cr: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of cr
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vcr
- noun a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs
videocassette recorder.
- noun a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs
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ocr
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incr
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Suffixes of cr
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critical
- adjective marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
- a critical attitude
- adjective at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
- a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure
- critical mass
- go critical
- adjective marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
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criminal
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
malefactor; crook; outlaw; felon.
- adjective satellite bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
condemnable; deplorable; vicious; reprehensible.
- a criminal waste of talent
- a deplorable act of violence
- adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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cry
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
shout; call; outcry; vociferation; yell.
- the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
- noun a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
yell.
- a cry of rage
- a yell of pain
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
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cry
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
shout; call; outcry; vociferation; yell.
- the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
- noun a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
yell.
- a cry of rage
- a yell of pain
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
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crown
- noun the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
- noun the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
- the colonies revolted against the Crown
- noun the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
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crying
- noun the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
tears; weeping.
- I hate to hear the crying of a child
- she was in tears
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
cry; shout; call; outcry; vociferation; yell.
- the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
- noun the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
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crack
- noun a long narrow opening
crevice; cleft; scissure; fissure.
- noun a narrow opening
gap.
- he opened the window a crack
- noun a long narrow opening
- crash5/5
crash
- noun a loud resonant repeating noise
clank; clash; clangour; clangoring; clang; clangor.
- he could hear the clang of distant bells
- noun a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
wreck.
- they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane
- noun a loud resonant repeating noise
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cry
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
shout; call; outcry; vociferation; yell.
- the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
- noun a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
yell.
- a cry of rage
- a yell of pain
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
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crushed
- adjective satellite treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
- crushed velvet
- verb come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
crush; suppress; oppress.
- The government oppresses political activists
- adjective satellite treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
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criminal
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
malefactor; crook; outlaw; felon.
- adjective satellite bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
condemnable; deplorable; vicious; reprehensible.
- a criminal waste of talent
- a deplorable act of violence
- adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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create
- verb make or cause to be or to become
make.
- make a mess in one's office
- create a furor
- verb bring into existence
- The company was created 25 years ago
- He created a new movement in painting
- verb make or cause to be or to become
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create
- verb make or cause to be or to become
make.
- make a mess in one's office
- create a furor
- verb bring into existence
- The company was created 25 years ago
- He created a new movement in painting
- verb make or cause to be or to become
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create
- verb make or cause to be or to become
make.
- make a mess in one's office
- create a furor
- verb bring into existence
- The company was created 25 years ago
- He created a new movement in painting
- verb make or cause to be or to become
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creation
- noun the human act of creating
creative activity.
- noun an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
- noun the human act of creating
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crime
- noun (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
offence; criminal offense; law-breaking; offense; criminal offence.
- a long record of crimes
- noun an evil act not necessarily punishable by law
- crimes of the heart
- noun (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
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create
- verb make or cause to be or to become
make.
- make a mess in one's office
- create a furor
- verb bring into existence
- The company was created 25 years ago
- He created a new movement in painting
- verb make or cause to be or to become
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crime
- noun (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
offence; criminal offense; law-breaking; offense; criminal offence.
- a long record of crimes
- noun an evil act not necessarily punishable by law
- crimes of the heart
- noun (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
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crystal
- noun a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
- noun a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices
- noun a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
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cream
- noun the best people or things in a group
pick.
- the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War
- noun the part of milk containing the butterfat
- noun the best people or things in a group
- crop5/5
crop
- noun the yield from plants in a single growing season
harvest.
- noun a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
- noun the yield from plants in a single growing season
- crossing5/5
crossing
- noun traveling across
- noun a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
ford.
- noun traveling across
- crops5/5
crop
- noun the yield from plants in a single growing season
harvest.
- noun a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
- noun the yield from plants in a single growing season
- creature5/5
creature
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
animate being; brute; beast; animal; fauna.
- noun a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
wight.
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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creature
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
animate being; brute; beast; animal; fauna.
- noun a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
wight.
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- craft5/5
craft
- noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
trade.
- he learned his trade as an apprentice
- noun a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
- noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
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crystal
- noun a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
- noun a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices
- noun a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
- cross5/5
cross
- noun a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- noun a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
crisscross; mark.
- noun a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- criteria5/5
criterion
- noun a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
measure; touchstone; standard.
- the schools comply with federal standards
- they set the measure for all subsequent work
- noun the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
standard.
- they live by the standards of their community
- noun a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
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crucial
- adjective of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
important.
- a crucial moment in his career
- a crucial election
- a crucial issue for women
- adjective satellite having crucial relevance
- crucial to the case
- relevant testimony
- adjective of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
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crossed
- adjective placed crosswise
- spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers
- crossed forks
- seated with arms across
- verb travel across or pass over
traverse; track; pass over; get across; cover; cross; cut through; get over; cut across.
- The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
- adjective placed crosswise
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criterion
- noun a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
measure; touchstone; standard.
- the schools comply with federal standards
- they set the measure for all subsequent work
- noun the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
standard.
- they live by the standards of their community
- noun a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
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creator
- noun a person who grows or makes or invents things
- noun terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
Jehovah; God Almighty; Almighty; Lord; Divine; Maker; Godhead.
- noun a person who grows or makes or invents things
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crude
- noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
crude oil; oil; fossil oil; petroleum; rock oil.
- adjective satellite not carefully or expertly made
rough.
- managed to make a crude splint
- a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them
- rough carpentry
- noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
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creditor
- noun a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
- noun a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
- credit5/5
credit
- noun approval
recognition.
- give her recognition for trying
- he was given credit for his work
- give her credit for trying
- noun money available for a client to borrow
- noun approval
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crisis
- noun an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- they went bankrupt during the economic crisis
- noun a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something
- after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better
- noun an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- creative5/5
creative
- adjective having the ability or power to create
originative.
- a creative imagination
- adjective satellite promoting construction or creation
- creative work
- adjective having the ability or power to create
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criticism
- noun disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings
unfavorable judgment.
- the senator received severe criticism from his opponent
- noun a serious examination and judgment of something
critique.
- constructive criticism is always appreciated
- noun disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings
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crowd
- noun a large number of things or people considered together
- a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers
- noun an informal body of friends
bunch; gang; crew.
- he still hangs out with the same crowd
- noun a large number of things or people considered together
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critic
- noun a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
- noun anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
- noun a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
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crew
- noun the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
- noun an organized group of workmen
work party; gang.
- noun the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
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crazy
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
loony; weirdo; looney; nutcase.
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
unhinged; brainsick; demented; disturbed; mad; sick; unbalanced.
- a man who had gone mad
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
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cruel
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
savage; barbarous; vicious; brutal; fell; roughshod.
- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- crowded5/5
crowded
- adjective overfilled or compacted or concentrated
- a crowded theater
- a crowded program
- crowded trains
- a young mother's crowded days
- verb cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
crowd; herd.
- We herded the children into a spare classroom
- adjective overfilled or compacted or concentrated
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critic
- noun a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
- noun anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
- noun a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
- credibility5/5
credibility
- noun the quality of being believable or trustworthy
believability; credibleness.
- noun the quality of being believable or trustworthy
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credits
- noun a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)
- noun approval
credit; recognition.
- give her recognition for trying
- he was given credit for his work
- give her credit for trying
- noun a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)
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crisis
- noun an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- they went bankrupt during the economic crisis
- noun a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something
- after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better
- noun an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
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critique
- noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
critical review; review; review article.
- noun a serious examination and judgment of something
criticism.
- constructive criticism is always appreciated
- noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
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creek
- noun a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
brook.
- the creek dried up every summer
- noun any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
- noun a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
- creativity5/5
creativity
- noun the ability to create
creativeness; creative thinking.
- noun the ability to create
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criticize
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
criticise; knock; pick apart.
- The paper criticized the new movie
- Don't knock the food--it's free
- verb act as a critic
criticise.
- Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
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critically
- adverb in a critical manner
- this must be examined critically
- adverb in a critical manner
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craig
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crumb
- noun a very small quantity of something
- he gave only a crumb of information about his plans
- there were few crumbs of comfort in the report
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; dirty dog; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun a very small quantity of something
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cracked
- adjective satellite used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure
roughened; chapped.
- chapped lips
- verb become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
break; check; crack.
- The glass cracked when it was heated
- adjective satellite used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure
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crack
- noun a long narrow opening
crevice; cleft; scissure; fissure.
- noun a narrow opening
gap.
- he opened the window a crack
- noun a long narrow opening
- crust4/5
crust
- noun the outer layer of the Earth
Earth's crust.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
encrustation; incrustation.
- noun the outer layer of the Earth
- crush4/5
crush
- noun leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
crushed leather.
- noun a dense crowd of people
press; jam.
- noun leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
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cracking
- noun a sudden sharp noise
snap; crack.
- the crack of a whip
- he heard the cracking of the ice
- he can hear the snap of a twig
- noun the act of cracking something
fracture; crack.
- noun a sudden sharp noise
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crowned
- adjective having an (artificial) crown on a tooth
- had many crowned teeth
- verb invest with regal power; enthrone
coronate; crown.
- The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey
- adjective having an (artificial) crown on a tooth
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crash
- noun a loud resonant repeating noise
clank; clash; clangour; clangoring; clang; clangor.
- he could hear the clang of distant bells
- noun a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
wreck.
- they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane
- noun a loud resonant repeating noise
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crushing
- noun forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
stifling; quelling; suppression.
- the suppression of heresy
- the quelling of the rebellion
- the stifling of all dissent
- verb come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
crush; suppress; oppress.
- The government oppresses political activists
- noun forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
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crashing
- adjective satellite informal intensifiers
fucking; bally; flaming; blinking; bloody; blooming.
- what a bally (or blinking) nuisance
- a bloody fool
- a crashing bore
- you flaming idiot
- verb fall or come down violently
crash.
- The branch crashed down on my car
- The plane crashed in the sea
- adjective satellite informal intensifiers
- crowns4/5
crown
- noun the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
- the colonies revolted against the Crown
- noun the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
- noun the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
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crook
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
malefactor; outlaw; criminal; felon.
- noun a circular segment of a curve
twist; bend; turn.
- a bend in the road
- a crook in the path
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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crash
- noun a loud resonant repeating noise
clank; clash; clangour; clangoring; clang; clangor.
- he could hear the clang of distant bells
- noun a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
wreck.
- they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane
- noun a loud resonant repeating noise
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craft
- noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
trade.
- he learned his trade as an apprentice
- noun a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
- noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
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crisp
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
Saratoga chip; potato chip; chip.
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crease; crinkle; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
- creations4/5
creation
- noun the human act of creating
creative activity.
- noun an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
- noun the human act of creating
- crippled4/5
crippled
- adjective satellite disabled in the feet or legs
halt; lame; gimpy; halting; game.
- a crippled soldier
- a game leg
- verb deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
stultify; cripple.
- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
- adjective satellite disabled in the feet or legs
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craftsman
- noun a professional whose work is consistently of high quality
- as an actor he was a consummate craftsman
- noun a creator of great skill in the manual arts
crafter.
- the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen
- noun a professional whose work is consistently of high quality
- crystallization4/5
crystallization
- noun the formation of crystals
crystallizing; crystallisation.
- noun a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
crystal.
- noun the formation of crystals
- cruiser4/5
cruiser
- noun a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
squad car; police cruiser; prowl car; patrol car; police car.
- noun a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer
- noun a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
- cramped4/5
cramped
- adjective satellite constricted in size
- cramped quarters
- trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments
- verb secure with a cramp
cramp.
- cramp the wood
- adjective satellite constricted in size
- cropping4/5
crop
- noun the yield from plants in a single growing season
harvest.
- noun a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
- noun the yield from plants in a single growing season
- crumbling4/5
crumble
- verb fall apart
collapse; tumble; crumple; break down.
- the building crumbled after the explosion
- Negotiations broke down
- verb break or fall apart into fragments
fall apart.
- The cookies crumbled
- The Sphinx is crumbling
- verb fall apart
- crank4/5
crank
- noun a bad-tempered person
grouch; churl; grump; crosspatch.
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
screwball; fruitcake; nut case; nut; crackpot.
- noun a bad-tempered person
- cruise4/5
cruise
- noun an ocean trip taken for pleasure
sail.
- verb drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure
- She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible
- noun an ocean trip taken for pleasure
- crosses4/5
cross
- noun a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- noun a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
crisscross; mark.
- noun a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- creditor4/5
creditor
- noun a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
- noun a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
- credentials4/5
credentials
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
credential; certificate; certification.
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
credential; certificate; certification.
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
- crept4/5
creep
- noun someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
weirdy; weirdo; weirdie; spook.
- noun a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- noun someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- crusade4/5
crusade
- noun a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
campaign; cause; drive; effort; movement.
- he supported populist campaigns
- they worked in the cause of world peace
- the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
- the movement to end slavery
- contributed to the war effort
- noun any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- noun a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- creep4/5
creep
- noun someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
weirdy; weirdo; weirdie; spook.
- noun a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- noun someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- cromwell4/5
cromwell
- noun English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
Oliver Cromwell; Ironsides.
- noun English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
- crawled4/5
crawl
- noun a very slow movement
- the traffic advanced at a crawl
- noun a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
Australian crawl; front crawl.
- noun a very slow movement
- crawl4/5
crawl
- noun a very slow movement
- the traffic advanced at a crawl
- noun a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
Australian crawl; front crawl.
- noun a very slow movement
- cradle4/5
cradle
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
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crimson
- noun a deep and vivid red color
ruby; deep red.
- verb turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
blush; redden; flush.
- The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
- noun a deep and vivid red color
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creeping
- noun a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
crawl; creep; crawling.
- a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
- the traffic moved at a creep
- verb move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
crawl; creep.
- The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
- noun a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
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crooked
- adjective having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
- crooked country roads
- crooked teeth
- verb bend or cause to bend
crook; curve.
- He crooked his index finger
- the road curved sharply
- adjective having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
- crab4/5
crab
- noun decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- noun a quarrelsome grouch
crabby person.
- noun decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
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crawling
- noun a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
crawl; creeping; creep.
- a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
- the traffic moved at a creep
- verb move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
crawl; creep.
- The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
- noun a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
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creole
- noun a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages
- noun a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America
- noun a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages
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crossroads
- noun a community of people smaller than a village
hamlet.
- noun a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
juncture; critical point.
- at that juncture he had no idea what to do
- he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point
- noun a community of people smaller than a village
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crossover
- noun the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
crossing over.
- noun a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
crossover voter.
- noun the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
- crafted4/5
craft
- noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
trade.
- he learned his trade as an apprentice
- noun a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
- noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
- crouched4/5
crouch
- noun the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
- verb bend one's back forward from the waist on down
stoop; bend; bow.
- he crouched down
- She bowed before the Queen
- The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
- noun the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
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crucifixion
- noun the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
- noun the death of Jesus by crucifixion
- noun the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
- creators4/5
creator
- noun terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
Jehovah; God Almighty; Almighty; Lord; Divine; Maker; Godhead.
- noun a person who grows or makes or invents things
- noun terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
- crumpled4/5
crumpled
- adjective satellite of metal e.g.
bent; dented.
- bent nails
- a car with a crumpled front end
- dented fenders
- verb fall apart
collapse; tumble; crumple; break down; crumble.
- the building crumbled after the explosion
- Negotiations broke down
- adjective satellite of metal e.g.
- cruising4/5
cruise
- noun an ocean trip taken for pleasure
sail.
- verb drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure
- She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible
- noun an ocean trip taken for pleasure
- crackers4/5
crackers
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- noun a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
cracker.
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- crusades4/5
crusade
- noun a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
campaign; cause; drive; effort; movement.
- he supported populist campaigns
- they worked in the cause of world peace
- the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
- the movement to end slavery
- contributed to the war effort
- noun any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- noun a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- crowds4/5
crowd
- noun a large number of things or people considered together
- a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers
- noun an informal body of friends
bunch; gang; crew.
- he still hangs out with the same crowd
- noun a large number of things or people considered together
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criticism
- noun disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings
unfavorable judgment.
- the senator received severe criticism from his opponent
- noun a serious examination and judgment of something
critique.
- constructive criticism is always appreciated
- noun disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings
- crest4/5
crest
- noun the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- noun the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
crown; top; tip; summit; peak.
- the view from the peak was magnificent
- they clambered to the tip of Monadnock
- the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
- noun the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- creed4/5
creed
- noun any system of principles or beliefs
credo.
- noun the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group
gospel; religious doctrine; church doctrine.
- noun any system of principles or beliefs
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credited
- adjective satellite (usually followed by `to') given credit for
- an invention credited to Edison
- verb give someone credit for something
credit.
- We credited her for saving our jobs
- adjective satellite (usually followed by `to') given credit for
- crane4/5
crane
- noun lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
- noun United States writer (1871-1900)
Stephen Crane.
- noun lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
- crews4/5
crew
- noun the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
- noun an organized group of workmen
work party; gang.
- noun the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
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crystalline
- adjective consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
- granite is crystalline
- adjective satellite distinctly or sharply outlined
- crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan
- adjective consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
- cricket4/5
cricket
- noun leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
- noun a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
- noun leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
- crescent4/5
crescent
- noun any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
- adjective satellite resembling the new moon in shape
crescent-shaped; lunate; semilunar.
- noun any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
- crucified4/5
crucify
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- Jesus Christ was crucified
- verb treat cruelly
bedevil; rag; dun; frustrate; torment.
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- craving4/5
craving
- noun an intense desire for some particular thing
- verb have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
lust; starve; crave; thirst; hunger.
- noun an intense desire for some particular thing
- crater4/5
crater
- noun a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
volcanic crater.
- noun a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
- noun a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
- crap4/5
crap
- noun obscene terms for feces
poop; dirt; shite; turd; shit.
- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
horseshit; Irish bull; dogshit; bull; bullshit; shit.
- I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
- what he said was mostly bull
- noun obscene terms for feces
- crowding4/5
crowding
- noun a situation in which people or things are crowded together
- he didn't like the crowding on the beach
- verb cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
crowd; herd.
- We herded the children into a spare classroom
- noun a situation in which people or things are crowded together
- croatian4/5
croatian
Of or pertaining to Croatia. --n. A Croat.
- creamy4/5
creamy
- adjective satellite of the color of cream
- creamy translucent pebbles
- adjective satellite thick like cream
- adjective satellite of the color of cream
- crosby4/5
crosby
- noun United States singer and film actor (1904-1977)
Bing Crosby; Harry Lillis Crosby.
- noun United States singer and film actor (1904-1977)
- cruelty4/5
cruelty
- noun a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
inhuman treatment.
- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
pitilessness; mercilessness; ruthlessness.
- noun a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
- crow4/5
crow
- noun black birds having a raucous call
- noun the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
- noun black birds having a raucous call
- credible4/5
credible
- adjective capable of being believed
believable.
- completely credible testimony
- credible information
- adjective satellite (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous
- she was not the...credible fool he expected
- adjective capable of being believed
- crawford4/5
crawford
A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, wich yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford, of New Jersey.
- criticize4/5
criticize
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
criticise; knock; pick apart.
- The paper criticized the new movie
- Don't knock the food--it's free
- verb act as a critic
criticise.
- Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- critiques4/5
critique
- noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
critical review; review; review article.
- noun a serious examination and judgment of something
criticism.
- constructive criticism is always appreciated
- noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
- criminology4/5
criminology
- noun the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
- noun the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
- criticised4/5
criticise
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
knock; pick apart; criticize.
- The paper criticized the new movie
- Don't knock the food--it's free
- verb act as a critic
criticize.
- Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- criticizing4/5
criticize
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
criticise; knock; pick apart.
- The paper criticized the new movie
- Don't knock the food--it's free
- verb act as a critic
criticise.
- Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- crete4/5
- crucially4/5
crucially
- adverb to a crucial degree
- crucially important
- crucially, he must meet us at the airport
- adverb to a crucial degree
- cranial4/5
cranial
- adjective of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain
- cranial pressure
- adjective of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain
- croatia4/5
croatia
- noun a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991
Hrvatska; Republic of Croatia.
- noun a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991
- cruz4/5
cruz
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- crc4/5
crc
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- crs3/5
cr
- noun a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing
atomic number 24; chromium.
- noun a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing
- crumb3/5
crumb
- noun a very small quantity of something
- he gave only a crumb of information about his plans
- there were few crumbs of comfort in the report
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; dirty dog; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun a very small quantity of something
- crowning3/5
crowning
- adjective satellite representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment
- the crowning accomplishment of his career
- verb invest with regal power; enthrone
coronate; crown.
- The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey
- adjective satellite representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment
- crooks3/5
crook
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
malefactor; outlaw; criminal; felon.
- noun a circular segment of a curve
twist; bend; turn.
- a bend in the road
- a crook in the path
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- crusts3/5
crust
- noun the outer layer of the Earth
Earth's crust.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
encrustation; incrustation.
- noun the outer layer of the Earth
- crepe3/5
crepe
- noun paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
crepe paper.
- noun small very thin pancake
crape; French pancake.
- noun paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
- croaked3/5
croak
- noun a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
croaking.
- verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
- noun a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
- crammed3/5
cram
- verb crowd or pack to capacity
wad; ram; jampack; jam; chock up.
- the theater was jampacked
- verb put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
- cram books into the suitcase
- verb crowd or pack to capacity
- crusaders3/5
crusader
- noun a disputant who advocates reform
reformer; meliorist; reformist; social reformer.
- noun a warrior who engages in a holy war
- the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- noun a disputant who advocates reform
- crib3/5
crib
- noun baby bed with high sides made of slats
cot.
- noun a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
pony; trot.
- noun baby bed with high sides made of slats
- crossings3/5
crossing
- noun traveling across
- noun a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
ford.
- noun traveling across
- cropped3/5
cropped
- adjective satellite (of land or soil) used for growing crops
- cropped soil
- verb cut short
crop.
- She wanted her hair cropped short
- adjective satellite (of land or soil) used for growing crops
- cruisers3/5
cruiser
- noun a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
squad car; police cruiser; prowl car; patrol car; police car.
- noun a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer
- noun a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
- cramps3/5
cramp
- noun a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
muscle spasm; spasm.
- noun a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
- noun a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
- craftsman3/5
craftsman
- noun a professional whose work is consistently of high quality
- as an actor he was a consummate craftsman
- noun a creator of great skill in the manual arts
crafter.
- the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen
- noun a professional whose work is consistently of high quality
- crystallized3/5
crystallized
- adjective having become fixed and definite in form
crystallised.
- distinguish between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion"- Psychological Abstracts
- verb cause to take on a definite and clear shape
crystallise; crystalise; crystalize; crystallize.
- He tried to crystallize his thoughts
- adjective having become fixed and definite in form
- crumbled3/5
crumble
- verb fall apart
collapse; tumble; crumple; break down.
- the building crumbled after the explosion
- Negotiations broke down
- verb break or fall apart into fragments
fall apart.
- The cookies crumbled
- The Sphinx is crumbling
- verb fall apart
- crusader3/5
crusader
- noun a disputant who advocates reform
reformer; meliorist; reformist; social reformer.
- noun a warrior who engages in a holy war
- the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- noun a disputant who advocates reform
- cripple3/5
cripple
- noun someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
- verb deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
stultify.
- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
- noun someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
- crackling3/5
crackling
- noun the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
greaves.
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
crackle; crepitation.
- noun the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
- crumble3/5
crumble
- verb fall apart
collapse; tumble; crumple; break down.
- the building crumbled after the explosion
- Negotiations broke down
- verb break or fall apart into fragments
fall apart.
- The cookies crumbled
- The Sphinx is crumbling
- verb fall apart
- creams3/5
cream
- noun the best people or things in a group
pick.
- the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War
- noun the part of milk containing the butterfat
- noun the best people or things in a group
- crippling3/5
crippling
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
disabling; incapacitating.
- a crippling injury
- verb deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
stultify; cripple.
- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
- cram3/5
cram
- verb crowd or pack to capacity
wad; ram; jampack; jam; chock up.
- the theater was jampacked
- verb put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
- cram books into the suitcase
- verb crowd or pack to capacity
- cramp3/5
cramp
- noun a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
muscle spasm; spasm.
- noun a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
- noun a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
- crusty3/5
crusty
- adjective satellite having a hardened crust as a covering
crusted; encrusted; crustlike.
- adjective satellite brusque and surly and forbidding
gruff; ill-humored; ill-humoured; curmudgeonly.
- crusty remarks
- a crusty old man
- his curmudgeonly temper
- gruff manner
- a gruff reply
- adjective satellite having a hardened crust as a covering
- cramping3/5
cramp
- noun a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
muscle spasm; spasm.
- noun a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
- noun a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
- crystallize3/5
crystallize
- verb cause to take on a definite and clear shape
crystallise; crystalise; crystalize.
- He tried to crystallize his thoughts
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
crystallise; illuminate; straighten out; elucidate; clear; clear up; sort out; crystalise; shed light on; crystalize; enlighten.
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
- verb cause to take on a definite and clear shape
- cranky3/5
cranky
- adjective satellite (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
tender; tippy; crank.
- adjective satellite easily irritated or annoyed
peckish; nettlesome; testy; tetchy; petulant; techy; fractious; irritable; scratchy; pettish; peevish.
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
- adjective satellite (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- cryogenic3/5
cryogenic
- adjective of or relating to very low temperatures
- adjective of or relating to very low temperatures
- crewmen3/5
crewman
- noun any member of a ship's crew
sailor.
- noun a member of a flight crew
crew member.
- noun any member of a ship's crew
- crystallography3/5
crystallography
- noun the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals
- noun the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals
- crusted3/5
crusted
- adjective satellite having a hardened crust as a covering
crusty; encrusted; crustlike.
- verb form a crust or form into a crust
crust.
- The bread crusted in the oven
- adjective satellite having a hardened crust as a covering
- criticality3/5
criticality
- noun a state of critical urgency
criticalness; cruciality.
- noun a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining
- noun a state of critical urgency
- crabs3/5
crabs
- noun infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice
pediculosis pubis.
- noun decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
crab.
- noun infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice
- crucible3/5
crucible
- noun a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions
melting pot.
- noun a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions
- crunch3/5
crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
- noun a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- an end-of-the year crunch
- a financial crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- cruises3/5
cruise
- noun an ocean trip taken for pleasure
sail.
- verb drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure
- She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible
- noun an ocean trip taken for pleasure
- crouch3/5
crouch
- noun the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
- verb bend one's back forward from the waist on down
stoop; bend; bow.
- he crouched down
- She bowed before the Queen
- The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
- noun the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
- crouching3/5
crouch
- noun the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
- verb bend one's back forward from the waist on down
stoop; bend; bow.
- he crouched down
- She bowed before the Queen
- The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
- noun the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
- cryptography3/5
cryptography
- noun the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
cryptanalytics; cryptology; cryptanalysis.
- noun act of writing in code or cipher
steganography; coding; secret writing.
- noun the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
- crease3/5
crease
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
plication; fold; bend; flexure; crimp.
- a fold in the napkin
- a crease in his trousers
- a plication on her blouse
- a flexure of the colon
- a bend of his elbow
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
seam; crinkle; line; wrinkle; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- cracker3/5
cracker
- noun a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
- noun a poor White person in the southern United States
redneck.
- noun a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
- crick3/5
crick
- noun a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
wrick; rick; kink.
- noun English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)
Francis Crick; Francis Henry Compton Crick.
- noun a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
- crafting3/5
craft
- noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
trade.
- he learned his trade as an apprentice
- noun a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space
- noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
- cradled3/5
cradle
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- creaking3/5
creaking
- noun a squeaking sound
creak.
- the creak of the floorboards gave him away
- verb make a high-pitched, screeching noise
skreak; whine; screech; squeak; creak; screak.
- The door creaked when I opened it slowly
- My car engine makes a whining noise
- noun a squeaking sound
- creoles3/5
creole
- noun a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America
- noun a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)
- noun a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America
- crotch3/5
crotch
- noun the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
fork.
- they took the south fork
- he climbed into the crotch of a tree
- noun the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
fork.
- noun the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
- crested3/5
crested
- adjective satellite bearing an heraldic device
- verb lie at the top of
cap; crest.
- Snow capped the mountains
- adjective satellite bearing an heraldic device
- creeps3/5
creeps
- noun a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait
- noun a feeling of fear and revulsion
- he gives me the creeps
- noun a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait
- craftsmanship3/5
craftsmanship
- noun skill in an occupation or trade
craft; workmanship.
- noun skill in an occupation or trade
- crevices3/5
crevice
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
chap; cranny; fissure; crack.
- noun a long narrow opening
cleft; scissure; fissure; crack.
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
- crescendo3/5
crescendo
- noun (music) a gradual increase in loudness
- verb grow louder
- The music crescendoes here
- noun (music) a gradual increase in loudness
- creased3/5
crease
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
plication; fold; bend; flexure; crimp.
- a fold in the napkin
- a crease in his trousers
- a plication on her blouse
- a flexure of the colon
- a bend of his elbow
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
seam; crinkle; line; wrinkle; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- creaked3/5
creak
- noun a squeaking sound
creaking.
- the creak of the floorboards gave him away
- verb make a high-pitched, screeching noise
skreak; whine; screech; squeak; screak.
- The door creaked when I opened it slowly
- My car engine makes a whining noise
- noun a squeaking sound
- crevice3/5
crevice
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
chap; cranny; fissure; crack.
- noun a long narrow opening
cleft; scissure; fissure; crack.
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
- creases3/5
crease
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
plication; fold; bend; flexure; crimp.
- a fold in the napkin
- a crease in his trousers
- a plication on her blouse
- a flexure of the colon
- a bend of his elbow
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
seam; crinkle; line; wrinkle; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- crackled3/5
crackle
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
crepitation; crackling.
- noun glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
crackle china; crackleware.
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
- credential3/5
credential
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
credentials; certificate; certification.
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
- crunching3/5
crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
- noun a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- an end-of-the year crunch
- a financial crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- creak3/5
creak
- noun a squeaking sound
creaking.
- the creak of the floorboards gave him away
- verb make a high-pitched, screeching noise
skreak; whine; screech; squeak; screak.
- The door creaked when I opened it slowly
- My car engine makes a whining noise
- noun a squeaking sound
- crusading3/5
crusade
- noun a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
campaign; cause; drive; effort; movement.
- he supported populist campaigns
- they worked in the cause of world peace
- the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
- the movement to end slavery
- contributed to the war effort
- noun any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- noun a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- cremated3/5
cremate
- verb reduce to ashes
- Cremate a corpse
- verb reduce to ashes
- crackle3/5
crackle
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
crepitation; crackling.
- noun glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
crackle china; crackleware.
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
- cradling3/5
cradle
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- cruised3/5
cruise
- noun an ocean trip taken for pleasure
sail.
- verb drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure
- She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible
- noun an ocean trip taken for pleasure
- cranked3/5
crank
- noun a bad-tempered person
grouch; churl; grump; crosspatch.
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
screwball; fruitcake; nut case; nut; crackpot.
- noun a bad-tempered person
- crispy3/5
crispy
- adjective satellite tender and brittle
crisp.
- crisp potato chips
- adjective satellite tender and brittle
- crockery3/5
crockery
- noun tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively
dishware.
- noun tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively
- crawls3/5
crawl
- noun a very slow movement
- the traffic advanced at a crawl
- noun a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
Australian crawl; front crawl.
- noun a very slow movement
- criminality3/5
criminality
- noun the state of being a criminal
criminalness; criminalism.
- noun the state of being a criminal
- crate3/5
crate
- noun a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- noun the quantity contained in a crate
crateful.
- noun a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- creeds3/5
creed
- noun any system of principles or beliefs
credo.
- noun the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group
gospel; religious doctrine; church doctrine.
- noun any system of principles or beliefs
- cryptic3/5
cryptic
- adjective satellite of an obscure nature
cryptical; deep; mystifying; inscrutable; mysterious.
- the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
- a deep dark secret
- the inscrutable workings of Providence
- in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson
- rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
- adjective satellite having a secret or hidden meaning
cryptical; sibylline; cabalistic; qabalistic; kabbalistic.
- cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
- cryptic writings
- thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
- adjective satellite of an obscure nature
- crates3/5
crate
- noun a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- noun the quantity contained in a crate
crateful.
- noun a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- cranes3/5
crane
- noun United States writer (1871-1900)
Stephen Crane.
- noun United States poet (1899-1932)
Hart Crane; Harold Hart Crane.
- noun United States writer (1871-1900)
- cremation3/5
cremation
- noun the incineration of a dead body
- noun the incineration of a dead body
- craven3/5
craven
- noun an abject coward
recreant; poltroon.
- adjective satellite lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
recreant.
- the craven fellow turned and ran
- a craven proposal to raise the white flag
- this recreant knight"- Spenser
- noun an abject coward
- cryptographic3/5
cryptographic
- adjective of or relating to cryptanalysis
cryptanalytic; cryptologic; cryptological; cryptographical.
- adjective of or relating to cryptanalysis
- crazed3/5
crazed
- adjective satellite driven insane
half-crazed; deranged.
- verb cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
madden; craze.
- adjective satellite driven insane
- craters3/5
crater
- noun a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
volcanic crater.
- noun a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
- noun a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
- craze3/5
craze
- noun an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
rage; fad; furore; cult; furor.
- he always follows the latest fads
- it was all the rage that season
- noun state of violent mental agitation
fury; delirium; frenzy; hysteria.
- noun an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- credo3/5
credo
- noun any system of principles or beliefs
creed.
- noun any system of principles or beliefs
- crockett3/5
crockett
- noun United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
Davy Crockett; David Crockett.
- noun United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
- cravings3/5
craving
- noun an intense desire for some particular thing
- verb have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
lust; starve; crave; thirst; hunger.
- noun an intense desire for some particular thing
- crests3/5
crest
- noun the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- noun the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
crown; top; tip; summit; peak.
- the view from the peak was magnificent
- they clambered to the tip of Monadnock
- the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
- noun the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- croats3/5
croat
- noun a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia
Croatian.
- noun a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia
- creatine3/5
creatine
- noun an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction
creatin.
- noun an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction
- crickets3/5
cricket
- noun leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
- noun a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
- noun leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
- crayons3/5
crayon
- noun writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
wax crayon.
- verb write, draw, or trace with a crayon
- noun writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
- crayon3/5
crayon
- noun writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
wax crayon.
- verb write, draw, or trace with a crayon
- noun writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
- cronies3/5
crony
- noun a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
sidekick; buddy; chum; brother; pal.
- noun a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- cracow3/5
cracow
- noun an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula
Krakau; Krakow.
- noun an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula
- cruciate3/5
cruciate
- adjective satellite shaped like a cross
cruciform.
- adjective satellite shaped like a cross
- crass3/5
crass
- adjective satellite (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
- adjective satellite (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
- croat3/5
croat
A native of Croatia, in Austria; esp., one of the native Slavic race.
- cringed3/5
cringe
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; flinch; recoil; wince; quail; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- verb show submission or fear
fawn; crawl; grovel; cower; creep.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
- cro3/5
cro
- noun electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
scope; cathode-ray oscilloscope; oscilloscope.
- noun electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
- crone3/5
crone
- noun an ugly evil-looking old woman
beldam; witch; beldame; hag.
- noun an ugly evil-looking old woman
- craggy3/5
craggy
- adjective satellite having hills and crags
cragged; mountainous; hilly.
- hilly terrain
- adjective satellite having hills and crags
- cringe3/5
cringe
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; flinch; recoil; wince; quail; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- verb show submission or fear
fawn; crawl; grovel; cower; creep.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
- creationism3/5
creationism
- noun the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis
- creationism denies the theory of evolution of species
- noun the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis
- creatively3/5
creatively
- adverb in a creative manner
- she solved the problem creatively
- adverb in a creative manner
- crows3/5
crow
- noun black birds having a raucous call
- noun the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
- noun black birds having a raucous call
- creeks3/5
creek
- noun a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
brook.
- the creek dried up every summer
- noun any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
- noun a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
- cretaceous3/5
cretaceous
- adjective abounding in chalk
- noun from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants
Cretaceous period.
- adjective abounding in chalk
- credence3/5
credence
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
acceptance.
- he gave credence to the gossip
- acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
- noun a kind of sideboard or buffet
credenza.
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- cruelly3/5
cruelly
- adverb excessively
- a cruelly bitter winter
- adverb with cruelty
- he treated his students cruelly
- adverb excessively
- crohn3/5
crohn
- noun United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983)
Burrill Bernard Crohn.
- noun United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983)
- criticizes3/5
criticize
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
criticise; knock; pick apart.
- The paper criticized the new movie
- Don't knock the food--it's free
- verb act as a critic
criticise.
- Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- crave3/5
crave
- verb have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
lust; starve; thirst; hunger.
- verb plead or ask for earnestly
- verb have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- crux3/5
crux
- noun the most important point
crux of the matter.
- noun a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
Southern Cross; Crux Australis.
- noun the most important point
- crucifix3/5
crucifix
- noun representation of the cross on which Jesus died
rood-tree; rood.
- noun a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast supports himself with both arms extended horizontally
- noun representation of the cross on which Jesus died
- crypt3/5
crypt
- noun a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
- noun a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
- crore3/5
crore
- noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million
- noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million
- craved3/5
craved
- adjective satellite wanted intensely
desired.
- the child could no longer resist taking one of the craved cookies
- it produced the desired effect
- verb have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
lust; starve; crave; thirst; hunger.
- adjective satellite wanted intensely
- croft3/5
croft
- noun a small farm worked by a crofter
- noun a small farm worked by a crofter
- crafty3/5
crafty
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; wily; knavish; sly; slick; foxy; guileful; tricksy; dodgy; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
- crimea3/5
crimea
- noun a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
- noun a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
- cranberry3/5
cranberry
- noun any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
- noun very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
- noun any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
- crores3/5
crore
- noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million
- noun the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million
- criticise3/5
criticise
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
knock; pick apart; criticize.
- The paper criticized the new movie
- Don't knock the food--it's free
- verb act as a critic
criticize.
- Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- creepy3/5
creepy
- adjective satellite annoying and unpleasant
- some creepy kids were bothering her
- adjective satellite causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
creepy-crawly.
- a creepy story
- I had a creepy-crawly feeling
- adjective satellite annoying and unpleasant
- crp3/5
crp
- noun a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation
C-reactive protein.
