anc: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of anc
- blanc«Word Popularity Bar3/5
blanc
- noun a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
- noun a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
- franc3/5
franc
- noun the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
- noun the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
- banc3/5
banc
A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
- leblanc3/5
leblanc
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- lanfranc2/5
lanfranc
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- charabanc1/5
charabanc
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
coach; omnibus; bus; motorbus; motorcoach; passenger vehicle; jitney; autobus; double-decker.
- he always rode the bus to work
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
- canc1/5
canc
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- chanc1/5
chanc
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Suffixes of anc
- ancient«Word Popularity Bar5/5
ancient
- noun a very old person
antediluvian.
- noun a person who lived in ancient times
- noun a very old person
- ancestors5/5
ancestor
- noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
ascendent; antecedent; ascendant; root.
- noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- anchor5/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- ancestral4/5
ancestral
- adjective satellite inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
patrimonial; transmissible; hereditary.
- ancestral home
- ancestral lore
- hereditary monarchy
- patrimonial estate
- transmissible tradition
- adjective of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
- adjective satellite inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- ancestor4/5
ancestor
- noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
ascendent; antecedent; ascendant; root.
- noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- anchored4/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- ancestry4/5
ancestry
- noun the descendants of one individual
lineage; pedigree; parentage; descent; bloodline; stemma; blood; line; stock; line of descent; origin; blood line.
- his entire lineage has been warriors
- noun inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
lineage; filiation; derivation.
- noun the descendants of one individual
- ancients4/5
ancients
- noun people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)
- noun a very old person
antediluvian; ancient.
- noun people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)
- 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
- ancillary4/5
ancillary
- adjective satellite furnishing added support
auxiliary; accessory; adjunct; adjuvant; appurtenant.
- an ancillary pump
- an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism
- The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
- adjective satellite furnishing added support
- anchors4/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- anchoring3/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- ancien3/5
ancient
- noun a very old person
antediluvian.
- noun a person who lived in ancient times
- noun a very old person
- ance3/5
once
- adverb on one occasion
one time; in one case.
- once I ran into her
- adverb as soon as
- once we are home, we can rest
- adverb on one occasion
- ancona2/5
ancona
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- anchovies2/5
anchovy
- noun tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
- noun small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
- noun tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
- anchovy2/5
anchovy
- noun tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
- noun small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
- noun tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
- anciens2/5
ancient
- noun a very old person
antediluvian.
- noun a person who lived in ancient times
- noun a very old person
- ancora2/5
- anciently2/5
anciently
- adverb in ancient times; long ago
- a concern with what may have happened anciently
- adverb in ancient times; long ago
- 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
- anchorite2/5
anchorite
- noun one retired from society for religious reasons
hermit.
- noun one retired from society for religious reasons
- anchises2/5
anchises
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- anchorman2/5
anchorman
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
anchorperson; anchor.
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- ancestress2/5
ancestress
- noun a woman ancestor
- noun a woman ancestor
- ancho2/5
ancho
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- anchorites2/5
anchorite
- noun one retired from society for religious reasons
hermit.
- noun one retired from society for religious reasons
- ancillaries2/5
ancillary
- adjective satellite furnishing added support
auxiliary; accessory; adjunct; adjuvant; appurtenant.
- an ancillary pump
- an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism
- The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
- adjective satellite furnishing added support
- ancilla2/5
ancilla
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- ancestries1/5
ancestry
- noun the descendants of one individual
lineage; pedigree; parentage; descent; bloodline; stemma; blood; line; stock; line of descent; origin; blood line.
- his entire lineage has been warriors
- noun inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
lineage; filiation; derivation.
- noun the descendants of one individual
- ancre1/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- ancon1/5
ancon
(Anat.) The olecranon, or the elbow.
- anchoress1/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- ancor1/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- anconeus1/5
anconeus
(Anat.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
- anchorwoman1/5
anchorwoman
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- ancle1/5
ankle
- noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
mortise joint; articulatio talocruralis; ankle joint.
- noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
- anchoritic1/5
anchoritic
- adjective satellite characterized by ascetic solitude
hermitical; eremitical; eremitic; hermitic.
- the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony
- his hermitic existence
- adjective satellite characterized by ascetic solitude
- ancestrally1/5
ancestral
- adjective satellite inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
patrimonial; transmissible; hereditary.
- ancestral home
- ancestral lore
- hereditary monarchy
- patrimonial estate
- transmissible tradition
- adjective of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
- adjective satellite inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- anchoresses1/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- ancles1/5
ankle
- noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
mortise joint; articulatio talocruralis; ankle joint.
- noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
- ancientness1/5
ancientness
- noun extreme oldness
antiquity.
- noun extreme oldness
- anchorperson1/5
anchorperson
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
anchorman; anchor.
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- ancestresses1/5
ancestress
- noun a woman ancestor
- noun a woman ancestor
- anchoveta1/5
- anchormen1/5
anchorman
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
anchorperson; anchor.
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- anchusa1/5
anchusa
- noun any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers
- noun any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers
- anchorhold1/5
- ancylus1/5
ancylus
- noun type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet
genus Ancylus.
- noun type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet
- anchylosis1/5
anchylosis
- noun abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint
ankylosis.
- noun abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint
- anchorless1/5
anchorless
Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
- ancillae1/5
- anconeal1/5
anconeal
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.
- anchoret1/5
anchoret
One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. Written by some authors anachoret .Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.
Derived words of anc
- performance«Word Popularity Bar5/5
performance
- noun a dramatic or musical entertainment
public presentation.
- they listened to ten different performances
- the play ran for 100 performances
- the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity
- noun the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
- we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal
- an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto
- noun a dramatic or musical entertainment
- financial5/5
financial
- adjective involving financial matters
fiscal.
- fiscal responsibility
- adjective involving financial matters
- importance5/5
importance
- noun the quality of being important and worthy of note
- the importance of a well-balanced diet
- noun a prominent status
grandness.
- a person of importance
- noun the quality of being important and worthy of note
- distance5/5
distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- noun a distant region
- I could see it in the distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- instance5/5
instance
- noun an occurrence of something
case; example.
- it was a case of bad judgment
- another instance occurred yesterday
- but there is always the famous example of the Smiths
- noun an item of information that is typical of a class or group
example; illustration; representative.
- this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
- there is an example on page 10
- noun an occurrence of something
- france5/5
france
- noun a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
French Republic.
- noun French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)
Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault; Anatole France.
- noun a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
- circumstances5/5
circumstances
- noun your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
fortune; destiny; fate; portion; lot; luck.
- whatever my fortune may be
- deserved a better fate
- has a happy lot
- the luck of the Irish
- a victim of circumstances
- success that was her portion
- noun a person's financial situation (good or bad)
- he found himself in straitened circumstances
- noun your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- balance5/5
balance
- noun a state of equilibrium
- noun equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- noun a state of equilibrium
- chance5/5
chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunity.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
fortune; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- cancer5/5
cancer
- noun any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
malignant neoplastic disease.
- noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
Crab.
- noun any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
- resistance5/5
resistance
- noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
opposition.
- he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens
- despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
- noun any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- insurance5/5
insurance
- noun promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
- noun written contract or certificate of insurance
policy; insurance policy.
- you should have read the small print on your policy
- noun promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
- appearance5/5
appearance
- noun outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
visual aspect.
- noun the event of coming into sight
- noun outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
- advanced5/5
advanced
- adjective satellite farther along in physical or mental development
- the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'
- children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average
- verb move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
advance; move on; march on; progress; pass on; go on.
- Time marches on
- adjective satellite farther along in physical or mental development
- assistance5/5
assistance
- noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
aid; assist; help.
- he gave me an assist with the housework
- could not walk without assistance
- rescue party went to their aid
- offered his help in unloading
- noun a resource
aid; help.
- visual aids in teaching
- noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- significance5/5
significance
- noun the quality of being significant
- do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power
- noun a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
import; implication.
- the significance of his remark became clear only later
- the expectation was spread both by word and by implication
- noun the quality of being significant
- advance5/5
advance
- noun a movement forward
progress; progression.
- he listened for the progress of the troops
- noun a change for the better; progress in development
betterment; improvement.
- noun a movement forward
- dance5/5
dance
- noun an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- noun a party of people assembled for dancing
- noun an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- maintenance5/5
maintenance
- noun activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
upkeep; care.
- he wrote the manual on car care
- noun means of maintenance of a family or group
- noun activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
- substance5/5
substance
- noun the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
- DNA is the substance of our genes
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
kernel; center; centre; nitty-gritty; essence; sum; meat; heart; pith; nub; heart and soul; core; inwardness; marrow; gist.
- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
- noun the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
- branch5/5
branch
- noun a division of some larger or more complex organization
subdivision; arm.
- a branch of Congress
- botany is a branch of biology
- the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages
- noun a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- noun a division of some larger or more complex organization
- finance5/5
finance
- noun the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
- noun the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
- noun the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
- francisco5/5
francisco
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- acceptance5/5
acceptance
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
credence.
- he gave credence to the gossip
- acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
- noun the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
espousal; acceptation; adoption.
- its adoption by society
- the proposal found wide acceptance
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- instances5/5
instance
- noun an occurrence of something
case; example.
- it was a case of bad judgment
- another instance occurred yesterday
- but there is always the famous example of the Smiths
- noun an item of information that is typical of a class or group
example; illustration; representative.
- this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
- there is an example on page 10
- noun an occurrence of something
- entrance5/5
entrance
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
entryway; entree; entranceway; entry.
- they waited at the entrance to the garden
- beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
- noun a movement into or inward
entering.
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
- branches5/5
branch
- noun a division of some larger or more complex organization
subdivision; arm.
- a branch of Congress
- botany is a branch of biology
- the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages
- noun a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- noun a division of some larger or more complex organization
- pregnancy5/5
pregnancy
- noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
maternity; gestation.
- noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- guidance5/5
guidance
- noun something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
counseling; direction; counsel; counselling.
- noun the act of guiding or showing the way
steering.
- noun something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- governance5/5
governance
- noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
governing body; organisation; administration; organization; brass; establishment.
- he claims that the present administration is corrupt
- the governance of an association is responsible to its members
- he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment
- noun the act of governing; exercising authority
administration; government activity; governing; government.
- regulations for the governing of state prisons
- he had considerable experience of government
- noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- alliance5/5
alliance
- noun the state of being allied or confederated
confederation.
- noun a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
bond.
- the shifting alliances within a large family
- their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them
- noun the state of being allied or confederated
- accordance5/5
accordance
- noun concurrence of opinion
accord; conformity.
- we are in accord with your proposal
- noun the act of granting rights
accordance of rights.
- the accordance to Canada of rights of access
- noun concurrence of opinion
- francis5/5
francis
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- compliance5/5
compliance
- noun acting according to certain accepted standards
conformity; conformation; abidance.
- their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
deference; obligingness; complaisance; compliancy.
- noun acting according to certain accepted standards
- enhance5/5
enhance
- verb increase
heighten; raise.
- This will enhance your enjoyment
- heighten the tension
- verb make better or more attractive
- This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat
- verb increase
- enhanced5/5
enhanced
- adjective satellite increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality
- her enhanced beauty was the result of a good night's sleep rather than makeup
- careful cleaning was responsible for the enhanced value of the painting
- verb increase
enhance; heighten; raise.
- This will enhance your enjoyment
- heighten the tension
- adjective satellite increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality
- glance5/5
glance
- noun a quick look
coup d'oeil; glimpse.
- verb throw a glance at; take a brief look at
peek; glint.
- She only glanced at the paper
- I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting
- noun a quick look
- advances5/5
advance
- noun a movement forward
progress; progression.
- he listened for the progress of the troops
- noun a change for the better; progress in development
betterment; improvement.
- noun a movement forward
- glanced5/5
glance
- noun a quick look
coup d'oeil; glimpse.
- verb throw a glance at; take a brief look at
peek; glint.
- She only glanced at the paper
- I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting
- noun a quick look
- substances5/5
substance
- noun the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
- DNA is the substance of our genes
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
kernel; center; centre; nitty-gritty; essence; sum; meat; heart; pith; nub; heart and soul; core; inwardness; marrow; gist.
- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
- noun the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
- dancing5/5
dancing
- noun taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
dance; terpsichore; saltation.
- verb move in a graceful and rhythmical way
dance.
- The young girl danced into the room
- noun taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- variance5/5
variance
- noun an event that departs from expectations
variant; discrepancy.
- noun discord that splits a group
division.
- noun an event that departs from expectations
- balanced5/5
balanced
- adjective being in a state of proper equilibrium
- the carefully balanced seesaw
- a properly balanced symphony orchestra
- a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history
- a balanced blend of whiskeys
- the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers
- verb bring into balance or equilibrium
equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize; balance.
- She has to balance work and her domestic duties
- balance the two weights
- adjective being in a state of proper equilibrium
- tolerance5/5
tolerance
- noun the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
- noun a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
permissiveness.
- noun the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
- financing5/5
financing
- noun the act of financing
funding.
- verb obtain or provide money for
finance.
- Can we finance the addition to our home?
- noun the act of financing
- renaissance5/5
renaissance
A new birth, or revival. Specifically:(a) The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries .(b) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch. The Renaissance was rather the last stage of the Middle Ages, emerging from ecclesiastical and feudal despotism, developing what was original in mediæval ideas by the light of classic arts and letters. J. A. Symonds (Encyc. Brit. ).
- ignorance5/5
ignorance
- noun the lack of knowledge or education
- noun the lack of knowledge or education
- chances5/5
chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunity.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
fortune; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- relevance5/5
relevance
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
relevancy.
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
- fancy5/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
- romance5/5
romance
- noun a relationship between two lovers
love affair.
- noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
romanticism.
- noun a relationship between two lovers
- inheritance5/5
inheritance
- noun hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
heritage.
- noun that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
heritage.
- noun hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
- nancy5/5
nancy
- noun a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
- noun a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
- abundance5/5
abundance
- noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
copiousness; teemingness.
- an age of abundance
- noun (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
- noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
- performances5/5
performance
- noun a dramatic or musical entertainment
public presentation.
- they listened to ten different performances
- the play ran for 100 performances
- the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity
- noun the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
- we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal
- an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto
- noun a dramatic or musical entertainment
- assurance5/5
assurance
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
confidence; self-confidence; self-assurance; authority; sureness.
- his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
- after that failure he lost his confidence
- she spoke with authority
- noun a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
pledge.
- an assurance of help when needed
- signed a pledge never to reveal the secret
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- distances5/5
distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- noun a distant region
- I could see it in the distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- dominance5/5
dominance
- noun superior development of one side of the body
laterality.
