cu: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of cu
- icu«Word Popularity Bar3/5
icu
- noun a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
intensive care unit.
- noun a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care
- ecu3/5
ecu
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- nicu2/5
nicu
- noun an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn
neonatal intensive care unit.
- noun an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn
- ceausescu2/5
ceausescu
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- ccu2/5
ccu
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- pacu2/5
pacu
(Zoöl.) A South American freah-water fish ( Myleies pacu ), of the familyCharacinidæ . It is highly esteemed as food.
- apercu1/5
apercu
- noun a short synopsis
- noun a short synopsis
- enescu1/5
enescu
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- becu1/5
become
- verb enter or assume a certain state or condition
go; get.
- He became annoyed when he heard the bad news
- It must be getting more serious
- her face went red with anger
- She went into ecstasy
- Get going!
- verb undergo a change or development
turn.
- The water turned into ice
- Her former friend became her worst enemy
- He turned traitor
- verb enter or assume a certain state or condition
- tajacu1/5
tajacu
(Zoöl.) The common, or collared, peccary.
- pirarucu1/5
pirarucu
(Zoöl.) Same as Arapaima .
Suffixes of cu
- cut«Word Popularity Bar5/5
cut
- noun a share of the profits
- everyone got a cut of the earnings
- noun (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt
- noun a share of the profits
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cutting
- noun the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
film editing.
- noun a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
slip.
- noun the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- cure5/5
cure
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
curative; remedy; therapeutic.
- verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
heal; bring around.
- The treatment cured the boy's acne
- The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- cuts5/5
cut
- noun a share of the profits
- everyone got a cut of the earnings
- noun (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt
- noun a share of the profits
- curtain5/5
curtain
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
drape; pall; drapery; mantle.
- noun any barrier to communication or vision
- a curtain of secrecy
- a curtain of trees
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- culture5/5
culture
- noun a particular society at a particular time and place
civilization; civilisation.
- early Mayan civilization
- noun the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
- noun a particular society at a particular time and place
- current5/5
current
- noun a flow of electricity through a conductor
electric current.
- the current was measured in amperes
- noun a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
stream.
- the raft floated downstream on the current
- he felt a stream of air
- the hose ejected a stream of water
- noun a flow of electricity through a conductor
- cultures5/5
culture
- noun a particular society at a particular time and place
civilization; civilisation.
- early Mayan civilization
- noun the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
- noun a particular society at a particular time and place
- cup5/5
cup
- noun a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- he put the cup back in the saucer
- the handle of the cup was missing
- noun the quantity a cup will hold
cupful.
- he drank a cup of coffee
- he borrowed a cup of sugar
- noun a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- cups5/5
cup
- noun a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- he put the cup back in the saucer
- the handle of the cup was missing
- noun the quantity a cup will hold
cupful.
- he drank a cup of coffee
- he borrowed a cup of sugar
- noun a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- currents5/5
current
- noun a flow of electricity through a conductor
electric current.
- the current was measured in amperes
- noun a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
stream.
- the raft floated downstream on the current
- he felt a stream of air
- the hose ejected a stream of water
- noun a flow of electricity through a conductor
- cultivated5/5
cultivated
- adjective (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing
- cultivated land
- verb foster the growth of
cultivate.
- adjective (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing
- curse5/5
curse
- noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
swearing; swearword; expletive; cuss; oath; curse word.
- expletives were deleted
- noun an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
condemnation; execration.
- noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- curve5/5
curve
- noun the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
curved shape.
- noun a line on a graph representing data
- noun the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
- custom5/5
custom
- noun accepted or habitual practice
usage; usance.
- noun a specific practice of long standing
tradition.
- noun accepted or habitual practice
- curriculum5/5
curriculum
- noun an integrated course of academic studies
course of study; syllabus; program; programme.
- he was admitted to a new program at the university
- noun an integrated course of academic studies
- customs5/5
customs
- noun money collected under a tariff
custom; impost; customs duty.
- noun accepted or habitual practice
usage; usance; custom.
- noun money collected under a tariff
- curves5/5
curve
- noun the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
curved shape.
- noun a line on a graph representing data
- noun the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
- cuba5/5
cuba
- noun a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
Republic of Cuba.
- noun the largest island in the West Indies
- noun a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
- curiosity5/5
curiosity
- noun a state in which you want to learn more about something
wonder.
- noun something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
oddment; oddity; rarity; peculiarity; curio.
- noun a state in which you want to learn more about something
- cultivation5/5
cultivation
- noun socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners
- her cultivation was remarkable
- noun (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
- noun socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners
- cult5/5
cult
- noun followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
- noun an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
rage; fad; furore; furor; craze.
- he always follows the latest fads
- it was all the rage that season
- noun followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
- customary5/5
customary
- adjective satellite in accordance with convention or custom
- sealed the deal with the customary handshake
- adjective satellite commonly used or practiced; usual
accustomed; habitual; wonted.
- his accustomed thoroughness
- took his customary morning walk
- his habitual comment
- with her wonted candor
- adjective satellite in accordance with convention or custom
- custody5/5
custody
- noun a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
hold; detention; detainment.
- his detention was politically motivated
- the prisoner is on hold
- he is in the custody of police
- noun holding by the police
- the suspect is in custody
- noun a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- cultural5/5
cultural
- adjective of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors
- cultural events
- a person of broad cultural interests
- adjective satellite denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people
ethnical; ethnic.
- influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy
- ethnic food
- adjective of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors
- currency5/5
currency
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- noun general acceptance or use
- the currency of ideas
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- curious5/5
curious
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
funny; rum; singular; queer; odd; peculiar; rummy.
- a curious hybrid accent
- her speech has a funny twang
- they have some funny ideas about war
- had an odd name
- the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
- something definitely queer about this town
- what a rum fellow
- singular behavior
- adjective eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
- a curious child is a teacher's delight
- a trap door that made me curious
- curious investigators
- traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers
- curious about the neighbor's doings
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- cumulative5/5
cumulative
- adjective satellite increasing by successive addition
accumulative.
- the benefits are cumulative
- the eventual accumulative effect of these substances
- adjective satellite increasing by successive addition
- cuban5/5
cuban
Of or pertaining to Cuba or its inhabitants. --n. A native or an inhabitant of Cuba.
- customer5/5
customer
- noun someone who pays for goods or services
client.
- noun someone who pays for goods or services
- customers5/5
customer
- noun someone who pays for goods or services
client.
- noun someone who pays for goods or services
- currently5/5
currently
- adverb at this time or period; now
presently.
- he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations
- currently they live in Connecticut
- adverb at this time or period; now
- culturally5/5
culturally
- adverb with regard to a culture
- culturally integrated
- adverb with regard to a culture
- curtains4/5
curtain
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
drape; pall; drapery; mantle.
- noun any barrier to communication or vision
- a curtain of secrecy
- a curtain of trees
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- cured4/5
cured
- adjective satellite freed from illness or injury
recovered; healed.
- the patient appears cured
- the incision is healed
- appears to be entirely recovered
- when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron
- verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
heal; cure; bring around.
- The treatment cured the boy's acne
- The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
- adjective satellite freed from illness or injury
- cuisine4/5
cuisine
- noun the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
culinary art.
- noun the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
- curry4/5
curry
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- verb season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- curing4/5
curing
- noun the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
solidifying; hardening; set; solidification.
- the hardening of concrete
- he tested the set of the glue
- verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
heal; cure; bring around.
- The treatment cured the boy's acne
- The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
- noun the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- customize4/5
customize
- verb make to specifications
custom-make; customise; tailor-make.
- I had this desk custom-made for me
- verb make according to requirements
customise.
- customize a car
- verb make to specifications
- customized4/5
customize
- verb make to specifications
custom-make; customise; tailor-make.
- I had this desk custom-made for me
- verb make according to requirements
customise.
- customize a car
- verb make to specifications
- cures4/5
cure
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
curative; remedy; therapeutic.
- verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
heal; bring around.
- The treatment cured the boy's acne
- The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- cutoff4/5
cutoff
- noun a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
crosscut; shortcut.
- noun a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated
- cues4/5
cue
- noun an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- noun evidence that helps to solve a problem
clew; clue.
- noun an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- cue4/5
cue
- noun an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- noun evidence that helps to solve a problem
clew; clue.
- noun an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- cultivate4/5
cultivate
- verb foster the growth of
- verb prepare for crops
work; crop.
- Work the soil
- cultivate the land
- verb foster the growth of
- cube4/5
cube
- noun a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
regular hexahedron.
- noun a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
block.
- noun a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
- cursed4/5
cursed
- adjective deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
curst.
- villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed
- cursed with four daughter
- not a cursed drop
- his cursed stupidity
- I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning
- verb utter obscenities or profanities
imprecate; cuss; curse; blaspheme; swear.
- The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
- adjective deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
- cum4/5
cum
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; ejaculate; seminal fluid; seed; come.
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- cursor4/5
cursor
- noun (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
pointer.
- noun (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
- curb4/5
curb
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
kerb; curbing.
- noun a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
curb bit.
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- cutter4/5
cutter
- noun someone who cuts or carves stone
stonecutter.
- noun someone who carves the meat
carver.
- noun someone who cuts or carves stone
- curls4/5
curl
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
gyre; ringlet; scroll; whorl; coil; curlicue; roll.
- noun American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
Robert F. Curl; Robert Curl; Robert Floyd Curl Jr..
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- cushion4/5
cushion
- noun a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
shock; shock absorber.
- the old car needed a new set of shocks
- noun the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle
- noun a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
- cultivating4/5
cultivate
- verb foster the growth of
- verb prepare for crops
work; crop.
- Work the soil
- cultivate the land
- verb foster the growth of
- cubes4/5
cube
- noun a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
regular hexahedron.
- noun a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
block.
- noun a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
- curl4/5
curl
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
gyre; ringlet; scroll; whorl; coil; curlicue; roll.
- noun American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
Robert F. Curl; Robert Curl; Robert Floyd Curl Jr..
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- culminating4/5
culminate
- verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
climax.
- The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
- verb bring to a head or to the highest point
- Seurat culminated pointillism
- verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
- cursing4/5
curse
- noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
swearing; swearword; expletive; cuss; oath; curse word.
- expletives were deleted
- noun an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
condemnation; execration.
- noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- culminated4/5
culminate
- verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
climax.
- The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
- verb bring to a head or to the highest point
- Seurat culminated pointillism
- verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
- curses4/5
curse
- noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
swearing; swearword; expletive; cuss; oath; curse word.
- expletives were deleted
- noun an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
condemnation; execration.
- noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- cushions4/5
cushion
- noun a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
shock; shock absorber.
- the old car needed a new set of shocks
- noun the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle
- noun a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
- culinary4/5
culinary
- adjective of or relating to or used in cooking
- adjective of or relating to or used in cooking
- curved4/5
curved
- adjective having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
curving.
- the curved tusks of a walrus
- his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard
- verb turn sharply; change direction abruptly
swerve; cut; veer; trend; curve; sheer; slew; slue.
- The car cut to the left at the intersection
- The motorbike veered to the right
- adjective having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
- cubic4/5
cubic
- adjective having three dimensions
three-dimensional.
- adjective having three dimensions
- curled4/5
curled
- adjective satellite of hair having curls
curling.
- verb form a curl, curve, or kink
curl; curve; kink.
- the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling
- adjective satellite of hair having curls
- cultured4/5
cultured
- adjective satellite marked by refinement in taste and manners
civilised; polite; civilized; genteel; cultivated.
- cultivated speech
- cultured Bostonians
- cultured tastes
- a genteel old lady
- polite society
- verb grow in a special preparation
culture.
- the biologist grows microorganisms
- adjective satellite marked by refinement in taste and manners
- curvature4/5
curvature
- noun (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
- curvature of the spine
- noun the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
- noun (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
- curricula4/5
curriculum
- noun an integrated course of academic studies
course of study; syllabus; program; programme.
- he was admitted to a new program at the university
- noun an integrated course of academic studies
- cutaneous4/5
cutaneous
- adjective relating to or existing on or affecting the skin
cutaneal; dermal.
- cutaneous nerves
- a cutaneous infection
- adjective relating to or existing on or affecting the skin
- cuff4/5
cuff
- noun the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
turnup.
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
handlock; handcuff; manacle.
- noun the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
- cumberland4/5
cumberland
- noun English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
Butcher Cumberland; Duke of Cumberland; William Augustus.
- noun a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky
Cumberland River.
- noun English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
- cults4/5
cult
- noun followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
- noun an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
rage; fad; furore; furor; craze.
- he always follows the latest fads
- it was all the rage that season
- noun followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
- cummings4/5
cummings
- noun United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962)
e. e. cummings; Edward Estlin Cummings.
- noun United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962)
- culmination4/5
culmination
- noun a final climactic stage
apogee.
- their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development
- noun (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
- noun a final climactic stage
- cultivars4/5
cultivar
- noun a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation
- noun a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation
- curtis4/5
curtis
- noun English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)
William Curtis.
- noun English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)
- cunning4/5
cunning
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
guile; craft; slyness; foxiness; craftiness; wiliness.
- noun crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- cute4/5
cute
- adjective satellite attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
cunning.
- a cute kid with pigtails
- a cute little apartment
- cunning kittens
- a cunning baby
- adjective satellite obviously contrived to charm
precious.
- an insufferably precious performance
- a child with intolerably cute mannerisms
- adjective satellite attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
- cunningham4/5
cunningham
- noun United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922)
Merce Cunningham.
- noun United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922)
- currencies4/5
currency
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- noun general acceptance or use
- the currency of ideas
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- curly4/5
curly
- adjective (of hair) having curls or waves
- they envied her naturally curly hair
- adjective (of hair) having curls or waves
- cupboard4/5
cupboard
- noun a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
closet.
- noun a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
- curricular4/5
curricular
- adjective of or relating to an academic course of study
- adjective of or relating to an academic course of study
- curiously4/5
curiously
- adverb in a manner differing from the usual or expected
peculiarly; oddly.
- had a curiously husky voice
- he's behaving rather peculiarly
- adverb with curiosity
inquisitively; interrogatively.
- the baby looked around curiously
- adverb in a manner differing from the usual or expected
- cumbersome4/5
cumbersome
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
cumbrous.
- a cumbersome piece of machinery
- cumbrous protective clothing
- adjective satellite not elegant or graceful in expression
awkward; inept; ill-chosen; inapt; clumsy.
- an awkward prose style
- a clumsy apology
- his cumbersome writing style
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
- curr4/5
cur
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
mutt; mongrel.
- noun a cowardly and despicable person
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
- customizing3/5
customize
- verb make to specifications
custom-make; customise; tailor-make.
- I had this desk custom-made for me
- verb make according to requirements
customise.
- customize a car
- verb make to specifications
- cuttings3/5
cutting
- noun the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
film editing.
- noun a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
slip.
- noun the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- cupped3/5
cup
- noun a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- he put the cup back in the saucer
- the handle of the cup was missing
- noun the quantity a cup will hold
cupful.
- he drank a cup of coffee
- he borrowed a cup of sugar
- noun a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- curative3/5
curative
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
remedy; cure; therapeutic.
- adjective satellite tending to cure or restore to health
alterative; remedial; healing; sanative; therapeutic.
- curative powers of herbal remedies
- her gentle healing hand
- remedial surgery
- a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air
- a therapeutic agent
- therapeutic diets
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- cutters3/5
cutter
- noun someone who cuts or carves stone
stonecutter.
- noun someone who carves the meat
carver.
- noun someone who cuts or carves stone
- curie3/5
curie
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
Ci.
- noun French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)
Pierre Curie.
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
- culminates3/5
culminate
- verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
climax.
- The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
- verb bring to a head or to the highest point
- Seurat culminated pointillism
- verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
- culled3/5
cull
- noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
reject.
- verb remove something that has been rejected
- cull the sick members of the herd
- noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
- culminate3/5
culminate
- verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
climax.
- The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
- verb bring to a head or to the highest point
- Seurat culminated pointillism
- verb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
- curbing3/5
curbing
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
kerb; curb.
- verb lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
control; moderate; hold in; curb; contain; hold; check.
- moderate your alcohol intake
- hold your tongue
- hold your temper
- control your anger
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- cushioned3/5
cushioned
- adjective satellite softened by the addition of cushions or padding
padded; cushiony.
- verb protect from impact
buffer; cushion; soften.
- cushion the blow
- adjective satellite softened by the addition of cushions or padding
- cupping3/5
cupping
- noun a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface
- verb form into the shape of a cup
cup.
- She cupped her hands
- noun a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface
- curd3/5
curd
- noun a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd
- bean curd
- lemon curd
- noun coagulated milk; used to make cheese
- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey
- noun a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd
- curable3/5
curable
- adjective curing or healing is possible
- curable diseases
- adjective satellite capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent
- adjective curing or healing is possible
- cued3/5
cue
- noun an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- noun evidence that helps to solve a problem
clew; clue.
- noun an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- curling3/5
curling
- noun a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
- verb form a curl, curve, or kink
curl; curve; kink.
- the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling
- noun a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
- custer3/5
custer
- noun United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)
General Custer; George Armstrong Custer.
- noun United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)
- cubs3/5
cub
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
rookie; greenhorn.
- noun a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
lad; laddie; sonny; sonny boy.
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
- custodian3/5
custodian
- noun one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
keeper; steward.
- noun one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
- curving3/5
curving
- adjective having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
curved.
- the curved tusks of a walrus
- his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard
- verb turn sharply; change direction abruptly
swerve; cut; veer; trend; curve; sheer; slew; slue.
- The car cut to the left at the intersection
- The motorbike veered to the right
- adjective having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
- curtailed3/5
curtail
- verb place restrictions on
restrict; curb; cut back.
- curtail drinking in school
- verb terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
cut short; clip.
- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
- verb place restrictions on
- cuffs3/5
cuff
- noun the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
turnup.
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
handlock; handcuff; manacle.
- noun the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
- cub3/5
cub
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
rookie; greenhorn.
- noun a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
lad; laddie; sonny; sonny boy.
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
- curtail3/5
curtail
- verb place restrictions on
restrict; curb; cut back.
- curtail drinking in school
- verb terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
cut short; clip.
- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
- verb place restrictions on
- cupid3/5
cupid
- noun a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow
- noun (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros
Amor.
- noun a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow
- curfew3/5
curfew
- noun the time that the curfew signal is sounded
- noun a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions
- noun the time that the curfew signal is sounded
- cultivators3/5
cultivator
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
agriculturalist; raiser; grower; agriculturist.
- noun a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
tiller.
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- cul3/5
cul
- noun a passage with access only at one end
dead end; cul de sac.
- noun a passage with access only at one end
- cubicle3/5
cubicle
- noun small room in which a monk or nun lives
cell.
- noun small individual study area in a library
carrel; stall; carrell.
- noun small room in which a monk or nun lives
- curiosities3/5
curiosity
- noun a state in which you want to learn more about something
wonder.
- noun something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
oddment; oddity; rarity; peculiarity; curio.
- noun a state in which you want to learn more about something
- custard3/5
custard
- noun sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen
- noun sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen
- cultivar3/5
cultivar
- noun a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation
- noun a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation
- cuticle3/5
cuticle
- noun the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
- noun the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
epidermis.
- noun the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
- custodians3/5
custodian
- noun one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
keeper; steward.
- noun one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
- cuneiform3/5
cuneiform
- noun an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
- adjective shaped like a wedge
cuneal; wedge-shaped.
- noun an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
- cupola3/5
cupola
- noun a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting
- noun a roof in the form of a dome
- noun a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting
- cutbacks3/5
cutback
- noun a reduction in quantity or rate
- noun a reduction in quantity or rate
- cutlery3/5
cutlery
- noun a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
cutting tool; cutter.
- noun tableware implements for cutting and eating food
eating utensil.
- noun a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
- cubism3/5
cubism
- noun an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes
- noun an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes
- cultivator3/5
cultivator
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
agriculturalist; raiser; grower; agriculturist.
- noun a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
tiller.
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- curtailing3/5
curtail
- verb place restrictions on
restrict; curb; cut back.
- curtail drinking in school
- verb terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
cut short; clip.
- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
- verb place restrictions on
- curbed3/5
curb
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
kerb; curbing.
- noun a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
curb bit.
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- cumulus3/5
cumulus
- noun a globular cloud
cumulus cloud.
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
agglomerate; pile; heap; mound; cumulation.
- noun a globular cloud
- curator3/5
curator
- noun the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
conservator.
- noun the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
- culprit3/5
culprit
- noun someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
perpetrator.
- noun someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
- curt3/5
curt
- adjective satellite marked by rude or peremptory shortness
brusque; short; brusk.
- try to cultivate a less brusque manner
- a curt reply
- the salesgirl was very short with him
- adjective satellite brief and to the point; effectively cut short; `yes'"
laconic; terse; crisp.
- a crisp retort
- a response so curt as to be almost rude
- the laconic reply
- short and terse and easy to understand
- adjective satellite marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- custodial3/5
custodial
- adjective satellite providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
tutelar; tutelary.
- daycare that is educational and not just custodial
- a guardian angel
- tutelary gods
- adjective satellite providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
- customarily3/5
customarily
- adverb by custom; according to common practice
- children are custosby-the-waymarily expected to be seen but not heard
- adverb by custom; according to common practice
- cuckoo3/5
cuckoo
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; fathead; goose; bozo; zany; twat; jackass; goofball.
- noun any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- cusp3/5
cusp
- noun point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
- noun a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
leaflet.
- noun point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
- curate3/5
curate
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
pastor; minister; rector; minister of religion; parson.
- clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
- cupboards3/5
cupboard
- noun a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
closet.
- noun a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
- cur3/5
cur
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
mutt; mongrel.
- noun a cowardly and despicable person
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
- cumin3/5
cumin
- noun dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds
Cuminum cyminum.
- noun aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family
cumin seed.
- noun dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds
- cunt3/5
cunt
- noun a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
bitch.
- she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch
- noun obscene terms for female genitals
puss; pussy; snatch; twat; slit.
- noun a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
- culprits3/5
culprit
- noun someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
perpetrator.
- noun someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
- curators3/5
curator
- noun the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
conservator.
- noun the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
- curvilinear3/5
curvilinear
- adjective satellite characterized by or following a curved line
curvilineal.
- curvilinear tracery
- curvilinear motion
- adjective satellite characterized by or following a curved line
- curia3/5
curia
(Rom. Antiq.) (a) One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus. (b) The place of assembly of one of these divisions. (c) The place where the meetings of the senate were held; the senate house.
- cubits3/5
cubit
- noun an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm
- noun an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm
- curtiss3/5
curtis
- noun English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)
William Curtis.
- noun English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)
- cuvier3/5
cuvier
- noun French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
Baron Georges Cuvier; Georges Cuvier; Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier.
- noun French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
- curtailment3/5
curtailment
- noun the temporal property of being cut short
- noun the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
suppression.
- a suppression of the newspaper
- noun the temporal property of being cut short
- cubans3/5
cuban
- noun a native or inhabitant of Cuba
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba
- Cuban rum
- noun a native or inhabitant of Cuba
- cushing3/5
cushing
- noun United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)
Harvery Williams Cushing; Harvey Cushing.
- noun United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)
- cucumber3/5
cucumber
- noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
Cucumis sativus; cucumber vine.
- noun cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
cuke.
- noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
- cursory3/5
cursory
- adjective satellite hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
perfunctory; passing; casual.
- a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws
- a passing glance
- perfunctory courtesy
- adjective satellite hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- cutler3/5
cutler
- noun a dealer in cutlery
- noun a dealer in cutlery
- culpability3/5
culpability
- noun a state of guilt
culpableness; blameworthiness.
- noun a state of guilt
- culpable3/5
culpable
- adjective satellite deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
blameable; blameworthy; censurable; blamable; blameful.
- blameworthy if not criminal behavior
- censurable misconduct
- culpable negligence
- adjective satellite deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
- cucumbers3/5
cucumber
- noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
Cucumis sativus; cucumber vine.
- noun cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
cuke.
- noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
- cunningly3/5
cunningly
- adverb in an attractive manner
cutely.
- how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure
- adverb in an artful manner
slyly; artfully; knavishly; craftily; trickily; foxily.
- he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced
- had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?
- adverb in an attractive manner
- cuzco3/5
cuzco
- noun a town in the Andes in southern Peru; formerly the capital of the Inca empire
Cusco.
- noun a town in the Andes in southern Peru; formerly the capital of the Inca empire
- curtly3/5
curtly
- adverb in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
short; shortly.
- he told me curtly to get on with it
- he talked short with everyone
- he said shortly that he didn't like it
- adverb in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- cullen3/5
cullen
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- customization3/5
customization
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- curran3/5
curran
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- currie3/5
curry
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- verb season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- curzon3/5
curzon
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- cultic3/5
cultic
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- cummins3/5
cummin
Same as Cumin .Ye pay tithe of mint, and cummin. Matt. xxiii. 23.
- cuthbert3/5
cuthbert
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- curtin3/5
- culver3/5
culver
A dove. "Culver in the falcon's fist." Spenser.
- cumming3/5
cum
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; ejaculate; seminal fluid; seed; come.
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- cura3/5
cura
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- cupric2/5
cupric
- adjective of or containing divalent copper
cuprous.
- adjective of or containing divalent copper
- cuprous2/5
cuprous
- adjective of or containing divalent copper
cupric.
- adjective of or containing divalent copper
- cud2/5
cud
- noun food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
rechewed food.
- noun a wad of something chewable as tobacco
plug; chew; wad; quid; chaw.
- noun food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
- curried2/5
curry
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- verb season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- cuisines2/5
cuisine
- noun the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
culinary art.
- noun the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
- cutoffs2/5
cutoff
- noun a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
crosscut; shortcut.
- noun a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated
- cushioning2/5
cushioning
- noun artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort
padding.
- verb protect from impact
buffer; cushion; soften.
- cushion the blow
- noun artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort
- customised2/5
customise
- verb make to specifications
customize; custom-make; tailor-make.
- I had this desk custom-made for me
- verb make according to requirements
customize.
- customize a car
- verb make to specifications
- curdling2/5
curdling
- noun the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
clotting; coagulation.
- verb turn into curds
clot; curdle; clabber.
- curdled milk
- noun the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
- curries2/5
curry
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- verb season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- curbside2/5
curbside
- noun the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb
- policemen stood at intervals along the curbside
- noun the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb
- curdled2/5
curdled
- adjective satellite transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
grumose; coagulate; grumous; coagulated.
- coagulated blood
- curdled milk
- grumous blood
- verb turn into curds
clot; curdle; clabber.
- curdled milk
- adjective satellite transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
- curdle2/5
curdle
- verb turn into curds
clot; clabber.
- curdled milk
- verb go bad or sour
- The milk curdled
- verb turn into curds
- currying2/5
curry
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- verb season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- curtained2/5
curtained
- adjective furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies
- a curtained alcove
- verb provide with drapery
curtain.
- curtain the bedrooms
- adjective furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies
- cultivates2/5
cultivate
- verb foster the growth of
- verb prepare for crops
work; crop.
- Work the soil
- cultivate the land
- verb foster the growth of
- cull2/5
cull
- noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
reject.
- verb remove something that has been rejected
- cull the sick members of the herd
- noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
- cubist2/5
cubist
- noun an artist who adheres to the principles of cubism
- adjective relating to or characteristic of cubism
cubistic.
- cubist art
- noun an artist who adheres to the principles of cubism
- culling2/5
cull
- noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
reject.
- verb remove something that has been rejected
- cull the sick members of the herd
- noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
- curbs2/5
curb
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
kerb; curbing.
- noun a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
curb bit.
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- cursors2/5
cursor
- noun (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
pointer.
- noun (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
- cuss2/5
cuss
- noun a persistently annoying person
pesterer; pest; gadfly; blighter.
- noun a boy or man
fella; blighter; lad; gent; fellow; bloke; chap; feller.
- that chap is your host
- there's a fellow at the door
- he's a likable cuss
- he's a good bloke
- noun a persistently annoying person
- cueing2/5
cue
- noun an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- noun evidence that helps to solve a problem
clew; clue.
- noun an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- curds2/5
curd
- noun a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd
- bean curd
- lemon curd
- noun coagulated milk; used to make cheese
- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey
- noun a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd
- cussed2/5
cussed
- adjective satellite stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
obdurate; unrepentant; obstinate.
- verb utter obscenities or profanities
imprecate; cuss; curse; blaspheme; swear.
- The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
- adjective satellite stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- cussing2/5
cuss
- noun a persistently annoying person
pesterer; pest; gadfly; blighter.
- noun a boy or man
fella; blighter; lad; gent; fellow; bloke; chap; feller.
- that chap is your host
- there's a fellow at the door
- he's a likable cuss
- he's a good bloke
- noun a persistently annoying person
- cutis2/5
cutis
- noun a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
tegument; skin.
- your skin is the largest organ of your body
- noun a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
- cuing2/5
cue
- noun an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- noun evidence that helps to solve a problem
clew; clue.
- noun an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- cubists2/5
cubist
- noun an artist who adheres to the principles of cubism
- adjective relating to or characteristic of cubism
cubistic.
- cubist art
- noun an artist who adheres to the principles of cubism
- curies2/5
curie
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
Ci.
- noun French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)
Pierre Curie.
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
- cutthroat2/5
cutthroat
- noun someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
- adjective satellite ruthless in competition
fierce; bowelless.
- cutthroat competition
- bowelless readiness to take advantage
- noun someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
- cuddle2/5
cuddle
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
nestle; snuggle.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; nestle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- cubicles2/5
cubicle
- noun small room in which a monk or nun lives
cell.
- noun small individual study area in a library
carrel; stall; carrell.
- noun small room in which a monk or nun lives
- cuddled2/5
cuddle
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
nestle; snuggle.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; nestle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- cutout2/5
cutout
- noun a switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload
- noun a photograph from which the background has been cut away
- noun a switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload
- culturing2/5
culture
- noun a particular society at a particular time and place
civilization; civilisation.
- early Mayan civilization
- noun the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
- noun a particular society at a particular time and place
- cuddling2/5
cuddling
- noun affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
petting; caressing; smooching; hugging; snuggling; necking; kissing; fondling.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; nestle; cuddle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- noun affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
- cubed2/5
cub
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
rookie; greenhorn.
- noun a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
lad; laddie; sonny; sonny boy.
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
- curio2/5
curio
- noun something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
oddment; oddity; rarity; peculiarity; curiosity.
- noun something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
- curvatures2/5
curvature
- noun (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
- curvature of the spine
- noun the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
- noun (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
- cutouts2/5
cutout
- noun a switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload
- noun a photograph from which the background has been cut away
- noun a switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload
- curacao2/5
curacao
- noun flavored with sour orange peel
curacoa.
- noun a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles
- noun flavored with sour orange peel
- cutaway2/5
cutaway
- noun a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts
cutaway drawing; cutaway model.
- noun a man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to the back of the knees
- noun a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts
- currier2/5
currier
- noun a craftsman who curries leather for use
- noun United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
Nathaniel Currier.
- noun a craftsman who curries leather for use
- curtsy2/5
curtsy
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsey.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsey.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- curfews2/5
curfew
- noun the time that the curfew signal is sounded
- noun a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions
- noun the time that the curfew signal is sounded
- curios2/5
curio
- noun something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
oddment; oddity; rarity; peculiarity; curiosity.
- noun something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
- cuboid2/5
cuboid
- noun a rectangular parallelepiped
- adjective satellite shaped like a cube
cube-shaped; cuboidal; cubelike; cubiform; cubical.
- noun a rectangular parallelepiped
- cubical2/5
cubical
- adjective satellite shaped like a cube
cube-shaped; cuboidal; cuboid; cubelike; cubiform.
- adjective satellite shaped like a cube
- cuboidal2/5
cuboidal
- adjective satellite shaped like a cube
cube-shaped; cuboid; cubelike; cubiform; cubical.
- adjective satellite shaped like a cube
- cutback2/5
cutback
- noun a reduction in quantity or rate
- noun a reduction in quantity or rate
- curtsied2/5
curtsy
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsey.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsey.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- curtsey2/5
curtsey
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsy.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsy.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- cupolas2/5
cupola
- noun a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting
- noun a roof in the form of a dome
- noun a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting
- curriculums2/5
curriculum
- noun an integrated course of academic studies
course of study; syllabus; program; programme.
- he was admitted to a new program at the university
- noun an integrated course of academic studies
- cumulation2/5
cumulation
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
agglomerate; cumulus; pile; heap; mound.
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- cupids2/5
cupid
- noun (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros
Amor.
- noun a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow
- noun (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros
- curare2/5
curare
- noun a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles
tubocurarine.
- curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction
- noun a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles
- curlers2/5
curler
- noun a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
crimper; roller; hair curler.
- a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight
- noun a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
- cuticles2/5
cuticle
- noun the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
- noun the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
epidermis.
- noun the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
- cutthroats2/5
cutthroat
- noun someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
- adjective satellite ruthless in competition
fierce; bowelless.
- cutthroat competition
- bowelless readiness to take advantage
- noun someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
- cuddles2/5
cuddle
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
nestle; snuggle.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; nestle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- custards2/5
custard
- noun sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen
- noun sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen
- curtails2/5
curtail
- verb place restrictions on
restrict; curb; cut back.
- curtail drinking in school
- verb terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
cut short; clip.
- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
- verb place restrictions on
- culebra2/5
culebra
- noun a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico with miles of beautiful beaches
- noun a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico with miles of beautiful beaches
- cumulonimbus2/5
cumulonimbus
- noun a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms
thundercloud; cumulonimbus cloud.
- noun a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms
- cubbyhole2/5
cubbyhole
- noun a small compartment
pigeonhole.
- noun a small secluded room
snuggery; snug; cubby.
- noun a small compartment
- cuteness2/5
cuteness
- noun the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)
prettiness.
- noun the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)
- cubas2/5
cuba
- noun a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
Republic of Cuba.
- noun the largest island in the West Indies
- noun a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
- curbstone2/5
curbstone
- noun a paving stone forming part of a curb
kerbstone.
- noun a paving stone forming part of a curb
- cultivations2/5
cultivation
- noun socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners
- her cultivation was remarkable
- noun (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
- noun socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners
- cuffed2/5
cuff
- noun the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
turnup.
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
handlock; handcuff; manacle.
- noun the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
- curiae2/5
curia
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church
- cursive2/5
cursive
- noun rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
longhand; cursive script; running hand.
- adjective satellite having successive letter joined together
- cursive script
- noun rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
- cusps2/5
cusp
- noun point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
- noun a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
leaflet.
- noun point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
- culvert2/5
culvert
- noun a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
- noun a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
- cutlass2/5
cutlass
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
cutlas.
