des: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of des
- includes«Word Popularity Bar5/5
include
- verb have as a part, be made up out of
- The list includes the names of many famous writers
- verb consider as part of something
- I include you in the list of culprits
- verb have as a part, be made up out of
- nodes5/5
node
- noun a connecting point at which several lines come together
- noun any thickened enlargement
knob; thickening.
- noun a connecting point at which several lines come together
- guides5/5
guide
- noun someone employed to conduct others
usher.
- noun someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- noun someone employed to conduct others
- provides5/5
provide
- verb give something useful or necessary to
furnish; render; supply.
- We provided the room with an electrical heater
- verb give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
cater; ply; supply.
- The hostess provided lunch for all the guests
- verb give something useful or necessary to
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decide
- verb reach, make, or come to a decision about something
make up one's mind; determine.
- We finally decided after lengthy deliberations
- verb bring to an end; settle conclusively
settle; resolve; adjudicate.
- The case was decided
- The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff
- The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance
- verb reach, make, or come to a decision about something
- sides5/5
side
- noun a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- they always sat on the right side of the church
- he never left my side
- noun one of two or more contesting groups
- the Confederate side was prepared to attack
- noun a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- modes5/5
mode
- noun how something is done or how it happens
style; fashion; manner; way.
- her dignified manner
- his rapid manner of talking
- their nomadic mode of existence
- in the characteristic New York style
- a lonely way of life
- in an abrasive fashion
- noun a particular functioning condition or arrangement
- switched from keyboard to voice mode
- noun how something is done or how it happens
- codes5/5
code
- noun a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
codification.
- noun a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
- noun a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
- grades5/5
grade
- noun a body of students who are taught together
course; class; form.
- early morning classes are always sleepy
- noun a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
tier; level.
- lumber of the highest grade
- noun a body of students who are taught together
- concludes5/5
conclude
- verb decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
reason; reason out.
- We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house
- verb bring to a close
- The committee concluded the meeting
- verb decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- episodes5/5
episode
- noun a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
- noun a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
- noun a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
- decades5/5
decade
- noun a period of 10 years
decennary; decennium.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
10; tenner; ten; X.
- noun a period of 10 years
- attitudes5/5
attitude
- noun a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
mental attitude.
- he had the attitude that work was fun
- noun the arrangement of the body and its limbs
position; posture.
- he assumed an attitude of surrender
- noun a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
- besides5/5
besides
- adverb making an additional point; anyway; besides, we can't afford it"
in any case.
- I don't want to go to a restaurant
- she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her
- adverb in addition
also; as well; too; likewise.
- he has a Mercedes, too
- adverb making an additional point; anyway; besides, we can't afford it"
- peptides4/5
peptide
- noun amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein
- noun amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein
- oxides4/5
oxide
- noun any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
- noun any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical
- pesticides4/5
pesticide
- noun a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)
- noun a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)
- divides4/5
divide
- noun a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
- noun a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
water parting; watershed.
- noun a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
- trades4/5
trade
- noun the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
- Venice was an important center of trade with the East
- they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade
- noun the skilled practice of a practical occupation
craft.
- he learned his trade as an apprentice
- noun the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
- shades4/5
shades
- noun spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
dark glasses; sunglasses.
- he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades
- noun relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
shadowiness; shade; shadiness.
- it is much cooler in the shade
- there's too much shadiness to take good photographs
- noun spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
- resides4/5
reside
- verb make one's home in a particular place or community
shack; domiciliate; domicile.
- may parents reside in Florida
- verb live (in a certain place)
occupy; lodge in.
- She resides in Princeton
- he occupies two rooms on the top floor
- verb make one's home in a particular place or community
- rhodes4/5
rhodes
- noun British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
Cecil Rhodes; Cecil John Rhodes; Cecil J. Rhodes.
- noun a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes
Rodhos.
- noun British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
- hides4/5
hide
- noun the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
fell.
- noun body covering of a living animal
pelt; skin.
- noun the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
- tides4/5
tide
- noun the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
- noun something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)
- a rising tide of popular interest
- noun the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
- aides4/5
aide
- noun an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
aide-de-camp; adjutant.
- noun someone who acts as assistant
auxiliary.
- noun an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
- slides4/5
slide
- noun a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
microscope slide.
- noun (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
- noun a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
- comrades4/5
comrade
- noun a friend who is frequently in the company of another
familiar; fellow; associate; companion.
- drinking companions
- comrades in arms
- noun a fellow member of the Communist Party
- noun a friend who is frequently in the company of another
- blades4/5
blade
- noun especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
leaf blade.
- noun a dashing young man
- gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures
- noun especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
- electrodes4/5
electrode
- noun a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit
- noun a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit
- rides4/5
ride
- noun a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
drive.
- he took the family for a drive in his new car
- noun a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
- noun a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- excludes4/5
exclude
- verb prevent from being included or considered or accepted
take out; omit; except; leave off; leave out.
- The bad results were excluded from the report
- Leave off the top piece
- verb prevent from entering; shut out
keep out; shut out; shut.
- The trees were shutting out all sunlight
- This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country
- verb prevent from being included or considered or accepted
- latitudes4/5
latitude
- noun the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
- noun freedom from normal restraints in conduct
- the new freedom in movies and novels
- allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money
- noun the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
- crusades4/5
crusade
- noun a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
campaign; cause; drive; effort; movement.
- he supported populist campaigns
- they worked in the cause of world peace
- the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
- the movement to end slavery
- contributed to the war effort
- noun any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- noun a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
- precedes4/5
precede
- verb be earlier in time; go back further
antecede; forego; predate; forgo; antedate.
- Stone tools precede bronze tools
- verb come before
predate.
- Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
- verb be earlier in time; go back further
- coincides4/5
coincide
- verb go with, fall together
co-occur; cooccur.
- verb happen simultaneously
concur.
- The two events coincided
- verb go with, fall together
- strides4/5
stride
- noun a step in walking or running
pace; tread.
- noun the distance covered by a step
pace; footstep; step.
- he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
- noun a step in walking or running
- brigades4/5
brigade
- noun army unit smaller than a division
- verb form or unite into a brigade
- noun army unit smaller than a division
- andes4/5
andes
- noun a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast
- noun a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast
- mercedes4/5
mercedes
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- aldehydes3/5
aldehyde
- noun any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids
- noun any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids
- nucleotides3/5
nucleotide
- noun a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
base.
- noun a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- herbicides3/5
herbicide
- noun a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth
weedkiller; weed killer.
- noun a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth
- triglycerides3/5
triglyceride
- noun glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body
- noun glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body
- polysaccharides3/5
polysaccharide
- noun any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules
polyose.
- noun any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules
- polypeptides3/5
polypeptide
- noun a peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids
- noun a peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids
- amplitudes3/5
amplitude
- noun (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave
- noun the property of copious abundance
bountifulness; bounty.
- noun (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave
- insecticides3/5
insecticide
- noun a chemical used to kill insects
insect powder.
- noun a chemical used to kill insects
- explodes3/5
explode
- verb cause to burst with a violent release of energy
detonate; blow up; set off.
- We exploded the nuclear bomb
- verb burst outward, usually with noise
burst.
- The champagne bottle exploded
- verb cause to burst with a violent release of energy
- impedes3/5
impede
- verb be a hindrance or obstacle to
hinder.
- She is impeding the progress of our project
- verb block passage through
obstruct; close up; obturate; jam; occlude; block.
- obstruct the path
- verb be a hindrance or obstacle to
- palisades3/5
palisade
- noun fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
- verb surround with a wall in order to fortify
wall; surround; fence; fence in.
- noun fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
- magnitudes3/5
magnitude
- noun the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
- they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion
- about the magnitude of a small pea
- noun a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
order of magnitude.
- noun the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
- fades3/5
fade
- noun a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
slicing; slice.
- he took lessons to cure his slicing
- noun gradually ceasing to be visible
disappearance.
- noun a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
- encodes3/5
encode
- verb convert information into code
- encode pictures digitally
- verb convert information into code
- vicissitudes3/5
vicissitude
- noun a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something
- the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research
- noun mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another)
- noun a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something
- hades3/5
hades
The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave. And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them. Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver. ).
Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.).
And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments. Luke xvi.23 (Rev. Ver.).
- upgrades3/5
upgrade
- noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
acclivity; raise; rise; climb; ascent.
- the car couldn't make it up the rise
- noun software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- swedes3/5
swede
- noun a native or inhabitant of Sweden
- noun a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
rutabaga plant; rutabaga; Brassica napus napobrassica; turnip cabbage; Swedish turnip.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Sweden
- archimedes3/5
archimedes
(Paleon.) An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.
- landes3/5
land
- noun the land on which real estate is located
- he built the house on land leased from the city
- noun material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
soil; ground.
- the land had never been plowed
- good agricultural soil
- noun the land on which real estate is located
- mendes3/5
mend
- noun sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
darn; patch.
- her stockings had several mends
- noun the act of putting something in working order again
repair; reparation; fixing; fix; mending; fixture.
- noun sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
- fungicides3/5
fungicide
- noun any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi
antimycotic; antimycotic agent; antifungal agent; antifungal.
- noun any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi
- recedes3/5
recede
- verb pull back or move away or backward
retire; pull back; move back; withdraw; pull away; draw back; retreat.
- The enemy withdrew
- The limo pulled away from the curb
- verb retreat
drop off; fall back; fall behind; lose.
- verb pull back or move away or backward
- precludes3/5
preclude
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
forbid; prevent; foreclose; forestall.
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
- verb make impossible, especially beforehand
close out; rule out.
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
- multitudes3/5
multitude
- noun a large indefinite number
plurality; battalion; pack; large number.
- a battalion of ants
- a multitude of TV antennas
- a plurality of religions
- noun a large gathering of people
throng; concourse.
- noun a large indefinite number
- parades3/5
parade
- noun a ceremonial procession including people marching
- noun an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things
- a parade of strollers on the mall
- a parade of witnesses
- noun a ceremonial procession including people marching
- cascades3/5
cascade
- noun a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
- noun a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
- progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring
- separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes
- noun a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
- pervades3/5
pervade
- verb spread or diffuse through
riddle; permeate; interpenetrate; penetrate; diffuse; imbue.
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
- verb spread or diffuse through
- suicides3/5
suicide
- noun the act of killing yourself
self-destruction; self-annihilation.
- it is a crime to commit suicide
- noun a person who kills himself intentionally
felo-de-se.
- noun the act of killing yourself
- insides3/5
inside
- noun the region that is inside of something
interior.
- noun the inner or enclosed surface of something
interior.
- noun the region that is inside of something
- overrides3/5
override
- noun a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
- noun the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
nullification.
- noun a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
- spades3/5
spade
- noun a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
- she led a low spade
- spades were trumps
- noun a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
- noun a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
- barricades3/5
barricade
- noun a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
roadblock.
- noun a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy
- they stormed the barricade
- noun a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
- arcades3/5
arcade
- noun a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side
- noun a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns
colonnade.
- noun a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side
- degrades3/5
degrade
- verb reduce the level of land, as by erosion
- verb reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
take down; demean; disgrace; put down.
- She tends to put down younger women colleagues
- His critics took him down after the lecture
- verb reduce the level of land, as by erosion
- glides3/5
glide
- noun a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
semivowel.
- noun the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
slide; coast.
- his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill
- the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope
- noun a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
- subsides3/5
subside
- verb wear off or die down
lessen.
- The pain subsided
- verb sink to a lower level or form a depression
- the valleys subside
- verb wear off or die down
- hebrides3/5
hebrides
- noun a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland
Hebridean Islands; Hebridean Isles; Western Isles; Western Islands.
- noun a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland
- persuades3/5
persuade
- verb win approval or support for
carry; sway.
- Carry all before one
- His speech did not sway the voters
- verb cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
- You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!
- verb win approval or support for
- supersedes3/5
supersede
- verb take the place or move into the position of
supercede; supplant; supervene upon; replace.
- Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
- the computer has supplanted the slide rule
- Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
- verb take the place or move into the position of
- etudes3/5
etude
- noun a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
- noun a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
- maimonides3/5
maimonides
- noun Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204)
Moses Maimonides; Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon.
- noun Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204)
- altitudes3/5
altitude
- noun elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
height.
- the altitude gave her a headache
- noun the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
- noun elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
- hordes3/5
horde
- noun a vast multitude
legion; host.
- noun a nomadic community
- noun a vast multitude
- diodes3/5
diode
- noun a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier
rectifying tube; rectifying valve.
- noun a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction
semiconductor diode; junction rectifier; crystal rectifier.
- noun a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier
- concedes3/5
concede
- verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
confess; profess.
- She confessed that she had taken the money
- verb be willing to concede
yield; grant.
- I grant you this much
- verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
- homicides3/5
homicide
- noun the killing of a human being by another human being
- noun the killing of a human being by another human being
- hillsides3/5
hillside
- noun the side or slope of a hill
- noun the side or slope of a hill
- invades3/5
invade
- verb march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
occupy.
- Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939
- verb to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
intrude on; obtrude upon; encroach upon.
- This new colleague invades my territory
- The neighbors intrude on your privacy
- verb march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
- landslides3/5
landslide
- noun an overwhelming electoral victory
- Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide
- noun a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
landslip.
- noun an overwhelming electoral victory
- parmenides3/5
parmenides
- noun a presocratic Greek philosopher born in Italy; held the metaphysical view that being is the basic substance and ultimate reality of which all things are composed; said that motion and change are sensory illusions (5th century BC)
- noun a presocratic Greek philosopher born in Italy; held the metaphysical view that being is the basic substance and ultimate reality of which all things are composed; said that motion and change are sensory illusions (5th century BC)
- abides3/5
abide
- verb dwell
bide; stay.
- You can stay with me while you are in town
- stay a bit longer--the day is still young
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
stomach; brook; support; put up; tolerate; bear; endure; stick out; suffer; digest; stand.
- I cannot bear his constant criticism
- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
- he learned to tolerate the heat
- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
- verb dwell
- waveguides3/5
waveguide
- noun a hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves; used in radar
wave guide.
- noun a hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves; used in radar
- presides3/5
preside
- verb act as president
- preside over companies and corporations
- verb act as president
- alcibiades3/5
alcibiades
- noun ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)
- noun ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)
- eludes3/5
elude
- verb escape, either physically or mentally
bilk; evade.
- The thief eluded the police
- This difficult idea seems to evade her
- The event evades explanation
- verb be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
escape.
- What you are seeing in him eludes me
- verb escape, either physically or mentally
- alludes3/5
allude
- verb make a more or less disguised reference to
touch; advert.
- He alluded to the problem but did not mention it
- verb make a more or less disguised reference to
- euripides3/5
euripides
- noun one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC)
- noun one of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC)
- thucydides3/5
thucydides
- noun ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)
- noun ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)
- brides3/5
bride
- noun a woman who has recently been married
- noun Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)
St. Brigid; Bridget; St. Bridget; Brigid; Saint Bridget; Saint Brigid; Saint Bride; St. Bride.
- noun a woman who has recently been married
- grenades3/5
grenade
- noun a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
- noun a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
- nematodes3/5
nematode
- noun unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
roundworm; nematode worm.
- noun unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
- facades3/5
facade
- noun the face or front of a building
frontal; frontage.
- noun a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
window dressing.
- noun the face or front of a building
- everglades3/5
everglade
A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass; U. S.as, the .everglades of Florida
- aptitudes3/5
aptitude
- noun inherent ability
- noun inherent ability
- accolades3/5
accolade
- noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
honour; honor; award; laurels.
