
- noun an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets
magnetic iron-ore.
- noun an oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets
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magnificence
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
impressiveness; grandness; richness.
- the grandness of the architecture
- impressed by the richness of the flora
- noun the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
grandness; brilliance; splendour; grandeur; splendor.
- for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel
- his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects
- it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor
- an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art
- advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
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steerageway
- noun (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered
- noun (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered
- shaggier1/5
shaggy
- adjective satellite used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
shaggy-haired; shaggy-coated; bushy.
- bushy locks
- a shaggy beard
- adjective satellite having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags
shagged.
- junipers with shagged trunks
- shaggy rugs
- adjective satellite used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
- vaginae1/5
vagina
- noun the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
- the vagina receives the penis during coitus
- the vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a fetus
- noun the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus
- breakages1/5
breakage
- noun the quantity broken
- the total breakage was huge
- noun reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
- noun the quantity broken
- rampaged1/5
rampage
- noun violently angry and destructive behavior
violent disorder.
- verb act violently, recklessly, or destructively
- noun violently angry and destructive behavior
- sandbagged1/5
sandbag
- noun a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast
- verb treat harshly or unfairly
- noun a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast
- antagonise1/5
antagonise
- verb act in opposition to
counteract; antagonize.
- verb provoke the hostility of
antagonize.
- Don't antagonize your boss
- verb act in opposition to
- scalawags1/5
scalawag
- noun a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
scallywag.
- noun a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
varlet; rascal; rapscallion; scallywag; rogue; knave.
- noun a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
- leafage1/5
leafage
- noun the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
leaf; foliage.
- noun the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- magnifiers1/5
magnifier
- noun a scientific instrument that magnifies an image
- noun a scientific instrument that magnifies an image
- outraging1/5
outrage
- noun a feeling of righteous anger
indignation.
- noun a wantonly cruel act
- noun a feeling of righteous anger
- shagging1/5
shag
- noun a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
- noun a matted tangle of hair or fiber
- the dog's woolly shag
- noun a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
- stagehand1/5
stagehand
- noun an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production
stage technician.
- noun an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production
- pageboy1/5
pageboy
- noun a boy who is employed to run errands
page.
- noun a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward
- noun a boy who is employed to run errands
- frontages1/5
frontage
- noun the extent of land abutting on a street or water
- noun the direction in which something (such as a building) faces
- noun the extent of land abutting on a street or water
- pelage1/5
pelage
- noun growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
coat.
- noun growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
- zags1/5
zag
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
zig; zigzag.
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
- invaginations1/5
invagination
- noun the condition of being folded inward or sheathed
introversion.
- noun the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
infolding; introversion; intussusception.
- the invagination of the blastula
- noun the condition of being folded inward or sheathed
- beanbags1/5
beanbag
- noun a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; thrown in games
- noun a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; thrown in games
- vagabondage1/5
vagabondage
- noun travelling about without any clear destination
wandering; roving.
- she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him
- noun travelling about without any clear destination
- flagships1/5
flagship
- noun the chief one of a related group
- it is their flagship newspaper
- noun the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag
- noun the chief one of a related group
- mintage1/5
mintage
- noun coins collectively
metal money; coinage; specie.
- noun fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin
- noun coins collectively
- coagulum1/5
coagulum
- noun a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
clot.
- noun a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
- rampages1/5
rampage
- noun violently angry and destructive behavior
violent disorder.
- verb act violently, recklessly, or destructively
- noun violently angry and destructive behavior
- menageries1/5
menagerie
- noun a collection of live animals for study or display
- noun the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
zoological garden; zoo.
- noun a collection of live animals for study or display
- propagandizing1/5
propagandize
- verb subject to propaganda
propagandise.
- verb spread by propaganda
propagandise.
- verb subject to propaganda
- oleaginous1/5
oleaginous
- adjective satellite unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
fulsome; buttery; unctuous; soapy; smarmy; oily.
- buttery praise
- gave him a fulsome introduction
- an oily sycophantic press agent
- oleaginous hypocrisy
- smarmy self-importance
- the unctuous Uriah Heep
- soapy compliments
- adjective satellite containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
sebaceous; oily; greasy.
- greasy hamburgers
- oily fried potatoes
- oleaginous seeds
- adjective satellite unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
- flagpoles1/5
flagpole
- noun surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors
ranging pole; range pole.
- noun a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
flagstaff.
- noun surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors
- towage1/5
towage
- noun the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope
tow.
- the truck gave him a tow to the garage
- noun the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope
- rummages1/5
rummage
- noun a jumble of things to be given away
- noun a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
ransacking.
- he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis
- noun a jumble of things to be given away
- antagonised1/5
antagonise
- verb act in opposition to
counteract; antagonize.
- verb provoke the hostility of
antagonize.
- Don't antagonize your boss
- verb act in opposition to
- finagle1/5
finagle
- verb achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
manage; wangle.
- verb achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
- propagandize1/5
propagandize
- verb subject to propaganda
propagandise.
- verb spread by propaganda
propagandise.
- verb subject to propaganda
- diagonalized1/5
diagonalize
- verb transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix
diagonalise.
- verb transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix
- dockage1/5
dockage
- noun a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock
docking fee.
- noun landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
dock; docking facility.
- the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late
- noun a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock
- taggers1/5
tagger
- noun someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter
- noun someone who appends or joins one thing to another
- a theory that was simply added on by some anonymous tagger
- noun someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter
- slagging1/5
slag
- noun the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
dross; scoria.
- verb convert into slag
- noun the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
- petrissage1/5
petrissage
- noun massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed
- noun massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed
- tankage1/5
tankage
- noun the quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or tanks
- noun the charge for storing something in tanks
- noun the quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or tanks
- propagandized1/5
propagandize
- verb subject to propaganda
propagandise.
- verb spread by propaganda
propagandise.
- verb subject to propaganda
- stagnancy1/5
stagnancy
- noun inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation
stagnation.
- noun a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
doldrums; stagnation.
- economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation
- noun inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation
- collagenases1/5
collagenase
- noun any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin
- noun any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin
- vantages1/5
vantage
- noun place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
advantage.
- the experience gave him the advantage over me
- noun place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
- mileages1/5
mileage
- noun distance measured in miles
milage.
- noun the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned
fuel consumption rate; gasoline mileage; gas mileage.
- noun distance measured in miles
- fragmental1/5
fragmental
- adjective satellite consisting of small disconnected parts
fragmentary.
- fragmentary remains
- adjective satellite consisting of small disconnected parts
- stagey1/5
stagey
- adjective satellite having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality
stagy.
- stagy heroics
- adjective satellite having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality
- wagoners1/5
wagoner
- noun the driver of a wagon
waggoner.
- noun the driver of a wagon
- meagerly1/5
meagerly
- adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent
stingy; scrimpy; meager; meagre.
- meager resources
- meager fare
- adverb to a meager degree or in a meager manner
sparingly; meagrely; slenderly.
- these voices are meagerly represented at the conference
- the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources
- adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent
- diagramed1/5
diagram
- noun a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
- verb make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
plot.
- noun a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
- straggles1/5
straggle
- noun a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
- a straggle of outbuildings
- a straggle of followers
- verb wander from a direct or straight course
digress; depart; sidetrack.
- noun a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
- emmenagogue1/5
emmenagogue
- noun any agent that promotes menstrual discharge
- noun any agent that promotes menstrual discharge
- plumaged1/5
plumaged
- adjective satellite having or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form
- fully plumaged young bird
- brilliantly plumaged parrots
- adjective satellite having or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form
- stagy1/5
stagy
- adjective satellite having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality
stagey.
- stagy heroics
- adjective satellite having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality
- antagonising1/5
antagonise
- verb act in opposition to
counteract; antagonize.
- verb provoke the hostility of
antagonize.
- Don't antagonize your boss
- verb act in opposition to
- onager1/5
onager
- noun an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
catapult; mangonel; arbalest; trebuchet; trebucket; arbalist; bricole; ballista.
- noun Asiatic wild ass
Equus hemionus.
- noun an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
- swaggers1/5
swagger
- noun an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
swaggie; swagman.
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
prance; strut.
- noun an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
- finagled1/5
finagle
- verb achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
manage; wangle.
- verb achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
- fagging1/5
fag
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
poove; fairy; nance; queen; fagot; pansy; poof; queer; pouf; faggot.
- noun finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
cigarette; coffin nail; cigaret; butt.
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- wharfage1/5
wharfage
- noun a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay
quayage.
- noun a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
dock; wharf; pier.
- noun a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay
- intaglios1/5
intaglio
- noun a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
gravure; intaglio printing.
- noun glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)
diaglyph.
- noun a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
- sandbagging1/5
sandbag
- noun a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast
- verb treat harshly or unfairly
- noun a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast
- moorage1/5
moorage
- noun a fee for mooring
- noun a place where a craft can be made fast
berth; slip; mooring.
- noun a fee for mooring
- astragal1/5
astragal
- noun the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
talus; anklebone; astragalus.
- noun a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
bead; beadwork; beading.
- noun the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
- magnetospheres1/5
magnetosphere
- noun the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field
- noun the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field
- magnetrons1/5
magnetron
- noun a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators
- noun a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators
- ullage1/5
ullage
- noun the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full
- noun the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full
- mailbags1/5
mailbag
- noun pouch used in the shipment of mail
mail pouch.
- noun letter carrier's shoulder bag
postbag.
- in Britain they call a mailbag a postbag
- noun pouch used in the shipment of mail
- astragali1/5
astragalus
- noun large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae
genus Astragalus.
- noun the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
talus; astragal; anklebone.
- noun large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae
- finagling1/5
finagle
- verb achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
manage; wangle.
- verb achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
- propagative1/5
propagative
- adjective characterized by propagation or relating to propagation
- adjective characterized by propagation or relating to propagation
- diagonalize1/5
diagonalize
- verb transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix
diagonalise.
- verb transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix
- swage1/5
swage
- noun a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
upset.
- verb form metals with a swage
upset.
- noun a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
- swaging1/5
swag
- noun valuable goods
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
booty; prize; pillage; plunder; dirty money; loot.
- noun valuable goods
- bagpiper1/5
bagpiper
- noun someone who plays the bagpipe
piper.
- noun someone who plays the bagpipe
- massager1/5
massager
- noun someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation
- noun someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation
- coagulator1/5
coagulator
- noun an agent that produces coagulation
coagulant.
- noun an agent that produces coagulation
- swaged1/5
swag
- noun valuable goods
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
booty; prize; pillage; plunder; dirty money; loot.
- noun valuable goods
- divagations1/5
divagation
- noun a message that departs from the main subject
digression; aside; excursus; parenthesis.
- noun a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
deviation; digression; deflexion; deflection; diversion.
- a diversion from the main highway
- a digression into irrelevant details
- a deflection from his goal
- noun a message that departs from the main subject
- diagonalizing1/5
diagonalize
- verb transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix
diagonalise.
- verb transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix
- meagrely1/5
meagrely
- adverb to a meager degree or in a meager manner
sparingly; slenderly; meagerly.
- these voices are meagerly represented at the conference
- the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources
- adverb to a meager degree or in a meager manner
- waggles1/5
waggle
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
wag; shake.
- verb move from side to side
wag.
- The happy dog wagged his tail
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- bagpipers1/5
bagpiper
- noun someone who plays the bagpipe
piper.
- noun someone who plays the bagpipe
- commonage1/5
commonage
- noun property held in common
- noun property held in common
- swagged1/5
swag
- noun valuable goods
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
booty; prize; pillage; plunder; dirty money; loot.
- noun valuable goods
- waggoners1/5
waggoner
- noun the driver of a wagon
wagoner.
- noun the driver of a wagon
- empennage1/5
empennage
- noun the rear part of an aircraft
tail; tail assembly.
- noun the rear part of an aircraft
- roughages1/5
roughage
- noun coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
fiber.
- noun coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- fragilities1/5
fragility
- noun quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
frangibleness; breakability; frangibility.
- noun lack of physical strength
delicacy.
- noun quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
- assuagement1/5
assuagement
- noun the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
relief; alleviation.
- as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief
- noun the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- patronages1/5
patronage
- noun the act of providing approval and support
backing; championship; backup.
- his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives
- noun customers collectively
clientele; business.
- they have an upper class clientele
- noun the act of providing approval and support
- onagers1/5
onager
- noun an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
catapult; mangonel; arbalest; trebuchet; trebucket; arbalist; bricole; ballista.
- noun Asiatic wild ass
Equus hemionus.
- noun an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
- metalanguages1/5
metalanguage
- noun a language that can be used to describe languages
- noun a language that can be used to describe languages
- magnoliophyta1/5
magnoliophyta
- noun comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)
division Anthophyta; Anthophyta; division Magnoliophyta; Angiospermae; class Angiospermae.
- noun comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)
- coagula1/5
coagulum
- noun a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
clot.
- noun a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
- shrinkages1/5
shrinkage
- noun process or result of becoming less or smaller
shrinking.