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
control; ascendance; ascendency; ascendancy; ascendence.
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
- noun superior development of one side of the body
- stance5/5
stance
- noun standing posture
- noun a rationalized mental attitude
position; posture.
- noun standing posture
- surveillance5/5
surveillance
- noun close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
- noun close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
- resonance5/5
resonance
- noun an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- noun a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system
- noun an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- attendance5/5
attendance
- noun the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
attending.
- noun the frequency with which a person is present
- a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade
- noun the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
- reliance5/5
reliance
- noun certainty based on past experience
trust.
- he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists
- he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun
- noun the state of relying on something
- noun certainty based on past experience
- manchester5/5
manchester
- noun largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
- noun a city in northwestern England (30 miles to the east of Liverpool); heart of the most densely populated area of England
- noun largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
- sanctions5/5
sanction
- noun formal and explicit approval
indorsement; countenance; endorsement; imprimatur; warrant.
- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
- noun a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
- noun formal and explicit approval
- circumstance5/5
circumstance
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- noun the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
setting; context.
- the historical context
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- disturbance5/5
disturbance
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
perturbation.
- the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset
- he looked around for the source of the disturbance
- there was a disturbance of neural function
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
perturbation; upset.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
- advancement5/5
advancement
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
promotion; furtherance.
- noun the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
advance; forward motion; progression; procession; onward motion; progress.
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
- ranch5/5
ranch
- noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
spread; cattle farm; cattle ranch.
- verb manage or run a ranch
- Her husband is ranching in Arizona
- noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- acquaintance5/5
acquaintance
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
conversance; conversancy; familiarity.
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
acquaintanceship.
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
- avoidance5/5
avoidance
- noun deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
turning away; shunning; dodging.
- noun deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
- balancing5/5
balancing
- noun getting two things to correspond
reconciliation.
- the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement
- verb bring into balance or equilibrium
equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize; balance.
- She has to balance work and her domestic duties
- balance the two weights
- noun getting two things to correspond
- enhancement5/5
enhancement
- noun an improvement that makes something more agreeable
sweetening.
- noun an improvement that makes something more agreeable
- advancing5/5
advancing
- adjective satellite moving forward
forward; forward-moving.
- verb move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
advance; move on; march on; progress; pass on; go on.
- Time marches on
- adjective satellite moving forward
- enhancing5/5
enhance
- verb increase
heighten; raise.
- This will enhance your enjoyment
- heighten the tension
- verb make better or more attractive
- This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat
- verb increase
- appearances5/5
appearance
- noun outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
visual aspect.
- noun the event of coming into sight
- noun outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
- allowance5/5
allowance
- noun an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- travel allowance
- my weekly allowance of two eggs
- a child's allowance should not be too generous
- noun a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
- noun an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- alliances4/5
alliance
- noun the state of being allied or confederated
confederation.
- noun a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
bond.
- the shifting alliances within a large family
- their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them
- noun the state of being allied or confederated
- sanctuary4/5
sanctuary
- noun a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
- noun a shelter from danger or hardship
asylum; refuge.
- noun a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
- disturbances4/5
disturbance
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
perturbation.
- the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset
- he looked around for the source of the disturbance
- there was a disturbance of neural function
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
perturbation; upset.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
- clearance4/5
clearance
- noun the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
- noun vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
headroom; headway.
- noun the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
- resemblance4/5
resemblance
- noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
- noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
- chancellor4/5
chancellor
- noun the person who is head of state (in several countries)
premier; prime minister.
- noun the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
- noun the person who is head of state (in several countries)
- cancel4/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- emancipation4/5
emancipation
- noun freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
- noun freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
- melancholy4/5
melancholy
- noun a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- noun a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
- noun a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- dances4/5
dance
- noun an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- noun a party of people assembled for dancing
- noun an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- frances4/5
france
- noun a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
French Republic.
- noun French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)
Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault; Anatole France.
- noun a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
- allegiance4/5
allegiance
- noun the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
dedication; loyalty; commitment.
- his long commitment to public service
- they felt no loyalty to a losing team
- noun the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
fealty.
- noun the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
- countenance4/5
countenance
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
visage.
- a pleasant countenance
- a stern visage
- noun formal and explicit approval
sanction; indorsement; endorsement; imprimatur; warrant.
- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
- danced4/5
dance
- noun an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- noun a party of people assembled for dancing
- noun an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- ordinance4/5
ordinance
- noun an authoritative rule
regulation.
- noun a statute enacted by a city government
- noun an authoritative rule
- reluctance4/5
reluctance
- noun (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
- noun a certain degree of unwillingness
hesitation; hesitancy; disinclination; indisposition.
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
- noun (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
- financially4/5
financially
- adverb from a financial point of view
- this was financially unattractive
- adverb from a financial point of view
- infancy4/5
infancy
- noun the early stage of growth or development
early childhood; babyhood.
- noun the earliest state of immaturity
babyhood.
- noun the early stage of growth or development
- franchise4/5
franchise
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
dealership.
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- balances4/5
balance
- noun a state of equilibrium
- noun equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- noun a state of equilibrium
- utterance4/5
utterance
- noun the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
vocalization.
- noun the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
- disappearance4/5
disappearance
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
disappearing.
- noun the event of passing out of sight
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
- endurance4/5
endurance
- noun the power to withstand hardship or stress
- the marathon tests a runner's endurance
- noun a state of surviving; remaining alive
survival.
- noun the power to withstand hardship or stress
- finances4/5
finances
- noun assets in the form of money
funds; cash in hand; pecuniary resource; monetary resource.
- noun the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
finance.
- noun assets in the form of money
- vengeance4/5
vengeance
- noun the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
retribution; payback.
- Vengeance is mine
- For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield
- he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him
- the swiftness of divine retribution
- noun the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
- dancers4/5
dancer
- noun a performer who dances professionally
terpsichorean; professional dancer.
- noun a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)
social dancer.
- noun a performer who dances professionally
- sanction4/5
sanction
- noun formal and explicit approval
indorsement; countenance; endorsement; imprimatur; warrant.
- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
- noun a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
- noun formal and explicit approval
- franco4/5
franco
- noun Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)
Francisco Franco; General Franco; El Caudillo.
- noun Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)
- financed4/5
finance
- noun the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
- noun the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
- noun the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
- expectancy4/5
expectancy
- noun an expectation
anticipation.
- noun something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
anticipation.
- each of them had their own anticipations
- an indicator of expectancy in development
- noun an expectation
- vancouver4/5
vancouver
- noun English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798)
George Vancouver.
- noun a town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon
- noun English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798)
- francois4/5
francois
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- lance4/5
lance
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
shaft; spear.
- noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
gig; fizgig; fishgig; spear.
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- cancers4/5
cancer
- noun any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
malignant neoplastic disease.
- noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
Crab.
- noun any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
- impedance4/5
impedance
- noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
resistivity; ohmic resistance; electric resistance; resistance; electrical resistance.
- noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- enhances4/5
enhance
- verb increase
heighten; raise.
- This will enhance your enjoyment
- heighten the tension
- verb make better or more attractive
- This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat
- verb increase
- repentance4/5
repentance
- noun remorse for your past conduct
penance; penitence.
- noun remorse for your past conduct
- defiance4/5
defiance
- noun intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
rebelliousness.
- noun a hostile challenge
- noun intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
- remembrance4/5
remembrance
- noun the ability to recall past occurrences
recollection; anamnesis.
- noun a recognition of meritorious service
memorial; commemoration.
- noun the ability to recall past occurrences
- dancer4/5
dancer
- noun a performer who dances professionally
terpsichorean; professional dancer.
- noun a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)
social dancer.
- noun a performer who dances professionally
- imbalance4/5
imbalance
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
instability; unbalance.
- a hormonal imbalance
- noun (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
dissymmetry; asymmetry.
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
- ambulance4/5
ambulance
- noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
- noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
- glancing4/5
glance
- noun a quick look
coup d'oeil; glimpse.
- verb throw a glance at; take a brief look at
peek; glint.
- She only glanced at the paper
- I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting
- noun a quick look
- discrepancy4/5
discrepancy
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
divergence; disagreement; variance.
- a growing divergence of opinion
- noun an event that departs from expectations
variance; variant.
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- sanctioned4/5
sanctioned
- adjective satellite conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
canonic; canonical.
- the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis
- verb give sanction to
O.K.; okay; approve; sanction.
- I approve of his educational policies
- adjective satellite conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
- allowances4/5
allowance
- noun an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- travel allowance
- my weekly allowance of two eggs
- a child's allowance should not be too generous
- noun a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
- noun an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- pancreatic4/5
pancreatic
- adjective of or involving the pancreas
- pancreatic cancer
- adjective of or involving the pancreas
- appliances4/5
appliance
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
contraption; gismo; gadget; widget; convenience; contrivance; gizmo.
- noun durable goods for home or office use
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- utterances4/5
utterance
- noun the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
vocalization.
- noun the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
- lancet4/5
lancet
- noun an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
lancet arch.
- noun a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
lance.
- noun an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
- lancaster4/5
lancaster
- noun a city in northwestern England
- noun the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose
House of Lancaster; Lancastrian line.
- noun a city in northwestern England
- grievances4/5
grievance
- noun a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
grudge; score.
- holding a grudge
- settling a score
- noun an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
- noun a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- arrogance4/5
arrogance
- noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
high-handedness; haughtiness; hauteur; lordliness.
- noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
- observance4/5
observance
- noun the act of observing; taking a patient look
observation; watching.
- noun a formal event performed on a special occasion
ceremony; ceremonial occasion; ceremonial.
- a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
- noun the act of observing; taking a patient look
- nuisance4/5
nuisance
- noun (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
- noun a bothersome annoying person
pain in the neck; pain.
- that kid is a terrible pain
- noun (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
- intolerance4/5
intolerance
- noun impatience with annoyances
- his intolerance of interruptions
- noun unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
- noun impatience with annoyances
- acquaintances4/5
acquaintance
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
conversance; conversancy; familiarity.
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
acquaintanceship.
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
- redundancy4/5
redundancy
- noun repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
- noun the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
redundance.
- the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers
- noun repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
- issuance4/5
issuance
- noun the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
issuing; issue.
- a new issue of stamps
- the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago
- noun the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- glances4/5
glance
- noun a quick look
coup d'oeil; glimpse.
- verb throw a glance at; take a brief look at
peek; glint.
- She only glanced at the paper
- I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting
- noun a quick look
- temperance4/5
temperance
- noun the trait of avoiding excesses
moderation.
- noun abstaining from excess
sobriety.
- noun the trait of avoiding excesses
- francs4/5
franc
- noun the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
- noun the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
- trance4/5
trance
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
enchantment; spell.
- noun a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
- deliverance4/5
deliverance
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
delivery; saving; rescue.
- work is the deliverance of mankind
- a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- sanchez4/5
sanchez
- noun Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
Ilich Sanchez; Glen Gebhard; Salim; Andres Martinez; Taurus; Carlos the Jackal; Michael Assat; Ilich Ramirez Sanchez; Hector Hevodidbon; Carlos.
- noun Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
- pancreas4/5
pancreas
- noun a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
- noun a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
- branching4/5
branching
- noun the act of branching out or dividing into branches
fork; forking; ramification.
- verb grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
ramify; branch.
- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
- noun the act of branching out or dividing into branches
- elegance4/5
elegance
- noun a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
- she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility
- noun a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)
- the simplicity and elegance of his invention
- noun a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
- reconnaissance4/5
reconnaissance
- noun the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
reconnaissance mission.
- an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission
- noun the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
- cancellation4/5
cancellation
- noun the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
- noun the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
- noun the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
- constance4/5
constance
- noun a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River
Lake Constance; Bodensee.
- noun the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church
Council of Constance.
- noun a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River
- covariance4/5
covariance
- noun (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
- noun (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
- 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
- annoyance4/5
annoyance
- noun the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
botheration; vexation; irritation.
- noun anger produced by some annoying irritation
chafe; vexation.
- noun the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- ordinances4/5
ordinance
- noun an authoritative rule
regulation.
- noun a statute enacted by a city government
- noun an authoritative rule
- francesco4/5
francesco
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- vigilance4/5
vigilance
- noun the process of paying close and continuous attention
watchfulness; alertness; wakefulness.
- wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter
- vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue
- noun vigilant attentiveness
watchfulness; weather eye.
- he keeps a weather eye open for trouble
- noun the process of paying close and continuous attention
- discrepancies4/5
discrepancy
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
divergence; disagreement; variance.
- a growing divergence of opinion
- noun an event that departs from expectations
variance; variant.
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- capacitance4/5
capacitance
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
electrical capacity; capacity.
- noun an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
condenser; capacitor; electrical condenser.
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- perseverance4/5
perseverance
- noun persistent determination
persistency; tenaciousness; doggedness; tenacity; pertinacity; persistence.
- noun the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
perseveration; persistence.
- his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate
- noun persistent determination
- occupancy4/5
occupancy
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
tenancy.
- noun the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
moving in; occupation.
- occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
- cancelled4/5
cancelled
- adjective (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
off.
- the wedding is definitely off
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
cancel; scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- adjective (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- hancock4/5
hancock
- noun American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress; was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1793)
John Hancock.
- noun American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress; was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1793)
- sanctity4/5
sanctity
- noun the quality of being holy
sanctitude; holiness.
- noun the quality of being holy
- variances4/5
variance
- noun an event that departs from expectations
variant; discrepancy.
- noun discord that splits a group
division.
- noun an event that departs from expectations
- pregnancies4/5
pregnancy
- noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
maternity; gestation.
- noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- reassurance4/5
reassurance
- noun the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence
- noun the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence
- assurances4/5
assurance
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
confidence; self-confidence; self-assurance; authority; sureness.
- his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
- after that failure he lost his confidence
- she spoke with authority
- noun a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
pledge.
- an assurance of help when needed
- signed a pledge never to reveal the secret
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- fancied4/5
fancied
- adjective satellite formed or conceived by the imagination
fictitious; fabricated; fictional.
- a fabricated excuse for his absence
- a fancied wrong
- a fictional character
- verb imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
picture; visualize; envision; figure; visualise; image; fancy; project; see.
- I can't see him on horseback!
- I can see what will happen
- I can see a risk in this strategy
- adjective satellite formed or conceived by the imagination
- blanche4/5
blanch
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blench; pale.
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
parboil.
- Parboil the beans before freezing them
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
- vacancy4/5
vacancy
- noun being unoccupied
- noun an empty area or space
void; emptiness; vacuum.
- the huge desert voids
- the emptiness of outer space
- without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
- noun being unoccupied
- grievance4/5
grievance
- noun a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
grudge; score.
