dle: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of dle
- middle«Word Popularity Bar5/5
middle
- noun an area that is approximately central within some larger region
heart; eye; center; centre.
- it is in the center of town
- they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
- they were in the eye of the storm
- noun an intermediate part or section
- A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
- noun an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- handle5/5
handle
- noun the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
grip; hold; handgrip.
- he grabbed the hammer by the handle
- it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip
- verb be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
manage; deal; care.
- I can deal with this crew of workers
- This blender can't handle nuts
- She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old
- noun the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- saddle5/5
saddle
- noun a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
- noun a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
saddleback.
- noun a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
- idle5/5
idle
- noun the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- the car engine was running at idle
- verb run disconnected or idle
tick over.
- the engine is idling
- noun the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- needle5/5
needle
- noun the leaf of a conifer
acerate leaf.
- noun a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
- noun the leaf of a conifer
- bundle4/5
bundle
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
parcel; packet; package.
- noun a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
sheaf.
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
- candle4/5
candle
- noun stick of wax with a wick in the middle
wax light; taper.
- noun the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
candela; standard candle; cd.
- noun stick of wax with a wick in the middle
- spindle4/5
spindle
- noun (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis
- noun a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- noun (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- cradle4/5
cradle
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- riddle4/5
riddle
- noun a difficult problem
conundrum; enigma; brain-teaser.
- noun a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
- noun a difficult problem
- paddle4/5
paddle
- noun small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- noun a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
- noun small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- girdle3/5
girdle
- noun an encircling or ringlike structure
- noun a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
cincture; waistband; sash; waistcloth.
- noun an encircling or ringlike structure
- puddle3/5
puddle
- noun a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
- noun a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
pool.
- there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
- the body lay in a pool of blood
- noun a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
- kindle3/5
kindle
- verb catch fire
inflame.
- The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles
- verb cause to start burning
inflame; enkindle; conflagrate.
- The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
- verb catch fire
- fiddle3/5
fiddle
- noun bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
violin.
- verb avoid (one's assigned duties)
goldbrick; shrink from; shirk.
- The derelict soldier shirked his duties
- noun bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
- bridle3/5
bridle
- noun headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
- noun the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
curb; check.
- his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper
- noun headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
- huddle3/5
huddle
- noun (informal) a quick private conference
powwow.
- noun a disorganized and densely packed crowd
- a huddle of frightened women
- noun (informal) a quick private conference
- muddle3/5
muddle
- noun a confused multitude of things
welter; smother; clutter; mare's nest; fuddle; jumble.
- noun informal terms for a difficult situation
kettle of fish; mess; fix; jam; hole; pickle.
- he got into a terrible fix
- he made a muddle of his marriage
- noun a confused multitude of things
- straddle3/5
straddle
- noun a noncommittal or equivocal position
- noun a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
- noun a noncommittal or equivocal position
- poodle3/5
poodle
- noun an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs
poodle dog.
- noun an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs
- ladle3/5
ladle
- noun a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
- verb put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle
- ladle soup into the bowl
- noun a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
- doodle3/5
doodle
- noun an aimless drawing
scrabble; scribble.
- verb make a doodle; draw aimlessly
- noun an aimless drawing
- hurdle3/5
hurdle
- noun a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
- noun an obstacle that you are expected to overcome
- the last hurdle before graduation
- noun a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
- meddle3/5
meddle
- verb intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
tamper.
- Don't meddle in my affairs!
- verb intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
- noodle3/5
noodle
- noun a ribbonlike strip of pasta
- noun informal terms for a human head
attic; dome; bean; noggin; bonce.
- noun a ribbonlike strip of pasta
- panhandle3/5
panhandle
- noun a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
- Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia
- noun the handle of a pan
- noun a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
- biddle3/5
biddle
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- curdle2/5
curdle
- verb turn into curds
clot; clabber.
- curdled milk
- verb go bad or sour
- The milk curdled
- verb turn into curds
- dwindle2/5
dwindle
- verb become smaller or lose substance
dwindle away; dwindle down.
- Her savings dwindled down
- verb become smaller or lose substance
- beadle2/5
beadle
- noun a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
- noun United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
George Beadle; George Wells Beadle.