- noun a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation
- croup3/5
croup
- noun a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing
spasmodic laryngitis.
- noun the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
croupe; hindquarters; rump.
- noun a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing
- crustaceans3/5
crustacean
- noun any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
- adjective of or belonging to the class Crustacea
crustaceous.
- noun any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
- creditable3/5
creditable
- adjective satellite worthy of often limited commendation
- the student's effort on the essay--though not outstanding--was creditable
- adjective satellite worthy of often limited commendation
- cranium3/5
cranium
- noun the part of the skull that encloses the brain
braincase; brainpan.
- noun the part of the skull that encloses the brain
- cruelties3/5
cruelty
- noun a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
inhuman treatment.
- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
pitilessness; mercilessness; ruthlessness.
- noun a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
- critiqued3/5
critique
- noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
critical review; review; review article.
- noun a serious examination and judgment of something
criticism.
- constructive criticism is always appreciated
- noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
- crackdown3/5
crackdown
- noun severely repressive actions
- noun severely repressive actions
- crossroad3/5
crossroad
- noun a junction where one street or road crosses another
crossing; intersection; carrefour; crossway.
- noun a junction where one street or road crosses another
- critiquing3/5
critique
- noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
critical review; review; review article.
- noun a serious examination and judgment of something
criticism.
- constructive criticism is always appreciated
- noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
- crags3/5
crag
- noun a steep rugged rock or cliff
- noun a steep rugged rock or cliff
- crayfish3/5
crayfish
- noun warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
rock lobster; spiny lobster; langouste.
- noun tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
crawfish; ecrevisse; crawdad.
- noun warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
- crag3/5
crag
- noun a steep rugged rock or cliff
- noun a steep rugged rock or cliff
- cretan3/5
cretan
Pertaining to Crete, or Candia. --n. A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia.
- crosstalk3/5
crosstalk
- noun the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling
XT.
- noun the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling
- crofts3/5
croft
- noun a small farm worked by a crofter
- noun a small farm worked by a crofter
- criticising3/5
criticise
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
knock; pick apart; criticize.
- The paper criticized the new movie
- Don't knock the food--it's free
- verb act as a critic
criticize.
- Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- crispin3/5
crispin
A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from the patron sant of the craft.
- crutches3/5
crutch
- noun a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
- noun anything that serves as an expedient
- he uses drugs as a psychological crutch
- noun a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
- crt3/5
crt
- noun a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
cathode-ray tube.
- noun a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
- cree3/5
cree
- noun a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada
- noun the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree
- noun a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada
- crudely3/5
crudely
- adverb in a crude or unrefined manner
- he was crudely bold
- adverb in a crude and unskilled manner
inexpertly; artlessly.
- an inexpertly constructed lean-to
- adverb in a crude or unrefined manner
- crustal3/5
crustal
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon
- credulity3/5
credulity
- noun tendency to believe readily
- noun tendency to believe readily
- crutch3/5
crutch
- noun a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
- noun anything that serves as an expedient
- he uses drugs as a psychological crutch
- noun a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
- criminally3/5
criminally
- adverb in a shameful manner
reprehensively.
- the garden was criminally neglected
- adverb in violation of the law; in a criminal manner
- the alterations in the document were ruled to be criminally fraudulent
- adverb in a shameful manner
- crankshaft3/5
crankshaft
- noun a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank
- noun a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank
- credulous3/5
credulous
- adjective disposed to believe on little evidence
- the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous
- adjective satellite showing a lack of judgment or experience
- so credulous he believes everything he reads
- adjective disposed to believe on little evidence
- criminological3/5
criminological
- adjective of or relating to or involved in criminology
- adjective of or relating to or involved in criminology
- crocodile3/5
crocodile
- noun large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters
- noun large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters
- crocodiles3/5
crocodile
- noun large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters
- noun large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters
- crossword3/5
crossword
- noun a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
crossword puzzle.
- noun a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
- creatinine3/5
creatinine
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- crit3/5
crit
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- crowley3/5
crowley
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- croix3/5
croix
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- crimean3/5
crimean
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- crocker3/5
crock
- noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
smut; soot; lampblack; carbon black.
- noun nonsense; foolish talk
- that's a crock
- noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- crusoe3/5
crusoe
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- crim3/5
crim
To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy apperance to; as, to . Cf.crimp the border of a cap; tocrimp a ruffleCrisp .The comely hostess in a crimped cap. W. Irving.
- croce3/5
croce
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- cronin3/5
cronin
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- cristina3/5
cristina
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- creighton3/5
creighton
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- crypto3/5
crypto
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- crystallographic3/5
crystallographic
Pertaining to crystallography.
- craniofacial3/5
craniofacial
Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the .craniofacial angle
- cre3/5
- cranmer3/5
cranmer
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- creme3/5
creme
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- crawley3/5
crawley
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- criss3/5
criss
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- cristobal3/5
cristobal
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- crenshaw3/5
- crandall3/5
- crewe3/5
crewe
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- crassus3/5
- cripps3/5
cripps
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- cray3/5
cray
See Obs.Crare .
- crock2/5
crock
- noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
smut; soot; lampblack; carbon black.
- noun nonsense; foolish talk
- that's a crock
- noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- creosote2/5
creosote
- noun a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic
- noun a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood
coal-tar creosote.
- noun a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic
- crocks2/5
crock
- noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
smut; soot; lampblack; carbon black.
- noun nonsense; foolish talk
- that's a crock
- noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- crushes2/5
crush
- noun leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
crushed leather.
- noun a dense crowd of people
press; jam.
- noun leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
- croak2/5
croak
- noun a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
croaking.
- verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
- noun a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
- croaking2/5
croaking
- noun a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
croak.
- verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
- noun a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
- crepes2/5
crepe
- noun paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
crepe paper.
- noun small very thin pancake
crape; French pancake.
- noun paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
- crape2/5
crape
- noun small very thin pancake
crepe; French pancake.
- noun a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface
crepe.
- noun small very thin pancake
- croaks2/5
croak
- noun a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
croaking.
- verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
- noun a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
- crisscrossed2/5
crisscrossed
- adjective satellite marked with crossing lines
crisscross.
- verb cross in a pattern, often random
crisscross.
- adjective satellite marked with crossing lines
- cramming2/5
cram
- verb crowd or pack to capacity
wad; ram; jampack; jam; chock up.
- the theater was jampacked
- verb put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
- cram books into the suitcase
- verb crowd or pack to capacity
- creamed2/5
cream
- noun the best people or things in a group
pick.
- the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War
- noun the part of milk containing the butterfat
- noun the best people or things in a group
- cripples2/5
cripple
- noun someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
- verb deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
stultify.
- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
- noun someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
- cribs2/5
crib
- noun baby bed with high sides made of slats
cot.
- noun a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
pony; trot.
- noun baby bed with high sides made of slats
- crewman2/5
crewman
- noun any member of a ship's crew
sailor.
- noun a member of a flight crew
crew member.
- noun any member of a ship's crew
- crystallisation2/5
crystallisation
- noun the formation of crystals
crystallizing; crystallization.
- noun the formation of crystals
- crystallizes2/5
crystallize
- verb cause to take on a definite and clear shape
crystallise; crystalise; crystalize.
- He tried to crystallize his thoughts
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
crystallise; illuminate; straighten out; elucidate; clear; clear up; sort out; crystalise; shed light on; crystalize; enlighten.
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
- verb cause to take on a definite and clear shape
- crumbles2/5
crumble
- verb fall apart
collapse; tumble; crumple; break down.
- the building crumbled after the explosion
- Negotiations broke down
- verb break or fall apart into fragments
fall apart.
- The cookies crumbled
- The Sphinx is crumbling
- verb fall apart
- crookes2/5
crook
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
malefactor; outlaw; criminal; felon.
- noun a circular segment of a curve
twist; bend; turn.
- a bend in the road
- a crook in the path
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- crystallised2/5
crystallised
- adjective having become fixed and definite in form
crystallized.
- distinguish between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion"- Psychological Abstracts
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
crystallise; illuminate; straighten out; elucidate; clear; clear up; crystallize; sort out; crystalise; shed light on; crystalize; enlighten.
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
- adjective having become fixed and definite in form
- criminalized2/5
criminalize
- verb treat as a criminal
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
illegalise; outlaw; illegalize; criminalise.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
- verb treat as a criminal
- crisscrossing2/5
crisscross
- noun a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
cross; mark.
- verb cross in a pattern, often random
- noun a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- crisps2/5
crisp
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
Saratoga chip; potato chip; chip.
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crease; crinkle; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
- crisscross2/5
crisscross
- noun a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
cross; mark.
- verb cross in a pattern, often random
- noun a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- crystallizing2/5
crystallizing
- noun the formation of crystals
crystallization; crystallisation.
- verb cause to take on a definite and clear shape
crystallise; crystalise; crystalize; crystallize.
- He tried to crystallize his thoughts
- noun the formation of crystals
- crumbly2/5
crumbly
- adjective satellite easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
friable.
- friable sandstone
- friable carcinomatous tissue
- friable curds formed in the stomach
- crumbly cookies
- adjective satellite easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
- criminalize2/5
criminalize
- verb treat as a criminal
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
illegalise; outlaw; illegalize; criminalise.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
- verb treat as a criminal
- criminalizing2/5
criminalize
- verb treat as a criminal
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
illegalise; outlaw; illegalize; criminalise.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
- verb treat as a criminal
- crusting2/5
crust
- noun the outer layer of the Earth
Earth's crust.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
encrustation; incrustation.
- noun the outer layer of the Earth
- crud2/5
crud
- noun heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing
- noun any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
filth; skank.
- noun heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing
- creaming2/5
cream
- noun the best people or things in a group
pick.
- the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War
- noun the part of milk containing the butterfat
- noun the best people or things in a group
- crystallise2/5
crystallise
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
illuminate; straighten out; elucidate; clear; clear up; crystallize; sort out; crystalise; shed light on; crystalize; enlighten.
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
- verb cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
crystalise; crystalize; crystallize.
- crystallize minerals
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- cretin2/5
cretin
- noun a person of subnormal intelligence
retard; half-wit; idiot; imbecile; changeling; moron.
- noun a person of subnormal intelligence
- creolized2/5
creolize
- verb develop into a creole
- pidgins often creolize
- verb develop into a creole
- cryogenics2/5
cryogenics
- noun the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures
cryogeny.
- noun the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures
- crunched2/5
crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
- noun a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- an end-of-the year crunch
- a financial crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- crochet2/5
crochet
- noun needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
crocheting.
- verb create by looping or crocheting
- crochet a bedspread
- noun needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
- critters2/5
critter
- noun a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
- noun a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
- crimp2/5
crimp
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
plication; crease; fold; bend; flexure.
- a fold in the napkin
- a crease in his trousers
- a plication on her blouse
- a flexure of the colon
- a bend of his elbow
- noun someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
crimper.
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- creon2/5
creon
- noun (Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus
- noun (Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus
- crump2/5
crump
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
scrunch; thud.
- verb bombard with heavy shells
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
- creeper2/5
creeper
- noun any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
- noun a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
crawler.
- noun any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
- crinkled2/5
crinkled
- adjective satellite uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
rippled; wavy; crinkly; wavelike.
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crisp; crease; crinkle; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- adjective satellite uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
- creepers2/5
creeper
- noun any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
- noun a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
crawler.
- noun any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
- cradles2/5
cradle
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- cranks2/5
crank
- noun a bad-tempered person
grouch; churl; grump; crosspatch.
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
screwball; fruitcake; nut case; nut; crackpot.
- noun a bad-tempered person
- critter2/5
critter
- noun a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
- noun a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
- cranny2/5
cranny
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
crevice; chap; fissure; crack.
- noun a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
- crusher2/5
crusher
- noun a device that crushes something
- noun a device that crushes something
- cranking2/5
crank
- noun a bad-tempered person
grouch; churl; grump; crosspatch.
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
screwball; fruitcake; nut case; nut; crackpot.
- noun a bad-tempered person
- crackles2/5
crackle
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
crepitation; crackling.
- noun glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
crackle china; crackleware.
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
- crowbar2/5
crowbar
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
pry; pry bar; wrecking bar.
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
- crustacea2/5
crustacea
(Zoöl.) One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered. ✍ The body usually consists of an anterior part, made up of the head and thorax combined, called the cephalothorax, and of a posterior jointed part called the abdomen, postabdomen, and (improperly) tail. They breathe by means of gills variously attached to some of the limbs or to the sides the body, according to the group. They are divisible into two subclasses, Entomostraca and Malacostraca, each of which includes several orders.
- crier2/5
crier
- noun a person who weeps
weeper.
- noun (formerly) an official who made public announcements
town crier.
- noun a person who weeps
- crawler2/5
crawler
- noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
sycophant; toady; lackey; ass-kisser.
- noun a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
creeper.
- noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- crannies2/5
cranny
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
crevice; chap; fissure; crack.
- noun a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
- crossovers2/5
crossover
- noun the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
crossing over.
- noun a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
crossover voter.
- noun the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis
- crocheted2/5
crochet
- noun needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
crocheting.
- verb create by looping or crocheting
- crochet a bedspread
- noun needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
- crucibles2/5
crucible
- noun a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions
melting pot.
- noun a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions
- cryptology2/5
cryptology
- noun the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
cryptanalytics; cryptography; cryptanalysis.
- noun the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
- crumple2/5
crumple
- verb fall apart
collapse; tumble; break down; crumble.
- the building crumbled after the explosion
- Negotiations broke down
- verb fold or collapse
buckle.
- His knees buckled
- verb fall apart
- crawlers2/5
crawler
- noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
sycophant; toady; lackey; ass-kisser.
- noun a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
creeper.
- noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- creasing2/5
crease
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
plication; fold; bend; flexure; crimp.
- a fold in the napkin
- a crease in his trousers
- a plication on her blouse
- a flexure of the colon
- a bend of his elbow
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
seam; crinkle; line; wrinkle; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- crabbed2/5
crabbed
- adjective satellite annoyed and irritable
crabby; grouchy; ill-tempered; cross; bad-tempered; grumpy; fussy.
- verb direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
crab.
- adjective satellite annoyed and irritable
- crunches2/5
crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
- noun a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- an end-of-the year crunch
- a financial crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- croutons2/5
crouton
- noun a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads
- noun a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads
- crouches2/5
crouch
- noun the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
- verb bend one's back forward from the waist on down
stoop; bend; bow.
- he crouched down
- She bowed before the Queen
- The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
- noun the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
- cryptanalysis2/5
cryptanalysis
- noun the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
cryptanalytics; cryptology; cryptography.
- noun the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
- creaks2/5
creak
- noun a squeaking sound
creaking.
- the creak of the floorboards gave him away
- verb make a high-pitched, screeching noise
skreak; whine; screech; squeak; screak.
- The door creaked when I opened it slowly
- My car engine makes a whining noise
- noun a squeaking sound
- crumpling2/5
crumple
- verb fall apart
collapse; tumble; break down; crumble.
- the building crumbled after the explosion
- Negotiations broke down
- verb fold or collapse
buckle.
- His knees buckled
- verb fall apart
- cronus2/5
cronus
- noun (Greek mythology) the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him; son of Uranus and Gaea in ancient Greek mythology; identified with Roman Saturn
- noun (Greek mythology) the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him; son of Uranus and Gaea in ancient Greek mythology; identified with Roman Saturn
- crinoline2/5
crinoline
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
hoopskirt.
- noun a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
- crabgrass2/5
crabgrass
- noun grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
finger grass; crab grass.
- noun grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
- crocheting2/5
crocheting
- noun needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
crochet.
- noun creating a garment of needlework
- noun needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
- crinkle2/5
crinkle
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
crease; seam; line; wrinkle; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crisp; crease; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
- crossbreeding2/5
crossbreeding
- noun (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
cross; crossing; hybridizing; hybridisation; interbreeding; hybridization.
- noun reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
interbreeding; miscegenation.
- noun (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- crinkling2/5
crinkle
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
crease; seam; line; wrinkle; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crisp; crease; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
- crotchet2/5
crotchet
- noun a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
hook.
- noun a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
quarter note.
- noun a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- crisper2/5
crisp
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
Saratoga chip; potato chip; chip.
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crease; crinkle; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
- cruciferous2/5
cruciferous
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- crushers2/5
crusher
- noun a device that crushes something
- noun a device that crushes something
- crenellated2/5
crenellate
- verb supply with battlements
crenel; crenelate.
- verb supply with battlements
- crowbars2/5
crowbar
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
pry; pry bar; wrecking bar.
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
- crosshead2/5
crosshead
- noun a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
crossheading.
- noun metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth
- noun a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
- criers2/5
crier
- noun a person who weeps
weeper.
- noun (formerly) an official who made public announcements
town crier.
- noun a person who weeps
- cremate2/5
cremate
- verb reduce to ashes
- Cremate a corpse
- verb reduce to ashes
- crookedness2/5
crookedness
- noun a tortuous and twisted shape or position
tortuousness; contortion; tortuosity; torsion.
- they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
- the acrobat performed incredible contortions
- noun having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
- noun a tortuous and twisted shape or position
- crabbing2/5
crab
- noun decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- noun a quarrelsome grouch
crabby person.
- noun decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- crimsoned2/5
crimson
- noun a deep and vivid red color
ruby; deep red.
- verb turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
blush; redden; flush.
- The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
- noun a deep and vivid red color
- crotchets2/5
crotchet
- noun a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
hook.
- noun a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
quarter note.
- noun a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- craned2/5
crane
- noun United States writer (1871-1900)
Stephen Crane.
- noun United States poet (1899-1932)
Hart Crane; Harold Hart Crane.
- noun United States writer (1871-1900)
- crediting2/5
credit
- noun approval
recognition.
- give her recognition for trying
- he was given credit for his work
- give her credit for trying
- noun money available for a client to borrow
- noun approval
- crossbow2/5
crossbow
- noun a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
- noun a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
- crucify2/5
crucify
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- Jesus Christ was crucified
- verb treat cruelly
bedevil; rag; dun; frustrate; torment.
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- cravat2/5
cravat
- noun neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front
- noun neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front
- crossfire2/5
crossfire
- noun a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions
- noun fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross
- noun a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions
- croquet2/5
croquet
- noun a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg
- verb drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball"
- noun a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg
- cringing2/5
cringing
- adjective satellite totally submissive
wormlike; grovelling; groveling; wormy.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; flinch; recoil; wince; quail; cringe; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- adjective satellite totally submissive
- craziness2/5
craziness
- noun informal terms for insanity
flakiness; daftness.
- noun the quality of being rash and foolish
folly; madness; foolishness.
- trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly
- adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness
- noun informal terms for insanity
- cremona2/5
cremona
A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy.
- crankcase2/5
crankcase
- noun housing for a crankshaft
- noun housing for a crankshaft
- crudest2/5
crude
- noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
crude oil; oil; fossil oil; petroleum; rock oil.
- adjective satellite not carefully or expertly made
rough.
- managed to make a crude splint
- a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them
- rough carpentry
- noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- crossbar2/5
crossbar
- noun a horizontal bar that goes across something
- noun game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over
- noun a horizontal bar that goes across something
- crustacean2/5
crustacean
- noun any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
- adjective of or belonging to the class Crustacea
crustaceous.
- noun any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
- craps2/5
craps
- noun expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot
snake eyes.
- noun a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice
- noun expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot
- crystallites2/5
crystallite
- noun any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock
- noun any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock
- cruciform2/5
cruciform
- adjective satellite shaped like a cross
cruciate.
- adjective satellite shaped like a cross
- cruse2/5
cruse
- noun small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)
- noun small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)
- crony2/5
crony
- noun a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
sidekick; buddy; chum; brother; pal.
- noun a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- crevasse2/5
crevasse
- noun a deep fissure
- noun a deep fissure
- croesus2/5
croesus
A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c. , and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man;as, he is veritable .Croesus
- craning2/5
crane
- noun United States writer (1871-1900)
Stephen Crane.
- noun United States poet (1899-1932)
Hart Crane; Harold Hart Crane.
- noun United States writer (1871-1900)
- crawfish2/5
crawfish
- noun tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
ecrevisse; crayfish; crawdad.
- noun small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
crayfish; crawdad; crawdaddy.
- noun tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
- creche2/5
creche
- noun a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
foundling hospital.
- noun a representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem
- noun a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
- cruder2/5
crude
- noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
crude oil; oil; fossil oil; petroleum; rock oil.
- adjective satellite not carefully or expertly made
rough.
- managed to make a crude splint
- a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them
- rough carpentry
- noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- crooning2/5
crooning
- noun singing in a soft low tone
- her crooning soon put the child to sleep
- noun the act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner
- noun singing in a soft low tone
- crosscutting2/5
crosscut
- noun a diagonal path
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
cutoff; shortcut.
- noun a diagonal path
- creamer2/5
creamer
- noun a small pitcher for serving cream
cream pitcher.
- noun a small pitcher for serving cream
- crappy2/5
crappy
- adjective satellite very bad
stinking; shitty; stinky; lousy; rotten; icky.
- a lousy play
- it's a stinking world
- adjective satellite very bad
- crevasses2/5
crevasse
- noun a deep fissure
- noun a deep fissure
- craton2/5
craton
- noun the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian
- noun the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian
- croissant2/5
croissant
- noun very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
crescent roll.
- noun very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
- criollo2/5
criollo
- noun a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish)
- Mexico is a country of mestizos, criollos, and indigenes
- noun cocoa of superior quality
- noun a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish)
- croissants2/5
croissant
- noun very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
crescent roll.
- noun very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
- crystallite2/5
crystallite
- noun any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock
- noun any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock
- crosscut2/5
crosscut
- noun a diagonal path
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
cutoff; shortcut.
- noun a diagonal path
- cronyism2/5
cronyism
- noun favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)
- noun favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)
- crazier2/5
crazy
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
loony; weirdo; looney; nutcase.
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
unhinged; brainsick; demented; disturbed; mad; sick; unbalanced.
- a man who had gone mad
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
- cromwellian2/5
cromwellian
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Oliver Cromwell
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Oliver Cromwell
- cranch2/5
cranch
- verb press or grind with a crushing noise
crunch; grind; craunch.
- verb press or grind with a crushing noise
- crimped2/5
crimp
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
plication; crease; fold; bend; flexure.
- a fold in the napkin
- a crease in his trousers
- a plication on her blouse
- a flexure of the colon
- a bend of his elbow
- noun someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
crimper.
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- crossbows2/5
crossbow
- noun a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
- noun a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
- cresting2/5
crest
- noun the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- noun the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
crown; top; tip; summit; peak.
- the view from the peak was magnificent
- they clambered to the tip of Monadnock
- the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
- noun the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- crudity2/5
crudity
- noun a wild or unrefined state
crudeness; rudeness; primitivism; primitiveness.
- noun an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
crudeness; gaucheness.
- the whole town was famous for its crudeness
- noun a wild or unrefined state
- crispness2/5
crispness
- noun a pleasing firmness and freshness
- crispness of new dollar bills
- crispness of fresh lettuce
- noun an expressive style that is direct and to the point
- the crispness of his reply
- noun a pleasing firmness and freshness
- crudeness2/5
crudeness
- noun a wild or unrefined state
rudeness; crudity; primitivism; primitiveness.
- noun an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
gaucheness; crudity.
- the whole town was famous for its crudeness
- noun a wild or unrefined state
- crecy2/5
crecy
- noun the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois
battle of Crecy.
- noun the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois
- cremations2/5
cremation
- noun the incineration of a dead body
- noun the incineration of a dead body
- craftiness2/5
craftiness
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
guile; craft; slyness; foxiness; wiliness; cunning.
- noun the quality of being crafty
deceitfulness; guile.
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- croatians2/5
croatian
- noun a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia
Croat.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language
- Croatian villages
- noun a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia
- crookedly2/5
crookedly
- adverb in a crooked lopsided manner
lopsidedly.
- he smiled lopsidedly
- adverb in a crooked lopsided manner
- craziest2/5
crazy
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
loony; weirdo; looney; nutcase.
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
unhinged; brainsick; demented; disturbed; mad; sick; unbalanced.
- a man who had gone mad
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
- crosswalk2/5
crosswalk
- noun a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
crossing; crossover.
- noun a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- cresol2/5
cresol
- noun any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant
methyl phenol.
- noun any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant
- crimping2/5
crimp
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
plication; crease; fold; bend; flexure.
- a fold in the napkin
- a crease in his trousers
- a plication on her blouse
- a flexure of the colon
- a bend of his elbow
- noun someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
crimper.
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- crowfoot2/5
crowfoot
- noun any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
kingcup; buttercup; butterflower; butter-flower; goldcup.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
- criollos2/5
criollo
- noun a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish)
- Mexico is a country of mestizos, criollos, and indigenes
- noun cocoa of superior quality
- noun a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish)
- cretinism2/5
cretinism
- noun severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting
- noun severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting
- crosscurrents2/5
crosscurrent
- noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
tide rip; riptide; rip; countercurrent.
- noun actions counter to the main group activity
countercurrent.
- political crosscurrents disrupted the conference
- noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
- crossbones2/5
crossbones
- noun two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death
- noun two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death
- crampons2/5
crampon
- noun a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects
crampoon.
- noun an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing
climber; climbing iron; crampoon.
- noun a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects
- cresson2/5
cresson
- adjective satellite of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green
cress green; watercress.
- adjective satellite of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green
- crucifying2/5
crucify
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- Jesus Christ was crucified
- verb treat cruelly
bedevil; rag; dun; frustrate; torment.
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- creches2/5
creche
- noun a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
foundling hospital.
- noun a representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem
- noun a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
- croquettes2/5
croquette
- noun minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried
- noun minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried
- crossbred2/5
crossbred
- adjective bred from parents of different varieties or species
- verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
hybridize; interbreed; crossbreed; cross; hybridise.
- cross a horse and a donkey
- Mendel tried crossbreeding
- these species do not interbreed
- adjective bred from parents of different varieties or species
- cruelest2/5
cruel
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
savage; barbarous; vicious; brutal; fell; roughshod.
- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- crazing2/5
craze
- noun an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
rage; fad; furore; cult; furor.
- he always follows the latest fads
- it was all the rage that season
- noun state of violent mental agitation
fury; delirium; frenzy; hysteria.
- noun an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- crazes2/5
craze
- noun an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
rage; fad; furore; cult; furor.
- he always follows the latest fads
- it was all the rage that season
- noun state of violent mental agitation
fury; delirium; frenzy; hysteria.
- noun an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- cravens2/5
craven
- noun an abject coward
recreant; poltroon.
- adjective satellite lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
recreant.
- the craven fellow turned and ran
- a craven proposal to raise the white flag
- this recreant knight"- Spenser
- noun an abject coward
- crudities2/5
crudity
- noun a wild or unrefined state
crudeness; rudeness; primitivism; primitiveness.
- noun an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
crudeness; gaucheness.
- the whole town was famous for its crudeness
- noun a wild or unrefined state
- criterial2/5
criterial
- adjective satellite serving as a basis for evaluation
criterional.
- adjective satellite serving as a basis for evaluation
- croupier2/5
croupier
- noun someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
- noun someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
- cricketing2/5
cricket
- noun leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
- noun a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
- noun leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
- crossbars2/5
crossbar
- noun a horizontal bar that goes across something
- noun game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over
- noun a horizontal bar that goes across something
- cryptogram2/5
cryptogram
- noun a piece of writing in code or cipher
cryptograph; secret writing.
- noun a piece of writing in code or cipher
- cravats2/5
cravat
- noun neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front
- noun neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front
- crafters2/5
crafter
- noun a creator of great skill in the manual arts
craftsman.
- the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen
- noun a creator of great skill in the manual arts
- crones2/5
crone
- noun an ugly evil-looking old woman
beldam; witch; beldame; hag.
- noun an ugly evil-looking old woman
- craves2/5
crave
- verb have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
lust; starve; thirst; hunger.
- verb plead or ask for earnestly
- verb have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- crowed2/5
crow
- noun black birds having a raucous call
- noun the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
- noun black birds having a raucous call
- crichton2/5
crichton
- noun Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582)
The Admirable Crichton; James Crichton.
- noun Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582)
- criminologists2/5
criminologist
- noun a specialist in criminology
- noun a specialist in criminology
- crozier2/5
crozier
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
crosier.
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
- cranberries2/5
cranberry
- noun any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
- noun very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
- noun any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
- crowing2/5
crowing
- noun an instance of boastful talk
crow; vaporing; bragging; brag; line-shooting; gasconade.
- his brag is worse than his fight
- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
- verb dwell on with satisfaction
crow; triumph; gloat.
- noun an instance of boastful talk
- criminalization2/5
criminalization
- noun legislation that makes something illegal
criminalisation.
- the criminalization of marijuana
- noun legislation that makes something illegal
- crosswise2/5
crosswise
- adjective lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction
- a crosswise street
- the crosswise dimension
- adjective satellite in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross
- adjective lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction
- creel2/5
creel
- noun a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish
- noun a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish
- crocus2/5
crocus
- noun any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
- noun any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
- cress2/5
cress
- noun any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
cress plant.
- noun pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
- noun any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
- croton2/5
croton
- noun grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
Codiaeum variegatum.
- noun tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
Croton tiglium.
- noun grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
- crematorium2/5
crematorium
- noun a mortuary where corpses are cremated
crematory.
- noun a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
cremation chamber; crematory.
- noun a mortuary where corpses are cremated
- criticises2/5
criticise
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
knock; pick apart; criticize.
- The paper criticized the new movie
- Don't knock the food--it's free
- verb act as a critic
criticize.
- Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either
- verb find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
- crypts2/5
crypt
- noun a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
- noun a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
- craniotomy2/5
craniotomy
- noun a surgical opening through the skull
- noun a surgical opening through the skull
- cruces2/5
crux
- noun a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
Southern Cross; Crux Australis.
- noun the most important point
crux of the matter.
- noun a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
- crooned2/5
- creaky2/5
creaky
- adjective satellite worn and broken down by hard use
run-down; woebegone; decrepit; derelict; flea-bitten.
- a creaky shack
- a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
- a flea-bitten sofa
- a run-down neighborhood
- a woebegone old shack
- adjective satellite having a rasping or grating sound
screaky.
- creaky stairs
- adjective satellite worn and broken down by hard use
- crazily2/5
crazily
- adverb in an insane manner
insanely; madly; dementedly.
- she behaved insanely
- he behaves crazily when he is off his medication
- the witch cackled madly
- screaming dementedly
- adverb in an insane manner
- cropper2/5
cropper
- noun small farmers and tenants
sharecrop farmer; sharecropper.
- noun small farmers and tenants
- crummy2/5
crummy
- adjective satellite of very poor quality; flimsy
cheap; tinny; punk; bum; sleazy; chintzy; cheesy.
- adjective satellite of very poor quality; flimsy
- crescents2/5
crescent
- noun any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
- adjective satellite resembling the new moon in shape
crescent-shaped; lunate; semilunar.
- noun any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
- crosshairs2/5
crosshairs
- noun a center of interest
- the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs
- noun a center of interest
- cryptically2/5
cryptically
- adverb in a cryptic manner
enigmatically; mysteriously.
- we will meet again," he said cryptically
- adverb in a cryptic manner
- crucifixes2/5
crucifix
- noun representation of the cross on which Jesus died
rood-tree; rood.
- noun a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast supports himself with both arms extended horizontally
- noun representation of the cross on which Jesus died
- creamery2/5
creamery
- noun a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold
- noun a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold
- cricketers2/5
cricketer
- noun an athlete who plays cricket
- noun an athlete who plays cricket
- craigie2/5
craigie
- noun English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966)
Sir William Alexander Craigie; William A. Craigie.
- noun English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966)
- crania2/5
cranium
- noun the part of the skull that encloses the brain
braincase; brainpan.
- noun the part of the skull that encloses the brain
- cricketer2/5
cricketer
- noun an athlete who plays cricket
- noun an athlete who plays cricket
- crabmeat2/5
crabmeat
- noun the edible flesh of any of various crabs
crab.
- noun the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- criminologist2/5
criminologist
- noun a specialist in criminology
- noun a specialist in criminology
- cryosurgery2/5
cryosurgery
- noun the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers)
- noun the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers)
- cryostat2/5
cryostat
- noun a thermostat that operates at very low temperatures
- noun a thermostat that operates at very low temperatures
- craftily2/5
craftily
- adverb in an artful manner
slyly; artfully; knavishly; trickily; cunningly; foxily.
- he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced
- had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?
- adverb in an artful manner
- cretans2/5
cretan
- noun a native or inhabitant of Crete
- noun a native or inhabitant of Crete
- cryptorchidism2/5
cryptorchidism
- noun failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops
cryptorchidy; cryptorchism.
- noun failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops
- crackpot2/5
crackpot
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
screwball; fruitcake; nut case; nut; crank.
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
- crouse2/5
crouse
Brisk; lively; bold; self-complacent. Scot. Burns.
- crocuses2/5
crocus
- noun any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
- noun any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
- cred2/5
cred
- noun credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
street credibility; street cred.
- noun credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
- criminalisation2/5
criminalisation
- noun legislation that makes something illegal
criminalization.
- the criminalization of marijuana
- noun legislation that makes something illegal
- crematoria2/5
crematorium
- noun a mortuary where corpses are cremated
crematory.
- noun a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
cremation chamber; crematory.
- noun a mortuary where corpses are cremated
- crabby2/5
crabby
- adjective satellite annoyed and irritable
grouchy; ill-tempered; crabbed; cross; bad-tempered; grumpy; fussy.
- adjective satellite annoyed and irritable
- creativeness2/5
creativeness
- noun the ability to create
creative thinking; creativity.
- noun the ability to create
- croon2/5
croon
- verb sing softly
- verb sing softly
- credenza2/5
credenza
- noun a kind of sideboard or buffet
credence.
- noun a kind of sideboard or buffet
- crewed2/5
crew
- noun the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
- noun an organized group of workmen
work party; gang.
- noun the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
- crossway2/5
crossway
- noun a junction where one street or road crosses another
crossing; crossroad; intersection; carrefour.
- noun a junction where one street or road crosses another
- creedal2/5
creedal
- adjective of or relating to a creed
credal.
- adjective of or relating to a creed
- crinkly2/5
crinkly
- adjective satellite uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
rippled; wavy; crinkled; wavelike.
- adjective satellite uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
- crossways2/5
crossways
- adverb transversely
crosswise; across.
- the marble slabs were cut across
- noun a junction where one street or road crosses another
crossing; crossroad; intersection; carrefour; crossway.
- adverb transversely
- crataegus2/5
crataegus
(Bot.) A genus of small, hardy trees, including the hawthorn, much used for ornamental purposes.
- crackdowns2/5
crackdown
- noun severely repressive actions
- noun severely repressive actions
- croaker2/5
croaker
- noun the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.
- noun any of several fishes that make a croaking noise
- noun the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.
- cribbage2/5
cribbage
- noun a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
crib.
- noun a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
- crated2/5
crate
- noun a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- noun the quantity contained in a crate
crateful.
- noun a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- crepuscular2/5
crepuscular
- adjective satellite like twilight; dim
- the evening's crepuscular charm
- adjective satellite like twilight; dim
- crotchety2/5
crotchety
- adjective satellite having a difficult and contrary disposition
ornery; cantankerous.
- a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
- adjective satellite having a difficult and contrary disposition
- crinoids2/5
crinoid
- noun primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea
- noun primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk
- crooner2/5
crooner
- noun a singer of popular ballads
balladeer.
- noun a singer of popular ballads
- cran2/5
cran
- noun a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring
- noun a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring
- croppers2/5
cropper
- noun small farmers and tenants
sharecrop farmer; sharecropper.
- noun small farmers and tenants
- crosier2/5
crosier
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
crozier.
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
- credal2/5
credal
- adjective of or relating to a creed
creedal.
- adjective of or relating to a creed
- crisply2/5
crisply
- adverb in a well delineated manner
sharply.
- the new style of Minoan pottery was sharply defined
- adverb in a well delineated manner
- crosse2/5
crosse
- noun a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse
- noun a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse
- credibly2/5
credibly
- adverb easy to believe on the basis of available evidence
plausibly; believably; probably.
- he talked plausibly before the committee
- he will probably win the election
- adverb easy to believe on the basis of available evidence
- creditworthiness2/5
creditworthiness
- noun trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing
- noun trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing
- crossly2/5
crossly
- adverb in an ill-natured manner
grumpily; grouchily.
- she looked at her husband crossly
- adverb in an ill-natured manner
- crus2/5
crus
- noun the leg from the knee to foot
- noun the leg from the knee to foot
- craw2/5
craw
- noun a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
crop.
- noun a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- cristal2/5
cristal
- noun street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
ecstasy; XTC; Adam; go; X; hug drug; disco biscuit.
- noun street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- crees2/5
cree
- noun a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada
- noun the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree
- noun a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada
- crazies2/5
crazy
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
loony; weirdo; looney; nutcase.
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
unhinged; brainsick; demented; disturbed; mad; sick; unbalanced.
- a man who had gone mad
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
- crts2/5
crt
- noun a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
cathode-ray tube.
- noun a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
- crofters2/5
crofter
- noun an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain
- noun an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain
- crura2/5
crus
- noun the leg from the knee to foot
- noun the leg from the knee to foot
- cryptococcosis2/5
cryptococcosis
- noun a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system
- noun a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system
- creditably2/5
creditably
- adverb to a tolerably worthy extent
respectably.
- he did respectably well for his age
- adverb to a tolerably worthy extent
- crappie2/5
crappie
- noun small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers
- noun small sunfishes of central United States rivers
- noun small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers
- crosswind2/5
crosswind
- noun wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
- noun wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
- crocodilians2/5
crocodilian
- noun extant archosaurian reptile
crocodilian reptile.
- noun extant archosaurian reptile
- crestfallen2/5
crestfallen
- adjective satellite brought low in spirit
chapfallen; chopfallen; deflated.
- left us fatigued and deflated spiritually
- adjective satellite brought low in spirit
- creditworthy2/5
creditworthy
- adjective satellite having an acceptable credit rating
responsible.
- a responsible borrower
- adjective satellite having an acceptable credit rating
- crosswords2/5
crossword
- noun a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
crossword puzzle.