- holding a grudge
- settling a score
- noun an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
- noun a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- continuance4/5
continuance
- noun the act of continuing an activity without interruption
continuation.
- noun the period of time during which something continues
duration.
- noun the act of continuing an activity without interruption
- penance4/5
penance
- noun remorse for your past conduct
repentance; penitence.
- noun a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
- noun remorse for your past conduct
- brilliance4/5
brilliance
- noun a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
glare; blaze.
- a glare of sunlight
- noun the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
grandness; splendour; magnificence; 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 a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
- canceled4/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- deviance4/5
deviance
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
aberrance; aberrancy; aberration.
- noun deviate behavior
deviation.
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- romances4/5
romance
- noun a relationship between two lovers
love affair.
- noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
romanticism.
- noun a relationship between two lovers
- malignancy4/5
malignancy
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
malignance.
- noun quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
malignity; malignance.
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
- radiance4/5
radiance
- noun the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
glowing; glow.
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
shine; effulgence; refulgency; refulgence; radiancy.
- noun the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
- sustenance4/5
sustenance
- noun a source of materials to nourish the body
nutrition; alimentation; aliment; nutriment; nourishment; victuals.
- noun the financial means whereby one lives
living; support; livelihood; bread and butter; keep.
- each child was expected to pay for their keep
- he applied to the state for support
- he could no longer earn his own livelihood
- noun a source of materials to nourish the body
- tenancy4/5
tenancy
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
occupancy.
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
- constancy4/5
constancy
- noun the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
stability.
- early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds
- noun (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
perceptual constancy.
- noun the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
- semblance4/5
semblance
- noun an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
color; gloss; colour.
- he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
- he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
- the situation soon took on a different color
- noun an erroneous mental representation
illusion.
- noun an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- nuances4/5
nuance
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
nicety; refinement; subtlety; shade.
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- appliance4/5
appliance
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
contraption; gismo; gadget; widget; convenience; contrivance; gizmo.
- noun durable goods for home or office use
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- conveyance4/5
conveyance
- noun document effecting a property transfer
- noun the transmission of information
impartation; imparting.
- noun document effecting a property transfer
- predominance4/5
predominance
- noun the state of being predominant over others
prepotency; predomination.
- noun the quality of being more noticeable than anything else
predomination.
- the predomination of blues gave the painting a quiet tone
- noun the state of being predominant over others
- provenance4/5
provenance
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
birthplace; cradle; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- freelance4/5
freelance
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
independent; freelancer; free-lance; free lance; self-employed person.
- verb work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- avalanche4/5
avalanche
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- noun a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
- the program brought an avalanche of mail
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- imbalances4/5
imbalance
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
instability; unbalance.
- a hormonal imbalance
- noun (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
dissymmetry; asymmetry.
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
- vance4/5
vance
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- unbalanced4/5
unbalanced
- adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium
imbalanced.
- verb throw out of balance or equilibrium
unbalance.
- The tax relief unbalanced the budget
- The prima donna unbalances the smooth work in our department
- adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium
- franciscan4/5
franciscan
(R. C. Ch.) Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans.
- vacancies3/5
vacancy
- noun being unoccupied
- noun an empty area or space
void; emptiness; vacuum.
- the huge desert voids
- the emptiness of outer space
- without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
- noun being unoccupied
- preponderance3/5
preponderance
- noun superiority in power or influence
- the preponderance of good over evil
- the preponderance of wealth and power
- noun a superiority in numbers or amount
prevalence.
- a preponderance of evidence against the defendant
- noun superiority in power or influence
- dissonance3/5
dissonance
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
disagreement; dissension.
- noun the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
racket; noise.
- modern music is just noise to me
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- branched3/5
branched
- adjective satellite resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
bifurcate; pronged; forficate; prongy; biramous; fork-like; forked.
- the biramous appendages of an arthropod
- long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects
- a forked river
- a forked tail
- forked lightning
- horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots
- verb grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
ramify; branch.
- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
- adjective satellite resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
- fanciful3/5
fanciful
- adjective satellite indulging in or influenced by fancy
notional.
- a fanciful mind
- all the notional vagaries of childhood
- adjective satellite not based on fact; unreal
notional; imaginary.
- the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt
- a small child's imaginary friends
- to create a notional world for oneself
- adjective satellite indulging in or influenced by fancy
- entrances3/5
entrance
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
entryway; entree; entranceway; entry.
- they waited at the entrance to the garden
- beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
- noun a movement into or inward
entering.
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
- ordnance3/5
ordnance
- noun military supplies
ordnance store; munition.
- noun large but transportable armament
heavy weapon; artillery; gun.
- noun military supplies
- pancreatitis3/5
pancreatitis
- noun inflammation of the pancreas; usually marked by abdominal pain
- noun inflammation of the pancreas; usually marked by abdominal pain
- ascendancy3/5
ascendancy
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
control; ascendance; ascendency; ascendence; dominance.
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- lancashire3/5
lancashire
- noun a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles
- noun a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles
- hindrance3/5
hindrance
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
balk; handicap; baulk; check; impediment; deterrent; hinderance.
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
incumbrance; preventative; encumbrance; interference; hitch; preventive; hinderance.
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- planck3/5
plank
- noun a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
board.
- noun an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
- noun a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
- conductance3/5
conductance
- noun a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
- noun a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
- enhancements3/5
enhancement
- noun an improvement that makes something more agreeable
sweetening.
- noun an improvement that makes something more agreeable
- severance3/5
severance
- noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
rift; falling out; break; breach; rupture.
- they hoped to avoid a break in relations
- noun the act of severing
severing.
- noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- panchayat3/5
panchayat
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
panchayet; punchayet.
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
- 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
- consultancy3/5
consultancy
- noun the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
- a business management consultancy
- noun the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
- fancies3/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
- nuanced3/5
nuance
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
nicety; refinement; subtlety; shade.
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- chancery3/5
chancery
- noun a court with jurisdiction in equity
court of chancery.
- noun an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
- noun a court with jurisdiction in equity
- remittances3/5
remittance
- noun a payment of money sent to a person in another place
remitment; remission; remittal.
- noun a payment of money sent to a person in another place
- sanctified3/5
sanctified
- adjective satellite made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
consecrated; sacred.
- a consecrated church
- the sacred mosque
- sacred elephants
- sacred bread and wine
- sanctified wine
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow; sanctify.
- adjective satellite made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
- francesca3/5
francesca
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- manchuria3/5
manchuria
- noun a region in northeastern China
- noun a region in northeastern China
- reflectance3/5
reflectance
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
coefficient of reflection; reflection factor; reflectivity.
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
- blanchard3/5
blanchard
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- bancroft3/5
bancroft
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- distancing3/5
distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- noun a distant region
- I could see it in the distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- distanced3/5
distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- noun a distant region
- I could see it in the distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- resonances3/5
resonance
- noun an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- noun a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system
- noun an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- inductance3/5
inductance
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
induction.
- noun an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit
inductor.
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
- concordance3/5
concordance
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
harmony; concord.
- noun agreement of opinions
harmony; concord.
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
- sanctification3/5
sanctification
- noun a religious ceremony in which something is made holy
- noun a religious ceremony in which something is made holy
- noncompliance3/5
noncompliance
- noun the failure to obey
disobedience.
- noun the failure to obey
- pancakes3/5
pancake
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
flapjack; flannel-cake; hot cake; hotcake; griddlecake; flapcake; battercake; flannel cake.
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
- resistances3/5
resistance
- noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
opposition.
- he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens
- despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
- noun any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- buoyancy3/5
buoyancy
- noun cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
perkiness.
- noun the property of something weightless and insubstantial
airiness.
- noun cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
- chanced3/5
chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunity.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
fortune; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- franchises3/5
franchise
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
dealership.
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- lancelot3/5
lancelot
- noun (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere
Sir Lancelot.
- noun (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere
- ranchers3/5
rancher
- noun a person who owns or operates a ranch
- noun a person who owns or operates a ranch
- militancy3/5
militancy
- noun a militant aggressiveness
militance; combativeness.
- noun a militant aggressiveness
- malignancies3/5
malignancy
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
malignance.
- noun quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
malignity; malignance.
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
- admittance3/5
admittance
- noun the right to enter
access; admission; entree; accession.
- noun the act of admitting someone to enter
admission.
- the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic
- noun the right to enter
- exuberance3/5
exuberance
- noun joyful enthusiasm
- noun overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
enthusiasm; ebullience.
- noun joyful enthusiasm
- forbearance3/5
forbearance
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
longanimity; patience.
- noun a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
- his forbearance to reply was alarming
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
- sanctuaries3/5
sanctuary
- noun a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
- noun a shelter from danger or hardship
asylum; refuge.
- noun a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
- tolerances3/5
tolerance
- noun the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
- noun a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
permissiveness.
- noun the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
- absorbance3/5
absorbance
- noun (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
transmission density; optical density; photographic density.
- noun (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
- emancipated3/5
emancipated
- adjective satellite free from traditional social restraints
liberated.
- an emancipated young woman pursuing her career
- a liberated lifestyle
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
liberate; emancipate.
- adjective satellite free from traditional social restraints
- stances3/5
stance
- noun standing posture
- noun a rationalized mental attitude
position; posture.
- noun standing posture
- invariance3/5
invariance
- noun the quality of being resistant to variation
invariableness; invariability.
- noun the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it
- the invariance of the configuration under translation
- noun the quality of being resistant to variation
- blanco3/5
blanco
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- ranches3/5
ranch
- noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
spread; cattle farm; cattle ranch.
- verb manage or run a ranch
- Her husband is ranching in Arizona
- noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- sancho3/5
sancho
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- banco3/5
banco
A bank, especially that of Venice. ✍ This term is used in some parts of Europe to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money, when this last has become depreciated.
- luminance3/5
luminance
- noun the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
brightness; luminosity; luminousness; light; brightness level.
- its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun
- noun the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- parlance3/5
parlance
- noun a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
idiom.
- noun a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
- fiance3/5
fiance
- noun a man who is engaged to be married
groom-to-be.
- noun a man who is engaged to be married
- financiers3/5
financier
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
moneyman.
- verb conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
- perchance3/5
perchance
- adverb through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.."
by chance.
- adverb by chance
perhaps; maybe; possibly; peradventure; mayhap.
- perhaps she will call tomorrow
- we may possibly run into them at the concert
- it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time
- adverb through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.."
- francophone3/5
francophone
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- nuance3/5
nuance
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
nicety; refinement; subtlety; shade.
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- observances3/5
observance
- noun the act of observing; taking a patient look
observation; watching.
- noun a formal event performed on a special occasion
ceremony; ceremonial occasion; ceremonial.
- a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
- noun the act of observing; taking a patient look
- conservancy3/5
conservancy
- noun a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
- noun the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.
- noun a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
- pursuance3/5
pursuance
- noun a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
quest; pursuit.
- the pursuit of love
- life is more than the pursuance of fame
- a quest for wealth
- noun the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
prosecution.
- noun a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
- franciscans3/5
franciscan
- noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
Grey Friar.
- adjective of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him
- Franciscan monks
- noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
- fiancee3/5
fiancee
- noun a woman who is engaged to be married
bride-to-be.
- noun a woman who is engaged to be married
- rancho3/5
rancho
A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night.
- financier3/5
financier
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
moneyman.
- verb conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
- ranching3/5
ranching
- noun farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)
- verb manage or run a ranch
ranch.
- Her husband is ranching in Arizona
- noun farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)
- emancipatory3/5
emancipatory
Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation. "Emancipatory laws." G. Eliot.
- manchu3/5
manchu
Of or pertaining to Manchuria or its inhabitants. --n. A native or inhabitant of Manchuria; also, the language spoken by the Manchus.
- furtherance3/5
furtherance
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
promotion; advancement.
- noun the advancement of some enterprise
promotion; forwarding.
- his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
- panchayats3/5
panchayat
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
panchayet; punchayet.
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
- disenfranchised3/5
disenfranchised
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
voiceless; disfranchised; voteless.
- labor was voiceless
- disenfrenchised masses took to the streets
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise; disenfranchise.
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- comanche3/5
comanche
- noun a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma
- noun the Shoshonean language spoken by the Comanche
- noun a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma
- rancher3/5
rancher
- noun a person who owns or operates a ranch
- noun a person who owns or operates a ranch
- bianca3/5
bianca
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- francine3/5
francine
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- allegiances3/5
allegiance
- noun the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
dedication; loyalty; commitment.
- his long commitment to public service
- they felt no loyalty to a losing team
- noun the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
fealty.
- noun the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
- franchising3/5
franchise
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
dealership.
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- franca3/5
franca
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- casablanca3/5
casablanca
- noun a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco
- noun a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco
- contrivance3/5
contrivance
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
contraption; gismo; gadget; appliance; widget; convenience; gizmo.
- noun the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- cancerous3/5
cancerous
- adjective satellite relating to or affected with cancer
- a cancerous growth
- adjective satellite like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads
- remorse was cancerous within him
- pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children
- adjective satellite relating to or affected with cancer
- counterbalance3/5
counterbalance
- noun a weight that balances another weight
counterpoise; equalizer; counterweight; equaliser; balance.
- noun equality of distribution
balance; equipoise; equilibrium.
- noun a weight that balances another weight
- clancy3/5
clancy
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- insignificance3/5
insignificance
- noun the quality of having little or no significance
- noun the quality of having little or no significance
- chancel3/5
chancel
- noun area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
bema; sanctuary.
- noun area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
- conformance3/5
conformance
- noun correspondence in form or appearance
conformity.
- noun correspondence in form or appearance
- reactance3/5
reactance
- noun opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
- noun opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
- advancements3/5
advancement
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
promotion; furtherance.
- noun the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
advance; forward motion; progression; procession; onward motion; progress.
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
- resemblances3/5
resemblance
- noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
- noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
- abundances3/5
abundance
- noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
copiousness; teemingness.
- an age of abundance
- noun (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
- noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
- franchisee3/5
franchisee
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- reinsurance3/5
reinsurance
- noun sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured
- reinsurance enables a client to get coverage that would be too great for any one company to assume
- noun sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured
- pancake3/5
pancake
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
flapjack; flannel-cake; hot cake; hotcake; griddlecake; flapcake; battercake; flannel cake.
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
- entranced3/5
entranced
- adjective satellite filled with wonder and delight
charmed; enthralled; captivated; delighted; beguiled.
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enchant; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- adjective satellite filled with wonder and delight
- sanctum3/5
sanctum
- noun a place of inviolable privacy
sanctum sanctorum.
- he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go
- noun a sacred place of pilgrimage
holy place; holy.
- noun a place of inviolable privacy
- expectancies3/5
expectancy
- noun an expectation
anticipation.
- noun something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
anticipation.