- noun a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
- rekindle2/5
rekindle
- verb kindle anew, as of a fire
- verb arouse again
- rekindle hopes
- rekindle her love
- verb kindle anew, as of a fire
- griddle2/5
griddle
- noun cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked
- verb cook on a griddle
- griddle pancakes
- noun cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked
- peddle2/5
peddle
- verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
monger; vend; pitch; hawk; huckster.
- verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
- trundle2/5
trundle
- noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
truckle; trundle bed; truckle bed.
- noun small wheel or roller
- noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
- dawdle2/5
dawdle
- verb take one's time; proceed slowly
linger.
- verb waste time
dally.
- Get busy--don't dally!
- verb take one's time; proceed slowly
- treadle2/5
treadle
- noun a lever that is operated with the foot
pedal; foot lever; foot pedal.
- verb tread over
- the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones
- noun a lever that is operated with the foot
- coddle2/5
coddle
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
featherbed; pamper; cosset; cocker; mollycoddle; spoil; indulge; baby.
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- verb cook in nearly boiling water
- coddle eggs
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
- cuddle2/5
cuddle
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
nestle; snuggle.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; nestle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- swindle2/5
swindle
- noun the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
cheat; rig.
- that book is a fraud
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
- noun the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- fondle2/5
fondle
- verb touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
caress.
- He caressed her face
- They fondled in the back seat of the taxi
- verb touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
- waddle2/5
waddle
- noun walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
- ducks walk with a waddle
- verb walk unsteadily
totter; paddle; coggle; dodder; toddle.
- small children toddle
- noun walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
- twaddle2/5
twaddle
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
taradiddle; boloney; humbug; bilgewater; tarradiddle; tosh; bosh; baloney; drool; tommyrot.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber.
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
- diddle2/5
diddle
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; defraud; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
- verb manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
toy; fiddle; play.
- She played nervously with her wedding ring
- Don't fiddle with the screws
- He played with the idea of running for the Senate
- verb deprive of by deceit
- sidle2/5
sidle
- verb move unobtrusively or furtively
- The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log
- verb move sideways
sashay.
- verb move unobtrusively or furtively
- wheedle2/5
wheedle
- verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
coax; inveigle; cajole; sweet-talk; blarney; palaver.
- He palavered her into going along
- verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- toddle2/5
toddle
- verb walk unsteadily
totter; waddle; paddle; coggle; dodder.
- small children toddle
- verb walk unsteadily
- twiddle2/5
twiddle
- noun a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns
- verb turn in a twisting or spinning motion
swirl; whirl; twirl.
- The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
- noun a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns
- brindle2/5
brindle
- adjective satellite having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
brinded; tabby; brindled.
- adjective satellite having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
- rundle2/5
rundle
- noun one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
rung; spoke.
- noun one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
- randle2/5
- windle2/5
windle
A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.
- pendle2/5
pendle
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- caudle2/5
caudle
A kind of warm drink for sick persons, being a mixture of wine with eggs, bread, sugar, and spices.
- enkindle1/5
enkindle
- verb cause to start burning
inflame; kindle; conflagrate.
- The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
raise; fire; elicit; arouse; evoke; kindle; provoke.
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
- verb cause to start burning
- raddle1/5
raddle
- noun a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking
reddle; ruddle.
- verb twist or braid together, interlace
ruddle.
- noun a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking
- ruddle1/5
ruddle
- noun a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking
raddle; reddle.
- verb twist or braid together, interlace
raddle.
- noun a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking
- addle1/5
addle
- verb mix up or confuse
puddle; muddle.
- He muddled the issues
- verb become rotten
- addled eggs
- verb mix up or confuse
- swaddle1/5
swaddle
- verb wrap in swaddling clothes
swathe.
- swaddled the infant
- verb wrap in swaddling clothes
- caboodle1/5
caboodle
- noun any collection in its entirety
lot; bunch.
- she bought the whole caboodle
- noun any collection in its entirety
- piddle1/5
piddle
- noun liquid excretory product
weewee; urine; water; pee; piss.
- there was blood in his urine
- the child had to make water
- verb waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
trifle; piddle away; wanton; wanton away.