- noun a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
- crural2/5
crural
- adjective of or relating the leg from the knee to the foot
- adjective of or relating the leg from the knee to the foot
- crosstown2/5
crosstown
- adjective satellite going or extending across a town or city
cross-town.
- the crosstown bus
- crosstown traffic
- adverb across a town or city
- he traveled crosstown
- adjective satellite going or extending across a town or city
- crystallinity2/5
- cropland2/5
cropland
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- crunchy2/5
crunchy
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- cressida2/5
cressida
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- cryst2/5
christ
- noun a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
the Nazarene; Jesus of Nazareth; Good Shepherd; Jesus; Saviour; Redeemer; Savior; Deliverer; Jesus Christ.
- noun any expected deliverer
messiah.
- noun a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
- cryptosporidium2/5
- credentialing2/5
credential
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
credentials; certificate; certification.
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
- craik2/5
- cruikshank2/5
cruikshank
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- crompton2/5
- crowder2/5
crowd
- noun a large number of things or people considered together
- a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers
- noun an informal body of friends
bunch; gang; crew.
- he still hangs out with the same crowd
- noun a large number of things or people considered together
- crabbe2/5
crab
- noun decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- noun a quarrelsome grouch
crabby person.
- noun decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- croker2/5
croker
A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron. Obs. Holinshed.
- crossley2/5
- croydon2/5
- cryopreservation2/5
- creolization2/5
creolization
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- crl2/5
- cru2/5
crumb
- noun a very small quantity of something
- he gave only a crumb of information about his plans
- there were few crumbs of comfort in the report
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; dirty dog; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun a very small quantity of something
- cryotherapy2/5
cryotherapy
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- creationists2/5
creationists
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- cricoid2/5
cricoid
(Anat.) Resembling a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts.
- craftspeople2/5
craftspeople
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- cronkite2/5
cronkite
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- creaturely2/5
creature
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
animate being; brute; beast; animal; fauna.
- noun a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
wight.
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- crise2/5
crise
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- crain2/5
crain
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- cris2/5
cris
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- creationist2/5
creationist
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- criseyde2/5
- crum2/5
crumb
- noun a very small quantity of something
- he gave only a crumb of information about his plans
- there were few crumbs of comfort in the report
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; dirty dog; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun a very small quantity of something
- cryptococcus2/5
- crispus2/5
crispus
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- crista2/5
crista
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- crystalloid2/5
crystalloid
Crystal-like; transparent like crystal.
- cruzan2/5
cruzan
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- crea2/5
crea
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- cressy2/5
cressy
Abounding in cresses. The cressy islets white in flower. Tennyson.
- crombie2/5
crombie
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- credentialed2/5
credential
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
credentials; certificate; certification.
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
- crucis2/5
crucis
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- cribriform2/5
cribriform
Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with hokes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; acribriform compress.
- cryptococcal2/5
- cryopreserved2/5
- cranach2/5
cranach
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- crepitus2/5
crepitus
(Med.) (a) The noise produced bu a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels. (b) Same as Crepitation , 2.
- crimen2/5
crimen
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- crois2/5
crois
See Obs.Cross , n.
- creatives2/5
creative
- adjective having the ability or power to create
originative.
- a creative imagination
- adjective satellite promoting construction or creation
- creative work
- adjective having the ability or power to create
- croc2/5
croc
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- cryptosporidiosis2/5
cryptosporidiosis
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- crosslinguistic2/5
crosslinguistic
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- cratered2/5
crater
- noun a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
volcanic crater.
- noun a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
- noun a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
- crosslink2/5
crosslink
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- cristoforo2/5
cristoforo
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- cricothyroid2/5
cricothyroid
(Anat.) Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages.
- cryer2/5
cry
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
shout; call; outcry; vociferation; yell.
- the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
- noun a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
yell.
- a cry of rage
- a yell of pain
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
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- criminogenic2/5
- croplands2/5
croplands
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- cryptogenic2/5
- crips2/5
crips
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- crna2/5
crna
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- creasy2/5
creasy
Full of creases. Tennyson.
- crashaw2/5
- creat2/5
create
- verb make or cause to be or to become
make.
- make a mess in one's office
- create a furor
- verb bring into existence
- The company was created 25 years ago
- He created a new movement in painting
- verb make or cause to be or to become
- crosshair2/5
crosshair
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- croy2/5
croy
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- crescentic2/5
crescentic
Crescent-shaped. "Crescentic lobes." R. Owen.
- cratering2/5
crater
- noun a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
volcanic crater.
- noun a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
- noun a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
- cruellest2/5
cruel
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
savage; barbarous; vicious; brutal; fell; roughshod.
- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- cryoprecipitate2/5
- crispi2/5
crispi
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- cruncher2/5
crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
- noun a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- an end-of-the year crunch
- a financial crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- crossflow2/5
crossflow
To flow across, or in a contrary direction. "His crossflowing course." Milton.
- crystallin2/5
crystalline
- adjective consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
- granite is crystalline
- adjective satellite distinctly or sharply outlined
- crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan
- adjective consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
- craniopharyngioma2/5
craniopharyngioma
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- cristae2/5
- crutcher2/5
crutch
- noun a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
- noun anything that serves as an expedient
- he uses drugs as a psychological crutch
- noun a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
- crip2/5
crip
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- crosslegged2/5
crosslegged
Having the legs crossed.
- crossers2/5
cross
- noun a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- noun a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
crisscross; mark.
- noun a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- crystalloids2/5
crystalloid
Crystal-like; transparent like crystal.
- credere2/5
credere
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- cranially2/5
cranial
- adjective of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain
- cranial pressure
- adjective of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain
- crang2/5
- crosspoint2/5
crosspoint
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- crits2/5
crits
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- cruris2/5
cruris
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- craftsperson2/5
craftsperson
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- crisco2/5
crisco
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- crossbowmen2/5
crossbowman
One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest .
- cres2/5
cres
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- crome2/5
crome
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- creosoted1/5
creosote
- noun a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic
- noun a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood
coal-tar creosote.
- noun a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic
- crumbed1/5
crumb
- noun a very small quantity of something
- he gave only a crumb of information about his plans
- there were few crumbs of comfort in the report
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; dirty dog; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun a very small quantity of something
- creosoting1/5
creosote
- noun a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic
- noun a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood
coal-tar creosote.
- noun a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic
- cryogen1/5
cryogen
- noun a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant
- noun a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant
- crapes1/5
crape
- noun small very thin pancake
crepe; French pancake.
- noun a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface
crepe.
- noun small very thin pancake
- cryogens1/5
cryogen
- noun a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant
- noun a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant
- croakings1/5
croaking
- noun a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
croak.
- verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
- noun a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
- crisped1/5
crisp
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
Saratoga chip; potato chip; chip.
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crease; crinkle; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
- cribbed1/5
crib
- noun baby bed with high sides made of slats
cot.
- noun a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
pony; trot.
- noun baby bed with high sides made of slats
- cribbing1/5
crib
- noun baby bed with high sides made of slats
cot.
- noun a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
pony; trot.
- noun baby bed with high sides made of slats
- cristobalite1/5
cristobalite
- noun a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks
- noun a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks
- crawlspace1/5
crawlspace
- noun low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing
crawl space.
- noun low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing
- criminalizes1/5
criminalize
- verb treat as a criminal
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
illegalise; outlaw; illegalize; criminalise.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
- verb treat as a criminal
- criminalised1/5
criminalise
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
criminalize; illegalise; outlaw; illegalize.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
- cretins1/5
cretin
- noun a person of subnormal intelligence
retard; half-wit; idiot; imbecile; changeling; moron.
- noun a person of subnormal intelligence
- crystallises1/5
crystallise
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
illuminate; straighten out; elucidate; clear; clear up; crystallize; sort out; crystalise; shed light on; crystalize; enlighten.
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
- verb cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
crystalise; crystalize; crystallize.
- crystallize minerals
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- cryolite1/5
cryolite
- noun a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine
Greenland spar.
- noun a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine
- crystallising1/5
crystallise
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
illuminate; straighten out; elucidate; clear; clear up; crystallize; sort out; crystalise; shed light on; crystalize; enlighten.
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
- verb cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
crystalise; crystalize; crystallize.
- crystallize minerals
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- cryobiology1/5
cryobiology
- noun the branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living tissues or organs or organisms
- noun the branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living tissues or organs or organisms
- crams1/5
cram
- verb crowd or pack to capacity
wad; ram; jampack; jam; chock up.
- the theater was jampacked
- verb put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
- cram books into the suitcase
- verb crowd or pack to capacity
- criminalise1/5
criminalise
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
criminalize; illegalise; outlaw; illegalize.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
- criminalising1/5
criminalise
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
criminalize; illegalise; outlaw; illegalize.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
- crystalized1/5
crystalized
- adjective satellite (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar
glace; crystalised; candied.
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
crystallise; illuminate; straighten out; elucidate; clear; clear up; crystallize; sort out; crystalise; shed light on; crystalize; enlighten.
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
- adjective satellite (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar
- crystallizations1/5
crystallization
- noun the formation of crystals
crystallizing; crystallisation.
- noun a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
crystal.
- noun the formation of crystals
- crustose1/5
crustose
- adjective (of lichens) having a thin crusty thallus that adheres closely to the surface on which it is growing
- crustose lichens
- adjective (of lichens) having a thin crusty thallus that adheres closely to the surface on which it is growing
- cracklings1/5
cracklings
- noun the crisp residue left after lard has been rendered
- noun the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
greaves; crackling.
- noun the crisp residue left after lard has been rendered
- cryptogams1/5
cryptogam
- noun formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
- noun formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
- crisping1/5
crisp
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
Saratoga chip; potato chip; chip.
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crease; crinkle; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
- crisscrosses1/5
crisscross
- noun a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
cross; mark.
- verb cross in a pattern, often random
- noun a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- crocked1/5
crocked
- adjective satellite very drunk
pixilated; sozzled; soaked; tight; soused; sloshed; slopped; blotto; plastered; besotted; cockeyed; squiffy; wet; pie-eyed; fuddled; smashed; blind drunk; stiff; loaded; pissed.
- verb release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
crock.
- adjective satellite very drunk
- crystalize1/5
crystalize
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
crystallise; illuminate; straighten out; elucidate; clear; clear up; crystallize; sort out; crystalise; shed light on; enlighten.
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
- verb cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
crystallise; crystalise; crystallize.
- crystallize minerals
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- creolizing1/5
creolize
- verb develop into a creole
- pidgins often creolize
- verb develop into a creole
- crustaceous1/5
crustaceous
- adjective of or belonging to the class Crustacea
crustacean.
- adjective being or having or resembling a hard crust or shell
- adjective of or belonging to the class Crustacea
- criminalises1/5
criminalise
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
criminalize; illegalise; outlaw; illegalize.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
- crankier1/5
cranky
- adjective satellite (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
tender; tippy; crank.
- adjective satellite easily irritated or annoyed
peckish; nettlesome; testy; tetchy; petulant; techy; fractious; irritable; scratchy; pettish; peevish.
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
- adjective satellite (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- crispen1/5
crispen
- verb make brown and crisp by heating
toast; crisp.
- toast bread
- crisp potatoes
- verb make brown and crisp by heating
- crawlspaces1/5
crawlspace
- noun low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing
crawl space.
- noun low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing
- crocking1/5
crock
- noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
smut; soot; lampblack; carbon black.
- noun nonsense; foolish talk
- that's a crock
- noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
- cryptogam1/5
cryptogam
- noun formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
- noun formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
- crescendos1/5
crescendo
- noun (music) a gradual increase in loudness
- verb grow louder
- The music crescendoes here
- noun (music) a gradual increase in loudness
- crosshatched1/5
crosshatched
- adjective satellite shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines
hatched.
- verb shade with multiple crossing lines
crosshatch.
- the draftsman crosshatched the area
- adjective satellite shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines
- crumples1/5
crumple
- verb fall apart
collapse; tumble; break down; crumble.
- the building crumbled after the explosion
- Negotiations broke down
- verb fold or collapse
buckle.
- His knees buckled
- verb fall apart
- crotches1/5
crotch
- noun the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
fork.
- they took the south fork
- he climbed into the crotch of a tree
- noun the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
fork.
- noun the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
- crosspiece1/5
crosspiece
- noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
traverse; crossbeam; trave.
- noun a transverse brace
- noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
- crinkles1/5
crinkle
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
crease; seam; line; wrinkle; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crisp; crease; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
- crinolines1/5
crinoline
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
hoopskirt.
- noun a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
- crimps1/5
crimp
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
plication; crease; fold; bend; flexure.
- a fold in the napkin
- a crease in his trousers
- a plication on her blouse
- a flexure of the colon
- a bend of his elbow
- noun someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
crimper.
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- crosshatch1/5
crosshatch
- noun shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
hachure; hatching; hatch.
- verb shade with multiple crossing lines
- the draftsman crosshatched the area
- noun shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
- crucifixions1/5
crucifixion
- noun the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
- noun the death of Jesus by crucifixion
- noun the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
- crosshatching1/5
crosshatch
- noun shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
hachure; hatching; hatch.
- verb shade with multiple crossing lines
- the draftsman crosshatched the area
- noun shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
- cryonics1/5
cryonics
- noun the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life
- cryonics is more science fiction than serious science
- noun the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life
- crackerjack1/5
crackerjack
- noun someone excellent of their kind
jimhickey; jimdandy.
- he's a jimdandy of a soldier
- noun something excellent of its kind
jimhickey; jimdandy.
- the bike was a jimdandy
- noun someone excellent of their kind
- creeped1/5
creep
- noun someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
weirdy; weirdo; weirdie; spook.
- noun a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- noun someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- crepitation1/5
crepitation
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
crackle; crackling.
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
- crudes1/5
crude
- noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
crude oil; oil; fossil oil; petroleum; rock oil.
- adjective satellite not carefully or expertly made
rough.
- managed to make a crude splint
- a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them
- rough carpentry
- noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- criterions1/5
criterion
- noun a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
measure; touchstone; standard.
- the schools comply with federal standards
- they set the measure for all subsequent work
- noun the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
standard.
- they live by the standards of their community
- noun a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- crossbreed1/5
crossbreed
- noun (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
hybrid; cross.
- a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey
- verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
hybridize; interbreed; cross; hybridise.
- cross a horse and a donkey
- Mendel tried crossbreeding
- these species do not interbreed
- noun (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
- crusaded1/5
crusade
- noun a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
campaign; cause; drive; effort; movement.
- he supported populist campaigns
- they worked in the cause of world peace
- the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
- the movement to end slavery
- contributed to the war effort
- noun any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- noun a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- crapshoot1/5
crapshoot
- noun a risky and uncertain venture
- getting admitted to the college of your choice has become a crapshoot
- noun playing craps
crap game; crap shooting.
- noun a risky and uncertain venture
- crammer1/5
crammer
- noun a student who crams
- noun a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations
- noun a student who crams
- crosspieces1/5
crosspiece
- noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
traverse; crossbeam; trave.
- noun a transverse brace
- noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
- criminate1/5
criminate
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate; impeach; accuse.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb rebuke formally
censure; reprimand.
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
- cretonne1/5
cretonne
- noun an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies
- noun an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies
- cremating1/5
cremate
- verb reduce to ashes
- Cremate a corpse
- verb reduce to ashes
- crochets1/5
crochet
- noun needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
crocheting.
- verb create by looping or crocheting
- crochet a bedspread
- noun needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
- cruddy1/5
cruddy
- adjective satellite characterized by obscenity
smutty; nasty; filthy; foul.
- had a filthy mouth
- foul language
- smutty jokes
- adjective satellite characterized by obscenity
- crossties1/5
crosstie
- noun one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
tie; railroad tie; sleeper.
- the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
- noun one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- cryptogamic1/5
cryptogamic
- adjective of or relating to a cryptogam
cryptogamous.
- adjective of or relating to a cryptogam
- crepitations1/5
crepitation
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
crackle; crackling.
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
- crimper1/5
crimper
- noun someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
crimp.
- noun a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
curler; roller; hair curler.
- a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight
- noun someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
- craniology1/5
craniology
- noun the scientific study of the skulls of various human races
- noun the scientific study of the skulls of various human races
- crossbreeds1/5
crossbreed
- noun (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
hybrid; cross.
- a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey
- verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
hybridize; interbreed; cross; hybridise.
- cross a horse and a donkey
- Mendel tried crossbreeding
- these species do not interbreed
- noun (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
- crimsons1/5
crimson
- noun a deep and vivid red color
ruby; deep red.
- verb turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
blush; redden; flush.
- The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
- noun a deep and vivid red color
- crenelated1/5
crenelate
- verb supply with battlements
crenel; crenellate.
- verb supply with battlements
- cracksman1/5
cracksman
- noun a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
safecracker; safebreaker.
- noun a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
- cretinous1/5
cretinous
- adjective satellite afflicted with cretinism
- adjective satellite afflicted with cretinism
- crinoidea1/5
crinoidea
(Zoöl.) A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea ,Cystoidea ,Comatula .
- crouton1/5
crouton
- noun a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads
- noun a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads
- cricks1/5
crick
- noun a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
wrick; rick; kink.
- noun English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)
Francis Crick; Francis Henry Compton Crick.
- noun a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
- crimsoning1/5
crimson
- noun a deep and vivid red color
ruby; deep red.
- verb turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
blush; redden; flush.
- The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by
- noun a deep and vivid red color
- criminating1/5
criminate
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate; impeach; accuse.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb rebuke formally
censure; reprimand.
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
- craniates1/5
craniate
- noun animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
vertebrate.
- noun animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
- cryptograph1/5
cryptograph
- noun a secret method of writing
secret code; cipher; cypher.
- noun a piece of writing in code or cipher
cryptogram; secret writing.
- noun a secret method of writing
- crookedest1/5
crooked
- verb bend or cause to bend
crook; curve.
- He crooked his index finger
- the road curved sharply
- adjective having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
- crooked country roads
- crooked teeth
- verb bend or cause to bend
- crimpers1/5
crimper
- noun someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
crimp.
- noun a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
curler; roller; hair curler.
- a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight
- noun someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
- crumps1/5
crump
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
scrunch; thud.
- verb bombard with heavy shells
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
- crenellate1/5
crenellate
- verb supply with battlements
crenel; crenelate.
- verb supply with battlements
- crossheads1/5
crosshead
- noun a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
crossheading.
- noun metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth
- noun a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
- crispest1/5
crisp
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
Saratoga chip; potato chip; chip.
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crease; crinkle; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
- crammers1/5
crammer
- noun a student who crams
- noun a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations
- noun a student who crams
- crenation1/5
crenation
- noun one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
scallop; crenel; crenelle; crenature.
- noun one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
- cryptophyceae1/5
cryptophyceae
- noun motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae
class Cryptophyceae.
- noun motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae
- crenelle1/5
crenelle
- noun one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
scallop; crenel; crenation; crenature.
- noun a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement
crenel.
- noun one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
- crosstie1/5
crosstie
- noun one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
tie; railroad tie; sleeper.
- the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
- noun one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- crispier1/5
crispy
- adjective satellite tender and brittle
crisp.
- crisp potato chips
- adjective satellite tender and brittle
- crotalus1/5
crotalus
(Zoöl.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.
- crybaby1/5
crybaby
- noun a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
chicken; wimp.
- noun a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
squawker; moaner; sniveller; complainer; whiner; grumbler; bellyacher.
- noun a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
- crassostrea1/5
crassostrea
- noun Virginia oysters
genus Crassostrea.
- noun Virginia oysters
- cryptographers1/5
cryptographer
- noun decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
cryptanalyst; cryptologist.
- noun decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
- crapper1/5
crapper
- noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
throne; toilet; commode; stool; potty; can; pot.
- noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- credos1/5
credo
- noun any system of principles or beliefs
creed.
- noun any system of principles or beliefs
- cruciferae1/5
cruciferae
- noun a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives
mustard family; Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae.
- noun a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives
- cringes1/5
cringe
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; flinch; recoil; wince; quail; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- verb show submission or fear
fawn; crawl; grovel; cower; creep.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
- cruet1/5
cruet
- noun bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table
crewet.
- noun bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table
- crosswalks1/5
crosswalk
- noun a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
crossing; crossover.
- noun a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- crenellations1/5
crenellation
- noun a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
battlement; crenelation.
- noun the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
crenelation.
- noun a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
- crinoid1/5
crinoid
- noun primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea
- noun primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk
- crosscuts1/5
crosscut
- noun a diagonal path
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
cutoff; shortcut.
- noun a diagonal path
- cryptographer1/5
cryptographer
- noun decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
cryptanalyst; cryptologist.
- noun decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
- cratons1/5
craton
- noun the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian
- noun the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian
- cryptanalysts1/5
cryptanalyst
- noun decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
cryptographer; cryptologist.
- noun decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
- crankiness1/5
crankiness
- noun a fussy and eccentric disposition
crotchetiness; grumpiness; contrariness.
- noun a fussy and eccentric disposition
- crocket1/5
crocket
- noun an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable
- noun an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable
- crafter1/5
crafter
- noun a creator of great skill in the manual arts
craftsman.
- the jewelry was made by internationally famous craftsmen
- noun a creator of great skill in the manual arts
- crotalaria1/5
crotalaria
- noun any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops
rattlebox.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops
- crocodylus1/5
crocodylus
- noun type genus of the Crocodylidae
genus Crocodilus; genus Crocodylus; Crocodilus.
- noun type genus of the Crocodylidae
- cryptologic1/5
cryptologic
- adjective of or relating to cryptanalysis
cryptanalytic; cryptographic; cryptological; cryptographical.
- adjective of or relating to cryptanalysis
- crueler1/5
cruel
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
savage; barbarous; vicious; brutal; fell; roughshod.
- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- cryptanalyst1/5
cryptanalyst
- noun decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
cryptographer; cryptologist.
- noun decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
- crucifer1/5
crucifer
- noun any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
cruciferous plant.
- noun any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
- crapped1/5
crap
- noun obscene terms for feces
poop; dirt; shite; turd; shit.
- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
horseshit; Irish bull; dogshit; bull; bullshit; shit.
- I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
- what he said was mostly bull
- noun obscene terms for feces
- cruets1/5
cruet
- noun bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table
crewet.
- noun bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table
- cronyn1/5
cronyn
- noun Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003)
Hume Cronyn; Hume Blake Cronyn.
- noun Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003)
- cryptanalytic1/5
cryptanalytic
- adjective of or relating to cryptanalysis
cryptographic; cryptologic; cryptological; cryptographical.
- adjective of or relating to cryptanalysis
- cryptomeria1/5
cryptomeria
- noun Japanese cedar; sugi
genus Cryptomeria.
- noun Japanese cedar; sugi
- crucifers1/5
crucifer
- noun any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
cruciferous plant.
- noun any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
- crocuta1/5
crocuta
- noun a genus of Hyaenidae
genus Crocuta.
- noun a genus of Hyaenidae
- cryptograms1/5
cryptogram
- noun a piece of writing in code or cipher
cryptograph; secret writing.
- noun a piece of writing in code or cipher
- crooking1/5
crook
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
malefactor; outlaw; criminal; felon.
- noun a circular segment of a curve
twist; bend; turn.
- a bend in the road
- a crook in the path
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- creamers1/5
creamer
- noun a small pitcher for serving cream
cream pitcher.
- noun a small pitcher for serving cream
- crasher1/5
crasher
- noun someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying
gatecrasher; unwelcome guest.
- noun someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying
- creamier1/5
creamy
- adjective satellite of the color of cream
- creamy translucent pebbles
- adjective satellite thick like cream
- adjective satellite of the color of cream
- crashers1/5
crasher
- noun someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying
gatecrasher; unwelcome guest.
- noun someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying
- cringle1/5
cringle
- noun fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
eyelet; grommet; grummet; loop.
- noun fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
- croupiers1/5
croupier
- noun someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
- noun someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
- crangon1/5
crangon
- noun type genus of the family Crangonidae
genus Crangon.
- noun type genus of the family Crangonidae
- crossness1/5
crossness
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
irritability; choler; fretfulness; petulance; peevishness; fussiness.
- noun a disposition to be ill-tempered
crabbiness; crabbedness.
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
- crampon1/5
crampon
- noun a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects
crampoon.
- noun an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing
climber; climbing iron; crampoon.
- noun a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects
- crenate1/5
crenate
- adjective satellite having a margin with rounded scallops
scalloped; crenated.
- adjective satellite having a margin with rounded scallops
- crapping1/5
crap
- noun obscene terms for feces
poop; dirt; shite; turd; shit.
- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
horseshit; Irish bull; dogshit; bull; bullshit; shit.
- I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
- what he said was mostly bull
- noun obscene terms for feces
- cresols1/5
cresol
- noun any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant
methyl phenol.
- noun any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant
- crescendoed1/5
crescendo
- noun (music) a gradual increase in loudness
- verb grow louder
- The music crescendoes here
- noun (music) a gradual increase in loudness
- crockets1/5
crocket
- noun an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable
- noun an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable
- croquette1/5
croquette
- noun minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried
- noun minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried
- cryonic1/5
cryonic
- adjective of or relating to cryonics
- adjective of or relating to cryonics
- crassula1/5
crassula
- noun type genus of Crassulaceae; herbs and small shrubs having woody stems and succulent aerial parts
genus Crassula.
- noun type genus of Crassulaceae; herbs and small shrubs having woody stems and succulent aerial parts
- crassest1/5
crass
- adjective satellite (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
- adjective satellite (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
- crex1/5
crex
- noun corncrakes
genus Crex.
- noun corncrakes
- cragged1/5
cragged
- adjective satellite having hills and crags
craggy; mountainous; hilly.
- hilly terrain
- adjective satellite having hills and crags
- crassulaceae1/5
crassulaceae
- noun succulent shrubs and herbs
stonecrop family; family Crassulaceae.
- noun succulent shrubs and herbs
- crenulated1/5
crenulated
- adjective satellite having a margin with small rounded teeth
crenulate.
- a crenulate leaf
- adjective satellite having a margin with small rounded teeth
- crayoned1/5
crayon
- noun writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
wax crayon.
- verb write, draw, or trace with a crayon
- noun writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
- crosscurrent1/5
crosscurrent
- noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
tide rip; riptide; rip; countercurrent.
- noun actions counter to the main group activity
countercurrent.
- political crosscurrents disrupted the conference
- noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
- crocodilus1/5
crocodilus
- noun type genus of the Crocodylidae
Crocodylus; genus Crocodilus; genus Crocodylus.
- noun type genus of the Crocodylidae
- crucifies1/5
crucify
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- Jesus Christ was crucified
- verb treat cruelly
bedevil; rag; dun; frustrate; torment.
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- crankcases1/5
crankcase
- noun housing for a crankshaft
- noun housing for a crankshaft
- crybabies1/5
crybaby
- noun a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
chicken; wimp.
- noun a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
squawker; moaner; sniveller; complainer; whiner; grumbler; bellyacher.
- noun a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
- cryptologists1/5
cryptologist
- noun decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
cryptanalyst; cryptographer.
- noun decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
- criticalness1/5
criticalness
- noun a state of critical urgency
criticality; cruciality.
- noun a state of critical urgency
- crasser1/5
crass
- adjective satellite (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
- adjective satellite (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
- crenellation1/5
crenellation
- noun a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
battlement; crenelation.
- noun the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
crenelation.
- noun a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
- credendum1/5
credendum
- noun (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided
article of faith.
- noun (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided
- crenulate1/5
crenulate
- adjective satellite having a margin with small rounded teeth
crenulated.
- a crenulate leaf
- adjective satellite having a margin with small rounded teeth
- cryptologist1/5
cryptologist
- noun decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
cryptanalyst; cryptographer.
- noun decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
- crenated1/5
crenated
- adjective satellite having a margin with rounded scallops
scalloped; crenate.
- adjective satellite having a margin with rounded scallops
- crocodilia1/5
crocodilia
(Zoöl.) An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds.
- cryptological1/5
cryptological
- adjective of or relating to cryptanalysis
cryptanalytic; cryptographic; cryptologic; cryptographical.
- adjective of or relating to cryptanalysis
- crookback1/5
crookback
- noun a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
hunchback; humpback.
- adjective satellite characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
kyphotic; humped; hunchbacked; crookbacked; humpbacked; gibbous.
- noun a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
- credenda1/5
credendum
- noun (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided
article of faith.
- noun (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided
- crapulous1/5
crapulous
- adjective satellite suffering from excessive eating or drinking
crapulent.
- crapulent sleep
- a crapulous stomach
- adjective satellite given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking
- a crapulous old reprobate
- adjective satellite suffering from excessive eating or drinking
- crotalidae1/5
crotalidae
- noun New World vipers: pit vipers
family Crotalidae.
- noun New World vipers: pit vipers
- cronartium1/5
cronartium
- noun rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns
genus Cronartium.
- noun rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns
- crescendoing1/5
crescendo
- noun (music) a gradual increase in loudness
- verb grow louder
- The music crescendoes here
- noun (music) a gradual increase in loudness
- creatin1/5
creatin
- noun an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction
creatine.
- noun an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction
- cricetidae1/5
cricetidae
- noun mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
family Cricetidae.
- noun mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
- crax1/5
crax
- noun type genus of the Cracidae: curassows
genus Crax.
- noun type genus of the Cracidae: curassows
- cruciality1/5
cruciality
- noun a state of critical urgency
criticalness; criticality.
- noun a state of critical urgency
- cricetus1/5
cricetus
- noun type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters
genus Cricetus.
- noun type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters
- crocodylia1/5
crocodylia
- noun crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials
Crocodilia; order Crocodilia; order Crocodylia.
- noun crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials
- crewelwork1/5
crewelwork
- noun embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn
- noun embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn
- creamiest1/5
creamy
- adjective satellite of the color of cream
- creamy translucent pebbles
- adjective satellite thick like cream
- adjective satellite of the color of cream
- croups1/5
croup
- noun a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing
spasmodic laryngitis.
- noun the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
croupe; hindquarters; rump.
- noun a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing
- cronk1/5
cronk
- verb utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
croak.
- verb cry like a goose
honk.
- The geese were honking
- verb utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
- crematory1/5
crematory
- noun a mortuary where corpses are cremated
crematorium.
- noun a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
cremation chamber; crematorium.
- noun a mortuary where corpses are cremated
- crosser1/5
cross
- noun a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- noun a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
crisscross; mark.
- noun a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- creese1/5
creese
- noun a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
crease; kris.
- noun a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
- crossbeam1/5
crossbeam
- noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
crosspiece; traverse; trave.
- noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
- crumpets1/5
crumpet
- noun a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle
- noun a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle
- cryptographically1/5
cryptographically
- adverb in a cryptographic manner
- adverb in a cryptographic manner
- crupper1/5
crupper
- noun a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward
- noun a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward
- crackpots1/5
crackpot
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
screwball; fruitcake; nut case; nut; crank.
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
- creameries1/5
creamery
- noun a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold
- noun a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold
- croons1/5
- crossbeams1/5
crossbeam
- noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
crosspiece; traverse; trave.
- noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
- crating1/5
crate
- noun a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- noun the quantity contained in a crate
crateful.
- noun a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping
- crumpet1/5
crumpet
- noun a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle
- noun a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle
- cromlech1/5
cromlech
- noun a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone
portal tomb; dolmen.
- noun a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone
- crassness1/5
crassness
- noun the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement
crassitude.
- noun the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement
- crewing1/5
crew
- noun the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
- noun an organized group of workmen
work party; gang.
- noun the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
- crooners1/5
crooner
- noun a singer of popular ballads
balladeer.
- noun a singer of popular ballads
- croakers1/5
croaker
- noun the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.
- noun any of several fishes that make a croaking noise
- noun the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.
- crixivan1/5
crixivan
- noun a protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV
indinavir.
- noun a protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV
- cresses1/5
cress
- noun any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
cress plant.
- noun pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
- noun any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
- creaminess1/5
creaminess
- noun the property of having the thickness of heavy cream
soupiness.
- noun the property of having the thickness of heavy cream
- crematoriums1/5
crematorium
- noun a mortuary where corpses are cremated
crematory.
- noun a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
cremation chamber; crematory.
- noun a mortuary where corpses are cremated
- creels1/5
creel
- noun a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish
- noun a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish
- croaky1/5
croaky
- adjective satellite like the sounds of frogs and crows
guttural.
- a guttural voice
- acres of guttural frogs
- adjective satellite like the sounds of frogs and crows
- crystallographers1/5
crystallographer
- noun a specialist in crystallography
- noun a specialist in crystallography
- cranesbill1/5
cranesbill
- noun any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium
crane's bill.
- noun any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium
- credences1/5
credence
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
acceptance.
- he gave credence to the gossip
- acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
- noun a kind of sideboard or buffet
credenza.
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- crawdad1/5
crawdad
- noun tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
crawfish; ecrevisse; crayfish.
- noun small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
crawfish; crayfish; crawdaddy.
- noun tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
- crystallographer1/5
crystallographer
- noun a specialist in crystallography
- noun a specialist in crystallography
- crawdads1/5
crawdad
- noun tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
crawfish; ecrevisse; crayfish.
- noun small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
crawfish; crayfish; crawdaddy.
- noun tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
- cromlechs1/5
cromlech
- noun a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone
portal tomb; dolmen.
- noun a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone
- crans1/5
cran
- noun a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring
- noun a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring
- crambe1/5
crambe
A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme. I saw in one corner . . . a cluster of men and women,diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I heard several double rhymes . . . which raised a great deal of mirth. Addison.
- craniometry1/5
craniometry
- noun the branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts
- noun the branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts
- crepuscule1/5
crepuscule
- noun the time of day immediately following sunset
crepuscle; dusk; fall; gloaming; gloam; evenfall; nightfall; twilight.
- he loved the twilight
- they finished before the fall of night
- noun the time of day immediately following sunset
- crematories1/5
crematory
- noun a mortuary where corpses are cremated
crematorium.
- noun a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
cremation chamber; crematorium.
- noun a mortuary where corpses are cremated
- craftier1/5
crafty
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; wily; knavish; sly; slick; foxy; guileful; tricksy; dodgy; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
- crapaud1/5
crapaud
- noun large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog
Leptodactylus pentadactylus; South American bullfrog.
- noun large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog
- craniums1/5
cranium
- noun the part of the skull that encloses the brain
braincase; brainpan.
- noun the part of the skull that encloses the brain
- crayfishes1/5
crayfish
- noun warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
rock lobster; spiny lobster; langouste.
- noun tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
crawfish; ecrevisse; crawdad.
- noun warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
- cruxes1/5
crux
- noun a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
Southern Cross; Crux Australis.
- noun the most important point
crux of the matter.
- noun a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
- craftiest1/5
crafty
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; wily; knavish; sly; slick; foxy; guileful; tricksy; dodgy; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
- craniotomies1/5
craniotomy
- noun a surgical opening through the skull
- noun a surgical opening through the skull
- crowberry1/5
crowberry
- noun a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit
- noun a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit
- cryostats1/5
cryostat
- noun a thermostat that operates at very low temperatures
- noun a thermostat that operates at very low temperatures
- criminologies1/5
criminology
- noun the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
- noun the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
- crepis1/5
crepis
- noun hawk's-beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere
genus Crepis.
- noun hawk's-beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere
- croupe1/5
croupe
- noun the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
croup; hindquarters; rump.
- noun the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
- crosiers1/5
crosier
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
crozier.
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
- creepier1/5
creepy
- adjective satellite annoying and unpleasant
- some creepy kids were bothering her
- adjective satellite causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
creepy-crawly.
- a creepy story
- I had a creepy-crawly feeling
- adjective satellite annoying and unpleasant
- credulousness1/5
credulousness
- noun tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived
gullibility.
- noun tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived
- crocketed1/5
crocketed
- adjective satellite (of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage)
- a crocketed spire
- adjective satellite (of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage)
- creds1/5
cred
- noun credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
street credibility; street cred.
- noun credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
- creepiest1/5
creepy
- adjective satellite annoying and unpleasant
- some creepy kids were bothering her
- adjective satellite causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
creepy-crawly.
- a creepy story
- I had a creepy-crawly feeling
- adjective satellite annoying and unpleasant
- crotons1/5
croton
- noun grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
Codiaeum variegatum.
- noun tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
Croton tiglium.
- noun grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
- crescentia1/5
crescentia
- noun a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches
genus Crescentia.
- noun a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches
- croziers1/5
crozier
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
crosier.
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
- creativities1/5
creativity
- noun the ability to create
creativeness; creative thinking.
- noun the ability to create
- cryptobiotic1/5
cryptobiotic
- adjective of or related to the state of cryptobiosis
- adjective of or related to the state of cryptobiosis
- crewes1/5
crew
- noun the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
- noun an organized group of workmen
work party; gang.
- noun the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
- cruiserweight1/5
cruiserweight
- noun a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds
light heavyweight.
- noun a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds
- crofter1/5
crofter
- noun an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain
- noun an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain
- crabapple1/5
crabapple
- noun any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms
crab apple; cultivated crab apple.
- noun any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit
crab apple; wild apple.
- noun any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms
- crushingly1/5
crushingly
- adverb in a crushing manner
- the team was crushingly defeated
- adverb in a crushing manner
- crocodilian1/5
crocodilian
- noun extant archosaurian reptile
crocodilian reptile.
- noun extant archosaurian reptile
- crosswinds1/5
crosswind
- noun wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
- noun wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
- crankshafts1/5
crankshaft
- noun a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank
- noun a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank
- crosscheck1/5
crosscheck
- noun an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources
- noun an illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick)
- noun an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources
- crudites1/5
crudites
- noun raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip
- noun raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip
- crappies1/5
crappie
- noun small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers
- noun small sunfishes of central United States rivers
- noun small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers
- cremains1/5
cremains
- noun the remains of a dead body after cremation
- noun the remains of a dead body after cremation
- crullers1/5
cruller
- noun small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
twister.
- noun small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
- craniometric1/5
craniometric
- adjective of or relating to craniometry
craniometrical.