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
cutlas.
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
- cupcakes2/5
cupcake
- noun small cake baked in a muffin tin
- noun small cake baked in a muffin tin
- cultivable2/5
cultivable
- adjective satellite (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
tillable; cultivatable; arable.
- adjective satellite (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
- cudgel2/5
cudgel
- noun a club that is used as a weapon
- verb strike with a cudgel
fustigate.
- noun a club that is used as a weapon
- cubit2/5
cubit
- noun an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm
- noun an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm
- curvy2/5
curvy
- adjective satellite having curves
curvey.
- a settee with only one curvy end
- adjective satellite (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
busty; sonsie; stacked; voluptuous; full-bosomed; bosomy; buxom; curvaceous; well-endowed; sonsy.
- Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes
- a curvy young woman in a tight dress
- adjective satellite having curves
- culverts2/5
culvert
- noun a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
- noun a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
- cutlets2/5
cutlet
- noun thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
escallop; scollop; scallop.
- noun thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
- cumulated2/5
cumulate
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; accumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb collect or gather
- cultus2/5
cultus
- noun a system of religious beliefs and rituals
cult; religious cult.
- devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin
- noun a system of religious beliefs and rituals
- curates2/5
curate
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
pastor; minister; rector; minister of religion; parson.
- clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
- cupful2/5
cupful
- noun the quantity a cup will hold
cup.
- he drank a cup of coffee
- he borrowed a cup of sugar
- noun the quantity a cup will hold
- cupcake2/5
cupcake
- noun small cake baked in a muffin tin
- noun small cake baked in a muffin tin
- cubby2/5
cubby
- noun a small secluded room
snuggery; snug; cubbyhole.
- noun a small secluded room
- cuckold2/5
cuckold
- noun a man whose wife committed adultery
- verb be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
cheat; cheat on; betray; wander.
- She cheats on her husband
- Might her husband be wandering?
- noun a man whose wife committed adultery
- curs2/5
cur
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
mutt; mongrel.
- noun a cowardly and despicable person
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
- cuirass2/5
cuirass
- noun medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
- noun medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
- curvaceous2/5
curvaceous
- adjective satellite (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
busty; sonsie; stacked; voluptuous; full-bosomed; bosomy; buxom; curvy; well-endowed; sonsy.
- Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes
- a curvy young woman in a tight dress
- adjective satellite (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
- cutest2/5
cut
- noun a share of the profits
- everyone got a cut of the earnings
- noun (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt
- noun a share of the profits
- cuckoos2/5
cuckoo
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; fathead; goose; bozo; zany; twat; jackass; goofball.
- noun any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- curitiba2/5
curitiba
- noun a city in southeastern Brazil
- noun a city in southeastern Brazil
- cudgels2/5
cudgel
- noun a club that is used as a weapon
- verb strike with a cudgel
fustigate.
- noun a club that is used as a weapon
- culex2/5
culex
(Zoöl.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the gnat and mosquito.
- culottes2/5
culotte
- noun a divided skirt
- noun a divided skirt
- cutlasses2/5
cutlass
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
cutlas.
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
cutlas.
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
- cursorily2/5
cursorily
- adverb without taking pains
quickly.
- he looked cursorily through the magazine
- adverb without taking pains
- cuckolded2/5
cuckold
- noun a man whose wife committed adultery
- verb be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
cheat; cheat on; betray; wander.
- She cheats on her husband
- Might her husband be wandering?
- noun a man whose wife committed adultery
- cultists2/5
cultist
- noun a member of a religious cult
- noun a member of an unorthodox cult who generally lives outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader
- noun a member of a religious cult
- curette2/5
curette
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curet.
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
- custodianship2/5
custodianship
- noun the position of custodian
- noun the position of custodian
- cufflinks2/5
cufflink
- noun jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt
- noun jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt
- cucurbita2/5
cucurbita
- noun type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
genus Cucurbita.
- noun type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
- cupbearer2/5
cupbearer
- noun the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
- noun the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
- customhouse2/5
customhouse
- noun a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
customshouse.
- noun a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
- cumulate2/5
cumulate
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; accumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb collect or gather
- curacy2/5
curacy
- noun the position of a curate
- noun the position of a curate
- cumber2/5
cumber
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain.
- verb hold back
- cutlet2/5
cutlet
- noun thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
escallop; scollop; scallop.
- noun thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
- curcuma2/5
curcuma
(Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Scitamineæ , including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa ).
- cunts2/5
cunt
- noun a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
bitch.
- she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch
- noun obscene terms for female genitals
puss; pussy; snatch; twat; slit.
- noun a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked
- cucumis2/5
cucumis
(Bot.) A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kinds of gourds.
- cuffing2/5
cuff
- noun the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
turnup.
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
handlock; handcuff; manacle.
- noun the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
- cuter2/5
cute
- adjective satellite attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
cunning.
- a cute kid with pigtails
- a cute little apartment
- cunning kittens
- a cunning baby
- adjective satellite obviously contrived to charm
precious.
- an insufferably precious performance
- a child with intolerably cute mannerisms
- adjective satellite attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
- cuppa2/5
- currant2/5
currant
- noun any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
- noun any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
currant bush.
- noun any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
- currants2/5
currant
- noun any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
- noun any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
currant bush.
- noun any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
- cumulatively2/5
cumulatively
- adverb in a cumulative manner
- mind has become self-reproducing through man's capacity to transmit experience and its products cumulatively
- adverb in a cumulative manner
- curettage2/5
curettage
- noun surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
curettement.
- noun surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
- cupidity2/5
cupidity
- noun extreme greed for material wealth
avarice; covetousness; avariciousness.
- noun extreme greed for material wealth
- cumbria2/5
cumbria
- noun a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines
- noun a county of northwestern England
- noun a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines
- cuddly2/5
cuddly
- adjective satellite inviting cuddling or hugging
cuddlesome.
- a cuddlesome baby
- a cuddly teddybear
- adjective satellite inviting cuddling or hugging
- curatorial2/5
curatorial
- adjective of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator
- curatorial duties
- adjective of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator
- culbertson2/5
culbertson
- noun United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955)
Ely Culbertson.
- noun United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955)
- cuticular2/5
cuticular
- adjective of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula
epidermal; dermal; epidermic.
- adjective of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula
- cushy2/5
cushy
- adjective satellite not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
soft; easygoing.
- what a cushy job!
- the easygoing life of a parttime consultant
- a soft job
- adjective satellite not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
- cubital2/5
cubital
- adjective of or relating to the elbow
- adjective of or relating to the elbow
- culm2/5
culm
- noun stem of plants of the Gramineae
- noun stem of plants of the Gramineae
- curmudgeon2/5
curmudgeon
- noun a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
- noun a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
- cuirassiers2/5
cuirassier
- noun a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
- noun a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
- culms2/5
culm
- noun stem of plants of the Gramineae
- noun stem of plants of the Gramineae
- cushitic2/5
cushitic
- noun a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regions
- noun a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regions
- curtilage2/5
curtilage
- noun the enclosed land around a house or other building
yard; grounds.
- it was a small house with almost no yard
- noun the enclosed land around a house or other building
- curlew2/5
curlew
- noun large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
- noun large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
- cusco2/5
cusco
- noun a town in the Andes in southern Peru; formerly the capital of the Inca empire
Cuzco.
- noun a town in the Andes in southern Peru; formerly the capital of the Inca empire
- cumbrous2/5
cumbrous
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
cumbersome.
- a cumbersome piece of machinery
- cumbrous protective clothing
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
- cuddy2/5
cuddy
- noun the galley or pantry of a small ship
- noun the galley or pantry of a small ship
- cunnilingus2/5
cunnilingus
- noun oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris
cunnilinctus.
- noun oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris
- cuttlefish2/5
cuttlefish
- noun ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
cuttle.
- noun ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
- cuttle2/5
cuttle
- noun ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
cuttlefish.
- noun ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
- cunard2/5
cunard
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- curated2/5
curate
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
pastor; minister; rector; minister of religion; parson.
- clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
- cuz2/5
- cun2/5
cun
To con (a ship). Obs.
- customizable2/5
- curiam2/5
curiam
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- culpa2/5
culpa
(Law) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart. Wharton.
- cuenca2/5
cuenca
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- culler2/5
cull
- noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
reject.
- verb remove something that has been rejected
- cull the sick members of the herd
- noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
- cuatro2/5
cuatro
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- cuerpo2/5
cuerpo
The body. Exposed in cuerpo to their rage. Hudibras.
- culp2/5
culp
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- cursus2/5
cursus
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- cust2/5
cust
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- culturalist2/5
culturalist
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- cush2/5
cush
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- cuesta2/5
cuesta
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- cuvette2/5
cuvette
A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.
- curcumin2/5
curcumin
(Chem.) The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4 , with a green fluorescence.✍ It possesses acid properties and with alkalies forms brownish salts. This change in color from yellow to brown is the characteristic reaction of tumeric paper. See Turmeric paper , underTurmeric .
- cuchulain2/5
cuchulain
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- customisation2/5
customisation
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- cuneo2/5
- cutie2/5
cutie
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- customizations2/5
- cuarto2/5
cuarto
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- curveball2/5
curveball
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- cully2/5
cul
- noun a passage with access only at one end
dead end; cul de sac.
- noun a passage with access only at one end
- curial2/5
curial
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- curragh2/5
curragh
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- curation2/5
curation
Cure; healing. Obs. Chaucer.
- cutty2/5
- culbert2/5
culbert
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- cuna2/5
cuna
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- cutover2/5
- cumae2/5
cumae
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- custos2/5
custos
A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent. Obs.
- cuidado2/5
cuidado
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- curricle2/5
curricle
A small or short course. Upon a curricle in this world depends a long course of the next. Sir T. Browne.
- cuya2/5
cuya
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- curium1/5
curium
- noun a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei
atomic number 96; Cm.
- noun a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei
- cutin1/5
cutin
- noun (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids
- noun (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids
- cuprite1/5
cuprite
- noun a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper
- noun a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper
- customise1/5
customise
- verb make to specifications
customize; custom-make; tailor-make.
- I had this desk custom-made for me
- verb make according to requirements
customize.
- customize a car
- verb make to specifications
- customizes1/5
customize
- verb make to specifications
custom-make; customise; tailor-make.
- I had this desk custom-made for me
- verb make according to requirements
customise.
- customize a car
- verb make to specifications
- customising1/5
customise
- verb make to specifications
customize; custom-make; tailor-make.
- I had this desk custom-made for me
- verb make according to requirements
customize.
- customize a car
- verb make to specifications
- curdles1/5
curdle
- verb turn into curds
clot; clabber.
- curdled milk
- verb go bad or sour
- The milk curdled
- verb turn into curds
- cuds1/5
cud
- noun food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
rechewed food.
- noun a wad of something chewable as tobacco
plug; chew; wad; quid; chaw.
- noun food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
- culls1/5
cull
- noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
reject.
- verb remove something that has been rejected
- cull the sick members of the herd
- noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
- curst1/5
curst
- adjective deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
cursed.
- villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed
- cursed with four daughter
- not a cursed drop
- his cursed stupidity
- I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning
- verb utter obscenities or profanities
imprecate; cuss; curse; blaspheme; swear.
- The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
- adjective deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
- cusses1/5
cuss
- noun a persistently annoying person
pesterer; pest; gadfly; blighter.
- noun a boy or man
fella; blighter; lad; gent; fellow; bloke; chap; feller.
- that chap is your host
- there's a fellow at the door
- he's a likable cuss
- he's a good bloke
- noun a persistently annoying person
- cushiony1/5
cushiony
- adjective satellite softened by the addition of cushions or padding
padded; cushioned.
- adjective satellite softened by the addition of cushions or padding
- curtaining1/5
curtain
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
drape; pall; drapery; mantle.
- noun any barrier to communication or vision
- a curtain of secrecy
- a curtain of trees
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- cursings1/5
curse
- noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
swearing; swearword; expletive; cuss; oath; curse word.
- expletives were deleted
- noun an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
condemnation; execration.
- noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- curatives1/5
curative
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
remedy; cure; therapeutic.
- adjective satellite tending to cure or restore to health
alterative; remedial; healing; sanative; therapeutic.
- curative powers of herbal remedies
- her gentle healing hand
- remedial surgery
- a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air
- a therapeutic agent
- therapeutic diets
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- currycomb1/5
currycomb
- noun a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses
- verb clean (a horse) with a currycomb
- noun a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses
- cums1/5
cum
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; ejaculate; seminal fluid; seed; come.
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- curlicues1/5
curlicue
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
gyre; ringlet; scroll; whorl; coil; curl; roll.
- noun a short twisting line
squiggle.
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- cutaways1/5
cutaway
- noun a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts
cutaway drawing; cutaway model.
- noun a man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to the back of the knees
- noun a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts
- curtsies1/5
curtsy
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsey.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsey.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- curler1/5
curler
- noun a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
crimper; roller; hair curler.
- a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight
- noun a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
- cubbyholes1/5
cubbyhole
- noun a small compartment
pigeonhole.
- noun a small secluded room
snuggery; snug; cubby.
- noun a small compartment
- cubing1/5
cub
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
rookie; greenhorn.
- noun a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
lad; laddie; sonny; sonny boy.
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
- curlicue1/5
curlicue
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
gyre; ringlet; scroll; whorl; coil; curl; roll.
- noun a short twisting line
squiggle.
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- curtsying1/5
curtsy
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsey.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsey.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- cutpurse1/5
cutpurse
- noun a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
pickpocket; dip.
- noun a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- cuneus1/5
cuneus
- noun any shape that is triangular in cross section
wedge; wedge shape.
- noun any shape that is triangular in cross section
- cupel1/5
cupel
- noun a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead
refractory pot; bone-ash cup.
- noun a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead
- culminations1/5
culmination
- noun a final climactic stage
apogee.
- their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development
- noun (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
- noun a final climactic stage
- cumuli1/5
cumulus
- noun a globular cloud
cumulus cloud.
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
agglomerate; pile; heap; mound; cumulation.
- noun a globular cloud
- curtseys1/5
curtsey
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsy.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsy.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- cuspidor1/5
cuspidor
- noun a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)
spittoon.
- noun a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)
- curriers1/5
currier
- noun United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
Nathaniel Currier.
- noun a craftsman who curries leather for use
- noun United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
- cutpurses1/5
cutpurse
- noun a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
pickpocket; dip.
- noun a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- curbstones1/5
curbstone
- noun a paving stone forming part of a curb
kerbstone.
- noun a paving stone forming part of a curb
- cumulations1/5
cumulation
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
agglomerate; cumulus; pile; heap; mound.
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- cullender1/5
cullender
- noun bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods
colander.
- noun bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods
- cumuliform1/5
cumuliform
- adjective satellite shaped like a cumulus cloud
- adjective satellite shaped like a cumulus cloud
- cuspidors1/5
cuspidor
- noun a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)
spittoon.
- noun a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)
- cunctator1/5
cunctator
- noun someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
procrastinator; postponer.
- noun someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
- custodies1/5
custody
- noun a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
hold; detention; detainment.
- his detention was politically motivated
- the prisoner is on hold
- he is in the custody of police
- noun holding by the police
- the suspect is in custody
- noun a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- cupels1/5
cupel
- noun a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead
refractory pot; bone-ash cup.
- noun a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead
- curiousness1/5
curiousness
- noun a state of active curiosity
inquisitiveness.
- noun the quality of being alien or not native
foreignness; strangeness.
- the strangeness of a foreigner
- noun a state of active curiosity
- cuneate1/5
cuneate
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base
wedge-shaped.
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base
- curculionidae1/5
curculionidae
- noun true weevils: snout beetles
family Curculionidae.
- noun true weevils: snout beetles
- cummerbund1/5
cummerbund
- noun a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
- noun a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
- cumbered1/5
cumber
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain.
- verb hold back
- curet1/5
curet
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curette.
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
- cusped1/5
cusped
- adjective satellite having cusps or points
cuspidated; cuspidal; cuspated; cuspate; cuspidate.
- adjective satellite having cusps or points
- cucurbitaceae1/5
cucurbitaceae
- noun a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
family Cucurbitaceae; gourd family.
- noun a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
- cultism1/5
cultism
- noun devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult
- noun religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
idolatry; veneration; devotion.
- noun devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult
- curiouser1/5
curious
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
funny; rum; singular; queer; odd; peculiar; rummy.
- a curious hybrid accent
- her speech has a funny twang
- they have some funny ideas about war
- had an odd name
- the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
- something definitely queer about this town
- what a rum fellow
- singular behavior
- adjective eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
- a curious child is a teacher's delight
- a trap door that made me curious
- curious investigators
- traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers
- curious about the neighbor's doings
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- cumana1/5
cumana
- noun a port city in northeastern Venezuela on the Caribbean Sea; founded in 1523, it is the oldest European settlement in South America
- noun a port city in northeastern Venezuela on the Caribbean Sea; founded in 1523, it is the oldest European settlement in South America
- culotte1/5
culotte
- noun a divided skirt
- noun a divided skirt
- cupressus1/5
cupressus
- noun type genus of Cupressaceae
genus Cupressus.
- noun type genus of Cupressaceae
- culicidae1/5
culicidae
- noun mosquitoes
family Culicidae.
- noun mosquitoes
- curatorship1/5
curatorship
- noun the position of curator
- noun the position of curator
- cutch1/5
cutch
- noun tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas
kutch.
- noun tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas
- cubbies1/5
cubby
- noun a small secluded room
snuggery; snug; cubbyhole.
- noun a small secluded room
- cuirasses1/5
cuirass
- noun medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
- noun medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
- curtseyed1/5
curtsey
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsy.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsy.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- curtailments1/5
curtailment
- noun the temporal property of being cut short
- noun the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
suppression.
- a suppression of the newspaper
- noun the temporal property of being cut short
- cultist1/5
cultist
- noun a member of a religious cult
- noun a member of an unorthodox cult who generally lives outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader
- noun a member of a religious cult
- culti1/5
cultus
- noun a system of religious beliefs and rituals
cult; religious cult.
- devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin
- noun a system of religious beliefs and rituals
- cumulating1/5
cumulate
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; accumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb collect or gather
- curettes1/5
curette
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curet.
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
- culiacan1/5
culiacan
- noun a city in northwestern Mexico
- noun a city in northwestern Mexico
- curiosa1/5
curiosa
- noun books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica)
- noun books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica)
- cupfuls1/5
cupful
- noun the quantity a cup will hold
cup.
- he drank a cup of coffee
- he borrowed a cup of sugar
- noun the quantity a cup will hold
- cuspid1/5
cuspid
- noun one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
eye tooth; dogtooth; canine; canine tooth; eyetooth.
- noun one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
- cuckolds1/5
cuckold
- noun a man whose wife committed adultery
- verb be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
cheat; cheat on; betray; wander.
- She cheats on her husband
- Might her husband be wandering?
- noun a man whose wife committed adultery
- cubitus1/5
cubitus
- noun hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
elbow joint; human elbow; elbow; articulatio cubiti; cubital joint.
- noun the arm from the elbow to the fingertips
- noun hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
- curtseying1/5
curtsey
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsy.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsy.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- cumulates1/5
cumulate
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; accumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb collect or gather
- cuscuta1/5
cuscuta
- noun genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder
genus Cuscuta.
- noun genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder
- curability1/5
curability
- noun capability of being cured or healed
curableness.
- noun capability of being cured or healed
- cuniculus1/5
cuniculus
- noun pacas
genus Cuniculus.
- noun pacas
- cuckolding1/5
cuckold
- noun a man whose wife committed adultery
- verb be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
cheat; cheat on; betray; wander.
- She cheats on her husband
- Might her husband be wandering?
- noun a man whose wife committed adultery
- cuspids1/5
cuspid
- noun one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
eye tooth; dogtooth; canine; canine tooth; eyetooth.
- noun one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
- cudgelled1/5
cudgel
- noun a club that is used as a weapon
- verb strike with a cudgel
fustigate.
- noun a club that is used as a weapon
- cudgelling1/5
cudgel
- noun a club that is used as a weapon
- verb strike with a cudgel
fustigate.
- noun a club that is used as a weapon
- cutwork1/5
cutwork
- noun embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away
- noun embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away
- cultivatable1/5
cultivatable
- adjective satellite (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
tillable; arable; cultivable.
- adjective satellite (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
- curlier1/5
curly
- adjective (of hair) having curls or waves
- they envied her naturally curly hair
- adjective (of hair) having curls or waves
- cusk1/5
cusk
- noun the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters
- noun large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod
torsk; Brosme brosme.
- noun the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters
- cubistic1/5
cubistic
- adjective relating to or characteristic of cubism
cubist.
- cubist art
- adjective relating to or characteristic of cubism
- cupper1/5
cupper
- noun a cup of tea
cuppa.
- noun a cup of tea
- curacies1/5
curacy
- noun the position of a curate
- noun the position of a curate
- cuculus1/5
cuculus
- noun type genus of the Cuculidae
genus Cuculus.
- noun type genus of the Cuculidae
- cumbers1/5
cumber
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain.
- verb hold back
- cuspate1/5
cuspate
- adjective satellite having cusps or points
cuspidated; cuspidal; cuspated; cuspidate; cusped.
- adjective satellite having cusps or points
- cummerbunds1/5
cummerbund
- noun a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
- noun a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
- cunningest1/5
cunning
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
guile; craft; slyness; foxiness; craftiness; wiliness.
- noun crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- cunaxa1/5
cunaxa
- noun battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne
battle of Cunaxa.
- noun battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne
- customhouses1/5
customhouse
- noun a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
customshouse.
- noun a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
- cufflink1/5
cufflink
- noun jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt
- noun jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt
- cumbering1/5
cumber
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain.
- verb hold back
- cupbearers1/5
cupbearer
- noun the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
- noun the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
- curets1/5
curet
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curette.
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
- cuon1/5
cuon
- noun Asiatic wild dog
genus Cuon; genus Cyon; Cyon.
- noun Asiatic wild dog
- cumulous1/5
cumulous
- adjective satellite thrown together in a pile
- a desk heaped with books
- heaped-up ears of corn
- ungraded papers piled high
- adjective satellite thrown together in a pile
- customshouse1/5
customshouse
- noun a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
customhouse.
- noun a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
- curvet1/5
curvet
- noun a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
vaulting.
- verb perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse
- noun a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
- cuppers1/5
cupper
- noun a cup of tea
cuppa.
- noun a cup of tea
- cudgeled1/5
cudgel
- noun a club that is used as a weapon
- verb strike with a cudgel
fustigate.
- noun a club that is used as a weapon
- curias1/5
curia
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church
- cursives1/5
cursive
- noun rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
longhand; cursive script; running hand.
- adjective satellite having successive letter joined together
- cursive script
- noun rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
- curvetting1/5
curvet
- noun a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
vaulting.
- verb perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse
- noun a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
- cubeb1/5
cubeb
- noun spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
- noun tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
cubeb vine; Java pepper; Piper cubeba.
- noun spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
- cubebs1/5
cubeb
- noun spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
- noun tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
cubeb vine; Java pepper; Piper cubeba.
- noun spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes
- cuspidate1/5
cuspidate
- adjective satellite having cusps or points
cuspidated; cuspidal; cuspated; cuspate; cusped.
- adjective satellite having cusps or points
- cudgeling1/5
cudgel
- noun a club that is used as a weapon
- verb strike with a cudgel
fustigate.
- noun a club that is used as a weapon
- cuterebra1/5
cuterebra
- noun type genus of the Cuterebridae
genus Cuterebra.
- noun type genus of the Cuterebridae
- curliness1/5
curliness
- noun (of hair) a tendency to curl
waviness.
- noun (of hair) a tendency to curl
- cullis1/5
cullis
- noun a gutter in a roof
- noun a gutter in a roof
- cucurbits1/5
- curandera1/5
curandera
- noun a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans
- noun a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans
- curandero1/5
curandero
- noun a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans
- noun a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans
- curanderos1/5
curandero
- noun a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans
- noun a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans
- cuckoldry1/5
cuckoldry
- noun the practice of making cuckolds; sexual conquests of married women
- noun the practice of making cuckolds; sexual conquests of married women
- cutworm1/5
cutworm
- noun North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
- noun North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
- cutworms1/5
cutworm
- noun North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
- noun North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
- curmudgeonly1/5
curmudgeonly
- adjective satellite brusque and surly and forbidding
gruff; ill-humored; crusty; ill-humoured.
- crusty remarks
- a crusty old man
- his curmudgeonly temper
- gruff manner
- a gruff reply
- adjective satellite brusque and surly and forbidding
- cutlers1/5
cutler
- noun a dealer in cutlery
- noun a dealer in cutlery
- cucurbit1/5
cucurbit
- noun any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
- noun any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
- cuirassier1/5
cuirassier
- noun a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
- noun a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
- curtness1/5
curtness
- noun an abrupt discourteous manner
shortness; gruffness; abruptness; brusqueness.
- noun an abrupt discourteous manner
- culverin1/5
culverin
- noun a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries
- noun a medieval musket
- noun a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries
- culverins1/5
culverin
- noun a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries
- noun a medieval musket
- noun a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries
- cupules1/5
cupule
- noun cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
acorn cup.
- noun a sucker on the feet of certain flies
- noun cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
- cupressaceae1/5
cupressaceae
- noun cypresses and junipers and many cedars
family Cupressaceae; cypress family.
- noun cypresses and junipers and many cedars
- cuneiforms1/5
cuneiform
- noun an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
- adjective shaped like a wedge
cuneal; wedge-shaped.
- noun an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
- cupule1/5
cupule
- noun cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
acorn cup.
- noun a sucker on the feet of certain flies
- noun cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
- cuplike1/5
cuplike
- adjective satellite resembling the shape of a cup
- adjective satellite resembling the shape of a cup
- curacoa1/5
curacoa
- noun flavored with sour orange peel
curacao.
- noun flavored with sour orange peel
- cutely1/5
cutely
- adverb in an attractive manner
cunningly.
- how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure
- adverb in an attractive manner
- curanderas1/5
curandera
- noun a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans
- noun a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans
- curmudgeons1/5
curmudgeon
- noun a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
- noun a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
- cuisses1/5
- cuke1/5
cuke
- noun cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
cucumber.
- noun cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
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cuke
- noun cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
cucumber.
- noun cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
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cuisse
- noun armor plate that protects the thigh
- noun armor plate that protects the thigh
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cuminum
- noun cumin
genus Cuminum.
- noun cumin
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cumbersomeness
- noun trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
unwieldiness; awkwardness.
- the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano
- noun trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
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currentness
- noun the property of belonging to the present time
currency; up-to-dateness.
- the currency of a slang term
- noun the property of belonging to the present time
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curtal
- adjective satellite (obsolete) cut short
- a dog with a curtal tail
- adjective satellite (obsolete) cut short
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cuticula
- noun the outer body wall of an insect
- noun the outer body wall of an insect
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currish
- adjective satellite base and cowardly
- adjective satellite resembling a cur; snarling and rude
- adjective satellite base and cowardly
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curlew
- noun large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
- noun large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
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culpably
- adverb in a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure
reprehensibly.
- adverb in a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure
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cussedness
- noun meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
orneriness.
- noun meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
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cuboid
- noun a rectangular parallelepiped
- adjective satellite shaped like a cube
cube-shaped; cuboidal; cubelike; cubiform; cubical.
- noun a rectangular parallelepiped
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curassow
- noun large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
- noun large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
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cursedly
- adverb in a damnable manner
damnably; damned.
- kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!
- adverb in a damnable manner
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curassow
- noun large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
- noun large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
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cuttingly
- adverb in an intentionally unkind way
- a cutting remark
- adverb in an intentionally unkind way
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currawong
- noun bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call
bell magpie.
- noun bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call
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cuscus
- noun woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia
- noun woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia
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curtainless
- adjective not provided with curtains
uncurtained.
- blank, curtainless windows stared back at her
- adjective not provided with curtains
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cursorial
- adjective (of limbs and feet) adapted for running
- adjective (of limbs and feet) adapted for running
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culturable
Capable of, or fit for, being cultivated; capable or becoming cultured. London Spectator.
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cutesy
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courtesy
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate remark
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
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cumbrian
Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there.
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cumulant
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cushite
A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah.
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cupido
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cuvette
A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.
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cuadra
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curate
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
pastor; minister; rector; minister of religion; parson.
- clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
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cutanea
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cur
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
mutt; mongrel.
- noun a cowardly and despicable person
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
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cumene
(Chem.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7 , obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called alsocumol .
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curer
One who cures; a healer; a physician.
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custodian
- noun one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
keeper; steward.
- noun one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
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cumbia
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curule
Of or pertaining to a charoit.
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cullet
Broken glass for remelting.
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cuda
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cummin
Same as Cumin .Ye pay tithe of mint, and cummin. Matt. xxiii. 23.
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cure
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
curative; remedy; therapeutic.
- verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
heal; bring around.
- The treatment cured the boy's acne
- The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
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curaçao
A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaçcao.
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cumbre
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cuprate
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cutdown
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cur
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
mutt; mongrel.
- noun a cowardly and despicable person
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
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curdy
Like curd; full of curd; coagulated. "A curdy mass." Arbuthnot.
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cuit
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cuyp
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cushite
A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah.
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cury
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culturist
A cultivator.
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curculio
(Zoöl.) One of a large group of beetles ( Rhynchophora ) of many genera; -- called alsoweevils ,snout beetles ,billbeetles , andbillbugs . Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.
- cuir1/5
cuir
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culturist
A cultivator.
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curas
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cuisinart
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- curat1/5
curate
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
pastor; minister; rector; minister of religion; parson.
- clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
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cuerda
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cutset
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customize
- verb make to specifications
custom-make; customise; tailor-make.
- I had this desk custom-made for me
- verb make according to requirements
customise.
- customize a car
- verb make to specifications
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cuisinier
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cutwater
The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.
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cubi
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cursi
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cum
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; ejaculate; seminal fluid; seed; come.
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
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cupellation
The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel. ✍ The process consist in exposing the cupel containing the metal to be assayed or refined to a hot blast, by which the lead, copper, tin, etc., are oxidized, dissolved, and carried down into the porous cupel, leaving the unoxidizable precious metal. If lead is not already present in the alloy it must be added before cupellation.
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cuties
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cuspal
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culinaris
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culla
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cuspidata
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cuman
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cutline
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custode
See Custodian .
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cuirass
- noun medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
- noun medieval body armor that covers the chest and back
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curet
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curette.
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
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culverhouse
A dovecote.
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culmen
Top; summit; acme. R. North.
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cuadrilla
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curse
- noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
swearing; swearword; expletive; cuss; oath; curse word.
- expletives were deleted
- noun an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
condemnation; execration.
- noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
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culpa
(Law) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart. Wharton.
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cutup
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cultureless
Having no culture.
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cuneata
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cump
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culdee
One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. The pure Culdees Were Albyn's earliest priests of God. Campbell.
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cucullata
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cultigen
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cumshaw
A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton. S. Wells Williams.
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culation
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cuck
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customed
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curvilinearity
The state of being curvilinear or of being bounded by curved lines.
- cubics1/5
cubic
- adjective having three dimensions
three-dimensional.
- adjective having three dimensions
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cuestas
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cunningness
Quality of being cunning; craft.
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curlicue
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
gyre; ringlet; scroll; whorl; coil; curl; roll.
- noun a short twisting line
squiggle.
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
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cuppy
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cucullatus
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cutch
- noun tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas
kutch.
- noun tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas
- curring1/5
cur
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
mutt; mongrel.
- noun a cowardly and despicable person
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
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cuve
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cult
- noun followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
- noun an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
rage; fad; furore; furor; craze.
- he always follows the latest fads
- it was all the rage that season
- noun followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
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customary
- adjective satellite in accordance with convention or custom
- sealed the deal with the customary handshake
- adjective satellite commonly used or practiced; usual
accustomed; habitual; wonted.
- his accustomed thoroughness
- took his customary morning walk
- his habitual comment
- with her wonted candor
- adjective satellite in accordance with convention or custom
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colour
- noun any material used for its color
color; coloring material; colouring material.
- she used a different color for the trim
- noun a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
color; people of color; people of colour.
- noun any material used for its color
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cunninghamii
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cumbersome
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
cumbrous.
- a cumbersome piece of machinery
- cumbrous protective clothing
- adjective satellite not elegant or graceful in expression
awkward; inept; ill-chosen; inapt; clumsy.
- an awkward prose style
- a clumsy apology
- his cumbersome writing style
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
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cubeba
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cuttlebone
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cube
- noun a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
regular hexahedron.
- noun a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
block.
- noun a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
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culpa
(Law) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart. Wharton.
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cumec
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cutlines
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curet
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
curette.
- noun a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
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cusec
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cuttle
- noun ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
cuttlefish.
- noun ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
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cuvieri
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curvy
- adjective satellite having curves
curvey.
- a settee with only one curvy end
- adjective satellite (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
busty; sonsie; stacked; voluptuous; full-bosomed; bosomy; buxom; curvaceous; well-endowed; sonsy.
- Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes
- a curvy young woman in a tight dress
- adjective satellite having curves
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cursitor
A courier or runner. Obs. "Cursitors to and fro." Holland.
- cutted1/5
cut
- noun a share of the profits
- everyone got a cut of the earnings
- noun (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt
- noun a share of the profits
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cusp
- noun point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
- noun a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
leaflet.
- noun point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
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cureall
A remedy for all diseases, o for all ills; a panacea.
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curvula
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curative
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
remedy; cure; therapeutic.
- adjective satellite tending to cure or restore to health
alterative; remedial; healing; sanative; therapeutic.
- curative powers of herbal remedies
- her gentle healing hand
- remedial surgery
- a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air
- a therapeutic agent
- therapeutic diets
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
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culot
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curassavica
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cultive
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cureless
Incapable of cure; incurable. With patience undergo A cureless ill, since fate will have it so. Dryden.
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cufic
Of or pertaining to the older characters of the Arabic language. Written also Kufic .
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cupreous
Consisting of copper or resembling copper; coppery.
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curiosi
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culminant
Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant. R.
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curvirostra
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cuits
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curval
(Her.) Bowed; bent; curved.
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cubature
The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a body.
Derived words of cu
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mercury
- noun a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
quicksilver; Hg; atomic number 80; hydrargyrum.
- noun (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
- noun a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
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molecule
- noun (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
- noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
speck; particle; atom; corpuscle; mote.
- noun (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
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molecule
- noun (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
- noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
speck; particle; atom; corpuscle; mote.