- the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage
- noun the amount by which something shrinks
- noun process or result of becoming less or smaller
- beleaguering1/5
beleaguering
- noun the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
siege; besieging; military blockade.
- verb annoy persistently
badger; beleaguer; pester; bug; tease.
- The children teased the boy because of his stammer
- noun the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
- jaggy1/5
jaggy
- adjective satellite having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
jagged; erose; toothed; notched.
- adjective satellite having a sharply uneven surface or outline
jagged; scraggy.
- the jagged outline of the crags
- scraggy cliffs
- adjective satellite having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
- brager1/5
brag
- noun an instance of boastful talk
crow; vaporing; crowing; bragging; line-shooting; gasconade.
- his brag is worse than his fight
- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
- verb show off
blow; boast; gasconade; gas; tout; swash; bluster; shoot a line; vaunt.
- noun an instance of boastful talk
- harborage1/5
harborage
- noun (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
harbourage.
- noun (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
- diagraming1/5
diagram
- noun a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
- verb make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
plot.
- noun a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
- slagged1/5
slag
- noun the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
dross; scoria.
- verb convert into slag
- noun the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
- magnoliopsida1/5
magnoliopsida
- noun comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae
Dicotyledones; class Dicotyledones; class Dicotyledonae; class Magnoliopsida; Dicotyledonae.
- noun comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae
- harbourage1/5
harbourage
- noun (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
harborage.
- noun (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
- soakage1/5
soakage
- noun the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
soaking; soak.
- a good soak put life back in the wagon
- noun the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- tillages1/5
tillage
- noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
cultivated land; farmland; tilled land; ploughland; tilth; plowland.
- noun the cultivation of soil for raising crops
- noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
- diagonalizable1/5
diagonalizable
- adjective capable of being transformed into a diagonal matrix
- adjective capable of being transformed into a diagonal matrix
- deflagrating1/5
deflagrate
- verb cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity
- care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated
- verb burn with great heat and intense light
- the powder deflagrated
- verb cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity
- coagulations1/5
coagulation
- noun the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
clotting; curdling.
- noun the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
- esophagoscope1/5
esophagoscope
- noun an optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus
oesophagoscope.
- noun an optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus
- packagings1/5
packaging
- noun the business of packing
- his business is packaging for transport
- noun a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
promotional material; promotion; publicity.
- the packaging of new ideas
- noun the business of packing
- waggery1/5
waggery
- noun waggish behavior
waggishness.
- noun a quaint and amusing jest
drollery.
- noun waggish behavior
- emmenagogues1/5
emmenagogue
- noun any agent that promotes menstrual discharge
- noun any agent that promotes menstrual discharge
- yardages1/5
yardage
- noun distance measured in the aggregate number of yards
- what is the yardage of this golf course?
- noun distance measured in the aggregate number of yards
- reportages1/5
reportage
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
reporting; coverage.
- they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations
- noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
- interlanguages1/5
interlanguage
- noun a common language used by speakers of different languages
lingua franca; koine.
- Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times
- noun a common language used by speakers of different languages
- staginess1/5
staginess
- noun an artificial and mannered quality
theatricality.
- noun an artificial and mannered quality
- scallywags1/5
scallywag
- noun a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
scalawag.
- noun a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
varlet; rascal; rapscallion; rogue; knave; scalawag.
- noun a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
- milage1/5
milage
- noun distance measured in miles
mileage.
- noun distance measured in miles
- demagnetisation1/5
demagnetisation
- noun the process of removing magnetization
demagnetization.
- noun the process of removing magnetization
- carnages1/5
carnage
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
butchery; massacre; mass murder; slaughter.
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
- paragraphed1/5
paragraph
- noun one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
- verb divide into paragraphs, as of text
- This story is well paragraphed
- noun one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line
- massagers1/5
massager
- noun someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation
- noun someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation
- pedagog1/5
pedagog
- noun someone who educates young people
pedagogue; educator.
- noun someone who educates young people
- magniloquence1/5
magniloquence
- noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
grandiosity; grandiloquence; rhetoric; ornateness.
- the grandiosity of his prose
- an excessive ornateness of language
- noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
- slanguage1/5
slanguage
- noun language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant
- noun language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant
- garbageman1/5
garbageman
- noun someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse
garbage collector; refuse collector; garbage carter; dustman; garbage man; garbage hauler.
- noun someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse
- diagonalizes1/5
diagonalize
- verb transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix
diagonalise.
- verb transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix
- foliages1/5
foliage
- noun the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
leaf; leafage.
- noun (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
foliation.
- noun the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- sagest1/5
sage
- noun a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- noun aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc
- noun a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
- paginate1/5
paginate
- verb number the pages of a book or manuscript
page; foliate.
- verb number the pages of a book or manuscript
- garbagemen1/5
garbageman
- noun someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse
garbage collector; refuse collector; garbage carter; dustman; garbage man; garbage hauler.
- noun someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse
- antagonises1/5
antagonise
- verb act in opposition to
counteract; antagonize.
- verb provoke the hostility of
antagonize.
- Don't antagonize your boss
- verb act in opposition to
- kitbags1/5
kitbag
- noun a knapsack (usually for a soldier)
kit bag.
- noun a knapsack (usually for a soldier)
- schoolbags1/5
schoolbag
- noun a bag for carrying school books and supplies
- found just the right dictionary to fit into his schoolbag
- noun a bag for carrying school books and supplies
- pragmatisms1/5
pragmatism
- noun (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
- noun the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
realism.
- noun (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
- cager1/5
cager
- noun an athlete who plays basketball
basketball player; basketeer.
- noun an athlete who plays basketball
- divagation1/5
divagation
- noun a message that departs from the main subject
digression; aside; excursus; parenthesis.
- noun a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
deviation; digression; deflexion; deflection; diversion.
- a diversion from the main highway
- a digression into irrelevant details
- a deflection from his goal
- noun a message that departs from the main subject
- vagile1/5
vagile
- adjective having freedom to move about
- vagile aquatic animals
- adjective having freedom to move about
- propagandas1/5
propaganda
- noun information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
- noun information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
- battlewagons1/5
battlewagon
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
battleship.
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
- disengagements1/5
disengagement
- noun the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
detachment.
- noun to break off a military action with an enemy
fallback; pullout.
- noun the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
- fragrancy1/5
fragrancy
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
bouquet; redolence; sweetness; fragrance.
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
- galactagogue1/5
galactagogue
- noun agent that induces milk secretion
- noun agent that induces milk secretion
- propagandising1/5
propagandise
- verb subject to propaganda
propagandize.
- verb spread by propaganda
propagandize.
- verb subject to propaganda
- pageboys1/5
pageboy
- noun a boy who is employed to run errands
page.
- noun a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward
- noun a boy who is employed to run errands
- dishrags1/5
dishrag
- noun a cloth for washing dishes
dishcloth.
- noun a cloth for washing dishes
- gasbags1/5
gasbag
- noun a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
windbag.
- noun the bag containing the gas in a balloon
envelope.
- noun a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
- lockage1/5
lockage
- noun a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway
- noun a system of locks in a canal or waterway
- noun a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway
- choragus1/5
choragus
- noun (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus
- noun (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus
- imagings1/5
imaging
- noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
mental imagery; imagination; imagery.
- he could still hear her in his imagination
- noun (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
tomography.
- noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
- astragals1/5
astragal
- noun the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
talus; anklebone; astragalus.
- noun a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
bead; beadwork; beading.
- noun the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
- nosebags1/5
nosebag
- noun a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head
feedbag.
- noun a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head
- battlewagon1/5
battlewagon
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
battleship.
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
- swages1/5
swage
- noun a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
upset.
- verb form metals with a swage
upset.
- noun a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
- magnetisms1/5
magnetism
- noun attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
magnetic attraction; magnetic force.
- noun the branch of science that studies magnetism
magnetics.
- noun attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force
- magnetograph1/5
magnetograph
- noun a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth's magnetic field)
- noun a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth's magnetic field)
- newsagents1/5
newsagent
- noun someone who sells newspapers
newsstand operator; newsdealer; newsvendor.
- noun someone who sells newspapers
- imageries1/5
imagery
- noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
mental imagery; imagination; imaging.
- he could still hear her in his imagination
- noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
- antofagasta1/5
antofagasta
- noun a port city on the Pacific in northern Chile
- noun a port city on the Pacific in northern Chile
- alienage1/5
alienage
- noun the quality of being alien
alienism.
- noun the quality of being alien
- plagiarize1/5
plagiarize
- verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
lift; plagiarise.
- verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- deflagration1/5
deflagration
- noun combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat
- noun combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat
- lagers1/5
lager
- noun a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
laager.
- noun a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September
lager beer.
- noun a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
- diagnosticians1/5
diagnostician
- noun a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
pathologist.
- noun a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
- outrageousness1/5
outrageousness
- noun excessive excess
exorbitance.
- noun the quality of being outrageous
enormity.
- noun excessive excess
- messuage1/5
messuage
- noun (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
- noun (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
- lagopus1/5
lagopus
- noun ptarmigans
genus Lagopus.
- noun ptarmigans
- hagiographer1/5
hagiographer
- noun the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
hagiologist; hagiographist.
- noun the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
- disadvantaging1/5
disadvantage
- noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
- verb put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm
disfavor; disfavour.
- This rule clearly disadvantages me
- noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
- bagman1/5
bagman
- noun a salesman who travels to call on customers
travelling salesman; commercial traveler; roadman; traveling salesman; commercial traveller.
- noun a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
- noun a salesman who travels to call on customers
- hagiographers1/5
hagiographer
- noun the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
hagiologist; hagiographist.
- noun the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
- managerially1/5
managerially
- adverb in a managerial manner
- adverb in a managerial manner
- paramagnetism1/5
paramagnetism
- noun materials like aluminum or platinum become magnetized in a magnetic field but it disappears when the field is removed
- noun materials like aluminum or platinum become magnetized in a magnetic field but it disappears when the field is removed
- draggled1/5
draggled
- adjective satellite limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
bedraggled.
- the beggar's bedraggled clothes
- scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts
- verb make wet and dirty, as from rain
bedraggle; draggle.
- adjective satellite limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
- syntagm1/5
syntagm
- noun a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
syntagma.
- noun a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
- tagliatelle1/5
tagliatelle
- noun pasta cut in narrow ribbons
- noun pasta cut in narrow ribbons
- odynophagia1/5
odynophagia
- noun severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder of the esophagus
- noun severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder of the esophagus
- fosterage1/5
fosterage
- noun encouragement; aiding the development of something
fostering.
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; upbringing; bringing up; rearing; nurture; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun encouragement; aiding the development of something
- bagful1/5
bagful
- noun the quantity that a bag will hold
bag.
- he ate a large bag of popcorn
- noun the quantity that a bag will hold
- entourages1/5
entourage
- noun the group following and attending to some important person
retinue; cortege; suite.
- noun the group following and attending to some important person
- moneybags1/5
moneybag
- noun a drawstring bag for holding money
- noun a drawstring bag for holding money
- barraged1/5
barrage
- noun the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
outpouring; onslaught; bombardment.
- a barrage of questions
- a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
- noun the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
battery; barrage fire; bombardment; shelling.
- they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
- the shelling went on for hours without pausing
- noun the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- savaging1/5
savage
- noun a member of an uncivilized people
barbarian.
- noun a cruelly rapacious person
beast; wolf; brute; wildcat.
- noun a member of an uncivilized people
- pedagogics1/5
pedagogics
- noun the principles and methods of instruction
teaching method; pedagogy.
- noun the principles and methods of instruction
- mortgagors1/5
mortgagor
- noun the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid
mortgager.
- we became mortgagors when the bank accepted our mortgage and loaned us the money to buy our new home
- noun the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid
- dragooned1/5
dragoon
- noun a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
- verb compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
railroad; sandbag.
- They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone
- noun a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
- ustilago1/5
ustilago
- noun type genus of the Ustilaginaceae; genus comprising the loose smuts
genus Ustilago.
- noun type genus of the Ustilaginaceae; genus comprising the loose smuts
- diamagnetism1/5
diamagnetism
- noun phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the magnetic force; unlike iron they are slightly repelled by a magnet
- noun phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the magnetic force; unlike iron they are slightly repelled by a magnet
- balenciaga1/5
balenciaga
- noun Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972)
Cristobal Balenciaga.
- noun Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972)
- sagitta1/5
sagitta
- noun any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
- noun a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way
- noun any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta
- corsages1/5
corsage
- noun an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
bouquet; nosegay; posy.
- noun an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
- mismanaging1/5
mismanage
- verb manage badly or incompetently
misconduct; mishandle.
- The funds were mismanaged
- verb manage badly or incompetently
- bondages1/5
bondage
- noun the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
- he was in bondage to fear:
- he sought release from his bondage to Satan
- a self freed from the bondage of time
- noun the state of being under the control of another person
thrall; thraldom; thralldom; slavery.
- noun the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power
- bagatelles1/5
bagatelle
- noun a light piece of music for piano
- noun something of little value or significance
frippery; fluff; frivolity.