- adjective of or relating to craniometry
- cruller1/5
cruller
- noun small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
twister.
- noun small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
- creepiness1/5
creepiness
- noun an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin
- noun an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin
- craws1/5
craw
- noun a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
crop.
- noun a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- crabwise1/5
crabwise
- adjective satellite (of movement) at an angle
sideways.
- adjective satellite (of movement) at an angle
- creakily1/5
creakily
- adverb in a creaky manner
screakily; creakingly.
- the old boat was moving along creakily
- adverb in a creaky manner
- crackbrained1/5
crackbrained
- adjective satellite insanely irresponsible
idiotic.
- an idiotic idea
- adjective satellite insanely irresponsible
- credulities1/5
- crake1/5
crake
- noun any of several short-billed Old World rails
- noun any of several short-billed Old World rails
- crawdaddy1/5
crawdaddy
- noun small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
crawfish; crayfish; crawdad.
- noun small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
- credulously1/5
credulously
- adverb in a credulous manner
believingly.
- the children followed the teacher credulously
- adverb in a credulous manner
- croupy1/5
croupy
- adjective resembling or arising from or indicating croup
- adjective resembling or arising from or indicating croup
- crakes1/5
crake
- noun any of several short-billed Old World rails
- noun any of several short-billed Old World rails
- crossbill1/5
crossbill
- noun finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed
Loxia curvirostra.
- noun finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed
- crossbills1/5
crossbill
- noun finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed
Loxia curvirostra.
- noun finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed
- crookneck1/5
crookneck
- noun yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin
summer crookneck; crookneck squash.
- noun yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin
- crannied1/5
crannied
- adjective having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones)
- a crannied wall
- adjective having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones)
- crownless1/5
crownless
- adjective not (especially not yet) provided with a crown
uncrowned.
- the uncrowned king
- adjective not (especially not yet) provided with a crown
- cruce1/5
cruce
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- crocs1/5
- crestal1/5
crestal
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- creston1/5
creston
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- crystallizer1/5
crystallize
- verb cause to take on a definite and clear shape
crystallise; crystalise; crystalize.
- He tried to crystallize his thoughts
- verb make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
crystallise; illuminate; straighten out; elucidate; clear; clear up; sort out; crystalise; shed light on; crystalize; enlighten.
- Could you clarify these remarks?
- Clear up the question of who is at fault
- verb cause to take on a definite and clear shape
- creational1/5
creational
Of or pertaining to creation.
- cresset1/5
cresset
An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions. Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus. Milton.
As a cresset true that darts its length Of beamy luster from a tower of strength. Wordsworth.
- crut1/5
crut
The rough, shaggy part of oak bark.
- craftwork1/5
craftwork
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- cristata1/5
cristata
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- crossmatch1/5
crossmatch
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- crayola1/5
crayola
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- cripes1/5
cripes
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- crassly1/5
crass
- adjective satellite (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
- adjective satellite (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
- craver1/5
crave
- verb have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
lust; starve; thirst; hunger.
- verb plead or ask for earnestly
- verb have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- crostini1/5
- cristatus1/5
cristatus
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- cryoprotectant1/5
cryoprotectant
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- crofting1/5
croft
- noun a small farm worked by a crofter
- noun a small farm worked by a crofter
- creekside1/5
- crow's1/5
crow
- noun black birds having a raucous call
- noun the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
- noun black birds having a raucous call
- crossbite1/5
crossbite
A deeption; a cheat. Obs.
- creagh1/5
- crawly1/5
craw
- noun a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
crop.
- noun a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
- crampy1/5
- cremaster1/5
cremaster
(Anat.) A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.
- crashworthiness1/5
- crackly1/5
crack
- noun a long narrow opening
crevice; cleft; scissure; fissure.
- noun a narrow opening
gap.
- he opened the window a crack
- noun a long narrow opening
- creen1/5
creen
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- crile1/5
crile
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- crewmates1/5
- craniopharyngiomas1/5
craniopharyngiomas
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- cricoarytenoid1/5
- craniectomy1/5
- creolisation1/5
- crewel1/5
crewel
Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.
- crassipes1/5
crassipes
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- croisade1/5
croisade
A holy war; a crusade. Obs. Bacon.
- criminalist1/5
criminalist
One versed in criminal law. R.
- crannog1/5
crannog
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- cricopharyngeal1/5
- criolla1/5
criolla
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- creatureliness1/5
- croucher1/5
crouch
- noun the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
- verb bend one's back forward from the waist on down
stoop; bend; bow.
- he crouched down
- She bowed before the Queen
- The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
- noun the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
- crocidolite1/5
crocidolite
(Min.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus . A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow browntiger-eye of the jewelers.
- cryoprotectants1/5
- criminalistics1/5
- criterium1/5
- crewcut1/5
crewcut
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- cryosphere1/5
- crowl1/5
crowl
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- cruzado1/5
cruzado
A coin. See Crusado .
- creem1/5
creem
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- crystallographically1/5
crystallographically
In the manner of crystallography.
- cric1/5
cric
The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp. Knight.
- cratonic1/5
cratonic
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- crossette1/5
crossette
(Arch.) (a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon ,ear ,elbow .(b) The shoulder of a joggled keystone.
- cremasteric1/5
cremasteric
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the .cremasteric artery
- cruzeiro1/5
cruzeiro
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creuse
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croze
A cooper's tool for making the grooves for the heads of casks, etc.; also, the groove itself.
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crook
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
malefactor; outlaw; criminal; felon.
- noun a circular segment of a curve
twist; bend; turn.
- a bend in the road
- a crook in the path
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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creta
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cristy
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crue
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crimination
The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint. The criminations and recriminations of the adverse parties. Macaulay.
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crackhead
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crucian
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crenata
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creux
Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the design.
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crueller
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crikey
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cresyl
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crispa
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crystallizable
Capable of being crystallized; that may be formed into crystals.
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crispum
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crunchers
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cruzado
A coin. See Crusado .
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cross
- noun a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- noun a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
crisscross; mark.
- noun a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
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craigs
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creditability
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crail
A creel or osier basket.
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cryptorchid
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cryosurgical
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crosslinguistically
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cresc
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crowd
- noun a large number of things or people considered together
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- noun an informal body of friends
bunch; gang; crew.
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- noun a large number of things or people considered together
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crablike
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crinum
(Bot.) A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.
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crame
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croci
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crankpin
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cryptocrystalline
(Geol.) Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope.
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craven
- noun an abject coward
recreant; poltroon.
- adjective satellite lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
recreant.
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- a craven proposal to raise the white flag
- this recreant knight"- Spenser
- noun an abject coward
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cripe
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crowdy
A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water; food of the porridge kind. Scot.
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craftswomen
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crosstrees
(Naut.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."
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croze
A cooper's tool for making the grooves for the heads of casks, etc.; also, the groove itself.
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croise
A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross. Obs.
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crimine
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cruft
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cruzeiros
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croute
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crown
- noun the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
- noun the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
- the colonies revolted against the Crown
- noun the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
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crumple
- verb fall apart
collapse; tumble; break down; crumble.
- the building crumbled after the explosion
- Negotiations broke down
- verb fold or collapse
buckle.
- His knees buckled
- verb fall apart
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crackheads
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crin
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crabeater
(Zoöl.) (a) The cobia. (b) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States ( Hadropterus nigrofasciatus ).(c) A small European heron ( Ardea minuta , and other allied species).
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croche
A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.
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crosscheck
- noun an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources
- noun an illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick)
- noun an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources
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creatable
That may be created.
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crossclaim
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creepage
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crimina
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cryptosporidia
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crabber
One who catches crabs.
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crassifolia
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crystallinum
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creaser
A tool, or a sewing-mashine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.
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crispbread
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crowdedness
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crutch
- noun a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
- noun anything that serves as an expedient
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- noun a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
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cresset
An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions. Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus. Milton.
As a cresset true that darts its length Of beamy luster from a tower of strength. Wordsworth.
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crosscheck
- noun an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources
- noun an illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick)
- noun an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources
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croissante
(Her.) Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.
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crewmate
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crim
To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy apperance to; as, to . Cf.crimp the border of a cap; tocrimp a ruffleCrisp .The comely hostess in a crimped cap. W. Irving.
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crushable
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crane
- noun United States writer (1871-1900)
Stephen Crane.
- noun United States poet (1899-1932)
Hart Crane; Harold Hart Crane.
- noun United States writer (1871-1900)
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cramoisy
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crout
See Sourkrout .
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crepitans
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crummy
- adjective satellite of very poor quality; flimsy
cheap; tinny; punk; bum; sleazy; chintzy; cheesy.
- adjective satellite of very poor quality; flimsy
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criticizable
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creda
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crine
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crimini
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crevalle
(Zoöl.) (a) The cavally or jurel. SeeCavally , andJurel .(b) The pompano ( Trachynotus Carolinus ).
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crop
- noun the yield from plants in a single growing season
harvest.
- noun a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
- noun the yield from plants in a single growing season
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crunk
To cry like a crane. Obs. "The crane crunketh." Withals (1608).
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cranage
The liberty of using a crane, as for loading and unloading vessels.
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crose
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creature
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
animate being; brute; beast; animal; fauna.
- noun a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
wight.
- noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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cracky
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creepy
- adjective satellite annoying and unpleasant
- some creepy kids were bothering her
- adjective satellite causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
creepy-crawly.
- a creepy story
- I had a creepy-crawly feeling
- adjective satellite annoying and unpleasant
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creolist
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cretica
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crumby
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crues
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crossarm
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creatural
Belonging to a creature; having the qualities of a creature. R.
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crossbowman
One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest .
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critch
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cremes
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croze
A cooper's tool for making the grooves for the heads of casks, etc.; also, the groove itself.
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crull
Curly; curled. Obs.
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crevice
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
chap; cranny; fissure; crack.
- noun a long narrow opening
cleft; scissure; fissure; crack.
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
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craftswoman
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crucifier
One who crucifies; one who subjects himself or another to a painful trial.
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cristatum
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cravo
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cremator
One who, or that which, cremmates or consumes to ashes.
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crenulation
A minute crenation.
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cryoglobulin
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crocetti
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crunchiness
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crepy
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crinoidal
(Zoöl.) Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing, crinoids.
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crossbred
- adjective bred from parents of different varieties or species
- verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
hybridize; interbreed; crossbreed; cross; hybridise.
- cross a horse and a donkey
- Mendel tried crossbreeding
- these species do not interbreed
- adjective bred from parents of different varieties or species
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crecca
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crippling
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
disabling; incapacitating.
- a crippling injury
- verb deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
stultify; cripple.
- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
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crypta
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cretion
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crotch
- noun the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
fork.
- they took the south fork
- he climbed into the crotch of a tree
- noun the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
fork.
- noun the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
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credential
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
credentials; certificate; certification.
- noun a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
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criminous
Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous. Obs. Holland. --Crim"i*nous*ly , adv.. --Crim"i*nous*ness ,n. Obs.
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creance
Faith; belief; creed. Obs. Chaucer.
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criminalistic
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crackup
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crocin
(Chem.) (a) The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Watts.Gardenia grandiflora .(b) A red powder (called also polychroite ), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus ). SeePolychroite .
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crepitant
Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling.
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crossability
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crase
To break in pieces; to crack. Obs. "The pot was crased." Chaucer.
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crab
- noun decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- noun a quarrelsome grouch
crabby person.
- noun decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
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craniological
Of or pertaining to craniology.
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cruentus
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cruel
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
savage; barbarous; vicious; brutal; fell; roughshod.
- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
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crystalline
- adjective consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
- granite is crystalline
- adjective satellite distinctly or sharply outlined
- crystalline sharpness of outline"- John Buchan
- adjective consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
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crake
- noun any of several short-billed Old World rails
- noun any of several short-billed Old World rails
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cripple
- noun someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
- verb deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
stultify.
- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
- noun someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
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crosa
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crusta
A crust or shell.
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crepon
A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk.
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croupous
(Med.) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrance like that found in membranous croup; as, .croupous laryngitis
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creatorship
State or condition of a creator.
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crossable
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crance
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cryopreserve
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criminol
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cranky
- adjective satellite (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
tender; tippy; crank.
- adjective satellite easily irritated or annoyed
peckish; nettlesome; testy; tetchy; petulant; techy; fractious; irritable; scratchy; pettish; peevish.
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
- adjective satellite (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
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crownland
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cryptonym
A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.
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crayolas
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crustiness
The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness.
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cruenta
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cretic
(Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (--). Bentley.
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crepey
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croo
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cringing
- adjective satellite totally submissive
wormlike; grovelling; groveling; wormy.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; flinch; recoil; wince; quail; cringe; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- adjective satellite totally submissive
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crufts
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crotonic
Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus Croton , or from croton oil.✍ The acid characteristic of croton oil is tiglic or tiglinic acid, a derivative of crotonic acid.
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cresylic
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc.
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crinita
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crines
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crosslet
A small cross. Spenser.
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crimination
The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint. The criminations and recriminations of the adverse parties. Macaulay.
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crasis
(Med.) A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.
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cracovian
Of or pertaining to Cracow in Poland.
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crystal
- noun a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
- noun a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices
- noun a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
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increase
- noun a quantity that is added
addition; gain.
- there was an addition to property taxes this year
- they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks
- noun a change resulting in an increase
- the increase is scheduled for next month
- noun a quantity that is added
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- adjective made greater in size or amount or degree
- verb become bigger or greater in amount
increase.
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- adjective made greater in size or amount or degree
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increasing
- adjective becoming greater or larger
- increasing prices
- verb become bigger or greater in amount
increase.
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- adjective becoming greater or larger
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increase
- noun a quantity that is added
addition; gain.
- there was an addition to property taxes this year
- they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks
- noun a change resulting in an increase
- the increase is scheduled for next month
- noun a quantity that is added
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screen
- noun a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
projection screen; silver screen.
- noun a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
blind.
- they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
- noun a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
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concrete
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- verb cover with cement
- concrete the walls
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
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decrease
- noun a change downward
drop-off; lessening.
- there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided
- there was a sharp drop-off in sales
- noun a process of becoming smaller or shorter
decrement.
- noun a change downward
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- noun a vehicle that can fly
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decreased
- adjective made less in size or amount or degree
reduced.
- verb decrease in size, extent, or range
diminish; fall; decrease; lessen.
- The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
- The cabin pressure fell dramatically
- her weight fell to under a hundred pounds
- his voice fell to a whisper
- adjective made less in size or amount or degree
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decrease
- noun a change downward
drop-off; lessening.
- there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided
- there was a sharp drop-off in sales
- noun a process of becoming smaller or shorter
decrement.
- noun a change downward
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decreasing
- adjective becoming less or smaller
- verb decrease in size, extent, or range
diminish; fall; decrease; lessen.
- The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
- The cabin pressure fell dramatically
- her weight fell to under a hundred pounds
- his voice fell to a whisper
- adjective becoming less or smaller
- described5/5
described
- adjective satellite represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
- the vividly described wars
- verb give a description of
draw; describe; depict.
- He drew an elaborate plan of attack
- adjective satellite represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
- describe5/5
describe
- verb give a description of
draw; depict.
- He drew an elaborate plan of attack
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- verb give a description of
- democracy5/5
democracy
- noun the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
- noun a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
commonwealth; republic.
- noun the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
- describes5/5
describe
- verb give a description of
draw; depict.
- He drew an elaborate plan of attack
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- verb give a description of
- describing5/5
describe
- verb give a description of
draw; depict.
- He drew an elaborate plan of attack
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- verb give a description of
- scripture5/5
scripture
- noun any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
sacred scripture.
- noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions
Christian Bible; Bible; Word; Word of God; Holy Writ; Holy Scripture; Book; Good Book.
- he went to carry the Word to the heathen
- noun any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
- screening5/5
screening
- noun the display of a motion picture
viewing; showing.
- noun fabric of metal or plastic mesh
- noun the display of a motion picture
- scriptures5/5
scripture
- noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions
Christian Bible; Bible; Word; Word of God; Holy Writ; Holy Scripture; Book; Good Book.
- he went to carry the Word to the heathen
- noun any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
sacred scripture.
- noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions
- screw5/5
screw
- noun someone who guards prisoners
jailor; jailer; prison guard; turnkey; gaoler.
- noun a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
- noun someone who guards prisoners
- democratic5/5
democratic
- adjective characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality
- democratic government
- a democratic country
- a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier
- adjective belong to or relating to the Democratic Party
- Democratic senator
- adjective characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality
- secret5/5
secret
- noun something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
- the combination to the safe was a secret
- he tried to keep his drinking a secret
- noun information known only to a special group
arcanum.
- the secret of Cajun cooking
- noun something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
- secretary5/5
secretary
- noun a person who is head of an administrative department of government
- noun an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
secretarial assistant.
- noun a person who is head of an administrative department of government
- discrimination5/5
discrimination
- noun unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
favouritism; favoritism.
- noun the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
secernment.
- noun unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
- sacrifice5/5
sacrifice
- noun the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
forfeit; forfeiture.
- noun personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- noun the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- prescribed5/5
prescribed
- adjective satellite set down as a rule or guide
- verb issue commands or orders for
prescribe; order; dictate.
- adjective satellite set down as a rule or guide
- secrets5/5
secret
- noun something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
- the combination to the safe was a secret
- he tried to keep his drinking a secret
- noun information known only to a special group
arcanum.
- the secret of Cajun cooking
- noun something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
- discretion5/5
discretion
- noun freedom to act or judge on one's own
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
prudence; circumspection; discreetness.
- the servants showed great tact and discretion
- noun freedom to act or judge on one's own
- transcription5/5
transcription
- noun something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
written text.
- noun (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA
- noun something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
- prescription5/5
prescription
- noun directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
- I tried to follow her prescription for success
- noun a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
prescription medicine; prescription drug; ethical drug.
- he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly
- noun directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
- recreation5/5
recreation
- noun an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
diversion.
- scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists
- for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles
- drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation
- noun activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation
refreshment.
- time for rest and refreshment by the pool
- days of joyous recreation with his friends
- noun an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
- bureaucracy5/5
bureaucracy
- noun nonelective government officials
bureaucratism.
- noun a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
- noun nonelective government officials
- description5/5
description
- noun a statement that represents something in words
verbal description.
- noun the act of describing something
- noun a statement that represents something in words
- increasingly5/5
increasingly
- adverb advancing in amount or intensity
more and more; progressively.
- she became increasingly depressed
- adverb advancing in amount or intensity
- sacred5/5
sacred
- adjective concerned with religion or religious purposes
- sacred texts
- sacred rites
- sacred music
- adjective satellite worthy of respect or dedication
- saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling
- adjective concerned with religion or religious purposes
- script5/5
script
- noun a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
playscript; book.
- noun something written by hand
handwriting; hand.
- she recognized his handwriting
- his hand was illegible
- noun a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- descriptions5/5
description
- noun a statement that represents something in words
verbal description.
- noun the act of describing something
- noun a statement that represents something in words
- manuscript5/5
manuscript
- noun the form of a literary work submitted for publication
ms.
- noun handwritten book or document
holograph.
- noun the form of a literary work submitted for publication
- discrete5/5
discrete
- adjective satellite constituting a separate entity or part
distinct.
- a government with three discrete divisions
- on two distinct occasions
- adjective satellite constituting a separate entity or part
- democrats5/5
democrat
- noun a member of the Democratic Party
- noun an advocate of democratic principles
populist.
- noun a member of the Democratic Party
- descriptive5/5
descriptive
- adjective serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
- the descriptive variable
- a descriptive passage
- adjective describing the structure of a language
- descriptive grammar
- adjective serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
- micro5/5
micro
- adjective satellite extremely small in scale or scope or capability
- adjective satellite extremely small in scale or scope or capability
- decree5/5
decree
- noun a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
edict; fiat; order; rescript.
- a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
- verb issue a decree
- The King only can decree
- noun a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- recruitment5/5
recruitment
- noun the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)
enlisting.
- noun the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)
- macro5/5
macro
- noun a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
macro instruction.
- adjective satellite very large in scale or scope or capability
- noun a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
- manuscripts5/5
manuscript
- noun the form of a literary work submitted for publication
ms.
- noun handwritten book or document
holograph.
- noun the form of a literary work submitted for publication
- scrutiny5/5
scrutiny
- noun the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
examination.
- noun a prolonged intense look
- noun the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
- screaming5/5
screaming
- noun sharp piercing cry
screech; screeching; shriek; scream; shrieking.
- her screaming attracted the neighbors
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
shriek; screech; screeching; scream; shrieking.
- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
- noun sharp piercing cry
- acres5/5
acres
- noun extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
land; demesne; landed estate; estate.
- the family owned a large estate on Long Island
- noun a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries
acre.
- noun extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
- incredible5/5
incredible
- adjective beyond belief or understanding
unbelievable.
- at incredible speed
- the book's plot is simply incredible
- adjective beyond belief or understanding
- socrates5/5
socrates
- noun ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)
- noun ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)
- across5/5
across
- adverb to the opposite side
- the football field was 300 feet across
- adverb transversely
crosswise; crossways.
- the marble slabs were cut across
- adverb to the opposite side
- microsoft5/5
microsoft
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- screens4/5
screen
- noun a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
projection screen; silver screen.
- noun a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
blind.
- they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
- noun a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
- scrap4/5
scrap
- noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
bit; fleck; chip; flake.
- a bit of rock caught him in the eye
- noun worthless material that is to be disposed of
trash; rubbish.
- noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- scrambled4/5
scrambled
- adjective satellite thrown together in a disorderly fashion
- a scrambled plan of action
- verb to move hurriedly
scramble.
- The friend scrambled after them
- adjective satellite thrown together in a disorderly fashion
- scraps4/5
scraps
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
food waste; refuse; garbage.
- noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
bit; fleck; chip; flake; scrap.
- a bit of rock caught him in the eye
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
- scramble4/5
scramble
- noun an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
scuffle.
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scamper; scurry.
- noun an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
- inscription4/5
inscription
- noun letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
lettering.
- noun a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
dedication.
- noun letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
- secretion4/5
secretion
- noun the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
secernment.
- noun a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
- noun the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
- microwave4/5
microwave
- noun a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data
- noun kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food
microwave oven.
- noun a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data
- inscriptions4/5
inscription
- noun letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
lettering.
- noun a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
dedication.
- noun letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
- transcript4/5
transcript
- noun something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech
- he read a transcript of the interrogation
- you can obtain a transcript of this radio program by sending a self-addressed envelope to the station
- noun a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
copy.
- noun something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech
- democracies4/5
democracy
- noun the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
- noun a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
commonwealth; republic.
- noun the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
- microorganisms4/5
microorganism
- noun any organism of microscopic size
micro-organism.
- noun any organism of microscopic size
- screws4/5
screw
- noun someone who guards prisoners
jailor; jailer; prison guard; turnkey; gaoler.
- noun a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
- noun someone who guards prisoners
- transcripts4/5
transcript
- noun something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech
- he read a transcript of the interrogation
- you can obtain a transcript of this radio program by sending a self-addressed envelope to the station
- noun a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
copy.
- noun something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech
- screened4/5
screen
- noun a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
projection screen; silver screen.
- noun a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
blind.
- they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
- noun a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
- excretion4/5
excretion
- noun the bodily process of discharging waste matter
elimination; excreting; voiding; evacuation.
- noun waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
excrement; body waste; excretory product; excreta.
- noun the bodily process of discharging waste matter
- increment4/5
increment
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
increase; growth.
- the increase in unemployment
- the growth of population
- noun the amount by which something increases
increase.
- they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- transcribed4/5
transcribed
- adjective satellite recorded for broadcast
canned.
- a transcribed announcement
- canned laughter
- verb write out from speech, notes, etc.
transcribe.
- Transcribe the oral history of this tribe
- adjective satellite recorded for broadcast
- increments4/5
increment
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
increase; growth.
- the increase in unemployment
- the growth of population
- noun the amount by which something increases
increase.
- they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- screwed4/5
screw
- noun someone who guards prisoners
jailor; jailer; prison guard; turnkey; gaoler.
- noun a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
- noun someone who guards prisoners
- secretions4/5
secretion
- noun the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
secernment.
- noun a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
- noun the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
- microbiology4/5
microbiology
- noun the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans
- noun the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans
- antimicrobial4/5
antimicrobial
- noun an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
germicide; disinfectant; antimicrobic.
- adjective satellite capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
antimicrobic.
- noun an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
- acrylic4/5
acrylic
- noun polymerized from acrylonitrile
acrylic fiber.
- noun a glassy thermoplastic; can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives
acrylic resin; acrylate resin.
- noun polymerized from acrylonitrile
- circumscribed4/5
circumscribed
- adjective satellite subject to limits or subjected to limits
limited.
- verb draw a line around
circumscribe.
- He drew a circle around the points
- adjective satellite subject to limits or subjected to limits
- scraped4/5
scrap
- noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
bit; fleck; chip; flake.
- a bit of rock caught him in the eye
- noun worthless material that is to be disposed of
trash; rubbish.
- noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- scraping4/5
scraping
- noun (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
- they collected blood scrapings for analysis
- noun a harsh noise made by scraping
scratching; scrape; scratch.
- the scrape of violin bows distracted her
- noun (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
- sacrifices4/5
sacrifice
- noun the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
forfeit; forfeiture.
- noun personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- noun the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- scratch4/5
scratch
- noun an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
abrasion; excoriation; scrape.
- noun a depression scratched or carved into a surface
slit; prick; incision; dent.
- noun an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- incremental4/5
incremental
- adjective satellite increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
- lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary
- adjective satellite increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
- encryption4/5
encryption
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
encoding.
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
- massacre4/5
massacre
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
butchery; carnage; mass murder; slaughter.
- verb kill a large number of people indiscriminately
mow down; slaughter.
- The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
- scroll4/5
scroll
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
gyre; ringlet; whorl; coil; curl; curlicue; roll.
- noun a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
roll.
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- secrecy4/5
secrecy
- noun the trait of keeping things secret
silence; secretiveness.
- noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
privateness; concealment; privacy.
- noun the trait of keeping things secret
- inscribed4/5
inscribed
- adjective satellite written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface
- verb carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
scratch; inscribe; grave; engrave.
- engrave a pen
- engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's
- the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree
- adjective satellite written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface
- microscopy4/5
microscopy
- noun research with the use of microscopes
- noun research with the use of microscopes
- sacrificed4/5
sacrifice
- noun the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
forfeit; forfeiture.
- noun personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- noun the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- recruit4/5
recruit
- noun a recently enlisted soldier
military recruit.
- noun any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
enlistee.
- noun a recently enlisted soldier
- necrosis4/5
necrosis
- noun the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
gangrene; mortification; sphacelus.
- noun the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
- recruits4/5
recruit
- noun a recently enlisted soldier
military recruit.
- noun any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
enlistee.
- noun a recently enlisted soldier
- endocrine4/5
endocrine
- noun the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
hormone; internal secretion.
- noun any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
ductless gland; endocrine gland.
- noun the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
- prescribe4/5
prescribe
- verb issue commands or orders for
order; dictate.
- verb issue commands or orders for
- prescriptions4/5
prescription
- noun directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
- I tried to follow her prescription for success
- noun a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
prescription medicine; prescription drug; ethical drug.
- he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly
- noun directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
- bureaucrats4/5
bureaucrat
- noun an official of a bureaucracy
administrative official.
- noun an official of a bureaucracy
- secretaries4/5
secretary
- noun a person who is head of an administrative department of government
- noun an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
secretarial assistant.
- noun a person who is head of an administrative department of government
- scratched4/5
scratch
- noun an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
abrasion; excoriation; scrape.
- noun a depression scratched or carved into a surface
slit; prick; incision; dent.
- noun an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- spacecraft4/5
spacecraft
- noun a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun
ballistic capsule; space vehicle.
- noun a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun
- scrub4/5
scrub
- noun dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
bush; chaparral.
- noun the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
scouring; scrubbing.
- noun dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
- scriptural4/5
scriptural
- adjective of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible
biblical.
- biblical names
- biblical Hebrew
- adjective written or relating to writing
- adjective of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible
- consecrated4/5
consecrated
- adjective solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
dedicated; consecrate.
- a life consecrated to science
- the consecrated chapel
- a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
ordinate; consecrate; ordain; order.
- he was ordained in the Church
- adjective solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
- sacrificing4/5
sacrifice
- noun the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
forfeit; forfeiture.
- noun personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- noun the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- secreted4/5
secrete
- verb generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
release.
- secrete digestive juices
- release a hormone into the blood stream
- verb place out of sight; keep secret
- The money was secreted from his children
- verb generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- scratching4/5
scratching
- noun a harsh noise made by scraping
scraping; scrape; scratch.
- the scrape of violin bows distracted her
- verb cause friction
rub; chafe; scratch; fray; fret.
- my sweater scratches
- noun a harsh noise made by scraping
- encrypted4/5
encrypt
- verb convert ordinary language into code
encipher; code; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- scribe4/5
scribe
- noun informal terms for journalists
penman; scribbler.
- noun French playwright (1791-1861)
Augustin Eugene Scribe.
- noun informal terms for journalists
- prescribing4/5
prescribe
- verb issue commands or orders for
order; dictate.
- verb issue commands or orders for
- scribes4/5
scribe
- noun French playwright (1791-1861)
Augustin Eugene Scribe.
- noun informal terms for journalists
penman; scribbler.
- noun French playwright (1791-1861)
- scrolls4/5
scroll
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
gyre; ringlet; whorl; coil; curl; curlicue; roll.
- noun a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
roll.
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- scrape4/5
scrape
- noun a harsh noise made by scraping
scratching; scraping; scratch.
- the scrape of violin bows distracted her
- noun an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
abrasion; excoriation; scratch.
- noun a harsh noise made by scraping
- microbes4/5
microbe
- noun a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
bug; germ.
- noun a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- descriptors4/5
descriptor
- noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
word form; form; signifier.
- the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached
- noun a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
- noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- screamed4/5
scream
- noun sharp piercing cry
screaming; screech; screeching; shriek; shrieking.
- her screaming attracted the neighbors
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
shriek; screech; screeching; screaming; shrieking.
- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
- noun sharp piercing cry
- bureaucratic4/5
bureaucratic
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy
- his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his colleagues
- a bureaucratic nightmare
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy
- scripts4/5
script
- noun a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
playscript; book.
- noun something written by hand
handwriting; hand.
- she recognized his handwriting
- his hand was illegible
- noun a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- scream4/5
scream
- noun sharp piercing cry
screaming; screech; screeching; shriek; shrieking.
- her screaming attracted the neighbors
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
shriek; screech; screeching; screaming; shrieking.
- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
- noun sharp piercing cry
- recruited4/5
recruit
- noun a recently enlisted soldier
military recruit.
- noun any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
enlistee.
- noun a recently enlisted soldier
- microscope4/5
microscope
- noun magnifier of the image of small objects
- the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell
- noun magnifier of the image of small objects
- recreational4/5
recreational
- adjective of or relating to recreation
- a recreational area with a pool and ball fields
- adjective satellite engaged in as a pastime
unpaid; amateur.
- an amateur painter
- gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals
- recreational golfers
- reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating
- unpaid extras in the documentary
- adjective of or relating to recreation
- recruiting4/5
recruit
- noun a recently enlisted soldier
military recruit.
- noun any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
enlistee.
- noun a recently enlisted soldier
- microbial4/5
microbial
- adjective of or involving or caused by or being microbes
microbic.
- microbial warfare
- adjective of or involving or caused by or being microbes
- aristocratic4/5
aristocratic
- adjective satellite belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
blue; blue-blooded; patrician; gentle; aristocratical.
- an aristocratic family
- aristocratic Bostonians
- aristocratic government
- a blue family
- blue blood
- the blue-blooded aristocracy
- of gentle blood
- patrician landholders of the American South
- aristocratic bearing
- aristocratic features
- patrician tastes
- adjective satellite belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- microscopic4/5
microscopic
- adjective of or relating to or used in microscopy
microscopical.
- microscopic analysis
- microscopical examination
- adjective satellite visible under a microscope; using a microscope
microscopical.
- adjective of or relating to or used in microscopy
- ascribed4/5
ascribe
- verb attribute or credit to
impute; assign; attribute.
- We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
- People impute great cleverness to cats
- verb attribute or credit to
- democrat4/5
democrat
- noun an advocate of democratic principles
populist.
- noun a member of the Democratic Party
- noun an advocate of democratic principles
- witchcraft4/5
witchcraft
- noun the art of sorcery
witchery.
- noun the art of sorcery
- 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
- discriminate4/5
discriminate
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart.
- verb treat differently on the basis of sex or race
single out; separate.
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
- democratization4/5
democratization
- noun the action of making something democratic
democratisation.
- noun the action of making something democratic
- subscribers4/5
subscriber
- noun someone who expresses strong approval
ratifier; endorser; indorser.
- noun someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
reader.
- noun someone who expresses strong approval
- discretionary4/5
discretionary
- adjective satellite having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
discretional.
- The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds
- adjective satellite (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed
- discretionary funds
- discretionary income
- adjective satellite having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
- sacrament4/5
sacrament
- noun a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
- noun a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
- accreditation4/5
accreditation
- noun the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards)
- a commission is responsible for the accreditation of medical schools
- noun the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards)
- subscribe4/5
subscribe
- verb offer to buy, as of stocks and shares
- The broker subscribed 500 shares
- verb mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
sign.
- She signed the letter and sent it off
- Please sign here
- verb offer to buy, as of stocks and shares
- decrees4/5
decree
- noun a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
edict; fiat; order; rescript.
- a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
- verb issue a decree
- The King only can decree
- noun a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- lucrative4/5
lucrative
- adjective satellite producing a sizeable profit
moneymaking; remunerative.
- a remunerative business
- adjective satellite producing a sizeable profit
- sacrificial4/5
sacrificial
- adjective used in or connected with a sacrifice
- sacrificial lamb
- adjective used in or connected with a sacrifice
- screams4/5
scream
- noun sharp piercing cry
screaming; screech; screeching; shriek; shrieking.
- her screaming attracted the neighbors
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
shriek; screech; screeching; screaming; shrieking.
- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
- noun sharp piercing cry
- accrued4/5
accrued
- adjective satellite periodically accumulated over time
accumulated.
- accrued interest
- accrued leave
- verb grow by addition
accrue.
- The interest accrues
- adjective satellite periodically accumulated over time
- 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
- accredited4/5
accredited
- adjective satellite given official approval to act
licenced; commissioned; licensed.
- an accredited college
- commissioned broker
- licensed pharmacist
- authorized representative
- verb grant credentials to
recognize; recognise; accredit.
- The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution
- recognize an academic degree
- adjective satellite given official approval to act
- subscriber4/5
subscriber
- noun someone who expresses strong approval
ratifier; endorser; indorser.
- noun someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
reader.
- noun someone who expresses strong approval
- sacraments4/5
sacrament
- noun a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
- noun a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
- decreed4/5
decreed
- adjective satellite fixed or established especially by order or command
ordained; prescribed; appointed.
- at the time appointed (or the appointed time")
- verb issue a decree
decree.
- The King only can decree
- adjective satellite fixed or established especially by order or command
- discriminating4/5
discriminating
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- the discriminating eye of the connoisseur
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart; discriminate.
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- prescriptive4/5
prescriptive
- adjective pertaining to giving directives or rules
normative.
- prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage
- adjective pertaining to giving directives or rules
- subscribed4/5
subscribed
- adjective satellite (of a contract or will or other document) having a signature written at the end
- the subscribed will
- verb offer to buy, as of stocks and shares
subscribe.
- The broker subscribed 500 shares
- adjective satellite (of a contract or will or other document) having a signature written at the end
- ascribe4/5
ascribe
- verb attribute or credit to
impute; assign; attribute.
- We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
- People impute great cleverness to cats
- verb attribute or credit to
- acre4/5
acre
- noun a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries
- noun a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
- noun a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries
- secretly4/5
secretly
- adverb in secrecy; not openly
on the QT; in secret; on the Q.T..
- met secretly to discuss the invasion plans
- the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library
- they arranged to meet in secret
- adverb not openly; inwardly
- they were secretly delighted at his embarrassment
- hoped secretly she would change her mind
- adverb in secrecy; not openly
- subscription4/5
subscription
- noun a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
- noun agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name
- noun a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
- aristocracy4/5
aristocracy
- noun a privileged class holding hereditary titles
nobility.
- noun the most powerful members of a society
gentry.
- noun a privileged class holding hereditary titles
- discriminatory4/5
discriminatory
- adjective being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand
prejudiced.
- a prejudiced judge
- adjective satellite containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
invidious.
- discriminatory attitudes and practices
- invidious comparisons
- adjective being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand
- secretariat4/5
secretariat
- noun an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations
secretariate.
- noun thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1973
- noun an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations
- microphone4/5
microphone
- noun device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
mike.
- noun device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
- macrophages4/5
macrophage
- noun a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
- noun a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
- hypocrisy4/5
hypocrisy
- noun an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
lip service.
- noun insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
- noun an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
- sacramento4/5
sacramento
- noun a city in north central California 75 miles to the northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River; capital of California
capital of California.
- noun a city in north central California 75 miles to the northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River; capital of California
- discreet4/5
discreet
- adjective marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
- his trusted discreet aide
- a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace
- adjective satellite unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
discerning.
- a discerning editor
- a discreet silence
- adjective marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
- idiosyncratic4/5
idiosyncratic
- adjective satellite peculiar to the individual
- we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures
- Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting
- adjective satellite peculiar to the individual
- subscriptions4/5
subscription
- noun a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
- noun agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name
- noun a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time
- macroscopic4/5
macroscopic
- adjective satellite visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye
macroscopical.
- adjective satellite large enough to be visible with the naked eye
macroscopical.
- adjective satellite visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye
- postscript4/5
postscript
- noun a note appended to a letter after the signature
PS.
- noun textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
addendum; supplement.
- noun a note appended to a letter after the signature
- discredit4/5
discredit
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
disrepute.
- your actions will bring discredit to your name
- because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute
- verb cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
- The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
- incredibly4/5
incredibly
- adverb not easy to believe
implausibly; improbably; unbelievably.
- behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains
- adverb exceedingly; extremely
fantastically; fabulously.