- each of them had their own anticipations
- an indicator of expectancy in development
- noun an expectation
- accountancy3/5
accountancy
- noun the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
accounting.
- noun the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
- irradiance3/5
irradiance
The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
- irrelevance3/5
irrelevance
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
irrelevancy.
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
- lances3/5
lance
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
shaft; spear.
- noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
gig; fizgig; fishgig; spear.
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- cognizance3/5
cognizance
- noun having knowledge of
cognisance; knowingness; consciousness; awareness.
- he had no awareness of his mistakes
- his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
- their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
- noun range of what one can know or understand
ken.
- beyond my ken
- noun having knowledge of
- franchisor3/5
franchisor
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- anticancer3/5
anticancer
- adjective used in the treatment of cancer
antineoplastic; antitumor; antitumour.
- anticancer drug
- an antineoplastic effect
- adjective used in the treatment of cancer
- torrance3/5
torrance
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- melancholia3/5
melancholia
- noun extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears
- noun extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears
- clearances3/5
clearance
- noun the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
- noun vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
headroom; headway.
- noun the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
- remonstrance3/5
remonstrance
- noun the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
expostulation; objection; remonstration.
- noun the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
- vancomycin3/5
vancomycin
- noun an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections
Vancocin.
- noun an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections
- canceling3/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- remittance3/5
remittance
- noun a payment of money sent to a person in another place
remitment; remission; remittal.
- noun a payment of money sent to a person in another place
- melancholic3/5
melancholic
- noun someone subject to melancholia
melancholiac.
- adjective satellite characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
melancholy.
- growing more melancholy every hour
- her melancholic smile
- we acquainted him with the melancholy truth
- noun someone subject to melancholia
- sanctioning3/5
sanctioning
- adjective satellite implying sanction or serving to sanction
sanctionative.
- the guardian's duties were primarily sanctionative rather than administrative
- verb give sanction to
O.K.; okay; approve; sanction.
- I approve of his educational policies
- adjective satellite implying sanction or serving to sanction
- franck3/5
franck
- noun French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)
Cesar Franck.
- noun United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964)
James Franck.
- noun French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)
- enhancer3/5
enhancer
- noun anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
foil.
- pretty girls like plain friends as foils
- noun anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- brilliancy3/5
brilliancy
- noun a quality that outshines the usual
splendour; lustre; splendor; luster.
- noun a quality that outshines the usual
- salamanca3/5
- ambulances3/5
ambulance
- noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
- noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
- blanca3/5
blanca
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- nance3/5
nance
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
poove; fairy; queen; fagot; pansy; poof; queer; pouf; faggot; fag.
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- francoise3/5
francoise
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- reappearance3/5
reappearance
- noun the event of something appearing again
- the reappearance of Halley's comet
- noun the act of someone appearing again
return.
- his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited
- noun the event of something appearing again
- repugnance3/5
repugnance
- noun intense aversion
horror; repulsion; revulsion.
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
incompatibility; mutual exclusiveness; inconsistency.
- noun intense aversion
- blanched3/5
blanched
- adjective satellite anemic looking from illness or emotion
bloodless; ashen; white; livid.
- a face turned ashen
- the invalid's blanched cheeks
- tried to speak with bloodless lips
- a face livid with shock
- lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley
- lips white with terror
- a face white with rage
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blanch; blench; pale.
- adjective satellite anemic looking from illness or emotion
- consonance3/5
consonance
- noun the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
consonant rhyme.
- noun the property of sounding harmonious
harmoniousness.
- noun the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
- sanctify3/5
sanctify
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow.
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; purify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
- dormancy3/5
dormancy
- noun a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
quiescency; quiescence.
- the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy
- noun quiet and inactive restfulness
quiescence; sleeping; quiescency.
- noun a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
- franchisees3/5
franchise
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
dealership.
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- pancho3/5
pancho
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hesitancy3/5
hesitancy
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
hesitance.
- noun a certain degree of unwillingness
hesitation; reluctance; disinclination; indisposition.
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
- cancels3/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- counterbalanced3/5
counterbalanced
- adjective satellite brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another
counterpoised.
- verb adjust for
even off; make up; compensate; counterbalance; even out; even up; correct.
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
- adjective satellite brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another
- comanches3/5
comanche
- noun a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma
- noun the Shoshonean language spoken by the Comanche
- noun a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma
- obeisance3/5
obeisance
- noun bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
bowing; bow.
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
obedience.
- noun bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- intemperance3/5
intemperance
- noun the quality of being intemperate
- noun consumption of alcoholic drinks
intemperateness.
- noun the quality of being intemperate
- refinancing3/5
refinance
- verb renew the financing of
- verb renew the financing of
- hindrances3/5
hindrance
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
balk; handicap; baulk; check; impediment; deterrent; hinderance.
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
incumbrance; preventative; encumbrance; interference; hitch; preventive; hinderance.
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- ambiance3/5
ambiance
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
ambience; atmosphere.
- there was an atmosphere of excitement
- noun the atmosphere of an environment
ambience.
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
- transmittance3/5
transmittance
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
transmission.
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
- clairvoyance3/5
clairvoyance
- noun apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
second sight; ESP; extrasensory perception; E.S.P..
- noun apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- remembrances3/5
remembrance
- noun the ability to recall past occurrences
recollection; anamnesis.
- noun a recognition of meritorious service
memorial; commemoration.
- noun the ability to recall past occurrences
- abeyance3/5
abeyance
- noun temporary cessation or suspension
suspension.
- noun temporary cessation or suspension
- avalanches3/5
avalanche
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- noun a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
- the program brought an avalanche of mail
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- relevancy3/5
relevancy
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
relevance.
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
- countenances3/5
countenance
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
visage.
- a pleasant countenance
- a stern visage
- noun formal and explicit approval
sanction; indorsement; endorsement; imprimatur; warrant.
- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
- seance3/5
seance
- noun a meeting of spiritualists
session; sitting.
- the seance was held in the medium's parlor
- noun a meeting of spiritualists
- askance3/5
askance
- adjective satellite (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
askant; sidelong; asquint; squinty; squint; squint-eyed.
- her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen
- sidelong glances
- adverb with suspicion or disapproval
- he looked askance at the offer
- adjective satellite (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
- redundancies3/5
redundancy
- noun repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
- noun the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
redundance.
- the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers
- noun repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
- 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
- disappearances3/5
disappearance
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
disappearing.
- noun the event of passing out of sight
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
- sacrosanct3/5
sacrosanct
- adjective satellite must be kept sacred
inviolate; inviolable.
- adjective satellite must be kept sacred
- rancid3/5
rancid
- adjective satellite (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition
- rancid butter
- rancid bacon
- adjective satellite smelling of fermentation or staleness
sour.
- adjective satellite (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition
- jouissance3/5
jouissance
Jollity; merriment. Obs. Spenser.
- enfranchisement3/5
enfranchisement
- noun freedom from political subjugation or servitude
- noun a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
franchise.
- noun freedom from political subjugation or servitude
- melanchthon2/5
melanchthon
- noun German theologian and Luther's successor as leader of the Reformation in Germany (1497-1560)
Philipp Schwarzerd; Philipp Melanchthon.
- noun German theologian and Luther's successor as leader of the Reformation in Germany (1497-1560)
- nurturance2/5
nurturance
- noun physical and emotional care and nourishment
- noun physical and emotional care and nourishment
- nonfinancial2/5
nonfinancial
- adjective not involving financial matters
- adjective not involving financial matters
- tranche2/5
tranche
- noun a portion of something (especially money)
- noun a portion of something (especially money)
- lancers2/5
lancers
- noun a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples
- noun (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
lancer.
- noun a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples
- contrivances2/5
contrivance
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
contraption; gismo; gadget; appliance; widget; convenience; gizmo.
- noun the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- manchurian2/5
manchurian
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Manchuria or its people or their culture
- the Manchurian invasion
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Manchuria or its people or their culture
- bianco2/5
bianco
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- francia2/5
francia
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- prance2/5
prance
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
swagger; strut.
- verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
sashay; ruffle; tittup; strut; swagger; cock.
- He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
- mancini2/5
mancini
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- truancy2/5
truancy
- noun failure to attend (especially school)
hooky.
- noun failure to attend (especially school)
- conveyances2/5
conveyance
- noun document effecting a property transfer
- noun the transmission of information
impartation; imparting.
- noun document effecting a property transfer
- 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
- cancellous2/5
cancellous
- adjective satellite having an open or latticed or porous structure
cancellate; cancellated.
- adjective satellite having an open or latticed or porous structure
- connivance2/5
connivance
- noun agreement on a secret plot
collusion.
- noun (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
secret approval; tacit consent.
- noun agreement on a secret plot
- prancing2/5
prance
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
swagger; strut.
- verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
sashay; ruffle; tittup; strut; swagger; cock.
- He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
- cancun2/5
cancun
- noun a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula
- noun a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula
- poignancy2/5
poignancy
- noun a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
poignance.
- a moment of extraordinary poignancy
- noun a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
pathos.
- the film captured all the pathos of their situation
- noun a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
- encumbrances2/5
encumbrance
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; incumbrance; onus; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
incumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
- rancor2/5
rancor
- noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
gall; rancour; bitterness; resentment.
- noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- emancipate2/5
emancipate
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
liberate.
- verb free from slavery or servitude
manumit.
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- nonchalance2/5
nonchalance
- noun the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
indifference; unconcern.
- noun the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
- pittance2/5
pittance
- noun an inadequate payment
- they work all day for a mere pittance
- noun an inadequate payment
- franchised2/5
franchise
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
dealership.
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- remonstrances2/5
remonstrance
- noun the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
expostulation; objection; remonstration.
- noun the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
- encumbrance2/5
encumbrance
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; incumbrance; onus; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
incumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
- cancelling2/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- refinance2/5
refinance
- verb renew the financing of
- verb renew the financing of
- disenfranchisement2/5
disenfranchisement
- noun the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise
- noun the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise
- enhancers2/5
enhancer
- noun anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
foil.
- pretty girls like plain friends as foils
- noun anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- annoyances2/5
annoyance
- noun the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
botheration; vexation; irritation.
- noun anger produced by some annoying irritation
chafe; vexation.
- noun the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- malebranche2/5
malebranche
- noun French philosopher (1638-1715)
Nicolas de Malebranche.
- noun French philosopher (1638-1715)
- inheritances2/5
inheritance
- noun hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
heritage.
- noun that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
heritage.
- noun hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
- impedances2/5
impedance
- noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
resistivity; ohmic resistance; electric resistance; resistance; electrical resistance.
- noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- nuisances2/5
nuisance
- noun (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
- noun a bothersome annoying person
pain in the neck; pain.
- that kid is a terrible pain
- noun (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
- sanctifying2/5
sanctify
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow.
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; purify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
- chancellorsville2/5
chancellorsville
- noun a village in northeastern Virginia
- noun a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker
- noun a village in northeastern Virginia
- blanch2/5
blanch
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blench; pale.
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
parboil.
- Parboil the beans before freezing them
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
- branchial2/5
branchial
- adjective of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills)
- adjective of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills)
- chancellery2/5
chancellery
- noun a government building housing the office of a chancellor
- noun a government building housing the office of a chancellor
- malfeasance2/5
malfeasance
- noun wrongful conduct by a public official
- noun wrongful conduct by a public official
- sanctorum2/5
sanctorum
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- freelancers2/5
freelancer
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
independent; freelance; free-lance; free lance; self-employed person.
- adjective working for yourself
freelance; free-lance; self-employed.
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- covariances2/5
covariance
- noun (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
- noun (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
- happenstance2/5
happenstance
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
coincidence.
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
- enfranchised2/5
enfranchised
- adjective endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- verb grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
affranchise; enfranchise.
- Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century
- adjective endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- imbalanced2/5
imbalanced
- adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium
unbalanced.
- adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium
- seances2/5
seance
- noun a meeting of spiritualists
session; sitting.
- the seance was held in the medium's parlor
- noun a meeting of spiritualists
- cancellations2/5
cancellation
- noun the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
- noun the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
- noun the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
- discontinuance2/5
discontinuance
- noun the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
discontinuation.
- noun the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
- vibrancy2/5
vibrancy
- noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
ringing; sonorousness; plangency; reverberance; resonance; sonority.
- noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
- chancellors2/5
chancellor
- noun the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
- noun the person who is head of state (in several countries)
premier; prime minister.
- noun the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
- splanchnic2/5
splanchnic
- adjective relating to or affecting the viscera
visceral.
- visceral bleeding
- a splanchnic nerve
- adjective relating to or affecting the viscera
- appurtenances2/5
appurtenance
- noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
gear; paraphernalia.
- noun a supplementary component that improves capability
add-on; supplement; accessory.
- noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- countenanced2/5
countenance
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
visage.
- a pleasant countenance
- a stern visage
- noun formal and explicit approval
sanction; indorsement; endorsement; imprimatur; warrant.
- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
- rebalancing2/5
- tenancies2/5
tenancy
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
occupancy.
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
- fancier2/5
fancier
- noun a person having a strong liking for something
enthusiast.
- adjective not plain; decorative or ornamented
fancy.
- fancy handwriting
- fancy clothes
- noun a person having a strong liking for something
- travancore2/5
- fiancé2/5
- balanchine2/5
balanchine
- noun United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)
George Balanchine.
- noun United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)
- acceptances2/5
acceptance
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
credence.
- he gave credence to the gossip
- acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
- noun the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
espousal; acceptation; adoption.
- its adoption by society
- the proposal found wide acceptance
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- naissance2/5
naissance
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- manchus2/5
manchu
- noun a member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century
- noun the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu
Ch'ing; Qing; Manchu dynasty; Ch'ing dynasty; Qing dynasty.
- noun a member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century
- capacitances2/5
capacitance
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
electrical capacity; capacity.
- noun an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
condenser; capacitor; electrical condenser.
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- 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
- reassurances2/5
reassurance
- noun the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence
- noun the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence
- terrance2/5
terrance
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- unbalance2/5
unbalance
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
instability; imbalance.
- a hormonal imbalance
- noun a state of mental disturbance and disorientation
mental unsoundness; derangement.
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
- penetrance2/5
penetrance
The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the .penetrancy of subtile effluvia
- tancred2/5
tancred
- noun Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112)
- noun Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112)
- sufferance2/5
sufferance
- noun patient endurance especially of pain or distress
- noun a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
toleration; acceptance.
- all people should practice toleration and live together in peace
- noun patient endurance especially of pain or distress
- fancying2/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
- puissance2/5
puissance
- noun power to influence or coerce
- the puissance of the labor vote
- noun power to influence or coerce
- tranches2/5
tranche
- noun a portion of something (especially money)
- noun a portion of something (especially money)
- counterbalancing2/5
counterbalance
- noun a weight that balances another weight
counterpoise; equalizer; counterweight; equaliser; balance.