- noun (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
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molecular
- adjective relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules
- molecular structure
- molecular oxygen
- molecular weight is the sum of all the atoms in a molecule
- adjective relating to simple or elementary organization
- proceed by more and more detailed analysis to the molecular facts of perception"--G.A. Miller
- adjective relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules
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particular
- noun a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
specific.
- he always reasons from the particular to the general
- noun a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
item; detail.
- it was perfect in all details
- noun a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
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discussion
- noun an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
treatment; discourse.
- the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic
- his treatment of the race question is badly biased
- noun an exchange of views on some topic
word; give-and-take.
- we had a good discussion
- we had a word or two about it
- noun an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
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secure
- verb get by special effort
procure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb cause to be firmly attached
fasten; fix.
- fasten the lock onto the door
- she fixed her gaze on the man
- verb get by special effort
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discussion
- noun an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
treatment; discourse.
- the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic
- his treatment of the race question is badly biased
- noun an exchange of views on some topic
word; give-and-take.
- we had a good discussion
- we had a word or two about it
- noun an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
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circulation
- noun the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)
- noun movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
- noun the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)
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secure
- verb get by special effort
procure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb cause to be firmly attached
fasten; fix.
- fasten the lock onto the door
- she fixed her gaze on the man
- verb get by special effort
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accustomed
- adjective (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to
- accustomed to doing her own work
- I've grown accustomed to her face
- verb make psychologically or physically used (to something)
habituate; accustom.
- She became habituated to the background music
- adjective (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to
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obscure
- verb make less visible or unclear
befog; haze over; fog; becloud; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
- verb make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
confuse; obnubilate; blur.
- Her remarks confused the debate
- Their words obnubilate their intentions
- verb make less visible or unclear
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secure
- verb get by special effort
procure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb cause to be firmly attached
fasten; fix.
- fasten the lock onto the door
- she fixed her gaze on the man
- verb get by special effort
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security
- noun the state of being free from danger or injury
- we support the armed services in the name of national security
- noun defense against financial failure; financial independence
protection.
- his pension gave him security in his old age
- insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness
- noun the state of being free from danger or injury
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focus
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
direction; centering; focussing; focal point; focusing.
- the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
- he had no direction in his life
- noun maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
- in focus
- out of focus
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
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discuss
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
discus.
- noun a disk used in throwing competitions
discus; saucer.
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
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document
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
written document; papers.
- noun anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
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discuss
- verb to consider or examine in speech or writing
discourse; talk about.
- The author talks about the different aspects of this question
- The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
discus.
- verb to consider or examine in speech or writing
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document
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
written document; papers.
- noun anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
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focused
- adjective being in focus or brought into focus
focussed.
- verb direct one's attention on something
center; centre; pore; focus; concentrate; rivet.
- Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
- adjective being in focus or brought into focus
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circuit
- noun an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
electrical circuit; electric circuit.
- noun a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
tour.
- they took an extended tour of Europe
- we took a quick circuit of the park
- a ten-day coach circuit of the island
- noun an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
- calculated5/5
calculated
- adjective satellite carefully thought out in advance
measured; deliberate.
- a calculated insult
- with measured irony
- verb make a mathematical calculation or computation
cypher; compute; calculate; work out; reckon; cipher; figure.
- adjective satellite carefully thought out in advance
- agriculture5/5
agriculture
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
agribusiness; factory farm.
- noun the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
farming; husbandry.
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
- securities5/5
security
- noun the state of being free from danger or injury
- we support the armed services in the name of national security
- noun defense against financial failure; financial independence
protection.
- his pension gave him security in his old age
- insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness
- noun the state of being free from danger or injury
- occupation5/5
occupation
- noun the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
job; line; line of work; business.
- he's not in my line of business
- noun the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
military control.
- noun the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- calculate5/5
calculate
- verb make a mathematical calculation or computation
cypher; compute; work out; reckon; cipher; figure.
- verb judge to be probable
figure; reckon; forecast; estimate; count on.
- verb make a mathematical calculation or computation
- executed5/5
executed
- adjective satellite put to death as punishment
- claimed the body of the executed traitor
- verb kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
execute; put to death.
- In some states, criminals are executed
- adjective satellite put to death as punishment
- focuses5/5
focus
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
direction; centering; focussing; focal point; focusing.
- the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
- he had no direction in his life
- noun maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
- in focus
- out of focus
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
- focusing5/5
focusing
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
direction; centering; focussing; focus; focal point.
- the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
- he had no direction in his life
- noun the act of bringing into focus
focalization; focalisation.
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
- occurrence5/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- circular5/5
circular
- noun an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
handbill; flier; bill; broadside; flyer; broadsheet; throwaway.
- he mailed the circular to all subscribers
- adjective having a circular shape
round.
- noun an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- discussing5/5
discuss
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
discus.
- noun a disk used in throwing competitions
discus; saucer.
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- accumulation5/5
accumulation
- noun an increase by natural growth or addition
accretion.
- noun several things grouped together or considered as a whole
assemblage; aggregation; collection.
- noun an increase by natural growth or addition
- vascular5/5
vascular
- adjective of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids
- vascular constriction
- a vascular bundle
- adjective of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids
- vacuum5/5
vacuum
- noun the absence of matter
vacuity.
- noun an empty area or space
vacancy; void; emptiness.
- the huge desert voids
- the emptiness of outer space
- without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
- noun the absence of matter
- discusses5/5
discuss
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
discus.
- noun a disk used in throwing competitions
discus; saucer.
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- execute5/5
execute
- verb kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
put to death.
- In some states, criminals are executed
- verb murder in a planned fashion
- The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed
- verb kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
- circuits5/5
circuit
- noun an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
electrical circuit; electric circuit.
- noun a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
tour.
- they took an extended tour of Europe
- we took a quick circuit of the park
- a ten-day coach circuit of the island
- noun an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
- sculpture5/5
sculpture
- noun a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- noun creating figures or designs in three dimensions
carving.
- noun a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- incurred5/5
incur
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
- People who smoke incur a great danger to their health
- verb receive a specified treatment (abstract)
receive; obtain; find; get.
- These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
- His movie received a good review
- I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
- calculating5/5
calculating
- adjective satellite used of persons
scheming; conniving; calculative; shrewd.
- the most calculating and selfish men in the community
- verb make a mathematical calculation or computation
cypher; compute; calculate; work out; reckon; cipher; figure.
- adjective satellite used of persons
- occupations5/5
occupation
- noun the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
job; line; line of work; business.
- he's not in my line of business
- noun the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
military control.
- noun the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- articulated5/5
articulated
- adjective consisting of segments held together by joints
articulate.
- verb provide with a joint
joint; articulate.
- the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood
- adjective consisting of segments held together by joints
- occur5/5
occur
- verb come to pass
fall out; pass off; come about; pass; hap; happen; take place; go on.
- What is happening?
- The meeting took place off without an incidence
- Nothing occurred that seemed important
- verb come to one's mind; suggest itself
come.
- It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary
- A great idea then came to her
- verb come to pass
- circumstances5/5
circumstances
- noun your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
fortune; destiny; fate; portion; lot; luck.
- whatever my fortune may be
- deserved a better fate
- has a happy lot
- the luck of the Irish
- a victim of circumstances
- success that was her portion
- noun a person's financial situation (good or bad)
- he found himself in straitened circumstances
- noun your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- occurs5/5
occur
- verb come to pass
fall out; pass off; come about; pass; hap; happen; take place; go on.
- What is happening?
- The meeting took place off without an incidence
- Nothing occurred that seemed important
- verb come to one's mind; suggest itself
come.
- It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary
- A great idea then came to her
- verb come to pass
- occurred5/5
occur
- verb come to pass
fall out; pass off; come about; pass; hap; happen; take place; go on.
- What is happening?
- The meeting took place off without an incidence
- Nothing occurred that seemed important
- verb come to one's mind; suggest itself
come.
- It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary
- A great idea then came to her
- verb come to pass
- difficulty5/5
difficulty
- noun an effort that is inconvenient
trouble.
- I went to a lot of trouble
- he won without any trouble
- had difficulty walking
- finished the test only with great difficulty
- noun a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
- serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent
- noun an effort that is inconvenient
- executive5/5
executive
- noun a person responsible for the administration of a business
executive director.
- noun persons who administer the law
- noun a person responsible for the administration of a business
- agricultural5/5
agricultural
- adjective relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
- agricultural engineering
- modern agricultural (or farming) methods
- agricultural (or farm) equipment
- an agricultural college
- adjective satellite relating to rural matters
farming; agrarian.
- an agrarian (or agricultural) society
- farming communities
- adjective relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
- difficulties5/5
difficulty
- noun an effort that is inconvenient
trouble.
- I went to a lot of trouble
- he won without any trouble
- had difficulty walking
- finished the test only with great difficulty
- noun a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
- serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent
- noun an effort that is inconvenient
- acute5/5
acute
- noun a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
ague; acute accent.
- adjective having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- acute appendicitis
- the acute phase of the illness
- acute patients
- noun a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- faculty5/5
faculty
- noun one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
mental faculty; module.
- noun the body of teachers and administrators at a school
staff.
- the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university
- noun one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
- occupied5/5
occupied
- adjective held or filled or in use
- she keeps her time well occupied
- the wc is occupied
- verb keep busy with
occupy; busy.
- She busies herself with her butterfly collection
- adjective held or filled or in use
- execution5/5
execution
- noun putting a condemned person to death
executing; death penalty; capital punishment.
- noun the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
performance; carrying into action; carrying out.
- they criticised his performance as mayor
- experience generally improves performance
- noun putting a condemned person to death
- accuracy5/5
accuracy
- noun the quality of being near to the true value
truth.
- he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass
- the lawyer questioned the truth of my account
- noun (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number
- the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy
- noun the quality of being near to the true value
- accused5/5
accused
- noun a defendant in a criminal proceeding
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate; impeach; accuse; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- noun a defendant in a criminal proceeding
- calculation5/5
calculation
- noun the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
computation; computing.
- noun problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
figuring; reckoning; computation.
- noun the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- occurring5/5
occur
- verb come to pass
fall out; pass off; come about; pass; hap; happen; take place; go on.
- What is happening?
- The meeting took place off without an incidence
- Nothing occurred that seemed important
- verb come to one's mind; suggest itself
come.
- It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary
- A great idea then came to her
- verb come to pass
- calculations5/5
calculation
- noun the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
computation; computing.
- noun problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
figuring; reckoning; computation.
- noun the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- excuse5/5
excuse
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
exculpation; alibi; self-justification.
- he kept finding excuses to stay
- every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
- his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
- noun a note explaining an absence
- he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
- rescue5/5
rescue
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
delivery; saving; deliverance.
- work is the deliverance of mankind
- a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
- verb free from harm or evil
deliver.
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- occupational5/5
occupational
- adjective of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained
- occupational hazard
- adjective of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained
- documented5/5
documented
- adjective furnished with or supported by documents
- the first documented case of shark attack in those waters
- verb record in detail
document.
- The parents documented every step of their child's development
- adjective furnished with or supported by documents
- prosecution5/5
prosecution
- noun the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
criminal prosecution.
- noun the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
- noun the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
- occupy5/5
occupy
- verb keep busy with
busy.
- She busies herself with her butterfly collection
- verb live (in a certain place)
reside; lodge in.
- She resides in Princeton
- he occupies two rooms on the top floor
- verb keep busy with
- executives5/5
executive
- noun a person responsible for the administration of a business
executive director.
- noun persons who administer the law
- noun a person responsible for the administration of a business
- accumulated5/5
accumulated
- adjective satellite periodically accumulated over time
accrued.
- accrued interest
- accrued leave
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; collect; accumulate; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- adjective satellite periodically accumulated over time
- masculine5/5
masculine
- noun a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
- adjective of grammatical gender
- noun a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
- circumstance5/5
circumstance
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- noun the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
setting; context.
- the historical context
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- documentary5/5
documentary
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
documentary film; infotainment; docudrama.
- adjective relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
documental.
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
- speculation5/5
speculation
- noun a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
guess; conjecture; supposition; surmisal; hypothesis; surmise.
- noun a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
conjecture.
- speculations about the outcome of the election
- he dismissed it as mere conjecture
- noun a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- muscular5/5
muscular
- adjective of or relating to or consisting of muscle
- muscular contraction
- adjective having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer
mesomorphic.
- adjective of or relating to or consisting of muscle
- difficult5/5
difficult
- adjective not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
hard.
- a difficult task
- nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access
- difficult times
- why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
- adjective hard to control
unmanageable.
- a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation
- adjective not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- accurate5/5
accurate
- adjective conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
- an accurate reproduction
- the accounting was accurate
- accurate measurements
- an accurate scale
- adjective satellite (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
precise; exact.
- a precise image
- a precise measurement
- adjective conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
- peculiar5/5
peculiar
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
funny; rum; singular; queer; curious; odd; rummy.
- a curious hybrid accent
- her speech has a funny twang
- they have some funny ideas about war
- had an odd name
- the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
- something definitely queer about this town
- what a rum fellow
- singular behavior
- adjective satellite unique or specific to a person or thing or category
special; particular.
- the particular demands of the job
- has a particular preference for Chinese art
- a peculiar bond of sympathy between them
- an expression peculiar to Canadians
- rights peculiar to the rich
- the special features of a computer
- my own special chair
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- secular5/5
secular
- noun someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
layperson; layman.
- adjective of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
- noun someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
- documentation5/5
documentation
- noun confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
corroboration; certification.
- noun program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs
software documentation.
- noun confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
- cardiovascular5/5
cardiovascular
- adjective of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels
- cardiovascular conditioning
- adjective of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels
- ridiculous5/5
ridiculous
- adjective satellite inspiring scornful pity
silly; pathetic.
- how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett
- adjective satellite incongruous; inviting ridicule
derisory; ludicrous; idiotic; preposterous; cockeyed; 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 inspiring scornful pity
- persecution5/5
persecution
- noun the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
- noun the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
- spectacular5/5
spectacular
- noun a lavishly produced performance
- they put on a Christmas spectacular
- adjective satellite sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
dramatic; striking.
- a dramatic sunset
- a dramatic pause
- a spectacular display of northern lights
- it was a spectacular play
- his striking good looks always created a sensation
- noun a lavishly produced performance
- particularly5/5
particularly
- adverb to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
peculiarly; especially; specially.
- he was particularly fussy about spelling
- a particularly gruesome attack
- under peculiarly tragic circumstances
- an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger
- adverb specifically or especially distinguished from others
in particular.
- loves Bach, particularly his partitas
- recommended one book in particular
- trace major population movements for the Pueblo groups in particular
- adverb to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
- accurately5/5
accurately
- adverb with few mistakes
- he works very accurately
- adverb strictly correctly
- repeated the order accurately
- adverb with few mistakes
- connecticut5/5
connecticut
- noun a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
Nutmeg State; Constitution State; CT.
- noun a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound
Connecticut River.
- noun a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
- ventricular5/5
ventricular
- adjective of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain)
- adjective of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain)
- recurrent5/5
recurrent
- adjective satellite recurring again and again
repeated; perennial.
- perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements
- adjective satellite recurring again and again
- marcus5/5
marcus
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- precursor4/5
precursor
- noun a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
- noun a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
forerunner.
- noun a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
- precursors4/5
precursor
- noun a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
- noun a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
forerunner.
- noun a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
- particulate4/5
particulate
- noun a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
particulate matter.
- adjective composed of distinct particles
- noun a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
- particulars4/5
particular
- noun a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
specific.
- he always reasons from the particular to the general
- noun a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
item; detail.
- it was perfect in all details
- noun a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
- circulating4/5
circulating
- adjective satellite passing from one to another
- circulating bills and coins
- verb become widely known and passed on
spread; go around; circulate.
- the rumor spread
- the story went around in the office
- adjective satellite passing from one to another
- circulated4/5
circulate
- verb become widely known and passed on
spread; go around.
- the rumor spread
- the story went around in the office
- verb cause to become widely known
circularise; disseminate; distribute; broadcast; spread; circularize; disperse; pass around; propagate; diffuse.
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
- verb become widely known and passed on
- calculus4/5
calculus
- noun a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
concretion.
- renal calculi can be very painful
- noun an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
tophus; tartar.
- noun a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
- obscured4/5
obscure
- verb make less visible or unclear
befog; haze over; fog; becloud; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
- verb make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
confuse; obnubilate; blur.
- Her remarks confused the debate
- Their words obnubilate their intentions
- verb make less visible or unclear
- circulate4/5
circulate
- verb become widely known and passed on
spread; go around.
- the rumor spread
- the story went around in the office
- verb cause to become widely known
circularise; disseminate; distribute; broadcast; spread; circularize; disperse; pass around; propagate; diffuse.
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
- verb become widely known and passed on
- articulate4/5
articulate
- verb provide with a joint
joint.
- the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood
- verb put into words or an expression
phrase; word; formulate; give voice.
- He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
- verb provide with a joint
- perpendicular4/5
perpendicular
- noun a straight line at right angles to another line
- noun a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
perpendicular style; English-Gothic architecture; English-Gothic.
- noun a straight line at right angles to another line
- articulation4/5
articulation
- noun the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
- noun the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
juncture; joint; junction; join.
- noun the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
- executing4/5
executing
- noun putting a condemned person to death
execution; death penalty; capital punishment.
- verb kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
execute; put to death.
- In some states, criminals are executed
- noun putting a condemned person to death
- occurrences4/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- incumbent4/5
incumbent
- noun the official who holds an office
officeholder.
- adjective satellite lying or leaning on something else
- an incumbent geological formation
- noun the official who holds an office
- evacuation4/5
evacuation
- noun the act of removing the contents of something
emptying; voidance.
- noun the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection
- noun the act of removing the contents of something
- occult4/5
occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
supernatural.
- She doesn't believe in the supernatural
- noun supernatural practices and techniques
occult arts.
- he is a student of the occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
- sculptures4/5
sculpture
- noun a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- noun creating figures or designs in three dimensions
carving.
- noun a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- calculator4/5
calculator
- noun an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
estimator; computer; figurer; reckoner.
- noun a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations
calculating machine.
- noun an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- ridicule4/5
ridicule
- noun language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- noun the act of deriding or treating with contempt
derision.
- noun language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- incur4/5
incur
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
- People who smoke incur a great danger to their health
- verb receive a specified treatment (abstract)
receive; obtain; find; get.
- These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
- His movie received a good review
- I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
- executes4/5
execute
- verb kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
put to death.
- In some states, criminals are executed
- verb murder in a planned fashion
- The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed
- verb kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
- 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
- evacuated4/5
evacuate
- verb move out of an unsafe location into safety
- After the earthquake, residents were evacuated
- verb empty completely
- evacuate the bottle
- verb move out of an unsafe location into safety
- articulating4/5
articulate
- verb provide with a joint
joint.
- the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood
- verb put into words or an expression
phrase; word; formulate; give voice.
- He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
- verb provide with a joint
- succumbed4/5
succumb
- verb consent reluctantly
give in; knuckle under; yield; buckle under.
- verb be fatally overwhelmed
yield.
- verb consent reluctantly
- masculinity4/5
masculinity
- noun the properties characteristic of the male sex
maleness.
- noun the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men
- noun the properties characteristic of the male sex
- consecutive4/5
consecutive
- adjective satellite one after the other
back-to-back.
- back-to-back home runs
- adjective satellite in regular succession without gaps
serial; sequential; sequent; successive.
- serial concerts
- adjective satellite one after the other
- prosecutor4/5
prosecutor
- noun a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
prosecuting attorney; public prosecutor; prosecuting officer.
- noun a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
- faculties4/5
faculty
- noun one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
mental faculty; module.
- noun the body of teachers and administrators at a school
staff.
- the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university
- noun one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
- concurrent4/5
concurrent
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
co-occurrent; coinciding; simultaneous; coincident; cooccurring; coincidental.
- a series of coincident events
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
- occupying4/5
occupy
- verb keep busy with
busy.
- She busies herself with her butterfly collection
- verb live (in a certain place)
reside; lodge in.
- She resides in Princeton
- he occupies two rooms on the top floor
- verb keep busy with
- accumulate4/5
accumulate
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; collect; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; cumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb get or gather together
- vernacular4/5
vernacular
- noun a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
patois; argot; cant; slang; jargon; lingo.
- they don't speak our lingo
- noun the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
- noun a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
- occupies4/5
occupy
- verb keep busy with
busy.
- She busies herself with her butterfly collection
- verb live (in a certain place)
reside; lodge in.
- She resides in Princeton
- he occupies two rooms on the top floor
- verb keep busy with
- circus4/5
circus
- noun a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
- he ran away from home to join the circus
- noun a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
- the children always love to go to the circus
- noun a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
- preoccupied4/5
preoccupied
- adjective satellite deeply absorbed in thought
deep in thought; bemused; lost.
- as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class
- lost in thought
- a preoccupied frown
- verb engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
preoccupy.
- His work preoccupies him
- The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else
- adjective satellite deeply absorbed in thought
- shortcut4/5
shortcut
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
crosscut; cutoff.
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
- excuses4/5
excuse
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
exculpation; alibi; self-justification.
- he kept finding excuses to stay
- every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
- his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
- noun a note explaining an absence
- he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
- speculate4/5
speculate
- verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
conjecture; theorize; hypothesize; theorise; hypothesise; suppose; hypothecate.
- Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
- verb talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
- We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal
- verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- circumference4/5
circumference
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
perimeter.
- noun the boundary line encompassing an area or object
circuit.
- he had walked the full circumference of his land
- a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
- ocular4/5
ocular
- noun combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
eyepiece.
- adjective of or relating to or resembling the eye
optical; opthalmic; optic.
- ocular muscles
- an ocular organ
- ocular diseases
- the optic (or optical) axis of the eye
- an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light
- noun combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
- syracuse4/5
syracuse
A red wine of Italy.
- incubation4/5
incubation
- noun maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
- noun (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
- noun maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
- excused4/5
excused
- adjective satellite granted exemption
- one of the excused jurors planned to write a book
- verb accept an excuse for
excuse; pardon.
- Please excuse my dirty hands
- adjective satellite granted exemption
- excursion4/5
excursion
- noun a journey taken for pleasure
sashay; expedition; outing; pleasure trip; jaunt; junket.
- many summer excursions to the shore
- it was merely a pleasure trip
- after cautious sashays into the field
- noun wandering from the main path of a journey
digression.
- noun a journey taken for pleasure
- sculptor4/5
sculptor
- noun an artist who creates sculptures
statue maker; carver; sculpturer.
- noun a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus
- noun an artist who creates sculptures
- documenting4/5
document
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
written document; papers.
- noun anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- occupancy4/5
occupancy
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
tenancy.
- noun the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
moving in; occupation.
- occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
- accuse4/5
accuse
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate; impeach; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
charge.
- he charged the director with indifference
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
- prosecutors4/5
prosecutor
- noun a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
prosecuting attorney; public prosecutor; prosecuting officer.
- noun a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state
- subcutaneous4/5
subcutaneous
- adjective relating to or located below the epidermis
hypodermic.
- hypodermic needle
- subcutaneous implant
- adjective relating to or located below the epidermis
- speculations4/5
speculation
- noun a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
guess; conjecture; supposition; surmisal; hypothesis; surmise.
- noun a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
conjecture.
- speculations about the outcome of the election
- he dismissed it as mere conjecture
- noun a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- peculiarities4/5
peculiarity
- noun an odd or unusual characteristic
distinguishing characteristic; distinctive feature.
- noun a distinguishing trait
distinctiveness; speciality; specialty; specialness.
- noun an odd or unusual characteristic
- prosecuted4/5
prosecute
- verb conduct a prosecution in a court of law
- verb bring a criminal action against (in a trial)
- The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson
- verb conduct a prosecution in a court of law
- excursions4/5
excursion
- noun a journey taken for pleasure
sashay; expedition; outing; pleasure trip; jaunt; junket.
- many summer excursions to the shore
- it was merely a pleasure trip
- after cautious sashays into the field
- noun wandering from the main path of a journey
digression.
- noun a journey taken for pleasure
- accusing4/5
accusing
- adjective satellite containing or expressing accusation
accusative; accusive; accusatory.
- an accusitive forefinger
- black accusatory looks
- accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry
- his accusing glare
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate; impeach; accuse; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- adjective satellite containing or expressing accusation
- biscuits4/5
biscuit
- noun small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
- noun any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
cooky; cookie.
- noun small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
- executions4/5
execution
- noun putting a condemned person to death
executing; death penalty; capital punishment.
- noun the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
performance; carrying into action; carrying out.
- they criticised his performance as mayor
- experience generally improves performance
- noun putting a condemned person to death
- mucus4/5
mucus
- noun protective secretion of the mucus membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium
mucous secretion.
- noun protective secretion of the mucus membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium
- percutaneous4/5
percutaneous
- adjective through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)
transdermic; transdermal; transcutaneous.
- transdermal estrogen
- percutaneous absorption
- adjective through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)
- accumulating4/5
accumulate
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; collect; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; cumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb get or gather together
- speculated4/5
speculate
- verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
conjecture; theorize; hypothesize; theorise; hypothesise; suppose; hypothecate.
- Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
- verb talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
- We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal
- verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- repercussions4/5
repercussion
- noun a remote or indirect consequence of some action
reverberation.
- his declaration had unforeseen repercussions
- reverberations of the market crash were felt years later
- noun a movement back from an impact
rebound; recoil; backlash.
- noun a remote or indirect consequence of some action
- prosecute4/5
prosecute
- verb conduct a prosecution in a court of law
- verb bring a criminal action against (in a trial)
- The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson
- verb conduct a prosecution in a court of law
- shortcuts4/5
shortcut
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
crosscut; cutoff.
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
- circulatory4/5
circulatory
- adjective of or relating to circulation
circulative.
- adjective relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood
- adjective of or relating to circulation
- acculturation4/5
acculturation
- noun the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
socialisation; enculturation; socialization.
- the socialization of children to the norms of their culture
- noun all the knowledge and values shared by a society
culture.
- noun the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
- locus4/5
locus
- noun the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
locale; venue.
- noun the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
- noun the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
- conspicuous4/5
conspicuous
- adjective obvious to the eye or mind
- a tower conspicuous at a great distance
- wore conspicuous neckties
- made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening
- adjective satellite without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
blatant; blazing.
- blatant disregard of the law
- a blatant appeal to vanity
- a blazing indiscretion
- adjective obvious to the eye or mind
- speculative4/5
speculative
- adjective satellite not financially safe or secure
bad; high-risk; risky.
- a bad investment
- high risk investments
- anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
- speculative business enterprises
- adjective satellite not based on fact or investigation
notional.
- a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs
- speculative knowledge
- adjective satellite not financially safe or secure
- discursive4/5
discursive
- adjective satellite proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
dianoetic.
- adjective satellite (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
excursive; digressive; rambling.
- amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things
- a rambling discursive book
- his excursive remarks
- a rambling speech about this and that
- adjective satellite proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
- calcutta4/5
calcutta
- noun the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding
Kolkata.
- noun the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding
- procurement4/5
procurement
- noun the act of getting possession of something
procurance; procural.
- he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies
- noun the act of getting possession of something
- accusations4/5
accusation
- noun a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
accusal.
- noun an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
charge.
- the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
- noun a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
- recurring4/5
recurring
- adjective satellite coming back
revenant.
- a revenant ghost
- verb happen or occur again
repeat; recur.
- This is a recurring story
- adjective satellite coming back
- miraculous4/5
miraculous
- adjective satellite being or having the character of a miracle
marvellous; marvelous.
- adjective satellite peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention
providential; heaven-sent.
- a heaven-sent rain saved the crops
- a providential recovery
- adjective satellite being or having the character of a miracle
- rescued4/5
rescued
- adjective satellite delivered from danger
reclaimed.
- verb free from harm or evil
deliver; rescue.
- adjective satellite delivered from danger
- preoccupation4/5
preoccupation
- noun an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention
- noun the mental state of being preoccupied by something
absorption; preoccupancy; engrossment.
- noun an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention
- accusation4/5
accusation
- noun a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
accusal.
- noun an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
charge.
- the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
- noun a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
- inaccurate4/5
inaccurate
- adjective not exact
- an inaccurate translation
- the thermometer is inaccurate
- adjective not exact
- occupants4/5
occupant
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
resident; occupier.
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
- procure4/5
procure
- verb get by special effort
secure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb arrange for sexual partners for others
pander; pimp.
- verb get by special effort
- securely4/5
securely
- adverb in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger
firmly.
- she held the child securely
- adverb in a confident and unselfconscious manner
- he acts very securely in front of the camera
- adverb in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger
- acutely4/5
acutely
- adverb in an acute manner
- she pitied her sister acutely
- acutely aware
- adverb having a rapid onset
- an acutely debilitating virus
- adverb in an acute manner
- multiculturalism4/5
multiculturalism
- noun the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country
- noun the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country
- circumcision4/5
circumcision
- noun the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
- noun (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
Feast of the Circumcision; January 1.
- noun the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
- procured4/5
procure
- verb get by special effort
secure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb arrange for sexual partners for others
pander; pimp.
- verb get by special effort
- obscurity4/5
obscurity
- noun the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
reconditeness; abstruseness; obscureness.
- noun an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
- he worked in obscurity for many years
- noun the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
- sociocultural4/5
sociocultural
- adjective relating to both social and cultural matters
- adjective relating to both social and cultural matters
- acupuncture4/5
acupuncture
- noun treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
stylostixis.
- noun treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
- articular4/5
articular
- adjective relating to or affecting the joints of the body
articulary.
- the articular surfaces of bones
- articular disease
- adjective relating to or affecting the joints of the body
- concurrently4/5
concurrently
- adverb overlapping in duration
at the same time.
- concurrently with the conference an exhibition of things associated with Rutherford was held
- going to school and holding a job at the same time
- adverb overlapping in duration
- hercules4/5
hercules
(Gr. Myth.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."
- ecumenical4/5
ecumenical
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
oecumenical; ecumenic; oecumenic.
- ecumenical thinking
- ecumenical activities
- the ecumenical movement
- adjective satellite of worldwide scope or applicability
worldwide; cosmopolitan; universal; general; oecumenical; world-wide.
- an issue of cosmopolitan import
- the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley
- universal experience
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
- meticulous4/5
meticulous
- adjective satellite marked by precise accordance with details
punctilious.
- meticulous research
- punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette
- adjective satellite marked by extreme care in treatment of details
- a meticulous craftsman
- almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities
- adjective satellite marked by precise accordance with details
- percussion4/5
percussion
- noun the act of playing a percussion instrument
- noun the act of exploding a percussion cap
- noun the act of playing a percussion instrument
- neuromuscular4/5
neuromuscular
- adjective affecting or characteristic of both neural and muscular tissue
- adjective affecting or characteristic of both neural and muscular tissue
- multicultural4/5
multicultural
- adjective of or relating to or including several cultures
- a multicultural event
- adjective of or relating to or including several cultures
- recurrence4/5
recurrence
- noun happening again (especially at regular intervals)
return.
- the return of spring
- noun happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- insecurity4/5
insecurity
- noun the state of being subject to danger or injury
- noun the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure
- noun the state of being subject to danger or injury
- damascus4/5
damascus
A city of Syria.
- insecure4/5
insecure
- adjective not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way
- the hinge is insecure
- adjective lacking in security or safety
unsafe.
- his fortune was increasingly insecure
- an insecure future
- adjective not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way
- peculiarly4/5
peculiarly
- adverb uniquely or characteristically
particularly.
- these peculiarly cinematic elements
- a peculiarly French phenomenon
- everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him"- John Knowles
- adverb in a manner differing from the usual or expected
curiously; oddly.
- had a curiously husky voice
- he's behaving rather peculiarly
- adverb uniquely or characteristically
- persecuted4/5
persecute
- verb cause to suffer
oppress.
- Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union
- verb cause to suffer
- recursive4/5
recursive
- adjective satellite of or relating to a recursion
- adjective satellite of or relating to a recursion
- acuity4/5
acuity
- noun sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
sharp-sightedness; visual acuity.
- noun a quick and penetrating intelligence
keenness; sharpness; acuteness.
- he argued with great acuteness
- I admired the keenness of his mind
- noun sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
- miraculously4/5
miraculously
- adverb in a miraculous manner
- my hand grasped the gun that was, miraculously, lying on the ground beside my finger tips
- adverb in a miraculous manner
- tuberculosis4/5
tuberculosis
- noun infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
TB; T.B..
- noun infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
- ecuador4/5
ecuador
- noun a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes
Republic of Ecuador.
- noun a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes
- intercultural4/5
intercultural
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- undercut3/5
undercut
- noun the material removed by a cut made underneath
- noun the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column
tenderloin.
- noun the material removed by a cut made underneath
- particulates3/5
particulate
- noun a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
particulate matter.
- adjective composed of distinct particles
- noun a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
- mercurial3/5
mercurial
- adjective satellite liable to sudden unpredictable change
fickle; erratic; quicksilver.
- erratic behavior
- fickle weather
- mercurial twists of temperament
- a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
- adjective relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury
- the Mercurial canals
- adjective satellite liable to sudden unpredictable change
- meniscus3/5
meniscus
- noun (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
semilunar cartilage.
- noun (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other
- noun (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
- barbecue3/5
barbecue
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
barbeque.
- noun a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
barbeque.
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
- secures3/5
secure
- verb get by special effort
procure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb cause to be firmly attached
fasten; fix.
- fasten the lock onto the door
- she fixed her gaze on the man
- verb get by special effort
- obscures3/5
obscure
- verb make less visible or unclear
befog; haze over; fog; becloud; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
- verb make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
confuse; obnubilate; blur.
- Her remarks confused the debate
- Their words obnubilate their intentions
- verb make less visible or unclear
- locust3/5
locust
- noun migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
- noun hardwood from any of various locust trees
- noun migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
- obscuring3/5
obscure
- verb make less visible or unclear
befog; haze over; fog; becloud; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
- verb make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
confuse; obnubilate; blur.
- Her remarks confused the debate
- Their words obnubilate their intentions
- verb make less visible or unclear
- locusts3/5
locust
- noun migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
- noun hardwood from any of various locust trees
- noun migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
- circulates3/5
circulate
- verb become widely known and passed on
spread; go around.
- the rumor spread
- the story went around in the office
- verb cause to become widely known
circularise; disseminate; distribute; broadcast; spread; circularize; disperse; pass around; propagate; diffuse.
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
- verb become widely known and passed on
- calculi3/5
calculus
- noun a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
concretion.
- renal calculi can be very painful
- noun an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
tophus; tartar.
- noun a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
- secularized3/5
secularize
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
secularise.
- Ataturk secularized Turkey
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
desacralize.
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
- calculates3/5
calculate
- verb make a mathematical calculation or computation
cypher; compute; work out; reckon; cipher; figure.