- she plays fabulously well
- adverb not easy to believe
- macroeconomic4/5
macroeconomic
- adjective of or relating to macroeconomics
- adjective of or relating to macroeconomics
- 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
- screenplay4/5
screenplay
- noun a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets
- noun a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets
- pancreatic4/5
pancreatic
- adjective of or involving the pancreas
- pancreatic cancer
- adjective of or involving the pancreas
- intracranial4/5
intracranial
- adjective within the skull
- adjective within the skull
- javascript4/5
javascript
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- scribner4/5
scribner
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- transcriptional4/5
transcriptional
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- microstructure4/5
microstructure
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- encrusted3/5
encrusted
- adjective satellite having a hardened crust as a covering
crusty; crusted; crustlike.
- verb cover or coat with a crust
incrust; encrust.
- adjective satellite having a hardened crust as a covering
- scrambling3/5
scramble
- noun an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
scuffle.
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scamper; scurry.
- noun an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
- encroachment3/5
encroachment
- noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
invasion; intrusion.
- an invasion of tourists
- an invasion of locusts
- noun entry to another's property without right or permission
violation; trespass; usurpation; intrusion.
- noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
- encroachments3/5
encroachment
- noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
invasion; intrusion.
- an invasion of tourists
- an invasion of locusts
- noun entry to another's property without right or permission
violation; trespass; usurpation; intrusion.
- noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
- conscription3/5
conscription
- noun compulsory military service
muster; selective service; draft.
- noun compulsory military service
- macromolecules3/5
macromolecule
- noun any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
supermolecule.
- noun any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
- recreate3/5
recreate
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; revivify; reanimate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
play.
- On weekends I play
- The students all recreate alike
- verb give new life or energy to
- accretion3/5
accretion
- noun an increase by natural growth or addition
accumulation.
- noun something contributing to growth or increase
- he scraped away the accretions of paint
- the central city surrounded by recent accretions
- noun an increase by natural growth or addition
- procreation3/5
procreation
- noun the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
breeding; reproduction; facts of life.
- noun the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
- screwing3/5
screwing
- noun slang for sexual intercourse
ass; screw; piece of tail; fucking; shtup; fuck; roll in the hay; nookie; piece of ass; nooky; shag.
- verb have sexual intercourse with
love; fuck; sleep with; have it away; screw; have intercourse; get it on; lie with; hump; make love; make out; get laid; have a go at it; bonk; eff; have sex; jazz; be intimate; know; have it off; bang; bed; do it; roll in the hay; sleep together.
- This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
- Adam knew Eve
- Were you ever intimate with this man?
- noun slang for sexual intercourse
- encroaching3/5
encroaching
- adjective satellite gradually intrusive without right or permission
invasive; trespassing.
- we moved back from the encroaching tide
- invasive tourists
- trespassing hunters
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; impinge; encroach.
- adjective satellite gradually intrusive without right or permission
- supercritical3/5
supercritical
- adjective satellite (especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases
- adjective satellite (especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases
- recreated3/5
recreate
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; revivify; reanimate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
play.
- On weekends I play
- The students all recreate alike
- verb give new life or energy to
- hematocrit3/5
hematocrit
- noun the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit
haematocrit; packed cell volume.
- noun a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood
haematocrit.
- noun the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit
- excrement3/5
excrement
- noun waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
body waste; excretion; excretory product; excreta.
- noun waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
- transcribe3/5
transcribe
- verb write out from speech, notes, etc.
- Transcribe the oral history of this tribe
- verb rewrite in a different script
transliterate.
- The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated
- verb write out from speech, notes, etc.
- microorganism3/5
microorganism
- noun any organism of microscopic size
micro-organism.
- noun any organism of microscopic size
- recreating3/5
recreate
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; revivify; reanimate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
play.
- On weekends I play
- The students all recreate alike
- verb give new life or energy to
- decrement3/5
decrement
- noun the amount by which something decreases
decrease.
- noun a process of becoming smaller or shorter
decrease.
- noun the amount by which something decreases
- scrapped3/5
scrap
- noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
bit; fleck; chip; flake.
- a bit of rock caught him in the eye
- noun worthless material that is to be disposed of
trash; rubbish.
- noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- scrapes3/5
scrape
- noun a harsh noise made by scraping
scratching; scraping; scratch.
- the scrape of violin bows distracted her
- noun an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
abrasion; excoriation; scratch.
- noun a harsh noise made by scraping
- screenings3/5
screening
- noun the display of a motion picture
viewing; showing.
- noun fabric of metal or plastic mesh
- noun the display of a motion picture
- transcribing3/5
transcribe
- verb write out from speech, notes, etc.
- Transcribe the oral history of this tribe
- verb rewrite in a different script
transliterate.
- The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated
- verb write out from speech, notes, etc.
- microwaves3/5
microwave
- noun a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data
- noun kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food
microwave oven.
- noun a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data
- conscripts3/5
conscript
- noun someone who is drafted into military service
draftee; inductee.
- verb enroll into service compulsorily
- The men were conscripted
- noun someone who is drafted into military service
- encroach3/5
encroach
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; impinge.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; entrench.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
- descriptor3/5
descriptor
- noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
word form; form; signifier.
- the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached
- noun a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
- noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- sucrose3/5
sucrose
- noun a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent
saccharose.
- noun a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent
- accrual3/5
accrual
- noun the act of accumulating
accumulation; accruement.
- noun the act of accumulating
- aristocrats3/5
aristocrat
- noun a member of the aristocracy
patrician; blue blood.
- noun a member of the aristocracy
- bureaucracies3/5
bureaucracy
- noun nonelective government officials
bureaucratism.
- noun a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
- noun nonelective government officials
- consecration3/5
consecration
- noun a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal)
- his consecration to study
- noun (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God
- the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church
- noun a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal)
- secrete3/5
secrete
- verb generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
release.
- secrete digestive juices
- release a hormone into the blood stream
- verb place out of sight; keep secret
- The money was secreted from his children
- verb generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- massacres3/5
massacre
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
butchery; carnage; mass murder; slaughter.
- verb kill a large number of people indiscriminately
mow down; slaughter.
- The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
- scratches3/5
scratch
- noun an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
abrasion; excoriation; scrape.
- noun a depression scratched or carved into a surface
slit; prick; incision; dent.
- noun an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- secretory3/5
secretory
- adjective of or relating to or producing a secretion
- a secretory cell
- adjective of or relating to or producing a secretion
- prescribes3/5
prescribe
- verb issue commands or orders for
order; dictate.
- verb issue commands or orders for
- scrubbed3/5
scrubbed
- adjective satellite made clean by scrubbing
- fresh-scrubbed floors
- boys with scrubbed necks and faces
- verb clean with hard rubbing
scrub; scour.
- She scrubbed his back
- adjective satellite made clean by scrubbing
- aristocrat3/5
aristocrat
- noun a member of the aristocracy
patrician; blue blood.
- noun a member of the aristocracy
- scrubbing3/5
scrubbing
- noun the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
scouring; scrub.
- verb clean with hard rubbing
scrub; scour.
- She scrubbed his back
- noun the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
- proscribed3/5
proscribed
- adjective satellite excluded from use or mention
forbidden; tabu; prohibited; verboten; taboo; out.
- forbidden fruit
- in our house dancing and playing cards were out
- a taboo subject
- verb command against
prohibit; forbid; proscribe; disallow; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- adjective satellite excluded from use or mention
- massacred3/5
massacre
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
butchery; carnage; mass murder; slaughter.
- verb kill a large number of people indiscriminately
mow down; slaughter.
- The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
- encrypt3/5
encrypt
- verb convert ordinary language into code
encipher; code; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- mediocrity3/5
mediocrity
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
averageness.
- noun a person of second-rate ability or value
second-rater.
- a team of aging second-raters
- shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
- incriminating3/5
incriminating
- adjective satellite charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
criminatory; criminative; incriminatory.
- incriminatory testimony
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
incriminate; imply; inculpate.
- adjective satellite charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
- screeching3/5
screeching
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
shriek; screech; screaming; scream; shrieking.
- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
- noun sharp piercing cry
screaming; screech; shriek; scream; shrieking.
- her screaming attracted the neighbors
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
- scrolling3/5
scroll
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
gyre; ringlet; whorl; coil; curl; curlicue; roll.
- noun a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
roll.
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- recruiters3/5
recruiter
- noun someone who supplies members or employees
- noun an official who enlists personnel for military service
- noun someone who supplies members or employees
- secreting3/5
secrete
- verb generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
release.
- secrete digestive juices
- release a hormone into the blood stream
- verb place out of sight; keep secret
- The money was secreted from his children
- verb generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- bureaucrat3/5
bureaucrat
- noun an official of a bureaucracy
administrative official.
- noun an official of a bureaucracy
- screech3/5
screech
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
shriek; screeching; screaming; scream; shrieking.
- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
- noun sharp piercing cry
screaming; screeching; shriek; scream; shrieking.
- her screaming attracted the neighbors
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
- handicrafts3/5
handicraft
- noun a work produced by hand labor
handwork; handiwork; handcraft.
- noun a craft that requires skillful hands
- noun a work produced by hand labor
- syncretism3/5
syncretism
- noun the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)
- a syncretism of material and immaterial theories
- noun the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
- noun the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)
- procrastination3/5
procrastination
- noun the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
shillyshally; cunctation.
- noun slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
dilatoriness.
- noun the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
- nondescript3/5
nondescript
- noun a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
- adjective satellite lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
characterless.
- women dressed in nondescript clothes
- a nondescript novel
- noun a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
- transcriptions3/5
transcription
- noun something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
written text.
- noun (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA
- noun something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
- screeched3/5
screech
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
shriek; screeching; screaming; scream; shrieking.
- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
- noun sharp piercing cry
screaming; screeching; shriek; scream; shrieking.
- her screaming attracted the neighbors
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
- recruiter3/5
recruiter
- noun someone who supplies members or employees
- noun an official who enlists personnel for military service
- noun someone who supplies members or employees
- handicraft3/5
handicraft
- noun a work produced by hand labor
handwork; handiwork; handcraft.
- noun a craft that requires skillful hands
- noun a work produced by hand labor
- microbe3/5
microbe
- noun a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
bug; germ.
- noun a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- macromolecular3/5
macromolecular
- adjective relating to or consisting of or characterized by macromolecules
- macromolecular compounds
- adjective relating to or consisting of or characterized by macromolecules
- inscribe3/5
inscribe
- verb carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
scratch; grave; engrave.
- engrave a pen
- engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's
- the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree
- verb register formally as a participant or member
enroll; enter; enrol; recruit.
- The party recruited many new members
- verb carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
- micrometer3/5
micrometer
- noun a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
micron.
- noun caliper for measuring small distances
micrometer caliper; micrometer gauge.
- noun a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
- scrawny3/5
scrawny
- adjective satellite being very thin
underweight; boney; scraggy; skinny; weedy.
- a child with skinny freckled legs
- a long scrawny neck
- adjective satellite inferior in size or quality
stunted; scrubby.
- scrawny cattle
- scrubby cut-over pine
- old stunted thorn trees
- adjective satellite being very thin
- secretes3/5
secrete
- verb generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
release.
- secrete digestive juices
- release a hormone into the blood stream
- verb place out of sight; keep secret
- The money was secreted from his children
- verb generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- consecrate3/5
consecrate
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
ordinate; ordain; order.
- he was ordained in the Church
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
devote; commit; dedicate; give.
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
- discriminations3/5
discrimination
- noun unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
favouritism; favoritism.
- noun the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
secernment.
- noun unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
- microelectronics3/5
microelectronics
- noun the branch of electronics that deals with miniature components
- noun the branch of electronics that deals with miniature components
- acronym3/5
acronym
- noun a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
- noun a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
- accrue3/5
accrue
- verb grow by addition
- The interest accrues
- verb come into the possession of
fall.
- The house accrued to the oldest son
- verb grow by addition
- pancreatitis3/5
pancreatitis
- noun inflammation of the pancreas; usually marked by abdominal pain
- noun inflammation of the pancreas; usually marked by abdominal pain
- discriminated3/5
discriminate
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart.
- verb treat differently on the basis of sex or race
single out; separate.
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
- mediocre3/5
mediocre
- adjective satellite moderate to inferior in quality
second-rate.
- they improved the quality from mediocre to above average
- adjective satellite lacking exceptional quality or ability
middling; average; fair.
- a novel of average merit
- only a fair performance of the sonata
- in fair health
- the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
- the performance was middling at best
- adjective satellite moderate to inferior in quality
- excreted3/5
excrete
- verb eliminate from the body
pass; egest; eliminate.
- Pass a kidney stone
- verb eliminate from the body
- microfilm3/5
microfilm
- noun film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material
- verb record on microfilm
- noun film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material
- scrutinized3/5
scrutinize
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
size up; take stock; scrutinise.
- he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror
- verb examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
audit; inspect; scrutinise.
- audit accounts and tax returns
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
- microprocessor3/5
microprocessor
- noun integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system
- a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit of a microcomputer
- a disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive
- noun integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system
- outcry3/5
outcry
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
cry; shout; call; vociferation; yell.
- the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
- verb shout louder than
outshout.
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- secretive3/5
secretive
- adjective satellite inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
close; tightlipped; closelipped; closemouthed.
- although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it
- adjective satellite inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- macros3/5
macro
- noun a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
macro instruction.
- adjective satellite very large in scale or scope or capability
- noun a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
- scribbled3/5
scribble
- noun poor handwriting
scratch; scrawl; cacography.
- noun an aimless drawing
scrabble; doodle.
- noun poor handwriting
- democratically3/5
democratically
- adverb in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles
- it was decided democratically
- democratically elected government
- adverb in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles
- endocrinology3/5
endocrinology
- noun the branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions
- noun the branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions
- excruciating3/5
excruciating
- adjective satellite extremely painful
agonising; torturous; torturing; agonizing; harrowing; torturesome.
- verb torment emotionally or mentally
torment; excruciate; torture; rack.
- adjective satellite extremely painful
- subscript3/5
subscript
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
inferior.
- adjective written or printed below and to one side of another character
inferior.
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
- inscrutable3/5
inscrutable
- adjective satellite of an obscure nature
cryptical; cryptic; deep; mystifying; mysterious.
- the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
- a deep dark secret
- the inscrutable workings of Providence
- in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson
- rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
- adjective satellite of an obscure nature
- necrotic3/5
necrotic
- adjective relating to or affected by necrosis
- necrotic tissue
- adjective relating to or affected by necrosis
- acronyms3/5
acronym
- noun a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
- noun a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
- wollstonecraft3/5
wollstonecraft
- noun English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women; mother of Mary Shelley (1759-1797)
Mary Wollstonecraft; Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin.
- noun English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women; mother of Mary Shelley (1759-1797)
- accruing3/5
accrue
- verb grow by addition
- The interest accrues
- verb come into the possession of
fall.
- The house accrued to the oldest son
- verb grow by addition
- hippocrates3/5
hippocrates
A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.
- scrutinize3/5
scrutinize
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
size up; take stock; scrutinise.
- he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror
- verb examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
audit; inspect; scrutinise.
- audit accounts and tax returns
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
- skyscrapers3/5
skyscraper
- noun a very tall building with many stories
- noun a very tall building with many stories
- autocracy3/5
autocracy
- noun a political system governed by a single individual
autarchy.
- noun a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
- noun a political system governed by a single individual
- secretarial3/5
secretarial
- adjective of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary's work
- adjective of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary's work
- ascribes3/5
ascribe
- verb attribute or credit to
impute; assign; attribute.
- We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
- People impute great cleverness to cats
- verb attribute or credit to
- screwdriver3/5
screwdriver
- noun a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw
- noun a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice
- noun a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw
- microscopes3/5
microscope
- noun magnifier of the image of small objects
- the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell
- noun magnifier of the image of small objects
- democratisation3/5
democratisation
- noun the action of making something democratic
democratization.
- noun the action of making something democratic
- alacrity3/5
alacrity
- noun liveliness and eagerness
smartness; briskness.
- he accepted with alacrity
- the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him
- noun liveliness and eagerness
- outcrop3/5
outcrop
- noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
rock outcrop; outcropping.
- verb appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground
- Big boulders outcropped
- noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
- subscribing3/5
subscribe
- verb offer to buy, as of stocks and shares
- The broker subscribed 500 shares
- verb mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
sign.
- She signed the letter and sent it off
- Please sign here
- verb offer to buy, as of stocks and shares
- scrawled3/5
scrawl
- noun poor handwriting
scratch; scribble; cacography.
- verb write carelessly
scribble.
- noun poor handwriting
- veracruz3/5
veracruz
- noun a major Mexican port on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Veracruz
- noun a major Mexican port on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Veracruz
- acrid3/5
acrid
- adjective satellite strong and sharp
pungent.
- the pungent taste of radishes
- the acrid smell of burning rubber
- adjective satellite harsh or corrosive in tone
blistering; acerbic; vitriolic; virulent; sulphurous; acerb; sulfurous; caustic; acid; bitter.
- an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
- a barrage of acid comments
- her acrid remarks make her many enemies
- bitter words
- blistering criticism
- caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
- a sulfurous denunciation
- a vitriolic critique
- adjective satellite strong and sharp
- sunscreen3/5
sunscreen
- noun a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn
sunblock; sun blocker.
- noun a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn
- decrepit3/5
decrepit
- adjective satellite worn and broken down by hard use
run-down; woebegone; creaky; derelict; flea-bitten.
- a creaky shack
- a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
- a flea-bitten sofa
- a run-down neighborhood
- a woebegone old shack
- adjective satellite lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
weakly; weak; sapless; feeble; infirm; rickety; debile.
- a feeble old woman
- her body looked sapless
- adjective satellite worn and broken down by hard use
- skyscraper3/5
skyscraper
- noun a very tall building with many stories
- noun a very tall building with many stories
- ascribing3/5
ascribe
- verb attribute or credit to
impute; assign; attribute.
- We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
- People impute great cleverness to cats
- verb attribute or credit to
- decried3/5
decry
- verb express strong disapproval of
excoriate; reprobate; objurgate; condemn.
- We condemn the racism in South Africa
- These ideas were reprobated
- verb express strong disapproval of
- transcriptase3/5
transcriptase
- noun the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA
RNA polymerase.
- noun the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA
- outcrops3/5
outcrop
- noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
rock outcrop; outcropping.
- verb appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground
- Big boulders outcropped
- noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
- scrutinizing3/5
scrutinize
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
size up; take stock; scrutinise.
- he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror
- verb examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
audit; inspect; scrutinise.
- audit accounts and tax returns
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
- scribbling3/5
scribble
- noun poor handwriting
scratch; scrawl; cacography.
- noun an aimless drawing
scrabble; doodle.
- noun poor handwriting
- microprocessors3/5
microprocessor
- noun integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system
- a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit of a microcomputer
- a disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive
- noun integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system
- subscripts3/5
subscript
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
inferior.
- adjective written or printed below and to one side of another character
inferior.
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
- delacroix3/5
delacroix
- noun French romantic painter (1798-1863)
Eugene Delacroix; Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix.
- noun French romantic painter (1798-1863)
- accrues3/5
accrue
- verb grow by addition
- The interest accrues
- verb come into the possession of
fall.
- The house accrued to the oldest son
- verb grow by addition
- antiaircraft3/5
antiaircraft
- noun artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
pom-pom; ack-ack; antiaircraft gun; ack-ack gun; flack; flak.
- adjective satellite designed for defense from a surface position against air attack
- noun artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
- decrypt3/5
decrypt
- verb convert code into ordinary language
decode; decipher.
- verb convert code into ordinary language
- scraper3/5
scraper
- noun any of various hand tools for scraping
- noun any of various hand tools for scraping
- theocracy3/5
theocracy
- noun a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
- noun the belief in government by divine guidance
- noun a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
- incrimination3/5
incrimination
- noun an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
blame; inculpation.
- his incrimination was based on my testimony
- the police laid the blame on the driver
- noun an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- technocrats3/5
technocrat
- noun an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
- noun an advocate of technocracy
- noun an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
- scranton3/5
scranton
- noun an industrial city of northeastern Pennsylvania
- noun an industrial city of northeastern Pennsylvania
- apocrypha3/5
apocrypha
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively. Obs. Locke.
- scribble3/5
scribble
- noun poor handwriting
scratch; scrawl; cacography.
- noun an aimless drawing
scrabble; doodle.
- noun poor handwriting
- superscript3/5
superscript
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
superior.
- adjective written or printed above and to one side of another character
superior.
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
- scripting3/5
script
- noun a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
playscript; book.
- noun something written by hand
handwriting; hand.
- she recognized his handwriting
- his hand was illegible
- noun a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- discredited3/5
discredited
- adjective satellite being unjustly brought into disrepute
damaged.
- a discredited politician
- her damaged reputation
- verb cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
discredit.
- The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary
- adjective satellite being unjustly brought into disrepute
- sacramental3/5
sacramental
- adjective of or relating to or involving a sacrament
- adjective of or relating to or involving a sacrament
- autocratic3/5
autocratic
- adjective satellite offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
magisterial; peremptory; dominating; high-and-mighty; bossy.
- an autocratic person
- autocratic behavior
- a bossy way of ordering others around
- a rather aggressive and dominating character
- managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way
- a swaggering peremptory manner
- adjective satellite characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
authoritarian; dictatorial; despotic; tyrannic; tyrannical.
- an authoritarian regime
- autocratic government
- despotic rulers
- a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
- a tyrannical government
- adjective satellite offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
- indiscriminate3/5
indiscriminate
- adjective satellite failing to make or recognize distinctions
- adjective not marked by fine distinctions
- indiscriminate reading habits
- an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles
- adjective satellite failing to make or recognize distinctions
- sacral3/5
sacral
- adjective of or relating to or near the sacrum
- adjective satellite of or relating to sacred rites
- sacral laws
- adjective of or relating to or near the sacrum
- acreage3/5
acreage
- noun an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)
land area.
- he wanted some acreage to build on
- noun an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)
- microcosm3/5
microcosm
- noun a miniature model of something
- noun a miniature model of something
- acrobat3/5
acrobat
- noun an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
- noun an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
- macrophage3/5
macrophage
- noun a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
- noun a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
- overcrowded3/5
overcrowd
- verb cause to crowd together too much
- The students overcrowded the cafeteria
- verb crowd together too much
- verb cause to crowd together too much
- scrupulous3/5
scrupulous
- adjective having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled
- less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance
- adjective satellite characterized by extreme care and great effort
painstaking; conscientious.
- conscientious application to the work at hand
- painstaking research
- scrupulous attention to details
- adjective having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled
- escrow3/5
escrow
- noun a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition
- noun a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition
- microphones3/5
microphone
- noun device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
mike.
- noun device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
- hypocritical3/5
hypocritical
- adjective satellite professing feelings or virtues one does not have
- hypocritical praise
- adjective satellite professing feelings or virtues one does not have
- scruples3/5
scruples
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
conscience; sense of right and wrong; moral sense.
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
scruple.
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
- mimicry3/5
mimicry
- noun the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
apery.
- noun the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators
- noun the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
- scarecrow3/5
scarecrow
- noun an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
scarer; bird-scarer; strawman; straw man.
- noun an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
- scripted3/5
scripted
- adjective written as for a film or play or broadcast
written.
- verb write a script for
script.
- The playwright scripted the movie
- adjective written as for a film or play or broadcast
- concretely3/5
concretely
- adverb in concrete terms
- concretely, this meant that he was broke
- adverb in concrete terms
- overcrowding3/5
overcrowd
- verb cause to crowd together too much
- The students overcrowded the cafeteria
- verb crowd together too much
- verb cause to crowd together too much
- apocryphal3/5
apocryphal
- adjective satellite being of questionable authenticity
- adjective of or belonging to the Apocrypha
- adjective satellite being of questionable authenticity
- typescript3/5
typescript
- noun typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript
- noun typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript
- macroeconomics3/5
macroeconomics
- noun the branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy
- noun the branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy
- accra3/5
accra
- noun the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port
capital of Ghana.
- noun the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port
- microtubules3/5
microtubule
- noun a microscopically small tubule
- noun a microscopically small tubule
- hypocrite3/5
hypocrite
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
phoney; dissembler; phony; dissimulator; pretender.
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
- scrotum3/5
scrotum
- noun the external pouch that contains the testes
- noun the external pouch that contains the testes
- hypocrites3/5
hypocrite
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
phoney; dissembler; phony; dissimulator; pretender.
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
- sacrum3/5
sacrum
- noun wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx
- noun wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx
- sacredness3/5
sacredness
- noun the quality of being sacred
- noun the quality of being sacred
- incredulity3/5
incredulity
- noun doubt about the truth of something
skepticism; mental rejection; disbelief.
- noun doubt about the truth of something
- lacrimal3/5
lacrimal
- adjective of or relating to tears
lachrymal.
- adjective relating to or located near the organ that produces tears
lachrymal.
- adjective of or relating to tears
- idiosyncrasies3/5
idiosyncrasy
- noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
mannerism; foible.
- noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- scruple3/5
scruple
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
- noun uneasiness about the fitness of an action
misgiving; qualm.
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
- lucretius3/5
lucretius
- noun Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC)
Titus Lucretius Carus.
- noun Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC)
- statecraft3/5
statecraft
- noun wisdom in the management of public affairs
statesmanship; diplomacy.
- noun wisdom in the management of public affairs
- sacrilege3/5
sacrilege
- noun blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
profanation; blasphemy; desecration.
- desecration of the Holy Sabbath
- noun blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
- decryption3/5
decryption
- noun the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
decipherment; decoding.
- a secret key or password is required for decryption
- noun the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
- sacra3/5
sacrum
- noun wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx
- noun wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx
- ascription3/5
ascription
- noun assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
attribution.
- the attribution of language to birds
- the ascription to me of honors I had not earned
- noun assigning to a cause or source
attribution.
- the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath
- he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso
- noun assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
- microtubule3/5
microtubule
- noun a microscopically small tubule
- noun a microscopically small tubule
- indiscretion3/5
indiscretion
- noun the trait of being injudicious
injudiciousness.
- noun a petty misdeed
peccadillo.
- noun the trait of being injudicious
- desecration3/5
desecration
- noun blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
profanation; blasphemy; sacrilege.
- desecration of the Holy Sabbath
- noun blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
- lacrosse3/5
lacrosse
- noun a game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal
- noun a game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal
- acrimonious3/5
acrimonious
- adjective satellite marked by strong resentment or cynicism
bitter.
- an acrimonious dispute
- bitter about the divorce
- adjective satellite marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- undersecretary3/5
undersecretary
- noun a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government
- noun a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government
- democritus3/5
democritus
- noun Greek philosopher who developed an atomistic theory of matter (460-370 BC)
- noun Greek philosopher who developed an atomistic theory of matter (460-370 BC)
- microcomputer3/5
microcomputer
- noun a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
personal computer; PC.
- noun a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
- hippocratic3/5
hippocratic
Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings.
- indiscreet3/5
indiscreet
- adjective lacking discretion; injudicious
- her behavior was indiscreet at the very best
- adjective lacking discretion; injudicious
- excretory3/5
excretory
- adjective of or relating to the process of excretion
- adjective of or relating to the process of excretion
- discriminative3/5
discriminative
- adjective satellite capable of making fine distinctions
discriminatory.
- adjective satellite expressing careful judgment
judicial.
- discriminative censure
- a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett
- adjective satellite capable of making fine distinctions
- sacrosanct3/5
sacrosanct
- adjective satellite must be kept sacred
inviolate; inviolable.
- adjective satellite must be kept sacred
- ludicrous3/5
ludicrous
- adjective satellite broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
ridiculous; farcical.
- the wild farcical exuberance of a clown
- ludicrous green hair
- adjective satellite incongruous; inviting ridicule
derisory; idiotic; preposterous; cockeyed; ridiculous; absurd; laughable; nonsensical.
- the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
- that's a cockeyed idea
- ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
- a contribution so small as to be laughable
- it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
- a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history
- her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
- adjective satellite broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
- incredulous3/5
incredulous
- adjective not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
- adjective not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
- socratic3/5
socratic
Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and teacher. ( b. c. 469-399), or to his manner of teaching and philosophizing.✍ The Socratic method of reasoning and instruction was by a series of questions leading the one to whom they were addressed to perceive and admit what was true or false in doctrine, or right or wrong in conduct.
- indiscriminately3/5
indiscriminately
- adverb in a random manner
arbitrarily; willy-nilly; haphazardly; every which way; randomly; at random.
- the houses were randomly scattered
- bullets were fired into the crowd at random
- adverb in an indiscriminate manner
promiscuously.
- she reads promiscuously
- adverb in a random manner
- scrapbook3/5
scrapbook
- noun an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted
- noun an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted
- scrupulously3/5
scrupulously
- adverb with extreme conscientiousness
conscientiously; religiously.
- he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock
- adverb with extreme conscientiousness
- acropolis3/5
acropolis
- noun the citadel in ancient Greek towns
- noun the citadel in ancient Greek towns
- neuroendocrine3/5
neuroendocrine
- adjective of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together)
- adjective of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together)
- micron3/5
micron
- noun a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
micrometer.
- noun a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
- fulcrum3/5
fulcrum
- noun the pivot about which a lever turns
- noun the pivot about which a lever turns
- undemocratic3/5
undemocratic
- adjective not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals
- the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures
- adjective not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals
- microns3/5
micron
- noun a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
micrometer.
- noun a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
- incredulously3/5
incredulously
- adverb in an incredulous manner
disbelievingly; unbelievingly.
- the woman looked up at her incredulously
- adverb in an incredulous manner
- screenwriter3/5
screenwriter
- noun someone who writes screenplays
film writer.
- noun someone who writes screenplays
- microeconomic3/5
microeconomic
- adjective of or relating to microeconomics
- adjective of or relating to microeconomics
- scrooge3/5
scrooge
- noun a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
churl; niggard; skinflint.
- noun a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
- scruffy3/5
scruffy
- adjective satellite shabby and untidy
seedy.
- a surge of ragged scruffy children
- he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain
- adjective satellite shabby and untidy
- unscrupulous3/5
unscrupulous
- adjective without scruples or principles
- unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power
- adjective without scruples or principles
- discreetly3/5
discreetly
- adverb with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint
- I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this
- adverb with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint
- uncritical3/5
uncritical
- adjective marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures
noncritical.
- news sources reflected uncritical estimates of the number of juvenile addicts
- adjective not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors
- a devoted and almost uncritical admirer
- adjective marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures
- indescribable3/5
indescribable
- adjective satellite defying expression or description
indefinable; ineffable; untellable; unutterable; unspeakable.
- indefinable yearnings
- indescribable beauty
- ineffable ecstasy
- inexpressible anguish
- unspeakable happiness
- unutterable contempt
- a thing of untellable splendor
- adjective satellite defying expression or description
- uncritically3/5
uncritically
- adverb in an uncritical manner
- he accepted her decisions uncritically
- adverb in an uncritical manner
- polycrystalline3/5
polycrystalline
- adjective satellite composed of aggregates of crystals
- polycrystalline metals
- adjective satellite composed of aggregates of crystals
- bancroft3/5
bancroft
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- discriminant3/5
discriminant
(Math.) The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant .
- ashcroft3/5
ashcroft
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- microbiological3/5
microbiological
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- incrementally3/5
incremental
- adjective satellite increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
- lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary
- adjective satellite increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
- microsystems3/5
microsystems
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- micrograph3/5
micrograph
An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
- microvascular3/5
- technocratic3/5
technocratic
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- onscreen3/5
onscreen
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- lucretia3/5
lucretia
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- necrotizing3/5
necrotizing
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- nondiscrimination3/5
nondiscrimination
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- microstructures3/5
- micrographs3/5
micrograph
An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
- recrystallization3/5
recrystallization
(Chem. & Min.) The process or recrystallizing.
- polyacrylamide3/5
polyacrylamide
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- methacrylate3/5
methacrylate
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- microstructural3/5
microstructural
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- scribal3/5
scribal
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- microspheres3/5
- encrusting2/5
encrust
- verb cover or coat with a crust
incrust.
- verb decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
beset; incrust.
- verb cover or coat with a crust
- democratizing2/5
democratize
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
democratise.
- verb introduce democratic reforms; of nations
democratise.
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
- democratize2/5
democratize
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
democratise.
- verb introduce democratic reforms; of nations
democratise.
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
- democratized2/5
democratize
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
democratise.
- verb introduce democratic reforms; of nations
democratise.
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
- concretes2/5
concrete
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- verb cover with cement
- concrete the walls
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- scrambles2/5
scramble
- noun an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
scuffle.
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scamper; scurry.
- noun an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
- noncritical2/5
noncritical
- adjective not critical; not at a point of abrupt change
- adjective not in a state of crisis or emergency
noncrucial.
- adjective not critical; not at a point of abrupt change
- aircrafts2/5
aircraft
- noun a vehicle that can fly
- noun a vehicle that can fly
- unscramble2/5
unscramble
- verb make intelligible
- Can you unscramble the message?
- verb become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
untangle; unpick; unravel; unknot.
- unravel the thread
- verb make intelligible
- democratising2/5
democratise
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
democratize.
- verb introduce democratic reforms; of nations
democratize.
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
- concreting2/5
concrete
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- verb cover with cement
- concrete the walls
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- scratchy2/5
scratchy
- adjective satellite causing abrasion
abrasive.
- adjective satellite easily irritated or annoyed
peckish; nettlesome; testy; tetchy; petulant; cranky; techy; fractious; irritable; pettish; peevish.
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
- adjective satellite causing abrasion
- microflora2/5
microflora
- noun microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora
- noun microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora
- encroached2/5
encroach
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; impinge.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; entrench.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
- circumscribe2/5
circumscribe
- verb draw a line around
- He drew a circle around the points
- verb restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
confine; limit.
- verb draw a line around
- conscript2/5
conscript
- noun someone who is drafted into military service
draftee; inductee.
- verb enroll into service compulsorily
- The men were conscripted
- noun someone who is drafted into military service
- antimicrobials2/5
antimicrobial
- noun an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
germicide; disinfectant; antimicrobic.
- adjective satellite capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
antimicrobic.
- noun an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
- acrylate2/5
acrylate
- noun a salt or ester of propenoic acid
propenoate.
- noun a salt or ester of propenoic acid
- scrubber2/5
scrubber
- noun a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)
- noun a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning
scrubbing brush; scrub brush.
- noun a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)
- excreta2/5
excreta
- noun waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
excrement; body waste; excretion; excretory product.
- noun waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
- breadcrumbs2/5
breadcrumb
- noun crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
- noun crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
- procreate2/5
procreate
- verb have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
reproduce; multiply.
- The Bible tells people to procreate
- verb have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
- recreates2/5
recreate
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; revivify; reanimate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
play.
- On weekends I play
- The students all recreate alike
- verb give new life or energy to
- scrapping2/5
scrap
- noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
bit; fleck; chip; flake.
- a bit of rock caught him in the eye
- noun worthless material that is to be disposed of
trash; rubbish.
- noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
- macromolecule2/5
macromolecule
- noun any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
supermolecule.
- noun any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
- decrements2/5
decrement
- noun the amount by which something decreases
decrease.
- noun a process of becoming smaller or shorter
decrease.
- noun the amount by which something decreases
- accretions2/5
accretion
- noun an increase by natural growth or addition
accumulation.
- noun something contributing to growth or increase
- he scraped away the accretions of paint
- the central city surrounded by recent accretions
- noun an increase by natural growth or addition
- unscrewed2/5
unscrew
- verb loosen something by unscrewing it
- unscrew the outlet plate
- verb loosen by turning
- unscrew the bottle cap
- verb loosen something by unscrewing it
- acrylics2/5
acrylic
- noun polymerized from acrylonitrile
acrylic fiber.
- noun a glassy thermoplastic; can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives
acrylic resin; acrylate resin.
- noun polymerized from acrylonitrile
- scrapings2/5
scraping
- noun (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
- they collected blood scrapings for analysis
- noun a harsh noise made by scraping
scratching; scrape; scratch.
- the scrape of violin bows distracted her
- noun (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
- watercraft2/5
watercraft
- noun skill in the management of boats
- noun a craft designed for water transportation
vessel.
- noun skill in the management of boats
- concretions2/5
concretion
- noun the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
- noun a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
calculus.
- renal calculi can be very painful
- noun the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
- scrubbers2/5
scrubber
- noun a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)
- noun a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning
scrubbing brush; scrub brush.
- noun a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)
- unscrew2/5
unscrew
- verb loosen something by unscrewing it
- unscrew the outlet plate
- verb loosen by turning
- unscrew the bottle cap
- verb loosen something by unscrewing it
- smokescreen2/5
smokescreen
- noun (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements
smoke screen.
- noun an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure
smoke screen.
- requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures
- noun (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements
- circumscribing2/5
circumscribe
- verb draw a line around
- He drew a circle around the points
- verb restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
confine; limit.
- verb draw a line around
- chylomicrons2/5
chylomicron
- noun a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood
- noun a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood
- accreted2/5
accrete
- verb grow together (of plants and organs)
- After many years the rose bushes grew together
- verb grow or become attached by accretion
- The story accreted emotion
- verb grow together (of plants and organs)
- excretions2/5
excretion
- noun the bodily process of discharging waste matter
elimination; excreting; voiding; evacuation.
- noun waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
excrement; body waste; excretory product; excreta.
- noun the bodily process of discharging waste matter
- concretized2/5
concretize
- verb make something concrete
- verb become specific
concretise.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb make something concrete
- transcribes2/5
transcribe
- verb write out from speech, notes, etc.
- Transcribe the oral history of this tribe
- verb rewrite in a different script
transliterate.
- The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated
- verb write out from speech, notes, etc.
- concretion2/5
concretion
- noun the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
- noun a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
calculus.
- renal calculi can be very painful
- noun the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
- encroaches2/5
encroach
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; impinge.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; entrench.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
- circumscribes2/5
circumscribe
- verb draw a line around
- He drew a circle around the points
- verb restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
confine; limit.
- verb draw a line around
- accreting2/5
accrete
- verb grow together (of plants and organs)
- After many years the rose bushes grew together
- verb grow or become attached by accretion
- The story accreted emotion
- verb grow together (of plants and organs)
- scrambler2/5
scrambler
- noun a rapid mover; someone who scrambles
- their quarterback was a good scrambler
- scramblers can often unnerve a better tennis player
- noun a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground
dirt bike; trail bike.