- noun a light piece of music for piano
- flagitious1/5
flagitious
- adjective satellite extremely wicked, deeply criminal
heinous.
- a flagitious crime
- heinous accusations
- adjective satellite shockingly brutal or cruel
grievous; monstrous; atrocious.
- murder is an atrocious crime
- a grievous offense against morality
- a grievous crime
- no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
- adjective satellite extremely wicked, deeply criminal
- linage1/5
linage
- noun the number of lines in a piece of printed material
lineage.
- noun a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
lineage.
- noun the number of lines in a piece of printed material
- magnetohydrodynamics1/5
magnetohydrodynamics
- noun the study of the interaction of magnetic fields and electrically conducting fluids (as plasma or molten metal)
- noun the study of the interaction of magnetic fields and electrically conducting fluids (as plasma or molten metal)
- madagascan1/5
madagascan
- noun a native or inhabitant of Madagascar
- adjective of or relating to Madagascar or its people
- Madagascan pepper
- noun a native or inhabitant of Madagascar
- eragrostis1/5
eragrostis
- noun annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics
genus Eragrostis.
- noun annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics
- socage1/5
socage
- noun land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service
- noun land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service
- silages1/5
silage
- noun fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
ensilage.
- noun fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
- fuselages1/5
fuselage
- noun the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
- noun the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
- paragliding1/5
paragliding
- noun gliding in a parasail
parasailing.
- noun gliding in a parasail
- meleagris1/5
meleagris
(Zoöl.) A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys.
- magisterially1/5
magisterially
- adverb in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator
autocratically; dictatorially.
- this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues
- adverb in an authoritative and magisterial manner
authoritatively.
- she spoke authoritatively
- adverb in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator
- magistrature1/5
magistrature
- noun the position of magistrate
magistracy.
- noun the position of magistrate
- pillagers1/5
pillager
- noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
spoiler; looter; despoiler; plunderer; freebooter; raider.
- noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
- selaginella1/5
selaginella
(Bot.) A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories.
- pragmatical1/5
pragmatical
- adjective of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
pragmatic.
- adjective satellite concerned with practical matters
matter-of-fact; pragmatic.
- a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem
- a matter-of-fact account of the trip
- adjective of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
- mismanage1/5
mismanage
- verb manage badly or incompetently
misconduct; mishandle.
- The funds were mismanaged
- verb manage badly or incompetently
- messuages1/5
messuage
- noun (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
- noun (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
- scrimmages1/5
scrimmage
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- noun a noisy riotous fight
melee; battle royal.
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- rhagoletis1/5
rhagoletis
- noun a genus of Trypetidae
genus Rhagoletis.
- noun a genus of Trypetidae
- boraginaceae1/5
boraginaceae
- noun a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
borage family; family Boraginaceae.
- noun a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
- calamagrostis1/5
calamagrostis
- noun reed grass
genus Calamagrostis.
- noun reed grass
- hemorrhaged1/5
hemorrhage
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
bleeding; haemorrhage.
- verb lose blood from one's body
shed blood; bleed.
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
- spreadeagled1/5
spreadeagle
- verb defeat disastrously
spread-eagle; rout.
- verb defeat disastrously
- sagittaria1/5
sagittaria
- noun genus of aquatic herbs of temperate and tropical regions having sagittate or hastate leaves and white scapose flowers
genus Sagittaria.
- noun genus of aquatic herbs of temperate and tropical regions having sagittate or hastate leaves and white scapose flowers
- plagiarisms1/5
plagiarism
- noun a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
- noun the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
piracy; plagiarization; plagiarisation.
- noun a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
- selvages1/5
selvage
- noun border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet
selvedge.
- noun the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray
selvedge.
- noun border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet
- elaeagnus1/5
elaeagnus
(Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.
- braggs1/5
bragg
- noun Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876)
Braxton Bragg.
- noun Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876)
- disagreeableness1/5
disagreeableness
- noun the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant
- noun an ill-tempered and offensive disposition
- noun the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant
- bagnio1/5
bagnio
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
cathouse; bordello; whorehouse; house of prostitution; brothel; sporting house; bawdyhouse; house of ill repute.
- noun a building containing public baths
bathhouse.
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
- stagers1/5
stager
- noun someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed
stage manager.
- noun an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
old stager; warhorse; veteran; oldtimer; old hand; old-timer.
- noun someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed
- overages1/5
overage
- noun a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations
- adjective satellite too old to be useful
overaged; over-the-hill; superannuated.
- He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope
- noun a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations
- birdcages1/5
birdcage
- noun a cage in which a bird can be kept
- noun a cage in which a bird can be kept
- plagiarists1/5
plagiarist
- noun someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
pirate; literary pirate; plagiariser; plagiarizer.
- noun someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
- nonagenarian1/5
nonagenarian
- noun someone whose age is in the nineties
- adjective satellite being from 90 to 99 years old
- the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home
- noun someone whose age is in the nineties
- filaggrin1/5
filaggrin
- noun the main protein of the keratohyalin granules
- the specific target of the immune response in rheumatoid arthritis is filaggrin
- noun the main protein of the keratohyalin granules
- pillager1/5
pillager
- noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
spoiler; looter; despoiler; plunderer; freebooter; raider.
- noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
- plagiarised1/5
plagiarised
- adjective satellite copied and passed off as your own
plagiarized; plagiaristic.
- used plagiarized data in his thesis
- a work dotted with plagiarized phrases
- verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
plagiarize; lift; plagiarise.
- adjective satellite copied and passed off as your own
- ensilage1/5
ensilage
- noun fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
silage.
- noun fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
- bandwagons1/5
bandwagon
- noun a popular trend that attracts growing support
- when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon
- noun a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band
- the gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade
- noun a popular trend that attracts growing support
- bragi1/5
bragi
- noun (Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin
Brage.
- noun (Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin
- flagellating1/5
flagellate
- noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
mastigophoran; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophore.
- verb whip
scourge.
- The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
- noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
- antiferromagnetism1/5
antiferromagnetism
- noun magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature
- noun magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature
- ragpicker1/5
ragpicker
- noun an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
- noun an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
- syntagms1/5
syntagm
- noun a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
syntagma.
- noun a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
- oryctolagus1/5
oryctolagus
- noun Old World rabbits
genus Oryctolagus.
- noun Old World rabbits
- lagerstroemia1/5
lagerstroemia
- noun shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers
genus Lagerstroemia.
- noun shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers
- brobdingnagian1/5
brobdingnagian
Colossal' of extraordinary height; gigantic. --n. A giant. Spelt often Brobdignagian .
- plages1/5
plage
- noun the beach at a seaside resort
- noun the beach at a seaside resort
- sylvilagus1/5
sylvilagus
- noun North American rabbits
genus Sylvilagus.
- noun North American rabbits
- garaged1/5
garage
- noun an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
- noun a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired
service department.
- noun an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
- protagonism1/5
protagonism
- noun active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
advocacy.
- noun active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
- averageness1/5
averageness
- noun the state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
mediocrity.
- noun the state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity
- gallinago1/5
gallinago
- noun snipes
genus Capella; Capella; genus Gallinago.
- noun snipes
- jaggedly1/5
jaggedly
- adverb with a ragged and uneven appearance
raggedly.
- a long beard, raggedly cut
- adverb with a ragged and uneven appearance
- ragpickers1/5
ragpicker
- noun an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
- noun an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
- baronetage1/5
baronetage
- noun the collective body of baronets
- noun the state of a baronet
- noun the collective body of baronets
- thermocoagulation1/5
thermocoagulation
- noun congealing tissue by heat (as by electric current)
- noun congealing tissue by heat (as by electric current)
- lagenaria1/5
lagenaria
- noun bottle gourds
genus Lagenaria.
- noun bottle gourds
- fagopyrum1/5
fagopyrum
- noun buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum
genus Fagopyrum.
- noun buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum
- arbitraging1/5
arbitrage
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- verb practice arbitrage, as in the stock market
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- sarcophaga1/5
sarcophaga
(Zoöl.) A suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.
- contagiously1/5
contagiously
- adverb in a contagious manner
infectiously.
- she was contagiously bubbly
- adverb in a contagious manner
- gaggles1/5
gaggle
- noun a flock of geese
- verb make a noise characteristic of a goose
- Cackling geese
- noun a flock of geese
- magniloquent1/5
magniloquent
- adjective satellite lofty in style
tall; grandiloquent.
- he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying
- adjective satellite lofty in style
- sexagenarian1/5
sexagenarian
- noun someone whose age is in the sixties
- adjective satellite being from 60 to 69 years old
- the sexagenarian population is growing
- noun someone whose age is in the sixties
- pillages1/5
pillage
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
swag; booty; prize; plunder; dirty money; loot.
- noun the act of stealing valuable things from a place
plundering; pillaging.
- the plundering of the Parthenon
- his plundering of the great authors
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
- overaged1/5
overaged
- adjective satellite too old to be useful
overage; over-the-hill; superannuated.
- He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope
- adjective satellite too old to be useful
- forestage1/5
forestage
- noun the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
apron; proscenium.
- noun the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
- anagallis1/5
anagallis
- noun chiefly Old World herbs
genus Anagallis.
- noun chiefly Old World herbs
- windbags1/5
windbag
- noun a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
gasbag.
- noun a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
- tragelaphus1/5
tragelaphus
- noun African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks
genus Tragelaphus; Strepsiceros; genus Strepsiceros.
- noun African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks
- pagurus1/5
pagurus
- noun type genus of the family Paguridae
genus Pagurus.
- noun type genus of the family Paguridae
- beleaguer1/5
beleaguer
- verb annoy persistently
badger; pester; bug; tease.
- The children teased the boy because of his stammer
- verb surround so as to force to give up
circumvent; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb annoy persistently
- ragouts1/5
ragout
- noun well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables
- noun well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables
- managership1/5
managership
- noun the position of manager
- noun the position of manager
- borago1/5
borago
- noun perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region
genus Borago.
- noun perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region
- lagomorpha1/5
lagomorpha
- noun rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia
order Lagomorpha.
- noun rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia
- bagmen1/5
bagman
- noun a salesman who travels to call on customers
travelling salesman; commercial traveler; roadman; traveling salesman; commercial traveller.
- noun a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money
- noun a salesman who travels to call on customers
- spaghettini1/5
spaghettini
- noun thin spaghetti
- noun thin spaghetti
- anagrammatic1/5
anagrammatic
- adjective related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram
anagrammatical.
- adjective related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram
- megagametophyte1/5
megagametophyte
- noun the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores
- noun the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores
- wagnerians1/5
wagnerian
- noun a follower of the theories or an admirer of the music of Richard Wagner
- adjective of or relating to Richard Wagner or his music
- noun a follower of the theories or an admirer of the music of Richard Wagner
- tagalong1/5
tagalong
- noun someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along
hanger-on.
- noun someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along
- pagrus1/5
pagrus
- noun a genus of Sparidae
genus Pagrus.
- noun a genus of Sparidae
- salvagers1/5
salvager
- noun someone who salvages
salvor.
- noun someone who salvages
- wastages1/5
wastage
- noun the process of wasting
- noun anything lost by wear or waste
- noun the process of wasting
- dragnets1/5
dragnet
- noun a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)
- caught in the police dragnet
- noun a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
trawl; trawl net.
- noun a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)
- chagrins1/5
chagrin
- noun strong feelings of embarrassment
mortification; humiliation.
- verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
abase; mortify; humble; humiliate.
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
- noun strong feelings of embarrassment
- plaguey1/5
plaguey
- adjective satellite likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
pestilential; pestiferous; pestilent.
- a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift
- plaguey fevers
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
pestering; nettlesome; plaguy; galling; teasing; vexing; pesky; bothersome; vexatious; annoying; pestiferous; irritating.
- tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
- aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
- found it galling to have to ask permission
- an irritating delay
- nettlesome paperwork
- a pesky mosquito
- swarms of pestering gnats
- a plaguey newfangled safety catch
- a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
- a vexatious child
- it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
- adjective satellite likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
- coagulable1/5
coagulable
- adjective satellite capable of coagulating and becoming thick
- adjective satellite capable of coagulating and becoming thick
- flagellations1/5
flagellation
- noun beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
- noun beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
flogging; whipping; lashing; tanning.
- noun beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
- jaggedness1/5
jaggedness
- noun something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface
- noun something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface
- menages1/5
menage
- noun a social unit living together
house; household; family; home.
- he moved his family to Virginia
- It was a good Christian household
- I waited until the whole house was asleep
- the teacher asked how many people made up his home
- noun a social unit living together
- phantasmagorias1/5
phantasmagoria
- noun a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)
- noun a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)
- staghounds1/5
staghound
- noun a large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound
- noun a large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound
- averager1/5
average
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
norm.
- it set the norm for American homes
- noun (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
- arbitrages1/5
arbitrage
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- verb practice arbitrage, as in the stock market
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- mallophaga1/5
mallophaga
(Zoöl.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice . SeeBird louse , underBird .
- viragos1/5
virago
- noun a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
- noun a large strong and aggressive woman
amazon.