- verb judge to be probable
figure; reckon; forecast; estimate; count on.
- verb make a mathematical calculation or computation
- ridiculed3/5
ridicule
- noun language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- noun the act of deriding or treating with contempt
derision.
- noun language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- 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
- succumb3/5
succumb
- verb consent reluctantly
give in; knuckle under; yield; buckle under.
- verb be fatally overwhelmed
yield.
- verb consent reluctantly
- articulates3/5
articulate
- verb provide with a joint
joint.
- the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood
- verb put into words or an expression
phrase; word; formulate; give voice.
- He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
- verb provide with a joint
- evacuate3/5
evacuate
- verb move out of an unsafe location into safety
- After the earthquake, residents were evacuated
- verb empty completely
- evacuate the bottle
- verb move out of an unsafe location into safety
- secularization3/5
secularization
- noun the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion
secularisation.
- noun transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
secularisation.
- noun the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion
- focussed3/5
focussed
- adjective being in focus or brought into focus
focused.
- verb direct one's attention on something
center; centre; pore; focus; concentrate; rivet.
- Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
- adjective being in focus or brought into focus
- incurring3/5
incurring
- noun acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable)
- incurring debts is easier than paying them
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
incur.
- People who smoke incur a great danger to their health
- noun acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable)
- sculpted3/5
sculpted
- adjective satellite cut into a desired shape
graven; sculptured.
- graven images
- sculptured representations
- verb create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
sculpture; sculpt.
- sculpt a swan out of a block of ice
- adjective satellite cut into a desired shape
- calculators3/5
calculator
- noun an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
estimator; computer; figurer; reckoner.
- noun a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations
calculating machine.
- noun an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- inoculated3/5
inoculate
- verb introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
- My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs
- verb introduce a microorganism into
- verb introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
- scuba3/5
scuba
- noun a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
aqualung; Aqua-Lung.
- noun a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
- accumulations3/5
accumulation
- noun an increase by natural growth or addition
accretion.
- noun several things grouped together or considered as a whole
assemblage; aggregation; collection.
- noun an increase by natural growth or addition
- articulations3/5
articulation
- noun the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
- noun the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
juncture; joint; junction; join.
- noun the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
- incurs3/5
incur
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
- People who smoke incur a great danger to their health
- verb receive a specified treatment (abstract)
receive; obtain; find; get.
- These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
- His movie received a good review
- I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
- minuscule3/5
minuscule
- noun the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
lowercase; small letter; lower-case letter.
- noun a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
- noun the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
- sculptured3/5
sculptured
- adjective satellite cut into a desired shape
graven; sculpted.
- graven images
- sculptured representations
- verb create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
sculpture; sculpt.
- sculpt a swan out of a block of ice
- adjective satellite cut into a desired shape
- occupiers3/5
occupier
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
resident; occupant.
- noun a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
- intermolecular3/5
intermolecular
- adjective existing or acting between molecules
- intermolecular forces
- intermolecular condensation
- adjective existing or acting between molecules
- succumbing3/5
succumb
- verb consent reluctantly
give in; knuckle under; yield; buckle under.
- verb be fatally overwhelmed
yield.
- verb consent reluctantly
- accumulator3/5
accumulator
- noun a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
gatherer; collector.
- noun a voltaic battery that stores electric charge
storage battery.
- noun a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
- occupier3/5
occupier
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
resident; occupant.
- noun a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
- woodcut3/5
woodcut
- noun a print made from a woodcut
wood engraving.
- noun engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints
wood engraving; wood block.
- noun a print made from a woodcut
- focussing3/5
focussing
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
direction; centering; focus; focal point; focusing.
- the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
- he had no direction in his life
- verb direct one's attention on something
center; centre; pore; focus; concentrate; rivet.
- Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
- ejaculated3/5
ejaculate
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; seminal fluid; seed; cum; come.
- verb utter impulsively
blurt; blurt out; blunder out; blunder.
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- recuperate3/5
recuperate
- verb regain or make up for
recover; recoup.
- recuperate one's losses
- verb regain a former condition after a financial loss
go back; recover.
- We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
- The company managed to recuperate
- verb regain or make up for
- inoculum3/5
inoculum
- noun a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
inoculant.
- noun a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
- circulars3/5
circular
- noun an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
handbill; flier; bill; broadside; flyer; broadsheet; throwaway.
- he mailed the circular to all subscribers
- adjective having a circular shape
round.
- noun an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- woodcuts3/5
woodcut
- noun a print made from a woodcut
wood engraving.
- noun engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints
wood engraving; wood block.
- noun a print made from a woodcut
- executable3/5
executable
- adjective satellite capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
viable; workable; practicable; feasible.
- adjective satellite capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
- binoculars3/5
binoculars
- noun an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes
field glasses; opera glasses.
- noun an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes
- prosecutions3/5
prosecution
- noun the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
criminal prosecution.
- noun the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant
- noun the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
- subculture3/5
subculture
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- incubated3/5
incubate
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- verb sit on (eggs)
brood; cover; hatch.
- Birds brood
- The female covers the eggs
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- caucus3/5
caucus
- noun a closed political meeting
- verb meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
- noun a closed political meeting
- circumvent3/5
circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- peculiarity3/5
peculiarity
- noun an odd or unusual characteristic
distinguishing characteristic; distinctive feature.
- noun a distinguishing trait
distinctiveness; speciality; specialty; specialness.
- noun an odd or unusual characteristic
- inoculation3/5
inoculation
- noun taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
vaccination.
- noun taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
- biscuit3/5
biscuit
- noun small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
- noun any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
cooky; cookie.
- noun small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
- particularity3/5
particularity
- noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
specialness.
- the particularity of human situations
- noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
- prosecuting3/5
prosecute
- verb conduct a prosecution in a court of law
- verb bring a criminal action against (in a trial)
- The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson
- verb conduct a prosecution in a court of law
- undocumented3/5
undocumented
- adjective lacking necessary documents (as for e.g. permission to live or work in a country)
- undocumented aliens
- undocumented tax deductions
- adjective lacking necessary documents (as for e.g. permission to live or work in a country)
- accumulates3/5
accumulate
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; collect; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; cumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb get or gather together
- incumbents3/5
incumbent
- noun the official who holds an office
officeholder.
- adjective satellite lying or leaning on something else
- an incumbent geological formation
- noun the official who holds an office
- executioner3/5
executioner
- noun an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
public executioner.
- noun an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
- reticulum3/5
reticulum
- noun any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels)
- noun a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus
- noun any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels)
- horticulture3/5
horticulture
- noun the cultivation of plants
gardening.
- noun the cultivation of plants
- sculptors3/5
sculptor
- noun an artist who creates sculptures
statue maker; carver; sculpturer.
- noun a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus
- noun an artist who creates sculptures
- documentaries3/5
documentary
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
documentary film; infotainment; docudrama.
- adjective relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
documental.
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
- subcultures3/5
subculture
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- ejaculation3/5
ejaculation
- noun an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
interjection.
- noun the discharge of semen in males
- noun an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
- accuses3/5
accuse
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate; impeach; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
charge.
- he charged the director with indifference
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
- incursions3/5
incursion
- noun the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
- the incursion of television into the American living room
- noun an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
penetration.
- noun the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
- scum3/5
scum
- noun worthless people
trash.
- noun a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
- noun worthless people
- incubate3/5
incubate
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- verb sit on (eggs)
brood; cover; hatch.
- Birds brood
- The female covers the eggs
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- fecundity3/5
fecundity
- noun the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
fruitfulness.
- noun the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
fertility.
- noun the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
- speculating3/5
speculate
- verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
conjecture; theorize; hypothesize; theorise; hypothesise; suppose; hypothecate.
- Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
- verb talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
- We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal
- verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- handcuffs3/5
handcuff
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
handlock; cuff; manacle.
- verb confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
manacle; cuff.
- The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
- speculum3/5
speculum
- noun a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
- noun a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
- noun a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
- recursion3/5
recursion
- noun (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation
- noun (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation
- sulcus3/5
sulcus
- noun (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain
- noun (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain
- inaccuracies3/5
inaccuracy
- noun the quality of being inaccurate and having errors
- noun the quality of being inaccurate and having errors
- masculinities3/5
masculinity
- noun the properties characteristic of the male sex
maleness.
- noun the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men
- noun the properties characteristic of the male sex
- circumcised3/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- incubator3/5
incubator
- noun apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
brooder.
- noun apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
- incursion3/5
incursion
- noun the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
- the incursion of television into the American living room
- noun an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
penetration.
- noun the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
- inaccuracy3/5
inaccuracy
- noun the quality of being inaccurate and having errors
- noun the quality of being inaccurate and having errors
- vehicular3/5
vehicular
- adjective of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles
- vehicular traffic
- adjective of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles
- particularities3/5
particularity
- noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
specialness.
- the particularity of human situations
- noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
- modicum3/5
modicum
- noun a small or moderate or token amount
- England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists"- Ian Jack
- noun a small or moderate or token amount
- manicured3/5
manicure
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- verb trim carefully and neatly
- manicure fingernails
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- rescuers3/5
rescuer
- noun a person who rescues you from harm or danger
saviour; savior; deliverer.
- noun someone who saves something from danger or violence
recoverer; saver.
- noun a person who rescues you from harm or danger
- rescues3/5
rescue
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
delivery; saving; deliverance.
- work is the deliverance of mankind
- a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
- verb free from harm or evil
deliver.
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- circularity3/5
circularity
- noun the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure
disk shape.
- noun the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure
- recuperation3/5
recuperation
- noun gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
convalescence; recovery.
- noun gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
- rescuer3/5
rescuer
- noun a person who rescues you from harm or danger
saviour; savior; deliverer.
- noun someone who saves something from danger or violence
recoverer; saver.
- noun a person who rescues you from harm or danger
- speculates3/5
speculate
- verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
conjecture; theorize; hypothesize; theorise; hypothesise; suppose; hypothecate.
- Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
- verb talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
- We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal
- verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- 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
- circumvented3/5
circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- recirculation3/5
recirculation
- noun circulation again
- noun circulation again
- executioners3/5
executioner
- noun an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
public executioner.
- noun an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
- procurator3/5
procurator
- noun a person authorized to act for another
placeholder; proxy.
- noun (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes
- noun a person authorized to act for another
- refocus3/5
refocus
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
- verb focus anew
- The group needs to refocus its goals
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
- articulatory3/5
articulatory
- adjective of or relating to articulation
articulative.
- articulatory features
- articulatory phonetics
- adjective of or relating to articulation
- abacus3/5
abacus
- noun a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
- noun a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
- noun a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
- excusing3/5
excuse
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
exculpation; alibi; self-justification.
- he kept finding excuses to stay
- every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
- his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
- noun a note explaining an absence
- he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
- pecuniary3/5
pecuniary
- adjective relating to or involving money
monetary.
- monetary rewards
- he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services
- adjective relating to or involving money
- executor3/5
executor
- noun a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
- noun a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
- immaculate3/5
immaculate
- adjective satellite completely neat and clean
spick; speckless; spick-and-span; spic-and-span; spic; spotless.
- the apartment was immaculate
- in her immaculate white uniform
- a spick-and-span kitchen
- their spic red-visored caps
- adjective satellite free from stain or blemish
undefiled.
- adjective satellite completely neat and clean
- musculoskeletal3/5
musculoskeletal
- adjective relating to muscles and skeleton
- adjective relating to muscles and skeleton
- recur3/5
recur
- verb happen or occur again
repeat.
- This is a recurring story
- verb return in thought or speech to something
go back.
- verb happen or occur again
- circumstantial3/5
circumstantial
- adjective satellite fully detailed and specific about particulars
- a circumstantial report about the debate
- adjective satellite fully detailed and specific about particulars
- occupant3/5
occupant
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
resident; occupier.
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
- aquaculture3/5
aquaculture
- noun rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
- noun rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
- circuitry3/5
circuitry
- noun electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits
- noun electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits
- concur3/5
concur
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; agree; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- verb happen simultaneously
coincide.
- The two events coincided
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
- secularism3/5
secularism
- noun a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
- noun a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
- concurrence3/5
concurrence
- noun agreement of results or opinions
concurrency.
- noun acting together, as agents or circumstances or events
concurrency.
- noun agreement of results or opinions
- concurring3/5
concurring
- adjective satellite being of the same opinion
concordant.
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; concur; agree; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- adjective satellite being of the same opinion
- concurred3/5
concur
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; agree; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- verb happen simultaneously
coincide.
- The two events coincided
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
- procuring3/5
procure
- verb get by special effort
secure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb arrange for sexual partners for others
pander; pimp.
- verb get by special effort
- speculators3/5
speculator
- noun someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- noun someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
plunger.
- noun someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- innocuous3/5
innocuous
- adjective not injurious to physical or mental health
- adjective satellite not causing disapproval
unobjectionable.
- it was an innocuous remark
- confined himself to innocuous generalities
- unobjectionable behavior
- adjective not injurious to physical or mental health
- horticultural3/5
horticultural
- adjective of or relating to the cultivation of plants
- adjective of or relating to the cultivation of plants
- rescuing3/5
rescue
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
delivery; saving; deliverance.
- work is the deliverance of mankind
- a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
- verb free from harm or evil
deliver.
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- preoccupations3/5
preoccupation
- noun an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention
- noun the mental state of being preoccupied by something
absorption; preoccupancy; engrossment.
- noun an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention
- copernicus3/5
copernicus
- noun Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
Mikolaj Kopernik; Nicolaus Copernicus.
- noun a conspicuous crater on the Moon
- noun Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
- dracula3/5
dracula
- noun comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips
genus Dracula.
- noun fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker
- noun comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips
- persecutions3/5
persecution
- noun the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
- noun the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
- sculptural3/5
sculptural
- adjective relating to or consisting of sculpture
- sculptural embellishments
- adjective satellite resembling sculpture
sculptured; modeled; sculpturesque.
- her finely modeled features
- rendered with...vivid sculptural effect
- the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies
- adjective relating to or consisting of sculpture
- haircut3/5
haircut
- noun the style in which hair has been cut
- noun the act of cutting the hair
- noun the style in which hair has been cut
- cerebrovascular3/5
cerebrovascular
- adjective of or relating to the brain and the blood vessels that supply it
- a cerebrovascular accident
- adjective of or relating to the brain and the blood vessels that supply it
- semicircular3/5
semicircular
- adjective satellite curved into a half circle
- adjective satellite curved into a half circle
- acumen3/5
acumen
- noun a tapering point
- noun shrewdness shown by keen insight
insightfulness.
- noun a tapering point
- musculature3/5
musculature
- noun the muscular system of an organism
muscle system; muscular structure.
- noun the muscular system of an organism
- vasculitis3/5
vasculitis
- noun inflammation of a blood vessel
- noun inflammation of a blood vessel
- interlocutor3/5
interlocutor
- noun the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
middleman.
- noun a person who takes part in a conversation
conversational partner.
- noun the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
- executors3/5
executor
- noun a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
- noun a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
- reticular3/5
reticular
- adjective resembling or forming a network
reticulate.
- the reticulate veins of a leaf
- a reticulated highway system
- adjective resembling or forming a network
- scurried3/5
scurry
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scamper; scramble.
- verb to move about or proceed hurriedly
scamper; skitter; scuttle.
- so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
- concurrency3/5
concurrency
- noun agreement of results or opinions
concurrence.
- noun acting together, as agents or circumstances or events
concurrence.
- noun agreement of results or opinions
- promiscuity3/5
promiscuity
- noun indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
promiscuousness; sleeping around.
- noun indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
- intramuscular3/5
intramuscular
- adjective within a muscle
- an intramuscular injection
- adjective within a muscle
- recurs3/5
recur
- verb happen or occur again
repeat.
- This is a recurring story
- verb return in thought or speech to something
go back.
- verb happen or occur again
- subacute3/5
subacute
- adjective satellite less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it
- adjective satellite less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it
- interlocutors3/5
interlocutor
- noun the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
middleman.
- noun a person who takes part in a conversation
conversational partner.
- noun the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
- accusative3/5
accusative
- noun the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
accusative case; objective case.
- adjective satellite containing or expressing accusation
accusing; accusive; accusatory.
- an accusitive forefinger
- black accusatory looks
- accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry
- his accusing glare
- noun the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
- tricuspid3/5
tricuspid
- adjective satellite having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth)
tricuspidate.
- tricuspid molar
- tricuspid valve
- adjective satellite having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth)
- scurrying3/5
scurrying
- adjective satellite moving with great haste
hurrying.
- affection for this hurrying driving...little man
- lashed the scurrying horses
- verb to move about or proceed hurriedly
scamper; skitter; scurry; scuttle.
- so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
- adjective satellite moving with great haste
- succulent3/5
succulent
- noun a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
- adjective satellite full of juice
lush.
- lush fruits
- succulent roast beef
- succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves
- noun a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
- encumbered3/5
encumbered
- adjective loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
- a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling
- a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack
- an encumbered estate
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain; cumber.
- adjective loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
- inconspicuous3/5
inconspicuous
- adjective not prominent or readily noticeable
invisible.
- he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole
- the invisible man
- adjective not prominent or readily noticeable
- inculcate3/5
inculcate
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
infuse; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- concubine3/5
concubine
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
courtesan; doxy; paramour.
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
- inculcated3/5
inculcate
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
infuse; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- accuser3/5
accuser
- noun someone who imputes guilt or blame
- noun someone who imputes guilt or blame
- undercurrent3/5
undercurrent
- noun a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
undertone.
- noun a current below the surface of a fluid
undertide.
- noun a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
- concubines3/5
concubine
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
courtesan; doxy; paramour.
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
- handcuffed3/5
handcuff
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
handlock; cuff; manacle.
- verb confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
manacle; cuff.
- The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
- accusers3/5
accuser
- noun someone who imputes guilt or blame
- noun someone who imputes guilt or blame
- uncultivated3/5
uncultivated
- adjective (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops
- uncultivated land
- adjective satellite (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
uncultured; artless.
- adjective (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops
- epicurean3/5
epicurean
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
foodie; gourmet; gastronome; bon vivant; epicure.
- adjective of Epicurus or epicureanism
- Epicurean philosophy
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- recurred3/5
recur
- verb happen or occur again
repeat.
- This is a recurring story
- verb return in thought or speech to something
go back.
- verb happen or occur again
- concurs3/5
concur
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; agree; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- verb happen simultaneously
coincide.
- The two events coincided
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
- scuttled3/5
scuttle
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
coal scuttle.
- noun an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
opening; hatchway.
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- speculator3/5
speculator
- noun someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- noun someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
plunger.
- noun someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
- auscultation3/5
auscultation
- noun listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)
- noun listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)
- uncut3/5
uncut
- adjective not trimmed
untrimmed.
- shaggy untrimmed locks
- adjective (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine
unmown.
- uncut grass
- an unmown lawn
- adjective not trimmed
- recumbent3/5
recumbent
- adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
accumbent; decumbent.
- adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
- unfocused3/5
unfocused
- adjective (of an image) not being in or brought into focus
unfocussed.
- at their edges things were pretty much out of focus
- adjective satellite not concentrated at one point or upon one objective
unfocussed.
- diversity...in our huge unfocused country"- Owen Wister
- adjective (of an image) not being in or brought into focus
- interlocutory3/5
interlocutory
- adjective consisting of dialogue
- adjective consisting of dialogue
- umbilicus3/5
umbilicus
- noun a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
omphalos; navel; omphalus; belly button; bellybutton.
- you were not supposed to show your navel on television
- they argued whether or not Adam had a navel
- she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton
- noun a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
- conspicuously3/5
conspicuously
- adverb in a manner tending to attract attention
- there have been plenty of general declarations about willingness to meet and talk, but conspicuously no mention of time and place
- adverb in a prominent way
prominently.
- the new car was prominently displayed in the driveway
- adverb in a manner tending to attract attention
- leviticus3/5
leviticus
The third canonical book of the Old Testament, containing the laws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law.
- unoccupied3/5
unoccupied
- adjective not held or filled or in use
- an unoccupied telephone booth
- unoccupied hours
- adjective not seized and controlled
- unoccupied areas of France
- adjective not held or filled or in use
- streptococcus3/5
streptococcus
- noun spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
streptococci; strep.
- noun spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
- incurable3/5
incurable
- noun a person whose disease is incurable
- adjective incapable of being cured
- an incurable disease
- an incurable addiction to smoking
- noun a person whose disease is incurable
- promiscuous3/5
promiscuous
- adjective satellite not selective of a single class or person
- Clinton was criticized for his promiscuous solicitation of campaign money
- adjective satellite casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
sluttish; wanton; light; loose; easy.
- her easy virtue
- he was told to avoid loose (or light) women
- wanton behavior
- adjective satellite not selective of a single class or person
- extracurricular3/5
extracurricular
- adjective satellite outside the regular academic curriculum
- sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities
- adjective satellite outside the regular duties of your job or profession
- adjective satellite outside the regular academic curriculum
- accursed3/5
accursed
- adjective satellite under a curse
accurst; maledict.
- verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accurse; execrate; anathematise; anathemise; comminate; anathemize; anathematize.
- adjective satellite under a curse
- concussion3/5
concussion
- noun injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness
- noun any violent blow
- noun injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness
- incalculable3/5
incalculable
- adjective not capable of being computed or enumerated
- adjective not capable of being computed or enumerated
- marcuse3/5
marcuse
- noun United States political philosopher (born in Germany) concerned about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology (1898-1979)
Herbert Marcuse.
- noun United States political philosopher (born in Germany) concerned about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology (1898-1979)
- scurvy3/5
scurvy
- noun a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
scorbutus.
- adjective satellite of the most contemptible kind
low-down; scummy; low; abject; miserable.
- abject cowardice
- a low stunt to pull
- a low-down sneak
- his miserable treatment of his family
- You miserable skunk!
- a scummy rabble
- a scurvy trick
- noun a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
- porcupine3/5
porcupine
- noun relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
hedgehog.
- noun relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
- atrioventricular3/5
atrioventricular
- adjective relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart
auriculoventricular.
- atrioventricular disease
- adjective relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart
- insecurities3/5
insecurity
- noun the state of being subject to danger or injury
- noun the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure
- noun the state of being subject to danger or injury
- ridiculously3/5
ridiculously
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
preposterously; ludicrously; laughably.
- her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well
- adverb so as to arouse or deserve laughter
- specular3/5
specular
- adjective satellite capable of reflecting light like a mirror
mirrorlike.
- mirrorlike surface of the lake
- a specular metal
- adjective satellite capable of reflecting light like a mirror
- epicurus3/5
epicurus
- noun Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)
- noun Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)
- persecute3/5
persecute
- verb cause to suffer
oppress.
- Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union
- verb cause to suffer
- inarticulate3/5
inarticulate
- adjective without or deprived of the use of speech or words
unarticulate.
- inarticulate beasts
- remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal
- inarticulate with rage
- an inarticulate cry
- adjective without or deprived of the use of speech or words
- recurrences3/5
recurrence
- noun happening again (especially at regular intervals)
return.
- the return of spring
- noun happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- vesicular3/5
vesicular
- adjective of or relating to or involving vesicles
- normal vesicular breathing
- adjective of or relating to or involving vesicles
- circumferential3/5
circumferential
- adjective satellite lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
- circumferential highways around cities
- adjective satellite lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
- circumspect3/5
circumspect
- adjective satellite heedful of potential consequences
discreet.
- circumspect actions
- physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use
- a discreet investor
- adjective satellite heedful of potential consequences
- circuitous3/5
circuitous
- adjective satellite marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
roundabout.
- the explanation was circuitous and puzzling
- a roundabout paragraph
- hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
- adjective satellite deviating from a straight course
devious; roundabout.
- a scenic but devious route
- a long and circuitous journey by train and boat
- a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
- adjective satellite marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
- transcultural3/5
transcultural
- adjective extending through all human cultures
- a transcultural ideal of freedom embracing all the peoples of the world
- adjective extending through all human cultures
- persecuting3/5
persecute
- verb cause to suffer
oppress.
- Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union
- verb cause to suffer
- quercus3/5
quercus
(Bot.) A genus of trees constituted by the oak. See Oak .
- particularism3/5
particularism
- noun a focus on something particular
- noun a focus on something particular
- persecutors3/5
persecutor
- noun someone who torments
tormentor; tormenter.
- noun someone who torments
- tuberculous3/5
tuberculous
- adjective satellite constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus
tubercular.
- a tubercular child
- tuberculous patients
- tubercular meningitis
- adjective satellite constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus
- auricular3/5
auricular
- adjective of or relating to near the ear
otic.
- adjective relating to or perceived by or shaped like the organ of hearing; I must hear what I read"- George Santayana
- my apprehension of words is auricular
- an auricular confession
- an auricular appendage
- adjective of or relating to near the ear
- follicular3/5
follicular
- adjective of or relating to or constituting a follicle
- adjective of or relating to or constituting a follicle
- staphylococcus3/5
staphylococcus
- noun spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections
staph; staphylococci.
- noun spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections
- unsecured3/5
unsecured
- adjective satellite not firmly fastened or secured
unbarred; unlatched; unlocked; unbolted.
- an unbarred door
- went through the unlatched gate into the street
- an unlocked room
- adjective satellite without financial security
unguaranteed.
- an unsecured note
- adjective satellite not firmly fastened or secured
- unaccustomed3/5
unaccustomed
- adjective not habituated to; unfamiliar with
- unaccustomed to wearing suits
- adjective satellite not customary or usual
- an unaccustomed pleasure
- many varieties of unaccustomed foods
- a new budget of unaccustomed austerity
- adjective not habituated to; unfamiliar with
- binocular3/5
binocular
- adjective relating to both eyes
- binocular vision
- adjective relating to both eyes
- spectacularly3/5
spectacularly
- adverb in a spectacular manner
stunningly.
- the area was spectacularly scenic
- adverb in a spectacular manner
- counterculture3/5
counterculture
- noun a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
- noun a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
- consecutively3/5
consecutively
- adverb in a consecutive manner
- he was consecutively ill, then well, then ill again
- adverb in a consecutive manner
- trabecular3/5
trabecular
- adjective of or relating to trabeculae
trabeculate.
- adjective of or relating to trabeculae
- testicular3/5
testicular
- adjective of or involving the testes
- testicular cancer
- adjective of or involving the testes
- meticulously3/5
meticulously
- adverb in a meticulous manner
- the set was meticulously authentic
- adverb in a meticulous manner
- tecumseh3/5
tecumseh
- noun a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
Tecumtha.
- noun a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
- hibiscus3/5
hibiscus
- noun any plant of the genus Hibiscus
- noun any plant of the genus Hibiscus
- unencumbered3/5
unencumbered
- adjective free of encumbrance
- inherited an unencumbered estate
- adjective satellite not burdened with cares or responsibilities
- living an unencumbered life
- adjective free of encumbrance
- intravascular3/5
intravascular
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- macular3/5
macular
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- intraocular3/5
intraocular
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- secundum3/5
- revascularization3/5
revascularization
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- vasculature3/5
vasculature
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- mccullough3/5
mccullough
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- amicus3/5
amicus
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- microvascular3/5
- recursively3/5
recursive
- adjective satellite of or relating to a recursion
- adjective satellite of or relating to a recursion
- slocum3/5
slocum
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- subcultural3/5
- securitization3/5
securitization
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- neurovascular3/5
neurovascular
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- illocutionary3/5
illocutionary
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- prosecutorial3/5
prosecutorial
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- undercuts2/5
undercut
- noun the material removed by a cut made underneath
- noun the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column
tenderloin.
- noun the material removed by a cut made underneath
- mercuric2/5
mercuric
- adjective of or containing mercury
mercurous.
- adjective of or containing mercury
- undercutting2/5
undercut
- noun the material removed by a cut made underneath
- noun the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column
tenderloin.
- noun the material removed by a cut made underneath
- vermiculite2/5
vermiculite
- noun any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure
- noun any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure
- talcum2/5
talcum
- noun a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
talc.
- noun a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture
talcum powder.
- noun a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
- circumnavigation2/5
circumnavigation
- noun traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe
- noun traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- circulations2/5
circulation
- noun the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)
- noun movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
- noun the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)
- accustom2/5
accustom
- verb make psychologically or physically used (to something)
habituate.
- She became habituated to the background music
- verb make psychologically or physically used (to something)
- barbecued2/5
barbecued
- adjective satellite cooked over an outdoor grill
grilled.
- verb cook outdoors on a barbecue grill
barbecue; cook out; barbeque.
- let's barbecue that meat
- We cooked out in the forest
- adjective satellite cooked over an outdoor grill
- gesticulating2/5
gesticulating
- adjective satellite making gestures while speaking
- her gesticulating hands and arms made words almost unnecessary
- verb show, express or direct through movement
motion; gesticulate; gesture.
- He gestured his desire to leave
- adjective satellite making gestures while speaking
- vascularized2/5
vascularize
- verb become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids
vascularise.
- The egg yolk vascularized
- verb make vascular
vascularise.
- the yolk sac is gradually vascularized
- verb become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids
- barbecues2/5
barbecue
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
barbeque.
- noun a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
barbeque.
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
- masculinized2/5
masculinize
- verb give a masculine appearance or character to
- Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s
- verb produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
masculinise; virilise; virilize.
- the drugs masculinized the teenage girl
- verb give a masculine appearance or character to
- escutcheon2/5
escutcheon
- noun a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
finger plate; scutcheon.
- noun (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed
- noun a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
- secularizing2/5
secularize
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
secularise.
- Ataturk secularized Turkey
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
desacralize.
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
- circumnavigate2/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- gesticulated2/5
gesticulate
- verb show, express or direct through movement
motion; gesture.
- He gestured his desire to leave
- verb show, express or direct through movement
- secularised2/5
secularise
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
secularize.
- Ataturk secularized Turkey
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
- circumnavigated2/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- barbecuing2/5
barbecuing
- noun roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire
- verb cook outdoors on a barbecue grill
barbecue; cook out; barbeque.
- let's barbecue that meat
- We cooked out in the forest
- noun roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire
- scuffle2/5
scuffle
- noun disorderly fighting
tussle; dogfight; hassle; rough-and-tumble.
- noun a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
scuffle hoe; Dutch hoe.
- noun disorderly fighting
- sculpting2/5
sculpt
- verb create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
sculpture.
- sculpt a swan out of a block of ice
- verb shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
sculpture; grave.
- She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband
- verb create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
- intramolecular2/5
intramolecular
- adjective within the molecule; occurring by a reaction between different parts of the same molecule
- adjective within the molecule; occurring by a reaction between different parts of the same molecule
- geniculate2/5
geniculate
- adjective satellite bent at a sharp angle
- adjective satellite bent at a sharp angle
- flocculation2/5
flocculation
- noun the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations
- noun the process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations
- ridiculing2/5
ridicule
- noun language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- noun the act of deriding or treating with contempt
derision.
- noun language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- facultative2/5
facultative
- adjective of or relating to the mental faculties
- adjective able to exist under more than one set of conditions
- a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte
- adjective of or relating to the mental faculties
- scuttle2/5
scuttle
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
coal scuttle.
- noun an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
opening; hatchway.
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- discus2/5
discus
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- noun a disk used in throwing competitions
saucer.
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- scud2/5
scud
- noun the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
scudding.
- verb run or move very quickly or hastily
shoot; flash; dart; dash; scoot.
- She dashed into the yard
- noun the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
- arcuate2/5
arcuate
- adjective satellite forming or resembling an arch
bowed; arched; arching; arciform; arced.
- an arched ceiling
- adjective satellite forming or resembling an arch
- recuperating2/5
recuperate
- verb regain or make up for
recover; recoup.
- recuperate one's losses
- verb regain a former condition after a financial loss
go back; recover.
- We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
- The company managed to recuperate
- verb regain or make up for
- 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
- evacuating2/5
evacuate
- verb move out of an unsafe location into safety
- After the earthquake, residents were evacuated
- verb empty completely
- evacuate the bottle
- verb move out of an unsafe location into safety
- ejaculate2/5
ejaculate
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; seminal fluid; seed; cum; come.
- verb utter impulsively
blurt; blurt out; blunder out; blunder.
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- succumbs2/5
succumb
- verb consent reluctantly
give in; knuckle under; yield; buckle under.
- verb be fatally overwhelmed
yield.
- verb consent reluctantly
- miniscule2/5
miniscule
- adjective satellite very small
minuscule.
- a minuscule kitchen
- a minuscule amount of rain fell
- adjective satellite very small
- circuited2/5
circuit
- noun an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
electrical circuit; electric circuit.
- noun a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
tour.
- they took an extended tour of Europe
- we took a quick circuit of the park
- a ten-day coach circuit of the island
- noun an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
- sculpt2/5
sculpt
- verb create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
sculpture.
- sculpt a swan out of a block of ice
- verb shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
sculpture; grave.
- She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband
- verb create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
- inoculate2/5
inoculate
- verb introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
- My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs
- verb introduce a microorganism into
- verb introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
- emasculated2/5
emasculated
- adjective satellite (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
cut; gelded.
- a cut horse
- verb deprive of strength or vigor
emasculate; castrate.
- The Senate emasculated the law
- adjective satellite (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- fescue2/5
fescue
- noun grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
fescue grass; Festuca elatior; meadow fescue.
- noun grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
- countercurrent2/5
countercurrent
- noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
tide rip; crosscurrent; riptide; rip.
- noun actions counter to the main group activity
crosscurrent.
- 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
- 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
- vacuuming2/5
vacuum
- noun the absence of matter
vacuity.
- noun an empty area or space
vacancy; void; emptiness.
- the huge desert voids
- the emptiness of outer space
- without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
- noun the absence of matter
- ridicules2/5
ridicule
- noun language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- noun the act of deriding or treating with contempt
derision.
- noun language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- secularisation2/5
secularisation
- noun the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion
secularization.
- noun transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
secularization.
- noun the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion
- recuperated2/5
recuperate
- verb regain or make up for
recover; recoup.
- recuperate one's losses
- verb regain a former condition after a financial loss
go back; recover.
- We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
- The company managed to recuperate
- verb regain or make up for
- vascularization2/5
vascularization
- noun the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries
vascularisation.
- noun the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries
- evacuations2/5
evacuation
- noun the act of removing the contents of something
emptying; voidance.
- noun the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection
- noun the act of removing the contents of something
- scull2/5
scull
- noun a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
- noun each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman
- noun a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
- scuffling2/5
scuffle
- noun disorderly fighting
tussle; dogfight; hassle; rough-and-tumble.
- noun a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
scuffle hoe; Dutch hoe.
- noun disorderly fighting
- recuperative2/5
recuperative
- adjective satellite promoting recuperation
restorative.