- noun a rapid mover; someone who scrambles
- concretize2/5
concretize
- verb make something concrete
- verb become specific
concretise.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb make something concrete
- unscrewing2/5
unscrew
- verb loosen something by unscrewing it
- unscrew the outlet plate
- verb loosen by turning
- unscrew the bottle cap
- verb loosen something by unscrewing it
- excrements2/5
excrement
- noun waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
body waste; excretion; excretory product; excreta.
- noun waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
- acrylates2/5
acrylate
- noun a salt or ester of propenoic acid
propenoate.
- noun a salt or ester of propenoic acid
- haematocrit2/5
haematocrit
- noun the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit
hematocrit; packed cell volume.
- noun a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood
hematocrit.
- noun the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit
- chylomicron2/5
chylomicron
- noun a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood
- noun a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood
- concreteness2/5
concreteness
- noun the quality of being concrete (not abstract)
- noun the quality of being concrete (not abstract)
- microchip2/5
microchip
- noun electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
silicon chip; chip; micro chip; microprocessor chip.
- noun electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
- conscripted2/5
conscript
- noun someone who is drafted into military service
draftee; inductee.
- verb enroll into service compulsorily
- The men were conscripted
- noun someone who is drafted into military service
- encrypting2/5
encrypt
- verb convert ordinary language into code
encipher; code; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- micronutrients2/5
micronutrient
- noun a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals)
- noun a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals)
- velcro2/5
velcro
- verb fasten with Velcro
- velcro the belt
- noun nylon fabric used as a fastening
- verb fasten with Velcro
- procreative2/5
procreative
- adjective satellite producing new life or offspring
generative; reproductive.
- the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions
- the reproductive or generative organs
- adjective satellite producing new life or offspring
- accruals2/5
accrual
- noun the act of accumulating
accumulation; accruement.
- noun the act of accumulating
- desecrated2/5
desecrated
- adjective treated with contempt
- many desecrated shrines and cemeteries
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
outrage; desecrate; violate; profane.
- desecrate a cemetery
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
- adjective treated with contempt
- scrubs2/5
scrubs
- noun protective garment worn by surgeons during operations
gown; surgical gown.
- noun dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
bush; scrub; chaparral.
- noun protective garment worn by surgeons during operations
- recreations2/5
recreation
- noun an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
diversion.
- scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists
- for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles
- drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation
- noun activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation
refreshment.
- time for rest and refreshment by the pool
- days of joyous recreation with his friends
- noun an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
- inscribing2/5
inscribe
- verb carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
scratch; grave; engrave.
- engrave a pen
- engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's
- the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree
- verb register formally as a participant or member
enroll; enter; enrol; recruit.
- The party recruited many new members
- verb carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
- scrunched2/5
scrunch
- noun a crunching noise
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
thud; crump.
- noun a crunching noise
- scrolled2/5
scroll
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
gyre; ringlet; whorl; coil; curl; curlicue; roll.
- noun a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
roll.
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- nonprescription2/5
nonprescription
- adjective purchasable without a doctor's prescription
over-the-counter.
- nonprescription drugs
- an over-the-counter cold remedy
- adjective purchasable without a doctor's prescription
- micrometers2/5
micrometer
- noun a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
micron.
- noun caliper for measuring small distances
micrometer caliper; micrometer gauge.
- noun a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
- scrimmage2/5
scrimmage
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- noun a noisy riotous fight
melee; battle royal.
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- micronutrient2/5
micronutrient
- noun a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals)
- noun a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals)
- inscribes2/5
inscribe
- verb carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
scratch; grave; engrave.
- engrave a pen
- engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's
- the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree
- verb register formally as a participant or member
enroll; enter; enrol; recruit.
- The party recruited many new members
- verb carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
- miscreants2/5
miscreant
- noun a person without moral scruples
reprobate.
- noun a person without moral scruples
- incriminate2/5
incriminate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
imply; inculpate.
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
impeach; accuse; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- photomicrograph2/5
photomicrograph
- noun a photograph taken with the help of a microscope
- noun a photograph taken with the help of a microscope
- scrivener2/5
scrivener
- noun someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
scribe; copyist.
- noun someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
- proscribe2/5
proscribe
- verb command against
prohibit; forbid; disallow; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- verb command against
- discriminator2/5
discriminator
- noun a person who (or that which) differentiates
differentiator.
- noun a person who (or that which) differentiates
- encrypts2/5
encrypt
- verb convert ordinary language into code
encipher; code; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- miscreant2/5
miscreant
- noun a person without moral scruples
reprobate.
- noun a person without moral scruples
- describable2/5
describable
- adjective satellite capable of being described
- adjective satellite capable of being described
- microchips2/5
microchip
- noun electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
silicon chip; chip; micro chip; microprocessor chip.
- noun electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
- cybercrime2/5
cybercrime
- noun crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs
- noun crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs
- 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
- scrappy2/5
scrappy
- adjective satellite full of fighting spirit
- a scrappy admiral
- adjective satellite full of fighting spirit
- consecrating2/5
consecrate
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
ordinate; ordain; order.
- he was ordained in the Church
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
devote; commit; dedicate; give.
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
- desecrate2/5
desecrate
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
outrage; violate; profane.
- desecrate a cemetery
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
- verb remove the consecration from a person or an object
deconsecrate; unhallow.
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
- circumscription2/5
circumscription
- noun the act of circumscribing
- noun the act of circumscribing
- hovercraft2/5
hovercraft
- noun a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
ground-effect machine.
- noun a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
- screed2/5
screed
- noun a long monotonous harangue
- noun a long piece of writing
- noun a long monotonous harangue
- microbiologist2/5
microbiologist
- noun a specialist in microbiology
- noun a specialist in microbiology
- scrim2/5
scrim
- noun a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
- noun a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
- screeches2/5
screech
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
shriek; screeching; screaming; scream; shrieking.
- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
- noun sharp piercing cry
screaming; screeching; shriek; scream; shrieking.
- her screaming attracted the neighbors
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
- proscribing2/5
proscribe
- verb command against
prohibit; forbid; disallow; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- verb command against
- microbiologists2/5
microbiologist
- noun a specialist in microbiology
- noun a specialist in microbiology
- incriminated2/5
incriminate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
imply; inculpate.
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
impeach; accuse; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- photomicrographs2/5
photomicrograph
- noun a photograph taken with the help of a microscope
- noun a photograph taken with the help of a microscope
- secretase2/5
secretase
- noun a set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's)
- noun a set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's)
- massacring2/5
massacre
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
butchery; carnage; mass murder; slaughter.
- verb kill a large number of people indiscriminately
mow down; slaughter.
- The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
- sucralfate2/5
sucralfate
- noun medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it
Carafate.
- noun medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it
- desecrating2/5
desecrate
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
outrage; violate; profane.
- desecrate a cemetery
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
- verb remove the consecration from a person or an object
deconsecrate; unhallow.
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
- proscribes2/5
proscribe
- verb command against
prohibit; forbid; disallow; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- verb command against
- lacrimation2/5
lacrimation
- noun shedding tears
watering; tearing; lachrymation.
- noun shedding tears
- accretionary2/5
accretionary
- adjective satellite marked or produced by accretion
- adjective satellite marked or produced by accretion
- acrolein2/5
acrolein
- noun a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
propenal.
- noun a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
- procrustes2/5
procrustes
(Gr. Antiq.) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes.
- silkscreen2/5
silkscreen
- noun a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil
serigraph; silk screen print.
- verb print by silkscreen
- noun a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil
- consecrates2/5
consecrate
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
ordinate; ordain; order.
- he was ordained in the Church
- verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
devote; commit; dedicate; give.
- She committed herself to the work of God
- give one's talents to a good cause
- consecrate your life to the church
- verb appoint to a clerical posts
- scraggy2/5
scraggy
- adjective satellite being very thin
underweight; boney; skinny; scrawny; weedy.
- a child with skinny freckled legs
- a long scrawny neck
- adjective satellite having a sharply uneven surface or outline
jagged; jaggy.
- the jagged outline of the crags
- scraggy cliffs
- adjective satellite being very thin
- macroevolution2/5
macroevolution
- noun evolution on a large scale extending over geologic era and resulting in the formation of new taxonomic groups
- noun evolution on a large scale extending over geologic era and resulting in the formation of new taxonomic groups
- phosphocreatine2/5
phosphocreatine
- noun an organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid; found in the muscles of vertebrates where its hydrolysis releases energy for muscular contraction
creatine phosphate; creatine phosphoric acid.
- noun an organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid; found in the muscles of vertebrates where its hydrolysis releases energy for muscular contraction
- scrunch2/5
scrunch
- noun a crunching noise
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
thud; crump.
- noun a crunching noise
- nacre2/5
nacre
- noun the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
mother-of-pearl.
- noun the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
- discriminators2/5
discriminator
- noun a person who (or that which) differentiates
differentiator.
- noun a person who (or that which) differentiates
- microcode2/5
microcode
- noun (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory
firmware.
- noun (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory
- discriminates2/5
discriminate
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart.
- verb treat differently on the basis of sex or race
single out; separate.
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
- subscribes2/5
subscribe
- verb offer to buy, as of stocks and shares
- The broker subscribed 500 shares
- verb mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
sign.
- She signed the letter and sent it off
- Please sign here
- verb offer to buy, as of stocks and shares
- proscription2/5
proscription
- noun a decree that prohibits something
ban; prohibition.
- noun rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
banishment.
- noun a decree that prohibits something
- scrapers2/5
scraper
- noun any of various hand tools for scraping
- noun any of various hand tools for scraping
- scripps2/5
scripps
- noun United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)
Edward Wyllis Scripps.
- noun United States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908)
James Edmund Scripps.
- noun United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)
- sacrilegious2/5
sacrilegious
- adjective satellite grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
blasphemous; profane.
- blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath
- profane utterances against the Church
- it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on
- adjective satellite grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
- accrediting2/5
accredit
- verb grant credentials to
recognize; recognise.
- The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution
- recognize an academic degree
- verb provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials
- verb grant credentials to
- corkscrew2/5
corkscrew
- noun a bottle opener that pulls corks
bottle screw.
- verb move in a spiral or zigzag course
spiral.
- noun a bottle opener that pulls corks
- simulacrum2/5
simulacrum
- noun an insubstantial or vague semblance
- noun a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
effigy; image.
- the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln
- the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone
- noun an insubstantial or vague semblance
- meritocracy2/5
meritocracy
- noun a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
- noun the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
- noun a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
- syncretic2/5
syncretic
- adjective relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
syncretical; syncretistical; syncretistic.
- modern English is a syncretic language
- adjective of or characterized by syncretism
syncretical; syncretistical; syncretistic.
- adjective relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
- acrylamide2/5
acrylamide
- noun a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals
- they claimed that acrylamide is produced when certain carbohydrates are baked or fried at high temperatures
- noun a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals
- windscreen2/5
windscreen
- noun transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle
windshield.
- noun transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle
- watercress2/5
watercress
- noun any of several water-loving cresses
- noun cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams
- noun any of several water-loving cresses
- excrete2/5
excrete
- verb eliminate from the body
pass; egest; eliminate.
- Pass a kidney stone
- verb eliminate from the body
- sacristy2/5
sacristy
- noun a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
vestry.
- noun a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
- decry2/5
decry
- verb express strong disapproval of
excoriate; reprobate; objurgate; condemn.
- We condemn the racism in South Africa
- These ideas were reprobated
- verb express strong disapproval of
- scrabble2/5
scrabble
- noun an aimless drawing
scribble; doodle.
- noun a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
- noun an aimless drawing
- acrimony2/5
acrimony
- noun a rough and bitter manner
tartness; bitterness; acerbity; thorniness; jaundice.
- noun a rough and bitter manner
- simulacra2/5
simulacrum
- noun an insubstantial or vague semblance
- noun a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
effigy; image.
- the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln
- the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone
- noun an insubstantial or vague semblance
- outcropping2/5
outcropping
- noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
outcrop; rock outcrop.
- verb appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground
outcrop.
- Big boulders outcropped
- noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
- microfilms2/5
microfilm
- noun film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material
- verb record on microfilm
- noun film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material
- acrobatic2/5
acrobatic
- adjective satellite vigorously active
athletic; gymnastic.
- an acrobatic dance
- an athletic child
- athletic playing
- gymnastic exercises
- adjective satellite vigorously active
- macrocosm2/5
macrocosm
- noun everything that exists anywhere
universe; creation; existence; world; cosmos.
- they study the evolution of the universe
- the biggest tree in existence
- noun everything that exists anywhere
- rosicrucian2/5
rosicrucian
One who, in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th, claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply versed in the secrets of nature, -- the alleged society having existed, it was stated, several hundred years. ✍ The Rosicrucians also called brothers of the Rosy Cross, Rosy-cross Knights, Rosy-cross philosophers, etc. Among other pretensions, they claimed to be able to transmute metals, to prolong life, to know what is passing in distant places, and to discover the most hidden things by the application of the Cabala and science of numbers.
- scrawl2/5
scrawl
- noun poor handwriting
scratch; scribble; cacography.
- verb write carelessly
scribble.
- noun poor handwriting
- scrutinised2/5
scrutinise
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
size up; take stock; scrutinize.
- he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror
- verb examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
audit; scrutinize; inspect.
- audit accounts and tax returns
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
- scree2/5
scree
- noun a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
talus.
- noun a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
- 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)
- scrubby2/5
scrubby
- adjective satellite sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
scrabbly.
- open scrubby woods
- adjective satellite inferior in size or quality
stunted; scrawny.
- scrawny cattle
- scrubby cut-over pine
- old stunted thorn trees
- adjective satellite sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
- scrum2/5
scrum
- noun (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
scrummage.
- noun (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
- acrobatics2/5
acrobatics
- noun the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
tumbling.
- noun the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
aerobatics; stunt flying; stunting.
- noun the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
- handcrafted2/5
handcraft
- noun a work produced by hand labor
handwork; handicraft; handiwork.
- verb make something by hand
- We handcraft all our paper
- noun a work produced by hand labor
- acrylonitrile2/5
acrylonitrile
- noun a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene
propenonitrile; vinyl cyanide.
- noun a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene
- procrastinate2/5
procrastinate
- verb postpone doing what one should be doing
dillydally; dilly-dally; drag one's heels; stall; shillyshally; drag one's feet.
- He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
- verb postpone or delay needlessly
- He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late
- verb postpone doing what one should be doing
- proscriptions2/5
proscription
- noun a decree that prohibits something
ban; prohibition.
- noun rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
banishment.
- noun a decree that prohibits something
- decrypted2/5
decrypt
- verb convert code into ordinary language
decode; decipher.
- verb convert code into ordinary language
- decrying2/5
decry
- verb express strong disapproval of
excoriate; reprobate; objurgate; condemn.
- We condemn the racism in South Africa
- These ideas were reprobated
- verb express strong disapproval of
- scraggly2/5
scraggly
- adjective satellite lacking neatness or order
- the old man's scraggly beard
- a scraggly little path to the door
- adjective satellite lacking neatness or order
- sucre2/5
sucre
- noun the basic unit of money in Ecuador; equal to 100 centavos
- noun the judicial capital and seat of the judiciary in Bolivia
- noun the basic unit of money in Ecuador; equal to 100 centavos
- technocracy2/5
technocracy
- noun a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control
- technocracy was described as that society in which those who govern justify themselves by appeal to technical experts who justify themselves by appeal to scientific forms of knowledge
- noun a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control
- scribbles2/5
scribble
- noun poor handwriting
scratch; scrawl; cacography.
- noun an aimless drawing
scrabble; doodle.
- noun poor handwriting
- schoolcraft2/5
schoolcraft
- noun United States geologist and ethnologist and explorer who discovered the source of the Mississippi River (1793-1864)
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.
- noun United States geologist and ethnologist and explorer who discovered the source of the Mississippi River (1793-1864)
- scribed2/5
scribe
- noun French playwright (1791-1861)
Augustin Eugene Scribe.
- noun informal terms for journalists
penman; scribbler.
- noun French playwright (1791-1861)
- microelectronic2/5
microelectronic
- adjective of or relating to or consisting of miniature electronic components
- adjective of or relating to or consisting of miniature electronic components
- microfilming2/5
microfilm
- noun film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material
- verb record on microfilm
- noun film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material
- rescript2/5
rescript
- noun a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
- noun a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
edict; fiat; decree; order.
- a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
- noun a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
- sunscreens2/5
sunscreen
- noun a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn
sunblock; sun blocker.
- noun a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn
- microscopical2/5
microscopical
- adjective of or relating to or used in microscopy
microscopic.
- microscopic analysis
- microscopical examination
- adjective satellite visible under a microscope; using a microscope
microscopic.
- adjective of or relating to or used in microscopy
- hypersecretion2/5
hypersecretion
- noun excessive secretion
- noun excessive secretion
- lucre2/5
lucre
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; boodle; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly; bread.
- noun the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
net profit; profit; earnings; net; profits; net income.
- noun informal terms for money
- scrutinise2/5
scrutinise
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
size up; take stock; scrutinize.
- he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror
- verb examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
audit; scrutinize; inspect.
- audit accounts and tax returns
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
- outcroppings2/5
outcropping
- noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
outcrop; rock outcrop.
- verb appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground
outcrop.
- Big boulders outcropped
- noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
- scrabbling2/5
scrabble
- noun an aimless drawing
scribble; doodle.
- noun a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
- noun an aimless drawing
- outcries2/5
outcry
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
cry; shout; call; vociferation; yell.
- the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
- verb shout louder than
outshout.
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- dacron2/5
dacron
- noun a kind of polyester fabric
Terylene.
- noun a kind of polyester fabric
- screwdrivers2/5
screwdriver
- noun a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw
- noun a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice
- noun a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw
- sacristan2/5
sacristan
- noun an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
sexton.
- noun an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
- decrepitude2/5
decrepitude
- noun a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
dilapidation.
- noun a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
- uncrossed2/5
uncrossed
- adjective (of a check) not crossed
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
uncross.
- She uncrossed her legs
- adjective (of a check) not crossed
- scrumptious2/5
scrumptious
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
pleasant-tasting; yummy; delectable; toothsome; delicious; luscious.
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
- microsomes2/5
microsome
- noun a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA
- noun a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA
- superscripts2/5
superscript
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
superior.
- adjective written or printed above and to one side of another character
superior.
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
- 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
- plutocracy2/5
plutocracy
- noun a political system governed by the wealthy people
- noun a political system governed by the wealthy people
- scriptorium2/5
scriptorium
- noun a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts
- noun a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts
- rosicrucians2/5
rosicrucian
- noun a member of any of various organizations that subsequently derived from the 17th-century society
- noun a member of a secret 17th-century society of philosophers and scholars versed in mystical and metaphysical and alchemical lore
- noun a member of any of various organizations that subsequently derived from the 17th-century society
- transcriber2/5
transcriber
- noun a person who translates written messages from one language to another
translator.
- noun someone who rewrites in a different script
- noun a person who translates written messages from one language to another
- decrypts2/5
decrypt
- verb convert code into ordinary language
decode; decipher.
- verb convert code into ordinary language
- procrastinating2/5
procrastinate
- verb postpone doing what one should be doing
dillydally; dilly-dally; drag one's heels; stall; shillyshally; drag one's feet.
- He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
- verb postpone or delay needlessly
- He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late
- verb postpone doing what one should be doing
- syncretistic2/5
syncretistic
- adjective relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
syncretical; syncretic; syncretistical.
- modern English is a syncretic language
- adjective of or characterized by syncretism
syncretical; syncretic; syncretistical.
- adjective relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
- scrutinising2/5
scrutinise
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
size up; take stock; scrutinize.
- he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror
- verb examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
audit; scrutinize; inspect.
- audit accounts and tax returns
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
- scrabbled2/5
scrabble
- noun an aimless drawing
scribble; doodle.
- noun a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
- noun an aimless drawing
- decries2/5
decry
- verb express strong disapproval of
excoriate; reprobate; objurgate; condemn.
- We condemn the racism in South Africa
- These ideas were reprobated
- verb express strong disapproval of
- execration2/5
execration
- noun hate coupled with disgust
odium; abhorrence; abomination; detestation; loathing.
- noun an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
condemnation; curse.
- noun hate coupled with disgust
- decreeing2/5
decree
- noun a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
edict; fiat; order; rescript.
- a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
- verb issue a decree
- The King only can decree
- noun a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
- sacrificer2/5
sacrificer
- noun a religious person who offers up a sacrifice
- noun a religious person who offers up a sacrifice
- cockcroft2/5
cockcroft
- noun British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft; Sir John Cockcroft.
- noun British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
- discreteness2/5
discreteness
- noun the state of being several and distinct
severalty; separateness; distinctness.
- noun the state of being several and distinct
- scrutinizes2/5
scrutinize
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
size up; take stock; scrutinise.
- he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror
- verb examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
audit; inspect; scrutinise.
- audit accounts and tax returns
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
- scrounge2/5
scrounge
- verb collect or look around for (food)
forage.
- verb obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
cadge; shnorr; schnorr.
- he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends
- verb collect or look around for (food)
- priestcraft2/5
priestcraft
- noun a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs
- noun the skills involved in the work of a priest
- noun a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs
- excrescences2/5
excrescence
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; swelling; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
- 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 (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- woodcraft2/5
woodcraft
- noun skill and experience in matters relating to the woods (as hunting or fishing or camping)
- noun skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood
- noun skill and experience in matters relating to the woods (as hunting or fishing or camping)
- recrudescence2/5
recrudescence
- noun a return of something after a period of abatement
- a recrudescence of racism
- a recrudescence of the symptoms
- noun a return of something after a period of abatement
- secretaryship2/5
secretaryship
- noun the position of secretary
- noun the position of secretary
- stagecraft2/5
stagecraft
- noun skill in writing or staging plays
- noun skill in writing or staging plays
- decrypting2/5
decrypt
- verb convert code into ordinary language
decode; decipher.
- verb convert code into ordinary language
- accredit2/5
accredit
- verb grant credentials to
recognize; recognise.
- The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution
- recognize an academic degree
- verb provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials
- verb grant credentials to
- technocrat2/5
technocrat
- noun an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
- noun an advocate of technocracy
- noun an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
- chancroid2/5
chancroid
- noun infectious venereal ulcer
- noun infectious venereal ulcer
- scrounging2/5
scrounge
- verb collect or look around for (food)
forage.
- verb obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
cadge; shnorr; schnorr.
- he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends
- verb collect or look around for (food)
- secretiveness2/5
secretiveness
- noun characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
closeness.
- noun the trait of keeping things secret
silence; secrecy.
- noun characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
- dyscrasias2/5
dyscrasia
- noun an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body
- noun an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body
- scrofulous2/5
scrofulous
- adjective satellite afflicted with scrofula
- adjective satellite morally contaminated
- denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"- J.D.Hart
- adjective satellite afflicted with scrofula
- scrounged2/5
scrounge
- verb collect or look around for (food)
forage.
- verb obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
cadge; shnorr; schnorr.
- he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends
- verb collect or look around for (food)
- microfossils2/5
microfossil
- noun a fossil that must be studied microscopically
- noun a fossil that must be studied microscopically
- excreting2/5
excreting
- noun the bodily process of discharging waste matter
elimination; excretion; voiding; evacuation.
- verb eliminate from the body
excrete; pass; egest; eliminate.
- Pass a kidney stone
- noun the bodily process of discharging waste matter
- excrescence2/5
excrescence
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; swelling; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
- 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 (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- autocracies2/5
autocracy
- noun a political system governed by a single individual
autarchy.
- noun a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
- noun a political system governed by a single individual
- recreant2/5
recreant
- noun an abject coward
poltroon; craven.
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
ratter; renegade; deserter; turncoat; apostate.
- noun an abject coward
- procrustean2/5
procrustean
Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; aProcrustean limit. SeeProcrustes .
- plutocrats2/5
plutocrat
- noun someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
- noun someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
- scribing2/5
scribe
- noun French playwright (1791-1861)
Augustin Eugene Scribe.
- noun informal terms for journalists
penman; scribbler.
- noun French playwright (1791-1861)
- scribbler2/5
scribbler
- noun informal terms for journalists
penman; scribe.
- noun a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read
scrawler.
- noun informal terms for journalists
- microfilmed2/5
microfilm
- noun film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material
- verb record on microfilm
- noun film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material
- scram2/5
scram
- verb leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
bugger off; get; fuck off; buzz off.
- Scram!
- verb leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
- procrastinated2/5
procrastinate
- verb postpone doing what one should be doing
dillydally; dilly-dally; drag one's heels; stall; shillyshally; drag one's feet.
- He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
- verb postpone or delay needlessly
- He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late
- verb postpone doing what one should be doing
- screamer2/5
screamer
- noun someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
bellower; bawler; yeller; roarer; shouter; screecher.
- noun a sensational newspaper headline
- noun someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
- microtus2/5
microtus
- noun voles of the northern hemisphere
genus Microtus.
- noun voles of the northern hemisphere
- scribblers2/5
scribbler
- noun informal terms for journalists
penman; scribe.
- noun a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read
scrawler.
- noun informal terms for journalists
- necrolysis2/5
necrolysis
- noun disintegration and dissolution of dead tissue
- noun disintegration and dissolution of dead tissue
- acropora2/5
acropora
- noun coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals
genus Acropora.
- noun coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals
- micrococcus2/5
micrococcus
(Biol.) A genus of Spherobacteria , in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus ), all without the power of motion. See Illust. ofAscoccus .✍ Physiologically, micrococci are divided into three groups; chromogenic, characterized by their power of forming pigment; zymogenic, including those associated with definite chemical processes; and pathogenic, those connected with disease.
- microtome2/5
microtome
- noun scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination
- noun scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination
- execrations2/5
execration
- noun hate coupled with disgust
odium; abhorrence; abomination; detestation; loathing.
- noun an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
condemnation; curse.
- noun hate coupled with disgust
- transcribers2/5
transcriber
- noun a person who translates written messages from one language to another
translator.
- noun someone who rewrites in a different script
- noun a person who translates written messages from one language to another
- scrawling2/5
scrawl
- noun poor handwriting
scratch; scribble; cacography.
- verb write carelessly
scribble.
- noun poor handwriting
- execrated2/5
execrate
- verb find repugnant
abominate; abhor; loathe.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
- verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accurse; anathematise; anathemise; comminate; anathemize; anathematize.
- verb find repugnant
- scrawls2/5
scrawl
- noun poor handwriting
scratch; scribble; cacography.
- verb write carelessly
scribble.
- noun poor handwriting
- theocratic2/5
theocratic
- adjective of or relating to or being a theocracy
- a theocratic state
- adjective of or relating to or being a theocracy
- micronesia2/5
micronesia
- noun a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
TT; Federated States of Micronesia.
- noun the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania
- noun a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
- microscopically2/5
microscopically
- adverb by using a microscope; so as to be visible only with a microscope; as seen with a microscope
- the blood was examined microscopically
- the seeds were microscopically small
- adverb as if by using a microscope; with extreme precision and attention to detail; in minute detail
- every manuscript was edited microscopically
- adverb by using a microscope; so as to be visible only with a microscope; as seen with a microscope
- sharecroppers2/5
sharecropper
- noun small farmers and tenants
cropper; sharecrop farmer.
- noun small farmers and tenants
- discrediting2/5
discredit
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
disrepute.
- your actions will bring discredit to your name
- because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute
- verb cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
- The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
- microeconomics2/5
microeconomics
- noun the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms
- noun the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms
- necropolis2/5
necropolis
- noun a tract of land used for burials
graveyard; burial ground; memorial park; cemetery; burying ground; burial site.
- noun a tract of land used for burials
- autocrat2/5
autocrat
- noun a cruel and oppressive dictator
tyrant; despot.
- noun a cruel and oppressive dictator
- recriminations2/5
recrimination
- noun mutual accusations
- noun mutual accusations
- discrepant2/5
discrepant
- adjective satellite not compatible with other facts
incompatible.
- adjective satellite not in agreement
inconsistent.
- adjective satellite not compatible with other facts
- exocrine2/5
exocrine
- noun a gland that secretes externally through a duct
duct gland; exocrine gland.
- adjective of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions
- noun a gland that secretes externally through a duct
- indiscretions2/5
indiscretion
- noun the trait of being injudicious
injudiciousness.
- noun a petty misdeed
peccadillo.
- noun the trait of being injudicious
- recrimination2/5
recrimination
- noun mutual accusations
- noun mutual accusations
- idiosyncrasy2/5
idiosyncrasy
- noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
mannerism; foible.
- noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- microsomal2/5
microsomal
- adjective of or relating to microsomes
- adjective of or relating to microsomes
- firecrackers2/5
firecracker
- noun firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
cracker; banger.
- noun firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
- olecranon2/5
olecranon
- noun process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended
olecranon process.
- noun process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended
- scrapie2/5
scrapie
- noun a fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system
- noun a fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system
- nutcracker2/5
nutcracker
- noun a compound lever used to crack nuts open
- noun any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
nuthatch.
- noun a compound lever used to crack nuts open
- acromegaly2/5
acromegaly
- noun enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor)
acromegalia.
- noun enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor)
- acrobats2/5
acrobat
- noun an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
- noun an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
- microcomputers2/5
microcomputer
- noun a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
personal computer; PC.
- noun a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
- execrable2/5
execrable
- adjective satellite of very poor quality or condition
miserable; deplorable; woeful; wretched.
- deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
- woeful treatment of the accused
- woeful errors of judgment
- adjective satellite unequivocally detestable
abominable; detestable; odious.
- abominable treatment of prisoners
- detestable vices
- execrable crimes
- consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
- adjective satellite of very poor quality or condition
- aircrew2/5
aircrew
- noun the crew of an aircraft
air crew.
- noun the crew of an aircraft
- acromion2/5
acromion
- noun the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade
acromial process.
- noun the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade
- microseconds2/5
microsecond
- noun one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond
- noun one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond
- ascriptions2/5
ascription
- noun assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
attribution.
- the attribution of language to birds
- the ascription to me of honors I had not earned
- noun assigning to a cause or source
attribution.
- the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath
- he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso
- noun assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
- meritocratic2/5
meritocratic
- adjective relating to or characteristic of a meritocracy
- meritocratic society
- adjective relating to or characteristic of a meritocracy
- descried2/5
descry
- verb catch sight of
espy; spot; spy.
- verb catch sight of
- microcephaly2/5
microcephaly
- noun an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
nanocephaly; microcephalus.
- noun an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
- sharecropper2/5
sharecropper
- noun small farmers and tenants
cropper; sharecrop farmer.
- noun small farmers and tenants
- secretin2/5
secretin
- noun a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts whenever the stomach empties too much acid into the small intestine
- noun a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts whenever the stomach empties too much acid into the small intestine
- scriptwriter2/5
scriptwriter
- noun someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
- noun someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
- aristocracies2/5
aristocracy
- noun a privileged class holding hereditary titles
nobility.
- noun the most powerful members of a society
gentry.
- noun a privileged class holding hereditary titles
- acrostic2/5
acrostic
- noun a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
word square.
- noun verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
- noun a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
- firecracker2/5
firecracker
- noun firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
cracker; banger.
- noun firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
- scruff2/5
scruff
- noun the back side of the neck
nape; nucha.
- noun the back side of the neck
- diacritics2/5
diacritic
- noun a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
diacritical mark.
- adjective satellite capable of distinguishing
diacritical.
- students having superior diacritic powers
- the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel
- noun a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
- microsurgery2/5
microsurgery
- noun surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures
- noun surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures
- microcosms2/5
microcosm
- noun a miniature model of something
- noun a miniature model of something
- necropsy2/5
necropsy
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; post-mortem examination; postmortem; autopsy; PM.
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- screener2/5
screener
- noun a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint
- noun a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint
- superscription2/5
superscription
- noun an inscription written above something else
- noun the activity of superscribing
- noun an inscription written above something else
- decriminalization2/5
decriminalization
- noun legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal
decriminalisation.
- noun legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal
- microsecond2/5
microsecond
- noun one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond
- noun one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond
- screwball2/5
screwball
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
fruitcake; nut case; nut; crackpot; crank.
- noun a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
- secretariats2/5
secretariat
- noun an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations
secretariate.
- noun thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1973
- noun an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations
- endocrinologist2/5
endocrinologist
- noun physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system
- noun physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system
- autocrats2/5
autocrat
- noun a cruel and oppressive dictator
tyrant; despot.
- noun a cruel and oppressive dictator
- screeners2/5
screener
- noun a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint
- noun a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint
- acrosome2/5
acrosome
- noun a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
- noun a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
- macrobiotic2/5
macrobiotic
- adjective of or relating to the theory or practice of macrobiotics
- macrobiotic diet
- adjective of or relating to the theory or practice of macrobiotics
- hypocrisies2/5
hypocrisy
- noun an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
lip service.
- noun insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
- noun an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
- bureaucratically2/5
bureaucratically
- adverb in a bureaucratic manner
- his bureaucratically petty behavior annoyed her
- adverb with respect to bureaucracy
- it's bureaucratically complicated
- adverb in a bureaucratic manner
- descry2/5
descry
- verb catch sight of
espy; spot; spy.
- verb catch sight of
- discredits2/5
discredit
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
disrepute.
- your actions will bring discredit to your name
- because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute
- verb cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
- The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary
- noun the state of being held in low esteem
- scarecrows2/5
scarecrow
- noun an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
scarer; bird-scarer; strawman; straw man.
- noun an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
- inscrutability2/5
inscrutability
- noun the quality of being impossible to investigate
- the inscrutability of the future
- noun the quality of being impossible to investigate
- aircrews2/5
aircrew
- noun the crew of an aircraft
air crew.
- noun the crew of an aircraft
- scriabin2/5
scriabin
- noun Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915)
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin; Aleksandr Scriabin.
- noun Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915)
- scriptwriters2/5
scriptwriter
- noun someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
- noun someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas
- scrimshaw2/5
scrimshaw
- noun a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers
- noun a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers
- backcross2/5
backcross
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
- macrocosmic2/5
macrocosmic
- adjective relating to or constituting a macrocosm
- adjective relating to or constituting a macrocosm
- wisecracks2/5
wisecrack
- noun witty remark
sally; quip; crack.
- verb make a comment, usually ironic
- noun witty remark
- sacredly2/5
sacredly
- adverb by religion
religiously.
- religiously inspired art
- adverb by religion
- scrupled2/5
scruple
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
- noun uneasiness about the fitness of an action
misgiving; qualm.
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
- pancreatectomy2/5
pancreatectomy
- noun surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas
- noun surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas
- uncrowned2/5
uncrowned
- adjective not having an (artificial) crown on a tooth; used especially of molars and bicuspids
- uncrowned teeth badly in need of attention
- adjective not (especially not yet) provided with a crown
crownless.
- the uncrowned king
- adjective not having an (artificial) crown on a tooth; used especially of molars and bicuspids
- plutocratic2/5
plutocratic
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of a plutocrat
plutocratical.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of a plutocrat
- acreages2/5
acreage
- noun an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)
land area.
- he wanted some acreage to build on
- noun an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)
- microspore2/5
microspore
- noun smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte
- noun smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte
- omicron2/5
omicron
- noun the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
- noun the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
- microspores2/5
microspore
- noun smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte
- noun smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte
- typescripts2/5
typescript
- noun typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript
- noun typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript
- ascribable2/5
ascribable
- adjective satellite capable of being assigned or credited to
imputable; due; referable.
- punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading
- the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain
- the oversight was not imputable to him
- adjective satellite capable of being assigned or credited to
- scrip2/5
scrip
- noun a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
- noun a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
- scrotal2/5
scrotal
- adjective relating to or having or lying within a scrotum
- scrotal mammals
- scrotal testes
- adjective relating to or having or lying within a scrotum
- microglia2/5
microglia
- noun neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic
- noun neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic
- vincristine2/5
vincristine
- noun periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system
Oncovin.
- noun periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system
- microfiche2/5
microfiche
- noun small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed; a magnification system is used to read the material
- noun small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed; a magnification system is used to read the material
- screenplays2/5
screenplay
- noun a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets
- noun a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets
- micrograms2/5
microgram
- noun one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram
mcg.
- noun one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram
- isocrates2/5
isocrates
- noun Athenian rhetorician and orator (436-338 BC)
- noun Athenian rhetorician and orator (436-338 BC)
- scrapbooks2/5
scrapbook
- noun an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted
- noun an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted
- excruciatingly2/5
excruciatingly
- adverb in a very painful manner
agonizingly; torturously.
- the progress was agonizingly slow
- adverb in a very painful manner
- screenwriters2/5
screenwriter
- noun someone who writes screenplays
film writer.
- noun someone who writes screenplays
- descriptively2/5
descriptively
- adverb by giving a description
- these topics need to be treated not just descriptively
- adverb by giving a description
- ludicrously2/5
ludicrously
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
ridiculously; preposterously; laughably.
- her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
- discreditable2/5
discreditable
- adjective satellite tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy
- his marks were not at all discreditable
- adjective satellite tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy
- microcosmic2/5
microcosmic
- adjective relating to or characteristic of a microcosm
- the microcosmic world of business
- adjective relating to or characteristic of a microcosm
- macroscopically2/5
macroscopically
- adverb without using a microscope
- The tubes were examined macroscopically
- adverb without using a microscope
- 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)
- scrofula2/5
scrofula
- noun a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
struma; king's evil.
- noun a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
- diacritical2/5
diacritical
- adjective satellite capable of distinguishing
diacritic.
- students having superior diacritic powers
- the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel
- adjective satellite capable of distinguishing
- hardscrabble2/5
hardscrabble
- adjective satellite barely satisfying a lower standard
- the sharecropper's hardscrabble life
- adjective satellite barely satisfying a lower standard
- microgram2/5
microgram
- noun one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram
mcg.
- noun one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram
- hypocritically2/5
hypocritically
- adverb in a hypocritical manner
- he behaved hypocritically by praying piously when people were watching
- adverb in a hypocritical manner
- unscripted2/5
unscripted
- adjective not furnished with or using a script
- unrehearsed and unscript spot interviews
- unscripted talk shows
- adjective not furnished with or using a script
- icecream2/5
icecream
- noun frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring
ice cream.