- an award for bravery
- noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
- odes3/5
ode
- noun a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- noun a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- platitudes3/5
platitude
- noun a trite or obvious remark
banality; cliche; commonplace; bromide.
- noun a trite or obvious remark
- lourdes3/5
lourdes
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
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- radionuclides3/5
- fides3/5
fides
(Roman Muth.) Faith personified as a goddess; the goddess of faith.
- glycosides2/5
glycoside
- noun a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides
- noun a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides
- amides2/5
amide
- noun any organic compound containing the group -CONH2
- noun any organic compound containing the group -CONH2
- cyanides2/5
cyanide
- noun any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN
nitrile; nitril.
- noun an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid
- noun any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN
- chlorides2/5
chloride
- noun any compound containing a chlorine atom
- noun any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)
- noun any compound containing a chlorine atom
- sulfides2/5
sulfide
- noun a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive
sulphide.
- noun a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive
- hydroxides2/5
hydroxide
- noun a compound of an oxide with water
hydrated oxide.
- noun a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group
- noun a compound of an oxide with water
- sulphides2/5
sulphide
- noun a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive
sulfide.
- noun a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive
- nitrides2/5
nitride
- noun a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal)
- noun a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal)
- nucleosides2/5
nucleoside
- noun a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid
- noun a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid
- anhydrides2/5
anhydride
- noun a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water
- noun a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water
- oligosaccharides2/5
oligosaccharide
- noun any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
- noun any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
- halides2/5
halide
- noun a salt of any halogen acid
- noun a salt of any halogen acid
- carbides2/5
carbide
- noun a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
- noun a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
- monosaccharides2/5
monosaccharide
- noun a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
monosaccharose; simple sugar.
- noun a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
- peroxides2/5
peroxide
- noun a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels
hydrogen peroxide.
- noun an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-
- noun a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels
- hydrides2/5
hydride
- noun any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements
- noun any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements
- polyamides2/5
polyamide
- noun a polymer containing repeated amide groups
polymeric amide.
- noun a polymer containing repeated amide groups
- erodes2/5
erode
- verb become ground down or deteriorate
eat at; gnaw; gnaw at; wear away.
- Her confidence eroded
- verb remove soil or rock
eat away; fret.
- Rain eroded the terraces
- verb become ground down or deteriorate
- glades2/5
glade
- noun a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
clearing.
- noun a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
- antipodes2/5
antipodes
- noun any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth
- the North Pole and the South Pole are antipodes
- noun direct opposite
antipode.
- quiet: an antipode to focused busyness
- noun any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth
- fluorides2/5
fluoride
- noun a salt of hydrofluoric acid
- noun a salt of hydrofluoric acid
- disaccharides2/5
disaccharide
- noun any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
- noun any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
- bromides2/5
bromide
- noun any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
- noun a trite or obvious remark
banality; platitude; cliche; commonplace.
- noun any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
- corrodes2/5
corrode
- verb cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
eat; rust.
- The acid corroded the metal
- The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink
- verb become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
rust.
- The metal corroded
- The pipes rusted
- verb cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
- abodes2/5
abode
- noun any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
residence.
- a person can have several residences
- noun housing that someone is living in
dwelling house; dwelling; domicile; habitation; home.
- he built a modest dwelling near the pond
- they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
- noun any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
- nudes2/5
nude
- noun a painting of a naked human figure
nude painting.
- noun without clothing (especially in the phrase `in the nude')
- they swam in the nude
- noun a painting of a naked human figure
- pleiades2/5
pleiades
(Myth.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.
- blondes2/5
blonde
- noun a person with fair skin and hair
blond.
- noun a light grayish yellow to near white
blond.
- noun a person with fair skin and hair
- collides2/5
collide
- verb be incompatible; be or come into conflict
jar; clash.
- These colors clash
- verb cause to collide
- The physicists collided the particles
- verb be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- cyclades2/5
cyclades
- noun the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC
Cycladic civilisation; Cycladic culture; Cycladic civilization.
- noun a group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean
Kikladhes.
- noun the Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC
- brocades2/5
brocade
- noun thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern
- verb weave a design into (textiles)
- noun thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern
- hesperides2/5
hesperides
(Class. Myth.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides .
- subdivides2/5
subdivide
- verb form into subdivisions
- The cells subdivided
- verb divide into smaller and smaller pieces
- This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!
- verb form into subdivisions
- stockades2/5
stockade
- noun fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense
- noun a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
concentration camp.
- noun fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense
- thiazides2/5
thiazide
- noun any of a group of drugs commonly used as diuretics in the treatment of hypertension; they block the reabsorption of sodium in the kidneys
- noun any of a group of drugs commonly used as diuretics in the treatment of hypertension; they block the reabsorption of sodium in the kidneys
- occludes2/5
occlude
- verb block passage through
obstruct; close up; obturate; jam; impede; block.
- obstruct the path
- verb block passage through
- wades2/5
wade
- noun English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
Virginia Wade.
- verb walk (through relatively shallow water)
- Can we wade across the river to the other side?
- Wade the pond
- noun English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)
- firesides2/5
fireside
- noun an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
hearth.
- they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire
- noun home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
hearth.
- driven from hearth and home
- fighting in defense of their firesides
- noun an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
- marinades2/5
marinade
- noun mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking
- verb soak in marinade
marinate.
- marinade herring
- noun mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking
- escapades2/5
escapade
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
risky venture; adventure; dangerous undertaking.
- noun any carefree episode
lark.
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
- prides2/5
pride
- noun a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
pridefulness.
- noun satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements
- he takes pride in his son's success
- noun a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
- broadsides2/5
broadside
- noun an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
handbill; flier; bill; flyer; broadsheet; throwaway; circular.
- he mailed the circular to all subscribers
- noun a speech of violent denunciation
tirade; philippic.
- noun an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- renegades2/5
renegade
- noun someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
ratter; deserter; turncoat; recreant; apostate.
- noun someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
- exudes2/5
exude
- verb release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities
ooze out; exudate; ooze; transude.
- exude sweat through the pores
- verb make apparent by one's mood or behavior
- She exudes great confidence
- verb release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities
- solitudes2/5
solitude
- noun a state of social isolation
purdah.
- noun the state or situation of being alone
- noun a state of social isolation
- protrudes2/5
protrude
- verb extend out or project in space
project; jut out; stick out; jut.
- His sharp nose jutted out
- A single rock sticks out from the cliff
- verb bulge outward
bulge; bug out; pop; come out; start; pop out; bulge out.
- His eyes popped
- verb extend out or project in space
- sulfonamides2/5
sulfonamide
- noun antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA
sulfa drug; sulfa; sulpha.
- noun antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA
- colonnades2/5
colonnade
- noun structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns
- noun a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns
arcade.
- noun structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns
- blockades2/5
blockade
- noun a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
encirclement.
- noun prevents access or progress
- noun a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- outsides2/5
outside
- noun the region that is outside of something
exterior.
- noun the outer side or surface of something
exterior.
- noun the region that is outside of something
- cedes2/5
cede
- verb give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
yield; concede; grant.
- verb relinquish possession or control over
give up; surrender; deliver.
- The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
- verb give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
- eumenides2/5
eumenides
(Class. Myth.) A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.
- actinides2/5
actinide
- noun any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
actinoid; actinon.
- noun any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
- jades2/5
jade
- noun a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
jadestone.
- noun a woman adulterer
strumpet; adulteress; slut; hussy; loose woman; trollop; fornicatress.
- noun a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
- lanthanides2/5
lanthanide
- noun any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)
lanthanon; rare-earth element; lanthanoid; rare earth.
- noun any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71)
- regicides2/5
regicide
- noun someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
- noun the act of killing a king
- noun someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
- interludes2/5
interlude
- noun an intervening period or episode
- noun a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance
intermezzo; entr'acte.
- noun an intervening period or episode
- asides2/5
aside
- noun a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
- noun a message that departs from the main subject
divagation; digression; excursus; parenthesis.
- noun a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
- dudes2/5
dude
- noun an informal form of address for a man
buster; fellow.
- Say, fellow, what are you doing?
- Hey buster, what's up?
- noun a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
gallant; dandy; clotheshorse; fop; beau; swell; sheik; fashion plate.
- noun an informal form of address for a man
- intrudes2/5
intrude
- verb enter uninvited
irrupt.
- They intruded on our dinner party
- She irrupted into our sitting room
- verb enter unlawfully on someone's property
trespass.
- Don't trespass on my land!
- verb enter uninvited
- saccades2/5
saccade
- noun a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest
- noun an abrupt spasmodic movement
jerking; jolt; jerk.
- noun a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest
- masquerades2/5
masquerade
- noun a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
masque; mask; masquerade party.
- noun a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
fancy dress; masquerade costume.
- noun a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- preludes2/5
prelude
- noun something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
overture; preliminary.
- training is a necessary preliminary to employment
- drinks were the overture to dinner
- noun music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
- noun something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
- confides2/5
confide
- verb reveal in private; tell confidentially
- verb confer a trust upon
entrust; trust; intrust; commit.
- The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
- I commit my soul to God
- verb reveal in private; tell confidentially
- evades2/5
evade
- verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
dodge; fudge; sidestep; parry; elude; skirt; duck; hedge; circumvent; put off.
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
- verb escape, either physically or mentally
elude; bilk.
- The thief eluded the police
- This difficult idea seems to evade her
- The event evades explanation
- verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- clades2/5
clade
- noun a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor
- noun a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor
- anodes2/5
anode
- noun a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
- noun the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
- noun a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
- roadsides2/5
roadside
- noun edge of a way or road or path
wayside.
- flowers along the wayside
- noun edge of a way or road or path
- aedes2/5
aedes
- noun yellow-fever mosquitos
genus Aedes.
- noun yellow-fever mosquitos
- bacteroides2/5
bacteroides
- noun type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals
genus Bacteroides.
- noun type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals
- undersides2/5
underside
- noun the lower side of anything
undersurface; bottom.
- noun the lower side of anything
- longitudes2/5
longitude
- noun the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich
- noun the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich
- promenades2/5
promenade
- noun a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
prom.
- noun a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
mall.
- noun a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
- cathodes2/5
cathode
- noun a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device
- noun the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
- noun a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device
- decodes2/5
decode
- verb convert code into ordinary language
decipher; decrypt.
- verb convert code into ordinary language
- balustrades2/5
balustrade
- noun a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
balusters; bannister; handrail; banister.
- noun a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
- genocides2/5
genocide
- noun systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
race murder; racial extermination.
- noun systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
- centipedes2/5
centipede
- noun chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
- noun chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
- mountainsides2/5
mountainside
- noun the side or slope of a mountain
versant.
- conifer forests cover the eastern versant
- noun the side or slope of a mountain
- chides2/5
chide
- verb censure severely or angrily
call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; lambast; trounce; scold; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- verb censure severely or angrily
- similitudes2/5
similitude
- noun similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
alikeness; likeness.
- man created God in his own likeness
- noun a duplicate copy
counterpart; twin.
- noun similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
- intercedes2/5
intercede
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
mediate; intermediate; liaise; arbitrate.
- He interceded in the family dispute
- He mediated a settlement
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- alcaldes2/5
alcalde
- noun a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town
- noun a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town
- elides2/5
elide
- verb leave or strike out
- This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant
- verb leave or strike out
- ironsides2/5
ironside
- noun a man of great strength or bravery
- noun a man of great strength or bravery
- miltiades2/5
miltiades
- noun Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489)
- noun Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489)
- millipedes2/5
millipede
- noun any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs
millepede; milliped.
- noun any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs
- internodes2/5
internode
- noun a segment of a stem between two nodes
- noun a segment of a stem between two nodes
- backsides2/5
backside
- noun the side of an object that is opposite its front
back end; rear.
- his room was toward the rear of the hotel
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
bum; seat; stern; keister; tail end; prat; bottom; rear end; buns; tail; tush; rump; fanny; ass; behind; tooshie; hind end; posterior; hindquarters; butt; nates; rear; arse; buttocks; derriere; can; fundament.
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
- noun the side of an object that is opposite its front
- ixodes2/5
ixodes
(Zoöl.) A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks. See Tick , the insect.
- accedes2/5
accede
- verb yield to another's wish or opinion
give in; defer; submit; bow.
- The government bowed to the military pressure
- verb take on duties or office
enter.
- accede to the throne
- verb yield to another's wish or opinion
- lodes2/5
lode
- noun a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
load.
- noun a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- spermicides2/5
spermicide
- noun a contraceptive agent that kills spermatozoa
spermatocide.
- noun a contraceptive agent that kills spermatozoa
- serenades2/5
serenade
- noun a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
divertimento.
- noun a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman
- noun a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
- beatitudes2/5
beatitude
- noun a state of supreme happiness
blessedness; beatification.
- noun one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed)
- her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth'
- noun a state of supreme happiness
- ides2/5
ides
- noun in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month
- noun in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month
- tirades2/5
tirade
- noun a speech of violent denunciation
broadside; philippic.
- noun a speech of violent denunciation
- charades2/5
charades
- noun player acts out a phrase for others to guess
- noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
pasquinade; mockery; takeoff; lampoon; travesty; sendup; put-on; spoof; charade; burlesque; parody.
- noun player acts out a phrase for others to guess
- bodes2/5
bode
- verb indicate by signs
omen; prefigure; auspicate; betoken; portend; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- verb indicate by signs
- servitudes2/5
servitude
- noun state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment
- penal servitude
- noun state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment
- derides2/5
deride
- verb treat or speak of with contempt
- He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics
- verb treat or speak of with contempt
- lampshades2/5
lampshade
- noun a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
lamp shade.
- noun a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- downgrades2/5
downgrade
- noun the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends
- verb rate lower; lower in value or esteem
- noun the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends
- mudslides2/5
mudslide
- noun a landslide of mud
- noun a landslide of mud
- certitudes2/5
certitude
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
overconfidence; cocksureness.
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
- trematodes2/5
trematode
- noun parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
fluke; trematode worm.
- noun parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
- downsides2/5
downside
- noun a negative aspect of something that is generally positive
- there is a downside even to motherhood
- noun a negative aspect of something that is generally positive
- ephemerides2/5
ephemeris
- noun an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year
- today computers calculate the ephemerides
- noun an annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year
- neuropeptides2/5
- medes2/5
mede
A native or inhabitant of Media in Asia.
- études2/5
- aristides2/5
aristides
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- nuclides2/5
nuclides
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- diomedes2/5
- photodiodes2/5
- simonides2/5
- mondes2/5
monde
The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. R. A. Drummond.
- rodes2/5
ride
- noun a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
drive.
- he took the family for a drive in his new car
- noun a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
- noun a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
- biocides2/5
biocides
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- microelectrodes2/5
- torsades2/5
- hydroperoxides2/5
- bordes2/5
bordes
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- polyimides2/5
- gangliosides2/5
- epoxides2/5
- carronades2/5
carronade
(Med.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.
- eigenmodes2/5
- sedes2/5
sedes
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- stades2/5
- imides1/5
imide
- noun any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-
- noun any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-
- saccharides1/5
saccharide
- noun an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
carbohydrate; sugar.
- noun an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
- glucosides1/5
- silicides1/5
silicide
- noun any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical
- noun any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical
- azides1/5
azide
- noun a chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical
- noun a chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical
- tellurides1/5
telluride
- noun any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements
- noun any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements
- arsenides1/5
arsenide
- noun a compound of arsenic with a more positive element
- noun a compound of arsenic with a more positive element
- glycerides1/5
glyceride
- noun an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
acylglycerol.
- fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid
- noun an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
- dioxides1/5
dioxide
- noun an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
- noun an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
- bactericides1/5
bactericide
- noun any chemical agent that destroys bacteria
bacteriacide.
- noun any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth
antibacterial drug; antibacterial.
- noun any chemical agent that destroys bacteria
- superoxides1/5
superoxide
- noun a metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-
- noun the univalent anion O2-
superoxide anion.
- much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-
- noun a metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-
- larvicides1/5
larvicide
- noun a chemical used to kill larval pests
- noun a chemical used to kill larval pests
- fibrinopeptides1/5
fibrinopeptide
- noun peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood
- noun peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood
- iodides1/5
iodide
- noun a salt or ester of hydriodic acid
- noun a salt or ester of hydriodic acid
- mucopolysaccharides1/5
mucopolysaccharide
- noun complex polysaccharides containing an amino group; occur chiefly as components of connective tissue
- noun complex polysaccharides containing an amino group; occur chiefly as components of connective tissue
- crudes1/5
crude
- noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
crude oil; oil; fossil oil; petroleum; rock oil.
- adjective satellite not carefully or expertly made
rough.
- managed to make a crude splint
- a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them
- rough carpentry
- noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- countrysides1/5
countryside
- noun rural regions
- noun rural regions
- antinodes1/5
antinode
- noun (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system
- noun (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system
- acaricides1/5
acaricide
- noun a chemical agent used to kill mites
acaracide.
- noun a chemical agent used to kill mites
- riversides1/5
riverside
- noun the bank of a river
riverbank.
- noun a city in southern California
- noun the bank of a river
- denudes1/5
denude
- verb lay bare
bare; denudate; strip.
- denude a forest
- verb lay bare
- abrades1/5
abrade
- verb wear away
corrade; rub off; abrase; rub down.
- verb rub hard or scrub
scour.
- scour the counter tops
- verb wear away
- trisaccharides1/5
trisaccharide
- noun any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
- noun any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
- hyades1/5
hyades
(Astron.) A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun. Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyaned Vext the dim sea. Tennyson.
- retrogrades1/5
retrograde
- verb move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
- verb move in a direction contrary to the usual one
- retrograding planets
- verb move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
- germicides1/5
germicide
- noun an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
antimicrobial; disinfectant; antimicrobic.
- noun an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
- bardes1/5
bard
- noun a lyric poet
- noun an ornamental caparison for a horse
- noun a lyric poet
- ganymedes1/5
ganymede
- noun (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods
- noun the largest of Jupiter's satellites
- noun (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods
- lades1/5
lade
- verb remove with or as if with a ladle
laden; ladle.
- ladle the water out of the bowl
- verb fill or place a load on
load; load up; laden.
- load a car
- load the truck with hay
- verb remove with or as if with a ladle
- nereides1/5
nereid
- noun (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
- noun (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
- naiades1/5
naiad
- noun submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
water nymph.
- noun (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
- noun submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
- oceanides1/5
oceanid
- noun (Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys
- noun (Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys
- redes1/5
rede
- verb give an interpretation or explanation to
interpret.
- verb give advice to
advise; counsel.
- The teacher counsels troubled students
- The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud
- verb give an interpretation or explanation to
- phyllodes1/5
phyllode
- noun an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade
- noun an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade
- deludes1/5
delude
- verb be false to; be dishonest with
cozen; lead on; deceive.
- verb be false to; be dishonest with
- supercedes1/5
supercede
- verb take the place or move into the position of
supplant; supersede; supervene upon; replace.
- Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
- the computer has supplanted the slide rule
- Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
- verb take the place or move into the position of
- cockades1/5
cockade
- noun an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat
- noun an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat
- alcides1/5
alcides
- noun (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
Hercules; Herakles; Heracles.
- noun (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
- implodes1/5
implode
- verb burst inward
go off.
- The bottle imploded
- verb burst inward
- stampedes1/5
stampede
- noun a headlong rush of people on a common impulse
- when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits
- noun a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
- noun a headlong rush of people on a common impulse
- extrudes1/5
extrude
- verb form or shape by forcing through an opening
squeeze out.
- extrude steel
- verb form or shape by forcing through an opening
- obtrudes1/5
obtrude
- verb push to thrust outward
push out; thrust out.
- verb thrust oneself in as if by force
intrude.
- The colors don't intrude on the viewer
- verb push to thrust outward
- allemandes1/5
allemande
- noun egg-thickened veloute
allemande sauce.
- noun egg-thickened veloute
- marmalades1/5
marmalade
- noun a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits
- noun a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits
- pyramides1/5
pyramid
- noun a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
- noun (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
- noun a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
- pomades1/5
pomade
- noun hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment
pomatum.
- verb apply pomade to (hair)
- noun hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment
- cavalcades1/5
cavalcade
- noun a procession of people traveling on horseback
- noun a procession of people traveling on horseback
- nightshades1/5
nightshade
- noun any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
- noun any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
- motorcades1/5
motorcade
- noun a procession of people traveling in motor cars
- noun a procession of people traveling in motor cars
- ineptitudes1/5
ineptitude
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
ineptness; awkwardness; maladroitness; clumsiness; slowness.
- noun having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
worthlessness.
- the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- bolides1/5
bolide
- noun an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
fireball.
- noun an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
- tribades1/5
tribade
- noun a female homosexual
lesbian; gay woman.
- noun a female homosexual
- concordes1/5
concord
- noun capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
capital of New Hampshire.
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
concordance; harmony.
- noun capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
- gratitudes1/5
gratitude
- noun a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation
- he was overwhelmed with gratitude for their help
- noun a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation
- infinitudes1/5
infinitude
- noun an infinite quantity
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
limitlessness; unboundedness; infiniteness; boundlessness.
- noun an infinite quantity
- secludes1/5
seclude
- verb keep away from others
sequester; withdraw; sequestrate.
- He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
- verb keep away from others
- backslides1/5
backslide
- verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
lapse.
- verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
- bides1/5
bid
- noun an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
command; dictation; bidding.
- noun an attempt to get something
play.
- they made a futile play for power
- he made a bid to gain attention
- noun an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- laudes1/5
laud
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
exalt; glorify; extol; proclaim.
- extol the virtues of one's children
- glorify one's spouse's cooking
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
- rollerblades1/5
rollerblade
- noun (trademark) an in-line skate
- verb travel on shoes with a single line of rubber wheels attached to their soles
- you'd better wear a helmet and knee protectors when you Rollerblade!
- The muscular actor loves to Rollerblade
- noun (trademark) an in-line skate
- commodes1/5
commode
- noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
throne; toilet; crapper; stool; potty; can; pot.
- noun a tall elegant chest of drawers
chiffonier.
- noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- prudes1/5
prude
- noun a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
puritan.
- noun a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
- dissuades1/5
dissuade
- verb turn away from by persuasion
deter.
- Negative campaigning will only dissuade people
- verb turn away from by persuasion
- aphides1/5
aphis
- noun type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables
genus Aphis.
- noun type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables
- ambuscades1/5
ambuscade
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
lying in wait; ambush; trap.
- verb wait in hiding to attack
scupper; lie in wait; lurk; bushwhack; ambush; waylay.
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- bedsides1/5
bedside
- noun space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person)
- the doctor stood at her bedside
- noun space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person)
- upsides1/5
upside
- noun the highest or uppermost side of anything
top; upper side; top side.
- put your books on top of the desk
- only the top side of the box was painted
- noun the highest or uppermost side of anything
- quaaludes1/5
quaalude
- noun sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse
methaqualone.
- noun sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse
- secedes1/5
secede
- verb withdraw from an organization or communion
splinter; break away.
- After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
- verb withdraw from an organization or communion
- irides1/5
iris
- noun plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
flag; sword lily; fleur-de-lis.
- noun muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye
- noun plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- geodes1/5
geode
- noun (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
- noun (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
- apsides1/5
apsis
- noun a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
apse.
- noun a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- forebodes1/5
forebode
- verb make a prediction about; tell in advance
predict; anticipate; foretell; call; promise; prognosticate.
- Call the outcome of an election
- verb make a prediction about; tell in advance
- picoides1/5
picoides
- noun a genus of Picidae
genus Picoides.
- noun a genus of Picidae
- roulades1/5
roulade
- noun a dish consisting of a slice of meat that is rolled around a filling and cooked
- noun (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable
- noun a dish consisting of a slice of meat that is rolled around a filling and cooked
- parricides1/5
parricide
- noun someone who kills his or her parent
- noun the murder of your own father or mother
- noun someone who kills his or her parent
- tardigrades1/5
tardigrade
- noun an arthropod of the division Tardigrada
- noun an arthropod of the division Tardigrada
- infanticides1/5
infanticide
- noun a person who murders an infant
- noun murdering an infant
- noun a person who murders an infant
- bestrides1/5
bestride
- verb get up on the back of
hop on; get on; mount; mount up; jump on; climb on.
- mount a horse
- verb get up on the back of
- encephalitides1/5
encephalitis
- noun inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
phrenitis; cephalitis.
- noun inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
- cowhides1/5
cowhide
- noun leather made from the hide of a cow
cowskin.
- noun the hide of a cow
- noun leather made from the hide of a cow
- secondes1/5
second
- noun 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
sec; s.
- noun an indefinitely short time
moment; bit; mo; minute.
- wait just a moment
- in a mo
- it only takes a minute
- in just a bit
- noun 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- riptides1/5
riptide
- 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; rip; countercurrent.
- noun a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
rip current.
- noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
- lemonades1/5
lemonade
- noun sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice
- noun sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice
- incertitudes1/5
incertitude
- noun the state of being unsure of something
uncertainty; dubiousness; doubtfulness; doubt; dubiety.
- noun the state of being unsure of something
- waysides1/5
wayside
- noun edge of a way or road or path
roadside.
- flowers along the wayside
- noun edge of a way or road or path
- offsides1/5
offsides
- adjective illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck
offside.
- the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside
- noun (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
offside.
- adjective illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck
- betides1/5
betide
- verb become of; happen to
befall; bechance.
- He promised that no harm would befall her
- What has become of my children?
- verb become of; happen to
- recodes1/5
recode
- verb put into a different code; rearrange mentally
- People recode and restructure information in order to remember it
- verb put into a different code; rearrange mentally
- trialeurodes1/5
trialeurodes
- noun a genus of Aleyrodidae
genus Trialeurodes.
- noun a genus of Aleyrodidae
- ctenocephalides1/5
ctenocephalides
- noun an arthropod genus of fleas
genus Ctenocephalides.
- noun an arthropod genus of fleas
- chrysalides1/5
chrysalis
- noun pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
- noun pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
- burnsides1/5
burnside
- noun United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881)
A. E. Burnside; Ambrose Everett Burnside.
- noun facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)
side-whiskers; sideburn; mutton chop.
- noun United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881)
- pyxides1/5
pyxis
- noun fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
pyxidium.
- noun a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia
- noun fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
- dryades1/5
dryad
- noun a deity or nymph of the woods
wood nymph.
- noun a deity or nymph of the woods
- mandes1/5
mande
- noun a group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast
- noun a group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast
- glandes1/5
glans
- noun a small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris
- noun a small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris
- inexactitudes1/5
inexactitude
- noun the quality of being inaccurate and having errors
inexactness.
- noun the quality of being inaccurate and having errors
- paralithodes1/5
paralithodes
- noun a genus of Lithodidae
genus Paralithodes.
- noun a genus of Lithodidae
- pedes1/5
pes
- noun the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
foot; human foot.
- his bare feet projected from his trousers
- armored from head to foot
- noun the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
pe.
- noun the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
- habitudes1/5
- gades1/5
gad
- noun an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
generalized anxiety disorder; anxiety reaction.
- noun a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
spur.
- cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on
- noun an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
- sunshades1/5
sunshade
- noun a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
awning; sunblind.
- noun a handheld collapsible source of shade
parasol.
- noun a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
- colludes1/5
collude
- verb act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
conspire.
- The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall
- verb act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
- solicitudes1/5
solicitude
- noun a feeling of excessive concern
solicitousness.
- noun a feeling of excessive concern
- postcodes1/5
postcode
- noun a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
postal code; ZIP; ZIP code.
- noun a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
- rockslides1/5
- cirripedes1/5
cirripede
- noun marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
barnacle; cirriped.
- noun marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
- photocathodes1/5
photocathode
- noun a cathode that emits electrons when illuminated
- noun a cathode that emits electrons when illuminated
- fusillades1/5
fusillade
- noun rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
volley; salvo; burst.
- our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise
- verb attack with fusillade
- noun rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
- inquietudes1/5
inquietude
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
edginess; uneasiness; disquietude.
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
- tyrannicides1/5
- epididymides1/5
epididymis
- noun a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens
- noun a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens
- cannonades1/5
cannonade
- noun intense and continuous artillery fire
drumfire.
- verb attack with cannons or artillery
- noun intense and continuous artillery fire
- disquietudes1/5
disquietude
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
edginess; inquietude; uneasiness.
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
- pasquinades1/5
pasquinade
- noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
mockery; takeoff; lampoon; travesty; sendup; put-on; spoof; charade; burlesque; parody.
- noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- triodes1/5
triode
- noun a thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes; fluctuations of the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode which makes amplification possible
- noun a thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes; fluctuations of the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode which makes amplification possible
- gourdes1/5
gourde
- noun the basic unit of money in Haiti
- noun the basic unit of money in Haiti
- eyeshades1/5
eyeshade
- noun a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
bill; visor; peak; vizor.
- he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead
- noun a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
- cladodes1/5
cladode
- noun a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
phylloclad; phylloclade; cladophyll.
- noun a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
- hyacinthoides1/5
hyacinthoides
- noun small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
genus Hyacinthoides.
- noun small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
- megapodes1/5
megapode
- noun large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
mound bird; scrub fowl; mound-bird; mound builder.
- noun large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
- velocipedes1/5
velocipede
- noun any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel
- noun a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
trike; tricycle.
- noun any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel
- turpitudes1/5
turpitude
- noun a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
depravity.
- the various turpitudes of modern society
- noun a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
- antecedes1/5
antecede
- verb be earlier in time; go back further
forego; predate; forgo; antedate; precede.
- Stone tools precede bronze tools
- verb be earlier in time; go back further
- joyrides1/5
joyride
- noun a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure
- they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars
- verb ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
tool; tool around.
- We tooled down the street
- noun a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure
- rawhides1/5
rawhide
- noun untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes
- noun untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes
- rhagades1/5
rhagades
- noun cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus)
- noun cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus)
- cestodes1/5
cestode
- noun ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
tapeworm.
- noun ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
- ballades1/5
ballade
- noun a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy
- noun a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy
- tildes1/5
tilde
- noun a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
- noun a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
- aerides1/5
aerides
- noun any orchid of the genus Aerides
- noun any orchid of the genus Aerides
- postludes1/5
postlude
- noun a voluntary played at the end of a religious service
- noun a voluntary played at the end of a religious service
- silversides1/5
silversides
- noun small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
silverside.
- noun the common North American shiner
Notropis cornutus; common shiner.
- noun small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
- switchblades1/5
switchblade
- noun a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button
flick knife; flick-knife; switchblade knife.