- noun equality of distribution
balance; equipoise; equilibrium.
- noun a weight that balances another weight
- sanctus2/5
sanctus
(Eccl.) A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus .
- francisca2/5
francisca
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- banca2/5
banca
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- rancour2/5
rancour
- noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
gall; rancor; bitterness; resentment.
- noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- lancastrian2/5
lancastrian
- noun a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster
- noun a resident of Lancaster
- noun a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster
- sancta2/5
sanctum
- noun a place of inviolable privacy
sanctum sanctorum.
- he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go
- noun a sacred place of pilgrimage
holy place; holy.
- noun a place of inviolable privacy
- dalliance2/5
dalliance
- noun the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
dawdling; trifling.
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
coquetry; flirting; flirt; flirtation; toying.
- noun the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
- discordance2/5
discordance
- noun a harsh mixture of sounds
discord.
- noun strife resulting from a lack of agreement
discord.
- noun a harsh mixture of sounds
- consultancies2/5
consultancy
- noun the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
- a business management consultancy
- noun the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
- fiancée2/5
- ascendance2/5
ascendance
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
control; ascendency; ascendancy; ascendence; dominance.
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- sanctimonious2/5
sanctimonious
- adjective satellite excessively or hypocritically pious
pharisaic; self-righteous; holier-than-thou; pietistic; pharisaical; pietistical.
- a sickening sanctimonious smile
- adjective satellite excessively or hypocritically pious
- pranced2/5
prance
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
swagger; strut.
- verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
sashay; ruffle; tittup; strut; swagger; cock.
- He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
- trances2/5
trance
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
enchantment; spell.
- noun a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
- inconstancy2/5
inconstancy
- noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
faithlessness; falseness; fickleness.
- noun the quality of being changeable and variable
changefulness.
- noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
- lanceolate2/5
lanceolate
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex
lancelike.
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex
- disallowance2/5
disallowance
The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection. Syn. -- Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.
- luxuriance2/5
luxuriance
- noun the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses
lushness; voluptuousness.
- noun the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses
- riddance2/5
riddance
- noun the act of removing or getting rid of something
elimination.
- noun the act of forcing out someone or something
expulsion; ejection; exclusion.
- the ejection of troublemakers by the police
- the child's expulsion from school
- noun the act of removing or getting rid of something
- penances2/5
penance
- noun remorse for your past conduct
repentance; penitence.
- noun a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
- noun remorse for your past conduct
- balancer2/5
balancer
- noun an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
- noun either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
haltere; halter.
- noun an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
- blanching2/5
blanch
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blench; pale.
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
parboil.
- Parboil the beans before freezing them
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
- lancer2/5
lancer
- noun (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
- noun (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
- overabundance2/5
overabundance
- noun the state of being more than full
surfeit; excess.
- noun a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
overmuchness; overmuch; superabundance.
- four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy
- we received an inundation of email
- noun the state of being more than full
- francophones2/5
- disfranchisement2/5
disfranchisement
- noun the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote
- noun the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote
- entrancing2/5
entrancing
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
captivating; fascinating; bewitching; enthralling; enchanting.
- bewitching smile
- Roosevelt was a captivating speaker
- enchanting music
- an enthralling book
- antique papers of entrancing design
- a fascinating woman
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enchant; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
- franconia2/5
franconia
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- protuberance2/5
protuberance
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; swelling; excrescence; jut; gibbosity.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- noun the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
- the protuberance of his belly
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- coinsurance2/5
coinsurance
- noun insurance issued jointly by two or more underwriters
- noun insurance issued jointly by two or more underwriters
- illuminance2/5
illuminance
- noun the luminous flux incident on a unit area
illumination.
- noun the luminous flux incident on a unit area
- emancipating2/5
emancipate
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
liberate.
- verb free from slavery or servitude
manumit.
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- penzance2/5
- valance2/5
valance
- noun a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
valance board; pelmet; cornice.
- noun a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
- inerrancy2/5
inerrancy
- noun (Christianity) exemption from error
- biblical inerrancy
- noun (Christianity) exemption from error
- petulance2/5
petulance
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
irritability; choler; crossness; fretfulness; peevishness; fussiness.
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
- transconductance2/5
transconductance
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- superabundance2/5
superabundance
- noun a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
overmuchness; overmuch; overabundance.
- four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy
- we received an inundation of email
- noun a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
- conveyancing2/5
conveyancing
- noun act of transferring property title from one person to another
conveyance of title; conveyance; conveying.
- noun act of transferring property title from one person to another
- panchen2/5
panchen
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- cognisance2/5
cognisance
- noun having knowledge of
knowingness; consciousness; awareness; cognizance.
- he had no awareness of his mistakes
- his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
- their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
- noun having knowledge of
- rancorous2/5
rancorous
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- necromancy2/5
necromancy
- noun the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
black art; sorcery; black magic.
- noun conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying
- noun the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
- romancing2/5
romance
- noun a relationship between two lovers
love affair.
- noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
romanticism.
- noun a relationship between two lovers
- rance2/5
rance
A prop or shore. Scot.
- entranceway2/5
entranceway
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
entryway; entrance; entree; entry.
- they waited at the entrance to the garden
- beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
- deviancy2/5
deviancy
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- manchukuo2/5
- brancusi2/5
brancusi
- noun Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957)
Constantin Brancusi.
- noun Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957)
- insurances2/5
insurance
- noun promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
- noun written contract or certificate of insurance
policy; insurance policy.
- you should have read the small print on your policy
- noun promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
- stanch2/5
stanch
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
staunch; halt; stem.
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- recalcitrance2/5
recalcitrance
- noun the trait of being unmanageable
recalcitrancy; refractoriness; unmanageableness.
- noun the trait of being unmanageable
- attendances2/5
attendance
- noun the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
attending.
- noun the frequency with which a person is present
- a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade
- noun the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
- rebalance2/5
rebalance
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- cranch2/5
cranch
- verb press or grind with a crushing noise
crunch; grind; craunch.
- verb press or grind with a crushing noise
- occupancies2/5
occupancy
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
tenancy.
- noun the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
moving in; occupation.
- occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
- complaisance2/5
complaisance
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
deference; obligingness; compliance; compliancy.
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
- franchisors2/5
franchisors
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- instanced2/5
instance
- noun an occurrence of something
case; example.
- it was a case of bad judgment
- another instance occurred yesterday
- but there is always the famous example of the Smiths
- noun an item of information that is typical of a class or group
example; illustration; representative.
- this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
- there is an example on page 10
- noun an occurrence of something
- chancy2/5
chancy
- adjective satellite of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
dodgy; chanceful; dicey.
- an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
- adjective satellite subject to accident or chance or change
iffy; flukey; fluky.
- a chancy appeal at best
- getting that job was definitely fluky
- a fluky wind
- an iffy proposition
- adjective satellite of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
- dissonances2/5
dissonance
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
disagreement; dissension.
- noun the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
racket; noise.
- modern music is just noise to me
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- emittance2/5
emittance
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- recognizance2/5
recognizance
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
recognisance.
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
- sanctifies2/5
sanctify
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow.
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; purify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
- mischance2/5
mischance
- noun an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
mishap; bad luck.
- if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all
- noun an instance of misfortune
mishap; misadventure.
- noun an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
- assonance2/5
assonance
- noun the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
vowel rhyme.
- noun the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
- precancerous2/5
precancerous
- adjective of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated
- adjective of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated
- dancy2/5
dancy
(Her.) Same as Dancetté .
- necromancer2/5
necromancer
- noun one who practices magic or sorcery
wizard; thaumaturgist; thaumaturge; magician; sorcerer.
- noun one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead
- noun one who practices magic or sorcery
- insouciance2/5
insouciance
- noun the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
lightsomeness; lightheartedness; carefreeness.
- noun the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
- esperance2/5
esperance
Hope. Obs. Shak.
- significances2/5
significance
- noun the quality of being significant
- do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power
- noun a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
import; implication.
- the significance of his remark became clear only later
- the expectation was spread both by word and by implication
- noun the quality of being significant
- blancs2/5
blanc
- noun a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
- noun a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
- nonperformance2/5
nonperformance
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
carelessness; negligence; neglect.
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
- estancia2/5
estancia
A grazing; a country house. Spanish America
- magnetoresistance2/5
magnetoresistance
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- underperformance2/5
- freelancer2/5
freelancer
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
independent; freelance; free-lance; free lance; self-employed person.
- adjective working for yourself
freelance; free-lance; self-employed.
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- circumstanced2/5
circumstance
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- noun the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
setting; context.
- the historical context
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- ranchos2/5
rancho
A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night.
- protuberances2/5
protuberance
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; swelling; excrescence; jut; gibbosity.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- noun the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
- the protuberance of his belly
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- acquaintanceship2/5
acquaintanceship
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
acquaintance.
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
- disfranchised2/5
disfranchised
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
voiceless; disenfranchised; voteless.
- labor was voiceless
- disenfrenchised masses took to the streets
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise; disenfranchise.
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- chancre2/5
chancre
- noun a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
- noun a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
- concordances2/5
concordance
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
harmony; concord.
- noun agreement of opinions
harmony; concord.
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
- deliverances2/5
deliverance
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
delivery; saving; rescue.
- work is the deliverance of mankind
- a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- chrominance2/5
- fanciers2/5
fancier
- noun a person having a strong liking for something
enthusiast.
- adjective not plain; decorative or ornamented
fancy.
- fancy handwriting
- fancy clothes
- noun a person having a strong liking for something
- lanced2/5
lance
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
shaft; spear.
- noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
gig; fizgig; fishgig; spear.
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- geomancy2/5
geomancy
- noun divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)
- noun divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)
- unimportance2/5
unimportance
- noun the state of being humble and unimportant
obscureness; humbleness; lowliness.
- noun the quality of not being important or worthy of note
- noun the state of being humble and unimportant
- conductances2/5
conductance
- noun a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
- noun a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
- overreliance2/5
- unbranched2/5
unbranched
- adjective satellite without branches
unbranching.
- a tree with an unbranched trunk
- adjective satellite without branches
- stanchions2/5
stanchion
- noun any vertical post or rod used as a support
- noun any vertical post or rod used as a support
- chancellorship2/5
chancellorship
- noun the office of chancellor
- noun the office of chancellor
- flamboyance2/5
flamboyance
- noun extravagant elaborateness
showiness; floridness; floridity.
- he wrote with great flamboyance
- noun extravagant elaborateness
- pancetta2/5
- durance2/5
durance
- noun imprisonment (especially for a long time)
- noun imprisonment (especially for a long time)
- lancing2/5
lance
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
shaft; spear.
- noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
gig; fizgig; fishgig; spear.
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- flippancy2/5
flippancy
- noun inappropriate levity
light-mindedness.
- her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy
- noun inappropriate levity
- desistance2/5
desistance
The act or state of desisting; cessation. R. Boyle.If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. H. Spencer.
- ordonnance2/5
ordonnance
(Fine Arts) The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole. Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts. Coleridge.
- freelancing2/5
freelance
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
independent; freelancer; free-lance; free lance; self-employed person.
- verb work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- manche2/5
manche
A sleeve. Obs.
- affianced2/5
affiance
- verb give to in marriage
plight; betroth; engage.
- verb give to in marriage
- equidistance2/5
equidistance
Equal distance.
- unsanctioned2/5
unsanctioned
- adjective satellite without explicit official permission
- unsanctioned use of company cars
- adjective satellite without explicit official permission
- stanchion2/5
stanchion
- noun any vertical post or rod used as a support
- noun any vertical post or rod used as a support
- hypervigilance2/5
- refinanced2/5
refinance
- verb renew the financing of
- verb renew the financing of
- pancytopenia2/5
pancytopenia
- noun an abnormal deficiency in all blood cells (red blood cells and white blood cells and platelets); usually associated with bone marrow tumor or with aplastic anemia
- noun an abnormal deficiency in all blood cells (red blood cells and white blood cells and platelets); usually associated with bone marrow tumor or with aplastic anemia
- chancroid2/5
chancroid
- noun infectious venereal ulcer
- noun infectious venereal ulcer
- exceedance2/5
exceedance
- noun (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time
- the concept of exceedance can be applied to any type of environmental risk modeling
- noun (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time
- francoist2/5
francoist
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- sarpanch2/5
sarpanch
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- transhumance2/5
- inductances2/5
inductance
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
induction.
- noun an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit
inductor.
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
- emancipator2/5
emancipator
- noun someone who frees others from bondage
manumitter.
- Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator
- noun someone who frees others from bondage
- comeuppance2/5
comeuppance
- noun an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
comeupance; deserts.
- noun an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
- issuances2/5
issuance
- noun the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
issuing; issue.
- a new issue of stamps
- the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago
- noun the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- piquancy2/5
piquancy
- noun a tart spicy quality
piquantness; tanginess; zest; piquance; tang; nip.
- noun the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting
piquantness; piquance.
- noun a tart spicy quality
- rancheria2/5
rancheria
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- fancifully2/5
fancifully
- adverb in a fanciful manner
whimsically.
- the Christmas tree was fancifully decorated
- adverb in a fanciful manner
- ranchero2/5
ranchero
A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
- rancheros2/5
ranchero
A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
- revanche2/5
- unenhanced2/5
- dependance2/5
dependance
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
addiction; habituation; dependence; dependency.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependence; dependency.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- sanctae2/5
- séance2/5
séance
A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.
- avance2/5
avance
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- panch2/5
paunch
- noun a protruding abdomen
belly.
- noun a protruding abdomen
- planchet2/5
planchet
- noun a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
coin blank.
- noun a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
- chancing2/5
chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunity.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
fortune; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- panchromatic2/5
panchromatic
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- affirmance2/5
affirmance
Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act. This statute . . . in affirmance of the common law. Bacon.
- tendance2/5
tendance
The act of attending or waiting; attendance. Archaic Spenser.The breath Of her sweet tendance hovering over him. Tennyson.
- nonresistance2/5
nonresistance
- noun group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence
- noun group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence
- sycophancy2/5
sycophancy
- noun fawning obsequiousness
- noun fawning obsequiousness
- trancelike2/5
trancelike
- adjective satellite as if in a trance
- adjective satellite as if in a trance
- irrelevancy2/5
irrelevancy
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
irrelevance.