- noun a noisy or scolding or domineering woman
- glucagons1/5
glucagon
- noun a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)
- noun a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)
- rootage1/5
rootage
- noun fixedness by or as if by roots
- strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith
- noun a developed system of roots
root system.
- noun fixedness by or as if by roots
- paganisms1/5
paganism
- noun any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
pagan religion; heathenism.
- noun any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
- biflagellate1/5
biflagellate
- adjective having two flagella
- a biflagellate zoospore
- adjective having two flagella
- draggle1/5
draggle
- verb make wet and dirty, as from rain
bedraggle.
- verb make wet and dirty, as from rain
- laagers1/5
laager
- noun a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
lager.
- noun a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
- filagree1/5
filagree
- noun delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)
filigree; fillagree.
- noun delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)
- magentas1/5
magenta
- noun a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
- noun a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
Battle of Magenta.
- noun a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
- espagnoles1/5
espagnole
- noun brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with Madeira
sauce Espagnole.
- noun brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with Madeira
- dragooning1/5
dragoon
- noun a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
- verb compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
railroad; sandbag.
- They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone
- noun a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
- tetragram1/5
tetragram
- noun a word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system
- noun a word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system
- brage1/5
brage
- noun (Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin
Bragi.
- noun (Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin
- cozenage1/5
cozenage
- noun a fraudulent business scheme
scam.
- noun a fraudulent business scheme
- arbitraged1/5
arbitrage
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- verb practice arbitrage, as in the stock market
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- hemagglutinating1/5
hemagglutinate
- verb cause the clumping together (of red blood cells)
haemagglutinate.
- verb cause the clumping together (of red blood cells)
- disparagements1/5
disparagement
- noun a communication that belittles somebody or something
depreciation; derogation.
- noun the act of speaking contemptuously of
dispraise.
- noun a communication that belittles somebody or something
- dragunov1/5
dragunov
- noun a sniper rifle with a telescopic sight
- noun a sniper rifle with a telescopic sight
- scrimmaging1/5
scrimmage
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- noun a noisy riotous fight
melee; battle royal.
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- etagere1/5
etagere
- noun a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments
- noun a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments
- pasturages1/5
pasturage
- noun succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land
herbage.
- noun bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
eatage; forage; grass; pasture.
- noun succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land
- plagiarising1/5
plagiarise
- verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
plagiarize; lift.
- verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- lagothrix1/5
lagothrix
- noun woolly monkeys
genus Lagothrix.
- noun woolly monkeys
- plantaginaceae1/5
plantaginaceae
- noun cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds
family Plantaginaceae; plantain family.
- noun cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds
- lavages1/5
lavage
- noun washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water
- noun washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water
- bagnios1/5
bagnio
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
cathouse; bordello; whorehouse; house of prostitution; brothel; sporting house; bawdyhouse; house of ill repute.
- noun a building containing public baths
bathhouse.
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
- scrummage1/5
scrummage
- noun (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
scrum.
- noun (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
- assagai1/5
assagai
- noun the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
assegai.
- noun the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
- diagonalisation1/5
diagonalisation
- noun changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal)
diagonalization.
- the diagonalization of a normal matrix by a unitary transformation
- noun changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal)
- syntagmas1/5
syntagma
- noun a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
syntagm.
- noun a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
- swaggerer1/5
swaggerer
- noun someone who walks in an arrogant manner
- adjective satellite (British informal) very chic
groovy; swagger.
- groovy clothes
- noun someone who walks in an arrogant manner
- deflagrations1/5
deflagration
- noun combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat
- noun combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat
- pageantries1/5
pageantry
- noun a rich and spectacular ceremony
pageant.
- noun an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes
pageant.
- noun a rich and spectacular ceremony
- plagiarise1/5
plagiarise
- verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
plagiarize; lift.
- verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- plagiarizes1/5
plagiarize
- verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
lift; plagiarise.
- verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- yataghan1/5
yataghan
- noun a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge
- noun a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge
- dendrolagus1/5
dendrolagus
- noun tree wallabies
genus Dendrolagus.
- noun tree wallabies
- carpetbags1/5
carpetbag
- noun traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century
- adjective following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers
- carpetbag adventurers
- a carpetbag government
- noun traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century
- paginations1/5
pagination
- noun the system of numbering pages
paging; page number; folio.
- noun the system of numbering pages
- haggler1/5
haggler
- noun an intense bargainer
- noun an intense bargainer
- seabags1/5
seabag
- noun a cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear
- noun a cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear
- salvager1/5
salvager
- noun someone who salvages
salvor.
- noun someone who salvages
- barraging1/5
barrage
- noun the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
outpouring; onslaught; bombardment.
- a barrage of questions
- a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
- noun the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
battery; barrage fire; bombardment; shelling.
- they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
- the shelling went on for hours without pausing
- noun the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- areopagites1/5
areopagite
- noun a member of the council of the Areopagus
- noun a member of the council of the Areopagus
- staghound1/5
staghound
- noun a large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound
- noun a large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound
- garaging1/5
garage
- noun an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
- noun a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired
service department.
- noun an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
- linages1/5
linage
- noun the number of lines in a piece of printed material
lineage.
- noun a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
lineage.
- noun the number of lines in a piece of printed material
- sagittate1/5
sagittate
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes
arrow-shaped; sagittiform.
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes
- unagitated1/5
unagitated
- adjective not physically disturbed or set in motion
- adjective not agitated or disturbed emotionally
- adjective not physically disturbed or set in motion
- plumbaginaceae1/5
plumbaginaceae
- noun perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas
sea-lavender family; family Plumbaginaceae; leadwort family.
- noun perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas
- ambages1/5
ambages
- noun (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
periphrasis; circumlocution; ambage.
- noun (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
- choragic1/5
choragic
- adjective pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus
- adjective pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus
- nucifraga1/5
nucifraga
- noun nutcrackers
genus Nucifraga.
- noun nutcrackers
- aphagia1/5
aphagia
- noun loss of the ability to swallow
- noun loss of the ability to swallow
- hippotragus1/5
hippotragus
- noun sable antelopes
genus Hippotragus.
- noun sable antelopes
- scrimmaged1/5
scrimmage
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- noun a noisy riotous fight
melee; battle royal.
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- saging1/5
sag
- noun a shape that sags
droop.
- there was a sag in the chair seat
- verb droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
flag; swag; droop.
- noun a shape that sags
- nyiragongo1/5
nyiragongo
- noun an active volcano in eastern Congo
- noun an active volcano in eastern Congo
- spreadeagle1/5
spreadeagle
- verb defeat disastrously
spread-eagle; rout.
- verb defeat disastrously
- solidago1/5
solidago
(Bot.) A genus of yellow-flowered composite perennial herbs; golden-rod.
- demagogy1/5
demagogy
- noun impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace
demagoguery.
- noun impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace
- hemagglutination1/5
hemagglutination
- noun agglutination of red blood cells
haemagglutination.
- noun agglutination of red blood cells
- patrilineage1/5
patrilineage
- noun line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family
agnation.
- noun line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family
- magics1/5
magic
- noun any art that invokes supernatural powers
thaumaturgy.
- noun an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
thaumaturgy; legerdemain; conjuring trick; trick; deception; conjuration; magic trick; illusion.
- noun any art that invokes supernatural powers
- appanage1/5
appanage
- noun any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
apanage.
- for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use
- noun a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
apanage.
- bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families
- noun any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
- ragi1/5
ragi
- noun East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
African millet; corakan; Eleusine coracana; ragee; finger millet; kurakkan; coracan.
- noun East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
- dagda1/5
dagda
- noun chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit
- noun chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit
- vulvovaginitis1/5
vulvovaginitis
- noun inflammation of the vulva and the vagina
- noun inflammation of the vulva and the vagina
- oesophagitis1/5
oesophagitis
- noun inflammation of the esophagus; often caused by gastroesophageal reflux
esophagitis.
- noun inflammation of the esophagus; often caused by gastroesophageal reflux
- septuagenarian1/5
septuagenarian
- noun someone whose age is in the seventies
- noun someone whose age is in the seventies
- arbitrageur1/5
arbitrageur
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
arb; arbitrager.
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
- dowagers1/5
dowager
- noun a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
- noun a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
- fruitage1/5
fruitage
- noun the yield of fruit
- a tree highly recommended for its fruitage
- noun the yield of fruit
- aconcagua1/5
aconcagua
- noun the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high)
- noun the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high)
- baronage1/5
baronage
- noun the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
peerage.
- noun the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
- flagellants1/5
flagellant
- noun a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification
- noun a person who whips himself as a religious penance
- noun a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification
- saxifrage1/5
saxifrage
- noun any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga
rockfoil; breakstone.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga
- sabotages1/5
sabotage
- noun a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
- verb destroy property or hinder normal operations
countermine; subvert; counteract; undermine; weaken.
- The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
- noun a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
- matrilineage1/5
matrilineage
- noun line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
cognation; enation.
- noun line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
- fragaria1/5
fragaria
- noun strawberries
genus Fragaria.
- noun strawberries
- lagunas1/5
laguna
- noun a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
lagune; lagoon.
- noun a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
- ragwort1/5
ragwort
- noun widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
Senecio jacobaea; benweed; ragweed; tansy ragwort.
- noun American ragwort with yellow flowers
Senecio glabellus; butterweed.
- noun widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
- surplusage1/5
surplusage
- noun a quantity much larger than is needed
nimiety; surplus; excess.
- noun a quantity much larger than is needed
- octagons1/5
octagon
- noun an eight-sided polygon
- noun an eight-sided polygon
- lovage1/5
lovage
- noun herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds
Levisticum officinale.
- noun stalks eaten like celery or candied like angelica; seeds used for flavoring or pickled like capers
- noun herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds
- glucophage1/5
glucophage
- noun an antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes
metformin.
- noun an antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes
- homages1/5
homage
- noun respectful deference
court.
- pay court to the emperor
- noun respectful deference
- savageness1/5
savageness
- noun the property of being untamed and ferocious
savagery.
- the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters
- a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums
- noun the property of being untamed and ferocious
- ragamuffins1/5
ragamuffin
- noun a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
tatterdemalion.
- noun a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
- flagyl1/5
flagyl
- noun antiprotozoal medication (trade name Flagyl) used to treat trichomoniasis and giardiasis
metronidazole.
- noun antiprotozoal medication (trade name Flagyl) used to treat trichomoniasis and giardiasis
- saxifraga1/5
saxifraga
(Bot.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage .
- nothofagus1/5
nothofagus
- noun beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech
genus Nothofagus.
- noun beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech
- tonnages1/5
tonnage
- noun a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
tunnage; tonnage duty.
- noun a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
- manageress1/5
manageress
- noun a woman manager
- noun a woman manager
- flageolet1/5
flageolet
- noun a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried
haricot.
- noun a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes
treble recorder; shepherd's pipe.
- noun a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried
- fibrocartilaginous1/5
fibrocartilaginous
- adjective of or relating to fibrocartilage
- adjective of or relating to fibrocartilage
- skagerrak1/5
skagerrak
- noun a broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway
Skagerak.
- noun a broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway
- waggish1/5
waggish
- adjective satellite witty or joking
- Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer"- James Fenimore Cooper
- adjective satellite witty or joking
- decolletage1/5
decolletage
- noun a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress
- noun a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress
- dagga1/5
dagga
- noun relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco
Leonotis leonurus; wilde dagga; red dagga; Cape dagga.
- noun relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco
- umbrageous1/5
umbrageous
- adjective satellite filled with shade
shady; shadowy; shadowed.
- the shady side of the street
- the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed
- we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove
- cool umbrageous woodlands
- adjective satellite angered at something unjust or wrong
outraged; incensed; indignant.
- an indignant denial
- incensed at the judges' unfairness
- a look of outraged disbelief
- umbrageous at the loss of their territory
- adjective satellite filled with shade
- antagonistically1/5
antagonistically
- adverb in an antagonistic manner
- he behaves antagonistically toward his colleagues
- adverb in an antagonistic manner
- champagnes1/5
champagne
- noun a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
bubbly.
- noun a region of northeastern France
Champagne-Ardenne.
- noun a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
- potage1/5
potage
- noun thick (often creamy) soup
pottage.
- noun thick (often creamy) soup
- mandragora1/5
mandragora
(Bot.) A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake , 1.
- sagaciously1/5
sagaciously
- adverb in a shrewd manner
sapiently; astutely; shrewdly; acutely.
- he invested his fortune astutely
- he was acutely insightful
- adverb in a shrewd manner
- anthropophagy1/5
anthropophagy
- noun human cannibalism; the eating of human flesh
- noun human cannibalism; the eating of human flesh
- eaglet1/5
eaglet
- noun a young eagle
- noun a young eagle
- extravagancies1/5
extravagancy
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
extravagance.
- we were surprised by the extravagance of his description
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
- plagiocephaly1/5
plagiocephaly
- noun congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique
- noun congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique
- suffragans1/5
suffragan
- noun an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
suffragan bishop.