- noun a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button
- esplanades1/5
esplanade
- noun a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore
- noun a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore
- hydathodes1/5
hydathode
- noun a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants
water pore; water stoma.
- noun a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants
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topside
- noun (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
- noun (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
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lipopolysaccharides
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lumbricoides
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cade
Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.
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tudes
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childe
A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, .Childe Roland
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tremuloides
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ribonucleotides
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deltoid
- noun a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
deltoid muscle; musculus deltoideus.
- adjective satellite triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex
- noun a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
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cantharides
See cantharis .
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hydes
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hayrides
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deoxyribonucleotides
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boride
(Chem.) A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; -- formerly called boruret .
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edodes
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epode
(Poet.) (a) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, -- the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode. (b) A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as, the . It does not include the elegiac distich.Epodes of Horace
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nomad
- noun a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
- noun a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
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ludes
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sesquioxide
(Chem.) An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, .Al2O3 is asesquioxide
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kades
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salmoides
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leonid
(Astron.) One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; so called because shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.
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phalloides
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sporades
(Astron.) Stars not included in any constellation; -- called also informed, or unformed, stars.
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caryatid
- noun a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
- noun a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
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radiosondes
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cides
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sonde
That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial. Obs.Ye have enough, parde, of Goddes sond. Chaucer.
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slickensides
The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.
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sordes
Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected matter of any kind; specifically (Med.) , the foul matter that collects on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions attended with great vital depression.
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jasminoides
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platanoides
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pierides
(Class. Myth.) The Muses.
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rude
- adjective satellite socially incorrect in behavior
unmannerly; unmannered; bad-mannered; ill-mannered.
- resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion
- adjective satellite (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
underbred; bounderish; yokelish; ill-bred; lowbred.
- adjective satellite socially incorrect in behavior
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- wides1/5
wide
- adjective having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
broad.
- wide roads
- a wide necktie
- wide margins
- three feet wide
- a river two miles broad
- broad shoulders
- a broad river
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
across-the-board; broad; blanket; all-encompassing; encompassing; all-inclusive; all-embracing; extensive; panoptic.
- across-the-board pay increases
- an all-embracing definition
- blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
- an invention with broad applications
- a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
- granted him wide powers
- adjective having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
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estrade
(Arch.) A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais. He [the teacher] himself should have his desk on a mounted estrade or platform. J. G. Fitch.
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- rondes1/5
ronde
(Print.) A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look.
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dactyloides
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selenide
(Chem.) A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl .selenide
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phosphide
(Chem.) A binary compound of phosphorus.
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danaide
(Mach.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.
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thalictroides
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dicoccoides
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subgrades
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dragonnade
The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade. He learnt it as he watched the dragonnades, the tortures, the massacres of the Netherlands. C. Kingsley.
- nides1/5
nide
A nestful; a brood; Obs.as, a .nide of pheasants
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balanoides
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remedy
- noun act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
remediation; redress.
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
curative; cure; therapeutic.
- noun act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
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quaysides
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- voivodes1/5
voivode
See Longfellow.Waywode .
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ericoides
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raphides
(Bot.) See Rhaphides .
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alopecuroides
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ambrosioides
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rhomboid
- noun a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
- noun any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade
rhomboid muscle.
- noun a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
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algicides
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parasiticide
Anything used to destroy parasites. Quain.
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disulphide
(Chem.) A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide .
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usneoides
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ascarides
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Suffixes of des
- desert«Word Popularity Bar5/5
desert
- noun arid land with little or no vegetation
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
abandon; desolate; forsake.
- The mother deserted her children
- noun arid land with little or no vegetation
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destructive
- adjective causing destruction or much damage
- a policy that is destructive to the economy
- destructive criticism
- adjective causing destruction or much damage
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desire
- noun the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- noun an inclination to want things
- a man of many desires
- noun the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
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destruction
- noun the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
devastation.
- noun an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
wipeout; demolition.
- noun the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
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destroyed
- adjective spoiled or ruined or demolished
- war left many cities destroyed
- Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind
- verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
destroy; destruct.
- The fire destroyed the house
- adjective spoiled or ruined or demolished
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destroy
- verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
destruct.
- The fire destroyed the house
- verb destroy completely; damage irreparably
ruin.
- You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!
- The tears ruined her make-up
- verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
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desire
- noun the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- noun an inclination to want things
- a man of many desires
- noun the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
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design
- noun the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
designing.
- he contributed to the design of a new instrument
- noun an arrangement scheme
plan.
- the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult
- it was an excellent design for living
- a plan for seating guests
- noun the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
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described
- adjective satellite represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
- the vividly described wars
- verb give a description of
draw; describe; depict.
- He drew an elaborate plan of attack
- adjective satellite represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
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designed
- adjective done or made or performed with purpose and intent
intentional.
- style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation"- Havelock Ellis
- games designed for all ages
- well-designed houses
- verb make or work out a plan for; devise
project; design; contrive; plan.
- They contrived to murder their boss
- design a new sales strategy
- plan an attack
- adjective done or made or performed with purpose and intent
- describe5/5
describe
- verb give a description of
draw; depict.
- He drew an elaborate plan of attack
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- verb give a description of
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describe
- verb give a description of
draw; depict.
- He drew an elaborate plan of attack
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- verb give a description of
- desired5/5
desired
- adjective satellite greatly desired
in demand; coveted; sought after.
- verb feel or have a desire for; want strongly
desire; want.
- I want to go home now
- I want my own room
- adjective satellite greatly desired
- designs5/5
design
- noun the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
designing.
- he contributed to the design of a new instrument
- noun an arrangement scheme
plan.
- the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult
- it was an excellent design for living
- a plan for seating guests
- noun the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
- describing5/5
describe
- verb give a description of
draw; depict.
- He drew an elaborate plan of attack
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- verb give a description of
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destination
- noun the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
finish; goal.
- a crowd assembled at the finish
- he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view
- noun the ultimate goal for which something is done
terminus.
- noun the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
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desperate
- noun a person who is frightened and in need of help
- they prey on the hopes of the desperate
- adjective satellite arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
despairing.
- a despairing view of the world situation
- the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal
- a desperate cry for help
- helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether
- her desperate screams
- noun a person who is frightened and in need of help
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despair
- noun a state in which all hope is lost or absent
desperation.
- in the depths of despair
- they were rescued from despair at the last minute
- courage born of desperation
- noun the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
- they moaned in despair and dismay
- one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair
- noun a state in which all hope is lost or absent
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designer
- noun a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings
interior decorator; house decorator; interior designer; room decorator; decorator.
- noun someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
architect.
- noun a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings
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destiny
- noun an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
fate.
- noun the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
fate.
- we are helpless in the face of destiny
- noun an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
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descent
- noun a movement downward
- noun properties attributable to your ancestry
origin; extraction.
- he comes from good origins
- noun a movement downward
- designing5/5
designing
- noun the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
design.
- he contributed to the design of a new instrument
- verb make or work out a plan for; devise
project; design; contrive; plan.
- They contrived to murder their boss
- design a new sales strategy
- plan an attack
- noun the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
- designers5/5
designer
- noun a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings
interior decorator; house decorator; interior designer; room decorator; decorator.
- noun someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
architect.
- noun a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings
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descend
- verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
go down; come down; fall.
- The temperature is going down
- The barometer is falling
- The curtain fell on the diva
- Her hand went up and then fell again
- verb come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
derive; come.
- She was descended from an old Italian noble family
- he comes from humble origins
- verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
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descendants
- noun all of the offspring of a given progenitor
posterity.
- we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity
- noun a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
descendent; descendant.
- noun all of the offspring of a given progenitor
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despite
- noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
scorn; contempt; disdain.
- he was held in contempt
- the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
- noun contemptuous disregard
- she wanted neither favor nor despite
- noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
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description
- noun a statement that represents something in words
verbal description.
- noun the act of describing something
- noun a statement that represents something in words
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desirable
- adjective worth having or seeking or achieving
- a desirable job
- computer with many desirable features
- a desirable outcome
- adjective satellite worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
suitable; worthy.
- the parents found the girl suitable for their son
- adjective worth having or seeking or achieving
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description
- noun a statement that represents something in words
verbal description.
- noun the act of describing something
- noun a statement that represents something in words
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designate
- verb assign a name or title to
denominate.
- verb give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
depute; assign; delegate.
- verb assign a name or title to
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descriptive
- adjective serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
- the descriptive variable
- a descriptive passage
- adjective describing the structure of a language
- descriptive grammar
- adjective serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
- deserve5/5
deserve
- verb be worthy or deserving
merit.
- You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done
- verb be worthy or deserving
- destined5/5
destined
- adjective satellite headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
bound.
- children bound for school
- a flight destined for New York
- verb decree or designate beforehand
destine; doom; fate; designate.
- She was destined to become a great pianist
- adjective satellite headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
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desktop
- noun the top of a desk
- noun (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
screen background; background.
- noun the top of a desk
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desk
- noun a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
- noun a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
- desperately5/5
desperately
- adverb with great urgency
urgently.
- health care reform is needed urgently
- the soil desperately needed potash
- adverb in intense despair
- the child clung desperately to her mother
- adverb with great urgency
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deserts
- noun an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
comeupance; comeuppance.
- noun arid land with little or no vegetation
desert.
- noun an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
- destroying4/5
destroy
- verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
destruct.
- The fire destroyed the house
- verb destroy completely; damage irreparably
ruin.
- You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!
- The tears ruined her make-up
- verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
- destroys4/5
destroy
- verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
destruct.
- The fire destroyed the house
- verb destroy completely; damage irreparably
ruin.
- You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!
- The tears ruined her make-up
- verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
- desolate4/5
desolate
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
abandon; desert; forsake.
- The mother deserted her children
- verb reduce in population
depopulate.
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- descending4/5
descending
- adjective coming down or downward
- verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
go down; descend; come down; fall.
- The temperature is going down
- The barometer is falling
- The curtain fell on the diva
- Her hand went up and then fell again
- adjective coming down or downward
- descartes4/5
descartes
- noun French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650)
Rene Descartes.
- noun French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650)
- descend4/5
descend
- verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
go down; come down; fall.
- The temperature is going down
- The barometer is falling
- The curtain fell on the diva
- Her hand went up and then fell again
- verb come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
derive; come.
- She was descended from an old Italian noble family
- he comes from humble origins
- verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- destinations4/5
destination
- noun the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
finish; goal.
- a crowd assembled at the finish
- he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view
- noun the ultimate goal for which something is done
terminus.
- noun the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
- desperation4/5
desperation
- noun a state in which all hope is lost or absent
despair.
- in the depths of despair
- they were rescued from despair at the last minute
- courage born of desperation
- noun desperate recklessness
- it was a policy of desperation
- noun a state in which all hope is lost or absent
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destitute
- adjective satellite poor enough to need help from others
poverty-stricken; needy; necessitous; impoverished; indigent.
- adjective satellite completely wanting or lacking
barren; devoid; innocent; free.
- writing barren of insight
- young recruits destitute of experience
- innocent of literary merit
- the sentence was devoid of meaning
- adjective satellite poor enough to need help from others
- descendant4/5
descendant
- noun a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
descendent.
- adjective satellite going or coming down
descendent.
- noun a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
- desiring4/5
desire
- noun the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- noun an inclination to want things
- a man of many desires
- noun the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- destroyer4/5
destroyer
- noun a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
guided missile destroyer.
- noun a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
ruiner; uprooter; waster; undoer.
- a destroyer of the environment
- jealousy was his undoer
- uprooters of gravestones
- noun a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
- descends4/5
descend
- verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
go down; come down; fall.
- The temperature is going down
- The barometer is falling
- The curtain fell on the diva
- Her hand went up and then fell again
- verb come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
derive; come.
- She was descended from an old Italian noble family
- he comes from humble origins
- verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- desolation4/5
desolation
- noun the state of being decayed or destroyed
devastation.
- noun a bleak and desolate atmosphere
bareness; bleakness; nakedness.
- the nakedness of the landscape
- noun the state of being decayed or destroyed
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descriptor
- noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
word form; form; signifier.
- the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached
- noun a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
- noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- deserted4/5
deserted
- adjective satellite forsaken by owner or inhabitants
derelict; abandoned.
- weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
abandon; desolate; desert; forsake.
- The mother deserted her children
- adjective satellite forsaken by owner or inhabitants
- deserves4/5
deserve
- verb be worthy or deserving
merit.
- You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done
- verb be worthy or deserving
- deserved4/5
deserved
- adjective properly deserved
merited.
- a merited success
- verb be worthy or deserving
deserve; merit.
- You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done
- adjective properly deserved
- designation4/5
designation
- noun identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
appellation; appellative; denomination.
- noun the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
assignment; naming; appointment.
- the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
- noun identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
- designate4/5
designate
- verb assign a name or title to
denominate.
- verb give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
depute; assign; delegate.
- verb assign a name or title to
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despised
- adjective satellite treated with contempt
hated; detested; scorned.
- verb look down on with disdain
scorn; despise; disdain; contemn.
- He despises the people he has to work for
- The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately
- adjective satellite treated with contempt
- dessert4/5
dessert
- noun a dish served as the last course of a meal
afters; sweet.
- noun a dish served as the last course of a meal
- deserving4/5
deserving
- adjective satellite worthy of being treated in a particular way
worth.
- an idea worth considering
- the deserving poor" (often used ironically)
- verb be worthy or deserving
deserve; merit.
- You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done
- adjective satellite worthy of being treated in a particular way
- despise4/5
despise
- verb look down on with disdain
scorn; disdain; contemn.
- He despises the people he has to work for
- The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately
- verb look down on with disdain
- desirability4/5
desirability
- noun the quality of being worthy of desiring
desirableness.
- noun attractiveness to the opposite sex
sex appeal; desirableness; oomph.
- noun the quality of being worthy of desiring
- despotism4/5
despotism
- noun dominance through threat of punishment and violence
tyranny; absolutism.
- noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
tyranny; absolutism; dictatorship; monocracy; Stalinism; shogunate; authoritarianism; one-man rule; Caesarism; totalitarianism.
- noun dominance through threat of punishment and violence
- desirous4/5
desirous
- adjective having or expressing desire for something
wishful.
- desirous of high office
- desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem
- adjective having or expressing desire for something
- desks4/5
desk
- noun a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
- noun a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
- desmond4/5
desmond
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- desorption3/5
desorption
- noun changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state
- noun changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state
- desegregation3/5
desegregation
- noun the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
integration; integrating.
- noun the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
- destabilizing3/5
destabilize
- verb become unstable
destabilise.
- The economy destabilized rapidly
- verb make unstable
destabilise.
- Terrorism destabilized the government
- verb become unstable
- destabilize3/5
destabilize
- verb become unstable
destabilise.
- The economy destabilized rapidly
- verb make unstable
destabilise.
- Terrorism destabilized the government
- verb become unstable
- desiccation3/5
desiccation
- noun dryness resulting from the removal of water
dehydration.
- noun the process of extracting moisture
dehydration; drying up; evaporation.
- noun dryness resulting from the removal of water
- destructiveness3/5
destructiveness
- noun the quality of causing destruction
- noun the quality of causing destruction
- descriptor3/5
descriptor
- noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
word form; form; signifier.
- the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached
- noun a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
- noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- destroyers3/5
destroyer
- noun a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
guided missile destroyer.
- noun a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
ruiner; uprooter; waster; undoer.