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
- provenances2/5
provenance
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
birthplace; cradle; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- pancreatectomy2/5
pancreatectomy
- noun surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas
- noun surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas
- concomitance2/5
concomitance
- noun occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another
- noun occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another
- rancidity2/5
rancidity
- noun the state of being rancid; having a rancid scent or flavor (as of old cooking oil)
- noun the state of being rancid; having a rancid scent or flavor (as of old cooking oil)
- intolerances2/5
intolerance
- noun impatience with annoyances
- his intolerance of interruptions
- noun unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
- noun impatience with annoyances
- disenfranchise2/5
disenfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- disinheritance2/5
disinheritance
- noun the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
- noun the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
- hance2/5
hance
To raise; to elevate. Obs. Lydgate.
- plaisance2/5
plaisance
See Pleasance .
- counterbalances2/5
counterbalance
- noun a weight that balances another weight
counterpoise; equalizer; counterweight; equaliser; balance.
- noun equality of distribution
balance; equipoise; equilibrium.
- noun a weight that balances another weight
- franchiser2/5
franchise
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
dealership.
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- planche2/5
planche
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- enfranchise2/5
enfranchise
- verb grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
affranchise.
- Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century
- verb grant voting rights
- verb grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
- sanct2/5
sanct
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- incumbrance2/5
incumbrance
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
encumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; onus; encumbrance; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
- outdistanced2/5
outdistance
- verb go far ahead of
distance; outstrip.
- He outdistanced the other runners
- verb go far ahead of
- fanciest2/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
- financings2/5
financing
- noun the act of financing
funding.
- verb obtain or provide money for
finance.
- Can we finance the addition to our home?
- noun the act of financing
- lanceolata2/5
lanceolata
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- lancets2/5
lancet
- noun an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
lancet arch.
- noun a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
lance.
- noun an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
- lieutenancy2/5
lieutenancy
- noun the position of a lieutenant
- noun the position of a lieutenant
- branchlets2/5
branchlet
- noun a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
twig; sprig.
- noun a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
- misfeasance2/5
misfeasance
- noun doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner
- noun doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner
- ballance2/5
balance
- noun a state of equilibrium
- noun equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- noun a state of equilibrium
- francophile2/5
francophile
- noun an admirer of France and everything French
Francophil.
- noun an admirer of France and everything French
- dilatancy2/5
- itinerancy2/5
itinerancy
A passing from place to place. Dr. H. More.
- planchette2/5
planchette
- noun a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages
- noun a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages
- blanches2/5
blanch
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blench; pale.
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
parboil.
- Parboil the beans before freezing them
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
- discountenanced2/5
discountenance
- verb look with disfavor on
- The republic soon discountenanced its few friends
- verb show disapproval by discouraging
- any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced
- verb look with disfavor on
- compliances2/5
compliance
- noun acting according to certain accepted standards
conformity; conformation; abidance.
- their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
deference; obligingness; complaisance; compliancy.
- noun acting according to certain accepted standards
- estancias2/5
estancia
A grazing; a country house. Spanish America
- blancos2/5
- nanchang2/5
nanchang
- noun a walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang
Nan-chang.
- noun a walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang
- romancer2/5
romance
- noun a relationship between two lovers
love affair.
- noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
romanticism.
- noun a relationship between two lovers
- monstrance2/5
monstrance
- noun proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
demonstration.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
ostensorium.
- noun proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
- remembrancer2/5
remembrancer
One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder. Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow. Goldsmith.
Ye that are the lord's remembrancers. Isa. lxii. 6. (Rev. Ver. ).
- irrelevancies2/5
irrelevancy
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
irrelevance.
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
- incumbrances1/5
incumbrance
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
encumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; onus; encumbrance; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
- countenancing1/5
countenance
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
visage.
- a pleasant countenance
- a stern visage
- noun formal and explicit approval
sanction; indorsement; endorsement; imprimatur; warrant.
- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
- lancastrians1/5
lancastrian
- noun a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster
- noun a resident of Lancaster
- noun a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster
- overbalanced1/5
overbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb cause to be off balance
- It is not desirable to overbalance the budget
- verb weigh more heavily
- lancasters1/5
lancaster
- noun a city in northwestern England
- noun the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose
House of Lancaster; Lancastrian line.
- noun a city in northwestern England
- dalliances1/5
dalliance
- noun the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
dawdling; trifling.
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
coquetry; flirting; flirt; flirtation; toying.
- noun the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
- vacances1/5
vacancy
- noun being unoccupied
- noun an empty area or space
void; emptiness; vacuum.
- the huge desert voids
- the emptiness of outer space
- without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
- noun being unoccupied
- reactances1/5
reactance
- noun opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
- noun opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
- nonconformance1/5
nonconformance
- noun a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
nonconformity; nonconformism.
- noun failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior
nonconformity.
- noun a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
- hesitance1/5
hesitance
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
hesitancy.
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
- franconian1/5
- radiances1/5
radiance
- noun the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
glowing; glow.
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
shine; effulgence; refulgency; refulgence; radiancy.
- noun the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
- microbalance1/5
microbalance
- noun balance for weighing very small objects
- noun balance for weighing very small objects
- balancers1/5
balancer
- noun an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
- noun either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
haltere; halter.
- noun an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
- elasmobranchs1/5
elasmobranch
- noun any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates
selachian.
- noun any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates
- reflectances1/5
reflectance
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
coefficient of reflection; reflection factor; reflectivity.
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
- sancerre1/5
- preclearance1/5
- pliancy1/5
pliancy
- noun the property of being pliant and flexible
suppleness; pliantness.
- noun adaptability of mind or character
suppleness; pliability; pliantness.
- he was valued for his reliability and pliability
- he increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization
- noun the property of being pliant and flexible
- overbalance1/5
overbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb cause to be off balance
- It is not desirable to overbalance the budget
- verb weigh more heavily
- reconnoissance1/5
reconnoissance
The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey. Specifically:(a) (Geol.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character .(b) (Engin.) An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work .(c) (Mil.) An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition.
- necromancers1/5
necromancer
- noun one who practices magic or sorcery
wizard; thaumaturgist; thaumaturge; magician; sorcerer.
- noun one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead
- noun one who practices magic or sorcery
- barranca1/5
barranca
A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse. Texas & N. Mex.
- discountenance1/5
discountenance
- verb look with disfavor on
- The republic soon discountenanced its few friends
- verb show disapproval by discouraging
- any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced
- verb look with disfavor on
- semblances1/5
semblance
- noun an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
color; gloss; colour.
- he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
- he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
- the situation soon took on a different color
- noun an erroneous mental representation
illusion.
- noun an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- ranchman1/5
ranchman
An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman. Western U. S.
- consonances1/5
consonance
- noun the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
consonant rhyme.
- noun the property of sounding harmonious
harmoniousness.
- noun the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
- unbalancing1/5
unbalance
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
instability; imbalance.
- a hormonal imbalance
- noun a state of mental disturbance and disorientation
mental unsoundness; derangement.
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
- permeance1/5
- recusancy1/5
recusancy
- noun refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England
- noun refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England
- séances1/5
séance
A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.
- puissances1/5
puissance
- noun power to influence or coerce
- the puissance of the labor vote
- noun power to influence or coerce
- repugnancy1/5
repugnancy
The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like. That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. Dryden.
Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. Shak.
Syn. -- Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See Dislike .
- cofinancing1/5
- unanchored1/5
unanchor
To loose from the anchor, as a ship. De Quincey.
- pleasance1/5
pleasance
- noun a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion
- noun a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
pleasure.
- he was tingling with pleasure
- noun a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion
- manca1/5
- susceptance1/5
- chancey1/5
chancy
- adjective satellite of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
dodgy; chanceful; dicey.
- an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
- adjective satellite subject to accident or chance or change
iffy; flukey; fluky.
- a chancy appeal at best
- getting that job was definitely fluky
- a fluky wind
- an iffy proposition
- adjective satellite of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
- barranco1/5
barranco
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- instancing1/5
instance
- noun an occurrence of something
case; example.
- it was a case of bad judgment
- another instance occurred yesterday
- but there is always the famous example of the Smiths
- noun an item of information that is typical of a class or group
example; illustration; representative.
- this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
- there is an example on page 10
- noun an occurrence of something
- tendances1/5
tendance
The act of attending or waiting; attendance. Archaic Spenser.The breath Of her sweet tendance hovering over him. Tennyson.
- rebalanced1/5
- immittance1/5
- francisella1/5
francisella
- noun a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)
genus Francisella.
- noun a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)
- enfranchising1/5
enfranchise
- verb grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
affranchise.
- Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century
- verb grant voting rights
- verb grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
- mendicancy1/5
mendicancy
- noun the state of being a beggar or mendicant
mendicity; beggary.
- they were reduced to mendicancy
- noun a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
begging; beggary.
- noun the state of being a beggar or mendicant
- defeasance1/5
defeasance
A defeat; an overthrow. Obs.After his foes' defeasance. Spenser.
- precipitancy1/5
precipitancy
- noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
precipitateness; abruptness; suddenness; precipitance; precipitousness.
- noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
- canceller1/5
canceller
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hinderance1/5
hinderance
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
balk; handicap; baulk; check; impediment; hindrance; deterrent.
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
incumbrance; preventative; encumbrance; interference; hitch; hindrance; preventive.
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- barrancas1/5
barranca
A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse. Texas & N. Mex.
- ordonnances1/5
ordonnance
(Fine Arts) The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole. Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts. Coleridge.
- disenfranchising1/5
disenfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- nonacceptance1/5
nonacceptance
- noun the act of refusing an offer
turndown.
- the turndown was polite but very firm
- noun the act of refusing an offer
- sanctities1/5
sanctity
- noun the quality of being holy
sanctitude; holiness.
- noun the quality of being holy
- noncancerous1/5
noncancerous
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- romancers1/5
romance
- noun a relationship between two lovers
love affair.
- noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
romanticism.
- noun a relationship between two lovers
- canciones1/5
- cancion1/5
cancion
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- outdistance1/5
outdistance
- verb go far ahead of
distance; outstrip.
- He outdistanced the other runners
- verb go far ahead of
- appurtenance1/5
appurtenance
- noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
gear; paraphernalia.
- noun a supplementary component that improves capability
add-on; supplement; accessory.
- noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- absorbances1/5
absorbance
- noun (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
transmission density; optical density; photographic density.
- noun (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
- irradiances1/5
irradiance
The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
- lancinating1/5
lancinating
- adjective satellite painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
lancinate; piercing; keen; cutting; stabbing; knifelike.
- a cutting wind
- keen winds
- knifelike cold
- piercing knifelike pains
- piercing cold
- piercing criticism
- a stabbing pain
- lancinating pain
- adjective satellite painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- financiere1/5
financiere
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- cancan1/5
cancan
- noun a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
- noun a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
- survivance1/5
survivance
Survivorship. R.His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership. Bp. Burnet.
- militance1/5
militance
- noun a militant aggressiveness
combativeness; militancy.
- noun a militant aggressiveness
- conveyancer1/5
conveyancer
- noun a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties
- noun a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties
- vicariance1/5
- continuances1/5
continuance
- noun the act of continuing an activity without interruption
continuation.
- noun the period of time during which something continues
duration.
- noun the act of continuing an activity without interruption
- conservancies1/5
conservancy
- noun a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
- noun the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.
- noun a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
- exceedances1/5
exceedance
- noun (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time
- the concept of exceedance can be applied to any type of environmental risk modeling
- noun (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time
- branchings1/5
branching
- noun the act of branching out or dividing into branches
fork; forking; ramification.
- verb grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
ramify; branch.
- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
- noun the act of branching out or dividing into branches
- disfranchise1/5
disfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disenfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- elegancies1/5
elegancy
The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc. That grace that elegance affords. Drayton.
The endearing elegance of female friendship. Johnson.
A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. Hawthorne.
- romanced1/5
romance
- noun a relationship between two lovers
love affair.
- noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
romanticism.
- noun a relationship between two lovers
- elasmobranch1/5
elasmobranch
- noun any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates
selachian.
- noun any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates
- avoidances1/5
avoidance
- noun deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
turning away; shunning; dodging.
- noun deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
- peripancreatic1/5
- rancherias1/5
- cancionero1/5
cancionero
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- unsanctified1/5
unsanctified
- adjective satellite not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
unconsecrated; profane.
- adjective satellite not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- misalliance1/5
misalliance
- noun an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
- noun an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
- irritancy1/5
irritancy
(Scots Law) The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity; forfeiture. Burrill.
- ranche1/5
ranche
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- elastance1/5
elastance
- noun the reciprocal of capacitance
electrical elastance.
- noun the reciprocal of capacitance
- reconnaissances1/5
reconnaissance
- noun the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
reconnaissance mission.
- an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission
- noun the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
- absorptance1/5
absorptance
- noun a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber
absorption coefficient; coefficient of absorption.
- absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance
- noun a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber
- errancy1/5
errancy
- noun (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility
- he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church
- noun fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err
- noun (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility
- prances1/5
prance
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
swagger; strut.
- verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
sashay; ruffle; tittup; strut; swagger; cock.
- He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
- valances1/5
valance
- noun a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
valance board; pelmet; cornice.
- noun a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
- pancreaticoduodenal1/5
pancreaticoduodenal
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- danceable1/5
danceable
- adjective satellite suitable for dancing
- adjective satellite suitable for dancing
- cancelation1/5
cancelation
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- portance1/5
portance
See Obs. Spenser. Shak.Port , carriage, demeanor.
- fiances1/5
fiance
- noun a man who is engaged to be married
groom-to-be.
- noun a man who is engaged to be married
- 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
- abondance1/5
- nonfeasance1/5
nonfeasance
- noun a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do
- noun a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do
- revanchist1/5
- constancies1/5
constancy
- noun the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
stability.
- early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds
- noun (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
perceptual constancy.
- noun the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
- emancipates1/5
emancipate
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
liberate.
- verb free from slavery or servitude
manumit.
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- sanctifier1/5
sanctify
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow.
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; purify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
- chancelleries1/5
chancellery
- noun a government building housing the office of a chancellor
- noun a government building housing the office of a chancellor
- obeisances1/5
obeisance
- noun bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
bowing; bow.
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
obedience.
- noun bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- chancer1/5
chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunity.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
fortune; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- cancelable1/5
cancelable
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- invariances1/5
invariance
- noun the quality of being resistant to variation
invariableness; invariability.
- noun the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it
- the invariance of the configuration under translation
- noun the quality of being resistant to variation
- blancmange1/5
blancmange
- noun sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded
- noun sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded
- 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
- purveyance1/5
purveyance
- noun the act of supplying something
- noun the act of supplying something
- reconveyance1/5
reconveyance
Act of reconveying.
- bancos1/5
banco
A bank, especially that of Venice. ✍ This term is used in some parts of Europe to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money, when this last has become depreciated.