- noun frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring
- presocratic2/5
presocratic
- adjective before the time of Socrates
pre-Socratic.
- adjective before the time of Socrates
- undiscriminating2/5
undiscriminating
- adjective not discriminating
indiscriminating.
- adjective not discriminating
- hypercritical2/5
hypercritical
- adjective satellite inclined to judge too severely
overcritical.
- hypercritical of colloquial speech
- the overcritical teacher can discourage originality
- adjective satellite inclined to judge too severely
- scrubland2/5
scrubland
- noun an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation
- noun an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation
- screwy2/5
screwy
- adjective satellite not behaving normally
screw-loose.
- adjective satellite not behaving normally
- secretaire2/5
secretaire
- noun a desk used for writing
writing table; escritoire; secretary.
- noun a desk used for writing
- lumbosacral2/5
lumbosacral
- adjective of or relating to or near the small of the back and the back part of the pelvis between the hips
- adjective of or relating to or near the small of the back and the back part of the pelvis between the hips
- scries2/5
scry
- verb divine by gazing into crystals
- verb divine by gazing into crystals
- scrying2/5
scry
- verb divine by gazing into crystals
- verb divine by gazing into crystals
- necrophilia2/5
necrophilia
- noun an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
necromania; necrophilism.
- noun an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
- indescribably2/5
indescribably
- adverb to an inexpressible degree
unutterably; unspeakably; ineffably.
- she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton
- adverb to an inexpressible degree
- microcrystalline2/5
microcrystalline
- adjective satellite containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope
- adjective satellite containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope
- apocrine2/5
apocrine
- adjective (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion
- mother's milk is one apocrine secretion
- adjective (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion
- eccrine2/5
eccrine
- adjective (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature
- adjective (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature
- uncrowded2/5
uncrowded
- adjective having or allowing sufficient room
- an uncrowded train
- an uncrowded view
- adjective having or allowing sufficient room
- oversubscribed2/5
oversubscribed
- adjective satellite sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets
- the opera season was oversubscribed
- adjective satellite sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets
- nondiscriminatory2/5
nondiscriminatory
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- incremented2/5
increment
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
increase; growth.
- the increase in unemployment
- the growth of population
- noun the amount by which something increases
increase.
- they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- microform2/5
microform
(Biol.) A microscopic form of life; an animal or vegetable organism microscopic size.
- sacroiliac2/5
sacroiliac
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- prescriber2/5
prescribe
- verb issue commands or orders for
order; dictate.
- verb issue commands or orders for
- antidiscrimination2/5
antidiscrimination
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- rosecrans2/5
rosecrans
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- lovecraft2/5
lovecraft
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- microenvironment2/5
microenvironment
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- lucrezia2/5
lucrezia
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- uncreated2/5
uncreated
Deprived of existence; annihilated. Beau. & Fl.
- scripta2/5
scripta
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- sharecropping2/5
sharecropping
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- screenshot2/5
screenshot
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- sacre2/5
- bureaucratization2/5
bureaucratization
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- discretely2/5
discrete
- adjective satellite constituting a separate entity or part
distinct.
- a government with three discrete divisions
- on two distinct occasions
- adjective satellite constituting a separate entity or part
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- macready2/5
- microcirculation2/5
- antidemocratic2/5
antidemocratic
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- microclimate2/5
microclimate
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- extracranial2/5
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- microporous2/5
- bromocriptine2/5
- screenwriting2/5
screenwriting
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- scruggs2/5
scruggs
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- submicron2/5
- theocritus2/5
theocritus
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- acromioclavicular2/5
acromioclavicular
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- microinjection2/5
microinjection
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- microsurgical2/5
microsurgical
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- blackacre2/5
- recrystallized2/5
recrystallize
(Chem. & Min.) To crystallize again. Henry.
- sacro2/5
sacro
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- osteonecrosis2/5
- microprobe2/5
microprobe
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- microelectrode2/5
microelectrode
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- microlevel2/5
microlevel
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- subcritical2/5
- subacromial2/5
subacromial
(Anat.) Situated beneath the acromial process of the scapula.
- microanalysis2/5
microanalysis
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- macronutrients2/5
- microglial2/5
- widescreen2/5
widescreen
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- incrementing2/5
increment
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
increase; growth.
- the increase in unemployment
- the growth of population
- noun the amount by which something increases
increase.
- they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- incrementalism2/5
incrementalism
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- intercropping2/5
- microparticles2/5
- sanscrit2/5
- nondemocratic2/5
nondemocratic
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- ascriptive2/5
- recrossed2/5
recross
To cross a second time.
- nasolacrimal2/5
nasolacrimal
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- unencrypted2/5
- scriven2/5
scriven
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- offscreen2/5
- undescribed2/5
- micronesian2/5
micronesian
Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective designation of the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, embracing the Marshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the Carolines, etc.
- microcapsules2/5
- transcriptionally2/5
transcriptionally
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- microbiota2/5
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- longacre2/5
- shotcrete2/5
- microsphere2/5
microsphere
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- micropropagation2/5
- uncredited2/5
uncredit
To cause to be disbelieved; to discredit. Obs. Fuller.
- lycra2/5
lycra
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- mccray2/5
mccray
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- bureaucratized2/5
bureaucratized
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- decretum2/5
- hillcrest2/5
- screenshots2/5
screenshots
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- physiocrats2/5
physiocrat
One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order. F. A. Walker. --Phys`i*o*crat"ic a.
- decremented2/5
decrement
- noun the amount by which something decreases
decrease.
- noun a process of becoming smaller or shorter
decrease.
- noun the amount by which something decreases
- redescription2/5
redescription
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- microelectrodes2/5
- anacreon2/5
anacreon
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- cyanoacrylate2/5
cyanoacrylate
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- macronutrient2/5
macronutrient
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- microvasculature2/5
microvasculature
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- microfibrils2/5
- neuroendocrinology2/5
neuroendocrinology
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- prescribers2/5
- sacralization2/5
sacralization
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- microdissection2/5
microdissection
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- decretals2/5
decretal
Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; Ayliffe.as, a .decretal epistle
- tacrine2/5
tacrine
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- microcytic2/5
microcytic
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- microbiologic2/5
microbiologic
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- concretization2/5
concretization
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- noncriminal2/5
noncriminal
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- macrophyte2/5
macrophyte
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- micropores2/5
- neurosecretory2/5
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- apocryphon2/5
- microhabitat2/5
microhabitat
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- reinscribe2/5
reinscribe
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- microstates2/5
microstates
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- recross2/5
recross
To cross a second time.
- linacre2/5
- sacramentum2/5
- postcranial2/5
- semicrystalline2/5
semicrystalline
(Min.) Half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter.
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- amacrine2/5
- micromanagement2/5
micromanagement
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- outcrossing2/5
- motocross2/5
motocross
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- scriptum2/5
scriptum
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- screensaver2/5
screensaver
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- unscriptural2/5
unscriptural
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- microphysical2/5
- inscriptional2/5
- macrostructure2/5
macrostructure
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- microclimates2/5
microclimates
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- unsubscribe2/5
unsubscribe
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- posttranscriptional2/5
posttranscriptional
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- microarchitecture2/5
microarchitecture
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- methacrylic2/5
methacrylic
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- microenvironments2/5
microenvironments
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- macrocytic2/5
macrocytic
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- reinscribed2/5
reinscribed
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- picric2/5
picric
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a strong organic acid (called picric acid), intensely bitter. ✍ Picric acid is obtained by treating phenol with strong nitric acid, as a brilliant yellow crystalline substance, C6H2(NO2)3.OH . It is used in dyeing silk and wool, and also in the manufacture of explosives, as it is very unstable when heated. Called alsotrinitrophenol , and formerlycarbazotic acid .
- idiosyncracies2/5
idiosyncracies
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- secreto2/5
secreto
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- quasicrystals2/5
- micromanage2/5
micromanage
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- sacrococcygeal2/5
- buttercream2/5
buttercream
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- recrossing2/5
recross
To cross a second time.
- microencapsulation2/5
microencapsulation
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- microphysics2/5
microphysics
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- scriver2/5
scriver
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- ecmascript2/5
ecmascript
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- micropipette2/5
micropipette
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- sacramentary2/5
sacramentary
An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany.
- recrystallisation2/5
recrystallisation
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- encrease2/5
increase
- noun a quantity that is added
addition; gain.
- there was an addition to property taxes this year
- they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks
- noun a change resulting in an increase
- the increase is scheduled for next month
- noun a quantity that is added
- prescreening2/5
- prodemocracy2/5
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macrofauna
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- micromolar2/5
micromolar
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- socratics2/5
socratic
- adjective of or relating to Socrates or to his method of teaching
- Socratic teaching
- adjective of or relating to Socrates or to his method of teaching
- scripturally2/5
scriptural
- adjective of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible
biblical.
- biblical names
- biblical Hebrew
- adjective written or relating to writing
- adjective of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible
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- micros2/5
micro
- adjective satellite extremely small in scale or scope or capability
- adjective satellite extremely small in scale or scope or capability
- sacrality2/5
- secreta2/5
secreta
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- idiosyncratically2/5
idiosyncratical
Of peculiar temper or disposition; belonging to one's peculiar and individual character.
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submicroscopic
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- incrusted1/5
incrust
- verb decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
beset; encrust.
- verb cover or coat with a crust
encrust.
- verb decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
- encrust1/5
encrust
- verb cover or coat with a crust
incrust.
- verb decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
beset; incrust.
- verb cover or coat with a crust
- incrustation1/5
incrustation
- noun the formation of a crust
encrustation.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
encrustation; crust.
- noun the formation of a crust
- encrustation1/5
encrustation
- noun the formation of a crust
incrustation.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
crust; incrustation.
- noun the formation of a crust
- concreted1/5
concrete
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- verb cover with cement
- concrete the walls
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- democratise1/5
democratise
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
democratize.
- verb introduce democratic reforms; of nations
democratize.
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
- encrustations1/5
encrustation
- noun the formation of a crust
incrustation.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
crust; incrustation.
- noun the formation of a crust
- incrustations1/5
incrustation
- noun the formation of a crust
encrustation.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
encrustation; crust.
- noun the formation of a crust
- democratised1/5
democratise
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
democratize.
- verb introduce democratic reforms; of nations
democratize.
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
- unscrambled1/5
unscramble
- verb make intelligible
- Can you unscramble the message?
- verb become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
untangle; unpick; unravel; unknot.
- unravel the thread
- verb make intelligible
- unscrambling1/5
unscramble
- verb make intelligible
- Can you unscramble the message?
- verb become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
untangle; unpick; unravel; unknot.
- unravel the thread
- verb make intelligible
- democratizes1/5
democratize
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
democratise.
- verb introduce democratic reforms; of nations
democratise.
- verb become (more) democratic; of nations
- procreating1/5
procreate
- verb have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
reproduce; multiply.
- The Bible tells people to procreate
- verb have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
- microwaved1/5
microwave
- noun a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data
- noun kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food
microwave oven.
- noun a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data
- breadcrumb1/5
breadcrumb
- noun crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
- noun crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
- accrete1/5
accrete
- verb grow together (of plants and organs)
- After many years the rose bushes grew together
- verb grow or become attached by accretion
- The story accreted emotion
- verb grow together (of plants and organs)
- microwaving1/5
microwave
- noun a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data
- noun kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food
microwave oven.
- noun a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data
- scrapper1/5
scrapper
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
combatant; fighter; belligerent; battler.
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
- concretizing1/5
concretize
- verb make something concrete
- verb become specific
concretise.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb make something concrete
- nacreous1/5
nacreous
- adjective consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl
- adjective satellite having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
pearlescent; opalescent; iridescent; opaline.
- an iridescent oil slick
- nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl
- a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster
- adjective consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl
- procreated1/5
procreate
- verb have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
reproduce; multiply.
- The Bible tells people to procreate
- verb have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
- scramblers1/5
scrambler
- noun a rapid mover; someone who scrambles
- their quarterback was a good scrambler
- scramblers can often unnerve a better tennis player
- noun a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground
dirt bike; trail bike.
- noun a rapid mover; someone who scrambles
- concretizes1/5
concretize
- verb make something concrete
- verb become specific
concretise.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb make something concrete
- concretised1/5
concretise
- verb become specific
concretize.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb become specific
- chloropicrin1/5
chloropicrin
- noun a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas
nitrochloroform.
- noun a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas
- syncretized1/5
syncretize
- verb become fused
syncretise.
- verb unite (beliefs or conflicting principles)
syncretise.
- verb become fused
- accretes1/5
accrete
- verb grow together (of plants and organs)
- After many years the rose bushes grew together
- verb grow or become attached by accretion
- The story accreted emotion
- verb grow together (of plants and organs)
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hematocrit
- noun the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit
haematocrit; packed cell volume.
- noun a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood
haematocrit.
- noun the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit
- concretise1/5
concretise
- verb become specific
concretize.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb become specific
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smokescreen
- noun (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements
smoke screen.
- noun an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure
smoke screen.
- requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures
- noun (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements
- scrappers1/5
scrapper
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
combatant; fighter; belligerent; battler.
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
- unscrews1/5
unscrew
- verb loosen something by unscrewing it
- unscrew the outlet plate
- verb loosen by turning
- unscrew the bottle cap
- verb loosen something by unscrewing it
- conscriptions1/5
conscription
- noun compulsory military service
muster; selective service; draft.
- noun compulsory military service
- procreates1/5
procreate
- verb have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
reproduce; multiply.
- The Bible tells people to procreate
- verb have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
- concretising1/5
concretise
- verb become specific
concretize.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb become specific
- decrepitation1/5
decrepitation
- noun the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated
- noun the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated
- decrescendo1/5
decrescendo
- noun (music) a gradual decrease in loudness
diminuendo.
- verb grow quieter
- The music decrescendoes here
- noun (music) a gradual decrease in loudness
- scrunching1/5
scrunch
- noun a crunching noise
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
thud; crump.
- noun a crunching noise
- microevolution1/5
microevolution
- noun evolution resulting from small specific genetic changes that can lead to a new subspecies
- noun evolution resulting from small specific genetic changes that can lead to a new subspecies
- hydrocracking1/5
hydrocracking
- noun the process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst
- noun the process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst
- mediocrities1/5
mediocrity
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
averageness.
- noun a person of second-rate ability or value
second-rater.
- a team of aging second-raters
- shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
- discretions1/5
discretion
- noun freedom to act or judge on one's own
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
prudence; circumspection; discreetness.
- the servants showed great tact and discretion
- noun freedom to act or judge on one's own
- consecrations1/5
consecration
- noun a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal)
- his consecration to study
- noun (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God
- the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church
- noun a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal)
- scriveners1/5
scrivener
- noun someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
scribe; copyist.
- noun someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
- microscopist1/5
microscopist
- noun a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes
- noun a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes
- scratchings1/5
scratching
- noun a harsh noise made by scraping
scraping; scrape; scratch.
- the scrape of violin bows distracted her
- verb cause friction
rub; chafe; scratch; fray; fret.
- my sweater scratches
- noun a harsh noise made by scraping
- screwup1/5
screwup
- noun the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation
- a typical bureaucratic screwup
- noun the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation
- conscripting1/5
conscript
- noun someone who is drafted into military service
draftee; inductee.
- verb enroll into service compulsorily
- The men were conscripted
- noun someone who is drafted into military service
- encryptions1/5
encryption
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
encoding.
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
- bureaucratism1/5
bureaucratism
- noun nonelective government officials
bureaucracy.
- noun nonelective government officials
- screeds1/5
screed
- noun a long monotonous harangue
- noun a long piece of writing
- noun a long monotonous harangue
- cockcrow1/5
cockcrow
- noun the first light of day
sunup; daybreak; break of day; dawning; aurora; morning; break of the day; first light; dayspring; dawn; sunrise.
- we got up before dawn
- they talked until morning
- noun the first light of day
- spacecrafts1/5
spacecraft
- noun a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun
ballistic capsule; space vehicle.
- noun a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun
- microscopists1/5
microscopist
- noun a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes
- noun a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes
- macrocytosis1/5
macrocytosis
- noun the presence of macrocytes in the blood
- noun the presence of macrocytes in the blood
- 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
- ambulacral1/5
ambulacral
- adjective pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms
- adjective pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms
- gimcrack1/5
gimcrack
- noun ornamental objects of no great value
gimcrackery; trumpery; falderol; frill; nonsense; folderal.
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- noun ornamental objects of no great value
- scratcher1/5
scratcher
- noun a workman who uses a tool for scratching
- noun a person who scratches to relieve an itch
- noun a workman who uses a tool for scratching
- scrimmages1/5
scrimmage
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- noun a noisy riotous fight
melee; battle royal.
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- accretive1/5
accretive
- adjective satellite growing by accretion
- adjective satellite growing by accretion
- desecrates1/5
desecrate
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
outrage; violate; profane.
- desecrate a cemetery
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
- verb remove the consecration from a person or an object
deconsecrate; unhallow.
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
- necrobiosis1/5
necrobiosis
- noun (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
cell death.
- noun (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
- screwups1/5
screwup
- noun the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation
- a typical bureaucratic screwup
- noun the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation
- syncretisms1/5
syncretism
- noun the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)
- a syncretism of material and immaterial theories
- noun the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
- noun the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)
- scrims1/5
scrim
- noun a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
- noun a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
- scrag1/5
scrag
- noun a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
thin person; skin and bones.
- noun lean end of the neck
- noun a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
- microscopies1/5
microscopy
- noun research with the use of microscopes
- noun research with the use of microscopes
- incriminates1/5
incriminate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
imply; inculpate.
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
impeach; accuse; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- microdot1/5
microdot
- noun photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security)
- noun photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security)
- scrunches1/5
scrunch
- noun a crunching noise
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
thud; crump.
- noun a crunching noise
- circumscriptions1/5
circumscription
- noun the act of circumscribing
- noun the act of circumscribing
- needlecraft1/5
needlecraft
- noun a creation created or assembled by needle and thread
needlework.
- noun work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle
needlework.
- noun a creation created or assembled by needle and thread
- gimcracks1/5
gimcrack
- noun ornamental objects of no great value
gimcrackery; trumpery; falderol; frill; nonsense; folderal.
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- noun ornamental objects of no great value
- safecracker1/5
safecracker
- noun a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
cracksman; safebreaker.
- noun a thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents
- scratchers1/5
scratcher
- noun a workman who uses a tool for scratching
- noun a person who scratches to relieve an itch
- noun a workman who uses a tool for scratching
- silkscreened1/5
silkscreen
- noun a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil
serigraph; silk screen print.
- verb print by silkscreen
- noun a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil
- deconsecrated1/5
deconsecrated
- adjective satellite divested of consecration
- verb remove the consecration from a person or an object
deconsecrate; unhallow; desecrate.
- adjective satellite divested of consecration
- endocrines1/5
endocrine
- noun the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
hormone; internal secretion.
- noun any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
ductless gland; endocrine gland.
- noun the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
- nondescripts1/5
nondescript
- noun a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
- adjective satellite lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
characterless.
- women dressed in nondescript clothes
- a nondescript novel
- noun a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
- microdots1/5
microdot
- noun photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security)
- noun photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security)
- secrecies1/5
secrecy
- noun the trait of keeping things secret
silence; secretiveness.
- noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
privateness; concealment; privacy.
- noun the trait of keeping things secret
- silkscreens1/5
silkscreen
- noun a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil
serigraph; silk screen print.
- verb print by silkscreen
- noun a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil
- ferroconcrete1/5
ferroconcrete
- noun concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses
reinforced concrete.
- noun concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses
- procrastinations1/5
procrastination
- noun the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
shillyshally; cunctation.
- noun slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
dilatoriness.
- noun the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
- acropetal1/5
acropetal
- adjective of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex
- adjective of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex
- hovercrafts1/5
hovercraft
- noun a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
ground-effect machine.
- noun a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
- scratchiness1/5
scratchiness
- noun the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
harshness; abrasiveness.
- noun the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
- aircraftman1/5
aircraftman
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force
aircraftsman.
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force
- screwtop1/5
screwtop
- noun the top of a container that must be screwed off and on
- noun the top of a container that must be screwed off and on
- aircraftsman1/5
aircraftsman
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force
aircraftman.
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force
- scribblings1/5
scribble
- noun poor handwriting
scratch; scrawl; cacography.
- noun an aimless drawing
scrabble; doodle.
- noun poor handwriting
- cecropia1/5
cecropia
- noun North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees
Hyalophora cecropia; cecropia moth.
- noun large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc
genus Cecropia.
- noun North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees
- microbalance1/5
microbalance
- noun balance for weighing very small objects
- noun balance for weighing very small objects
- accredits1/5
accredit
- verb grant credentials to
recognize; recognise.
- The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution
- recognize an academic degree
- verb provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials
- verb grant credentials to
- aristocratical1/5
aristocratical
- adjective satellite belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
blue; blue-blooded; patrician; gentle; aristocratic.
- an aristocratic family
- aristocratic Bostonians
- aristocratic government
- a blue family
- blue blood
- the blue-blooded aristocracy
- of gentle blood
- patrician landholders of the American South
- aristocratic bearing
- aristocratic features
- patrician tastes
- adjective satellite belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- excretes1/5
excrete
- verb eliminate from the body
pass; egest; eliminate.
- Pass a kidney stone
- verb eliminate from the body
- 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
- procrastinator1/5
procrastinator
- noun someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
cunctator; postponer.
- noun someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
- quinacrine1/5
quinacrine
- noun a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
quinacrine hydrochloride; Atabrine; mepacrine.
- noun a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
- corkscrews1/5
corkscrew
- noun a bottle opener that pulls corks
bottle screw.
- verb move in a spiral or zigzag course
spiral.
- noun a bottle opener that pulls corks
- tradecraft1/5
tradecraft
- noun skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage
- instructional designers are trained in something that might be called tradecraft
- the CIA chief of station accepted responsibility for his agents' failures of tradecraft
- noun skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage
- ccrc1/5
ccrc
- noun an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care
Casualty Care Research Center.
- noun an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care
- secretor1/5
secretor
- noun any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
gland; secreter; secretory organ.
- noun any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
- necromantic1/5
necromantic
- adjective relating to or associated with necromancy
necromantical.
- mysterious necromantic rites
- adjective satellite given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead
- a necromantic sorcerer
- necromantic delusions
- necromantic powders and other weird objects
- adjective relating to or associated with necromancy
- sucrase1/5
sucrase
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose
invertase; saccharase.
- noun an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose
- procrastinators1/5
procrastinator
- noun someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
cunctator; postponer.
- noun someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
- microsporum1/5
microsporum
- noun a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm
genus Microsporum.
- noun a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm
- rescripts1/5
rescript
- noun a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
- noun a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
edict; fiat; decree; order.
- a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
- noun a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
- adhocracy1/5
adhocracy
- noun an organization with little or no structure
- the choice between bureaucracy and adhocracy represents a common dilemma
- the need for informational flexibility can lead to adhocracy
- noun an organization with little or no structure
- handcrafts1/5
handcraft
- noun a work produced by hand labor
handwork; handicraft; handiwork.
- verb make something by hand
- We handcraft all our paper
- noun a work produced by hand labor
- scriptoria1/5
scriptorium
- noun a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts
- noun a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts
- macrame1/5
macrame
- noun a relatively coarse lace; made by weaving and knotting cords
- verb make knotted patterns
- macrame a plant holder
- noun a relatively coarse lace; made by weaving and knotting cords
- scratchpad1/5
scratchpad
- noun (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information
- noun (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information
- screamers1/5
screamer
- noun someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
bellower; bawler; yeller; roarer; shouter; screecher.
- noun a sensational newspaper headline
- noun someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
- phalacrocorax1/5
phalacrocorax
- noun type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae
genus Phalacrocorax.
- noun type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae
- windscreens1/5
windscreen
- noun transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle
windshield.
- noun transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle
- handcraft1/5
handcraft
- noun a work produced by hand labor
handwork; handicraft; handiwork.
- verb make something by hand
- We handcraft all our paper
- noun a work produced by hand labor
- macrobiotics1/5
macrobiotics
- noun the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains)
- noun the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains)
- prescript1/5
prescript
- noun prescribed guide for conduct or action
rule.
- noun prescribed guide for conduct or action
- sacrificers1/5
sacrificer
- noun a religious person who offers up a sacrifice
- noun a religious person who offers up a sacrifice
- prescriptivism1/5
prescriptivism
- noun (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior
- noun (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics
- noun (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior
- dacryocystitis1/5
dacryocystitis
- noun inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose
- noun inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose
- macropus1/5
macropus
(Zoöl.) genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.
- dyscrasia1/5
dyscrasia
- noun an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body
- noun an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body
- plutocrat1/5
plutocrat
- noun someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
- noun someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
- thumbscrews1/5
thumbscrew
- noun instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
- noun screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers
- noun instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
- microbrewery1/5
microbrewery
- noun a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere
- noun a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere
- gerontocracy1/5
gerontocracy
- noun a political system governed by old men
- noun a political system governed by old men
- screes1/5
scree
- noun a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
talus.
- noun a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
- theocracies1/5
theocracy
- noun a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
- noun the belief in government by divine guidance
- noun a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
- microcircuits1/5
microcircuit
- noun a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component
integrated circuit.
- noun a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component
- testcross1/5
testcross
- noun a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
test-cross.
- noun a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
- micropterus1/5
micropterus
- noun American freshwater black basses
genus Micropterus.
- noun American freshwater black basses
- execrate1/5
execrate
- verb find repugnant
abominate; abhor; loathe.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
- verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accurse; anathematise; anathemise; comminate; anathemize; anathematize.
- verb find repugnant
- thumbscrew1/5
thumbscrew
- noun instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
- noun screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers
- noun instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
- recruitments1/5
recruitment
- noun the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)
enlisting.
- noun the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)
- myonecrosis1/5
myonecrosis
- noun localized death of muscle cell fibers
- noun localized death of muscle cell fibers
- uncross1/5
uncross
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
- She uncrossed her legs
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
- uncrossing1/5
uncross
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
- She uncrossed her legs
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
- microfossil1/5
microfossil
- noun a fossil that must be studied microscopically
- noun a fossil that must be studied microscopically
- scrapple1/5
scrapple
- noun scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying
- noun scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying
- descriptivism1/5
descriptivism
- noun (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value
- noun (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics
- noun (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value
- micropaleontology1/5
micropaleontology
- noun the paleontology of microfossils
- noun the paleontology of microfossils
- incredibility1/5
incredibility
- noun the quality of being incredible
incredibleness.
- noun the quality of being incredible
- encroachers1/5
encroacher
- noun someone who enters by force in order to conquer
invader.
- noun someone who enters by force in order to conquer
- scrutinises1/5
scrutinise
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
size up; take stock; scrutinize.
- he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror
- verb examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
audit; scrutinize; inspect.
- audit accounts and tax returns
- verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
- acris1/5
acris
- noun cricket frogs
genus Acris.
- noun cricket frogs
- micrococci1/5
micrococcus
- noun type genus of the family Micrococcaceae
genus Micrococcus.
- noun type genus of the family Micrococcaceae
- involucre1/5
involucre
- noun a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence
- noun a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence
- accreditations1/5
accreditation
- noun the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards)
- a commission is responsible for the accreditation of medical schools
- noun the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards)
- witchcrafts1/5
- secretors1/5
secretor
- noun any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
gland; secreter; secretory organ.
- noun any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
- scrutinies1/5
scrutiny
- noun the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
examination.
- noun a prolonged intense look
- noun the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
- intercrossed1/5
intercrossed
- adjective satellite produced by crossbreeding
hybrid.
- adjective satellite produced by crossbreeding
- acrididae1/5
acrididae
- noun short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
family Locustidae; Locustidae; family Acrididae.
- noun short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
- mobocracy1/5
mobocracy
- noun a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses
ochlocracy.
- noun a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses
- acrocephalus1/5
acrocephalus
- noun a genus of Sylviidae
genus Acrocephalus.
- noun a genus of Sylviidae
- microbreweries1/5
microbrewery
- noun a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere
- noun a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere
- microsome1/5
microsome
- noun a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA
- noun a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA
- necroses1/5
necrose
- verb undergo necrosis
gangrene; sphacelate; mortify.
- the tissue around the wound necrosed
- verb undergo necrosis
- acrocyanosis1/5
acrocyanosis
- noun cyanosis of the extremities; can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion
Raynaud's sign.
- noun cyanosis of the extremities; can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion
- microcircuit1/5
microcircuit
- noun a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component
integrated circuit.
- noun a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component
- corkscrewed1/5
corkscrew
- noun a bottle opener that pulls corks
bottle screw.
- verb move in a spiral or zigzag course
spiral.
- noun a bottle opener that pulls corks
- sacristans1/5
sacristan
- noun an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
sexton.
- noun an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
- lepidocrocite1/5
lepidocrocite
- noun a red to reddish brown mineral consisting of iron oxide hydroxide; often found in iron ores together with goethite
- noun a red to reddish brown mineral consisting of iron oxide hydroxide; often found in iron ores together with goethite
- pseudacris1/5
pseudacris
- noun chorus frogs
genus Pseudacris.
- noun chorus frogs
- discretional1/5
discretional
- adjective satellite having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
discretionary.
- The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds
- adjective satellite having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
- setscrew1/5
setscrew
- noun a screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring
- noun a screw (often without a head) that fits into the boss or hub of a wheel or cam etc. and prevents motion of the part relative to the shaft on which it is mounted
- noun a screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring
- reconsecrated1/5
reconsecrate
- verb consecrate anew, as after a desecration
- verb consecrate anew, as after a desecration
- sucres1/5
sucre
- noun the basic unit of money in Ecuador; equal to 100 centavos
- noun the judicial capital and seat of the judiciary in Bolivia
- noun the basic unit of money in Ecuador; equal to 100 centavos
- prescripts1/5
prescript
- noun prescribed guide for conduct or action
rule.
- noun prescribed guide for conduct or action
- corkscrewing1/5
corkscrew
- noun a bottle opener that pulls corks
bottle screw.
- verb move in a spiral or zigzag course
spiral.
- noun a bottle opener that pulls corks
- procrastinates1/5
procrastinate
- verb postpone doing what one should be doing
dillydally; dilly-dally; drag one's heels; stall; shillyshally; drag one's feet.
- He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
- verb postpone or delay needlessly
- He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late
- verb postpone doing what one should be doing
- scrod1/5
scrod
- noun flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled
schrod.
- noun young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking
schrod.
- noun flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled
- scrums1/5
scrum
- noun (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
scrummage.
- noun (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
- incriminatory1/5
incriminatory
- adjective satellite charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
criminatory; incriminating; criminative.
- incriminatory testimony
- adjective satellite charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
- superscribed1/5
superscribe
- verb write on the top or outside
- superscribe one's name and address
- verb write on the outside or upper part of
- superscribe an envelope
- verb write on the top or outside
- nightcrawler1/5
nightcrawler
- noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
earthworm; angleworm; dew worm; fishworm; wiggler; nightwalker; fishing worm; red worm; crawler.
- noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
- rocroi1/5
rocroi
- noun a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders
Battle of Rocroi.
- noun a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders
- scrapheap1/5
scrapheap
- noun an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
trash heap; garbage heap; refuse heap; junk heap; junk pile; rubbish heap; trash pile.
- noun pile of discarded metal
- noun an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
- micrurus1/5
micrurus
- noun coral snakes
genus Micrurus.
- noun coral snakes
- handcrafting1/5
handcraft
- noun a work produced by hand labor
handwork; handicraft; handiwork.
- verb make something by hand
- We handcraft all our paper
- noun a work produced by hand labor
- ambulacra1/5
ambulacrum
- noun one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located
- noun one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located
- micronase1/5
micronase
- noun an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas
glyburide; DiaBeta.
- noun an oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas
- endocrinal1/5
endocrinal
- adjective of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
endocrine.
- endocrine system
- adjective of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
- necrosed1/5
necrose
- verb undergo necrosis
gangrene; sphacelate; mortify.
- the tissue around the wound necrosed
- verb undergo necrosis
- microchiroptera1/5
microchiroptera
- noun most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats
suborder Microchiroptera.
- noun most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats
- sacristies1/5
sacristy
- noun a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
vestry.
- noun a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
- setscrews1/5
setscrew
- noun a screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring
- noun a screw (often without a head) that fits into the boss or hub of a wheel or cam etc. and prevents motion of the part relative to the shaft on which it is mounted
- noun a screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring
- macrotis1/5
macrotis
- noun a genus of Peramelidae
genus Macrotis.
- noun a genus of Peramelidae
- execrating1/5
execrate
- verb find repugnant
abominate; abhor; loathe.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
- verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accurse; anathematise; anathemise; comminate; anathemize; anathematize.
- verb find repugnant
- transcriptases1/5
transcriptase
- noun the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA
RNA polymerase.
- noun the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA
- mepacrine1/5
mepacrine
- noun a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
quinacrine hydrochloride; quinacrine; Atabrine.
- noun a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
- acridity1/5
acridity
- noun having an acrid smell
- noun extreme bitterness
acridness.
- the acridity of alkali
- noun having an acrid smell
- mesocricetus1/5
mesocricetus
- noun golden hamsters
genus Mesocricetus.
- noun golden hamsters
- microbic1/5
microbic
- adjective of or involving or caused by or being microbes
microbial.
- microbial warfare
- adjective of or involving or caused by or being microbes
- nightcrawlers1/5
nightcrawler
- noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
earthworm; angleworm; dew worm; fishworm; wiggler; nightwalker; fishing worm; red worm; crawler.
- noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
- macropodidae1/5
macropodidae
- noun kangaroos; wallabies
family Macropodidae.
- noun kangaroos; wallabies
- uncrated1/5
uncrate
- verb remove from the crate
- uncrate the glassed carefully!
- verb remove from the crate
- concretism1/5
concretism
- noun a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms
concrete representation.
- noun a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms
- recriminating1/5
recriminate
- verb return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return
- verb return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return
- recriminate1/5
recriminate
- verb return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return
- verb return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return
- scrabbles1/5
scrabble
- noun an aimless drawing
scribble; doodle.
- noun a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
- noun an aimless drawing
- democratizations1/5
democratization
- noun the action of making something democratic
democratisation.
- noun the action of making something democratic
- macrodantin1/5
macrodantin
- noun derivative of nitrofuran used as an antibacterial medicine (trade name Macrodantin) effective against a broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria; used to treat infections of the urinary tract
nitrofurantoin.
- noun derivative of nitrofuran used as an antibacterial medicine (trade name Macrodantin) effective against a broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria; used to treat infections of the urinary tract
- scrummage1/5
scrummage
- noun (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
scrum.
- noun (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
- edecrin1/5
edecrin
- noun diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema
ethacrynic acid.
- noun diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema
- testcrosses1/5
testcross
- noun a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
test-cross.
- noun a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
- incriminations1/5
incrimination
- noun an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
blame; inculpation.
- his incrimination was based on my testimony
- the police laid the blame on the driver
- noun an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- gatecrashers1/5
gatecrasher
- noun someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying
unwelcome guest; crasher.
- noun someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying
- encroacher1/5
encroacher
- noun someone who enters by force in order to conquer
invader.
- noun someone who enters by force in order to conquer
- dicranum1/5
dicranum
- noun type genus of Dicranaceae
genus Dicranum.
- noun type genus of Dicranaceae
- outcropped1/5
outcrop
- noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
rock outcrop; outcropping.
- verb appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground
- Big boulders outcropped
- noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
- secretaryships1/5
secretaryship
- noun the position of secretary
- noun the position of secretary
- ambulacrum1/5
ambulacrum
- noun one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located
- noun one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located
- dacrydium1/5
dacrydium
- noun Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs
genus Dacrydium.
- noun Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs
- scrumpy1/5
scrumpy
- noun strong cider (as made in western England)
- noun strong cider (as made in western England)
- microtomes1/5
microtome
- noun scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination
- noun scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination
- meritocracies1/5
meritocracy
- noun a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
- noun the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
- noun a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
- reconsecrate1/5
reconsecrate
- verb consecrate anew, as after a desecration
- verb consecrate anew, as after a desecration
- necrose1/5
necrose
- verb undergo necrosis
gangrene; sphacelate; mortify.
- the tissue around the wound necrosed
- verb undergo necrosis
- ochlocracy1/5
ochlocracy
- noun a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses
mobocracy.
- noun a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses
- technocracies1/5
technocracy
- noun a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control
- technocracy was described as that society in which those who govern justify themselves by appeal to technical experts who justify themselves by appeal to scientific forms of knowledge
- noun a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control
- plutocracies1/5
plutocracy
- noun a political system governed by the wealthy people
- noun a political system governed by the wealthy people
- acrostichum1/5
acrostichum
- noun in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
genus Acrostichum.
- noun in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
- microhylidae1/5
microhylidae
- noun narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide
Brevicipitidae; family Brevicipitidae; family Microhylidae.
- noun narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide
- uncrosses1/5
uncross
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
- She uncrossed her legs
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
- housecraft1/5
housecraft
- noun skill in domestic management
- noun skill in domestic management
- endocrinologists1/5
endocrinologist
- noun physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system
- noun physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system
- diacritic1/5
diacritic
- noun a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
diacritical mark.
- adjective satellite capable of distinguishing
diacritical.
- students having superior diacritic powers
- the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel
- noun a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
- unconsecrated1/5
unconsecrated
- adjective satellite not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
profane; unsanctified.
- adjective satellite not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- macroeconomists1/5
macroeconomist
- noun an economist who specializes in macroeconomics
macroeconomic expert.
- noun an economist who specializes in macroeconomics
- wisecrack1/5
wisecrack
- noun witty remark
sally; quip; crack.
- verb make a comment, usually ironic
- noun witty remark
- rosicrucianism1/5
rosicrucianism
- noun the theological doctrine that venerates the rose and the cross as symbols of Christ's Resurrection and redemption; claims various occult powers
- noun the theological doctrine that venerates the rose and the cross as symbols of Christ's Resurrection and redemption; claims various occult powers
- acrostics1/5
acrostic
- noun a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
word square.