- a destroyer of the environment
- jealousy was his undoer
- uprooters of gravestones
- noun a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
- desertion3/5
desertion
- noun withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
abandonment; defection.
- his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless
- noun the act of giving something up
abandonment; forsaking.
- noun withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
- destinies3/5
destiny
- noun an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
fate.
- noun the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
fate.
- we are helpless in the face of destiny
- noun an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- desist3/5
desist
- verb choose not to consume
abstain; refrain.
- I abstain from alcohol
- verb choose not to consume
- despicable3/5
despicable
- adjective satellite morally reprehensible
worthless; unworthy; vile; slimy; wretched; ugly.
- would do something as despicable as murder
- ugly crimes
- the vile development of slavery appalled them
- a slimy little liar
- adjective satellite morally reprehensible
- deserters3/5
deserter
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
ratter; renegade; turncoat; recreant; apostate.
- noun a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
defector.
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- desensitization3/5
desensitization
- noun the process of reducing sensitivity
desensitisation.
- the patient was desensitized to the allergen
- noun the process of reducing sensitivity
- desertification3/5
desertification
- noun the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land
- the dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China
- noun the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land
- descendents3/5
descendent
- noun a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
descendant.
- adjective satellite going or coming down
descendant.
- noun a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
- destabilization3/5
destabilization
- noun an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft)
- noun the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy)
destabilisation.
- noun an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft)
- designations3/5
designation
- noun identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
appellation; appellative; denomination.
- noun the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
assignment; naming; appointment.
- the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
- noun identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
- designates3/5
designate
- verb assign a name or title to
denominate.
- verb give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
depute; assign; delegate.
- verb assign a name or title to
- despatch3/5
despatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
dispatch; communique.
- noun the property of being prompt and efficient
expeditiousness; dispatch; expedition.
- it was done with dispatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
- despatched3/5
despatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
dispatch; communique.
- noun the property of being prompt and efficient
expeditiousness; dispatch; expedition.
- it was done with dispatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
- desserts3/5
dessert
- noun a dish served as the last course of a meal
afters; sweet.
- noun a dish served as the last course of a meal
- designating3/5
designate
- verb assign a name or title to
denominate.
- verb give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
depute; assign; delegate.
- verb assign a name or title to
- despairing3/5
despairing
- adjective satellite arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
desperate.
- a despairing view of the world situation
- the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal
- a desperate cry for help
- helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether
- her desperate screams
- verb abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
despair.
- Don't despair--help is on the way!
- adjective satellite arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
- despotic3/5
despotic
- adjective belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
despotical.
- adjective satellite ruled by or characteristic of a despot
- moved from a feudal to a despotic order
- his administration was arrogant and despotic
- adjective belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
- despatches3/5
despatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
dispatch; communique.
- noun the property of being prompt and efficient
expeditiousness; dispatch; expedition.
- it was done with dispatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
- despot3/5
despot
- noun a cruel and oppressive dictator
autocrat; tyrant.
- noun a cruel and oppressive dictator
- despaired3/5
despair
- noun a state in which all hope is lost or absent
desperation.
- in the depths of despair
- they were rescued from despair at the last minute
- courage born of desperation
- noun the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
- they moaned in despair and dismay
- one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair
- noun a state in which all hope is lost or absent
- deserting3/5
desert
- noun arid land with little or no vegetation
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
abandon; desolate; forsake.
- The mother deserted her children
- noun arid land with little or no vegetation
- destitution3/5
destitution
- noun a state without friends or money or prospects
- noun a state without friends or money or prospects
- despondent3/5
despondent
- adjective satellite without or almost without hope
heartsick.
- despondent about his failure
- too heartsick to fight back
- adjective satellite without or almost without hope
- despondency3/5
despondency
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
disconsolateness; heartsickness; despondence.
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
- desecration3/5
desecration
- noun blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
profanation; blasphemy; sacrilege.
- desecration of the Holy Sabbath
- noun blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
- desultory3/5
desultory
- adjective satellite marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
- desultory thoughts
- the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties
- adjective satellite marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
- desdemona3/5
desdemona
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- deselect3/5
deselect
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- desiree3/5
desiree
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- dess2/5
des
- noun a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
stilboestrol; stilbestrol; diethylstilboestrol; diethylstilbestrol.
- noun synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
stilbesterol; diethylstilbesterol.
- noun a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
- desorbed2/5
desorb
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- verb remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed
- the substance was desorbed
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- desalination2/5
desalination
- noun the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
desalinization; desalinisation.
- noun the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
- destabilized2/5
destabilize
- verb become unstable
destabilise.
- The economy destabilized rapidly
- verb make unstable
destabilise.
- Terrorism destabilized the government
- verb become unstable
- desiccated2/5
desiccated
- adjective satellite thoroughly dried out
dried-out.
- old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars
- dried-out boards beginning to split
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
desiccate; dehydrate.
- carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
- adjective satellite thoroughly dried out
- desipramine2/5
desipramine
- noun a tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system
- noun a tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system
- destruct2/5
destruct
- verb destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
- The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons
- verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
destroy.
- The fire destroyed the house
- verb destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
- destructively2/5
destructively
- adverb in a destructive manner
- he is destructively aggressive
- adverb in a destructive manner
- destabilising2/5
destabilise
- verb become unstable
destabilize.
- The economy destabilized rapidly
- verb make unstable
destabilize.
- Terrorism destabilized the government
- verb become unstable
- destabilizes2/5
destabilize
- verb become unstable
destabilise.
- The economy destabilized rapidly
- verb make unstable
destabilise.
- Terrorism destabilized the government
- verb become unstable
- desensitized2/5
desensitize
- verb cause not to be sensitive
desensitise.
- The war desensitized many soldiers
- The photographic plate was desensitized
- verb make insensitive
desensitise.
- His military training desensitized him
- verb cause not to be sensitive
- destructions2/5
destruction
- noun the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
devastation.
- noun an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
wipeout; demolition.
- noun the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
- destabilise2/5
destabilise
- verb become unstable
destabilize.
- The economy destabilized rapidly
- verb make unstable
destabilize.
- Terrorism destabilized the government
- verb become unstable
- desensitize2/5
desensitize
- verb cause not to be sensitive
desensitise.
- The war desensitized many soldiers
- The photographic plate was desensitized
- verb make insensitive
desensitise.
- His military training desensitized him
- verb cause not to be sensitive
- desuetude2/5
desuetude
- noun a state of inactivity or disuse
- noun a state of inactivity or disuse
- desalting2/5
desalt
- verb remove salt from
desalinize; desalinate; desalinise.
- desalinate water
- verb remove salt from
- destabilised2/5
destabilise
- verb become unstable
destabilize.
- The economy destabilized rapidly
- verb make unstable
destabilize.
- Terrorism destabilized the government
- verb become unstable
- desensitizing2/5
desensitizing
- adjective making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli
desensitising.
- verb cause not to be sensitive
desensitise; desensitize.
- The war desensitized many soldiers
- The photographic plate was desensitized
- adjective making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli
- deserter2/5
deserter
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
ratter; renegade; turncoat; recreant; apostate.
- noun a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
defector.
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- desecrated2/5
desecrated
- adjective treated with contempt
- many desecrated shrines and cemeteries
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
outrage; desecrate; violate; profane.
- desecrate a cemetery
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
- adjective treated with contempt
- descendent2/5
descendent
- noun a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
descendant.
- adjective satellite going or coming down
descendant.
- noun a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
- descents2/5
descent
- noun a movement downward
- noun properties attributable to your ancestry
origin; extraction.
- he comes from good origins
- noun a movement downward
- desideratum2/5
desideratum
- noun something desired as a necessity
- the desiderata for a vacation are time and money
- noun something desired as a necessity
- desertions2/5
desertion
- noun withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
abandonment; defection.
- his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless
- noun the act of giving something up
abandonment; forsaking.
- noun withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
- desiderata2/5
desideratum
- noun something desired as a necessity
- the desiderata for a vacation are time and money
- noun something desired as a necessity
- desegregated2/5
desegregate
- verb open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
integrate; mix.
- This school is completely desegregated
- verb open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
- desisted2/5
desist
- verb choose not to consume
abstain; refrain.
- I abstain from alcohol
- verb choose not to consume
- desegregate2/5
desegregate
- verb open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
integrate; mix.
- This school is completely desegregated
- verb open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
- desperadoes2/5
desperado
- noun a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
desperate criminal.
- noun a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
- desecrate2/5
desecrate
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
outrage; violate; profane.
- desecrate a cemetery
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
- verb remove the consecration from a person or an object
deconsecrate; unhallow.
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
- desperado2/5
desperado
- noun a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
desperate criminal.
- noun a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
- despairs2/5
despair
- noun a state in which all hope is lost or absent
desperation.
- in the depths of despair
- they were rescued from despair at the last minute
- courage born of desperation
- noun the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
- they moaned in despair and dismay
- one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair
- noun a state in which all hope is lost or absent
- desquamation2/5
desquamation
- noun loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
peeling; shedding.
- noun loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
- desecrating2/5
desecrate
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
outrage; violate; profane.
- desecrate a cemetery
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
- verb remove the consecration from a person or an object
deconsecrate; unhallow.
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
- desiccant2/5
desiccant
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
siccative; drying agent; drier.
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
- destabilisation2/5
destabilisation
- noun the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy)
destabilization.
- noun the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy)
- desegregating2/5
desegregate
- verb open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
integrate; mix.
- This school is completely desegregated
- verb open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
- despises2/5
despise
- verb look down on with disdain
scorn; disdain; contemn.
- He despises the people he has to work for
- The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately
- verb look down on with disdain
- despising2/5
despising
- noun a feeling of scornful hatred
despisal.
- verb look down on with disdain
scorn; despise; disdain; contemn.
- He despises the people he has to work for
- The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately
- noun a feeling of scornful hatred
- desktops2/5
desktop
- noun the top of a desk
- noun (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
screen background; background.
- noun the top of a desk
- despots2/5
despot
- noun a cruel and oppressive dictator
autocrat; tyrant.
- noun a cruel and oppressive dictator
- despoiled2/5
despoiled
- adjective satellite having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
ravaged; sacked; pillaged; raped.
- the raped countryside
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave; ransack.
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
- adjective satellite having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
- descried2/5
descry
- verb catch sight of
espy; spot; spy.
- verb catch sight of
- desolated2/5
desolate
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
abandon; desert; forsake.
- The mother deserted her children
- verb reduce in population
depopulate.
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- despoil2/5
despoil
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
pillage; strip; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave; ransack.
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
- verb destroy and strip of its possession
plunder; violate; spoil; rape.
- The soldiers raped the beautiful country
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
- desolating2/5
desolate
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
abandon; desert; forsake.
- The mother deserted her children
- verb reduce in population
depopulate.
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- despatching2/5
despatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
dispatch; communique.
- noun the property of being prompt and efficient
expeditiousness; dispatch; expedition.
- it was done with dispatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
- descry2/5
descry
- verb catch sight of
espy; spot; spy.
- verb catch sight of
- despoiling2/5
despoil
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
pillage; strip; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave; ransack.
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
- verb destroy and strip of its possession
plunder; violate; spoil; rape.
- The soldiers raped the beautiful country
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
- despotisms2/5
despotism
- noun dominance through threat of punishment and violence
tyranny; absolutism.
- noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
tyranny; absolutism; dictatorship; monocracy; Stalinism; shogunate; authoritarianism; one-man rule; Caesarism; totalitarianism.
- noun dominance through threat of punishment and violence
- describable2/5
describable
- adjective satellite capable of being described
- adjective satellite capable of being described
- desponding2/5
despond
- verb lose confidence or hope; become dejected
- The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election
- verb lose confidence or hope; become dejected
- designedly2/5
designedly
- adverb with intention; in an intentional manner
advisedly; on purpose; by choice; intentionally; by design; deliberately; purposely.
- he used that word intentionally
- I did this by choice
- adverb with intention; in an intentional manner
- despond2/5
despond
- verb lose confidence or hope; become dejected
- The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election
- verb lose confidence or hope; become dejected
- despairingly2/5
despairingly
- adverb with desperation
despondently.
- `Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly
- adverb with desperation
- descriptively2/5
descriptively
- adverb by giving a description
- these topics need to be treated not just descriptively
- adverb by giving a description
- despondently2/5
despondently
- adverb with desperation
despairingly.
- `Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly
- adverb with desperation
- descant2/5
descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
discant.
- verb sing in descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- deservedly2/5
deservedly
- adverb as deserved
- he chalked up two goals which deservedly gave Bolton their second victory of the season
- adverb as deserved
- desi2/5
desi
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- destructor2/5
destructor
A destroyer. R.Fire, the destructive and the artificial death of things. Boyle.
- deseret2/5
- desc2/5
desc
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- designee2/5
designee
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- dessus2/5
dessus
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- desaturation2/5
desaturation
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- dessau2/5
dessau
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- designator2/5
designator
(Rom. Antiq.) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.
- desiderius2/5
desiderius
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- destin2/5
destin
Destiny. Obs. Marston.
- desh2/5
desh
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- desistance2/5
desistance
The act or state of desisting; cessation. R. Boyle.If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. H. Spencer.
- dessalines2/5
- deskilling2/5
deskilling
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- deselected2/5
deselected
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- designators2/5
designator
(Rom. Antiq.) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.
- destructors2/5
destructor
A destroyer. R.Fire, the destructive and the artificial death of things. Boyle.
- desulfurization2/5
desulfurization
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- dessa2/5
dessa
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- desmoulins2/5
- desmosomes2/5
desmosomes
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- desiccator2/5
desiccator
One who, or that which, desiccates.
- dessous2/5
- desses1/5
des
- noun a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
stilboestrol; stilbestrol; diethylstilboestrol; diethylstilbestrol.
- noun synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
stilbesterol; diethylstilbesterol.
- noun a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
- desorb1/5
desorb
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- verb remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed
- the substance was desorbed
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- desorbing1/5
desorb
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- verb remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed
- the substance was desorbed
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- desorbs1/5
desorb
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- verb remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed
- the substance was desorbed
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- desalinization1/5
desalinization
- noun the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
desalination; desalinisation.
- noun the removal of salt (especially from sea water)
- destructed1/5
destruct
- verb destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
- The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons
- verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
destroy.
- The fire destroyed the house
- verb destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
- destructing1/5
destruct
- verb destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
- The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons
- verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
destroy.
- The fire destroyed the house
- verb destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
- desiccating1/5
desiccate
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
dehydrate.
- carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
- verb remove water from
dehydrate.
- All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
- desyrel1/5
desyrel
- noun oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative
trazodone hydrochloride; trazodone.
- noun oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative
- desiccate1/5
desiccate
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
dehydrate.
- carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
- verb remove water from
dehydrate.
- All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
- desalted1/5
desalt
- verb remove salt from
desalinize; desalinate; desalinise.
- desalinate water
- verb remove salt from
- desalinated1/5
desalinate
- verb remove salt from
desalinize; desalinise; desalt.
- desalinate water
- verb remove salt from
- destabilises1/5
destabilise
- verb become unstable
destabilize.
- The economy destabilized rapidly
- verb make unstable
destabilize.
- Terrorism destabilized the government
- verb become unstable
- destructs1/5
destruct
- verb destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
- The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons
- verb do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
destroy.
- The fire destroyed the house
- verb destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
- desensitizes1/5
desensitize
- verb cause not to be sensitive
desensitise.
- The war desensitized many soldiers
- The photographic plate was desensitized
- verb make insensitive
desensitise.