- recuperative powers
- strongly recuperative remedies
- restorative effects of exercise
- adjective satellite promoting recuperation
- circuiting2/5
circuit
- noun an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
electrical circuit; electric circuit.
- noun a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
tour.
- they took an extended tour of Europe
- we took a quick circuit of the park
- a ten-day coach circuit of the island
- noun an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
- 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
- electrocuted2/5
electrocute
- verb kill by electric shock
- She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted
- verb kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
fry.
- The serial killer was electrocuted
- verb kill by electric shock
- accumulators2/5
accumulator
- noun a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
gatherer; collector.
- noun a voltaic battery that stores electric charge
storage battery.
- noun a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
- autofocus2/5
autofocus
- noun an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically
- noun an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically
- inoculating2/5
inoculating
- noun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
vaccinating.
- doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inoculating
- verb introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
inoculate.
- My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs
- noun the act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity
- bimolecular2/5
bimolecular
- adjective relating to or affecting two molecules
- adjective relating to or affecting two molecules
- vacuums2/5
vacuum
- noun the absence of matter
vacuity.
- noun an empty area or space
vacancy; void; emptiness.
- the huge desert voids
- the emptiness of outer space
- without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
- noun the absence of matter
- masculinization2/5
masculinization
- noun the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)
virilization; masculinisation; virilisation.
- noun the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)
- ossicular2/5
ossicular
- adjective pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear
ossiculate.
- adjective pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear
- vacuumed2/5
vacuum
- noun the absence of matter
vacuity.
- noun an empty area or space
vacancy; void; emptiness.
- the huge desert voids
- the emptiness of outer space
- without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
- noun the absence of matter
- scudding2/5
scudding
- noun the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
scud.
- verb run or move very quickly or hastily
shoot; flash; dart; dash; scud; scoot.
- She dashed into the yard
- noun the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
- reticulated2/5
reticulate
- verb form a net or a network
- verb distribute by a network, as of water or electricity
- verb form a net or a network
- sericulture2/5
sericulture
- noun raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk
- noun the production of raw silk by raising silkworms
- noun raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk
- articulator2/5
articulator
- noun someone who pronounces words
- noun a movable speech organ
- noun someone who pronounces words
- focusses2/5
focus
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
direction; centering; focussing; focal point; focusing.
- the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
- he had no direction in his life
- noun maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
- in focus
- out of focus
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
- articulators2/5
articulator
- noun someone who pronounces words
- noun a movable speech organ
- noun someone who pronounces words
- reticulate2/5
reticulate
- verb form a net or a network
- verb distribute by a network, as of water or electricity
- verb form a net or a network
- 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
- gesticulations2/5
gesticulation
- noun a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion
- noun a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion
- occurrent2/5
occurrent
- noun an event that happens
natural event; happening; occurrence.
- adjective satellite presently occurring (either causally or incidentally)
- technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature
- noun an event that happens
- muscularity2/5
muscularity
- noun the physiological state of having or consisting of muscle
- noun possessing muscular strength
brawn; heftiness; sinew; brawniness; muscle.
- noun the physiological state of having or consisting of muscle
- canaliculi2/5
canaliculus
- noun a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants
- noun a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants
- gesticulation2/5
gesticulation
- noun a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion
- noun a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion
- 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
- vicuna2/5
vicuna
- noun the wool of the vicuna
- noun a soft wool fabric made from the fleece of the vicuna
- noun the wool of the vicuna
- perpendiculars2/5
perpendicular
- noun a straight line at right angles to another line
- noun a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
perpendicular style; English-Gothic architecture; English-Gothic.
- noun a straight line at right angles to another line
- emasculating2/5
emasculate
- verb deprive of strength or vigor
castrate.
- The Senate emasculated the law
- verb remove the testicles of a male animal
demasculinise; demasculinize; castrate.
- verb deprive of strength or vigor
- emasculate2/5
emasculate
- verb deprive of strength or vigor
castrate.
- The Senate emasculated the law
- verb remove the testicles of a male animal
demasculinise; demasculinize; castrate.
- verb deprive of strength or vigor
- jocularity2/5
jocularity
- noun a feeling facetious merriment
jocundity.
- noun fun characterized by humor
jocosity.
- noun a feeling facetious merriment
- scuds2/5
scud
- noun the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
scudding.
- verb run or move very quickly or hastily
shoot; flash; dart; dash; scoot.
- She dashed into the yard
- noun the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
- ejaculating2/5
ejaculate
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; seminal fluid; seed; cum; come.
- verb utter impulsively
blurt; blurt out; blunder out; blunder.
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- canaliculus2/5
canaliculus
- noun a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants
- noun a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants
- scuffles2/5
scuffle
- noun disorderly fighting
tussle; dogfight; hassle; rough-and-tumble.
- noun a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
scuffle hoe; Dutch hoe.
- noun disorderly fighting
- ejaculates2/5
ejaculate
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; seminal fluid; seed; cum; come.
- verb utter impulsively
blurt; blurt out; blunder out; blunder.
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- sculling2/5
sculling
- noun rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell
- verb propel with sculls
scull.
- scull the boat
- noun rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell
- reticulation2/5
reticulation
- noun (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
- noun an arrangement resembling a net or network
- the reticulation of a leaf
- the reticulation of a photographic emulsion
- noun (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
- herculean2/5
herculean
- adjective satellite displaying superhuman strength or power
powerful.
- herculean exertions
- adjective satellite extremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules
- a herculean task
- adjective satellite displaying superhuman strength or power
- teacup2/5
teacup
- noun as much as a teacup will hold
teacupful.
- noun a cup from which tea is drunk
- noun as much as a teacup will hold
- circumventing2/5
circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- scurry2/5
scurry
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scamper; scramble.
- verb to move about or proceed hurriedly
scamper; skitter; scuttle.
- so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
- macula2/5
macula
- noun a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field
sunspot.
- noun a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision
macular area; yellow spot; macula lutea.
- noun a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field
- encumbrances2/5
encumbrance
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; incumbrance; onus; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
incumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
- caucuses2/5
caucus
- noun a closed political meeting
- verb meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
- noun a closed political meeting
- encumbrance2/5
encumbrance
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; incumbrance; onus; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
incumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
- lacuna2/5
lacuna
- noun a blank gap or missing part
blank.
- noun an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
caisson; coffer.
- noun a blank gap or missing part
- lacunae2/5
lacuna
- noun a blank gap or missing part
blank.
- noun an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
caisson; coffer.
- noun a blank gap or missing part
- agriculturists2/5
agriculturist
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
agriculturalist; cultivator; raiser; grower.
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- occultism2/5
occultism
- noun the study of the supernatural
- noun a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control
- noun the study of the supernatural
- transcutaneous2/5
transcutaneous
- adjective through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)
percutaneous; transdermic; transdermal.
- transdermal estrogen
- percutaneous absorption
- adjective through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)
- circuses2/5
circus
- noun a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
- he ran away from home to join the circus
- noun a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
- the children always love to go to the circus
- noun a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
- scuffed2/5
scuff
- noun a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
mule.
- noun the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
- noun a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- refocusing2/5
refocusing
- noun focusing again
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
refocus.
- noun focusing again
- incubators2/5
incubator
- noun apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
brooder.
- noun apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
- vascularity2/5
vascularity
- noun the property being vascular
- a prominent vascularity
- noun the property being vascular
- refocused2/5
refocus
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
- verb focus anew
- The group needs to refocus its goals
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
- tuberculin2/5
tuberculin
- noun a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
- noun a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
- incubating2/5
incubate
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- verb sit on (eggs)
brood; cover; hatch.
- Birds brood
- The female covers the eggs
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- evacuees2/5
evacuee
- noun a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place
- noun a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place
- recalculated2/5
recalculate
- verb calculate anew
- The costs had to be recalculated
- verb calculate anew
- agriculturalists2/5
agriculturalist
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
cultivator; raiser; grower; agriculturist.
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- jocular2/5
jocular
- adjective satellite characterized by jokes and good humor
jesting; joking; jocose.
- adverb with humor
jocosely.
- they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly
- adjective satellite characterized by jokes and good humor
- hiccups2/5
hiccup
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
singultus; hiccough.
- how do you cure the hiccups?
- verb breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
hiccough.
- When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
- miscalculated2/5
miscalculate
- verb judge incorrectly
misestimate.
- I had misestimated his determination
- verb calculate incorrectly
misestimate.
- I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding
- verb judge incorrectly
- accuracies2/5
accuracy
- noun the quality of being near to the true value
truth.
- he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass
- the lawyer questioned the truth of my account
- noun (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number
- the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy
- noun the quality of being near to the true value
- calculable2/5
calculable
- adjective capable of being calculated or estimated
- a calculable risk
- calculable odds
- adjective capable of being calculated or estimated
- excursus2/5
excursus
- noun a message that departs from the main subject
divagation; digression; aside; parenthesis.
- noun a message that departs from the main subject
- manicure2/5
manicure
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- verb trim carefully and neatly
- manicure fingernails
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- navicular2/5
navicular
- noun the largest wrist bone on the thumb side
os scaphoideum; scaphoid bone.
- adjective satellite shaped like a boat
scaphoid.
- noun the largest wrist bone on the thumb side
- vernaculars2/5
vernacular
- noun a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
patois; argot; cant; slang; jargon; lingo.
- they don't speak our lingo
- noun the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
- noun a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
- recalculate2/5
recalculate
- verb calculate anew
- The costs had to be recalculated
- verb calculate anew
- crosscutting2/5
crosscut
- noun a diagonal path
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
cutoff; shortcut.
- noun a diagonal path
- hiccup2/5
hiccup
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
singultus; hiccough.
- how do you cure the hiccups?
- verb breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
hiccough.
- When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
- enculturation2/5
enculturation
- noun the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
socialisation; acculturation; socialization.
- the socialization of children to the norms of their culture
- noun the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
- agriculturist2/5
agriculturist
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
agriculturalist; cultivator; raiser; grower.
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- incus2/5
incus
- noun the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
anvil.
- noun the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
- lucullus2/5
lucullus
- noun Roman general famous for self-indulgence and giving lavish banquets (circa 110-57 BC)
Licinius Lucullus; Lucius Licinius Lucullus.
- noun Roman general famous for self-indulgence and giving lavish banquets (circa 110-57 BC)
- teacups2/5
teacup
- noun as much as a teacup will hold
teacupful.
- noun a cup from which tea is drunk
- noun as much as a teacup will hold
- incubus2/5
incubus
- noun a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
- noun a situation resembling a terrifying dream
nightmare.
- noun a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
- mucocutaneous2/5
mucocutaneous
- adjective of or relating to the mucous membranes and skin
- adjective of or relating to the mucous membranes and skin
- electrocution2/5
electrocution
- noun execution by electricity
burning.
- noun killing by electric shock
- noun execution by electricity
- emasculation2/5
emasculation
- noun loss of power and masculinity
- noun neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
castration.
- noun loss of power and masculinity
- inoculations2/5
inoculation
- noun taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
vaccination.
- noun taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
- perspicuous2/5
perspicuous
- adjective satellite (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
luculent; crystal clear; lucid; limpid; pellucid.
- writes in a limpid style
- lucid directions
- a luculent oration"- Robert Burton
- pellucid prose
- a crystal clear explanation
- a perspicuous argument
- adjective satellite (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
- woodcutter2/5
woodcutter
- noun cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
- noun cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
- crosscut2/5
crosscut
- noun a diagonal path
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
cutoff; shortcut.
- noun a diagonal path
- viticulture2/5
viticulture
- noun the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing
viniculture.
- noun the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing
- homunculus2/5
homunculus
- noun a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
manikin; mannikin.
- noun a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
- noun a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
- preoccupy2/5
preoccupy
- verb engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
- His work preoccupies him
- The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else
- verb occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
- the army preoccupied the hills
- verb engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
- occupancies2/5
occupancy
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
tenancy.
- noun the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
moving in; occupation.
- occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
- seleucus2/5
seleucus
- noun Macedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia; founded a line of kings who reigned in Asia Minor until 65 BC (358-281 BC)
Seleucus I Nicator; Seleucus I.
- noun Macedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia; founded a line of kings who reigned in Asia Minor until 65 BC (358-281 BC)
- handcuff2/5
handcuff
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
handlock; cuff; manacle.
- verb confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
manacle; cuff.
- The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
- macules2/5
macule
- noun a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
macula.
- noun a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
- musculus2/5
musculus
- noun one of the contractile organs of the body
muscle.
- noun one of the contractile organs of the body
- ejaculations2/5
ejaculation
- noun an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
interjection.
- noun the discharge of semen in males
- noun an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
- operculum2/5
operculum
- noun a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted
- noun a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted
- discussants2/5
discussant
- noun a participant in a formal discussion
- noun a participant in a formal discussion
- perspicuity2/5
perspicuity
- noun clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
plainness; perspicuousness.
- noun clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
- circumscription2/5
circumscription
- noun the act of circumscribing
- noun the act of circumscribing
- silviculture2/5
silviculture
- noun the branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests
- noun the branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests
- repercussion2/5
repercussion
- noun a remote or indirect consequence of some action
reverberation.
- his declaration had unforeseen repercussions
- reverberations of the market crash were felt years later
- noun a movement back from an impact
rebound; recoil; backlash.
- noun a remote or indirect consequence of some action
- circumvents2/5
circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- occultist2/5
occultist
- noun a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts
- noun a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts
- pincushion2/5
pincushion
- noun a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use
- noun a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use
- mccullers2/5
mccullers
- noun United States novelist (1917-1967)
Carson McCullers; Carson Smith McCullers.
- noun United States novelist (1917-1967)
- procurators2/5
procurator
- noun a person authorized to act for another
placeholder; proxy.
- noun (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes
- noun a person authorized to act for another
- circumcise2/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- occultists2/5
occultist
- noun a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts
- noun a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts
- reticule2/5
reticule
- noun a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries
- noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
graticule; reticle.
- noun a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries
- canalicular2/5
canalicular
- adjective relating to or like or having a canaliculus
- adjective relating to or like or having a canaliculus
- scuffing2/5
scuff
- noun a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
mule.
- noun the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
- noun a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- scuff2/5
scuff
- noun a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
mule.
- noun the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
- noun a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- disarticulated2/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- diverticulosis2/5
diverticulosis
- noun presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon
- noun presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon
- incubations2/5
incubation
- noun maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
- noun (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
- noun maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
- fisticuffs2/5
fisticuffs
- noun a fight with bare fists
fistfight; slugfest.
- noun fighting with the fists
pugilism; boxing.
- noun a fight with bare fists
- circumferences2/5
circumference
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
perimeter.
- noun the boundary line encompassing an area or object
circuit.
- he had walked the full circumference of his land
- a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
- percussionist2/5
percussionist
- noun a musician who plays percussion instruments
- noun a musician who plays percussion instruments
- woodcutters2/5
woodcutter
- noun cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
- noun cuts down trees and chops wood as a job
- auscultate2/5
auscultate
- verb examine by auscultation
- verb examine by auscultation
- scullion2/5
scullion
- noun a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)
- noun a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)
- discussant2/5
discussant
- noun a participant in a formal discussion
- noun a participant in a formal discussion
- scuttlebutt2/5
scuttlebutt
- noun a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
comment; gossip.
- the divorce caused much gossip
- noun a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
- articulately2/5
articulately
- adverb with eloquence
eloquently.
- he expressed his ideas eloquently
- adverb in an articulate manner
eloquently.
- he argued articulately for his plan
- adverb with eloquence
- paniculate2/5
paniculate
- adjective having a panicle
- adjective having a panicle
- circumstantially2/5
circumstantially
- adverb according to circumstances
- he was convicted circumstantially
- adverb insofar as the circumstances are concerned
- the account was circumstantially accurate
- adverb according to circumstances
- docudrama2/5
docudrama
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
documentary film; infotainment; documentary.
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
- funiculus2/5
funiculus
- noun the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
funicle.
- noun any of several body structure resembling a cord
- noun the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
- incumbrance2/5
incumbrance
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
encumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; onus; encumbrance; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
- manicures2/5
manicure
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- verb trim carefully and neatly
- manicure fingernails
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- decussation2/5
decussation
- noun an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X
chiasm; chiasma.
- noun an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X
- evacuee2/5
evacuee
- noun a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place
- noun a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place
- agriculturalist2/5
agriculturalist
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
cultivator; raiser; grower; agriculturist.
- noun someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- uncurled2/5
uncurled
- adjective satellite not curled
- lay uncurled on the bed
- verb move out of a curled position
uncurl.
- He uncurled himself
- adjective satellite not curled
- succubus2/5
succubus
- noun a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
succuba.
- noun a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
- recalculating2/5
recalculate
- verb calculate anew
- The costs had to be recalculated
- verb calculate anew
- stonecutter2/5
stonecutter
- noun someone who cuts or carves stone
cutter.
- noun someone who cuts or carves stone
- prosecutes2/5
prosecute
- verb conduct a prosecution in a court of law
- verb bring a criminal action against (in a trial)
- The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson
- verb conduct a prosecution in a court of law
- particularization2/5
particularization
- noun an individualized description of a particular instance
particularisation; detailing.
- noun an individualized description of a particular instance
- vacuoles2/5
vacuole
- noun a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
- noun a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
- cancun2/5
cancun
- noun a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula
- noun a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula
- atticus2/5
atticus
- noun atlas moth
genus Atticus.
- noun atlas moth
- oracular2/5
oracular
- adjective of or relating to an oracle
- able by oracular means to expose a witch
- adjective satellite obscurely prophetic
Delphic.
- Delphic pronouncements
- an oracular message
- adjective of or relating to an oracle
- ecumenism2/5
ecumenism
- noun a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches)
oecumenism.
- noun (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
ecumenicalism; ecumenicism.
- noun a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches)
- subcutaneously2/5
subcutaneously
- adverb below the skin
- inject subcutaneously
- adverb below the skin
- miscalculation2/5
miscalculation
- noun a mistake in calculating
misreckoning; misestimation.
- noun a mistake in calculating
- acuteness2/5
acuteness
- noun a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
- dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell
- noun a quick and penetrating intelligence
keenness; sharpness; acuity.
- he argued with great acuteness
- I admired the keenness of his mind
- noun a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
- pincus2/5
pincus
- noun United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)
Gregory Goodwin Pincus; Gregory Pincus.
- noun United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)
- particularized2/5
particularized
- adjective satellite directed toward a specific object
particularised.
- particularized thinking as distinct from stereotyped sloganeering
- verb be specific about
particularize; specialise; particularise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- adjective satellite directed toward a specific object
- vacuole2/5
vacuole
- noun a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
- noun a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
- haircuts2/5
haircut
- noun the style in which hair has been cut
- noun the act of cutting the hair
- noun the style in which hair has been cut
- accusatory2/5
accusatory
- adjective satellite containing or expressing accusation
accusative; accusing; accusive.
- an accusitive forefinger
- black accusatory looks
- accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry
- his accusing glare
- adjective satellite containing or expressing accusation
- incumbency2/5
incumbency
- noun the term during which some position is held
term of office; tenure.
- noun a duty that is incumbent upon you
- noun the term during which some position is held
- circularly2/5
circularly
- adverb in a circular manner
- adverb in a circular manner
- inculcating2/5
inculcate
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
infuse; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- acupressure2/5
acupressure
- noun treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
shiatsu; G-Jo.
- noun treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
- vacuity2/5
vacuity
- noun the absence of matter
vacuum.
- noun a region that is devoid of matter
vacuum.
- noun the absence of matter
- ficus2/5
ficus
A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which ( F. Carica ) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.✍ Ficus Indica is the banyan tree;F. religiosa , the peepul tree;F. elastica , the India-rubber tree.
- acculturated2/5
acculturate
- verb assimilate culturally
- verb assimilate culturally
- secularist2/5
secularist
- noun an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education
- noun an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education
- elocution2/5
elocution
- noun an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture
- noun an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture
- scurrilous2/5
scurrilous
- adjective satellite expressing offensive reproach
abusive; opprobrious.
- adjective satellite expressing offensive reproach
- australopithecus2/5
australopithecus
- noun extinct genus of African hominid
genus Australopithecus.
- noun extinct genus of African hominid
- herculaneum2/5
herculaneum
- noun ancient city; now destroyed
- noun ancient city; now destroyed
- inculcation2/5
inculcation
- noun teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
ingraining; instilling.
- noun teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
- cecum2/5
cecum
- noun the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
caecum; blind gut.
- the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum
- noun the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
- chiaroscuro2/5
chiaroscuro
- noun a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
- noun a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
- buttercup2/5
buttercup
- noun any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
kingcup; butterflower; butter-flower; goldcup; crowfoot.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
- secularists2/5
secularist
- noun an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education
- noun an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education
- diverticulitis2/5
diverticulitis
- noun inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation
- noun inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation
- decubitus2/5
decubitus
- noun a reclining position (as in a bed)
- noun a reclining position (as in a bed)
- fecund2/5
fecund
- adjective satellite capable of producing offspring or vegetation
- adjective satellite intellectually productive
fertile; prolific.
- a prolific writer
- a fecund imagination
- adjective satellite capable of producing offspring or vegetation
- undercurrents2/5
undercurrent
- noun a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
undertone.
- noun a current below the surface of a fluid
undertide.
- noun a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
- scuttling2/5
scuttle
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
coal scuttle.
- noun an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
opening; hatchway.
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- scullery2/5
scullery
- noun a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done
- noun a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done
- lenticular2/5
lenticular
- adjective satellite convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil
lentiform; convexo-convex; biconvex.
- adjective satellite convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil
- epicureans2/5
epicurean
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
foodie; gourmet; gastronome; bon vivant; epicure.
- adjective of Epicurus or epicureanism
- Epicurean philosophy
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- unarticulated2/5
unarticulated
- adjective not consisting of segments that are held together by joints
- adjective satellite uttered without the use of normal words or syllables
- adjective not consisting of segments that are held together by joints
- uncultured2/5
uncultured
- adjective satellite (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
uncultivated; artless.
- adjective satellite (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
- accumulative2/5
accumulative
- adjective satellite increasing by successive addition
cumulative.
- the benefits are cumulative
- the eventual accumulative effect of these substances
- adjective satellite marked by acquiring or amassing
- we live in an accumulative society
- adjective satellite increasing by successive addition
- triticum2/5
triticum
(Bot.) A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat.
- procures2/5
procure
- verb get by special effort
secure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb arrange for sexual partners for others
pander; pimp.
- verb get by special effort
- locum2/5
locum
- noun someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
locum tenens.
- noun someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
- noncurrent2/5
noncurrent
- adjective not current or belonging to the present time
- adjective not current or belonging to the present time
- occultation2/5
occultation
- noun one celestial body obscures another
eclipse.
- noun one celestial body obscures another
- locution2/5
locution
- noun a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
saying; expression.
- pardon the expression
- noun a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
- brancusi2/5
brancusi
- noun Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957)
Constantin Brancusi.
- noun Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957)
- circumlocution2/5
circumlocution
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
periphrasis; ambage.
- noun an indirect way of expressing something
indirect expression.
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
- encumber2/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- porcupines2/5
porcupines
- noun meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce
porcupine ball.
- noun relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
porcupine; hedgehog.
- noun meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce
- calculative2/5
calculative
- adjective satellite used of persons
scheming; conniving; shrewd; calculating.
- the most calculating and selfish men in the community
- adjective satellite used of persons
- bicuspid2/5
bicuspid
- noun a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars
premolar.
- adjective satellite having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth)
bicuspidate.
- bicuspid teeth
- bicuspid leaves
- noun a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars
- buttercups2/5
buttercup
- noun any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
kingcup; butterflower; butter-flower; goldcup; crowfoot.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
- obscurities2/5
obscurity
- noun the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
reconditeness; abstruseness; obscureness.
- noun an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
- he worked in obscurity for many years
- noun the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
- sinecure2/5
sinecure
- noun a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
- noun an office that involves minimal duties
- noun a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
- miscalculations2/5
miscalculation
- noun a mistake in calculating
misreckoning; misestimation.
- noun a mistake in calculating
- epicureanism2/5
epicureanism
- noun a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers
- noun a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers
- miscues2/5
miscue
- noun a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
- noun a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
parapraxis; slip-up; slip.
- noun a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
- folliculitis2/5
folliculitis
- noun inflammation of a hair follicle
- noun inflammation of a hair follicle
- locutions2/5
locution
- noun a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
saying; expression.
- pardon the expression
- noun a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
- funicular2/5
funicular
- noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
funicular railway; cable railway.
- adjective relating to or operated by a cable
- funicular railway
- noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
- succulents2/5
succulent
- noun a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
- adjective satellite full of juice
lush.
- lush fruits
- succulent roast beef
- succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves
- noun a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
- procurements2/5
procurement
- noun the act of getting possession of something
procurance; procural.
- he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies
- noun the act of getting possession of something
- caecum2/5
caecum
- noun the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
cecum; blind gut.
- the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum
- noun the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
- inculcates2/5
inculcate
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
infuse; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- recusant2/5
recusant
- noun someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
nonconformist.
- adjective satellite (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
dissentient.
- noun someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
- exculpate2/5
exculpate
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
acquit; clear; discharge; assoil; exonerate.
- The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- recalculation2/5
recalculation
- noun the act of calculating again (usually to eliminate errors or to include additional data)
- recalculation yielded a much larger value
- noun the act of calculating again (usually to eliminate errors or to include additional data)
- epicure2/5
epicure
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
foodie; gourmet; gastronome; epicurean; bon vivant.
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- miscue2/5
miscue
- noun a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
- noun a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
parapraxis; slip-up; slip.
- noun a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
- pedicure2/5
pedicure
- noun professional care for the feet and toenails
- verb care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.
- noun professional care for the feet and toenails
- aesculapius2/5
aesculapius
(Myth.) The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.
- panicum2/5
panicum
(Bot.) A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass.
- recusants2/5
recusant
- noun someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
nonconformist.
- adjective satellite (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
dissentient.
- noun someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
- horticulturist2/5
horticulturist
- noun an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
plantsman.
- noun an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
- obscurantist2/5
obscurantist
- noun a person who is deliberately vague
- noun a person who is deliberately vague
- procurable2/5
procurable
- adjective satellite capable of being obtained
gettable; obtainable; getable.
- savings of up to 50 percent are obtainable
- adjective satellite capable of being obtained
- floriculture2/5
floriculture
- noun the cultivation of flowering plants
flower gardening.
- noun the cultivation of flowering plants
- procurer2/5
procurer
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
pander; pimp; fancy man; ponce; pandar; panderer.
- noun someone who obtains or acquires
securer.
- the procurer of opera tickets
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
- exculpation2/5
exculpation
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
excuse; alibi; self-justification.
- he kept finding excuses to stay
- every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
- his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
- noun the act of freeing from guilt or blame
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
- encumbering2/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- recurved2/5
recurved
- adjective satellite curved backward or inward
recurvate.
- verb curve or bend (something) back or down
recurve.
- adjective satellite curved backward or inward
- crepuscular2/5
crepuscular
- adjective satellite like twilight; dim
- the evening's crepuscular charm
- adjective satellite like twilight; dim
- ridiculousness2/5
ridiculousness
- noun a message whose content is at variance with reason
absurdness; absurdity.
- noun a message whose content is at variance with reason
- particularize2/5
particularize
- verb be specific about
specialise; particularise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- verb be specific about
- acculturative2/5
acculturative
- adjective of or relating to acculturation
acculturational.
- adjective of or relating to acculturation
- horticulturists2/5
horticulturist
- noun an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
plantsman.
- noun an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
- picus2/5
picus
(Zoöl.) A genus of woodpeckers, including some of the common American and European species.
- agaricus2/5
agaricus
- noun type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species
genus Agaricus.
- noun type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species
- sinecures2/5
sinecure
- noun a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
- noun an office that involves minimal duties
- noun a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
- 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.
- circumlocutions2/5
circumlocution
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
periphrasis; ambage.
- noun an indirect way of expressing something
indirect expression.
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
- peromyscus2/5
peromyscus
- noun New World wood mice
genus Peromyscus.
- noun New World wood mice
- oculist2/5
oculist
- noun a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
optometrist.
- noun a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
ophthalmologist; eye doctor.
- noun a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
- pediculosis2/5
pediculosis
- noun infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching
lousiness.
- noun infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching
- acculturate2/5
acculturate
- verb assimilate culturally
- verb assimilate culturally
- excusable2/5
excusable
- adjective capable of being overlooked
- adjective satellite easily excused or forgiven
venial; forgivable.
- a venial error
- adjective capable of being overlooked
- vacuous2/5
vacuous
- adjective satellite devoid of intelligence
mindless; inane; fatuous; asinine.
- adjective satellite devoid of significance or point
empty; hollow.
- empty promises
- a hollow victory
- vacuous comments
- adjective satellite devoid of intelligence
- discursively2/5
discursively
- adverb in a rambling manner
ramblingly.
- adverb in a rambling manner
- circumspection2/5
circumspection
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
prudence; discretion; discreetness.
- the servants showed great tact and discretion
- noun the trait of being circumspect and prudent
caution.
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
- diverticulum2/5
diverticulum
- noun a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
- noun a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
- inaccurately2/5
inaccurately
- adverb in an inaccurate manner
- this student works rather inaccurately and sloppily
- adverb in an inaccurate manner
- lacustrine2/5
lacustrine
- adjective of or relating to or living near lakes
- adjective of or relating to or living near lakes
- persecutor2/5
persecutor
- noun someone who torments
tormentor; tormenter.
- noun someone who torments
- matriculation2/5
matriculation
- noun admission to a group (especially a college or university)
matric.
- noun admission to a group (especially a college or university)
- circumvention2/5
circumvention
- noun the act of evading by going around
- noun the act of evading by going around
- intraventricular2/5
intraventricular
- adjective within the system of ventricles in the brain
- intraventricular pressure
- adjective within the system of ventricles in the brain
- exculpatory2/5
exculpatory
- adjective clearing of guilt or blame
- adjective clearing of guilt or blame
- circumflex2/5
circumflex
- noun a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
- noun a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
- monoculture2/5
monoculture
- noun the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)
- noun the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)
- capsicum2/5
capsicum
- noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
pepper; capsicum pepper plant.
- noun chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers
genus Capsicum.
- noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
- matriculated2/5
matriculate
- noun someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- verb enroll as a student
- noun someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- percussive2/5
percussive
- adjective involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments
- percussive music
- adjective involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments
- tubercular2/5
tubercular
- noun a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
lunger; consumptive.
- adjective characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles
- tubercular leprosy
- noun a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
- corpuscular2/5
corpuscular
- adjective of or relating to corpuscles
- adjective of or relating to corpuscles
- intramuscularly2/5
intramuscularly
- adverb in an intramuscular way
- administer the drug intramuscularly
- adverb in an intramuscular way
- diverticula2/5
diverticulum
- noun a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
- noun a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
- accusingly2/5
accusingly
- adverb in an accusing manner
- he looked at her accusingly
- adverb in an accusing manner
- concupiscence2/5
concupiscence
- noun a desire for sexual intimacy
physical attraction; sexual desire; eros.
- noun a desire for sexual intimacy
- fasciculus2/5
fasciculus
- noun a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
fascicle; fiber bundle; fibre bundle.
- noun a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
- truculent2/5
truculent
- adjective satellite defiantly aggressive
- a truculent speech against the new government
- adjective satellite defiantly aggressive
- trabeculae2/5
trabecula
- noun rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)
- noun rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)
- hypericum2/5
hypericum
(Bot.) A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort .
- oculi2/5
oculus
- noun the organ of sight
eye; optic.
- noun the organ of sight
- spicules2/5
spicule
- noun small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
spiculum.
- noun small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
- obscurantism2/5
obscurantism
- noun a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge
- noun a deliberate act intended to make something obscure
- noun a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge
- inconspicuously2/5
inconspicuously
- adverb in a manner intended to avoid attracting attention
- he had entered the room inconspicuously
- adverb in a manner intended to avoid attracting attention
- avuncular2/5
avuncular
- adjective resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence
- adjective being or relating to an uncle
- adjective resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence
- concussions2/5
concussion
- noun injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness
- noun any violent blow
- noun injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness
- appendicular2/5
appendicular
- adjective relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs
- the appendicular skeleton
- adjective relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs
- portcullis2/5
portcullis
- noun gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
- noun gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
- monocultures2/5
monoculture
- noun the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)
- noun the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)
- ecclesiasticus2/5
ecclesiasticus
A book of the Apocrypha.
- lemniscus2/5
lemniscus
- noun a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
fillet.
- noun a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
- ranunculus2/5
ranunculus
(Bot.) A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi ( R. Asiaticus ,R. aconitifolius , etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors.
- pneumococcus2/5
pneumococcus
- noun bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans
Diplococcus pneumoniae.
- noun bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans
- molluscum2/5
molluscum
- noun any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules
- noun any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules
- fasciculations2/5
fasciculation
- noun muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers
- noun muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers
- executrix2/5
executrix
- noun a woman executor
- noun a woman executor
- antecubital2/5
antecubital
- adjective of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow
- blood was drawn from the antecubital region
- adjective of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow
- viscus2/5
viscus
- noun a main organ that is situated inside the body
internal organ.
- noun a main organ that is situated inside the body
- sambucus2/5
sambucus
(Bot.) A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder.
- uppercut2/5
uppercut
- noun a swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin)
- noun a swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin)
- oculus2/5
oculus
- noun the organ of sight
eye; optic.
- noun the organ of sight
- saccule2/5
saccule
- noun a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
sacculus.
- noun a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
- vacuolated2/5
vacuolated
- adjective formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell
vacuolate.
- adjective formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell
- eurocurrency2/5
eurocurrency
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- jocund2/5
jocund
- adjective satellite full of or showing high-spirited merriment
gay; mirthful; jolly; jovial; merry.
- when hearts were young and gay
- a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth
- the jolly crowd at the reunion
- jolly old Saint Nick
- a jovial old gentleman
- have a merry Christmas
- peals of merry laughter
- a mirthful laugh
- adjective satellite full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- ascus2/5
ascus
- noun saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
- noun saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
- bucuresti2/5
bucuresti
- noun national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania
Bucharest; Bucharesti; capital of Romania.
- noun national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania
- peculation2/5
peculation
- noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
embezzlement; defalcation; misappropriation; misapplication.
- noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
- matriculate2/5
matriculate
- noun someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- verb enroll as a student
- noun someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- persecutes2/5
persecute
- verb cause to suffer
oppress.
- Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union
- verb cause to suffer
- taraxacum2/5
taraxacum
- noun an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions
genus Taraxacum.