- noun verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
- noun a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
- postscripts1/5
postscript
- noun a note appended to a letter after the signature
PS.
- noun textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
addendum; supplement.
- noun a note appended to a letter after the signature
- scrimp1/5
scrimp
- verb subsist on a meager allowance
stint; skimp.
- scratch and scrimp
- verb subsist on a meager allowance
- dixiecrats1/5
dixiecrats
- noun a former political party in the United States; formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman
States' Rights Democratic Party.
- noun a former political party in the United States; formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman
- decriminalized1/5
decriminalize
- verb make legal
legitimatize; legitimatise; legalise; legalize; legitimise; legitimate; decriminalise; legitimize.
- Marijuana should be legalized
- verb make legal
- ecru1/5
ecru
- noun a very light brown
beige.
- noun a very light brown
- macrocephaly1/5
macrocephaly
- noun an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical
megacephaly; megalocephaly.
- noun an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical
- secretively1/5
secretively
- adverb in a secretive manner; with a preference for secrecy
- the teacher raised a hand to him, slightly and secretively, because he was her favorite
- adverb in a secretive manner; with a preference for secrecy
- macroglossia1/5
macroglossia
- noun a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndrome
- noun a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndrome
- scrophulariaceae1/5
scrophulariaceae
- noun a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales
family Scrophulariaceae; foxglove family; figwort family.
- noun a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales
- backcrossing1/5
backcross
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
- nutcrackers1/5
nutcracker
- noun a compound lever used to crack nuts open
- noun any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
nuthatch.
- noun a compound lever used to crack nuts open
- scriber1/5
scriber
- noun a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
scratch awl; scribe.
- noun a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
- inscrutably1/5
inscrutably
- adverb in an inscrutable manner
- adverb in an inscrutable manner
- stonecrop1/5
stonecrop
- noun any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers
- noun any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers
- microcopy1/5
microcopy
- verb photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size
- verb photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size
- scrimping1/5
scrimp
- verb subsist on a meager allowance
stint; skimp.
- scratch and scrimp
- verb subsist on a meager allowance
- superscriptions1/5
superscription
- noun an inscription written above something else
- noun the activity of superscribing
- noun an inscription written above something else
- scrimped1/5
scrimp
- verb subsist on a meager allowance
stint; skimp.
- scratch and scrimp
- verb subsist on a meager allowance
- necrology1/5
necrology
- noun a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
obituary; obit.
- noun a list of people who died recently
- noun a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
- playscript1/5
playscript
- noun a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
book; script.
- noun a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
- wiseacres1/5
wiseacre
- noun an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
wise guy; wisenheimer; weisenheimer; smart aleck.
- noun an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
- decriminalisation1/5
decriminalisation
- noun legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal
decriminalization.
- noun legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal
- decriminalize1/5
decriminalize
- verb make legal
legitimatize; legitimatise; legalise; legalize; legitimise; legitimate; decriminalise; legitimize.
- Marijuana should be legalized
- verb make legal
- wiseacre1/5
wiseacre
- noun an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
wise guy; wisenheimer; weisenheimer; smart aleck.
- noun an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
- scroungers1/5
scrounger
- noun someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
cadger; moocher; mooch.
- noun someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
- micrometeorites1/5
micrometeorite
- noun a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
micrometeoroid; micrometeor.
- noun a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
- undersecretaries1/5
undersecretary
- noun a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government
- noun a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government
- decriminalizing1/5
decriminalize
- verb make legal
legitimatize; legitimatise; legalise; legalize; legitimise; legitimate; decriminalise; legitimize.
- Marijuana should be legalized
- verb make legal
- backcrosses1/5
backcross
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
- escrows1/5
escrow
- noun a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition
- noun a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition
- teucrium1/5
teucrium
- noun large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs; native to Mediterranean region to western Asia
genus Teucrium.
- noun large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs; native to Mediterranean region to western Asia
- overcrowd1/5
overcrowd
- verb cause to crowd together too much
- The students overcrowded the cafeteria
- verb crowd together too much
- verb cause to crowd together too much
- scrounger1/5
scrounger
- noun someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
cadger; moocher; mooch.
- noun someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
- microcytosis1/5
microcytosis
- noun a blood disorder characterized by the presence of microcytes (abnormally small red blood cells) in the blood; often associated with anemia
- noun a blood disorder characterized by the presence of microcytes (abnormally small red blood cells) in the blood; often associated with anemia
- backcrossed1/5
backcross
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
- screechy1/5
screechy
- adjective satellite having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge
screaky; squeaking; squeaky; squealing.
- adjective satellite having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge
- desacralized1/5
desacralize
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
secularize.
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
- indiscrete1/5
indiscrete
- adjective satellite not divided or divisible into parts
- layers that were fused into an indiscrete mass
- adjective satellite not divided or divisible into parts
- aristocratically1/5
aristocratically
- adverb in an aristocratic manner
- they behaved aristocratically
- adverb in an aristocratic manner
- micropenis1/5
micropenis
- noun an abnormally small penis
microphallus.
- noun an abnormally small penis
- acromegalic1/5
acromegalic
- adjective satellite marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face
- a protruding acromegalic jaw
- adjective satellite marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face
- desecrations1/5
desecration
- noun blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
profanation; blasphemy; sacrilege.
- desecration of the Holy Sabbath
- noun blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
- sacrilegiously1/5
sacrilegiously
- adverb in a sacrilegious manner
- adverb in a sacrilegious manner
- necropolises1/5
necropolis
- noun a tract of land used for burials
graveyard; burial ground; memorial park; cemetery; burying ground; burial site.
- noun a tract of land used for burials
- scrutineers1/5
scrutineer
- noun someone who examines votes at an election
canvasser.
- noun someone who examines votes at an election
- descries1/5
descry
- verb catch sight of
espy; spot; spy.
- verb catch sight of
- inscriptive1/5
inscriptive
- adjective of or relating to an inscription
- adjective of or relating to an inscription
- necropsies1/5
necropsy
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; post-mortem examination; postmortem; autopsy; PM.
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- sacrileges1/5
sacrilege
- noun blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
profanation; blasphemy; desecration.
- desecration of the Holy Sabbath
- noun blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
- necropoleis1/5
necropolis
- noun a tract of land used for burials
graveyard; burial ground; memorial park; cemetery; burying ground; burial site.
- noun a tract of land used for burials
- scrutineer1/5
scrutineer
- noun someone who examines votes at an election
canvasser.
- noun someone who examines votes at an election
- scrophularia1/5
scrophularia
(Bot.) A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.
- screwballs1/5
screwball
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
fruitcake; nut case; nut; crackpot; crank.
- noun a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
- descrying1/5
descry
- verb catch sight of
espy; spot; spy.
- verb catch sight of
- airscrew1/5
airscrew
- noun a propeller that rotates to push against air
airplane propeller; prop.
- noun a propeller that rotates to push against air
- recrudescent1/5
recrudescent
- adjective satellite the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement
- the patient presented with a case of recrudescent gastralgia
- adjective satellite the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement
- recriminatory1/5
recriminatory
- adjective satellite countering one charge with another
recriminative.
- recriminatory arguments
- adjective satellite countering one charge with another
- micrometeorite1/5
micrometeorite
- noun a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
micrometeoroid; micrometeor.
- noun a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
- secretariate1/5
secretariate
- noun an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations
secretariat.
- noun an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations
- macroscopical1/5
macroscopical
- adjective satellite visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye
macroscopic.
- adjective satellite large enough to be visible with the naked eye
macroscopic.
- adjective satellite visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye
- decriminalised1/5
decriminalise
- verb make legal
legitimatize; decriminalize; legitimatise; legalise; legalize; legitimise; legitimate; legitimize.
- Marijuana should be legalized
- verb make legal
- acronymic1/5
acronymic
- adjective characterized by the use of acronyms
acronymous.
- adjective characterized by the use of acronyms
- macroeconomist1/5
macroeconomist
- noun an economist who specializes in macroeconomics
macroeconomic expert.
- noun an economist who specializes in macroeconomics
- micrometeoroid1/5
micrometeoroid
- noun a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
micrometeorite; micrometeor.
- noun a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
- hierocracy1/5
hierocracy
- noun a ruling body composed of clergy
- noun a ruling body composed of clergy
- scrimmaging1/5
scrimmage
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- noun a noisy riotous fight
melee; battle royal.
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- microphallus1/5
microphallus
- noun an abnormally small penis
micropenis.
- noun an abnormally small penis
- desacralizing1/5
desacralize
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
secularize.
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
- decryptions1/5
decryption
- noun the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
decipherment; decoding.
- a secret key or password is required for decryption
- noun the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
- discreetness1/5
discreetness
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
prudence; circumspection; discretion.
- the servants showed great tact and discretion
- noun subtly skillful handling of a situation
finesse; delicacy; diplomacy.
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
- jackscrew1/5
jackscrew
- noun screw-operated jack
screw jack.
- noun screw-operated jack
- scribers1/5
scriber
- noun a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
scratch awl; scribe.
- noun a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
- scruffs1/5
scruff
- noun the back side of the neck
nape; nucha.
- noun the back side of the neck
- uncreased1/5
uncreased
- adjective satellite used especially of fabrics
creaseless.
- uncreased trousers
- adjective satellite used especially of fabrics
- scrota1/5
scrotum
- noun the external pouch that contains the testes
- noun the external pouch that contains the testes
- micrometeoroids1/5
micrometeoroid
- noun a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
micrometeorite; micrometeor.
- noun a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
- necrologies1/5
necrology
- noun a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
obituary; obit.
- noun a list of people who died recently
- noun a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
- microcephalus1/5
microcephalus
- noun an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
microcephaly; nanocephaly.
- noun an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
- scrotums1/5
scrotum
- noun the external pouch that contains the testes
- noun the external pouch that contains the testes
- scrupling1/5
scruple
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
- noun uneasiness about the fitness of an action
misgiving; qualm.
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
- mimicries1/5
mimicry
- noun the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
apery.
- noun the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators
- noun the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
- excrescent1/5
excrescent
- adjective forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
- adjective forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
- scrimmaged1/5
scrimmage
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- noun a noisy riotous fight
melee; battle royal.
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- desacralize1/5
desacralize
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
secularize.
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
- uncreative1/5
uncreative
- adjective not creative
- an uncreative imagination
- adjective not creative
- wisecracking1/5
wisecrack
- noun witty remark
sally; quip; crack.
- verb make a comment, usually ironic
- noun witty remark
- scrupulousness1/5
scrupulousness
- noun conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence
- noun strict attention to minute details
punctiliousness; meticulosity; meticulousness.
- noun conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence
- hemicrania1/5
hemicrania
- noun a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
migraine; sick headache; megrim.
- noun a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
- unaccredited1/5
unaccredited
- adjective satellite lacking official approval
unlicenced; unlicensed.
- adjective satellite lacking official approval
- unscrupulousness1/5
unscrupulousness
- noun the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty
- noun the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty
- touchscreen1/5
touchscreen
- noun a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen
touch screen.
- noun a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen
- micropyle1/5
micropyle
- noun minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters
- noun minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters
- autocratically1/5
autocratically
- adverb in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator
magisterially; dictatorially.
- this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues
- adverb in an autocratic manner
- the Czars ruled Russia autocratically
- adverb in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator
- escritoire1/5
escritoire
- noun a desk used for writing
writing table; secretaire; secretary.
- noun a desk used for writing
- acrocentric1/5
acrocentric
- adjective having a subterminal centromere
- an acrocentric chromosome
- adjective having a subterminal centromere
- fulcrums1/5
fulcrum
- noun the pivot about which a lever turns
- noun the pivot about which a lever turns
- scrips1/5
scrip
- noun a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
- noun a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
- corncrib1/5
corncrib
- noun a crib for storing and drying ears of corn
- noun a crib for storing and drying ears of corn
- 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)
- microvolts1/5
microvolt
- noun a unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt
- noun a unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt
- macron1/5
macron
- noun a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
- noun a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
- microfarads1/5
microfarad
- noun a unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad
- noun a unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad
- scrublands1/5
scrubland
- noun an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation
- noun an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation
- indiscriminating1/5
indiscriminating
- adjective not discriminating
undiscriminating.
- adjective not discriminating
- microsporidian1/5
microsporidian
- noun parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells
- noun parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells
- acragas1/5
acragas
- noun a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples
Agrigento.
- noun a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples
- acritical1/5
acritical
- adjective satellite without a crisis (as of some diseases)
- adjective satellite without a crisis (as of some diseases)
- microvolt1/5
microvolt
- noun a unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt
- noun a unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt
- microfarad1/5
microfarad
- noun a unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad
- noun a unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad
- 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
- wisecracked1/5
wisecrack
- noun witty remark
sally; quip; crack.
- verb make a comment, usually ironic
- noun witty remark
- microcephalic1/5
microcephalic
- adjective having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
nanocephalic; microcephalous.
- a nanocephalic dwarf
- adjective having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
- overcritical1/5
overcritical
- adjective satellite inclined to judge too severely
hypercritical.
- hypercritical of colloquial speech
- the overcritical teacher can discourage originality
- adjective satellite inclined to judge too severely
- microfiches1/5
microfiche
- noun small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed; a magnification system is used to read the material
- noun small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed; a magnification system is used to read the material
- macrozamia1/5
macrozamia
- noun any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes edible nuts; Australia
- noun any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes edible nuts; Australia
- microsporangia1/5
microsporangium
- noun a plant structure that produces microspores
- noun a plant structure that produces microspores
- secretaires1/5
secretaire
- noun a desk used for writing
writing table; escritoire; secretary.
- noun a desk used for writing
- macrocytes1/5
macrocyte
- noun abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia)
megalocyte.
- noun abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia)
- ultramicroscope1/5
ultramicroscope
- noun light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes
dark-field microscope.
- noun light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes
- rescriptor1/5
rescriptor
- noun a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Rescriptor) used to treat AIDS and HIV
delavirdine.
- noun a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Rescriptor) used to treat AIDS and HIV
- touchscreens1/5
touchscreen
- noun a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen
touch screen.
- noun a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen
- scruffier1/5
scruffy
- adjective satellite shabby and untidy
seedy.
- a surge of ragged scruffy children
- he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain
- adjective satellite shabby and untidy
- fulcra1/5
fulcrum
- noun the pivot about which a lever turns
- noun the pivot about which a lever turns
- macrons1/5
macron
- noun a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
- noun a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
- microsporangium1/5
microsporangium
- noun a plant structure that produces microspores
- noun a plant structure that produces microspores
- corncribs1/5
corncrib
- noun a crib for storing and drying ears of corn
- noun a crib for storing and drying ears of corn
- scrooges1/5
scrooge
- noun a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
churl; niggard; skinflint.
- noun a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
- millimicrons1/5
millimicron
- noun a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
nanometre; nm; micromillimeter; micromillimetre; nanometer.
- noun a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
- indiscreetly1/5
indiscreetly
- adverb without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint
- she inquired indiscreetly after the state of his health
- adverb without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint
- acrophobia1/5
acrophobia
- noun a morbid fear of great heights
- noun a morbid fear of great heights
- micropylar1/5
micropylar
- adjective of or relating to a micropyle
- adjective of or relating to a micropyle
- scry1/5
scry
- verb divine by gazing into crystals
- verb divine by gazing into crystals
- screamingly1/5
screamingly
- adverb to an extreme degree
- screamingly funny
- adverb to an extreme degree
- honeycreepers1/5
honeycreeper
- noun small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands
Hawaiian honeycreeper.
- noun small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar
- noun small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands
- undemocratically1/5
undemocratically
- adverb in an undemocratic manner
- undemocratically, he made all the important decisions without his colleagues
- adverb in an undemocratic manner
- ultramicroscopic1/5
ultramicroscopic
- adjective too small to be seen without an ultramicroscope
- adjective too small to be seen without an ultramicroscope
- honeycreeper1/5
honeycreeper
- noun small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands
Hawaiian honeycreeper.
- noun small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar
- noun small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands
- unscrupulously1/5
unscrupulously
- adverb without scruples
- she unscrupulously uses her charm to make men do what she wants
- adverb without scruples
- corncrake1/5
corncrake
- noun common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
Crex crex; land rail.
- noun common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
- corncrakes1/5
corncrake
- noun common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
Crex crex; land rail.
- noun common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
- goldcrest1/5
goldcrest
- noun European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch
Regulus regulus; golden-crested kinglet.
- noun European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch
- noncrystalline1/5
noncrystalline
- adjective not crystalline
- adjective not crystalline
- discriminable1/5
discriminable
- adjective satellite capable of being discriminated
- discriminable faults
- adjective satellite capable of being discriminated
- uncropped1/5
uncropped
- adjective satellite not used for growing crops
- uncropped soil
- adjective satellite not used for growing crops
- uncrystallized1/5
uncrystallized
- adjective not finally or definitely formed
uncrystallised.
- uncrystallized ideas
- adjective satellite without real or apparent crystalline form
amorphous; uncrystallised.
- an amorphous mineral
- amorphous structure
- adjective not finally or definitely formed
- micronized1/5
- decreasingly1/5
decreasing
- adjective becoming less or smaller
- verb decrease in size, extent, or range
diminish; fall; decrease; lessen.
- The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
- The cabin pressure fell dramatically
- her weight fell to under a hundred pounds
- his voice fell to a whisper
- adjective becoming less or smaller
- rotorcraft1/5
- scriptwriting1/5
- polymicrobial1/5
- nondiscretionary1/5
nondiscretionary
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- micronucleus1/5
- reinscribes1/5
reinscribes
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- hippocrene1/5
hippocrene
A fountain on Mount Helicon in Boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration. Keats.Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene. Longfellow.
- endocrinological1/5
endocrinological
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- macrophylla1/5
macrophylla
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- sacralized1/5
sacralized
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- polycrystals1/5
- microcellular1/5
- polycrystal1/5
polycrystal
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- micropore1/5
micropore
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- descriptives1/5
descriptive
- adjective serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
- the descriptive variable
- a descriptive passage
- adjective describing the structure of a language
- descriptive grammar
- adjective serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
- descript1/5
descript
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- acromial1/5
acromial
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the acromion. Dunglison.
- macroglobulinemia1/5
macroglobulinemia
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- microcirculatory1/5
- micromanaging1/5
micromanaging
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- microworld1/5
microworld
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- sacramentally1/5
sacramental
- adjective of or relating to or involving a sacrament
- adjective of or relating to or involving a sacrament
- warcraft1/5
warcraft
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- reinscribing1/5
reinscribing
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- recreative1/5
recreative
Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting. Let the music of them be recreative. Bacon.
---Rec"re*a`tive*ly , adv. --Rec"re*a`tive*ness , n.
- sacramentality1/5
- scrofa1/5
scrofa
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- unscreened1/5
unscreened
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- scrollwork1/5
scrollwork
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- coracoacromial1/5
- scription1/5
scription
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- macrocycle1/5
macrocycle
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- acrosomal1/5
- micronuclei1/5
- subscripted1/5
subscript
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
inferior.
- adjective written or printed below and to one side of another character
inferior.
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
- scrupulosity1/5
scrupulosity
The quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the far of doing wrong or ofending; nice regard to exactness and propierty; precision. The first sacrilege is looked on with horror; but when they have made the breach, their scrupulosity soon retires. Dr. H. More.
Careful, even to scrupulosity, . . . to keep their Sabbath. South.
- sacrificially1/5
sacrificial
- adjective used in or connected with a sacrifice
- sacrificial lamb
- adjective used in or connected with a sacrifice
- monocrystalline1/5
- microliter1/5
microlite
A rare mineral of resinous luster and high specific gravity. It is a tantalate of calcium, and occurs in octahedral crystals usually very minute.
- piecrust1/5
piecrust
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- fiacre1/5
fiacre
A kind of French hackney coach.
- microphthalmia1/5
microphthalmia
An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the result of disease or of imperfect development.
- ultramicroscopy1/5
ultramicroscopy
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- encreased1/5
- microcracking1/5
- polyacrylonitrile1/5
polyacrylonitrile
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- microsomia1/5
- microforms1/5
microform
(Biol.) A microscopic form of life; an animal or vegetable organism microscopic size.
- democratical1/5
democratical
Democratic. The democratical was democratically received. Algernon Sidney.
- uncracked1/5
- macroglobulin1/5
macroglobulin
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- noncredit1/5
noncredit
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- undercroft1/5
undercroft
(Arch.) A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see Crypt ), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose.
- proscriptive1/5
proscriptive
Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing. Burke. --Pro*scrip"tive*ly , adv.
- micromanipulation1/5
micromanipulation
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- microcrack1/5
microcrack
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- decretal1/5
decretal
Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; Ayliffe.as, a .decretal epistle
- bureaucratisation1/5
bureaucratisation
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- micrographic1/5
micrographic
Of or pertaining to micrography.
- escrowed1/5
escrow
- noun a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition
- noun a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition
- excremental1/5
excremental
Of or pertaining to excrement.
- sacroiliitis1/5
- precrisis1/5
- 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
- microclimatic1/5
- discriminability1/5
- dixiecrat1/5
dixiecrat
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- microlithic1/5
microlithic
Formed of small stones.
- secretum1/5
- bookcraft1/5
bookcraft
Authorship; literary skill.
- anticrime1/5
- intercropped1/5
- calcrete1/5
calcrete
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- decrementing1/5
decrement
- noun the amount by which something decreases
decrease.
- noun a process of becoming smaller or shorter
decrease.
- noun the amount by which something decreases
- intercrop1/5
intercrop
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- ethacrynic1/5
ethacrynic
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- escribe1/5
escribe
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- concrescence1/5
concrescence
Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles. R. Sir W. Raleigh.
- microbiologically1/5
microbiologically
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- microparticle1/5
microparticle
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- sacrospinous1/5
- microencapsulated1/5
microencapsulated
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- necrotising1/5
- microinjected1/5
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- decremental1/5
- escribano1/5
escribano
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- physiocratic1/5
- recreationists1/5
- redescribed1/5
redescribed
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- microbeam1/5
microbeam
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- shuttlecraft1/5
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- microtubular1/5
- microbicidal1/5
microbicidal
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- peripancreatic1/5
- recreationally1/5
recreational
- adjective of or relating to recreation
- a recreational area with a pool and ball fields
- adjective satellite engaged in as a pastime
unpaid; amateur.
- an amateur painter
- gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals
- recreational golfers
- reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating
- unpaid extras in the documentary
- adjective of or relating to recreation
- micronesians1/5
micronesians
(Ethnol.) A dark race inhabiting the Micronesian Islands. They are supposed to be a mixed race, derived from Polynesians and Papuans.
- whiteacre1/5
- micromorphology1/5
- microstate1/5
microstate
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- scriptor1/5
scriptor
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- microliters1/5
- postcrisis1/5
- prescriptively1/5
prescriptive
- adjective pertaining to giving directives or rules
normative.
- prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage
- adjective pertaining to giving directives or rules
- macrocarpa1/5
macrocarpa
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- lucretian1/5
- secre1/5
secre
Secret; secretive; faithful to a secret. Obs.To be holden stable and secre. Chaucer.
- pancreaticoduodenal1/5
pancreaticoduodenal
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- desacralization1/5
- biomicroscopy1/5
biomicroscopy
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- microcline1/5
microcline
(Min.) A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.
- microaerophilic1/5
- handicraftsmen1/5
handicraftsmen
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- microfibril1/5
microfibril
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- describer1/5
describe
- verb give a description of
draw; depict.
- He drew an elaborate plan of attack
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- verb give a description of
- macrostructural1/5
macrostructural
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redescribe
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macroevolutionary
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micromanipulator
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microfilament
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endocrinologic
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microfiber
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theocrat
One who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine law.
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sacramental
- adjective of or relating to or involving a sacrament
- adjective of or relating to or involving a sacrament
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plantocracy
Government by planters; planters, collectively. R.
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microfauna
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microenvironmental
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microphylla
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secretagogue
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micrometres
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quasicrystal
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kleptocracy
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methacrylates
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imprescriptible
Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription. The right of navigation, fishing, and others that may be exercised on the sea, belonging to the right of mere ability, are imprescriptible. Vattel (Trans. )
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sacramentalism
The doctrine and use of sacraments; attashment of excessive importance to sacraments.
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screwworm
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macrocystis
(Bot.) An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific ( Macrocystis pyrifera ), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels.
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anacreontic
Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. De Quincey.
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micropump
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microspectroscopy
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microevolutionary
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transcriptionist
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necropoli
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- scrive1/5
scribe
- noun informal terms for journalists
penman; scribbler.
- noun French playwright (1791-1861)
Augustin Eugene Scribe.
- noun informal terms for journalists
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recrystallize
(Chem. & Min.) To crystallize again. Henry.
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endocrinopathy
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anacrusis
(Pros.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.
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macrofossil
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microburst
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redescribing
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dacryocystorhinostomy
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idiosyncracy
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incrementalist
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microcapsule
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descriptivist
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discriminant
(Math.) The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant .
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ludicrousness
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mucronata
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sacrist
A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books.
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procris
(Zoöl.) Any species of small moths of the genus Procris . The larvæ of some species injure the grapevine by feeding in groups upon the leaves.
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locrian
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microinstruction
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picrotoxin
(Chem.) A bitter white crystalline substance found in the cocculus indicus. It is a peculiar poisonous neurotic and intoxicant, and consists of a mixture of several neutral substances.
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recrystallised
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misdescription
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silcrete
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sacralizing
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micromorphological
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acrimonious
- adjective satellite marked by strong resentment or cynicism
bitter.
- an acrimonious dispute
- bitter about the divorce
- adjective satellite marked by strong resentment or cynicism
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slavocracy
The persons or interest formerly representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery. U. S.
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scripto
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oversubscription
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descriptiveness
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pericranium
(Anat.) The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.
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micrometre
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pericranial
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pericranium.
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acrasia
Excess; intemperance. Obs. except in Med. Farindon.
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intercross
To cross each other, as lines.
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syncretist
One who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance; specifically(Eccl. Hist.) ,an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church.
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microfilaria
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microbicide
(Biol.) Any agent detrimental to, or destructive of, the life of microbes or bacterial organisms.
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microwavable
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micromanaged
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dicrotic
(Physiol.) (a) Of or pertaining to dicrotism; as, a .dicrotic pulse(b) Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in the dicrotic pulse; as, the .dicrotic wave
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acryl
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macrocephalus
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carvacrol
(Chem.) A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH , of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui ).
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microanalytical
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bureaucratised
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cocreator
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microfibrillar
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microbus
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microphotograph
A microscopically small photograph of a picture, writing, printed page, etc.
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sacralize
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microculture
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microwaveable
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uncreate
To deprive of existence; to annihilate. Who can uncreate thee, thou shalt know. Milton.
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necrophiliac
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picrate
(Chem.) A salt of picric acid.
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starcraft
Astrology. R. Tennyson.
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consacre
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scroop
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micropipet
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discriminatory
- adjective being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand
prejudiced.
- a prejudiced judge
- adjective satellite containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
invidious.
- discriminatory attitudes and practices
- invidious comparisons
- adjective being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand
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micra
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microphotograph
A microscopically small photograph of a picture, writing, printed page, etc.
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micrometeorological
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transcriptionists
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pantisocracy
A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days.
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scrapyard
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prescreen
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micrantha
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timocracy
(Gr. Antiq.) (a) A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive. (b) A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.
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microprogram
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microswitch
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microanalytic
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rescript
- noun a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
- noun a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
edict; fiat; decree; order.
- a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
- noun a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality
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script
- noun a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
playscript; book.
- noun something written by hand
handwriting; hand.
- she recognized his handwriting
- his hand was illegible
- noun a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
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microloans
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lucrum
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incroyable
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superscript
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
superior.
- adjective written or printed above and to one side of another character
superior.
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
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cocreate
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sharecropped
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microphonic
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microlith
(Min.) Same as Microlite , 2.
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necro
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discriminate
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart.
- verb treat differently on the basis of sex or race
single out; separate.
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
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describer
One who describes.
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concretionary
Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions.
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photomicrography
The art of producing photomicrographs.
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macrochirus
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excrementitious
(Physiol.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.
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necrophilic
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subscript
- noun a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
inferior.
- adjective written or printed below and to one side of another character
inferior.
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supersecret
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macropod
(Zoöl.) Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab .
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microcap
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scrutin
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handicraftsman
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sharecrop
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scritch
A screech. R.Perhaps it is the owlet's scritch. Coleridge.
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microneedle
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prodemocratic
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nondescriptive
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microprogramming
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nondiscriminating
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rescreening
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noncreative
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unsubscribing
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micrometric
Belonging to micrometry; made by the micrometer. --Mi`cro*met"ric*al*ly , adv.
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scrunchie
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chacra
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sacramentary
An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany.
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acred
Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large- .acred men
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sacrarium
A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity.
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scriptus
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acrolect
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micromere
(Biol.) One of the smaller cells, or blastomeres, resulting from the complete segmentation of a telolecithal ovum.
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endocrin
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microcarpa
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noncriminals
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microinstructions
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micrography
The description of microscopic objects.
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outcross
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democratism
The principles or spirit of a democracy. R.
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microfibers
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socratism
The philosophy or the method of Socrates.
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microprogrammed
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involucrum
(Bot.) See Involucre .
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microloan
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phenocryst
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pancreatoduodenectomy
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shortcrust
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microphotography
The art of making microphotographs.
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biomicroscope
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micrococcal
Of or pertaining to micrococci; caused by micrococci. Nature.
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misdescriptive
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unscratched
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unsubscribed
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radionecrosis
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involucrata
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microwire
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scrunchy
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procreator
One who begets; a father or sire; a generator.
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microampere
(Elec.) One of the smaller measures of electrical currents; the millionth part of one ampère.
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increaser
One who, or that, increases.
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macroura
(Zoöl.) Same as Macrura ,Macrural , etc.
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discriminating
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- the discriminating eye of the connoisseur
- verb recognize or perceive the difference
know apart; discriminate.
- adjective showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
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scran
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microprocessing
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theocrat
One who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine law.
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macrocarpon
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undescribable
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discrown
To deprive of a crown. The end had crowned the work; it not unreasonably discrowned the workman. Motley.
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recross
To cross a second time.
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monocrystal
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microcalorimeter
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microbrew
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macrophyllum
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procreativity
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timocratic
Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy. Sir G. C. Lewis.
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scratchwork
See Scratch coat .
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scripturalist
One who adheres literally to the Scriptures.
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microchemistry
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consecrator
One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes. Written also consecrater .
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doublecross
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micromanipulators
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ultramicrotome
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ocra
(Bot.) See Okra .
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sacrificial
- adjective used in or connected with a sacrifice
- sacrificial lamb
- adjective used in or connected with a sacrifice
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indiscrimination
Want of discrimination or distinction; impartiality. Jefferson.
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involucral
Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum.
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microcolon
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prescribable
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increment
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
increase; growth.
- the increase in unemployment
- the growth of population
- noun the amount by which something increases
increase.
- they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
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prescriptivist
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bureaucratizing
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scriptive
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microcycle
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escript
A writing. Obs.
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desecrator
One who desecrates. "Desecrators of the church." Morley.
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scripturalism
The quality or state of being scriptural; literal adherence to the Scriptures.
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kingcraft
The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy. Prescott.
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- lucratively1/5
lucrative
- adjective satellite producing a sizeable profit
moneymaking; remunerative.
- a remunerative business
- adjective satellite producing a sizeable profit
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bureaucratize
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increase
- noun a quantity that is added
addition; gain.
- there was an addition to property taxes this year
- they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks
- noun a change resulting in an increase
- the increase is scheduled for next month
- noun a quantity that is added
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nonsubscribers
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microcrystal
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acron
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consecratory
Of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory. The consecratory prayer. Bp. Burnet.
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decreation
Destruction; -- opposed to creation. R. Cudworth.
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encratite
(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent .
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reconsecration
Renewed consecration.
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macropod
(Zoöl.) Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab .
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pencraft
Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.
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execrable
- adjective satellite of very poor quality or condition
miserable; deplorable; woeful; wretched.
- deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
- woeful treatment of the accused
- woeful errors of judgment
- adjective satellite unequivocally detestable
abominable; detestable; odious.
- abominable treatment of prisoners
- detestable vices
- execrable crimes
- consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
- adjective satellite of very poor quality or condition
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hippocras
A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.
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recrystallize
(Chem. & Min.) To crystallize again. Henry.
- descrive1/5
describe
- verb give a description of
draw; depict.
- He drew an elaborate plan of attack
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- verb give a description of
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acrobatically
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microsporogenesis
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holocrine
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pancratium
(Gr. Antiq.) An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.
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nonprescriptive
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microlight
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physiocrat
One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order. F. A. Walker. --Phys`i*o*crat"ic a.
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overscrupulous
Scrupulous to excess.
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epicranial
(Anat.) Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles.
- macrophytic1/5
- conacre1/5
conacre
To underlet a proportion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm. Ireland
- micropsia1/5
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microtechnologies
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sacramentarian
(Eccl.) A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist.
- necropsied1/5
necropsy
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; post-mortem examination; postmortem; autopsy; PM.
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
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redescribes
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- procreators1/5
procreator
One who begets; a father or sire; a generator.
- nonprescribed1/5
- sacramentarian1/5
sacramentarian
(Eccl.) A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist.
- micrological1/5
micrological
Of or pertaining to micrology; very minute; --as, .micrologic examinationMi`cro*log"ic*al*ly , adv.pref. = microscopic
- micronization1/5
- decreet1/5
decreet
(Scots Law) The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided.
- undersubscribed1/5
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microanalyses
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- screeding1/5
screed
- noun a long monotonous harangue
- noun a long piece of writing
- noun a long monotonous harangue
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- acreman1/5
- microprint1/5
- apocryphally1/5
apocryphal
- adjective satellite being of questionable authenticity
- adjective of or belonging to the Apocrypha
- adjective satellite being of questionable authenticity
- leadscrew1/5
- prescriptivists1/5
- piecrusts1/5
piecrusts
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- scroggie1/5
- sacring1/5
sacring
a. & n. from Sacre .
- delacruz1/5
delacruz
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- procreant1/5
procreant
Generating; producing; productive; fruitful; assisting in procreation. R. "His pendent bed and procreant cradle." Shak.
- cancrum1/5
- unprescribed1/5
unprescribed
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necrobiotic
(Biol. & Med.) Of or pertaining to necrobiosis; as, a .necrobiotic metamorphosis
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microcultural
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simulacre
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- recreationist1/5
recreationist
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- microphyllum1/5
microphyllum
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- scrog1/5
scrog
A stunted shrub, bush, or branch. Prov. Eng. & Scot.
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neuroendocrinological
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- mucronate1/5
mucronate
Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; --as, a .mucronate leafMu"cro*nate*ly , adv.
- microbuses1/5
microbuses
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accruable
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skyscraping
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- scrutable1/5
scrutable
Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination. R. r. H. More.
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- scrinium1/5
- micrographics1/5
micrographic
Of or pertaining to micrography.
- desecrator1/5
desecrator
One who desecrates. "Desecrators of the church." Morley.
- pancreozymin1/5
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microradiography
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macrospora
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scribble
- noun poor handwriting
scratch; scrawl; cacography.
- noun an aimless drawing
scrabble; doodle.
- noun poor handwriting
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microgroove
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microphonics
The science which treats of the means of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone.
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scrutator
One who scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer. Ayliffe.
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micropalaeontology
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intercrural
(Anat.) Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.
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scrunchies
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consecrator
One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes. Written also consecrater .
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microcalorimetric
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acritarch
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incrementalists
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screwworms
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microspectrophotometry
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inscribe
- verb carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
scratch; grave; engrave.
- engrave a pen
- engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's
- the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree
- verb register formally as a participant or member
enroll; enter; enrol; recruit.
- The party recruited many new members
- verb carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
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seacraft
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- recrystallizes1/5
recrystallize
(Chem. & Min.) To crystallize again. Henry.
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picrite
(Min.) A dark green igneous rock, consisting largely of chrysolite, with hornblende, augite, biotite, etc.
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syncretist
One who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance; specifically(Eccl. Hist.) ,an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church.
- macropterous1/5
macropterous
(Zoöl.) Having long wings.
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scrubwoman
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- slaveocracy1/5
slaveocracy
See Slavocracy .
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acrania
(Physiol.) Partial or total absence of the skull.
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microcephala
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microlite
A rare mineral of resinous luster and high specific gravity. It is a tantalate of calcium, and occurs in octahedral crystals usually very minute.
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microcosmical
Of or pertaining to the microcosm.
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hypercriticism
Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.
- picrite1/5
picrite
(Min.) A dark green igneous rock, consisting largely of chrysolite, with hornblende, augite, biotite, etc.
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incredulousness
Incredulity.
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duricrust
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increaser
One who, or that, increases.
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macrocarpum
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scrappage
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increate
To create within. R.
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gatecrash
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autocross
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anacreontic
Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. De Quincey.
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scruffiness
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- microelement1/5
microelement
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picritic
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recreancy
The quality or state of being recreant.
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misdescribe
To describe wrongly.
- microlepidoptera1/5
microlepidoptera
(Zoöl.) A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.
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necrophile
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- escribed1/5
escribed
Drawn outside of; -- used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced.
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necropoles
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- firescreen1/5
firescreen
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- acridly1/5
acrid
- adjective satellite strong and sharp
pungent.
- the pungent taste of radishes
- the acrid smell of burning rubber
- adjective satellite harsh or corrosive in tone
blistering; acerbic; vitriolic; virulent; sulphurous; acerb; sulfurous; caustic; acid; bitter.
- an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
- a barrage of acid comments
- her acrid remarks make her many enemies
- bitter words
- blistering criticism
- caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
- a sulfurous denunciation
- a vitriolic critique
- adjective satellite strong and sharp
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safecracking
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ocracy
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rescreened
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- microlite1/5
microlite
A rare mineral of resinous luster and high specific gravity. It is a tantalate of calcium, and occurs in octahedral crystals usually very minute.
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- mucro1/5
mucro
(Bot. & Zoöl.) A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ.
- microammeter1/5
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- adambulacral1/5
adambulacral
(Zoöl.) Next to the ambulacra; as, the .adambulacral ossicles of the starfish
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