- His military training desensitized him
- verb cause not to be sensitive
- descaling1/5
descale
- verb remove the scales from
scale.
- scale fish
- verb remove the scales from
- desensitised1/5
desensitise
- verb cause not to be sensitive
desensitize.
- The war desensitized many soldiers
- The photographic plate was desensitized
- verb make insensitive
desensitize.
- His military training desensitized him
- verb cause not to be sensitive
- despoina1/5
despoina
- noun (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
Persephone; Kore; Cora.
- noun (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
- desalinate1/5
desalinate
- verb remove salt from
desalinize; desalinise; desalt.
- desalinate water
- verb remove salt from
- desalt1/5
desalt
- verb remove salt from
desalinize; desalinate; desalinise.
- desalinate water
- verb remove salt from
- destress1/5
destress
- verb reduce the emphasis
de-emphasise; de-emphasize.
- verb reduce the emphasis
- desiccates1/5
desiccate
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
dehydrate.
- carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
- verb remove water from
dehydrate.
- All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
- desensitising1/5
desensitising
- adjective making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli
desensitizing.
- verb cause not to be sensitive
desensitise; desensitize.
- The war desensitized many soldiers
- The photographic plate was desensitized
- adjective making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli
- desolations1/5
desolation
- noun the state of being decayed or destroyed
devastation.
- noun a bleak and desolate atmosphere
bareness; bleakness; nakedness.
- the nakedness of the landscape
- noun the state of being decayed or destroyed
- destructible1/5
destructible
- adjective easily destroyed
- destructible glassware
- adjective easily destroyed
- desensitisation1/5
desensitisation
- noun the process of reducing sensitivity
desensitization.
- the patient was desensitized to the allergen
- noun the process of reducing sensitivity
- desisting1/5
desist
- verb choose not to consume
abstain; refrain.
- I abstain from alcohol
- verb choose not to consume
- desperados1/5
desperado
- noun a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
desperate criminal.
- noun a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
- descriptivism1/5
descriptivism
- noun (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value
- noun (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics
- noun (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value
- deshabille1/5
deshabille
- noun the state of being carelessly or partially dressed
dishabille.
- noun the state of being carelessly or partially dressed
- desists1/5
desist
- verb choose not to consume
abstain; refrain.
- I abstain from alcohol
- verb choose not to consume
- desecrates1/5
desecrate
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
outrage; violate; profane.
- desecrate a cemetery
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
- verb remove the consecration from a person or an object
deconsecrate; unhallow.
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
- desiccants1/5
desiccant
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
siccative; drying agent; drier.
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
- destabilizations1/5
destabilization
- noun an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft)
- noun the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy)
destabilisation.
- noun an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft)
- desperations1/5
desperation
- noun a state in which all hope is lost or absent
despair.
- in the depths of despair
- they were rescued from despair at the last minute
- courage born of desperation
- noun desperate recklessness
- it was a policy of desperation
- noun a state in which all hope is lost or absent
- desynchronization1/5
desynchronization
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
asynchrony; desynchronizing; desynchronisation; asynchronism.
- the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
- destine1/5
destine
- verb decree or designate beforehand
doom; fate; designate.
- She was destined to become a great pianist
- verb design or destine
intend; specify; designate.
- She was intended to become the director
- verb decree or designate beforehand
- descenders1/5
descender
- noun someone who descends
- noun a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
- noun someone who descends
- descender1/5
descender
- noun someone who descends
- noun a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
- noun someone who descends
- desexualized1/5
desexualize
- verb direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
desexualise.
- verb make infertile
sterilise; desex; desexualise; sterilize; unsex; fix.
- in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized
- verb direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
- destines1/5
destine
- verb decree or designate beforehand
doom; fate; designate.
- She was destined to become a great pianist
- verb design or destine
intend; specify; designate.
- She was intended to become the director
- verb decree or designate beforehand
- desirableness1/5
desirableness
- noun the quality of being worthy of desiring
desirability.
- noun attractiveness to the opposite sex
desirability; sex appeal; oomph.
- noun the quality of being worthy of desiring
- despoilers1/5
despoiler
- noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
spoiler; looter; plunderer; pillager; freebooter; raider.
- noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
- descensus1/5
descensus
- noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
prolapse; prolapsus.
- noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
- desquamated1/5
desquamate
- verb peel off in scales
peel off.
- dry skin desquamates
- verb peel off in scales
- despoiler1/5
despoiler
- noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
spoiler; looter; plunderer; pillager; freebooter; raider.
- noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
- destaining1/5
destain
- verb remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast
- verb remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast
- desacralized1/5
desacralize
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
secularize.
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
- despicably1/5
despicably
- adverb in a despicable manner
- he acted despicably
- adverb in a despicable manner
- destructibility1/5
destructibility
- noun vulnerability to destruction
- noun vulnerability to destruction
- descries1/5
descry
- verb catch sight of
espy; spot; spy.
- verb catch sight of
- destain1/5
destain
- verb remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast
- verb remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast
- deservings1/5
deserve
- verb be worthy or deserving
merit.
- You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done
- verb be worthy or deserving
- destalinization1/5
destalinization
- noun social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor
de-Stalinisation; destalinisation; de-Stalinization.
- his statue was demolished as part of destalinization
- noun social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor
- destining1/5
destine
- verb decree or designate beforehand
doom; fate; designate.
- She was destined to become a great pianist
- verb design or destine
intend; specify; designate.
- She was intended to become the director
- verb decree or designate beforehand
- descrying1/5
descry
- verb catch sight of
espy; spot; spy.
- verb catch sight of
- desmodus1/5
desmodus
- noun type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats
genus Desmodus.
- noun type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats
- despoils1/5
despoil
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
pillage; strip; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave; ransack.
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
- verb destroy and strip of its possession
plunder; violate; spoil; rape.
- The soldiers raped the beautiful country
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
- destained1/5
destain
- verb remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast
- verb remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast
- despiteful1/5
despiteful
- adjective satellite showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
spiteful; vindictive.
- a despiteful fiend
- a truly spiteful child
- a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment
- adjective satellite showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
- desexed1/5
desex
- verb make infertile
sterilise; desexualise; sterilize; unsex; desexualize; fix.
- in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized
- verb make infertile
- desacralizing1/5
desacralize
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
secularize.
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
- desolates1/5
desolate
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
abandon; desert; forsake.
- The mother deserted her children
- verb reduce in population
depopulate.
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
- verb leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- desquamating1/5
desquamate
- verb peel off in scales
peel off.
- dry skin desquamates
- verb peel off in scales
- desexualize1/5
desexualize
- verb direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
desexualise.
- verb make infertile
sterilise; desex; desexualise; sterilize; unsex; fix.
- in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized
- verb direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
- desulfurized1/5
desulfurize
- verb remove sulfur from
desulphurize.
- verb remove sulfur from
- desirabilities1/5
desirability
- noun the quality of being worthy of desiring
desirableness.
- noun attractiveness to the opposite sex
sex appeal; desirableness; oomph.
- noun the quality of being worthy of desiring
- desquamate1/5
desquamate
- verb peel off in scales
peel off.
- dry skin desquamates
- verb peel off in scales
- desexualizing1/5
desexualize
- verb direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
desexualise.
- verb make infertile
sterilise; desex; desexualise; sterilize; unsex; fix.
- in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized
- verb direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
- desacralize1/5
desacralize
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
secularize.
- verb transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
- despoliation1/5
despoliation
- noun the act of stripping and taking by force
spoilation; spoil; spoliation; despoilation; despoilment.
- noun the act of stripping and taking by force
- despitefully1/5
despitefully
- adverb in a maliciously spiteful manner
spitefully.
- pray for them that despitefully use us
- adverb in a maliciously spiteful manner
- despondence1/5
despondence
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
despondency; disconsolateness; heartsickness.
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
- desmodium1/5
desmodium
- noun beggarweed; tick trefoil
genus Desmodium.
- noun beggarweed; tick trefoil
- deservingness1/5
deservingness
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
meritoriousness; merit.
- there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
- noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
- desecrations1/5
desecration
- noun blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
profanation; blasphemy; sacrilege.
- desecration of the Holy Sabbath
- noun blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
- designative1/5
designative
- adjective satellite serving to designate
- adjective satellite serving to designate
- desmids1/5
- dessertspoon1/5
dessertspoon
- noun as much as a dessert spoon will hold
dessertspoonful.
- noun as much as a dessert spoon will hold
- dessertspoonful1/5
dessertspoonful
- noun as much as a dessert spoon will hold
dessertspoon.
- noun as much as a dessert spoon will hold
- deskbound1/5
deskbound
- adjective satellite restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity
desk-bound.
- adjective satellite restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity
- despoilment1/5
despoilment
- noun the act of stripping and taking by force
despoliation; spoilation; spoil; spoliation; despoilation.
- noun the act of stripping and taking by force
- despotical1/5
despotical
- adjective belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
despotic.
- adjective belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
- descanted1/5
descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
discant.
- verb sing in descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- descanting1/5
descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
discant.
- verb sing in descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- descants1/5
descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
discant.
- verb sing in descant
- noun a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- designatum1/5
designatum
- noun something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression
- noun something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression
- deskman1/5
deskman
- noun the police sergeant on duty in a police station
desk sergeant; station keeper.
- noun the police sergeant on duty in a police station
- desolately1/5
desolately
- adverb in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects
disconsolately.
- adverb in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects
- deselecting1/5
deselecting
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- descriptives1/5
descriptive
- adjective serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
- the descriptive variable
- a descriptive passage
- adjective describing the structure of a language
- descriptive grammar
- adjective serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
- despisers1/5
despiser
One who despises; a contemner; a scorner.
- descript1/5
descript
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- desmoid1/5
desmoid
(Anat.) Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament; ligamentous.
- desaturated1/5
- desaturate1/5
desaturate
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- destry1/5
- designees1/5
designees
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- desquamative1/5
desquamative
Of, pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation.
- desto1/5
desto
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- desacralization1/5
- despotically1/5
despotical
- adjective belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
despotic.
- adjective belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
- describer1/5
describe
- verb give a description of
draw; depict.
- He drew an elaborate plan of attack
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- verb give a description of
- deskilled1/5
deskilled
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- desiderative1/5
desiderative
Denoting desire; as, .desiderative verbs
- desirably1/5
desirable
- adjective worth having or seeking or achieving
- a desirable job
- computer with many desirable features
- a desirable outcome
- adjective satellite worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
suitable; worthy.
- the parents found the girl suitable for their son
- adjective worth having or seeking or achieving
- destitutes1/5
destitute
- adjective satellite poor enough to need help from others
poverty-stricken; needy; necessitous; impoverished; indigent.
- adjective satellite completely wanting or lacking
barren; devoid; innocent; free.
- writing barren of insight
- young recruits destitute of experience
- innocent of literary merit
- the sentence was devoid of meaning
- adjective satellite poor enough to need help from others
- desultorily1/5
desultory
- adjective satellite marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
- desultory thoughts
- the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties
- adjective satellite marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
- destrier1/5
destrier
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- descriptivist1/5
descriptivist
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- desse1/5
desse
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- desideria1/5
- desiderium1/5
- desireless1/5
desireless
Free from desire. Donne.
- dessication1/5
- deschooling1/5
- despiser1/5
despise
- verb look down on with disdain
scorn; disdain; contemn.
- He despises the people he has to work for
- The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately
- verb look down on with disdain
- descriptiveness1/5
descriptiveness
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- deselects1/5
deselects
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- dessicated1/5
- deselection1/5
deselection
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- desmosome1/5
desmosome
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- desireable1/5
desirable
- adjective worth having or seeking or achieving
- a desirable job
- computer with many desirable features
- a desirable outcome
- adjective satellite worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
suitable; worthy.
- the parents found the girl suitable for their son
- adjective worth having or seeking or achieving
- desertlike1/5
- desmosomal1/5
- destour1/5
- desulphurization1/5
- desirer1/5
desire
- noun the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- noun an inclination to want things
- a man of many desires
- noun the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- despondingly1/5
despond
- verb lose confidence or hope; become dejected
- The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election
- verb lose confidence or hope; become dejected
- desexualization1/5
desexualization
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- describers1/5
describer
One who describes.
- desirelessness1/5
- desirables1/5
desirable
- adjective worth having or seeking or achieving
- a desirable job
- computer with many desirable features
- a desirable outcome
- adjective satellite worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
suitable; worthy.
- the parents found the girl suitable for their son
- adjective worth having or seeking or achieving
- deservedness1/5
deservedness
Meritoriousness.
- descendance1/5
descendance
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- desulphurisation1/5
- descendible1/5
descendible
Admitting descent; capable of being descended.
- desperateness1/5
desperateness
Desperation; virulence.
- desaturations1/5
- despatcher1/5
despatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
dispatch; communique.
- noun the property of being prompt and efficient
expeditiousness; dispatch; expedition.
- it was done with dispatch
- noun an official report (usually sent in haste)
- destoolment1/5
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desolateness
The state of being desolate.
- descrambling1/5
- descension1/5
descension
The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
- descrambler1/5
- desiderated1/5
desiderate
To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want. Pray have the goodness to point out one word missing that ought to have been there -- please to insert a desiderated stanza. You can not. Prof. Wilson.
Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an actual abode of fire. A. W. Ward.
- desmolase1/5
- desecrators1/5
desecrator
One who desecrates. "Desecrators of the church." Morley.
- desiderate1/5
desiderate
To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want. Pray have the goodness to point out one word missing that ought to have been there -- please to insert a desiderated stanza. You can not. Prof. Wilson.
Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an actual abode of fire. A. W. Ward.
- deskwork1/5
deskwork
Work done at a desk, as by a clerk or writer. Tennyson.
- desertic1/5
desertic
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- despread1/5
despread
See Dispread .
- designable1/5
designable
Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable. Boyle.
- descrive1/5
describe
- verb give a description of
draw; depict.
- He drew an elaborate plan of attack
- verb to give an account or representation of in words
report; account.
- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
- verb give a description of
- destigmatize1/5
- deskill1/5
deskill
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- desmoids1/5
desmoid
(Anat.) Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament; ligamentous.
- despight1/5
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destriers
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- desocialization1/5
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desiccator
One who, or that which, desiccates.
- desinence1/5
desinence
Termination; ending. Bp. Hall.
- descriptivists1/5
- desecrator1/5
desecrator
One who desecrates. "Desecrators of the church." Morley.
- desma1/5
desma
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deseed
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- desole1/5
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destinal
Determined by destiny; fated. Obs. "The order destinal." Chaucer.
- destructivity1/5
- destruens1/5
destruens
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- desilver1/5
desilver
To deprive of silver; as, to .desilver lead
Derived words of des
- oldest«Word Popularity Bar5/5
old
- noun past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
- adjective (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
- his mother is very old
- a ripe old age
- how old are you?
- noun past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
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modest
- adjective marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
- a modest apartment
- too modest to wear his medals
- adjective satellite not large but sufficient in size or amount
small.
- a modest salary
- modest inflation
- helped in my own small way
- adjective marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
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goddess
- noun a female deity
- noun a female deity
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widespread
- adjective satellite widely circulated or diffused
- a widespread doctrine
- widespread fear of nuclear war
- adjective satellite distributed over a considerable extent
far-flung.