- noun an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions
- perpendicularly2/5
perpendicularly
- adverb straight up or down without a break
sheer.
- adverb in a perpendicular manner
- this red line runs perpendicularly to the green line
- adverb straight up or down without a break
- inexcusable2/5
inexcusable
- adjective without excuse or justification
- adjective satellite not excusable
unforgivable.
- adjective without excuse or justification
- particularistic2/5
particularistic
- adjective relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.)
- a particularistic-seeming statement
- adjective relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.)
- ecuadorian2/5
ecuadorian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Ecuador
Ecuadoran.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Ecuador or its people
- Ecuadorian folklore
- noun a native or inhabitant of Ecuador
- obscurely2/5
obscurely
- adverb in an obscure manner
- this work is obscurely written
- adverb in an obscure manner
- immaculately2/5
immaculately
- adverb in an immaculate manner
- gone was the casually dressed Canadian she had thought a backwoodsman--this man was immaculately tailored
- adverb in an immaculate manner
- 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
- concubinage2/5
concubinage
- noun cohabitation without being legally married
- noun cohabitation without being legally married
- circumpolar2/5
circumpolar
- adjective satellite (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel
- a circumpolar star
- adjective satellite located or found throughout a polar region
- adjective satellite (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel
- speculatively2/5
speculatively
- adverb with speculation; in a speculative manner
- he looked at her speculatively
- adverb with speculation; in a speculative manner
- promiscuously2/5
promiscuously
- adverb in an indiscriminate manner
indiscriminately.
- she reads promiscuously
- adverb in a licentious and promiscuous manner
wantonly; licentiously.
- this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously
- adverb in an indiscriminate manner
- reticulocyte2/5
reticulocyte
- noun an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules
- noun an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules
- impecunious2/5
impecunious
- adjective satellite not having enough money to pay for necessities
pinched; penurious; penniless; in straitened circumstances; hard up.
- adjective satellite not having enough money to pay for necessities
- recurrently2/5
recurrently
- adverb in a recurrent manner
- adverb in a recurrent manner
- incurably2/5
incurably
- adverb to an incurable degree
- she was incurably optimistic
- adverb in a manner impossible to cure
- he is incurably ill
- adverb to an incurable degree
- arcus2/5
arcus
- noun a whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea
arcus senilis.
- noun a whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea
- 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
- unspectacular2/5
unspectacular
- adjective satellite not spectacular
- an unspectacular but necessary task
- adjective satellite not spectacular
- insecurely2/5
insecurely
- adverb in a tentative and self-conscious manner
- she always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father
- adverb in a manner involving risk
- our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money
- adverb in a tentative and self-conscious manner
- cyberculture2/5
cyberculture
- noun the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business
- noun the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business
- bloodcurdling2/5
bloodcurdling
- adjective satellite extremely alarming
nightmarish; hair-raising.
- adjective satellite extremely alarming
- reticulocytes2/5
reticulocyte
- noun an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules
- noun an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules
- circumspectly2/5
circumspectly
- adverb in a cagey manner
cagily.
- `I don't know yet,' he answered cagily
- adverb in a cagey manner
- mucuna2/5
mucuna
- noun any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres
- noun any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres
- oculomotor2/5
oculomotor
- noun supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye
third cranial nerve; oculomotor nerve; nervus oculomotorius.
- noun supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye
- barracuda2/5
barracuda
- noun any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth
- noun any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth
- echinococcus2/5
echinococcus
- noun tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
- noun tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
- sculpin2/5
sculpin
- noun any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths
- noun any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths
- fucus2/5
fucus
- noun any member of the genus Fucus
- noun any member of the genus Fucus
- avascular2/5
avascular
- adjective without blood vessels
- adjective without blood vessels
- uncured2/5
uncured
- adjective satellite not seasoned
- uncured pelts
- adjective satellite not seasoned
- bicultural2/5
bicultural
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- executory2/5
executory
Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive. The official and executory duties of government. Burke.
- practicum2/5
practicum
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- recueil2/5
recueil
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- masculinist2/5
- pascual2/5
pascual
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- epilepticus2/5
epilepticus
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- biomolecules2/5
- jacuzzi2/5
jacuzzi
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- escuela2/5
escuela
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- monocular2/5
monocular
Having only one eye; with one eye only; as, .monocular vision
- supraventricular2/5
- colliculus2/5
colliculus
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- extraocular2/5
- scudder2/5
scud
- noun the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
scudding.
- verb run or move very quickly or hastily
shoot; flash; dart; dash; scoot.
- She dashed into the yard
- noun the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
- nonagricultural2/5
nonagricultural
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- perivascular2/5
perivascular
Around the blood vessels; as, .perivascular lymphatics
- fortescue2/5
- circum2/5
circum
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- countercultural2/5
countercultural
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- spartacus2/5
spartacus
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- supramolecular2/5
- alcuin2/5
alcuin
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- orbicularis2/5
- uncircumcised2/5
uncircumcised
Not circumcised; hence, not of the Israelites. "This uncircumcised Philistine." 1 Sam. xvii. 26.
- radicular2/5
radicular
Of or performance to roots, or the root of a plant.
- germanicus2/5
germanicus
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- obscura2/5
obscura
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- lycurgus2/5
lycurgus
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- clearcut2/5
clearcut
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- biomolecular2/5
- overcurrent2/5
- arbuscular2/5
arbuscular
Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike. Da Costa.
- microcirculation2/5
- ejaculatory2/5
ejaculatory
Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, .ejaculatory vessels
- noncustodial2/5
noncustodial
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- calicut2/5
- photocurrent2/5
photocurrent
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- secunda2/5
secunda
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- supraclavicular2/5
supraclavicular
(Anat.) (a) Situated above the clavicle. (b) Of or pertaining to the supraclavicle.
- interventricular2/5
interventricular
(Anat.) Between the ventricles; as, the .interventricular partition of the heart
- enterococcus2/5
- retinaculum2/5
retinaculum
(Anat.) (a) A connecting band; a frænum; as, the .retinacula of the ileocæcal and ileocolic valves(b) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
- recirculating2/5
recirculating
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- bioaccumulation2/5
- agriculturally2/5
agricultural
- adjective relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
- agricultural engineering
- modern agricultural (or farming) methods
- agricultural (or farm) equipment
- an agricultural college
- adjective satellite relating to rural matters
farming; agrarian.
- an agrarian (or agricultural) society
- farming communities
- adjective relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
- acromioclavicular2/5
acromioclavicular
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- hecuba2/5
hecuba
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- persecutory2/5
- transculturation2/5
- chacun2/5
chacun
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- silvicultural2/5
- cryptococcus2/5
- climacus2/5
- executables2/5
executable
- adjective satellite capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
viable; workable; practicable; feasible.
- adjective satellite capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
- particularist2/5
particularist
One who holds to particularism. --Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic , a.
- vacuolar2/5
vacuolar
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- hypercube2/5
hypercube
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- tecum2/5
tecum
(Bot.) See Tucum .
- securitisation2/5
securitisation
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- diverticular2/5
diverticular
(Anat.) Pertaining to a diverticulum.
- ayacucho2/5
- occupationally2/5
occupational
- adjective of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained
- occupational hazard
- adjective of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained
- extravascular2/5
extravascular
(Anat.) (a) Outside the vessels; -- said of the substance of all the tissues. (b) Destitute of vessels; non-vascular.
- acuerdo2/5
acuerdo
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- renovascular2/5
- glucuronide2/5
glucuronide
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- clavicular2/5
clavicular
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the clavicle.
- reoccupied2/5
reoccupy
To occupy again.
- baculovirus2/5
baculovirus
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- hocus2/5
hocus
To deceive or cheat. Halliwell.
- methylmercury2/5
- secundus2/5
secundus
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- scudi2/5
scudo
(Com.) (a) A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same. (b) A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.
- lacunar2/5
lacunar
(Arch.) (a) The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels. Gwilt (b) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.
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- monocultural2/5
monocultural
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- vacuo2/5
vacuo
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- molecularly2/5
molecular
- adjective relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules
- molecular structure
- molecular oxygen
- molecular weight is the sum of all the atoms in a molecule
- adjective relating to simple or elementary organization
- proceed by more and more detailed analysis to the molecular facts of perception"--G.A. Miller
- adjective relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules
- reticuloendothelial2/5
reticuloendothelial
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- procureur2/5
procureur
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- circumstanced2/5
circumstance
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- noun the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
setting; context.
- the historical context
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- recirculated2/5
recirculated
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- pocus2/5
pocus
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- defocus2/5
defocus
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- reticulata2/5
reticulata
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- disarticulation2/5
disarticulation
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- musculocutaneous2/5
musculocutaneous
(Anat.) Pertaining both to muscles and skin; as, the .musculocutaneous nerve
- obscuration2/5
obscuration
The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; Sir J. Herschel.as, the .obscuration of the moon in an eclipse
- biculturalism2/5
biculturalism
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- glaucus2/5
glaucus
(Zoöl.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white.
- acuminata2/5
acuminata
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- nonrecurring2/5
nonrecurring
Nonrecurrent.
- secularity2/5
secularity
Supreme attention to the things of the present life; worldliness. A secularity of character which makes Christianity and its principal doctrines distasteful or unintelligible. I. Taylor.
- saccular2/5
saccular
Like a sac; sacciform.
- acupuncturist2/5
acupuncturist
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- circumstellar2/5
- circulator2/5
circulator
One who, or that which, circulates.
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- classicus2/5
classicus
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- indicus2/5
indicus
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- percutaneously2/5
percutaneous
- adjective through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)
transdermic; transdermal; transcutaneous.
- transdermal estrogen
- percutaneous absorption
- adjective through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)
- microvasculature2/5
microvasculature
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- occurence2/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- ecus2/5
ecus
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- periarticular2/5
- reoccupation2/5
reoccupation
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- scumbag2/5
scumbag
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- acuff2/5
acuff
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intercut
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- intercurrent2/5
intercurrent
Running between or among; intervening. Boyle. Bp. Fell.
- pedunculated2/5
pedunculate
- adjective having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk
stalked.
- a pedunculate flower
- a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk
- adjective having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk
- japonicum2/5
japonicum
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- recumbency2/5
recumbency
Recumbence.
- esculenta2/5
esculenta
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- reoccurring2/5
reoccurring
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- truncus2/5
truncus
(Zoöl.) The thorax of an insect. See Trunk , n., 5.
- americus2/5
americus
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- circumferentially2/5
circumferential
- adjective satellite lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
- circumferential highways around cities
- adjective satellite lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
- esculentum2/5
esculentum
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- domesticus2/5
domesticus
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- multiculturalist2/5
multiculturalist
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- unimolecular2/5
- permaculture2/5
- precut2/5
precut
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- multiculturalists2/5
multiculturalists
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- japonicus2/5
japonicus
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- mecum2/5
mecum
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- tabacum2/5
tabacum
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- perlocutionary2/5
- glucuronic2/5
- preauricular2/5
- rearticulation2/5
rearticulation
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- navicula2/5
navicula
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- autolycus2/5
- illyricum2/5
- tucuman2/5
tucuman
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- reoccurrence2/5
reoccurrence
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- clearcutting2/5
- acupuncturists2/5
acupuncturists
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- glucuronidase2/5
- syracusans2/5
- incalculably2/5
incalculable
- adjective not capable of being computed or enumerated
- adjective not capable of being computed or enumerated
- maculata2/5
maculata
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- reoccur2/5
reoccur
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- niloticus2/5
niloticus
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- intermuscular2/5
intermuscular
(Anat.) Between muscles; as, .intermuscular septa
- recut2/5
recut
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- paniculata2/5
paniculata
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- fibrovascular2/5
fibrovascular
(Bot.) Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all flowering plants and ferns; -- opposed to cellular.
- mariculture2/5
- fascicular2/5
fascicular
Pertaining to a fascicle; fascicled; as, a .fascicular root
- opuscula2/5
- acupoints2/5
- jocularly2/5
jocular
- adjective satellite characterized by jokes and good humor
jesting; joking; jocose.
- adverb with humor
jocosely.
- they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly
- adjective satellite characterized by jokes and good humor
- circumambulation2/5
circumambulation
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- syracusan2/5
syracusan
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- postauricular2/5
- ecumene2/5
ecumene
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- biomolecule2/5
biomolecule
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- defocusing2/5
- coarticulation2/5
coarticulation
(Anat.) The unoin or articulation of bones to form a joint.
- multilocular2/5
multilocular
Having many or several cells or compartments; as, a .multilocular shell or capsule
- escudero2/5
- presbycusis2/5
- grammaticus2/5
grammaticus
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- obscurations2/5
obscuration
The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; Sir J. Herschel.as, the .obscuration of the moon in an eclipse
- accutane2/5
- incunabula2/5
incunabula
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- articulable2/5
articulable
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- unilocular2/5
unilocular
(Biol.) Having one cell or cavity only; as, a .unilocular capsule or shell
- mercuries1/5
mercury
- noun a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
quicksilver; Hg; atomic number 80; hydrargyrum.
- noun (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
- noun a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
- mercurous1/5
mercurous
- adjective of or containing mercury
mercuric.
- adjective of or containing mercury
- scumble1/5
scumble
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- circumnavigations1/5
circumnavigation
- noun traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe
- noun traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- vermiculites1/5
vermiculite
- noun any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure
- noun any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure
- escutcheons1/5
escutcheon
- noun a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
finger plate; scutcheon.
- noun (nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed
- noun a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
- gesticulate1/5
gesticulate
- verb show, express or direct through movement
motion; gesture.
- He gestured his desire to leave
- verb show, express or direct through movement
- flocculated1/5
flocculate
- verb form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
- the protoplasms flocculated
- verb cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate
- The chemist flocculated the suspended material
- verb form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
- accustoming1/5
accustom
- verb make psychologically or physically used (to something)
habituate.
- She became habituated to the background music
- verb make psychologically or physically used (to something)
- secularize1/5
secularize
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
secularise.
- Ataturk secularized Turkey
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
desacralize.
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
- masculinizing1/5
masculinize
- verb give a masculine appearance or character to
- Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s
- verb produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
masculinise; virilise; virilize.
- the drugs masculinized the teenage girl
- verb give a masculine appearance or character to
- circumnavigating1/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- accustoms1/5
accustom
- verb make psychologically or physically used (to something)
habituate.
- She became habituated to the background music
- verb make psychologically or physically used (to something)
- guaiacum1/5
guaiacum
- noun medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree
- noun hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
guaiac; lignum vitae.
- noun medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree
- masculinised1/5
masculinise
- verb produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
virilise; virilize; masculinize.
- the drugs masculinized the teenage girl
- verb produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
- flocculate1/5
flocculate
- verb form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
- the protoplasms flocculated
- verb cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate
- The chemist flocculated the suspended material
- verb form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
- masculinize1/5
masculinize
- verb give a masculine appearance or character to
- Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s
- verb produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
masculinise; virilise; virilize.
- the drugs masculinized the teenage girl
- verb give a masculine appearance or character to
- vascularised1/5
vascularise
- verb become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids
vascularize.
- The egg yolk vascularized
- verb make vascular
vascularize.
- the yolk sac is gradually vascularized
- verb become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids
- flocculating1/5
flocculate
- verb form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
- the protoplasms flocculated
- verb cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate
- The chemist flocculated the suspended material
- verb form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass
- circularized1/5
circularize
- verb canvass by distributing letters
circularise.
- verb canvass by using a questionnaire
- verb canvass by distributing letters
- secularising1/5
secularise
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
secularize.
- Ataturk secularized Turkey
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
- gesticulates1/5
gesticulate
- verb show, express or direct through movement
motion; gesture.
- He gestured his desire to leave
- verb show, express or direct through movement
- fecundated1/5
fecundate
- verb make fertile or productive
fertilize; fertilise.
- The course fertilized her imagination
- verb introduce semen into (a female)
fertilize; fertilise; inseminate.
- verb make fertile or productive
- circumnavigates1/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- fecundating1/5
fecundate
- verb make fertile or productive
fertilize; fertilise.
- The course fertilized her imagination
- verb introduce semen into (a female)
fertilize; fertilise; inseminate.
- verb make fertile or productive
- autocue1/5
autocue
- noun a device that displays words for people to read
prompter.
- noun a device that displays words for people to read
- circularize1/5
circularize
- verb canvass by distributing letters
circularise.
- verb canvass by using a questionnaire
- verb canvass by distributing letters
- masculinizes1/5
masculinize
- verb give a masculine appearance or character to
- Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s
- verb produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
masculinise; virilise; virilize.
- the drugs masculinized the teenage girl
- verb give a masculine appearance or character to
- secularise1/5
secularise
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
secularize.
- Ataturk secularized Turkey
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
- secularizes1/5
secularize
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
secularise.
- Ataturk secularized Turkey
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
desacralize.
- verb make secular and draw away from a religious orientation
- fecundate1/5
fecundate
- verb make fertile or productive
fertilize; fertilise.
- The course fertilized her imagination
- verb introduce semen into (a female)
fertilize; fertilise; inseminate.
- verb make fertile or productive
- vesiculated1/5
vesiculate
- verb become vesicular or full of air cells
- The organs vesiculated
- verb cause to become vesicular or full of air cells
- vesiculate an organ
- verb become vesicular or full of air cells
- scuppers1/5
scupper
- noun drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
- verb wait in hiding to attack
lie in wait; lurk; bushwhack; ambush; waylay; ambuscade.
- noun drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
- scudded1/5
scud
- noun the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
scudding.
- verb run or move very quickly or hastily
shoot; flash; dart; dash; scoot.
- She dashed into the yard
- noun the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
- sculls1/5
scull
- noun a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
- noun each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman
- noun a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
- sculpturing1/5
sculpture
- noun a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- noun creating figures or designs in three dimensions
carving.
- noun a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- scuttles1/5
scuttle
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
coal scuttle.
- noun an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
opening; hatchway.
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- flocculent1/5
flocculent
- adjective satellite having a fluffy character or appearance
woolly; wooly.
- adjective satellite having a fluffy character or appearance
- inocula1/5
inoculum
- noun a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
inoculant.
- noun a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
- orbicular1/5
orbicular
- adjective satellite circular or nearly circular
orbiculate.
- adjective satellite having the shape of a sphere or ball
spherical; ball-shaped; globular; global; spheric; globose.
- a spherical object
- nearly orbicular in shape
- little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey
- adjective satellite circular or nearly circular
- bascule1/5
bascule
- noun a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
- noun a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
- scuffled1/5
scuffle
- noun disorderly fighting
tussle; dogfight; hassle; rough-and-tumble.
- noun a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
scuffle hoe; Dutch hoe.
- noun disorderly fighting
- uncus1/5
uncus
- noun (biology) any hook-shaped process or part
- noun (biology) any hook-shaped process or part
- evacuates1/5
evacuate
- verb move out of an unsafe location into safety
- After the earthquake, residents were evacuated
- verb empty completely
- evacuate the bottle
- verb move out of an unsafe location into safety
- recuperates1/5
recuperate
- verb regain or make up for
recover; recoup.
- recuperate one's losses
- verb regain a former condition after a financial loss
go back; recover.
- We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
- The company managed to recuperate
- verb regain or make up for
- occulted1/5
occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
supernatural.
- She doesn't believe in the supernatural
- noun supernatural practices and techniques
occult arts.
- he is a student of the occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
- scupper1/5
scupper
- noun drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
- verb wait in hiding to attack
lie in wait; lurk; bushwhack; ambush; waylay; ambuscade.
- noun drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
- sculpts1/5
sculpt
- verb create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
sculpture.
- sculpt a swan out of a block of ice
- verb shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
sculpture; grave.
- She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband
- verb create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
- inoculants1/5
inoculant
- noun a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
inoculum.
- noun a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
- inoculant1/5
inoculant
- noun a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
inoculum.
- noun a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease
- scutcheon1/5
scutcheon
- noun a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
finger plate; escutcheon.
- noun a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms
escutcheon.
- noun a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
- fecundation1/5
fecundation
- noun creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
impregnation; fertilisation; fertilization.
- noun making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
dressing; fertilisation; fertilization.
- noun creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
- electrocute1/5
electrocute
- verb kill by electric shock
- She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted
- verb kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
fry.
- The serial killer was electrocuted
- verb kill by electric shock
- scuppered1/5
scupper
- noun drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
- verb wait in hiding to attack
lie in wait; lurk; bushwhack; ambush; waylay; ambuscade.
- noun drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
- vesiculation1/5
vesiculation
- noun the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
blistering; vesication.
- noun the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
- fescues1/5
fescue
- noun grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
fescue grass; Festuca elatior; meadow fescue.
- noun grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
- occulting1/5
occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
supernatural.
- She doesn't believe in the supernatural
- noun supernatural practices and techniques
occult arts.
- he is a student of the occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
- majuscule1/5
majuscule
- noun one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
uppercase; capital letter; upper-case letter; capital.
- printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases
- adjective of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries
- noun one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
- minuscules1/5
minuscule
- noun the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
lowercase; small letter; lower-case letter.
- noun a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
- noun the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
- countercurrents1/5
countercurrent
- noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
tide rip; crosscurrent; riptide; rip.
- noun actions counter to the main group activity
crosscurrent.
- 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
- sculled1/5
scull
- noun a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
- noun each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman
- noun a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
- vicunas1/5
vicuna
- noun the wool of the vicuna
- noun a soft wool fabric made from the fleece of the vicuna
- noun the wool of the vicuna
- vascularisation1/5
vascularisation
- noun the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries
vascularization.
- noun the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries
- agricultures1/5
agriculture
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
agribusiness; factory farm.
- noun the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
farming; husbandry.
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
- pedunculate1/5
pedunculate
- adjective having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk
stalked.
- a pedunculate flower
- a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk
- adjective having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk
- masculinisation1/5
masculinisation
- noun the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)
virilization; masculinization; virilisation.
- noun the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction)
- inoculates1/5
inoculate
- verb introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
- My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs
- verb introduce a microorganism into
- verb introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of
- emasculates1/5
emasculate
- verb deprive of strength or vigor
castrate.
- The Senate emasculated the law
- verb remove the testicles of a male animal
demasculinise; demasculinize; castrate.
- verb deprive of strength or vigor
- sculler1/5
sculler
- noun someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward)
- noun someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward)
- electrocuting1/5
electrocute
- verb kill by electric shock
- She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted
- verb kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
fry.
- The serial killer was electrocuted
- verb kill by electric shock
- 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
- occurrents1/5
occurrent
- noun an event that happens
natural event; happening; occurrence.
- adjective satellite presently occurring (either causally or incidentally)
- technical terms are rarely occurrent in literature
- noun an event that happens
- scurfy1/5
scurfy
- adjective having or producing or covered with scurf
- adjective satellite rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
leprose; lepidote; scabrous; scaly.
- adjective having or producing or covered with scurf
- maculate1/5
maculate
- verb make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
tarnish; sully; stain; defile.
- The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
- Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
- verb spot, stain, or pollute
defile; befoul; foul.
- The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
- verb make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
- reticulations1/5
reticulation
- noun (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
- noun an arrangement resembling a net or network
- the reticulation of a leaf
- the reticulation of a photographic emulsion
- noun (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
- succus1/5
succus
- noun any of several liquids of the body
juice.
- digestive juices
- noun any of several liquids of the body
- discuses1/5
discus
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- noun a disk used in throwing competitions
saucer.
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- majuscules1/5
majuscule
- noun one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
uppercase; capital letter; upper-case letter; capital.
- printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases
- adjective of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries
- noun one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
- supermolecule1/5
supermolecule
- noun any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
macromolecule.
- noun any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
- scullers1/5
sculler
- noun someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward)
- noun someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward)
- scutcheons1/5
scutcheon
- noun a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
finger plate; escutcheon.
- noun a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms
escutcheon.
- noun a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
- occults1/5
occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
supernatural.
- She doesn't believe in the supernatural
- noun supernatural practices and techniques
occult arts.
- he is a student of the occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
- bilocular1/5
bilocular
- adjective satellite divided into or containing two cells or chambers
biloculate.
- having a bilocular capsule
- adjective satellite divided into or containing two cells or chambers
- vermiculated1/5
vermiculated
- adjective satellite decorated with wormlike tracery or markings
vermicular; vermiculate.
- vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework
- verb decorate with wavy or winding lines
vermiculate.
- adjective satellite decorated with wormlike tracery or markings
- incumbrances1/5
incumbrance
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
encumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; onus; encumbrance; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
- vacua1/5
vacuum
- noun the absence of matter
vacuity.
- noun an empty area or space
vacancy; void; emptiness.
- the huge desert voids
- the emptiness of outer space
- without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
- noun the absence of matter
- recusal1/5
recusal
- noun (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves
recusation.
- noun (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves
- preoccupies1/5
preoccupy
- verb engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
- His work preoccupies him
- The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else
- verb occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
- the army preoccupied the hills
- verb engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
- preoccupying1/5
preoccupy
- verb engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
- His work preoccupies him
- The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else
- verb occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
- the army preoccupied the hills
- verb engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
- conspicuousness1/5
conspicuousness
- noun the state of being conspicuous
- noun high visibility
- noun the state of being conspicuous
- stonecutters1/5
stonecutter
- noun someone who cuts or carves stone
cutter.
- noun someone who cuts or carves stone
- scurries1/5
scurry
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scamper; scramble.
- verb to move about or proceed hurriedly
scamper; skitter; scuttle.
- so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
- animalcules1/5
animalcule
- noun microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
animalculum.
- noun microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
- documental1/5
documental
- adjective relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
documentary.
- adjective relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
- scummy1/5
scummy
- adjective satellite of the most contemptible kind
scurvy; low-down; low; abject; miserable.
- abject cowardice
- a low stunt to pull
- a low-down sneak
- his miserable treatment of his family
- You miserable skunk!
- a scummy rabble
- a scurvy trick
- adjective satellite covered with scum
- the scummy surface of the polluted pond
- adjective satellite of the most contemptible kind
- percussionists1/5
percussionist
- noun a musician who plays percussion instruments
- noun a musician who plays percussion instruments
- arboriculture1/5
arboriculture
- noun the cultivation of tree for the production of timber
tree farming.
- noun the cultivation of tree for the production of timber
- excursionists1/5
excursionist
- noun a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
tripper; rubberneck; sightseer.
- noun a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
- scutes1/5
scute
- noun large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake
- noun large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake
- macule1/5
macule
- noun a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
macula.
- noun a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
- tubocurarine1/5
tubocurarine
- noun a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles
curare.
- curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction
- noun a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles
- specula1/5
speculum
- noun a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
- noun a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
- noun a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
- refocuses1/5
refocus
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
- verb focus anew
- The group needs to refocus its goals
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
- recursions1/5
recursion
- noun (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation
- noun (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation
- recalculates1/5
recalculate
- verb calculate anew
- The costs had to be recalculated
- verb calculate anew
- acutest1/5
acute
- noun a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
ague; acute accent.
- adjective having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- acute appendicitis
- the acute phase of the illness
- acute patients
- noun a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- incubates1/5
incubate
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- verb sit on (eggs)
brood; cover; hatch.
- Birds brood
- The female covers the eggs
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- incubi1/5
incubus
- noun a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
- noun a situation resembling a terrifying dream
nightmare.
- noun a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
- scurf1/5
scurf
- noun (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts
- noun a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
scale; exfoliation.
- noun (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts
- miscalculate1/5
miscalculate
- verb judge incorrectly
misestimate.
- I had misestimated his determination
- verb calculate incorrectly
misestimate.
- I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding
- verb judge incorrectly
- crosscuts1/5
crosscut
- noun a diagonal path
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
cutoff; shortcut.
- noun a diagonal path
- auscultated1/5
auscultate
- verb examine by auscultation
- verb examine by auscultation
- scute1/5
scute
- noun large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake
- noun large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake
- circumduction1/5
circumduction
- noun a circular movement of a limb or eye
- noun a circular movement of a limb or eye
- maculae1/5
macula
- noun a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field
sunspot.
- noun a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision
macular area; yellow spot; macula lutea.
- noun a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field
- circumcising1/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- homunculi1/5
homunculus
- noun a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
manikin; mannikin.
- noun a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
- noun a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
- osculating1/5
osculate
- verb be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
- These species osculate
- verb have at least three points in common with
- one curve osculates the other
- these two surfaces osculate
- verb be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
- articulateness1/5
articulateness
- noun the quality of being facile in speech and writing
volubility; fluency.
- noun the quality of being facile in speech and writing
- uncurl1/5
uncurl
- verb move out of a curled position
- He uncurled himself
- verb move out of a curled position
- succubi1/5
succubus
- noun a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
succuba.
- noun a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
- circumambulate1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- scuffs1/5
scuff
- noun a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
mule.
- noun the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
- noun a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- cooccur1/5
cooccur
- verb go with, fall together
co-occur; coincide.
- verb go with, fall together
- uncurling1/5
uncurl
- verb move out of a curled position
- He uncurled himself
- verb move out of a curled position
- animalcule1/5
animalcule
- noun microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
animalculum.
- noun microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
- executant1/5
executant
- noun a performer (usually of musical works)
- noun a performer (usually of musical works)
- scullions1/5
scullion
- noun a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)
- noun a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)
- circumambulating1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- linocut1/5
linocut
- noun a print that is made from a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum
- noun a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum
- noun a print that is made from a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum
- intracutaneous1/5
intracutaneous
- adjective relating to areas between the layers of the skin
intradermic; intradermal.
- an intradermal injection
- adjective relating to areas between the layers of the skin
- pincushions1/5
pincushion
- noun a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use
- noun a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use
- circularization1/5
circularization
- noun circulating printed notices as a means of advertising
circularisation.
- noun circulating printed notices as a means of advertising
- docudramas1/5
docudrama
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
documentary film; infotainment; documentary.
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
- oculars1/5
ocular
- noun combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
eyepiece.
- adjective of or relating to or resembling the eye
optical; opthalmic; optic.
- ocular muscles
- an ocular organ
- ocular diseases
- the optic (or optical) axis of the eye
- an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light
- noun combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
- auscultating1/5
auscultate
- verb examine by auscultation
- verb examine by auscultation
- cooccurring1/5
cooccurring
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
concurrent; co-occurrent; coinciding; simultaneous; coincident; coincidental.
- a series of coincident events
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
- manicuring1/5
manicure
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- verb trim carefully and neatly
- manicure fingernails
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- vallecula1/5
vallecula
- noun (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
groove.
- noun (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
- disarticulate1/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- calculous1/5
calculous
- adjective relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi
- adjective relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi
- miscalculating1/5
miscalculate
- verb judge incorrectly
misestimate.
- I had misestimated his determination
- verb calculate incorrectly
misestimate.
- I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding
- verb judge incorrectly
- securer1/5
securer
- noun someone who obtains or acquires
procurer.
- the procurer of opera tickets
- adjective free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
unafraid; untroubled; secure.
- he was secure that nothing will be held against him
- noun someone who obtains or acquires
- funiculi1/5
funiculus
- noun the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
funicle.
- noun any of several body structure resembling a cord
- noun the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
- inculpate1/5
inculpate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
incriminate; imply.
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- circumambulated1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- opercula1/5
operculum
- noun a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted
- noun a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted
- caucusing1/5
caucus
- noun a closed political meeting
- verb meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
- noun a closed political meeting
- executants1/5
executant
- noun a performer (usually of musical works)
- noun a performer (usually of musical works)
- lacunas1/5
lacuna
- noun a blank gap or missing part
blank.
- noun an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
caisson; coffer.
- noun a blank gap or missing part
- circumscriptions1/5
circumscription
- noun the act of circumscribing
- noun the act of circumscribing
- cirrocumulus1/5
cirrocumulus
- noun a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples
cirrocumulus cloud.
- noun a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples
- viniculture1/5
viniculture
- noun the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing
viticulture.
- noun the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing
- linocuts1/5
linocut
- noun a print that is made from a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum
- noun a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum
- noun a print that is made from a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum
- feculent1/5
feculent
- adjective satellite foul with waste matter
- adjective satellite foul with waste matter
- securest1/5
secure
- verb get by special effort
procure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb cause to be firmly attached
fasten; fix.
- fasten the lock onto the door
- she fixed her gaze on the man
- verb get by special effort
- furcula1/5
furcula
- noun a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds
- noun a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds
- electrocutions1/5
electrocution
- noun execution by electricity
burning.
- noun killing by electric shock
- noun execution by electricity
- caucused1/5
caucus
- noun a closed political meeting
- verb meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
- noun a closed political meeting
- particularisation1/5
particularisation
- noun an individualized description of a particular instance
detailing; particularization.
- noun an individualized description of a particular instance
- valleculae1/5
vallecula
- noun (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
groove.
- noun (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
- acuter1/5
acute
- noun a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
ague; acute accent.
- adjective having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- acute appendicitis
- the acute phase of the illness
- acute patients
- noun a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- disarticulating1/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- scums1/5
scum
- noun worthless people
trash.
- noun a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
- noun worthless people
- osculation1/5
osculation
- noun (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent
- noun the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
buss; kiss.
- noun (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent
- excursionist1/5
excursionist
- noun a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
tripper; rubberneck; sightseer.
- noun a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
- maculation1/5
maculation
- noun a small contrasting part of something
speckle; spot; patch; fleck; dapple.
- a bald spot
- a leopard's spots
- a patch of clouds
- patches of thin ice
- a fleck of red
- noun the act of spotting or staining something
staining; spotting.
- noun a small contrasting part of something
- circularities1/5
circularity
- noun the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure
disk shape.
- noun the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure
- inculpated1/5
inculpate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
incriminate; imply.
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- decurved1/5
decurved
- adjective satellite bent down or curved downward
- the decurved bill of a curlew
- adjective satellite bent down or curved downward
- reticules1/5
reticule
- noun a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries
- noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
graticule; reticle.
- noun a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries
- miscalculates1/5
miscalculate
- verb judge incorrectly
misestimate.
- I had misestimated his determination
- verb calculate incorrectly
misestimate.
- I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding
- verb judge incorrectly
- inculpating1/5
inculpate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
incriminate; imply.
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- excursuses1/5
excursus
- noun a message that departs from the main subject
divagation; digression; aside; parenthesis.
- noun a message that departs from the main subject
- circulative1/5
circulative
- adjective of or relating to circulation
circulatory.
- adjective of or relating to circulation
- speculums1/5
speculum
- noun a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
- noun a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
- noun a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
- recuperations1/5
recuperation
- noun gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
convalescence; recovery.
- noun gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
- eyecup1/5
eyecup
- noun a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball
eye cup; eyebath.
- an eyecup is called an eyebath in Britain
- noun (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina
optic cup.