- noun an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese
- metrorrhagia1/5
metrorrhagia
- noun bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; usually indicative of disease (as cervical cancer)
- noun bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; usually indicative of disease (as cervical cancer)
- braggarts1/5
braggart
- noun a very boastful and talkative person
line-shooter; boaster; blowhard; vaunter; bragger.
- adjective satellite exhibiting self-importance
crowing; big; boastful; cock-a-hoop; bragging; self-aggrandizing; braggy; self-aggrandising.
- big talk
- noun a very boastful and talkative person
- discouragingly1/5
discouragingly
- adverb in a discouraging manner
- the failure rate on the bar exam is discouragingly high
- adverb in a discouraging manner
- phantasmagorical1/5
phantasmagorical
- adjective satellite characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
phantasmagoric; surrealistic; surreal.
- a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys
- the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature
- adjective satellite characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
- fagaceae1/5
fagaceae
- noun chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus
family Fagaceae; beech family.
- noun chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus
- magnetos1/5
magneto
- noun a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine
magnetoelectric machine.
- noun a small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine
- heptagon1/5
heptagon
- noun a seven-sided polygon
- noun a seven-sided polygon
- meagreness1/5
meagreness
- noun the quality of being meager
scantiness; leanness; exiguity; scantness; poorness; meagerness.
- an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
- noun the quality of being meager
- carriageways1/5
carriageway
- noun one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes
- noun one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes
- suffragism1/5
suffragism
- noun the belief that the right to vote should be extended (as to women)
- noun the belief that the right to vote should be extended (as to women)
- lagniappe1/5
lagniappe
- noun a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)
- noun a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)
- villeinage1/5
villeinage
- noun the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
villainage.
- noun tenure by which a villein held land
- noun the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
- nonage1/5
nonage
- noun any age prior to the legal age
minority.
- noun any age prior to the legal age
- foliaged1/5
foliaged
- adjective satellite bearing numerous leaves
foliose; foliaceous.
- adjective satellite bearing numerous leaves
- dagestani1/5
dagestani
- noun an ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan
- noun an ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan
- lagophthalmos1/5
lagophthalmos
- noun abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completely
- noun abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completely
- decagon1/5
decagon
- noun a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles
- noun a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles
- flagellant1/5
flagellant
- noun a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification
- noun a person who whips himself as a religious penance
- noun a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification
- eaglets1/5
- pentagrams1/5
pentagram
- noun a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
pentangle; pentacle.
- noun a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
- unaggressive1/5
unaggressive
- adjective not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness
nonaggressive.
- adjective not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness
- tagalogs1/5
tagalog
- noun a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
- noun the language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based
- noun a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
- imaginativeness1/5
imaginativeness
- noun the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
imagination; vision.
- popular imagination created a world of demons
- imagination reveals what the world could be
- noun the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
- frottage1/5
frottage
- noun masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd)
- noun masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd)
- dragomans1/5
dragoman
- noun an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)
- noun an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government)
- magnums1/5
magnum
- noun a large wine bottle for liquor or wine
- noun a large wine bottle for liquor or wine
- meagerness1/5
meagerness
- noun the quality of being meager
scantiness; leanness; exiguity; meagreness; scantness; poorness.
- an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
- noun the quality of being meager
- unimaginatively1/5
unimaginatively
- adverb in a matter-of-fact manner
prosaically.
- I applied my attention prosaically to my routine
- adverb without imagination
- the stage sets were designed rather unimaginatively
- adverb in a matter-of-fact manner
- lagune1/5
lagune
- noun a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
laguna; lagoon.
- noun a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
- araguaia1/5
araguaia
- noun a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River
Araguaya River; Araguaia River; Araguaya.
- noun a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River
- patrilineages1/5
patrilineage
- noun line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family
agnation.
- noun line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family
- marriageability1/5
marriageability
- noun eligibility for marriage
- noun eligibility for marriage
- unmanageably1/5
unmanageably
- adverb so as to be unmanageable
- `This house is unmanageably large,' she complained
- adverb so as to be unmanageable
- anagnost1/5
anagnost
- noun a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church)
- noun a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church)
- haemagglutination1/5
haemagglutination
- noun agglutination of red blood cells
hemagglutination.
- noun agglutination of red blood cells
- swagman1/5
swagman
- noun an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
swaggie; swagger.
- noun an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
- hagiographa1/5
hagiographa
- noun the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
Ketubim; Writings.
- noun the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
- quadragesima1/5
quadragesima
(Eccl.) The forty days of fast preceding Easter; Lent.
- onagraceae1/5
onagraceae
- noun a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales
evening-primrose family; family Onagraceae.
- noun a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales
- coliphage1/5
coliphage
- noun a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli
- noun a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli
- maggoty1/5
maggoty
- adjective satellite spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies
flyblown.
- flyblown meat
- a sack of maggoty apricots
- adjective satellite spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies
- imagos1/5
imago
- noun (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
- noun an adult insect produced after metamorphosis
- noun (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
- magdalens1/5
magdalen
- noun a reformed prostitute
- noun a reformed prostitute
- corkage1/5
corkage
- noun a charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises
- noun a charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises
- haggada1/5
haggada
A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. Written also hadaga .
- coprophagy1/5
coprophagy
- noun eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity
coprophagia.
- noun eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity
- septuagesima1/5
septuagesima
(Eccl.) The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.
- dhaulagiri1/5
dhaulagiri
- noun a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,820 feet high)
- noun a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,820 feet high)
- tragedienne1/5
tragedienne
- noun an actress who specializes in tragic roles
- noun an actress who specializes in tragic roles
- appanages1/5
appanage
- noun any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
apanage.
- for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use
- noun a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
apanage.
- bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families
- noun any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
- unaged1/5
unaged
- adjective satellite not subjected to an aging process
- vodka is an unaged liquor from Russia
- adjective satellite not subjected to an aging process
- magnoliaceae1/5
magnoliaceae
- noun subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia
family Magnoliaceae; magnolia family.
- noun subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia
- lagunes1/5
lagune
- noun a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
laguna; lagoon.
- noun a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
- advantaging1/5
advantage
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
vantage.
- the experience gave him the advantage over me
- noun (tennis) first point scored after deuce
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
- matrilineages1/5
matrilineage
- noun line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
cognation; enation.
- noun line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
- bragger1/5
bragger
- noun a very boastful and talkative person
braggart; line-shooter; boaster; blowhard; vaunter.
- noun a very boastful and talkative person
- nagger1/5
nagger
- noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
common scold; scold; nag; scolder.
- noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
- saxifragaceae1/5
saxifragaceae
- noun a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae
family Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family.
- noun a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae
- apanage1/5
apanage
- noun any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
appanage.
- for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use
- noun a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
appanage.
- bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families
- noun any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
- diagrammatical1/5
diagrammatical
- adjective satellite shown or represented by diagrams
diagrammatic.
- adjective satellite shown or represented by diagrams
- disadvantageously1/5
disadvantageously
- adverb in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
badly.
- the venture turned out badly for the investors
- angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them
- adverb in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
- flageolets1/5
flageolet
- noun a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried
haricot.
- noun a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes
treble recorder; shepherd's pipe.
- noun a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried
- saxifrages1/5
saxifrage
- noun any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga
rockfoil; breakstone.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga
- hagiology1/5
hagiology
- noun literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints
- noun literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints
- nonagenarians1/5
nonagenarian
- noun someone whose age is in the nineties
- adjective satellite being from 90 to 99 years old
- the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home
- noun someone whose age is in the nineties
- brummagem1/5
brummagem
Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. Slang "These Brummagem gentry." Lady D. Hardy.
- coliphages1/5
coliphage
- noun a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli
- noun a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli
- dodecagon1/5
dodecagon
- noun a twelve-sided polygon
- noun a twelve-sided polygon
- manageably1/5
manageably
- adverb so as to be manageable
- this house is manageably small
- adverb so as to be manageable
- imagoes1/5
imago
- noun (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
- noun an adult insect produced after metamorphosis
- noun (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
- aerophagia1/5
aerophagia
- noun swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence)
- noun swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence)
- tussilago1/5
tussilago
- noun genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites
genus Tussilago.
- noun genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites
- seraglios1/5
seraglio
- noun living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem; serail; hareem.
- noun living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
- courages1/5
courage
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
courageousness; braveness; bravery.
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
- tragopogon1/5
tragopogon
- noun genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads
genus Tragopogon.
- noun genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads
- naging1/5
nag
- noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
nagger; common scold; scold; scolder.
- noun an old or over-worked horse
plug; jade; hack.
- noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
- septuagenarians1/5
septuagenarian
- noun someone whose age is in the seventies
- noun someone whose age is in the seventies
- arbitragers1/5
arbitrager
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
arb; arbitrageur.
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
- flagstaffs1/5
flagstaff
- noun a town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory
- noun a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
flagpole.
- noun a town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory
- cellarage1/5
cellarage
- noun a charge for storing goods in a cellar
- noun a storage area in a cellar
- noun a charge for storing goods in a cellar
- sagamores1/5
sagamore
- noun a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
sachem.
- noun a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)
- savageries1/5
savagery
- noun the property of being untamed and ferocious
savageness.
- the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters
- a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
viciousness; ferociousness; brutality.
- noun the property of being untamed and ferocious
- haggles1/5
haggle
- noun an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
wrangling; haggling; wrangle.
- verb wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
chaffer; higgle; huckster.
- Let's not haggle over a few dollars
- noun an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
- quinquagesima1/5
- dragees1/5
dragee
- noun silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes
- noun sugar-coated nut or fruit piece
- noun silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes
- nyctaginaceae1/5
nyctaginaceae
- noun a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
Allioniaceae; four-o'clock family; family Nyctaginaceae; family Allioniaceae.
- noun a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
- anaglyph1/5
anaglyph
- noun moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed
- noun anything carved in low relief
- noun moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed
- nonagon1/5
nonagon
- noun a nine-sided polygon
- noun a nine-sided polygon
- sagina1/5
sagina
- noun small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions
genus Sagina.
- noun small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions
- dragonhead1/5
dragonhead
- noun American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers
dragon's head; Dracocephalum parviflorum.
- noun American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers
- courageousness1/5
courageousness
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
braveness; courage; bravery.
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
- ferrimagnetism1/5
ferrimagnetism
- noun a phenomenon in ferrites where there can be incomplete cancellation of antiferromagnetic arranged spins giving a net magnetic moment
- noun a phenomenon in ferrites where there can be incomplete cancellation of antiferromagnetic arranged spins giving a net magnetic moment
- tunnage1/5
tunnage
- noun a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
tonnage duty; tonnage.
- noun a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
- demagogical1/5
demagogical
- adjective characteristic of or resembling a demagogue
demagogic.
- demagogic speeches
- adjective characteristic of or resembling a demagogue
- heptagons1/5
heptagon
- noun a seven-sided polygon
- noun a seven-sided polygon
- saprophagous1/5
saprophagous
- adjective satellite (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
saprozoic.
- adjective satellite (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
- extravagancy1/5
extravagancy
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
extravagance.
- we were surprised by the extravagance of his description
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
- footages1/5
footage
- noun film that has been shot
- they had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes
- he edited the news footage
- noun a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done
- noun film that has been shot
- niagaras1/5
niagara
- noun waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls
Niagara Falls.
- noun a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York
Niagara River.
- noun waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls
- muztagh1/5
muztagh
- noun a highest mountain peak in the Kunlun Shan in China; near the Indian border (23,891 feet high)
Muztag.
- noun a highest mountain peak in the Kunlun Shan in China; near the Indian border (23,891 feet high)
- coprophagia1/5
coprophagia
- noun eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity
coprophagy.
- noun eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity
- plagiaristic1/5
plagiaristic
- adjective satellite copied and passed off as your own
plagiarized; plagiarised.
- used plagiarized data in his thesis
- a work dotted with plagiarized phrases
- adjective satellite copied and passed off as your own
- treillage1/5
treillage
- noun latticework used to support climbing plants
trellis.
- noun latticework used to support climbing plants
- remarriages1/5
remarriage
- noun the act of marrying again
- noun the act of marrying again
- onondagas1/5
onondaga
- noun a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River
- noun the Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga
- noun a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River
- wampanoags1/5
wampanoag
- noun a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims
- noun a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims
- enrages1/5
enrage
- verb put into a rage; make violently angry
- verb put into a rage; make violently angry
- snapdragons1/5
snapdragon
- noun a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon
- noun a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon
- afterimages1/5
afterimage
- noun an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased
aftersensation.
- noun an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased
- termagant1/5
termagant
- noun a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
shrew.
- noun a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
- magha1/5
magha
- noun the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar
Magh.
- noun the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar
- enraging1/5
enrage
- verb put into a rage; make violently angry
- verb put into a rage; make violently angry
- bhaga1/5
bhaga
- noun Hindu god of wealth and love
- noun Hindu god of wealth and love
- hagfish1/5
hagfish
- noun eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
slime eels; hag.