- far-flung trading operations
- the West's far-flung mountain ranges
- widespread nuclear fallout
- adjective satellite widely circulated or diffused
- bangladesh4/5
bangladesh
- noun a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971
People's Republic of Bangladesh; East Pakistan; Bangla Desh.
- noun a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971
- hardest4/5
hard
- adjective not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
difficult.
- 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 dispassionate;
- took a hard look
- a hard bargainer
- adjective not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- undesirable4/5
undesirable
- noun one whose presence is undesirable
- rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables
- adjective not wanted
unwanted.
- undesirable impurities in steel
- legislation excluding undesirable aliens
- removed the unwanted vegetation
- noun one whose presence is undesirable
- pedestrian4/5
pedestrian
- noun a person who travels by foot
walker; footer.
- adjective satellite lacking wit or imagination
prosaic; prosy; earthbound.
- a pedestrian movie plot
- noun a person who travels by foot
- eldest4/5
eldest
- noun the offspring who came first in the order of birth
firstborn.
- adjective satellite first in order of birth
firstborn.
- the firstborn child
- noun the offspring who came first in the order of birth
- goddesses4/5
goddess
- noun a female deity
- noun a female deity
- widest4/5
wide
- adjective having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
broad.
- wide roads
- a wide necktie
- wide margins
- three feet wide
- a river two miles broad
- broad shoulders
- a broad river
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
across-the-board; broad; blanket; all-encompassing; encompassing; all-inclusive; all-embracing; extensive; panoptic.
- across-the-board pay increases
- an all-embracing definition
- blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
- an invention with broad applications
- a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
- granted him wide powers
- adjective having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- modesty4/5
modesty
- noun freedom from vanity or conceit
modestness.
- noun formality and propriety of manner
reserve.
- noun freedom from vanity or conceit
- clandestine4/5
clandestine
- adjective satellite conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
hugger-mugger; secret; hole-and-corner; surreptitious; underground; cloak-and-dagger; hush-hush; undercover.
- clandestine intelligence operations
- cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
- hole-and-corner intrigue
- secret missions
- a secret agent
- secret sales of arms
- surreptitious mobilization of troops
- an undercover investigation
- underground resistance
- adjective satellite conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
- pradesh4/5
pradesh
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- rhodesia3/5
rhodesia
- noun a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980
Zimbabwe; Republic of Zimbabwe; Southern Rhodesia.
- noun a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980
- wildest3/5
wild
- noun a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
natural state; state of nature.
- he lived in the wild
- they collected mushrooms in the wild
- noun a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
wilderness.
- it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers
- noun a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
- odessa3/5
odessa
- noun a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea
Odesa.
- noun a city in western Texas
- noun a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea
- coldest3/5
cold
- noun a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
common cold.
- will they never find a cure for the common cold?
- noun the absence of heat
frigidness; coldness; frigidity; low temperature.
- the coldness made our breath visible
- come in out of the cold
- cold is a vasoconstrictor
- noun a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
- nondescript3/5
nondescript
- noun a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
- adjective satellite lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
characterless.
- women dressed in nondescript clothes
- a nondescript novel
- noun a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
- bangladeshi3/5
bangladeshi
- noun a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Bangladesh or its people or language
East Pakistani.
- Bangladeshi dialects
- noun a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh
- rhodesian3/5
rhodesian
- adjective of or relating to the former country of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
- adjective of or relating to the former country of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
- pedestal3/5
pedestal
- noun a support or foundation
base; stand.
- the base of the lamp
- noun a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
- they put him on a pedestal
- noun a support or foundation
- pedestrians3/5
pedestrian
- noun a person who travels by foot
walker; footer.
- adjective satellite lacking wit or imagination
prosaic; prosy; earthbound.
- a pedestrian movie plot
- noun a person who travels by foot
- tradesmen3/5
tradesman
- noun a merchant who owns or manages a shop
shopkeeper; market keeper; storekeeper.
- noun a merchant who owns or manages a shop
- incandescent3/5
incandescent
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
candent.
- an incandescent bulb
- adjective satellite characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
- an incandescent performance
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
- tradesman3/5
tradesman
- noun a merchant who owns or manages a shop
shopkeeper; market keeper; storekeeper.
- noun a merchant who owns or manages a shop
- iridescent3/5
iridescent
- adjective satellite varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
shot; changeable; chatoyant.
- changeable taffeta
- chatoyant (or shot) silk
- a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent
- adjective satellite having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
nacreous; pearlescent; opalescent; opaline.
- an iridescent oil slick
- nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl
- a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster
- adjective satellite varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
- redesign3/5
redesign
- verb design anew, make a new design for
- verb design anew, make a new design for
- broadest3/5
broad
- noun slang term for a woman
- a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch
- adjective having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
wide.
- wide roads
- a wide necktie
- wide margins
- three feet wide
- a river two miles broad
- broad shoulders
- a broad river
- noun slang term for a woman
- condescending3/5
condescending
- adjective satellite (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
patronizing; patronising; arch.
- verb behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
condescend.
- adjective satellite (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
- predestination3/5
predestination
- noun previous determination as if by destiny or fate
- noun (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
predetermination; foreordination; preordination.
- noun previous determination as if by destiny or fate
- redesigned3/5
redesign
- verb design anew, make a new design for
- verb design anew, make a new design for
- indestructible3/5
indestructible
- adjective not easily destroyed
- adjective satellite very long lasting
perdurable; durable; undestroyable.
- less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys
- the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent
- adjective not easily destroyed
- grandest3/5
grand
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
yard; G; thou; thousand; M; chiliad; one thousand; K; 1000.
- noun a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
grand piano.
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- loudest3/5
loud
- adjective characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
- a group of loud children
- loud thunder
- her voice was too loud
- loud trombones
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; gimcrack; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- adjective characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
- saddest3/5
sad
- adjective experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
- feeling sad because his dog had died
- Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
- adjective satellite of things that make you feel sad
- sad news
- she doesn't like sad movies
- it was a very sad story
- When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti
- adjective experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
- comradeship3/5
comradeship
- noun the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
camaraderie; comradeliness; chumminess; comradery.
- noun the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
- redesigning3/5
redesign
- verb design anew, make a new design for
- verb design anew, make a new design for
- condescension3/5
condescension
- noun the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
disdainfulness; superciliousness.
- noun a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
patronage; disdain.
- noun the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
- undesired3/5
undesired
- adjective satellite not desired
unsought.
- an undesired result
- adjective satellite not desired
- kindest3/5
kind
- noun a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
sort; form; variety.
- sculpture is a form of art
- what kinds of desserts are there?
- adjective having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
- kind to sick patients
- a kind master
- kind words showing understanding and sympathy
- thanked her for her kind letter
- noun a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- predestined3/5
predestined
- adjective satellite established or prearranged unalterably
foreordained; predestinate.
- his place in history was foreordained
- a sense of predestinate inevitability about it
- it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world
- verb decree or determine beforehand
predestine.
- adjective satellite established or prearranged unalterably
- undeserving3/5
undeserving
- adjective satellite not deserving
unworthy.
- the undeserving poor
- adjective satellite not deserving
- proudest3/5
proud
- adjective feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
- proud parents
- proud of his accomplishments
- a proud moment
- proud to serve his country
- a proud name
- proud princes
- adjective satellite having or displaying great dignity or nobility
gallant; majestic; lofty.
- a gallant pageant
- lofty ships
- majestic cities
- proud alpine peaks
- adjective feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
- modestly3/5
modestly
- adverb with modesty; in a modest manner
- the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'
- adverb with modesty; in a modest manner
- indescribable3/5
indescribable
- adjective satellite defying expression or description
indefinable; ineffable; untellable; unutterable; unspeakable.
- indefinable yearnings
- indescribable beauty
- ineffable ecstasy
- inexpressible anguish
- unspeakable happiness
- unutterable contempt
- a thing of untellable splendor
- adjective satellite defying expression or description
- undeserved3/5
undeserved
- adjective satellite not deserved or earned
- has an undeserved reputation as a coward
- adjective satellite not deserved or earned
- bangladeshis2/5
bangladeshi
- noun a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Bangladesh or its people or language
East Pakistani.
- Bangladeshi dialects
- noun a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh
- incandescence2/5
incandescence
- noun the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
glow.
- noun light from heat
- noun the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
- geodesic2/5
geodesic
- noun (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere)
geodesic line.
- adjective of or relating to or determined by geodesy
geodetic; geodesical.
- noun (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere)
- pedestals2/5
pedestal
- noun a support or foundation
base; stand.
- the base of the lamp
- noun a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
- they put him on a pedestal
- noun a support or foundation
- mildest2/5
mild
- adjective moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
- a mild winter storm
- a mild fever
- fortunately the pain was mild
- a mild rebuke
- mild criticism
- adjective satellite humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
modest; meek.
- meek and self-effacing
- adjective moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
- undesirables2/5
undesirable
- noun one whose presence is undesirable
- rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables
- adjective not wanted
unwanted.
- undesirable impurities in steel
- legislation excluding undesirable aliens
- removed the unwanted vegetation
- noun one whose presence is undesirable
- andesite2/5
andesite
- noun a dark grey volcanic rock
- noun a dark grey volcanic rock
- rudest2/5
rude
- adjective satellite socially incorrect in behavior
unmannerly; unmannered; bad-mannered; ill-mannered.
- resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion
- adjective satellite (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
underbred; bounderish; yokelish; ill-bred; lowbred.
- adjective satellite socially incorrect in behavior
- lodestar2/5
lodestar
- noun guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy
loadstar.
- noun something that serves as a model or guide
loadstar.
- noun guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy
- lodestone2/5
lodestone
- noun a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically
loadstone.
- noun a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically
- geodesics2/5
geodesic
- noun (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere)
geodesic line.
- adjective of or relating to or determined by geodesy
geodetic; geodesical.
- noun (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere)
- boldest2/5
bold
- noun a typeface with thick heavy lines
bold face; boldface.
- adjective fearless and daring
- bold settlers on some foreign shore
- a bold speech
- a bold adventure
- noun a typeface with thick heavy lines
- bridesmaids2/5
bridesmaid
- noun an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
maid of honor.
- noun an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
- condescend2/5
condescend
- verb behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
- verb do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
deign; descend.
- verb behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
- condescended2/5
condescend
- verb behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
- verb do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
deign; descend.
- verb behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
- sideshow2/5
sideshow
- noun a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event
- instruction is not an educational sideshow
- noun a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)
- noun a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event
- fondest2/5
fond
- adjective satellite having or displaying warmth or affection
lovesome; affectionate; tender; warm.
- affectionate children
- a fond embrace
- fond of his nephew
- a tender glance
- a warm embrace
- adjective satellite extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
adoring; doting.
- adoring grandparents
- deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain
- hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother
- adjective satellite having or displaying warmth or affection
- oddest2/5
odd
- adjective not divisible by two
uneven.
- adjective satellite not easily explained
- it is odd that his name is never mentioned
- adjective not divisible by two
- crudest2/5
crude
- noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
crude oil; oil; fossil oil; petroleum; rock oil.
- adjective satellite not carefully or expertly made
rough.
- managed to make a crude splint
- a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them
- rough carpentry
- noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- bridesmaid2/5
bridesmaid
- noun an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
maid of honor.
- noun an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
- shepherdess2/5
shepherdess
- noun a woman shepherd
- verb watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
shepherd.
- noun a woman shepherd
- geodesy2/5
geodesy
- noun the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points
- noun the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points
- soundest2/5
sound
- noun the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
- the sound of rain on the roof
- the beautiful sound of music
- noun the subjective sensation of hearing something
auditory sensation.
- he strained to hear the faint sounds
- noun the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
- stupidest2/5
stupid
- noun a person who is not very bright
pillock; dullard; pudding head; poor fish; stupe; pudden-head; stupid person; dolt.
- The economy, stupid!
- adjective lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
- noun a person who is not very bright
- tradespeople2/5
tradespeople
- noun people engaged in trade
- noun people engaged in trade
- weirdest2/5
weird
- noun fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters
Wyrd.
- adjective satellite suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
eldritch; uncanny; unearthly.
- an eldritch screech
- the three weird sisters
- stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy
- an unearthly light
- he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
- noun fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters
- recrudescence2/5
recrudescence
- noun a return of something after a period of abatement
- a recrudescence of racism
- a recrudescence of the symptoms
- noun a return of something after a period of abatement
- undescended2/5
undescended
- adjective (of the testis) remaining in the abdomen instead of descending into the scrotum
- adjective (of the testis) remaining in the abdomen instead of descending into the scrotum
- iridescence2/5
iridescence
- noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
opalescence.
- noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
- undesirability2/5
undesirability
- noun the quality possessed by something that should be avoided
- noun the quality possessed by something that should be avoided
- immodesty2/5
immodesty
- noun the trait of being vain and conceited
- noun the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals
exhibitionism.
- noun the trait of being vain and conceited
- indestructibility2/5
indestructibility
- noun the strength to resist destruction
- noun the strength to resist destruction
- condescends2/5
condescend
- verb behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
- verb do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
deign; descend.
- verb behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
- maddest2/5
mad
- adjective satellite roused to anger
sore; huffy.
- stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain
- she gets mad when you wake her up so early
- mad at his friend
- sore over a remark
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
crazy; unhinged; brainsick; demented; disturbed; sick; unbalanced.
- a man who had gone mad
- adjective satellite roused to anger
- sideshows2/5
sideshow
- noun a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event
- instruction is not an educational sideshow
- noun a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)
- noun a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event
- shepherdesses2/5
shepherdess
- noun a woman shepherd
- verb watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
shepherd.
- noun a woman shepherd
- arthrodesis2/5
arthrodesis
- noun the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion
- noun the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion
- sidestep2/5
sidestep
- noun a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
- verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
dodge; fudge; evade; parry; elude; skirt; duck; hedge; circumvent; put off.
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
- noun a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
- stewardess2/5
stewardess
- noun a woman steward on an airplane
air hostess; hostess.
- noun a woman steward on an airplane
- profoundest2/5
profound
- adjective showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
- the differences are profound
- a profound insight
- a profound book
- a profound mind
- profound contempt
- profound regret
- adjective satellite of the greatest intensity; complete
- a profound silence
- a state of profound shock
- adjective showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
- sidestepped2/5
sidestep
- noun a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
- verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
dodge; fudge; evade; parry; elude; skirt; duck; hedge; circumvent; put off.
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
- noun a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
- bundesbank2/5
bundesbank
- noun the central bank of Germany
- noun the central bank of Germany
- immodest2/5
immodest
- adjective having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc
- brash immodest boasting
- adjective offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
- adjective having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc
- sidestepping2/5
sidestep
- noun a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
- verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
dodge; fudge; evade; parry; elude; skirt; duck; hedge; circumvent; put off.
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
- noun a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
- damnedest2/5
damned
- noun people who are condemned to eternal punishment
- he felt he had visited the realm of the damned
- verb wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
imprecate; curse; anathemise; damn; bedamn; anathemize; maledict; beshrew.
- The bad witch cursed the child
- noun people who are condemned to eternal punishment
- stewardesses2/5
stewardess
- noun a woman steward on an airplane
air hostess; hostess.
- noun a woman steward on an airplane
- sidesteps2/5
sidestep
- noun a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
- verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
dodge; fudge; evade; parry; elude; skirt; duck; hedge; circumvent; put off.
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
- noun a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
- helpdesk2/5
helpdesk
- noun a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network
help desk.
- noun a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network
- shrewdest2/5
shrewd
- adjective satellite marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
sharp; astute.