- noun a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball
- scummed1/5
scum
- noun worthless people
trash.
- noun a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
- noun worthless people
- aesculapian1/5
aesculapian
- adjective of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
medical.
- adjective of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
- aculeus1/5
aculeus
- noun a stiff sharp-pointed plant process
- noun a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect
- noun a stiff sharp-pointed plant process
- abacuses1/5
abacus
- noun a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
- noun a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
- noun a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
- sericultural1/5
sericultural
- adjective of or relating to sericulture
- sericultural industry
- adjective of or relating to sericulture
- maculations1/5
maculation
- noun a small contrasting part of something
speckle; spot; patch; fleck; dapple.
- a bald spot
- a leopard's spots
- a patch of clouds
- patches of thin ice
- a fleck of red
- noun the act of spotting or staining something
staining; spotting.
- noun a small contrasting part of something
- reticula1/5
reticulum
- noun a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus
- noun any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels)
- noun a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus
- fecundities1/5
fecundity
- noun the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
fruitfulness.
- noun the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
fertility.
- noun the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
- uncurls1/5
uncurl
- verb move out of a curled position
- He uncurled himself
- verb move out of a curled position
- cocus1/5
cocus
- noun (Greek mythology) one of the Titans
- noun (Greek mythology) one of the Titans
- articulative1/5
articulative
- adjective of or relating to articulation
articulatory.
- articulatory features
- articulatory phonetics
- adjective of or relating to articulation
- animalcula1/5
animalculum
- noun microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
animalcule.
- noun microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
- excuser1/5
excuser
- noun a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
forgiver; pardoner.
- noun a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
- particularizations1/5
particularization
- noun an individualized description of a particular instance
particularisation; detailing.
- noun an individualized description of a particular instance
- circumcises1/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- refocussing1/5
refocus
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
- verb focus anew
- The group needs to refocus its goals
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
- difficultness1/5
difficultness
- noun the quality of being difficult
difficulty.
- they agreed about the difficulty of the climb
- noun the quality of being difficult
- sipuncula1/5
sipuncula
- noun peanut worms
phylum Sipuncula.
- noun peanut worms
- disarticulates1/5
disarticulate
- verb separate at the joints
disjoint.
- disjoint the chicken before cooking it
- verb separate at the joints
- excusatory1/5
excusatory
- adjective offering or expressing apology
apologetic.
- an apologetic note
- an apologetic manner
- adjective offering or expressing apology
- circumambulates1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- juncus1/5
juncus
- noun type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes
genus Juncus.
- noun type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes
- allocution1/5
allocution
- noun (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
- noun (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
- recuse1/5
recuse
- verb disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
- verb challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
- verb disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
- manicurist1/5
manicurist
- noun a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails
- noun a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails
- seculars1/5
secular
- noun someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
layperson; layman.
- adjective of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
- noun someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
- acicular1/5
acicular
- adjective satellite narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
acerate; acerose; needle-shaped.
- adjective satellite narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
- particularizing1/5
particularize
- verb be specific about
specialise; particularise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- verb be specific about
- cercopithecus1/5
cercopithecus
- noun type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenons
genus Cercopithecus.
- noun type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenons
- acuminate1/5
acuminate
- verb make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point
- verb make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point
- siracusa1/5
siracusa
- noun a city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC
Syracuse.
- noun a city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC
- aesculus1/5
aesculus
- noun deciduous trees or some shrubs of North America; southeastern Europe; eastern Asia
genus Aesculus.
- noun deciduous trees or some shrubs of North America; southeastern Europe; eastern Asia
- circumcisions1/5
circumcision
- noun (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
Feast of the Circumcision; January 1.
- noun the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
- noun (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
- procurers1/5
procurer
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
pander; pimp; fancy man; ponce; pandar; panderer.
- noun someone who obtains or acquires
securer.
- the procurer of opera tickets
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
- vacuolation1/5
vacuolation
- noun the state of having become filled with vacuoles
vacuolisation; vacuolization.
- noun the state of having become filled with vacuoles
- incurrence1/5
incurrence
- noun the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable)
- noun the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable)
- lucubrations1/5
lucubration
- noun a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
- noun laborious cogitation
- noun a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
- handcuffing1/5
handcuff
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
handlock; cuff; manacle.
- verb confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
manacle; cuff.
- The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
- inculpatory1/5
inculpatory
- adjective causing blame to be imputed to
inculpative.
- adjective causing blame to be imputed to
- pedicures1/5
pedicure
- noun professional care for the feet and toenails
- verb care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.
- noun professional care for the feet and toenails
- documentations1/5
documentation
- noun confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
corroboration; certification.
- noun program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs
software documentation.
- noun confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
- rubicund1/5
rubicund
- adjective satellite inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
florid; sanguine; ruddy.
- a ruddy complexion
- Santa's rubicund cheeks
- a fresh and sanguine complexion
- adjective satellite inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
- spectaculars1/5
spectacular
- noun a lavishly produced performance
- they put on a Christmas spectacular
- adjective satellite sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
dramatic; striking.
- a dramatic sunset
- a dramatic pause
- a spectacular display of northern lights
- it was a spectacular play
- his striking good looks always created a sensation
- noun a lavishly produced performance
- orthomolecular1/5
orthomolecular
- adjective satellite designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals
- orthomolecular medicine
- orthomolecular therapy
- adjective satellite designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals
- incurved1/5
incurved
- adjective satellite bent into or having an inward curve
incurvate.
- adjective satellite bent into or having an inward curve
- particularised1/5
particularised
- adjective satellite directed toward a specific object
particularized.
- particularized thinking as distinct from stereotyped sloganeering
- verb be specific about
particularize; specialise; particularise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- adjective satellite directed toward a specific object
- procuress1/5
procuress
- noun a woman pimp
- verb get by special effort
procure; secure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- noun a woman pimp
- superincumbent1/5
superincumbent
- adjective satellite lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else
- superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition
- adjective satellite lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else
- epicures1/5
epicure
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
foodie; gourmet; gastronome; epicurean; bon vivant.
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- occultations1/5
occultation
- noun one celestial body obscures another
eclipse.
- noun one celestial body obscures another
- gonococcus1/5
gonococcus
- noun the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea
Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
- noun the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea
- graticule1/5
graticule
- noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
reticule; reticle.
- noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
- acculturating1/5
acculturate
- verb assimilate culturally
- verb assimilate culturally
- vacuolization1/5
vacuolization
- noun the state of having become filled with vacuoles
vacuolisation; vacuolation.
- noun the state of having become filled with vacuoles
- denticulate1/5
denticulate
- adjective satellite having a very finely toothed margin
- adjective satellite having a very finely toothed margin
- decussate1/5
decussate
- verb cross or intersect so as to form a cross
- this nerve decussates the other
- the fibers decussate
- adjective satellite crossed or intersected in the form of an X
intersecting; intersectant.
- verb cross or intersect so as to form a cross
- succulence1/5
succulence
- noun a juicy appetizingness
juiciness; succulency.
- noun a juicy appetizingness
- hiccupped1/5
hiccup
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
singultus; hiccough.
- how do you cure the hiccups?
- verb breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
hiccough.
- When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
- percuss1/5
percuss
- verb strike or tap firmly
- the doctor percussed his chest and back
- verb strike or tap firmly
- concussed1/5
concuss
- verb shake violently
- verb injure the brain; sustain a concussion
- verb shake violently
- hiccuped1/5
hiccup
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
singultus; hiccough.
- how do you cure the hiccups?
- verb breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
hiccough.
- When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
- granicus1/5
granicus
- noun the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC)
Battle of Granicus River.
- noun the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC)
- hiccuping1/5
hiccup
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
singultus; hiccough.
- how do you cure the hiccups?
- verb breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
hiccough.
- When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
- hyperacusis1/5
hyperacusis
- noun abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels
auditory hyperesthesia; hyperacusia.
- noun abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels
- oecumenical1/5
oecumenical
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
ecumenic; oecumenic; ecumenical.
- ecumenical thinking
- ecumenical activities
- the ecumenical movement
- adjective satellite of worldwide scope or applicability
worldwide; cosmopolitan; universal; ecumenical; general; world-wide.
- an issue of cosmopolitan import
- the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley
- universal experience
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
- sculptress1/5
sculptress
- noun a woman sculptor
- noun a woman sculptor
- utricularia1/5
utricularia
(Bot.) A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium ,
- 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
- locusta1/5
locusta
(Bot.) The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses. Gray.
- concurrences1/5
concurrence
- noun agreement of results or opinions
concurrency.
- noun acting together, as agents or circumstances or events
concurrency.
- noun agreement of results or opinions
- exculpated1/5
exculpated
- adjective satellite freed from any question of guilt
vindicated; clear; exonerated; absolved; cleared.
- is absolved from all blame
- was now clear of the charge of cowardice
- his official honor is vindicated
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
exculpate; acquit; clear; discharge; assoil; exonerate.
- The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
- adjective satellite freed from any question of guilt
- aquacultural1/5
aquacultural
- adjective of or relating to aquiculture
aquicultural; hydroponic.
- aquacultural methods
- hydroponic lettuce
- adjective of or relating to aquiculture
- recused1/5
recuse
- verb disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
- verb challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
- verb disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
- circumvallate1/5
circumvallate
- verb surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
- verb surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
- exculpating1/5
exculpate
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
acquit; clear; discharge; assoil; exonerate.
- The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- pediculus1/5
pediculus
(Zoöl.) A genus of wingless parasitic Hemiptera, including the common lice of man. See Louse .
- tentacular1/5
tentacular
- adjective of or relating to or resembling tentacles
- adjective of or relating to or resembling tentacles
- orcus1/5
orcus
- noun god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto
Dis.
- noun god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto
- perspicuously1/5
perspicuously
- adverb in a clear and lucid manner
limpidly; pellucidly; lucidly.
- this is a lucidly written book
- adverb in a clear and lucid manner
- loculi1/5
loculus
- noun a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
locule.
- noun a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
- auricula1/5
auricula
- noun yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
bear's ear; Primula auricula.
- noun a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
auricular appendix; auricular appendage.
- noun yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
- hiccupping1/5
hiccup
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
singultus; hiccough.
- how do you cure the hiccups?
- verb breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
hiccough.
- When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
- encumbers1/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- crocuta1/5
crocuta
- noun a genus of Hyaenidae
genus Crocuta.
- noun a genus of Hyaenidae
- apiculture1/5
apiculture
- noun the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey
beekeeping.
- noun the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey
- altocumulus1/5
altocumulus
- noun a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
altocumulus cloud.
- noun a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
- bicuspids1/5
bicuspid
- noun a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars
premolar.
- adjective satellite having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth)
bicuspidate.
- bicuspid teeth
- bicuspid leaves
- noun a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars
- dracunculus1/5
dracunculus
(Zoöl.) (a) A fish; the dragonet .(b) The Guinea worm ( Filaria medinensis ).
- obscurer1/5
obscure
- verb make less visible or unclear
befog; haze over; fog; becloud; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
- verb make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
confuse; obnubilate; blur.
- Her remarks confused the debate
- Their words obnubilate their intentions
- verb make less visible or unclear
- elocutionist1/5
elocutionist
- noun a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery
- noun a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery
- mercurochrome1/5
mercurochrome
- noun a mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic; Mercurochrome is the trademark
merbromine.
- noun a mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic; Mercurochrome is the trademark
- obscurest1/5
obscure
- verb make less visible or unclear
befog; haze over; fog; becloud; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
- verb make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
confuse; obnubilate; blur.
- Her remarks confused the debate
- Their words obnubilate their intentions
- verb make less visible or unclear
- procumbent1/5
procumbent
- adjective satellite having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots
- adjective satellite having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots
- disencumbered1/5
disencumber
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; extricate; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- unfocussed1/5
unfocussed
- adjective (of an image) not being in or brought into focus
unfocused.
- at their edges things were pretty much out of focus
- adjective satellite not concentrated at one point or upon one objective
unfocused.
- diversity...in our huge unfocused country"- Owen Wister
- adjective (of an image) not being in or brought into focus
- excursive1/5
excursive
- adjective satellite (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
digressive; rambling; discursive.
- amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things
- a rambling discursive book
- his excursive remarks
- a rambling speech about this and that
- adjective satellite (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
- particularise1/5
particularise
- verb be specific about
particularize; specialise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- verb be specific about
- dryopithecus1/5
dryopithecus
- noun genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene
genus Dryopithecus.
- noun genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene
- eptesicus1/5
eptesicus
- noun a genus of Vespertilionidae
genus Eptesicus.
- noun a genus of Vespertilionidae
- diplococcus1/5
diplococcus
- noun Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs
- noun Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs
- locule1/5
locule
- noun a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
loculus.
- noun a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
- dicumarol1/5
dicumarol
- noun an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin
dicoumarol.
- noun an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin
- holcus1/5
holcus
- noun a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America
genus Holcus.
- noun a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America
- sustentacular1/5
sustentacular
- adjective serving to sustain or support
- sustentacular cells
- adjective serving to sustain or support
- 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
- particularizes1/5
particularize
- verb be specific about
specialise; particularise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- verb be specific about
- auricularia1/5
auricularia
(Zoöl.) A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in Appendix.
- erithacus1/5
erithacus
- noun Old World thrushes
genus Erithacus.
- noun Old World thrushes
- faculae1/5
facula
- noun a bright spot on a planet
- noun a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots
- noun a bright spot on a planet
- locules1/5
locule
- noun a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
loculus.
- noun a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
- basiliscus1/5
basiliscus
- noun a reptile genus of Iguanidae
genus Basiliscus.
- noun a reptile genus of Iguanidae
- percussions1/5
percussion
- noun the act of playing a percussion instrument
- noun the act of exploding a percussion cap
- noun the act of playing a percussion instrument
- recalculations1/5
recalculation
- noun the act of calculating again (usually to eliminate errors or to include additional data)
- recalculation yielded a much larger value
- noun the act of calculating again (usually to eliminate errors or to include additional data)
- vulpecula1/5
vulpecula
- noun a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Sagitta
- noun a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Sagitta
- leuciscus1/5
leuciscus
- noun a genus of fish including: dace, chub
genus Leuciscus.
- noun a genus of fish including: dace, chub
- loculus1/5
loculus
- noun a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
locule.
- noun a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
- manicurists1/5
manicurist
- noun a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails
- noun a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails
- astacus1/5
astacus
(Zoöl.) A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish .
- vacuousness1/5
vacuousness
- noun indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas
- the vacuousness of her face belied her feelings
- noun indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas
- pinguicula1/5
pinguicula
(Bot.) See Butterwort .
- auriculas1/5
auricula
- noun yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
bear's ear; Primula auricula.
- noun a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
auricular appendix; auricular appendage.
- noun yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
- oculists1/5
oculist
- noun a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
optometrist.
- noun a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
ophthalmologist; eye doctor.
- noun a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
- circuitries1/5
circuitry
- noun electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits
- noun electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits
- decumbent1/5
decumbent
- adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
accumbent; recumbent.
- adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
- ventriculus1/5
ventriculus
- noun thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
gizzard; gastric mill.
- noun thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
- obscurantists1/5
obscurantist
- noun a person who is deliberately vague
- noun a person who is deliberately vague
- percussing1/5
percuss
- verb strike or tap firmly
- the doctor percussed his chest and back
- verb strike or tap firmly
- vacuities1/5
vacuity
- noun the absence of matter
vacuum.
- noun a region that is devoid of matter
vacuum.
- noun the absence of matter
- vermicular1/5
vermicular
- adjective satellite decorated with wormlike tracery or markings
vermiculate; vermiculated.
- vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework
- adjective satellite decorated with wormlike tracery or markings
- sculpturesque1/5
sculpturesque
- adjective satellite resembling sculpture
sculptured; modeled; sculptural.
- her finely modeled features
- rendered with...vivid sculptural effect
- the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies
- adjective satellite resembling sculpture
- percussed1/5
percuss
- verb strike or tap firmly
- the doctor percussed his chest and back
- verb strike or tap firmly
- carpodacus1/5
carpodacus
- noun house finches and purple finches
genus Carpodacus.
- noun house finches and purple finches
- incursive1/5
incursive
- adjective satellite involving invasion or aggressive attack
invasive; invading.
- invasive war
- adjective satellite involving invasion or aggressive attack
- radiculitis1/5
radiculitis
- noun inflammation of the radicle of a nerve
- noun inflammation of the radicle of a nerve
- teacupful1/5
teacupful
- noun as much as a teacup will hold
teacup.
- noun as much as a teacup will hold
- alopecurus1/5
alopecurus
- noun annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds
genus Alopecurus.
- noun annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds
- disencumber1/5
disencumber
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; extricate; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- exculpates1/5
exculpate
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
acquit; clear; discharge; assoil; exonerate.
- The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
- verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- incurability1/5
incurability
- noun incapability of being cured or healed
incurableness.
- noun incapability of being altered in disposition or habits
- the incurability of his optimism
- noun incapability of being cured or healed
- ecumenicalism1/5
ecumenicalism
- noun (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
ecumenism; ecumenicism.
- noun (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
- inconspicuousness1/5
inconspicuousness
- noun the quality of being not easily seen
- noun the quality of being not easily seen
- ecumenicism1/5
ecumenicism
- noun (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
ecumenicalism; ecumenism.
- noun (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
- executability1/5
executability
- noun capability of being executed
- the job is executable for two million dollars
- this contract is not executable
- noun capability of being executed
- scup1/5
scup
- noun flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States
- noun lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
porgy.
- noun flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States
- psittacus1/5
psittacus
- noun type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey
genus Psittacus.
- noun type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey
- elocutionists1/5
elocutionist
- noun a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery
- noun a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery
- decussating1/5
decussate
- verb cross or intersect so as to form a cross
- this nerve decussates the other
- the fibers decussate
- adjective satellite crossed or intersected in the form of an X
intersecting; intersectant.
- verb cross or intersect so as to form a cross
- multiculturalisms1/5
multiculturalism
- noun the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country
- noun the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country
- utriculus1/5
utriculus
- noun a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open
utricle.
- noun a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open
- particularising1/5
particularise
- verb be specific about
particularize; specialise; specify; specialize.
- Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
- verb be specific about
- reticulitermes1/5
reticulitermes
- noun includes species highly destructive to structures and living trees
genus Reticulitermes.
- noun includes species highly destructive to structures and living trees
- epicurism1/5
epicurism
- noun the disposition and habits of an epicure
- noun the disposition and habits of an epicure
- muntiacus1/5
muntiacus
- noun muntjacs
genus Muntiacus.
- noun muntjacs
- spheniscus1/5
spheniscus
- noun type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins
genus Spheniscus.
- noun type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins
- procuresses1/5
procuress
- noun a woman pimp
- verb get by special effort
procure; secure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- noun a woman pimp
- eggcup1/5
eggcup
- noun dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg
egg cup.
- noun dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg
- psittacula1/5
psittacula
- noun a genus of Psittacidae
genus Psittacula.
- noun a genus of Psittacidae
- kenyapithecus1/5
kenyapithecus
- noun extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya
genus Kenyapithecus.
- noun extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya
- allocutions1/5
allocution
- noun (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
- noun (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
- phoenicurus1/5
phoenicurus
- noun Old World thrushes
genus Phoenicurus.
- noun Old World thrushes
- bubulcus1/5
bubulcus
- noun small white egrets
genus Bubulcus.
- noun small white egrets
- fratercula1/5
fratercula
- noun puffins
genus Fratercula.
- noun puffins
- promiscuities1/5
promiscuity
- noun indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
promiscuousness; sleeping around.
- noun indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
- melopsittacus1/5
melopsittacus
- noun a genus of Psittacidae
genus Melopsittacus.
- noun a genus of Psittacidae
- acular1/5
acular
- noun nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly
ketorolac tromethamine; Toradol.
- noun nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly
- pedicured1/5
pedicure
- noun professional care for the feet and toenails
- verb care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.
- noun professional care for the feet and toenails
- incumbencies1/5
incumbency
- noun the term during which some position is held
term of office; tenure.
- noun a duty that is incumbent upon you
- noun the term during which some position is held
- vicugna1/5
vicugna
(Zoöl.) A South American mammal ( Auchenia vicunna ) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown wool, and long, pendent white hair on the breast and belly. It is hunted for its wool and flesh.
- locums1/5
locum
- noun someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
locum tenens.
- noun someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
- unicuspid1/5
unicuspid
- adjective satellite having a single cusp or point
- a unicuspid tooth
- adjective satellite having a single cusp or point
- inculpation1/5
inculpation
- noun an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
blame; incrimination.
- 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
- apiculate1/5
apiculate
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip
- planococcus1/5
planococcus
- noun a genus of Pseudococcidae
genus Planococcus.
- noun a genus of Pseudococcidae
- immaculateness1/5
immaculateness
- noun the state of being spotlessly clean
spotlessness.
- noun the state of being spotlessly clean
- dysdercus1/5
dysdercus
- noun a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it
genus Dysdercus.
- noun a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it
- pseudococcus1/5
pseudococcus
- noun type genus of the Pseudococcidae
genus Pseudococcus.
- noun type genus of the Pseudococcidae
- sculleries1/5
scullery
- noun a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done
- noun a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done
- lucubration1/5
lucubration
- noun a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
- noun laborious cogitation
- noun a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
- upcurved1/5
upcurved
- adjective satellite curving upward
- adjective satellite curving upward
- graticules1/5
graticule
- noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
reticule; reticle.
- noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
- viticulturist1/5
viticulturist
- noun a cultivator of grape vine
- noun a cultivator of grape vine
- inculcations1/5
inculcation
- noun teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
ingraining; instilling.
- noun teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
- angraecum1/5
angraecum
- noun genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque
genus Angraecum; genus Angrecum.
- noun genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque
- recurvirostra1/5
recurvirostra
- noun type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets
genus Recurvirostra.
- noun type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets
- occulter1/5
occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
supernatural.
- She doesn't believe in the supernatural
- noun supernatural practices and techniques
occult arts.
- he is a student of the occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
- funiculars1/5
funicular
- noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
funicular railway; cable railway.
- adjective relating to or operated by a cable
- funicular railway
- noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
- coccus1/5
coccus
- noun any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
cocci.
- noun any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
- dyscalculia1/5
dyscalculia
- noun impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics
- noun impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics
- colchicum1/5
colchicum
(Bot.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron. ✍ Preparations made from the poisonous bulbs and seeds, and perhaps from the flowers, of the Colchicum autumnale (meadow saffron) are used as remedies for gout and rheumatism.
- truculence1/5
truculence
- noun obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
truculency.
- noun obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
- recusancy1/5
recusancy
- noun refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England
- noun refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England
- spicule1/5
spicule
- noun small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
spiculum.
- noun small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
- auscultatory1/5
auscultatory
- adjective of or relating to auscultation
- adjective of or relating to auscultation
- fasciculation1/5
fasciculation
- noun muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers
- noun muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers
- daucus1/5
daucus
- noun carrot
genus Daucus.
- noun carrot
- meticulousness1/5
meticulousness
- noun strict attention to minute details
punctiliousness; scrupulousness; meticulosity.
- noun strict attention to minute details
- fasciculi1/5
fasciculus
- noun a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
fascicle; fiber bundle; fibre bundle.
- noun a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
- unexcused1/5
unexcused
- adjective satellite not excused
- too many unexcused absences
- adjective satellite not excused
- ranunculaceae1/5
ranunculaceae
- noun a family of Ranunculaceae
family Ranunculaceae; crowfoot family; buttercup family.
- noun a family of Ranunculaceae
- furunculosis1/5
furunculosis
- noun acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles
- noun acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles
- incurables1/5
incurable
- noun a person whose disease is incurable
- adjective incapable of being cured
- an incurable disease
- an incurable addiction to smoking
- noun a person whose disease is incurable
- scutellaria1/5
scutellaria
- noun an asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps
genus Scutellaria.
- noun an asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps
- piculs1/5
picul
- noun a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)
- noun a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)
- scurrility1/5
scurrility
- noun foul-mouthed or obscene abuse
billingsgate.
- noun foul-mouthed or obscene abuse
- scut1/5
scut
- noun a short erect tail
- noun a short erect tail
- verbascum1/5
verbascum
- noun genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves
genus Verbascum.
- noun genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves
- perpendicularity1/5
perpendicularity
- noun the relation of opposition between things at right angles
orthogonal opposition; orthogonality.
- noun the quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon)
- noun the relation of opposition between things at right angles
- elocutionary1/5
elocutionary
- adjective of or relating to elocution
- elocutionary recitals
- adjective satellite (used of style of speaking) overly embellished
- an elocutionary Oxonian delivery
- adjective of or relating to elocution
- matriculating1/5
matriculate
- noun someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- verb enroll as a student
- noun someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- particularisms1/5
particularism
- noun a focus on something particular
- noun a focus on something particular
- foeniculum1/5
foeniculum
- noun very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowers
genus Foeniculum.
- noun very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowers
- discursiveness1/5
discursiveness
- noun the quality of being discursive
- noun the quality of being discursive
- charcuterie1/5
charcuterie
- noun a delicatessen that specializes in meats
- noun a delicatessen that specializes in meats
- viscum1/5
viscum
(Bot.) A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe.
- fascicule1/5
fascicule
- noun an installment of a printed work
fascicle.
- noun an installment of a printed work
- recurve1/5
recurve
- verb curve or bend (something) back or down
- verb curve or bend (something) back or down
- acuities1/5
acuity
- noun sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
sharp-sightedness; visual acuity.
- noun a quick and penetrating intelligence
keenness; sharpness; acuteness.
- he argued with great acuteness
- I admired the keenness of his mind
- noun sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
- capsicums1/5
capsicum
- noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
pepper; capsicum pepper plant.
- noun chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers
genus Capsicum.
- noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
- macumba1/5
macumba
- noun (Brazil) followers of a religious cult of African origin
- noun popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult
- noun (Brazil) followers of a religious cult of African origin
- sacculus1/5
sacculus
- noun a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
saccule.
- noun a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
- concupiscent1/5
concupiscent
- adjective satellite vigorously passionate
lusty; lustful.
- adjective satellite vigorously passionate
- sivapithecus1/5
sivapithecus
- noun fossil primates found in India
- noun fossil primates found in India
- picul1/5
picul
- noun a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)
- noun a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)
- cocculus1/5
cocculus
- noun climbing plants or shrubs
genus Cocculus.
- noun climbing plants or shrubs
- accusatorial1/5
accusatorial
- adjective specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor
- adjective specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor
- calculatingly1/5
calculatingly
- adverb in a calculating manner
- he looked at her calculatingly
- adverb in a calculating manner
- ecumenic1/5
ecumenic
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
oecumenical; oecumenic; ecumenical.
- ecumenical thinking
- ecumenical activities
- the ecumenical movement
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
- mancunian1/5
mancunian
- noun a native or resident of Manchester
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the English city of Manchester or its residents
- Mancunian merchants
- noun a native or resident of Manchester
- spicula1/5
spiculum
- noun small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
spicule.
- noun small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
- succussion1/5
succussion
- noun shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity
- noun shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity
- matriculates1/5
matriculate
- noun someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- verb enroll as a student
- noun someone who has been admitted to a college or university
- sterculiaceae1/5
sterculiaceae
- noun a large family of plants of order Malvales
family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family.
- noun a large family of plants of order Malvales
- uncurbed1/5
uncurbed
- adjective satellite not restrained or controlled
ungoverned; unbridled; unchecked.
- unbridled rage
- an unchecked temper
- ungoverned rage
- adjective satellite not restrained or controlled
- trabecula1/5
trabecula
- noun rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)
- noun rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)
- accusatives1/5
accusative
- noun the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
accusative case; objective case.
- adjective satellite containing or expressing accusation
accusing; accusive; accusatory.
- an accusitive forefinger
- black accusatory looks
- accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry
- his accusing glare
- noun the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
- cicuta1/5
cicuta
(Bot.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known. ✍ The name cicuta is sometimes erroneously applied to Conium maculatum, or officinal hemlock.
- lycopersicum1/5
lycopersicum
- noun tomatoes
Lycopersicon; genus Lycopersicum; genus Lycopersicon.
- noun tomatoes
- aucuba1/5
aucuba
- noun hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan
genus Aucuba.
- noun hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan
- 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
- dracunculiasis1/5
dracunculiasis
- noun a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
Guinea worm disease; Guinea worm.
- noun a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
- peculations1/5
peculation
- noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
embezzlement; defalcation; misappropriation; misapplication.
- noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
- canicula1/5
canicula
- noun the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major
Sothis; Dog Star; Sirius.
- noun the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major
- circumlocutory1/5
circumlocutory
- adjective satellite roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; (`ambagious' is archaic)
periphrastic; ambagious; circumlocutious.
- had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression
- A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot
- adjective satellite roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; (`ambagious' is archaic)
- ruscus1/5
ruscus
- noun a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae
genus Ruscus.
- noun a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae
- saccules1/5
saccule
- noun a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
sacculus.
- noun a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
- mercurialis1/5
mercurialis
- noun a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
genus Mercurialis.
- noun a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
- uppercuts1/5
uppercut
- noun a swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin)
- noun a swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin)
- concupiscences1/5
concupiscence
- noun a desire for sexual intimacy
physical attraction; sexual desire; eros.
- noun a desire for sexual intimacy
- horticulturally1/5
horticulturally
- adverb by means of horticulture
- adverb by means of horticulture
- floricultural1/5
floricultural
- adjective of or relating to or involving floriculture
- adjective of or relating to or involving floriculture
- portcullises1/5
portcullis
- noun gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
- noun gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
- scurvily1/5
scurvily
- adverb in a despicable, ignoble manner
meanly; basely.
- this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society
- adverb in a despicable, ignoble manner
- recurving1/5
recurve
- verb curve or bend (something) back or down
- verb curve or bend (something) back or down
- anthriscus1/5
anthriscus
- noun chervil: of Europe, North Africa and Asia
genus Anthriscus.
- noun chervil: of Europe, North Africa and Asia
- dipsacus1/5
dipsacus
- noun type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel
genus Dipsacus.
- noun type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel
- eurocurrencies1/5
eurocurrency
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- fascicules1/5
fascicule
- noun an installment of a printed work
fascicle.
- noun an installment of a printed work
- recurves1/5
- unprocurable1/5
unprocurable
- adjective satellite not capable of being obtained
untouchable; inaccessible; unobtainable.
- a rare work, today almost inaccessible
- timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands
- untouchable resources buried deep within the earth
- adjective satellite not capable of being obtained
- circumventions1/5
circumvention
- noun the act of evading by going around
- noun the act of evading by going around
- sanicula1/5
sanicula
- noun chiefly American herbs: sanicle
genus Sanicula.
- noun chiefly American herbs: sanicle
- scurrilously1/5
scurrilously
- adverb in a scurrilously manner
- one paper scurrilously described how Edward was neglecting a bereaved mother to dance attendance on Wally
- adverb in a scurrilously manner
- doronicum1/5
doronicum
- noun genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard's bane
genus Doronicum.
- noun genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard's bane
- apicultural1/5
apicultural
- adjective relating to the care and breeding of bees
- adjective relating to the care and breeding of bees
- levisticum1/5
levisticum
- noun genus of aromatic European herbs with yellow flowers
genus Levisticum.
- noun genus of aromatic European herbs with yellow flowers
- cnicus1/5
cnicus
- noun one species: blessed thistle
genus Cnicus.
- noun one species: blessed thistle
- precursory1/5
precursory
- adjective satellite warning of future misfortune
premonitory.
- adjective satellite warning of future misfortune
- nonoccurrence1/5
nonoccurrence
- noun absence by virtue of not occurring
- noun absence by virtue of not occurring
- ecuadorians1/5
ecuadorian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Ecuador
Ecuadoran.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Ecuador or its people
- Ecuadorian folklore
- noun a native or inhabitant of Ecuador
- escudos1/5
escudo
- noun formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo
Portuguese escudo.
- noun the basic unit of money on Cape Verde; equal to 100 centavos
Cape Verde escudo.
- noun formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo
- inexcusably1/5
inexcusably
- adverb in an unpardonable manner or to an unpardonable degree
unforgivably; unpardonably.
- he was inexcusably cruel to his wife
- adverb without any excuse
unjustifiably.
- he is unjustifiably harsh on her
- adverb in an unpardonable manner or to an unpardonable degree
- escudo1/5
escudo
- noun formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo
Portuguese escudo.
- noun the basic unit of money on Cape Verde; equal to 100 centavos
Cape Verde escudo.
- noun formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo
- vacuously1/5
vacuously
- adverb in a vacuous manner
- adverb in a vacuous manner
- countercultures1/5
counterculture
- noun a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
- noun a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
- unguiculata1/5
unguiculata
(Zoöl.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals ( Ungulata ).
- truculently1/5
truculently
- adverb in an aggressively truculent manner
- they strive for security by truculently asserting their own interests
- adverb in a defiantly truculent manner
- the boy looked up truculently at his teacher
- adverb in an aggressively truculent manner
- inarticulately1/5
inarticulately
- adverb without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner
ineloquently.
- the freshman expresses his thoughts inarticulately
- adverb in an inarticulate manner
- he talked inarticulately about the accident that had just taken his wife's life
- adverb without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner
- ecuadoran1/5
ecuadoran
- noun a native or inhabitant of Ecuador
Ecuadorian.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Ecuador
- sterculia1/5
sterculia
- noun any tree of the genus Sterculia
- noun any tree of the genus Sterculia
- accurst1/5
accurst
- adjective satellite under a curse
maledict; accursed.
- adjective satellite under a curse
- excusably1/5
excusably
- adverb in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree
forgivably; pardonably.
- he was excusably late
- adverb in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree
- masculines1/5
masculine
- noun a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
- adjective of grammatical gender
- noun a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male
- tuberculate1/5
tuberculate
- adjective covered with tubercles
- adjective covered with tubercles
- apercus1/5
- pinguecula1/5
pinguecula
- noun a slightly elevated elastic tissue deposit in the conjunctiva that may extend to the cornea but does not cover it
- noun a slightly elevated elastic tissue deposit in the conjunctiva that may extend to the cornea but does not cover it
- millicuries1/5
millicurie
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
- inculpable1/5
inculpable
- adjective satellite free of guilt; not subject to blame
irreproachable; unimpeachable; blameless.
- has lived a blameless life
- of irreproachable character
- an unimpeachable reputation
- adjective satellite free of guilt; not subject to blame
- millicurie1/5
millicurie
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
- sacculated1/5
sacculated
- adjective formed with or having saclike expansions
sacculate.