- noun eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
- winnebagos1/5
winnebago
- noun a member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people
- noun the Siouan language spoken by the Winnebago
- noun a member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people
- quagga1/5
quagga
- noun mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century
Equus quagga.
- noun mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century
- hoagy1/5
hoagy
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
wedge; bomber; hero; sub; hero sandwich; poor boy; submarine; zep; Cuban sandwich; grinder; torpedo; hoagie; Italian sandwich; submarine sandwich.
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- magneton1/5
magneton
- noun a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle
- noun a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle
- tanagers1/5
tanager
- noun any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males
- noun any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males
- izanagi1/5
izanagi
- noun the god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami
- noun the god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami
- reagin1/5
reagin
- noun an immunoglobulin E that is formed as an antibody against allergens (such as pollen); attaches to cell membranes causing the release of histamine and other substances responsible for the local inflammation characteristic of an allergy
- noun an immunoglobulin E that is formed as an antibody against allergens (such as pollen); attaches to cell membranes causing the release of histamine and other substances responsible for the local inflammation characteristic of an allergy
- wagtails1/5
wagtail
- noun Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
- noun Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
- anagogical1/5
anagogical
- adjective based on or exemplifying anagoge
anagogic.
- adjective based on or exemplifying anagoge
- persiflage1/5
persiflage
- noun light teasing
- noun light teasing
- pagad1/5
pagad
- noun a terrorist organization in South Africa formed in 1996 to fight drug lords; evolved into a vigilante group with anti-western views closely allied with Qibla; is believed to have ties to Islamic extremists in the Middle East; is suspected of conducting bouts of urban terrorism
People against Gangsterism and Drugs.
- noun a terrorist organization in South Africa formed in 1996 to fight drug lords; evolved into a vigilante group with anti-western views closely allied with Qibla; is believed to have ties to Islamic extremists in the Middle East; is suspected of conducting bouts of urban terrorism
- sexagesimal1/5
sexagesimal
- adjective of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths
- the sexagesimal divisions of hours and degrees
- adjective of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths
- photomontages1/5
photomontage
- noun a montage that uses photographic images
- noun a montage that uses photographic images
- parsonages1/5
parsonage
- noun an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
vicarage; rectory.
- noun an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
- lagomorphs1/5
lagomorph
- noun relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing
gnawing mammal.
- noun relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing
- saguaros1/5
saguaro
- noun extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
sahuaro; Carnegiea gigantea.
- noun extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
- hoagie1/5
hoagie
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
wedge; bomber; hero; sub; hero sandwich; poor boy; submarine; zep; Cuban sandwich; grinder; torpedo; Italian sandwich; hoagy; submarine sandwich.
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- vagi1/5
vagus
- noun a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
wandering nerve; nervus vagus; pneumogastric nerve; pneumogastric; tenth cranial nerve; vagus nerve.
- noun a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
- shillelagh1/5
shillelagh
- noun a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn)
shillalah.
- noun a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn)
- armagnacs1/5
armagnac
- noun dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France
- noun dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France
- zabaglione1/5
zabaglione
- noun light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled
sabayon.
- noun light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled
- plaguy1/5
plaguy
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
pestering; nettlesome; plaguey; galling; teasing; vexing; pesky; bothersome; vexatious; annoying; pestiferous; irritating.
- tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
- aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
- found it galling to have to ask permission
- an irritating delay
- nettlesome paperwork
- a pesky mosquito
- swarms of pestering gnats
- a plaguey newfangled safety catch
- a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
- a vexatious child
- it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
- adverb in a disagreeable manner
plaguey; plaguily.
- it's so plaguey cold!
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
- hagfishes1/5
hagfish
- noun eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
slime eels; hag.
- noun eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
- anagogic1/5
anagogic
- adjective based on or exemplifying anagoge
anagogical.
- adjective based on or exemplifying anagoge
- tragicomedies1/5
tragicomedy
- noun a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
- noun a comedy with serious elements or overtones
seriocomedy.
- noun a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
- dagos1/5
dago
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
Guinea; greaseball; wop; ginzo.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
- acragas1/5
acragas
- noun a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples
Agrigento.
- noun a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples
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vicarage
- noun an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
parsonage; rectory.
- noun an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
- dagoes1/5
dago
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
Guinea; greaseball; wop; ginzo.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
- stagira1/5
stagira
- noun an ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born
Stagirus.
- noun an ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born
- magadhan1/5
magadhan
- noun a subfamily of Indic languages
- noun a subfamily of Indic languages
- degage1/5
degage
- adjective satellite free and relaxed in manner
- rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson
- adjective satellite showing lack of emotional involvement
detached; uninvolved.
- adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman
- she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive
- an uninvolved bystander
- adjective satellite free and relaxed in manner
- caragana1/5
caragana
- noun any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod
pea tree.
- noun any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod
- hoagies1/5
hoagy
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
wedge; bomber; hero; sub; hero sandwich; poor boy; submarine; zep; Cuban sandwich; grinder; torpedo; hoagie; Italian sandwich; submarine sandwich.
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- greengage1/5
greengage
- noun sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum
greengage plum.
- noun sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum
- cagoule1/5
cagoule
- noun lightweight parka; waterproof
- noun lightweight parka; waterproof
- undiscouraged1/5
undiscouraged
- adjective satellite not deterred
undeterred.
- pursued his own path...undeterred by lack of popular appreciation and understanding"- Osbert Sitwell
- adjective satellite not deterred
- waggishly1/5
waggishly
- adverb in a waggish manner
- adverb in a waggish manner
- magnificats1/5
magnificat
- noun (Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum')
- noun (Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum')
- dragonet1/5
dragonet
- noun small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America
- noun small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America
- porbeagle1/5
porbeagle
- noun voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific
Lamna nasus.
- noun voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific
- magnetons1/5
magneton
- noun a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle
- noun a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle
- lagomorph1/5
lagomorph
- noun relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing
gnawing mammal.
- noun relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing
- anthropophagous1/5
anthropophagous
- adjective of or relating to eaters of human flesh
- adjective of or relating to eaters of human flesh
- quaggas1/5
quagga
- noun mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century
Equus quagga.
- noun mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century
- greengages1/5
greengage
- noun sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum
greengage plum.
- noun sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum
- satyagrahas1/5
satyagraha
- noun the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms
- noun the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms
- operagoers1/5
- rhagades1/5
rhagades
- noun cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus)
- noun cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus)
- gulags1/5
gulag
- noun a Russian prison camp for political prisoners
- noun a Russian prison camp for political prisoners
- overeager1/5
overeager
- adjective satellite excessively eager
- overeager in his pursuit of the girl
- adjective satellite excessively eager
- unengaged1/5
unengaged
- adjective satellite not busy or occupied; free
- the cancellation left her unengaged a good part of the afternoon
- adjective satellite not promised in marriage
unpromised; unpledged.
- continued seeing him but on an unengaged basis
- adjective satellite not busy or occupied; free
- rutabagas1/5
rutabaga
- noun the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
swedish turnip; swede; yellow turnip.
- noun a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
rutabaga plant; Brassica napus napobrassica; turnip cabbage; Swedish turnip; swede.
- noun the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
- hypogammaglobulinemia1/5
hypogammaglobulinemia
- noun an abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection
- noun an abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection
- chagga1/5
chagga
- noun a Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania
Kichaga; Chaga.
- noun a Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania
- martagon1/5
martagon
- noun lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia
Lilium martagon; Turk's-cap.
- noun lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia
- chaga1/5
chaga
- noun a Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania
Chagga; Kichaga.
- noun a Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania
- cagily1/5
cagily
- adverb in a cagey manner
circumspectly.
- `I don't know yet,' he answered cagily
- adverb in a cagey manner
- chagatai1/5
chagatai
- noun a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan)
Jagatai; Jaghatai; Eastern Turki.
- noun a Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan)
- geophagy1/5
geophagy
- noun eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior
geophagia.
- noun eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior
- tragopan1/5
tragopan
- noun brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head
- noun brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head
- jaguarundi1/5
jaguarundi
- noun long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat
jaguarundi cat; jaguarondi; eyra; Felis yagouaroundi.
- noun long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat
- badaga1/5
badaga
- noun a member of an agricultural people of southern India
- noun the dialect of Kannada that is spoken by the Badaga
- noun a member of an agricultural people of southern India
- geophagia1/5
geophagia
- noun eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior
geophagy.
- noun eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior
- carrageen1/5
carrageen
- noun dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
Irish moss; Chondrus crispus; carragheen; carageen.
- noun dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
- galago1/5
galago
- noun agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears
bush baby; bushbaby.
- noun agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears
- shagbark1/5
shagbark
- noun North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
Carya ovata; shellbark; shagbark hickory; shellbark hickory.
- noun North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts
- jagua1/5
jagua
- noun tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit
genipap fruit; marmalade box; Genipa Americana.
- noun tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit
- galagos1/5
galago
- noun agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears
bush baby; bushbaby.
- noun agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears
- visaged1/5
visaged
- adjective satellite having a face or visage as specified
- gloomy-visaged funeral directors
- adjective satellite having a face or visage as specified
- untagged1/5
untagged
- adjective lacking a label or tag
unlabelled; unlabeled.
- unlabeled luggage is liable to be lost
- adjective lacking a label or tag
- unpackaged1/5
unpackaged
- adjective not packaged or put into packets
- unpackaged nuts
- adjective not packaged or put into packets
- unstaged1/5
unstaged
- adjective not performed on the stage
- adjective not performed on the stage
- noncontagious1/5
noncontagious
- adjective satellite (of disease) not capable of being passed on
nontransmissible; noncommunicable.
- adjective satellite (of disease) not capable of being passed on
- saggy1/5
saggy
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- magnifique1/5
magnific
Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent. Obs. 1 Chron. xxii. 5. "Thy magnific deeds." Milton. --Mag*nif"ic*al*ly , adv. Obs.
- protolanguage1/5
protolanguage
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- fromage1/5
fromage
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- esclavage1/5
esclavage
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- paga1/5
pagan
- noun a person who does not acknowledge your god
heathen; infidel; gentile.
- noun a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)
- noun a person who does not acknowledge your god
- dragline1/5
dragline
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- magdalenian1/5
- bhagavat1/5
bhagavat
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- hiragana1/5
hiragana
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- arrearages1/5
arrearage
That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears. The old arrearages . . . being defrayed. Howell.
- phagocytosed1/5
- pelagians1/5
pelagian
Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, .pelagian shells
- pythagoreanism1/5
pythagoreanism
The doctrines of Pythagoras or the Pythagoreans. As a philosophic school Pythagoreanism became extinct in Greece about the middle of the 4th century [
B. C. ]. Encyc. Brit.
- hypercoagulability1/5
hypercoagulability
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- multiagency1/5
- packager1/5
package
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
parcel; packet; bundle.
- noun a wrapped container
parcel.
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
- magian1/5
magian
Of or pertaining to the Magi.
- neopagan1/5
neopagan
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- magnetostatic1/5
magnetostatic
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- gager1/5
gage
- noun street names for marijuana
sess; skunk; pot; weed; smoke; Mary Jane; sens; grass; green goddess; dope; locoweed.
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
gauge.
- noun street names for marijuana
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- hyperphagia1/5
- flagellin1/5
flagellin
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- micromanaging1/5
micromanaging
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- elagabalus1/5
- vitagraph1/5
- panagia1/5
- maghrebi1/5
maghrebi
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- reengage1/5
reengage
To engage a second time or again.
- baggies1/5
baggy
- adjective satellite not fitting closely; hanging loosely
sloppy; loose-fitting.
- baggy trousers
- a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather
- adjective satellite not fitting closely; hanging loosely
- phagosomes1/5
phagosomes
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- stevenage1/5
- trackage1/5
trackage
The act of tracking, or towing, as a boat; towage.
- baga1/5
baga
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- magnons1/5
- passacaglia1/5
passacaglia
(Mus.) An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne.
- ahmednagar1/5
- hagrid1/5
- propagule1/5
propagule
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- electrocoagulation1/5
electrocoagulation
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- wantage1/5
wantage
That which is wanting; deficiency.
- subagent1/5
subagent
(Law) A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter. Bouvier. Chitty.
- ménage1/5
- harpagon1/5
harpagon
A grappling iron. Obs.
- passaggio1/5
- avantage1/5
advantage
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
vantage.
- the experience gave him the advantage over me
- noun (tennis) first point scored after deuce
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
- chicagoan1/5
chicagoan
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- comanagement1/5
- bagge1/5
bag
- noun a flexible container with a single opening
- he stuffed his laundry into a large bag
- noun the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
- his bag included two deer
- noun a flexible container with a single opening
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- creagh1/5
- bago1/5
bago
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- gyromagnetic1/5
gyromagnetic
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- lagoonal1/5
lagoonal
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- packagers1/5
packagers
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- maghribi1/5
maghribi
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- tiago1/5
tiago
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- cooperage1/5
cooperage
Work done by a cooper.
- collaged1/5
collage
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
montage.
- he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map
- noun any collection of diverse things
- a collage of memories
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
- libertinage1/5
libertinage
Libertinism; license. R.