- recognizances1/5
recognizance
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
recognisance.
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
- admittances1/5
admittance
- noun the right to enter
access; admission; entree; accession.
- noun the act of admitting someone to enter
admission.
- the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic
- noun the right to enter
- pancreatin1/5
pancreatin
- noun extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions
- noun extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions
- amelanchier1/5
amelanchier
- noun North American deciduous trees or shrubs
genus Amelanchier.
- noun North American deciduous trees or shrubs
- guidances1/5
guidance
- noun something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
counseling; direction; counsel; counselling.
- noun the act of guiding or showing the way
steering.
- noun something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- assistances1/5
assistance
- noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
aid; assist; help.
- he gave me an assist with the housework
- could not walk without assistance
- rescue party went to their aid
- offered his help in unloading
- noun a resource
aid; help.
- visual aids in teaching
- noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- nonattendance1/5
nonattendance
- noun the failure to attend
- noun the failure to attend
- retardance1/5
- manchild1/5
- ranchmen1/5
ranchman
An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman. Western U. S.
- nudibranchs1/5
nudibranch
- noun any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
sea slug.
- noun any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
- planches1/5
- fiancees1/5
fiancee
- noun a woman who is engaged to be married
bride-to-be.
- noun a woman who is engaged to be married
- quaintance1/5
quaintance
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- sanctimony1/5
sanctimony
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
sanctimoniousness.
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
- tranced1/5
trance
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
enchantment; spell.
- noun a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
- capablanca1/5
capablanca
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- lancs1/5
lancs
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- vraisemblance1/5
vraisemblance
The appearance of truth; verisimilitude.
- unbalances1/5
unbalance
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
instability; imbalance.
- a hormonal imbalance
- noun a state of mental disturbance and disorientation
mental unsoundness; derangement.
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
- franchisers1/5
franchisers
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- plancus1/5
plancus
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- sibilance1/5
sibilance
The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation. Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote . . . verses that hiss like Medusa's head in wrath. Lowell.
- stanched1/5
stanch
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
staunch; halt; stem.
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- persistance1/5
persistence
- noun the property of a continuous and connected period of time
continuity.
- noun persistent determination
perseverance; persistency; tenaciousness; doggedness; tenacity; pertinacity.
- noun the property of a continuous and connected period of time
- redundance1/5
redundance
- noun the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
redundancy.
- the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers
- noun the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
- maintainance1/5
maintenance
- noun activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
upkeep; care.
- he wrote the manual on car care
- noun means of maintenance of a family or group
- noun activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
- nonappearance1/5
nonappearance
- noun failure to appear (especially as at court)
- noun failure to appear (especially as at court)
- quittance1/5
quittance
- noun a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt
- noun payment of a debt or obligation
repayment.
- noun a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt
- freelanced1/5
freelance
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
independent; freelancer; free-lance; free lance; self-employed person.
- verb work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- disfranchising1/5
disfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disenfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- chancres1/5
chancre
- noun a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
- noun a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
- noncancelable1/5
- freelances1/5
freelance
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
independent; freelancer; free-lance; free lance; self-employed person.
- verb work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- dissemblance1/5
dissemblance
Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. R. Osborne.
- nudibranch1/5
nudibranch
- noun any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
sea slug.
- noun any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
- kalanchoe1/5
- mischances1/5
mischance
- noun an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
mishap; bad luck.
- if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all
- noun an instance of misfortune
mishap; misadventure.
- noun an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
- financer1/5
financer
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- luminances1/5
luminance
- noun the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
brightness; luminosity; luminousness; light; brightness level.
- its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun
- noun the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
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- sanctums1/5
sanctum
- noun a place of inviolable privacy
sanctum sanctorum.
- he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go
- noun a sacred place of pilgrimage
holy place; holy.
- noun a place of inviolable privacy
- interbranch1/5
interbranch
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- kanchenjunga1/5
kanchenjunga
- noun a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high)
Kinchinjunga; Kanchanjanga; Mount Kanchenjunga.
- noun a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high)
- ignorances1/5
- deviances1/5
deviance
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
aberrance; aberrancy; aberration.
- noun deviate behavior
deviation.
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- intendancy1/5
intendancy
The office or employment of an intendant.
- chanceries1/5
chancery
- noun a court with jurisdiction in equity
court of chancery.
- noun an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
- noun a court with jurisdiction in equity
- francas1/5
francas
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- underfinanced1/5
underfinanced
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- manciple1/5
manciple
A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court. Chaucer.
- hepatopancreas1/5
- outdistancing1/5
outdistance
- verb go far ahead of
distance; outstrip.
- He outdistanced the other runners
- verb go far ahead of
- dancey1/5
- codominance1/5
- comancheros1/5
- unemancipated1/5
unemancipated
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- geomancer1/5
geomancer
- noun one who practices geomancy
- noun one who practices geomancy
- mesalliance1/5
mesalliance
- noun a marriage with a person of inferior social status
- noun a marriage with a person of inferior social status
- misguidance1/5
misguidance
Wrong guidance.
- entrancement1/5
entrancement
- noun a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment
ravishment.
- noun a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment
- banchi1/5
banchi
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- sanctionable1/5
- ranched1/5
ranch
- noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
spread; cattle farm; cattle ranch.
- verb manage or run a ranch
- Her husband is ranching in Arizona
- noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- overdominance1/5
- emancipations1/5
emancipation
- noun freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
- noun freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
- inertance1/5
- sanctimoniously1/5
sanctimoniously
- adverb in a sanctimonious manner
self-righteously.
- she was sanctimoniously criticizing everybody
- adverb in a sanctimonious manner
- conveyancers1/5
conveyancer
- noun a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties
- noun a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties
- avalanching1/5
avalanche
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- noun a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
- the program brought an avalanche of mail
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- refinancings1/5
- surveillances1/5
surveillance
- noun close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
- noun close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
- usance1/5
usance
- noun the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
- noun (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
use of goods and services; use; economic consumption; consumption.
- the consumption of energy has increased steadily
- noun the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
- perdurance1/5
perdurance
Long continuance. Archaic
- discordances1/5
discordance
- noun a harsh mixture of sounds
discord.
- noun strife resulting from a lack of agreement
discord.
- noun a harsh mixture of sounds
- chiromancy1/5
chiromancy
- noun telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
palmistry; palm reading; chirology.
- noun telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
- reappearances1/5
reappearance
- noun the event of something appearing again
- the reappearance of Halley's comet
- noun the act of someone appearing again
return.
- his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited
- noun the event of something appearing again
- surance1/5
surance
Assurance. Obs. Shak.
- entranceways1/5
entranceway
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
entryway; entrance; entree; entry.
- they waited at the entrance to the garden
- beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
- manches1/5
- outrance1/5
outrance
The utmost or last extremity.
- cancellable1/5
cancellable
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- melancholies1/5
melancholy
- noun a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- noun a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
- noun a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- aberrancy1/5
aberrancy
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
aberrance; deviance; aberration.
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- emancipationist1/5
emancipationist
- noun a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
abolitionist.
- noun a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
- nances1/5
nance
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
poove; fairy; queen; fagot; pansy; poof; queer; pouf; faggot; fag.
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- acquittance1/5
acquittance
- noun a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
release.
- noun a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
- nuancing1/5
nuance
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
nicety; refinement; subtlety; shade.
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- renaissances1/5
renaissance
- noun the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
Renascence.
- noun the revival of learning and culture
rebirth; Renascence.
- noun the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
- branchless1/5
branchless
- adjective having no branches
- adjective having no branches
- francium1/5
francium
- noun a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium
Fr; atomic number 87.
- noun a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium
- convenance1/5
convenance
That which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient. And they missed Their wonted convenance, cheerly hid the loss. Emerson.
- mancunian1/5
mancunian
- noun a native or resident of Manchester
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the English city of Manchester or its residents
- Mancunian merchants
- noun a native or resident of Manchester
- sarpanches1/5
- inelegance1/5
inelegance
- noun the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
- noun the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
- breakdancing1/5
- vibrance1/5
vibrance
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- werowance1/5
- exitance1/5
- ranchland1/5
ranchland
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- cancellers1/5
cancellers
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- revanchism1/5
- lancelet1/5
lancelet
- noun small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
amphioxus.
- noun small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
- indeterminancy1/5
- francolin1/5
francolin
(Zoöl.) A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris ) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia.
- geomancers1/5
- nonobservance1/5
nonobservance
- noun a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
- noun a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
- importances1/5
importance
- noun the quality of being important and worthy of note
- the importance of a well-balanced diet
- noun a prominent status
grandness.
- a person of importance
- noun the quality of being important and worthy of note
- encumbrancer1/5
encumbrancer
(Law) Same as Incumbrancer .
- bancs1/5
banc
A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
- relevances1/5
relevance
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
relevancy.
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
- pseudopregnancy1/5
- overbalancing1/5
overbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb cause to be off balance
- It is not desirable to overbalance the budget
- verb weigh more heavily
- lancasterian1/5
- canceler1/5
canceler
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- chemoresistance1/5
- jubilance1/5
jubilance
- noun a feeling of extreme joy
jubilancy; jubilation; exultation.
- noun a feeling of extreme joy
- chancels1/5
chancel
- noun area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
bema; sanctuary.
- noun area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
- relevancies1/5
relevancy
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
relevance.
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
- villancico1/5
villancico
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- prancer1/5
prancer
- noun a mettlesome or fiery horse
- noun a mettlesome or fiery horse
- recognisance1/5
recognisance
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
recognizance.
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
- chilpancingo1/5
- abidance1/5
abidance
- noun acting according to certain accepted standards
compliance; conformity; conformation.
- their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
residence; residency.
- noun acting according to certain accepted standards
- leclanche1/5
leclanche
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- nonconformances1/5
nonconformance
- noun a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
nonconformity; nonconformism.
- noun failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior
nonconformity.
- noun a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
- planctus1/5
- disaffirmance1/5
disaffirmance
The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.
- plancher1/5
plancher
A floor of wood; also, a plank. Obs. Bacon.
- impuissance1/5
impuissance
- noun powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
weakness; helplessness.
- in spite of their weakness the group remains active
- noun powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
- elegances1/5
elegance
- noun a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
- she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility
- noun a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)
- the simplicity and elegance of his invention
- noun a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
- transmittances1/5
transmittance
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
transmission.
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
- joyance1/5
joyance
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- hesitancies1/5
hesitancy
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
hesitance.
- noun a certain degree of unwillingness
hesitation; reluctance; disinclination; indisposition.
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
- financiering1/5
financier
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
moneyman.
- verb conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
- branchiae1/5
branchia
- noun respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water
gill.
- noun respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water
- oblanceolate1/5
oblanceolate
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base
- stanching1/5
stanch
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
staunch; halt; stem.
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- rancagua1/5
- sanctimoniousness1/5
sanctimoniousness
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
sanctimony.
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
- significancy1/5
significancy
The quality or state of being significant.
- assonances1/5
assonance
- noun the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
vowel rhyme.
- noun the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
- acquaintanceships1/5
acquaintanceship
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
acquaintance.
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
- hyperresonance1/5
- radiancy1/5
radiancy
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
shine; effulgence; radiance; refulgency; refulgence.
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
- chancellory1/5
- affiance1/5
affiance
- verb give to in marriage
plight; betroth; engage.
- verb give to in marriage
- descendance1/5
descendance
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- poignance1/5
poignance
- noun a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
poignancy.
- a moment of extraordinary poignancy
- noun a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
- connoissance1/5
connoissance
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- lancelets1/5
lancelet
- noun small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
amphioxus.
- noun small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
- emancipists1/5
- melancholics1/5
melancholic
- noun someone subject to melancholia
melancholiac.
- adjective satellite characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
melancholy.
- growing more melancholy every hour
- her melancholic smile
- we acquainted him with the melancholy truth
- noun someone subject to melancholia
- compliancy1/5
compliancy
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
deference; obligingness; compliance; complaisance.
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
- pancreases1/5
pancreas
- noun a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
- noun a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
- unenfranchised1/5
unenfranchised
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- cancha1/5
cancha
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- expectance1/5
expectance
The act of expecting ; expectation. Milton.
- disenfranchises1/5
disenfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- pancaked1/5
pancake
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
flapjack; flannel-cake; hot cake; hotcake; griddlecake; flapcake; battercake; flannel cake.
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
- photoreconnaissance1/5
photoreconnaissance
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- emancipative1/5
emancipative
- adjective satellite tending to set free
- adjective satellite tending to set free
- bancassurance1/5
- glancingly1/5
glance
- noun a quick look
coup d'oeil; glimpse.
- verb throw a glance at; take a brief look at
peek; glint.
- She only glanced at the paper
- I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting
- noun a quick look
- discountenancing1/5
discountenance
- verb look with disfavor on
- The republic soon discountenanced its few friends
- verb show disapproval by discouraging
- any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced
- verb look with disfavor on
- fancywork1/5
fancywork
- noun decorative needlework
embroidery.
- noun decorative needlework
- refinances1/5
refinance
- verb renew the financing of
- verb renew the financing of
- branchy1/5
branchy
- adjective having many branches
- a branchy tree trunk
- adjective having many branches
- nancys1/5
- emancipators1/5
emancipator
- noun someone who frees others from bondage
manumitter.
- Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator
- noun someone who frees others from bondage
- occupance1/5
occupance
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- lancha1/5
lancha
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- ultimobranchial1/5
- pittances1/5
pittance
- noun an inadequate payment
- they work all day for a mere pittance
- noun an inadequate payment
- francophiles1/5
francophile
- noun an admirer of France and everything French
Francophil.
- noun an admirer of France and everything French
- readvance1/5
readvance
To advance again.
- pancreatoduodenectomy1/5
pancreatoduodenectomy
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- advancer1/5
advancer
- noun someone who advances
- adjective satellite being ahead of time or need
advance; beforehand.
- gave advance warning
- was beforehand with her report
- noun someone who advances
- alliancing1/5
alliance
- noun the state of being allied or confederated
confederation.
- noun a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
bond.
- the shifting alliances within a large family
- their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them
- noun the state of being allied or confederated
- fancifulness1/5
fancifulness
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- elegancy1/5
elegancy
The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc. That grace that elegance affords. Drayton.
The endearing elegance of female friendship. Johnson.
A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. Hawthorne.
- tranchant1/5
- countersurveillance1/5
countersurveillance
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- hinderances1/5
hinderance
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
balk; handicap; baulk; check; impediment; hindrance; deterrent.
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
incumbrance; preventative; encumbrance; interference; hitch; hindrance; preventive.
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- discordancy1/5
discordancy
State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency. There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion. I. Taylor.