- a smart businessman
- an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease
- he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow
- adjective satellite used of persons
scheming; conniving; calculative; calculating.
- the most calculating and selfish men in the community
- adjective satellite marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- condescendingly2/5
condescendingly
- adverb with condescension; in a patronizing manner
patronisingly; patronizingly.
- he treats his secretary condescendingly
- adverb with condescension; in a patronizing manner
- clydesdale2/5
clydesdale
- noun heavy feathered-legged breed of draft horse originally from Scotland
- noun heavy feathered-legged breed of draft horse originally from Scotland
- indescribably2/5
indescribably
- adverb to an inexpressible degree
unutterably; unspeakably; ineffably.
- she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton
- adverb to an inexpressible degree
- undeservedly2/5
undeservedly
- adverb in an unmerited manner
- the team chalked up another victory, the last one quite undeservedly, in my opinion
- adverb in an unmerited manner
- bundestag2/5
bundestag
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- nondestructive2/5
nondestructive
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- edessa2/5
edessa
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- hildesheim2/5
hildesheim
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- clandestinely2/5
clandestine
- adjective satellite conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
hugger-mugger; secret; hole-and-corner; surreptitious; underground; cloak-and-dagger; hush-hush; undercover.
- clandestine intelligence operations
- cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
- hole-and-corner intrigue
- secret missions
- a secret agent
- secret sales of arms
- surreptitious mobilization of troops
- an undercover investigation
- underground resistance
- adjective satellite conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
- slideshow2/5
slideshow
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- swadeshi2/5
- modesto2/5
modesto
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- tedeschi2/5
tedeschi
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- bundesrat2/5
bundesrat
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- redesignated2/5
redesignated
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- widescreen2/5
widescreen
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- podesta2/5
podesta
One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages. Brande & C.
- undescribed2/5
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- redescription2/5
redescription
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- shouldest2/5
shall
To owe; to be under obligation for. Obs. "By the faith I shall to God" Court of Love.
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plasmodesmata
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- wouldest2/5
will
- noun the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
volition.
- the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith
- noun a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
- where there's a will there's a way
- noun the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- rhodesians2/5
rhodesians
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slideshows
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- semidesert1/5
semidesert
- noun a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
- noun a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
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semidesert
- noun a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
- noun a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
- wickedest1/5
wicked
- adjective morally bad in principle or practice
- adjective satellite having committed unrighteous acts
sinful; unholy.
- a sinful person
- adjective morally bad in principle or practice
- odesa1/5
odesa
- noun a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea
Odessa.
- noun a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea
- solidest1/5
solid
- noun matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
- noun the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
solidness; solid state.
- noun matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
- baldest1/5
bald
- verb grow bald; lose hair on one's head
- He is balding already
- adjective satellite with no effort to conceal
barefaced.
- a barefaced lie
- verb grow bald; lose hair on one's head
- deadest1/5
dead
- noun people who are no longer living
- they buried the dead
- noun a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
- the dead of winter
- noun people who are no longer living
- nondescripts1/5
nondescript
- noun a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
- adjective satellite lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
characterless.
- women dressed in nondescript clothes
- a nondescript novel
- noun a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
- reddest1/5
red
- noun red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
redness.
- noun a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
Red River.
- noun red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- andesites1/5
- sideswiped1/5
sideswipe
- noun a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)
- verb strike from the side
- noun a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)
- diapedesis1/5
diapedesis
- noun passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue
- noun passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue
- tradescant1/5
tradescant
- noun English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638)
John Tradescant.
- noun English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638)
- sideswipe1/5
sideswipe
- noun a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)
- verb strike from the side
- noun a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)
- lodestones1/5
lodestone
- noun a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically
loadstone.
- noun a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically
- roundest1/5
round
- noun a charge of ammunition for a single shot
one shot; unit of ammunition.
- noun an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
rhythm; cycle.
- the never-ending cycle of the seasons
- noun a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- crookedest1/5
crooked
- verb bend or cause to bend
crook; curve.
- He crooked his index finger
- the road curved sharply
- adjective having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
- crooked country roads
- crooked teeth
- verb bend or cause to bend
- sideswiping1/5
sideswipe
- noun a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)
- verb strike from the side
- noun a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)
- wretchedest1/5
wretched
- adjective satellite of very poor quality or condition
miserable; execrable; deplorable; woeful.
- deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
- woeful treatment of the accused
- woeful errors of judgment
- adjective satellite characterized by physical misery
miserable.
- a wet miserable weekend
- spent a wretched night on the floor
- adjective satellite of very poor quality or condition
- sideswipes1/5
sideswipe
- noun a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)
- verb strike from the side
- noun a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)
- lodestars1/5
lodestar
- noun guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy
loadstar.
- noun something that serves as a model or guide
loadstar.
- noun guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy
- redesigns1/5
redesign
- verb design anew, make a new design for
- verb design anew, make a new design for
- sideslip1/5
sideslip
- noun an unexpected slide
skid; slip.
- noun a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
slip.
- noun an unexpected slide
- unkindest1/5
unkind
- adjective lacking kindness
- a thoughtless and unkind remark
- the unkindest cut of all
- adjective satellite deficient in humane and kindly feelings
pitiless.
- adjective lacking kindness
- tradescantia1/5
tradescantia
(Bot.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.
- blandest1/5
bland
- adjective satellite lacking taste or flavor or tang
flat; vapid; flavorless; insipid; savorless; savourless; flavourless.
- a bland diet
- insipid hospital food
- flavorless supermarket tomatoes
- vapid beer
- vapid tea
- adjective satellite lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
flat.
- a bland little drama
- a flat joke
- adjective satellite lacking taste or flavor or tang
- geodesies1/5
geodesy
- noun the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points
- noun the branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points
- zantedeschia1/5
zantedeschia
- noun calla lily
genus Zantedeschia.
- noun calla lily
- bedesmen1/5
bedesman
- noun a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another
beadsman.
- noun a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another
- sidesaddle1/5
sidesaddle
- noun a saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse
- adverb on or as if on a sidesaddle
- she rode sidesaddle
- noun a saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse
- predestinated1/5
predestinate
- verb foreordain by divine will or decree
foreordain; predestine.
- adjective satellite established or prearranged unalterably
foreordained; predestined.
- his place in history was foreordained
- a sense of predestinate inevitability about it
- it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world
- verb foreordain by divine will or decree
- predestinarian1/5
predestinarian
- noun anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
determinist; fatalist; predestinationist.
- adjective of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination
- noun anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
- undesirably1/5
undesirably
- adverb in an undesirable manner
unwantedly.
- he was unwantedly friendly
- adverb in an undesirable manner
- trichodesmium1/5
trichodesmium
- noun large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation
- noun large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation
- predestinate1/5
predestinate
- verb foreordain by divine will or decree
foreordain; predestine.
- adjective satellite established or prearranged unalterably
foreordained; predestined.
- his place in history was foreordained
- a sense of predestinate inevitability about it
- it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world
- verb foreordain by divine will or decree
- darnedest1/5
darned
- verb repair by sewing
darn.
- darn socks
- adjective satellite expletives used informally as intensifiers
goddamned; goddam; goddamn; blessed; blamed; blame; infernal; damn; deuced; damned; blasted.
- he's a blasted idiot
- it's a blamed shame
- a blame cold winter
- not a blessed dime
- I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
- he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
- a deuced idiot
- an infernal nuisance
- verb repair by sewing
- gladdest1/5
glad
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
gladiolus; sword lily; gladiola.
- adjective showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
- glad you are here
- glad that they succeeded
- gave a glad shout
- a glad smile
- heard the glad news
- a glad occasion
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
- predestines1/5
predestine
- verb decree or determine beforehand
- verb foreordain by divine will or decree
foreordain; predestinate.
- verb decree or determine beforehand
- predestine1/5
predestine
- verb decree or determine beforehand
- verb foreordain by divine will or decree
foreordain; predestinate.
- verb decree or determine beforehand
- condescensions1/5
condescension
- noun the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
disdainfulness; superciliousness.
- noun a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
patronage; disdain.
- noun the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
- recrudescent1/5
recrudescent
- adjective satellite the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement
- the patient presented with a case of recrudescent gastralgia
- adjective satellite the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement
- absurdest1/5
absurd
- noun a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless
the absurd.
- The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus
- adjective satellite inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
- the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman
- noun a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless
- sidesplitting1/5
sidesplitting
- adjective satellite very funny
killing.
- a killing joke
- sidesplitting antics
- adjective satellite very funny
- predestinarians1/5
predestinarian
- noun anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
determinist; fatalist; predestinationist.
- adjective of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination
- noun anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
- predestinating1/5
predestinate
- verb foreordain by divine will or decree
foreordain; predestine.
- adjective satellite established or prearranged unalterably
foreordained; predestined.
- his place in history was foreordained
- a sense of predestinate inevitability about it
- it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world
- verb foreordain by divine will or decree
- immodestly1/5
immodestly
- adverb without modesty; in an immodest manner
- the book was entitled, immodestly, `All about Wisdom'
- adverb without modesty; in an immodest manner
- blindest1/5
blind
- noun people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
- he spent hours reading to the blind
- noun a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
- he waited impatiently in the blind
- noun people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
- predestinarianism1/5
predestinarianism
- noun the belief or doctrine of predestinarians
- noun the belief or doctrine of predestinarians
- sidestroke1/5
sidestroke
- noun a swimming stroke in which the arms move forward and backward while the legs do a scissors kick
- noun a swimming stroke in which the arms move forward and backward while the legs do a scissors kick
- clydesdales1/5
clydesdale
- noun heavy feathered-legged breed of draft horse originally from Scotland
- noun heavy feathered-legged breed of draft horse originally from Scotland
- leopardess1/5
leopardess
- noun female leopard
- noun female leopard
- undesigned1/5
undesigned
- adjective not done or made or performed with purpose or intent
- adjective not done or made or performed with purpose or intent
- predesigned1/5
predesign
To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine. Mitford.
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- godesberg1/5
- baddest1/5
bad
- noun that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
badness.
- take the bad with the good
- adjective having undesirable or negative qualities
- a bad report card
- his sloppy appearance made a bad impression
- a bad little boy
- clothes in bad shape
- a bad cut
- bad luck
- the news was very bad
- the reviews were bad
- the pay is bad
- it was a bad light for reading
- the movie was a bad choice
- noun that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
- tenodesis1/5
- rwandese1/5
rwandese
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- chidester1/5
chidester
A female scold. Obs.
- syndesmosis1/5
syndesmosis
(Anat.) An articulation formed by means of ligaments.
- undesignated1/5
- sidestream1/5
- redescribed1/5
redescribed
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- chodesh1/5
chodesh
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- redesignation1/5
- codesign1/5
codesign
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- redescribe1/5
redescribe
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- damndest1/5
damndest
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- pedestrianized1/5
pedestrianize
To practice walking; to travel on foot.
- redescribing1/5
redescribing
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- darndest1/5
darndest
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- misdescription1/5
misdescription
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- predesignated1/5
predesignate
(Logic) A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, .; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated.all ,none , etc
- voivodeship1/5
voivodeship
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- hydrodesulfurization1/5
hydrodesulfurization
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- vindesine1/5
- tedesca1/5
- pedestrianism1/5
pedestrianism
The act, art, or practice of a pedestrian; walking or running; traveling or racing on foot.
- syndesmotic1/5
- hodesh1/5
hodesh
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- clandestinity1/5
clandestinity
Privacy or secrecy. R.
- idest1/5
id
- noun a state in the Rocky Mountains
Gem State; Idaho.
- noun a card or badge used to identify the bearer
I.D..
- you had to show your ID in order to get in
- noun a state in the Rocky Mountains
- redescriptions1/5
- pedestrianised1/5
pedestrianised
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- undestroyed1/5
undestroyed
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- predesign1/5
predesign
To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine. Mitford.
- electrodesiccation1/5
electrodesiccation
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- redesignating1/5
- widespreading1/5
widespread
- adjective satellite widely circulated or diffused
- a widespread doctrine
- widespread fear of nuclear war
- adjective satellite distributed over a considerable extent
far-flung.
- far-flung trading operations
- the West's far-flung mountain ranges
- widespread nuclear fallout
- adjective satellite widely circulated or diffused
- middest1/5
mid
- adjective satellite used in combination to denote the middle
- midmorning
- midsummer
- in mid-1958
- a mid-June wedding
- adjective satellite used in combination to denote the middle
- overdesign1/5
overdesign
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- viridescens1/5
viridescens
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- nondestructively1/5
nondestructively
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- nondescriptive1/5
nondescriptive
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- odescalchi1/5
odescalchi
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- sidestreet1/5
sidestreet
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- tradesperson1/5
tradesperson
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- undesignedly1/5
undesigned
- adjective not done or made or performed with purpose or intent
- adjective not done or made or performed with purpose or intent
- misdescriptive1/5
misdescriptive
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- overdesigned1/5
- redesignate1/5
redesignate
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- undescribable1/5
undescribable
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- misdescribed1/5
- adeste1/5
adeste
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- druidess1/5
druidess
A female Druid; a prophetess.
- tradeswomen1/5
tradeswoman
A woman who trades, or is skilled in trade.
- sidesway1/5
- incandescents1/5
incandescent
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
candent.
- an incandescent bulb
- adjective satellite characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
- an incandescent performance
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
- pedestalled1/5
pedestal
- noun a support or foundation
base; stand.
- the base of the lamp
- noun a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
- they put him on a pedestal
- noun a support or foundation
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- sideshoots1/5
- couldest1/5
can
- noun airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
tin; tin can.
- noun the quantity contained in a can
canful.
- noun airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
- pedestaled1/5
pedestaled
Placed on, or supported by, a pedestal; figuratively, exalted. Hawthorne.Pedestaled haply in a palace court. Keats.
- tradespersons1/5
- sidestreets1/5
- bundesrath1/5
bundesrath
The federal council of the German Empire. In the Bundesrath and the Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The federal council of Switzerland is also so called. ✍ The Bundesrath of the German empire is presided over by a chancellor, and is composed of sixty-two members, who represent the different states of the empire, being appointed for each session by their respective governments. By this united congress, the highest tribunal of Switzerland, -- the Bundesrath -- is chosen, and the head of this is a president. J. P. Peters (Trans. Müller's Pol. Hist. ).
- pedestrianization1/5
pedestrianization
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- sidespin1/5
sidespin
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- redescribes1/5
redescribes
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- geodesists1/5
geodesist
One versed in geodesy.
- ridesharing1/5
- adessive1/5
- voivodeships1/5
- pedestrianisation1/5
pedestrianisation
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- andesine1/5
andesine
(Min.) A kind of triclinic feldspar found in the Andes.
- gudesire1/5
- arthrodeses1/5
- undesigning1/5
undesigning
Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; simple.
- indestructibly1/5
indestructible
- adjective not easily destroyed
- adjective satellite very long lasting
perdurable; durable; undestroyable.
- less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys
- the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent
- adjective not easily destroyed
- geodesist1/5
geodesist
One versed in geodesy.
- incandescently1/5
incandescent
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
candent.
- an incandescent bulb
- adjective satellite characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
- an incandescent performance
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
- misdescribe1/5
misdescribe
To describe wrongly.
- syneidesis1/5
- sideslipping1/5
sideslip
- noun an unexpected slide
skid; slip.
- noun a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
slip.
- noun an unexpected slide
- pardesi1/5
- plasmodesma1/5
plasmodesma
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