- esophagogastric1/5
esophagogastric
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- electromagnetically1/5
electromagnetically
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- seignorage1/5
seignorage
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- passaged1/5
passage
- noun the act of passing from one state or place to the next
transition.
- noun a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- noun the act of passing from one state or place to the next
- tagetes1/5
tagetes
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- imageless1/5
imageless
Having no image. Shelley.
- zagging1/5
zag
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
zig; zigzag.
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
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- schoolage1/5
schoolage
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- vesicovaginal1/5
vesicovaginal
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the vagina.
- dunnage1/5
dunnage
(Naut.) Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion.
- fage1/5
fage
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- plagal1/5
plagal
(Mus.) Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave.
- asiago1/5
asiago
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- analagous1/5
- polyphagous1/5
polyphagous
Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, .polyphagous animals
- hagi1/5
hagi
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- taglioni1/5
taglioni
A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; -- said to be so named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers. He ought certainly to exchange his taglioni, or comfortable greatcoat, for a cuirass of steel. Sir W. Scott.
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- wagonload1/5
wagonload
Same as Wagonful .
- scumbags1/5
scumbags
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- encouragers1/5
encourager
One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
- imaginer1/5
imagine
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
conceive of; envisage; ideate.
- Can you conceive of him as the president?
- verb expect, believe, or suppose
guess; reckon; suppose; opine; think.
- I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
- I thought to find her in a bad state
- he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
- I guess she is angry at me for standing her up
- verb form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- ferromagnets1/5
ferromagnets
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- kage1/5
kage
A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work.
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- coagulative1/5
coagulative
Having the power to cause coagulation; Boyle.as, a .coagulative agent
- haemorrhaging1/5
haemorrhage
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
bleeding; hemorrhage.
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
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frags
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- sublanguage1/5
sublanguage
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- ragman1/5
ragman
A man who collects, or deals in, rags.
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magnetohydrodynamic
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- vicinage1/5
vicinage
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- isagoge1/5
isagoge
An introduction. Obs. Harris.
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- magoo1/5
magoo
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esophagoscopy
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- magaziner1/5
magazine
- noun a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
mag.
- it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money
- noun product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object
- tripped over a pile of magazines
- noun a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
- fragrans1/5
fragrans
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- zagged1/5
zag
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
zig; zigzag.
- noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
- contagiousness1/5
contagiousness
Quality of being contagious.
- languaging1/5
language
- noun a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
linguistic communication.
- he taught foreign languages
- the language introduced is standard throughout the text
- the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written
- noun (language) communication by word of mouth
oral communication; spoken language; voice communication; speech communication; speech; spoken communication.
- his speech was garbled
- he uttered harsh language
- he recorded the spoken language of the streets
- noun a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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- multiage1/5
multiage
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- geomagnetism1/5
geomagnetism
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- dragster1/5
dragster
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- ellagic1/5
ellagic
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, .ellagic acid
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- lagen1/5
lagen
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- winnebagoes1/5
winnebagoes
(Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back from the lake and nearly exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois.
- kagura1/5
- satyagrahi1/5
satyagrahi
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- anagnorisis1/5
anagnorisis
The unfolding or dénouement. R. De Quincey.
- rivage1/5
rivage
A bank, shore, or coast. Archaic Spenser.From the green rivage many a fall Of diamond rillets musical. Tennyson.
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- coronagraph1/5
coronagraph
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- imagists1/5
imagists
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- magnetomotive1/5
magnetomotive
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- phagocytose1/5
phagocytose
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- averagely1/5
average
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
norm.
- it set the norm for American homes
- noun (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
- noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution
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reengagement
A renewed or repeated engagement.
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restaged
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scutage
(Eng. Hist.) Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage .
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burgage
(Eng. Law) A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft. Burrill.
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secretagogue
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dagwood
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pagesize
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- compagnies1/5
company
- noun an institution created to conduct business
- he only invests in large well-established companies
- he started the company in his garage
- noun small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- noun an institution created to conduct business
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subagent
(Law) A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter. Bouvier. Chitty.
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- tagboard1/5
tagboard
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- fragmentarily1/5
fragmentary
- adjective satellite consisting of small disconnected parts
fragmental.
- fragmentary remains
- adjective satellite consisting of small disconnected parts
- damagingly1/5
damaging
- adjective satellite (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
prejudicial; detrimental; prejudicious.
- damaging to career and reputation
- the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant
- verb inflict damage upon
damage.
- The snow damaged the roof
- She damaged the car when she hit the tree
- adjective satellite (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
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unwaged
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magnitogorsk
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arrearage
That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears. The old arrearages . . . being defrayed. Howell.
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- portaging1/5
portage
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- noun overland track between navigable waterways
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- hexagonally1/5
hexagonal
- adjective having six sides or divided into hexagons
hexangular.
- adjective having six sides or divided into hexagons
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volkswagens
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misdiagnoses
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baghouse
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magnifica
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madagascariensis
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teabags
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grillage
(Hydraulic Eagin.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.
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magistral
Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.
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patagonian
Of or pertaining to Patagonia. --n. A native of Patagonia.
- flagman1/5
flagman
One who makes signals with a flag.
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magas
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scaglia
A reddish variety of limestone.
- plaga1/5
plaga
(Zoöl.) A stripe of color.
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brahmagupta
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fager
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jaga
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haemagglutinin
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narraganset
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paphlagonia
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jagirdar
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- vagues1/5
vague
- adjective satellite not clearly understood or expressed
obscure.
- an obscure turn of phrase
- an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard
- their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin
- vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
- adjective not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
undefined.
- an undefined term
- undefined authority
- some undefined sense of excitement
- vague feelings of sadness
- a vague uneasiness
- adjective satellite not clearly understood or expressed
- rager1/5
rage
- noun a feeling of intense anger
fury; madness.
- hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
- his face turned red with rage
- noun a state of extreme anger
- she fell into a rage and refused to answer
- noun a feeling of intense anger
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preimage
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karaganda
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standage
(Mining) A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine.
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biomagnetic
Relating to biomagnetism.
- septage1/5
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- passaging1/5
passage
- noun the act of passing from one state or place to the next
transition.
- noun a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- noun the act of passing from one state or place to the next
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draglines
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antiferromagnet
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interlinkage
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phytohemagglutinin
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imagesetter
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hag
- noun an ugly evil-looking old woman
crone; beldam; witch; beldame.
- noun eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
slime eels; hagfish.
- noun an ugly evil-looking old woman
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ragga
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- portaged1/5
portage
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- noun overland track between navigable waterways
- noun the cost of carrying or transporting
- aedeagus1/5
- triaged1/5
triage
- noun sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food
- noun sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food
- dagoba1/5
dagoba
A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. East Indies
- pupilage1/5
pupilage
The state of being a pupil. As sons of kings, loving in pupilage, Have turned to tyrants when they came to power. Tennyson.
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- paragonimiasis1/5
- recoinage1/5
recoinage
The act of coining anew.
- zagreus1/5
- epipelagic1/5
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propagandism
The art or practice of propagating tenets or principles; zeal in propagating one's opinions.
- pagus1/5
pagus
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savagism
The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness.
- prophages1/5
- potager1/5
potage
- noun thick (often creamy) soup
pottage.
- noun thick (often creamy) soup
- chainage1/5
- engager1/5
engage
- verb carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
pursue; prosecute.
- She pursued many activities
- They engaged in a discussion
- verb consume all of one's attention or time
engross; absorb; occupy.
- Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely
- verb carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
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sagittarian
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subagency
A subordinate agency.
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rageful
Full of rage; expressing rage. Obs. "Rageful eyes." Sir P. Sidney.
- taglines1/5
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daguerreotypist
One who takes daguerreotypes.
- electrodiagnosis1/5
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chaperonage
Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.
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pharyngoesophageal
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micromanaged
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stagirite
A native of, or resident in, Stagira, in ancient Macedonia; especially, Aristotle. Written also Stagyrite .
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sondage
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bailliage
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subaverage
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- intervillage1/5
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teagle
A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift. Prov. Eng.
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ragini
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hagigah
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psychodiagnostic
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uterovaginal
Pertaining to both the uterus and the vagina.
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tallage
(O. Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. Written also tailage ,taillage .✍ When paid out of knight's fees, it was called scutage; when by cities and burghs, tallage; when upon lands not held by military tenure, hidage. Blackstone.
- underaged1/5
underage
- adjective not of legal age
nonaged; minor.
- minor children
- adjective satellite dependent by virtue of youth
- adjective not of legal age
- maraging1/5
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- snaggle1/5
- fragmentariness1/5
fragmentariness
The quality or property of being in fragnebts, or broken pieces, incompleteness; want of continuity. G. Eliot.
- entomophaga1/5
entomophaga
One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvæ feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon ,
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saggar
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disaggregate
To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
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unmarriageable
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wagonette
A kind of pleasure wagon, uncovered and with seats extended along the sides, designed to carry six or eight persons besides the driver.
- triaging1/5
triage
- noun sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food
- noun sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food
- drayage1/5
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rivage
A bank, shore, or coast. Archaic Spenser.From the green rivage many a fall Of diamond rillets musical. Tennyson.
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synagogal
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fragging
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colportage
The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.
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electronystagmography
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rag
- noun a small piece of cloth or paper
tatter; shred; tag; tag end.
- noun a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
rag week.
- noun a small piece of cloth or paper
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trisagion
(Eccl.) An ancient anthem, -- usually known by its Latin name tersanctus.See Tersanctus .
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millage
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reengage
To engage a second time or again.
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tagh
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magnetize
- verb make magnetic
magnetise.
- The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings
- verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
bewitch; mesmerize; mesmerise; magnetise; spellbind.
- She magnetized the audience with her tricks
- verb make magnetic
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jaggy
- adjective satellite having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
jagged; erose; toothed; notched.
- adjective satellite having a sharply uneven surface or outline
jagged; scraggy.
- the jagged outline of the crags
- scraggy cliffs
- adjective satellite having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
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beguinage
A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines.
- vagally1/5
vagal
- adjective of or relating to the vagus nerve
pneumogastric.
- adjective of or relating to the vagus nerve
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mystagogy
The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries.
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magnetical
Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; amagnetic needle.
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restage
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decagonal
Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides.
- viage1/5
voyage
- noun an act of traveling by water
ocean trip.
- noun a journey to some distant place
- noun an act of traveling by water
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carmagnole
A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution. They danced and yelled the carmagnole. Compton Reade.
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blague
Mendacious boasting; falcefood; humbug.
- nonlanguage1/5
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disagreeable
- adjective not to your liking
- a disagreeable situation
- adjective satellite unpleasant to interact with
- a disagreeable old man
- adjective not to your liking
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hidage
(O. Eng. Law.) A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land. Written also hydage .
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dragsters
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misdiagnose
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phagocytize
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naufrage
Shipwreck; ruin. Obs. acon.
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kago
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vage
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siphonage
The action of a siphon.
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evagination
The act of unsheathing.
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sagger
A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a segga.
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paragenesis
(Min.) The science which treats of minerals with special reference to their origin.
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magnetoelectric
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engager
One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety. Several sufficient citizens were engagers. Wood.
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raggy
Ragged; rough. Obs. "A stony and raggie hill." Holland.
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anthropophagi
Man eaters; cannibals. Shak.
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overaggressive
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coagulability
The quality of being coagulable; capacity of being coagulated. Ure.
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- imageable1/5
imageable
That may be imaged. R.
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- cartonnage1/5
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bairagi
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reengage
To engage a second time or again.
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pagne
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lagarto
An alligator. Obs. Sir W. Raleigh.
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encage
To confine in a cage; to coop up. Shak.
- sagger1/5
sag
- noun a shape that sags
droop.
- there was a sag in the chair seat
- verb droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
flag; swag; droop.
- noun a shape that sags
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ravage
- noun (usually plural) a destructive action
depredation.
- the ravages of time
- the depredations of age and disease
- verb make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
harry.
- noun (usually plural) a destructive action
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palagi
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pelagicus
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mystagogue
interprets mysteries, especially of a religious kind.
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eaglestone
(Min.) A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aëtites.
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magellanicus
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raglin
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plagiary
To commit plagiarism.
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creepage
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fragrant
- adjective pleasant-smelling
- adjective pleasant-smelling
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embassage
An embassy. "He sent a solemn embassage." Bacon.Except your embassages have better success. Motley.
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unflagging
- adjective satellite showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
indefatigable; unwearying; tireless.
- an indefatigable advocate of equal rights
- a tireless worker
- unflagging pursuit of excellence
- adjective satellite unceasing
unfailing.
- unfailing loyalty
- unfailing good spirits
- unflagging courtesy
- adjective satellite showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
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podagra
(Med.) Gout in the joints of the foot; -- applied also to gout in other parts of body.
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runagate
A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Bunyan.Renegade .Wretched runagates from the jail. De Quincey.
Who has not been a runagate from duty? Hare.
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wagh
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antiferromagnetically
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vagn
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chagan
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mystagogical
Of or pertaining to interpretation of mysteries or to mystagogue; of the nature of mystagogy.
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antitragus
(Anat.) A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear .
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hectarage
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sagittal
- adjective satellite located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture
- adjective satellite located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture
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colleagueship
Partnership in office. Milton.
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cholagogue
(Med.) Promoting the discharge of bile from the system. --n. An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system.
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sinkage
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passaggi
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yagua
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pumpage
That which is raised by pumps, or the work done by pumps. The pumpage last year amounted to . . . gallons. Sci. Amer.
- biomagnetism1/5
biomagnetism
Animal magnetism.
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transdiaphragmatic
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stillage
(Bleaching) A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.
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repackages
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bagne
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collage
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
montage.
- he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map
- noun any collection of diverse things
- a collage of memories
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
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ravager
One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler.
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paphlagonian
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kirinyaga
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daguerreian
Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.
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usager
One who has the use of anything in trust for another. Obs. Daniel.
- lollygagging1/5
lollygag
- verb be about
loaf; footle; mess about; lallygag; linger; lurk; tarry; mill about; hang around; lounge; loiter; mill around.
- The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
- Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
- verb be about
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misdiagnosing
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sagum
(Rom. Antiq.) The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.
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pannage
(O. Eng. Law) (a) The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also pawns .(b) A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.
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unexaggerated
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fragrance
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
perfume; scent; aroma.
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
bouquet; redolence; fragrancy; sweetness.
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
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tragal
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- corage1/5
courage
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
courageousness; braveness; bravery.
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
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magnatum
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tagua
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cranage
The liberty of using a crane, as for loading and unloading vessels.
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eaglewood
A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum .
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magicked
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scagliola
An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.
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magnetogram
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lagena
(Anat.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.
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counterpropaganda
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raggle
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language
- noun a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
linguistic communication.
- he taught foreign languages
- the language introduced is standard throughout the text
- the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written
- noun (language) communication by word of mouth
oral communication; spoken language; voice communication; speech communication; speech; spoken communication.
- his speech was garbled
- he uttered harsh language
- he recorded the spoken language of the streets
- noun a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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magdalenes
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jagiellon
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sexagenary
Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old.
- parage1/5
parage
(Old Eng. Law) Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance. Spelman.
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- spinage1/5
spinage
(Bot.) A common pot herb ( Spinacia oleracea ) belonging to the Goosefoot family.✍ Various other pot herbs are locally called spinach.
- premarriage1/5
- volage1/5
volage
Light; giddy. Obs.They wroughten all their lust volage. Chaucer.
- entomophagous1/5
entomophagous
(Zoöl.) Feeding on insects; insectivorous.
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- eaglehawk1/5
- tannage1/5
tannage
A tanning; the act, operation, or result of tanning. R.They should have got his cheek fresh tannage. R. Browning.
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hagerup
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contagium
Contagion; contagious matter. "Contagium of measles." Tyndall.
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- wordage1/5
wordage
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restages
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- magnetizable1/5
magnetizable
Capable of magnetized.
- draggy1/5
draggy
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- tentage1/5
tentage
A collection of tents; an encampment. Obs. Drayton.
- amagasaki1/5
amagasaki
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- sullage1/5
sullage
Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage. Obs.The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for sullage. Evelyn.
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- lignage1/5
lineage
- noun the descendants of one individual
pedigree; parentage; descent; bloodline; ancestry; stemma; blood; line; stock; line of descent; origin; blood line.
- his entire lineage has been warriors
- noun the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
filiation; line of descent; descent.
- noun the descendants of one individual
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catagories
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- benthopelagic1/5
- fagotto1/5
fagotto
(Mus.) The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.
- beguinages1/5
beguinage
A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines.
- sagunto1/5
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- pagri1/5
- bague1/5
bague
(Arch.) The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.
- imaginarily1/5
imaginary
- noun (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
complex number; complex quantity; imaginary number.
- adjective satellite not based on fact; unreal
notional; fanciful.
- the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt
- a small child's imaginary friends
- to create a notional world for oneself
- noun (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
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patagonica
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- moulage1/5
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stagestruck
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- magnetizers1/5
magnetizer
One who, or that which, imparts magnetism.
- plantage1/5
plantage
A word used once by Shakespeare to designate plants in general, or anything that is planted. As true as steel, as plantage to the moon. Shak. (Troil. iii. sc. 2).
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- flagrancy1/5
flagrancy
A burning; great heat; inflammation. Obs.Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. Bacon.
- passager1/5
passage
- noun the act of passing from one state or place to the next
transition.
- noun a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
- noun the act of passing from one state or place to the next
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- fragged1/5
fragged
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wagnerite
(Min.) A fluophosphate of magnesia, occurring in yellowish crystals, and also in massive forms.
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dragonnade
The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade. He learnt it as he watched the dragonnades, the tortures, the massacres of the Netherlands. C. Kingsley.
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montage
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
collage.
- he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map
- noun a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
- imaginably1/5
imaginable
- adjective satellite capable of being imagined
conceivable.
- that is one possible answer
- adjective satellite capable of being imagined
- immunodiagnosis1/5
- magistery1/5
magistery
Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy. Obs. Holland.
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- teacherage1/5
teacherage
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- adagietto1/5
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intercartilaginous
(Anat.) Within cartilage; endochondral; as, .intercartilaginous ossification
- bagre1/5
- burgages1/5
burgage
(Eng. Law) A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft. Burrill.
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- haggs1/5
hag
- noun an ugly evil-looking old woman
crone; beldam; witch; beldame.
- noun eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
slime eels; hagfish.
- noun an ugly evil-looking old woman
- subpackage1/5
subpackage
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- swager1/5
swage
- noun a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
upset.
- verb form metals with a swage
upset.
- noun a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
- aphidophagous1/5
aphidophagous
(Zoöl.) Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidæ .
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- pragmatica1/5
pragmatica
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- kagu1/5
kagu
(Zoöl.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus) , native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern.
- daguerrean1/5
daguerrean
Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.
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- magg1/5
magg
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- evaginations1/5
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daguerreotypist
One who takes daguerreotypes.
- anthropophagic1/5
anthropophagic
Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy.
- pelagica1/5
pelagica
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- ecotage1/5
- demagnification1/5
demagnification
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decoupage
- noun art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
- noun the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with vanish or lacquer
- noun art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
- murage1/5
murage
A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.
- raggles1/5
raggles
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- dragonlike1/5
dragonlike
Like a dragon. Shak.
- magisters1/5
magister
Master; sir; -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
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goolagong
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- disagio1/5
- osteocartilaginous1/5
osteocartilaginous
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- vagans1/5
vagans
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- villenage1/5
villeinage
- noun the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
villainage.
- noun tenure by which a villein held land
- noun the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
- magnetiser1/5
magnetise
- verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
bewitch; mesmerize; mesmerise; magnetize; spellbind.
- She magnetized the audience with her tricks
- verb make magnetic
magnetize.
- The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings
- verb attract strongly, as if with a magnet
- yagers1/5
yager
(Mil.) In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army. Written also jager .
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anticoagulate
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- anecdotage1/5
anecdotage
Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes. All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of it altogether, upon anecdotage, must be a tissue of lies. De Quincey.
- raginis1/5
- reassemblage1/5
reassemblage
Assemblage a second time or again.
- staffage1/5
- stockbrokerage1/5
stockbrokerage
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- remagnetization1/5
- exaggerator1/5
exaggerator
One who exaggerates; one addicted to exaggeration. L. Horner.
- spagyric1/5
spagyric
Chemical; alchemical. Obs.
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- imaginability1/5
imaginability
Capacity for imagination. R. Coleridge.
- diagenetically1/5
- oligophagous1/5
oligophagous
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hydromassage
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- pantagraph1/5
pantagraph
See Pantograph .
- bagworm1/5
bagworm
(Zoöl.) One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. SeeBasket worm .
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laggard
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
poke; dawdler; drone; lagger; trailer.
- adjective satellite wasting time
dilatory; pokey; poky.
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
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- buoyage1/5
buoyage
Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys.
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- nonmarriage1/5
- psychodiagnostics1/5
psychodiagnostics
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- magot1/5
magot
(Zoöl.) The Barbary ape.
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- lairage1/5
lairage
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- taglia1/5
taglia
(Mech.) A peculiar combination of pulleys. Brande & C.
- infradiaphragmatic1/5
infradiaphragmatic
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- subesophageal1/5
subesophageal
(Zoöl.) Situated beneath the esophagus. Written also suboesophageal .
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irrefragable
Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; --as, an irrefragable argument;irrefragable evidence.Ir*ref"ra*ga*ble*ness , n. --Ir*ref"ra*ga*bly , adv.Syn. -- Incontrovertible; unanswerable; indisputable; unquestionable; incontestable; indubitable; undeniable; irrefutable.
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flagman
One who makes signals with a flag.
- flaggy1/5
flaggy
Weak; flexible; limber. "Flaggy wings." Spenser.
- counterpropagation1/5
counterpropagation
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- contagionist1/5
contagionist
One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, as of yellow fever.
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heptagonal
Having seven angles or sides.
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- reichstags1/5
reichstag
The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire, which is composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. See Bundesrath .
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cocagne
An imaginary country of idleness and luxury.
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imaginational
Pertaining to, involving, or caused by, imagination.
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- hemorrhagica1/5
hemorrhagica
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- stalags1/5
stalags
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- parages1/5
parage
(Old Eng. Law) Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance. Spelman.
- sexagesima1/5
sexagesima
(Eccl.) The second Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.
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- envisagement1/5
envisagement
The act of envisaging.
- cottaging1/5
cottage
- noun a small house with a single story
bungalow.
- noun a small house with a single story
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- ferriage1/5
ferriage
The price or fare to be paid for passage at a ferry.
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- arriage1/5
arriage
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flaggers
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- servage1/5
servage
Serfage; slavery; servitude. Obs. Chaucer.
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- cappagh1/5
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tetragonolobus
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- costodiaphragmatic1/5
costodiaphragmatic
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- prediagnostic1/5
prediagnostic
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- quarterage1/5
quarterage
A quarterly allowance.
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oesophagogastric
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tutorage
The office or occupation of a tutor; tutorship; guardianship.
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- brassage1/5
brassage
A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage .
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- mystagogues1/5
mystagogue
interprets mysteries, especially of a religious kind.
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- curagh1/5
- exaggerative1/5
exaggerative
Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration. "Exaggerative language." Geddes. "Exaggerative pictures." W. J. Linton. --Ex*ag"ger*a*tive*ly , adv. Carlyle.
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tallage
(O. Eng. Law) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses. Written also tailage ,taillage .✍ When paid out of knight's fees, it was called scutage; when by cities and burghs, tallage; when upon lands not held by military tenure, hidage. Blackstone.
- languageless1/5
languageless
Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent. Shak.
- scrappage1/5
scrappage
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fromages
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- chiliagon1/5
chiliagon
A plane figure of a thousand angles and sides. Barlow.
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magnetooptic
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- blocage1/5
blocage
(Arch.) The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.
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- tagma1/5
tagma
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- interagent1/5
interagent
An intermediate agent.
- naggingly1/5
nagging
- adjective satellite continually complaining or faultfinding
shrewish.
- a shrewish wife
- nagging parents
- verb bother persistently with trivial complaints
peck; nag; hen-peck.
- She nags her husband all day long
- adjective satellite continually complaining or faultfinding
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dagoba
A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. East Indies
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- disaggregations1/5
disaggregation
The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts.
- remortgage1/5
remortgage
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- magnetometric1/5
magnetometric
Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, magnetometric instruments;magnetometric measurements.
- soilage1/5
soilage
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- cagots1/5
cagot
One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths.
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- fagara1/5
fagara
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- sagum1/5
sagum
(Rom. Antiq.) The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.
- ragmen1/5
ragman
A man who collects, or deals in, rags.
- apagoge1/5
apagoge
(Logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
- preagreed1/5
- dragonish1/5
dragonish
resembling a dragon. Shak.
- bagnes1/5
- nonimage1/5
- smaragd1/5
smaragd
The emerald. Obs. Bale.
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haggardness
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- githago1/5
githago
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- pagod1/5
pagod
A pagoda. R. "Or some queer pagod." Pope.
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brobdingnagian
- adjective huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag
- adjective satellite unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
huge; vast; immense.
- huge government spending
- huge country estates
- huge popular demand for higher education
- a huge wave
- the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains
- immense numbers of birds
- at vast (or immense) expense
- the vast reaches of outer space
- the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge
- adjective huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag
- metayage1/5
metayage
A system of farming on halves. France & Italy
- demagogism1/5
demagogism
The practices of a demagogue.
- serfage1/5
serfage
The state or condition of a serf.
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- staphisagria1/5
- contagionists1/5
contagionist
One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, as of yellow fever.
- nonagreement1/5
nonagreement
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paraguariensis
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- piragua1/5
piragua
See Pirogue .
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- runagates1/5
runagate
A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Bunyan.Renegade .Wretched runagates from the jail. De Quincey.
Who has not been a runagate from duty? Hare.
- hematophagous1/5
- careenage1/5
careenage
(Naut.) (a) Expense of careening ships. (b) A place for careening.
- extragovernmental1/5
extragovernmental
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- phytohaemagglutinin1/5
phytohaemagglutinin
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deleveraging
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- reflagged1/5
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