- cancerian1/5
cancerian
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- reentrance1/5
reentrance
The act entereing again; rentry. Hooker.
- aberrance1/5
aberrance
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
deviance; aberrancy; aberration.
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- lowance1/5
lowance
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- reluctances1/5
reluctance
- noun (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
- noun a certain degree of unwillingness
hesitation; hesitancy; disinclination; indisposition.
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
- noun (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
- uncancelled1/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- mancala1/5
- trancing1/5
trance
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
enchantment; spell.
- noun a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
- reperformance1/5
reperformance
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- illuminances1/5
illuminance
- noun the luminous flux incident on a unit area
illumination.
- noun the luminous flux incident on a unit area
- ganancias1/5
- chancers1/5
chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunity.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
fortune; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- fragranced1/5
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
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panchama
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- cotenancy1/5
- manchurians1/5
manchurians
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- defiances1/5
defiance
- noun intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
rebelliousness.
- noun a hostile challenge
- noun intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
- underinsurance1/5
- nonsignificance1/5
- francophilia1/5
- epibranchial1/5
epibranchial
(Anat.) Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch. --n. An epibranchial cartilage or bone.
- repentances1/5
repentance
- noun remorse for your past conduct
penance; penitence.
- noun remorse for your past conduct
- misgovernance1/5
misgovernance
Misgovernment; misconduct; misbehavior. Obs. Chaucer. Spenser.
- blatancy1/5
blatancy
- noun the property of being both obvious and offensive
- the blatancy of his attempt to whitewash the crime was unforgivable
- noun the property of being both obvious and offensive
- arrogancy1/5
arrogance
- noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
high-handedness; haughtiness; hauteur; lordliness.
- noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
- coanchor1/5
- manchineel1/5
manchineel
(Bot.) A euphorbiaceous tree ( Hippomane Mancinella ) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple.
- inhabitance1/5
inhabitant
- noun a person who inhabits a particular place
indweller; habitant; dweller; denizen.
- noun a person who inhabits a particular place
- subbranches1/5
subbranches
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- forbearances1/5
forbearance
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
longanimity; patience.
- noun a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
- his forbearance to reply was alarming
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
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recognisance
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
recognizance.
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
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emancipationist
- noun a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
abolitionist.
- noun a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
- branchiopoda1/5
branchiopoda
(Zoöl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda ,Cladocera . It is sometimes used in a broader sense.
- convenances1/5
convenance
That which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient. And they missed Their wonted convenance, cheerly hid the loss. Emerson.
- planchets1/5
planchet
- noun a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
coin blank.
- noun a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
- multibranched1/5
- cancelli1/5
cancelli
An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the have of a church, or in a window.
- comanchero1/5
comanchero
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- lanceolatus1/5
lanceolatus
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- estancieros1/5
- dominancy1/5
dominancy
Predominance; ascendency; authority.
- lancashires1/5
lancashire
- noun a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles
- noun a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles
- francophobia1/5
- exorbitance1/5
exorbitance
- noun excessive excess
outrageousness.
- noun excessive excess
- substanceless1/5
substanceless
Having no substance; unsubstantial. R. Coleridge.
- intendance1/5
intendance
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- planch1/5
planch
A plank. Obs. Ld. Berners.
- relance1/5
- chanco1/5
- overbalances1/5
overbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb cause to be off balance
- It is not desirable to overbalance the budget
- verb weigh more heavily
- emittances1/5
emittances
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- concordancer1/5
- valiance1/5
valiance
- noun the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
valiancy; gallantry; valorousness; valour; heroism; valor.
- he showed great heroism in battle
- he received a medal for valor
- noun the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
- subbranch1/5
subbranch
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- lanceolatum1/5
lanceolatum
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- antiresonance1/5
- stanchest1/5
stanch
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
staunch; halt; stem.
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- reconnoissances1/5
reconnoissance
The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey. Specifically:(a) (Geol.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character .(b) (Engin.) An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work .(c) (Mil.) An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition.
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- hypobranchial1/5
hypobranchial
(Anat.) Pertaining to the segment between the basibranchial and the ceratobranchial in a branchial arch. --n. A hypobranchial bone or cartilage.
- vancocin1/5
vancocin
- noun an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections
vancomycin.
- noun an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections
- melancholically1/5
melancholically
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- entrancingly1/5
entrancing
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
captivating; fascinating; bewitching; enthralling; enchanting.
- bewitching smile
- Roosevelt was a captivating speaker
- enchanting music
- an enthralling book
- antique papers of entrancing design
- a fascinating woman
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enchant; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
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monstrance
- noun proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
demonstration.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
ostensorium.
- noun proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
- endurances1/5
endurance
- noun the power to withstand hardship or stress
- the marathon tests a runner's endurance
- noun a state of surviving; remaining alive
survival.
- noun the power to withstand hardship or stress
- rebalances1/5
- bancha1/5
bancha
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- readmittance1/5
readmittance
Allowance to enter again; a second admission.
- garance1/5
- avalanched1/5
avalanche
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- noun a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
- the program brought an avalanche of mail
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
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disallowance
The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection. Syn. -- Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.
- cofinanced1/5
- ranchlands1/5
- flagrancy1/5
flagrancy
A burning; great heat; inflammation. Obs.Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. Bacon.
- opisthobranchia1/5
opisthobranchia
(Zoöl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs.
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- branchiostegal1/5
branchiostegal
(Anat.) Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes. --n. (Anat.) A branchiostegal ray. See Illustration of Branchial arches in Appendix.✍ This term was formerly applied to a group of fishes having boneless branchiæ. But the arrangement was artificial, and has been rejected.
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vengeance
- noun the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
retribution; payback.
- Vengeance is mine
- For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield
- he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him
- the swiftness of divine retribution
- noun the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
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reluctancy
The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against. "Tempering the severity of his looks with a reluctance to the action." Dryden.He had some reluctance to obey the summons. Sir W. Scott.
Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy Her helpless innocence I doom to die. Dryden.
- emancipist1/5
emancipist
A freed convict. Australia
- fancily1/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
- hyobranchial1/5
- rancer1/5
rancer
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- reacquaintance1/5
reacquaintance
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- suppliance1/5
suppliance
That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction. R.The perfume and suppliance of a minute. Shak.
- elance1/5
elance
To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart. R.While thy unerring hand elanced . . . a dart. Prior.
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- branchlet1/5
branchlet
- noun a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
twig; sprig.
- noun a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
- manchette1/5
- tranchet1/5
- branchiostoma1/5
branchiostoma
(Zoöl.) The lancelet. See Amphioxus .
- pancratium1/5
pancratium
(Gr. Antiq.) An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.
- mancipation1/5
mancipation
Slavery; involuntary servitude. Obs. Johnson.
- sacrosanctity1/5
- preperformance1/5
- creance1/5
creance
Faith; belief; creed. Obs. Chaucer.
- blancher1/5
blanch
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blench; pale.
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
parboil.
- Parboil the beans before freezing them
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
- signficance1/5
- remembrancers1/5
remembrancer
One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder. Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow. Goldsmith.
Ye that are the lord's remembrancers. Isa. lxii. 6. (Rev. Ver. ).
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noncancellable
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- francoists1/5
- voidance1/5
voidance
- noun the act of removing the contents of something
evacuation; emptying.
- noun the act of removing the contents of something
- malignance1/5
malignance
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
malignancy.
- noun quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
malignity; malignancy.
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
- cancrum1/5
- severances1/5
severance
- noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
rift; falling out; break; breach; rupture.
- they hoped to avoid a break in relations
- noun the act of severing
severing.
- noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- manchet1/5
manchet
Fine white bread; a loaf of fine bread. Archaic Bacon. Tennyson.
- vancouverites1/5
- panchayet1/5
panchayet
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
punchayet; panchayat.
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
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prosobranch
(Zoöl.) One of the Prosobranchiata.
- lancewood1/5
lancewood
- noun durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools
- noun source of most of the lancewood of commerce
lancewood tree; Oxandra lanceolata.
- noun durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools
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- inhabitancy1/5
inhabitancy
- noun the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
inhabitation; habitation.
- he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony
- noun the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
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- lanchow1/5
lanchow
- noun the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River
Lanzhou; Lanchou.
- noun the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River
- dancings1/5
dancing
- noun taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
dance; terpsichore; saltation.
- verb move in a graceful and rhythmical way
dance.
- The young girl danced into the room
- noun taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- exuberances1/5
exuberance
- noun joyful enthusiasm
- noun overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
enthusiasm; ebullience.
- noun joyful enthusiasm
- cancellarius1/5
- hanced1/5
hance
To raise; to elevate. Obs. Lydgate.
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- pancreozymin1/5
- oneiromancy1/5
oneiromancy
- noun divination through the interpretation of dreams
- noun divination through the interpretation of dreams
- outdistances1/5
outdistance
- verb go far ahead of
distance; outstrip.
- He outdistanced the other runners
- verb go far ahead of
- dominances1/5
dominance
- noun superior development of one side of the body
laterality.
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
control; ascendance; ascendency; ascendancy; ascendence.
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
- noun superior development of one side of the body
- trenchancy1/5
trenchancy
- noun keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
incisiveness.
- noun keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
- predisturbance1/5
- verdancy1/5
verdancy
- noun the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
verdure; greenness.
- noun the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
- elasmobranchii1/5
elasmobranchii
(Zoöl.) A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimæra. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.
- noninsurance1/5
- dependancy1/5
dependency
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependance; dependence.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
dependance; addiction; habituation; dependence.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- branchline1/5
- obstinance1/5
obstinance
- noun the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
stubbornness; obstinacy; mulishness.
- noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
pigheadedness; self-will; stubbornness; obstinacy; bullheadedness.
- noun the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
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francolin
(Zoöl.) A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris ) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia.
- stanchly1/5
stanchly
- adverb in a staunch manner
staunchly.
- he staunchly defended his principles
- adverb in a staunch manner
- crance1/5
crance
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- adamancy1/5
adamancy
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- repugnances1/5
repugnance
- noun intense aversion
horror; repulsion; revulsion.
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
incompatibility; mutual exclusiveness; inconsistency.
- noun intense aversion
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misalliance
- noun an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
- noun an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
- 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
- happenstances1/5
happenstance
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
coincidence.
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
- bancal1/5
- postulancy1/5
- archchancellor1/5
archchancellor
A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.
- reliances1/5
reliance
- noun certainty based on past experience
trust.
- he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists
- he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun
- noun the state of relying on something
- noun certainty based on past experience
- breakdance1/5
- conversance1/5
conversance
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
conversancy; acquaintance; familiarity.
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
- irrelevances1/5
irrelevance
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
irrelevancy.
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
- rancorously1/5
rancorous
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- heritance1/5
heritance
Heritage; inheritance. R.Robbing their children of the heritance Their fathers handed down Southey.
- infancies1/5
infancy
- noun the early stage of growth or development
early childhood; babyhood.
- noun the earliest state of immaturity
babyhood.
- noun the early stage of growth or development
- splanchnicectomy1/5
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- fiancées1/5
- outbalance1/5
outbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; overbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb weigh more heavily
- intendancies1/5
intendancy
The office or employment of an intendant.
- fragrancy1/5
fragrancy
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
bouquet; redolence; sweetness; fragrance.
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
- nondisturbance1/5
- forbiddance1/5
forbiddance
- noun an official prohibition or edict against something
ban; forbidding; banning.
- noun the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
inhibition; prohibition.
- they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
- a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
- he ignored his parents' forbiddance
- noun an official prohibition or edict against something
- opisthobranchs1/5
- blancard1/5
blancard
A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanches before it is woven.
- valiancy1/5
valiancy
- noun the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
gallantry; valorousness; valour; heroism; valor; valiance.
- he showed great heroism in battle
- he received a medal for valor
- noun the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
- outbalanced1/5
outbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; overbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb weigh more heavily
- governances1/5
governance
- noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
governing body; organisation; administration; organization; brass; establishment.
- he claims that the present administration is corrupt
- the governance of an association is responsible to its members
- he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment
- noun the act of governing; exercising authority
administration; government activity; governing; government.
- regulations for the governing of state prisons
- he had considerable experience of government
- noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- overcompliance1/5
- feasance1/5
feasance
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- reacceptance1/5
- advancers1/5
advancer
- noun someone who advances
- adjective satellite being ahead of time or need
advance; beforehand.
- gave advance warning
- was beforehand with her report
- noun someone who advances
- leakance1/5
- reentrancy1/5
- predominancy1/5
predominancy
Predominance. Bacon.
- disbalance1/5
- cancioneros1/5
- subordinance1/5
subordinance
Subordinacy; subordination. Obs. Dr. H. More. Sir W. Temple.
- mancipia1/5
- chancelor1/5
- maintenances1/5
maintenance
- noun activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
upkeep; care.
- he wrote the manual on car care
- noun means of maintenance of a family or group
- noun activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
- branchiomeric1/5
- cartomancy1/5
cartomancy
The act of telling fortunes with cards.
- precipitance1/5
precipitance
- noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
precipitateness; abruptness; suddenness; precipitancy; precipitousness.
- noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
- lieutenancies1/5
lieutenancy
- noun the position of a lieutenant
- noun the position of a lieutenant
- indignance1/5
indignance
Indignation. Obs. Spenser.
- inconstance1/5
inconstance
Inconstancy. Chaucer.
- recreancy1/5
recreancy
The quality or state of being recreant.
- pance1/5
pance
(Bot.) The pansy. Also paunce .
- opisthobranch1/5
opisthobranch
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- sonance1/5
sonance
A sound; a tune; Obs. Shak.as, to sound the tucket .sonance
- orobanchaceae1/5
orobanchaceae
- noun brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
broomrape family; family Orobanchaceae.
- noun brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
- instancy1/5
instancy
- noun the quickness of action or occurrence
immediacy; immediateness; instantaneousness.
- the immediacy of their response
- the instancy of modern communication
- noun the quality of being insistent
imperativeness.
- he pressed his demand with considerable instancy
- noun the quickness of action or occurrence
- mancus1/5
mancus
An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money.
- deviancies1/5
deviancies
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- conformances1/5
conformance
- noun correspondence in form or appearance
conformity.
- noun correspondence in form or appearance
- laitance1/5
- cheiromancy1/5
- uncanceled1/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- charabancs1/5
charabanc
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
coach; omnibus; bus; motorbus; motorcoach; passenger vehicle; jitney; autobus; double-decker.
- he always rode the bus to work
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
- ceratobranchial1/5
ceratobranchial
(Anat.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial in a branchial arch. --n. A ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage.
- mancunians1/5
mancunian
- noun a native or resident of Manchester
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the English city of Manchester or its residents
- Mancunian merchants
- noun a native or resident of Manchester
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