- the alimentary tract is partially sacculated
- adjective formed with or having saclike expansions
- mancunians1/5
mancunian
- noun a native or resident of Manchester
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the English city of Manchester or its residents
- Mancunian merchants
- noun a native or resident of Manchester
- diplodocus1/5
diplodocus
- noun a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America
- noun a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America
- dominicus1/5
dominicus
- noun first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
Sun; Sunday; Lord's Day.
- noun first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
- barracudas1/5
barracuda
- noun any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth
- noun any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth
- tuberculoid1/5
tuberculoid
- adjective resembling tuberculosis
- tuberculoid lesions
- tuberculoid leprosy
- adjective resembling tuberculosis
- scuppernong1/5
scuppernong
- noun amber-green muscadine grape of southeastern United States
- noun amber-green muscadine grape of southeastern United States
- aegyptopithecus1/5
aegyptopithecus
- noun extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; fossils found in Egypt
- noun extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; fossils found in Egypt
- aculeate1/5
aculeate
- adjective having or resembling a stinger or barb
aculeated.
- aculeate insects such as bees and wasps
- adjective having or resembling a stinger or barb
- sculpins1/5
sculpin
- noun any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths
- noun any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths
- incurious1/5
incurious
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- uncurtained1/5
uncurtained
- adjective not provided with curtains
curtainless.
- blank, curtainless windows stared back at her
- adjective not provided with curtains
- uncultivable1/5
uncultivable
- adjective satellite not suitable for cultivation or tilling
uncultivatable.
- thickets of indigenous trees...on uncultivable land"- C.B.Palmer
- adjective satellite not suitable for cultivation or tilling
- reoccupy1/5
reoccupy
To occupy again.
- atracurium1/5
atracurium
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- vicus1/5
vicus
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- securitizations1/5
- maculatus1/5
maculatus
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- vasculitides1/5
- fuscus1/5
fuscus
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- musculotendinous1/5
- viaticum1/5
viaticum
(Rom. Antiq.) An allowance for traveling expenses made to those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service.
- periocular1/5
- maculatum1/5
maculatum
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- procuracy1/5
procuracy
The office or act of a proctor or procurator; management for another.
- polyarticular1/5
- nonpecuniary1/5
- monomolecular1/5
monomolecular
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- rearticulated1/5
- indicum1/5
indicum
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- sculley1/5
sculley
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- scuse1/5
scuse
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- dioscuri1/5
- uncircumcision1/5
uncircumcision
The absence or want of circumcision.
- norvegicus1/5
norvegicus
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- ipecacuanha1/5
ipecacuanha
(Med. & Bot.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb ( Cephaëlis Ipecacuanha ), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica ), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha ), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica ), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra ).
- accum1/5
accum
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- jacuzzis1/5
- vasculogenesis1/5
- microcirculatory1/5
- quincunx1/5
quincunx
An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions.
- subiculum1/5
subiculum
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- asthmaticus1/5
asthmaticus
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- polyculture1/5
polyculture
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- immaculata1/5
immaculata
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- pacificus1/5
pacificus
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- uncirculated1/5
- unexecuted1/5
unexecuted
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- nonvascular1/5
nonvascular
(Anat.) Destitute of vessels; extravascular.
- antituberculosis1/5
- pseudotuberculosis1/5
pseudotuberculosis
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- opercular1/5
opercular
(Anat.) The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes.
- circulators1/5
circulator
One who, or that which, circulates.
- hypermasculine1/5
- panniculitis1/5
- iliacus1/5
iliacus
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- hypervascular1/5
hypervascular
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- coculture1/5
coculture
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- scutum1/5
scutum
(Rom. Antiq.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry.
- nonexecutive1/5
- ventriculography1/5
- calculability1/5
calculability
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- viticultural1/5
viticultural
Of or pertaining to viticulture.
- blackcurrant1/5
blackcurrant
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- horticulturalists1/5
horticulturalists
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- defocused1/5
- noncumulative1/5
noncumulative
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- infraclavicular1/5
infraclavicular
(Anat.) Below the clavicle; as, the .infraclavicular fossa
- fasciculata1/5
fasciculata
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- concussive1/5
concussive
Having the power or quality of shaking or agitating. Johnson.
- saeculum1/5
- aquaticus1/5
aquaticus
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- locutionary1/5
locutionary
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- recirculate1/5
recirculate
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- colliculi1/5
- accueil1/5
accueil
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- enculturated1/5
- noncircular1/5
- porticus1/5
porticus
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- cyzicus1/5
- retinacular1/5
- publicum1/5
- procumbens1/5
procumbens
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- specularity1/5
- masculinism1/5
- difficultly1/5
difficult
- adjective not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
hard.
- a difficult task
- nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access
- difficult times
- why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
- adjective hard to control
unmanageable.
- a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation
- adjective not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- conspicuity1/5
conspicuity
The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuosness. R. Chapman.
- pecunia1/5
pecunia
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- scutellum1/5
scutellum
(Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens.
- subcuticular1/5
subcuticular
(Anat.) Situated under the cuticle, or scarfskin.
- calculational1/5
calculational
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- fascicularis1/5
fascicularis
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- acuta1/5
acuta
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- aculeatus1/5
aculeatus
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- paniscus1/5
paniscus
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- innocuously1/5
innocuous
- adjective not injurious to physical or mental health
- adjective satellite not causing disapproval
unobjectionable.
- it was an innocuous remark
- confined himself to innocuous generalities
- unobjectionable behavior
- adjective not injurious to physical or mental health
- subcutis1/5
- rearticulate1/5
rearticulate
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- paratuberculosis1/5
- loculated1/5
loculate
(Bot.) Divided into compartments.
- reticulin1/5
reticulin
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- nondiscursive1/5
- talonavicular1/5
- fiscus1/5
- spiculated1/5
- kirkcudbright1/5
kirkcudbright
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- extraarticular1/5
extraarticular
(Anat.) Situated outside of a joint.
- californicus1/5
californicus
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- subventricular1/5
- tusculan1/5
tusculan
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- clearcuts1/5
- scumbags1/5
scumbags
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- secunderabad1/5
- precalculus1/5
- cocurricular1/5
- bicuculline1/5
- meningococcus1/5
- circuitously1/5
circuitous
- adjective satellite marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
roundabout.
- the explanation was circuitous and puzzling
- a roundabout paragraph
- hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
- adjective satellite deviating from a straight course
devious; roundabout.
- a scenic but devious route
- a long and circuitous journey by train and boat
- a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
- adjective satellite marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
- antituberculous1/5
- socioculturally1/5
sociocultural
- adjective relating to both social and cultural matters
- adjective relating to both social and cultural matters
- subcircuit1/5
subcircuit
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- facultatively1/5
facultative
- adjective of or relating to the mental faculties
- adjective able to exist under more than one set of conditions
- a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte
- adjective of or relating to the mental faculties
- illocution1/5
illocution
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- acuminatum1/5
acuminatum
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- woodcutting1/5
woodcut
- noun a print made from a woodcut
wood engraving.
- noun engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints
wood engraving; wood block.
- noun a print made from a woodcut
- zygomaticus1/5
zygomaticus
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- undiscussed1/5
- acupoint1/5
acupoint
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- secularly1/5
secular
- noun someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
layperson; layman.
- adjective of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
- noun someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
- circumambient1/5
circumambient
Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." J. Armstrong.
- nonconsecutive1/5
nonconsecutive
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- procuratorate1/5
procuratorate
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- occurences1/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- nontuberculous1/5
- cacus1/5
cacus
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- crewcut1/5
crewcut
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- graecum1/5
graecum
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- coracoclavicular1/5
- vinculum1/5
vinculum
A bond of union; a tie.
- intercutting1/5
- subcultured1/5
subculture
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- prosecutrix1/5
prosecutrix
A female prosecutor.
- ecuadorean1/5
ecuadorean
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- recuperator1/5
recuperator
(Steel Manuf.) Same as Regenerator .
- unobscured1/5
unobscured
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- ecumenically1/5
ecumenical
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
oecumenical; ecumenic; oecumenic.
- ecumenical thinking
- ecumenical activities
- the ecumenical movement
- adjective satellite of worldwide scope or applicability
worldwide; cosmopolitan; universal; general; oecumenical; world-wide.
- an issue of cosmopolitan import
- the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley
- universal experience
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
- atlanticus1/5
atlanticus
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- gubernaculum1/5
- tuberculum1/5
tuberculum
(Zoöl.) A tubercle.
- calcaneocuboid1/5
- caratacus1/5
- scutage1/5
scutage
(Eng. Hist.) Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage .
- aculeata1/5
aculeata
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- lacustris1/5
lacustris
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- janiculum1/5
- decus1/5
decus
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- decurions1/5
decurion
(Rom. Antiq.) A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.
- stratocumulus1/5
stratocumulus
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- timucua1/5
timucua
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- procuration1/5
procuration
The act of procuring; procurement.
- hypercubes1/5
- nonoccupational1/5
nonoccupational
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- acutus1/5
acutus
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- parasiticus1/5
parasiticus
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- interpeduncular1/5
- esculentus1/5
esculentus
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- obscurus1/5
obscurus
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- acuerdos1/5
- vermicularis1/5
vermicularis
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- antitubercular1/5
- flocculant1/5
flocculant
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- calculatedly1/5
calculated
- adjective satellite carefully thought out in advance
measured; deliberate.
- a calculated insult
- with measured irony
- verb make a mathematical calculation or computation
cypher; compute; calculate; work out; reckon; cipher; figure.
- adjective satellite carefully thought out in advance
- auriculotemporal1/5
- particularists1/5
particularist
One who holds to particularism. --Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic , a.
- vincula1/5
- interocular1/5
interocular
Between, or within, the eyes; as, the ; situated between the eyes, as the antennæ of some insects.interocular distance
- uncuffed1/5
- rearticulating1/5
- lacunes1/5
- pediococcus1/5
- reticulocytosis1/5
- recurvatum1/5
recurvatum
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- nonsecure1/5
- interlocution1/5
interlocution
Interchange of speech; dialogue; conversation; conference.
- lumbricus1/5
lumbricus
(Zoöl.) A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligochæta, and including the common earthworms. See Earthworm .
- circumvallation1/5
circumvallation
(Mil.) (a) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart. (b) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.
- cysticercus1/5
cysticercus
(Zoöl.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm ,hydatid , andmeasle (as, pork measle).✍ These larvae live in the tissues of various living animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine. See Measles , 4,Tapeworm .
- genicular1/5
genicular
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- glaucum1/5
glaucum
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- plancus1/5
plancus
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- peculium1/5
peculium
(Rom. Law) The saving of a son or a slave with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own; any exclusive personal or separate property. Burrill.
- anticult1/5
anticult
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- j'accuse1/5
j'accuse
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- flocculus1/5
flocculus
(Anat.) A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near the middle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe.
- extravehicular1/5
extravehicular
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- canticum1/5
- decurion1/5
decurion
(Rom. Antiq.) A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.
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- haircutting1/5
haircut
- noun the style in which hair has been cut
- noun the act of cutting the hair
- noun the style in which hair has been cut
- elasticum1/5
elasticum
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- sculp1/5
sculp
To sculpture; to carve; to engrave. Obs. or Humorous. Sandys.
- saecula1/5
saecula
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- precalculated1/5
precalculate
To calculate or determine beforehand; to prearrange. Masson.
- securitised1/5
- scholasticus1/5
- epicuticular1/5
- concupiscible1/5
concupiscible
Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires. Shak.
- inarticulateness1/5
inarticulateness
The state or quality of being inarticulate.
- securitizing1/5
- articulus1/5
articulus
(Zoöl.) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
- articulata1/5
articulata
One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers. ✍ It includes those Invertebrata having the body composed of ringlike segments (arthromeres). By some writers, the unsegmented worms (helminths) have also been included; by others it is restricted to the Arthropoda. It corresponds nearly with the Annulosa of some authors. The chief subdivisions are Arthropoda (Insects, Myriapoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Crustacea); and Anarthropoda, including the Annelida and allied forms.
- documentarian1/5
documentarian
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- basilicum1/5
basilicum
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- asiaticus1/5
asiaticus
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- periculum1/5
- escurial1/5
escurial
A palace and mausoleum of the kinds of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid. ✍ The ground plan is said to be in the form of a gridiron, the structure being designed in honor of St. Lawrence, who suffered martyrdom by being broiled on gridiron; but the resemblance is very slight. It is nearly square, inclosing several courts, and has a projecting mass which stands for the handle.
- recurse1/5
recurse
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- executional1/5
executional
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- concurso1/5
- recutita1/5
recutita
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- perifollicular1/5
- acus1/5
acus
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- proventriculus1/5
- opusculum1/5
opusculum
An opuscule. Smart.
- offcuts1/5
- uncalculated1/5
- uninoculated1/5
- focuser1/5
focuser
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- pecuniarily1/5
pecuniary
- adjective relating to or involving money
monetary.
- monetary rewards
- he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services
- adjective relating to or involving money
- concursus1/5
- esculapius1/5
esculapius
Same as Æsculapius .
- securitize1/5
securitize
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- scudo1/5
scudo
(Com.) (a) A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same. (b) A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.
- baculum1/5
- supercurrent1/5
supercurrent
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- fasciculatum1/5
fasciculatum
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- documenter1/5
document
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
written document; papers.
- noun anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- retroauricular1/5
- pisciculture1/5
pisciculture
Fish culture. See under Fish .
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horticulturalist
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- blackcurrants1/5
blackcurrants
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- circumoral1/5
- extracurriculars1/5
extracurricular
- adjective satellite outside the regular academic curriculum
- sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities
- adjective satellite outside the regular duties of your job or profession
- adjective satellite outside the regular academic curriculum
- unicum1/5
- circumstantiality1/5
circumstantiality
The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. "I will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality." De Quincey.
- tuberculata1/5
tuberculata
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- utricular1/5
utricular
Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing, or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as, a .utricular plant
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- costoclavicular1/5
- cocultures1/5
- tuberculoma1/5
tuberculoma
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- reoccurs1/5
reoccurs
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- trabeculation1/5
trabeculation
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- intracanalicular1/5
- documentable1/5
documentable
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- reticulatus1/5
reticulatus
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- specularly1/5
specular
- adjective satellite capable of reflecting light like a mirror
mirrorlike.
- mirrorlike surface of the lake
- a specular metal
- adjective satellite capable of reflecting light like a mirror
- cocurrent1/5
- subcircuits1/5
- unsecure1/5
unsecure
Insecure. R. Milton.
- acalculia1/5
- sansculottes1/5
- prosecutable1/5
prosecutable
Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.
- prolocutor1/5
prolocutor
One who speaks for another. Jeffrey.
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auriculata
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- uncustomary1/5
uncustomary
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- tenaculum1/5
tenaculum
(Surg.) An instrument consisting of a fine, sharp hook attached to a handle, and used mainly for taking up arteries, and the like.
- vesiculosus1/5
vesiculosus
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- excurrent1/5
excurrent
Running or flowing out ; as:(Bot.) Running or extending out; .as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; anexcurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top
- esculent1/5
esculent
Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants;esculent fish.Esculent grain for food. Sir W. Jones.
- multiloculated1/5
- subculturing1/5
subculture
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- submuscular1/5
submuscular
Situated underneath a muscle or muscles.
- microculture1/5
microculture
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- aedicula1/5
aedicula
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- recutting1/5
recutting
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- vernacularization1/5
vernacularization
The act or process of making vernacular, or the state of being made vernacular. Fitzed. Hall.
- nuncupative1/5
nuncupative
Publicly or solemnly declaratory. Obs.
- opuscules1/5
- reaccumulation1/5
- maniculatus1/5
maniculatus
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- vicuña1/5
vicuña
(Zoöl.) A South American mammal ( Auchenia vicunna ) native of the elevated plains of the Andes, allied to the llama but smaller. It has a thick coat of very fine reddish brown wool, and long, pendent white hair on the breast and belly. It is hunted for its wool and flesh.
- nonrecurrent1/5
nonrecurrent
Not recurring.
- gastrovascular1/5
gastrovascular
(Zoöl.) Having the structure, or performing the functions, both of digestive and circulatory organs; as, the .gastrovascular cavity of c&oe;lenterates
- matricula1/5
matricula
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- circumciser1/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- interfollicular1/5
interfollicular
(Anat.) Between follicles; as, the .interfollicular septa in a lymphatic gland
- aedicule1/5
aedicule
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- muscularly1/5
muscular
- adjective of or relating to or consisting of muscle
- muscular contraction
- adjective having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer
mesomorphic.
- adjective of or relating to or consisting of muscle
- supermolecular1/5
supermolecular
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- incumbered1/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- intertubercular1/5
- encumbrancer1/5
encumbrancer
(Law) Same as Incumbrancer .
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documentarist
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- epicuticle1/5
- articulacy1/5
articulacy
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- retinacula1/5
retinacula
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- nonacute1/5
- denticulated1/5
denticulate
- adjective satellite having a very finely toothed margin
- adjective satellite having a very finely toothed margin
- scuzzy1/5
scuzzy
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- hircus1/5
hircus
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- hypervascularity1/5
- accus1/5
accus
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- corniculatus1/5
corniculatus
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- oracularly1/5
oracular
- adjective of or relating to an oracle
- able by oracular means to expose a witch
- adjective satellite obscurely prophetic
Delphic.
- Delphic pronouncements
- an oracular message
- adjective of or relating to an oracle
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- sicula1/5
sicula
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- corbicula1/5
- securable1/5
securable
That may be secured.
- binocularly1/5
binocular
- adjective relating to both eyes
- binocular vision
- adjective relating to both eyes
- californicum1/5
californicum
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- procuratorial1/5
procuratorial
Of or pertaining to a procurator, or proctor; made by a proctor. Ayliffe.
- monocularly1/5
monocular
Having only one eye; with one eye only; as, .monocular vision
- ecumenist1/5
ecumenist
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reoccurred
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virginicus
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- circuli1/5
- molecularity1/5
molecularity
(Phys. & Chem.) The state of consisting of molecules; the state or quality of being molecular.
- reoccupying1/5
reoccupy
To occupy again.
- undiscussable1/5
- impecuniosity1/5
impecuniosity
The state of being impecunious. Thackeray. Sir W. Scott.
- aucuparia1/5
aucuparia
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- mercurials1/5
mercurial
- adjective satellite liable to sudden unpredictable change
fickle; erratic; quicksilver.
- erratic behavior
- fickle weather
- mercurial twists of temperament
- a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
- adjective relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury
- the Mercurial canals
- adjective satellite liable to sudden unpredictable change
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- securitisations1/5
- arcticus1/5
arcticus
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- multimolecular1/5
multimolecular
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recirculates
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- maculosa1/5
maculosa
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- redcurrant1/5
redcurrant
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- calcaneonavicular1/5
calcaneonavicular
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- miscut1/5
miscut
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- anticus1/5
anticus
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- intercuts1/5
intercuts
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- namaycush1/5
namaycush
(Zool.) A large North American lake trout ( Salvelinus namaycush ). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called alsoMackinaw trout ,lake trout ,lake salmon ,salmon trout ,togue , andtuladi .
- osculum1/5
osculum
(Zoöl.) Same as Oscule .
- noncultural1/5
- circumjacent1/5
circumjacent
Lying round; borderong on every side. T. Fuller.
- ecumenicity1/5
ecumenicity
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- sylvaticus1/5
sylvaticus
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- extracutaneous1/5
- matriculants1/5
matriculants
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- secus1/5
secus
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- historicus1/5
- incurving1/5
incurve
To bend; to curve; to make crooked.
- discussable1/5
discussable
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- ticul1/5
ticul
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- pelagicus1/5
pelagicus
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- interfascicular1/5
interfascicular
(Anat.) Between fascicles or bundles; as, the .interfascicular spaces of connective tissue
- zeylanicum1/5
zeylanicum
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- propithecus1/5
propithecus
(Zoöl.) A genus including the long-tailed, or diadem, indris. See Indris .
- magellanicus1/5
magellanicus
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- trabeculated1/5
trabeculate
- adjective of or relating to trabeculae
trabecular.
- adjective of or relating to trabeculae
- panniculus1/5
- syriacus1/5
syriacus
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- circuital1/5
circuital
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- peduncular1/5
peduncular
Of or pertaining to a peduncle; growing from a peduncle; as, a .peduncular tendril
- decurrens1/5
decurrens
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- locutor1/5
locutor
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- oculopharyngeal1/5
oculopharyngeal
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- practicums1/5
practicums
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- aurantiacus1/5
aurantiacus
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- antarcticus1/5
antarcticus
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- sculpturally1/5
sculptural
- adjective relating to or consisting of sculpture
- sculptural embellishments
- adjective satellite resembling sculpture
sculptured; modeled; sculpturesque.
- her finely modeled features
- rendered with...vivid sculptural effect
- the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies
- adjective relating to or consisting of sculpture
- rearticulates1/5
- incurrent1/5
incurrent
(Zoöl.) Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the .incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca
- auriculo1/5
auriculo
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- preagricultural1/5
- lenticularis1/5
- inarticulacy1/5
inarticulacy
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- gigantopithecus1/5
- aquaticum1/5
aquaticum
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- uncircumscribed1/5
- lacune1/5
lacune
A lacuna. R. Landor.
- aromaticum1/5
aromaticum
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- discute1/5
discute
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- loculations1/5
- zincum1/5
- multicurrency1/5
- oscula1/5
oscula
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- vermiculture1/5
- subicular1/5
- oreopithecus1/5
- transcurrent1/5
- corpuscularian1/5
corpuscularian
Corpuscular. Obs.
- anicut1/5
anicut
A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. India Brande & C.
- avicularia1/5
avicularia
(Zoöl.) See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often having the shape of a bird's bill.
- dicoccum1/5
dicoccum
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- offcut1/5
offcut
That which is cut off.
- aviculare1/5
aviculare
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- polycultures1/5
- hepatolenticular1/5
hepatolenticular
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- nonsecular1/5
nonsecular
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- pedicular1/5
pedicular
Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy. Southey.
- securement1/5
securement
The act of securing; protection. R.Society condemns the securement in all cases of perpetual protection by means of perpetual imprisonment. C. A. Ives.
- occupance1/5
occupance
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- periostracum1/5
periostracum
(Zoöl.) A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; -- called also epidermis .
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- circumnavigator1/5
circumnavigator
One who sails round. W. Guthrie.
- lentiscus1/5
lentiscus
(Bot.) A tree; the mastic. See Mastic .
- executorship1/5
executorship
The office of an executor.
- circumcircle1/5
- autoinoculation1/5
autoinoculation
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- interculture1/5
interculture
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- stonecutting1/5
stonecutting
Hewing or dressing stone.
- preculture1/5
- shortcutting1/5
shortcut
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
crosscut; cutoff.
- noun a route shorter than the usual one
- javanicus1/5
javanicus
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- spiracular1/5
spiracular
Of or pertaining to a spiracle.
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circumambulations
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- unincumbered1/5
unincumbered
Not incumbered; not burdened.
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- calculer1/5
- precultural1/5
- catholicus1/5
- innocuousness1/5
innocuousness
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- hystericus1/5
hystericus
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- tuberculose1/5
tuberculose
Having tubercles; affected with, or characterized by, tubercles; tubercular.
- scumbling1/5
scumble
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- hibernacula1/5
- sibiricus1/5
sibiricus
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- peracute1/5
peracute
Very sharp; very violent; R. Harvey.as, a .peracute fever
- noncustomers1/5
- decurrent1/5
decurrent
(Bot.) Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem. --De*cur"rent*ly , adv.
- eboracum1/5
- executer1/5
execute
- verb kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
put to death.
- In some states, criminals are executed
- verb murder in a planned fashion
- The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed
- verb kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
- recuperators1/5
recuperator
(Steel Manuf.) Same as Regenerator .
- interlacustrine1/5
- subcircular1/5
subcircular
Nearly circular.
- cocultivation1/5
- auriculiformis1/5
auriculiformis
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- consecutiveness1/5
consecutiveness
The state or quality of being consecutive.
- incudostapedial1/5
- operculella1/5
operculella
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- intravascularly1/5
- nonconcurrent1/5
nonconcurrent
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- tillicum1/5
- toxicum1/5
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- evacuator1/5
evacuator
One who evacuates; a nullifier. "Evacuators of the law." Hammond.
- decubiti1/5
- ventriculogram1/5
- homuncular1/5
- incuriously1/5
incurious
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- particule1/5
particule
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- herpeticum1/5
herpeticum
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- recuperable1/5
recuperable
Recoverable. Sir T. Elyot.
- consecution1/5
consecution
A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence. Sir M. Hale.
- esculin1/5
esculin
(Chem.) A glucoside obtained from the Æsculus hippocastanum , or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions.Written also æsculin .
- innoculation1/5
- pseudofolliculitis1/5
pseudofolliculitis
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- acuminatus1/5
acuminatus
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- citriculture1/5
- aviculture1/5
aviculture
(Zoöl.) Rearing and care of birds.
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clavicula
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- obscurum1/5
obscurum
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- nonsecurity1/5
- colchicus1/5
colchicus
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- scumbled1/5
scumble
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- overcutting1/5
- articularis1/5
articularis
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- circumcisers1/5
circumciser
One who performs circumcision. Milton.
- miraculousness1/5
miraculousness
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- discursus1/5
discursus
(Logic) Argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning.
- overcut1/5
overcut
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- inoculative1/5
inoculative
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- sicular1/5
sicular
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- circumnuclear1/5
- scutching1/5
scutch
To beat or whip; to drub. Old or Prov. Eng. & Scot.
- lacustre1/5
lacustre
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- microcircuitry1/5
- pellicular1/5
pellicular
Of or pertaining to a pellicle. Henslow.
- presbyacusis1/5
- preopercular1/5
preopercular
(Anat.) Situated in front of the operculum; pertaining to the preoperculum. --n. The preoperculum.
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maculosus
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- facultate1/5
facultate
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- perlocution1/5
perlocution
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- incuse1/5
incuse
(Numismatics) Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving. "Irregular incuse square." Dr. W. Smith.
- transculturally1/5
transcultural
- adjective extending through all human cultures
- a transcultural ideal of freedom embracing all the peoples of the world
- adjective extending through all human cultures
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sansculotte
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oracula
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- pedunculata1/5
pedunculata
(Zoöl.) A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles.
- tinnunculus1/5
tinnunculus
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- arboricultural1/5
arboricultural
Pertaining to arboriculture. Loudon.
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- auricularis1/5
auricularis
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- opuscule1/5
opuscule
A small or petty work.
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- domesticum1/5
domesticum
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- reexecute1/5
reexecute
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- secutor1/5
secutor
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- circuity1/5
circuity
A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding.
- maccus1/5
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hudsonicus
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- intramolecularly1/5
intramolecular
- adjective within the molecule; occurring by a reaction between different parts of the same molecule
- adjective within the molecule; occurring by a reaction between different parts of the same molecule
- submolecular1/5
submolecular
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- redcurrants1/5
redcurrants
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- arcuated1/5
arcuate
- adjective satellite forming or resembling an arch
bowed; arched; arching; arciform; arced.
- an arched ceiling
- adjective satellite forming or resembling an arch
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- unacculturated1/5
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- semirecumbent1/5
- sylviculture1/5
sylviculture
The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture.
- monarticular1/5
- excusal1/5
- electrooculogram1/5
- incalculability1/5
incalculability
The quality or state of being incalculable.
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- seculum1/5
- sylvaticum1/5
sylvaticum
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- mascula1/5
mascula
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- preocular1/5
preocular
(Zoöl.) Placed just in front of the eyes, as the antennæ of certain insects. --n. One of the scales just in front of the eye of a reptile or fish.
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siccus
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- nonculture1/5
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scutellar
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- circumnutation1/5
circumnutation
(Bot.) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.
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acutorostrata
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- bronchovesicular1/5
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circumspective
Looking around everi way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. "Circumspective eyes." Pope.
- fasciculate1/5
fasciculate
Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
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- electricus1/5
electricus
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- muticus1/5
muticus
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counteraccusations
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- opticus1/5
opticus
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enculturate
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- recultivation1/5
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articular
- adjective relating to or affecting the joints of the body
articulary.
- the articular surfaces of bones
- articular disease
- adjective relating to or affecting the joints of the body
- vacuna1/5
vacuna
(Rom. Myth.) The goddess of rural leisure, to whom the husbandmen sacrificed at the close of the harvest. She was especially honored by the Sabines.
- peculiars1/5
peculiar
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
funny; rum; singular; queer; curious; odd; rummy.
- a curious hybrid accent
- her speech has a funny twang
- they have some funny ideas about war
- had an odd name
- the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
- something definitely queer about this town
- what a rum fellow
- singular behavior
- adjective satellite unique or specific to a person or thing or category
special; particular.
- the particular demands of the job
- has a particular preference for Chinese art
- a peculiar bond of sympathy between them
- an expression peculiar to Canadians
- rights peculiar to the rich
- the special features of a computer
- my own special chair
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
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- nonspeculative1/5
- piacular1/5
piacular
Expiatory; atoning. Sir G. C. Lewis.
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arbuscula
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- circumstantials1/5
circumstantial
- adjective satellite fully detailed and specific about particulars
- a circumstantial report about the debate
- adjective satellite fully detailed and specific about particulars
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- periauricular1/5
- locular1/5
locular
(Bot.) Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as trilocular. Gray.
- decurve1/5
decurve
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- postocular1/5
postocular
(Zoöl.) Same as Postorbital .
- ulcus1/5
ulcus
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acicularis
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- hibernaculum1/5
hibernaculum
(Bot.) A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales.
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- follicularis1/5
follicularis
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sculle
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oecus
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gangeticus
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nonincumbent
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saeculares
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- microcultural1/5
microcultural
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- occultly1/5
occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
supernatural.
- She doesn't believe in the supernatural
- noun supernatural practices and techniques
occult arts.
- he is a student of the occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
- scutter1/5
- uniocular1/5
uniocular
Of, pertaining to, or seated in, one eye; monocular.
- tentacula1/5
tentacula
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- ecumenics1/5
ecumenic
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
oecumenical; oecumenic; ecumenical.
- ecumenical thinking
- ecumenical activities
- the ecumenical movement
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
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incunable
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- melanoleucus1/5
melanoleucus
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- subacutely1/5
subacute
- adjective satellite less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it
- adjective satellite less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it
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acutifolia
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- avascularity1/5
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demasculinization
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occupiable
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- posticus1/5
posticus
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- semnopithecus1/5
semnopithecus
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- technicum1/5
technicum
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masscult
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- irrecuperable1/5
irrecuperable
Irrecoverable. --Ir`re*cu"per*a*bly , adv.
- loculation1/5
loculation
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- midcult1/5
- hocuspocus1/5
hocuspocus
A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.
- incunabulum1/5
incunabulum
A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before A. D. 1500.
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circumlunar
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- corniculata1/5
corniculata
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- concurrents1/5
concurrent
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
co-occurrent; coinciding; simultaneous; coincident; cooccurring; coincidental.
- a series of coincident events
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
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- semidocumentary1/5
- interarticular1/5
interarticular
(Anat.) Situated between joints or articulations; as, .interarticular cartilages and ligaments
- accurateness1/5
accurateness
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
- supercurrents1/5
- cercus1/5
cercus
(Zoöl.) See Cercopod .
- oceanicus1/5
oceanicus
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- arcuata1/5
arcuata
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- overfocus1/5
overfocus
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alopecuroides
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- receptaculum1/5
receptaculum
(Anat.) A receptacle; as, the .receptaculum of the chyle
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- vernacularism1/5
vernacularism
A vernacular idiom.
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unguiculatus
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- ocurred1/5
ocurred
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arbuscule
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virginicum
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- precursive1/5
precursive
Preceding; introductory; precursory. "A deep precursive sound." Coleridge.
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- cardunculus1/5
cardunculus
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- novaculite1/5
novaculite
(Min.) A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.
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honeylocust
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- nucula1/5
nucula
(Zoöl.) A genus of small marine bivalve shells, having a pearly interior.
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termolecular
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- lacunary1/5
lacunary
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- tubercule1/5
tubercule
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- groenlandicus1/5
groenlandicus
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focusers
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- incuriosity1/5
incuriosity
Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference. Sir H. Wotton.
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circumcenter
(Geom.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.
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- secund1/5
secund
(Bot.) Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk. Gray.
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- bacula1/5
- floccular1/5
floccular
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the flocculus.
- intrafascicular1/5
- acutangula1/5
acutangula
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- conspicua1/5
conspicua
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tricuspidata
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- recurringly1/5
recurring
- adjective satellite coming back
revenant.
- a revenant ghost
- verb happen or occur again
repeat; recur.
- This is a recurring story
- adjective satellite coming back
- leucurus1/5
leucurus
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- scoticus1/5
scoticus
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circumsolar
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- scutatus1/5
scutatus
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countercurrent
- noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
tide rip; crosscurrent; riptide; rip.
- noun actions counter to the main group activity
crosscurrent.
- 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
- tuberculated1/5
tuberculate
- adjective covered with tubercles
- adjective covered with tubercles
- articulatorily1/5
articulatory
- adjective of or relating to articulation
articulative.
- articulatory features
- articulatory phonetics
- adjective of or relating to articulation
- overfocused1/5
- infecundity1/5
infecundity
Want of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness.
- scult1/5
scult
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procuratorship
The office or term of a procurator. Bp. Pearson.
- trinocular1/5
- documentor1/5
- ecuadoreans1/5
- reexecuted1/5
- circumnavigators1/5
circumnavigator
One who sails round. W. Guthrie.
- pococurante1/5
pococurante
A careless person; a trifler. R.
- aurantiacum1/5
aurantiacum
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- agricultor1/5
agricultor
An agriculturist; a farmer. R.
- oculina1/5
oculina
(Zoöl.) A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture.
- cybercultural1/5
cybercultural
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- orichalcum1/5
- noncultivated1/5
- equimolecular1/5
- deflocculated1/5
- procurations1/5
procuration
The act of procuring; procurement.
- mancus1/5
mancus
An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money.
- facular1/5
facular
(Astron.) Of or pertaining to the faculæ. R. A. Proctor.
- aediculae1/5
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- spicular1/5
spicular
Resembling a dart; having sharp points.
- documenters1/5
documenters
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- acushla1/5
- acutifolius1/5
acutifolius
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- reoccurrences1/5
reoccurrences
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- nonprosecution1/5
- corpuscules1/5
- specus1/5
- vesicula1/5
vesicula
(Anat. & Med.) A vesicle.
- consecutives1/5
consecutive
- adjective satellite one after the other
back-to-back.
- back-to-back home runs
- adjective satellite in regular succession without gaps
serial; sequential; sequent; successive.
- serial concerts
- adjective satellite one after the other
- superculture1/5
- paraflocculus1/5
- sacculi1/5
sacculi
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- recurva1/5
recurva
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