- noun liquid excretory product
- befuddle1/5
befuddle
- verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
bedevil; discombobulate; confuse; fox; confound; fuddle; throw.
- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
- verb make stupid with alcohol
fuddle.
- verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- unsaddle1/5
unsaddle
- verb remove the saddle from
offsaddle.
- They unsaddled their mounts
- verb remove the saddle from
- mishandle1/5
mishandle
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
muck up; foul up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; bollocks; bumble; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; flub; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up; bungle.
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
- verb manage badly or incompetently
misconduct; mismanage.
- The funds were mismanaged
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- mollycoddle1/5
mollycoddle
- noun a pampered darling; an effeminate man
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
featherbed; pamper; cosset; cocker; spoil; indulge; baby; coddle.
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- noun a pampered darling; an effeminate man
- fuddle1/5
fuddle
- noun a confused multitude of things
welter; muddle; smother; clutter; mare's nest; jumble.
- verb make stupid with alcohol
befuddle.
- noun a confused multitude of things
- manhandle1/5
manhandle
- verb handle roughly
- I was manhandled by the police
- verb handle roughly
- skedaddle1/5
skedaddle
- noun a hasty flight
- verb run away, as if in a panic
- noun a hasty flight
- tweedle1/5
tweedle
- verb sing in modulation
chirp.
- verb play negligently on a musical instrument
- verb sing in modulation
- noddle1/5
noddle
- noun an informal British expression for head or mind
- use your noddle
- noun an informal British expression for head or mind
- dandle1/5
dandle
- verb move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees
- verb pet
- the grandfather dandled the small child
- verb move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees
- boodle1/5
boodle
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly; bread.
- noun a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Michigan; Newmarket; stops; Chicago.
- noun informal terms for money
- doddle1/5
- doorhandle1/5
doorhandle
- noun a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain)
doorknob.
- noun a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain)
- 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
- packsaddle1/5
packsaddle
- noun a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached
- noun a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached
- grindle1/5
grindle
- noun primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
Amia calva; dogfish; bowfin.
- noun primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
- footcandle1/5
footcandle
- noun a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle
- noun a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle
- astraddle1/5
astraddle
- adverb with one leg on each side
astride.
- she sat astride the chair
- adverb with one leg on each side
- heddle1/5
heddle
(Weaving) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.
- intermeddle1/5
intermeddle
To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with. The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states. Bacon.
Syn. -- To interpose; interfere. See Interpose .
- unbundle1/5
unbundle
To release, as from a bundle; to disclose.
- moodle1/5
moodle
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- toodle1/5
toodle
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- criddle1/5
- hoddle1/5
- kiddle1/5
kiddle
A kind of basketwork wear in a river, for catching fish. Improperly spelled kittle .
- faddle1/5
faddle
To trifle; to toy. --v. t. Halliwell.To fondle; to dandle. Prov. Eng.
- mundle1/5
- brandle1/5
brandle
To shake; to totter. Obs.
- buddle1/5
buddle
(Mining) An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in which stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of rynning water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions.
- microneedle1/5
microneedle
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- wandle1/5
- bindle1/5
bindle
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- bodle1/5
bodle
A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny. Sir W. Scott.
- unriddle1/5
unriddle
To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; Macaulay.as, to .unriddle an enigma or a mysteryAnd where you can't unriddle, learn to trust. Parnell.
- flapdoodle1/5
- widdle1/5
widdle
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- trendle1/5
trendle
A wheel, spindle, or the like; a trundle. Obs.The shaft the wheel, the wheel, the trendle turns. Sylvester.
- tiddle1/5
tiddle
To use with tenderness; to fondle. Obs. or Prov. Eng.
- spraddle1/5
spraddle
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- bandle1/5
bandle
An Irish measure of two feet in length.
Derived words of dle
- handled«Word Popularity Bar5/5
handled
- adjective having a usually specified type of handle
- pearl-handled revolver
- verb be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
manage; handle; deal; care.
- I can deal with this crew of workers
- This blender can't handle nuts
- She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old
- adjective having a usually specified type of handle
- endless5/5
endless
- adjective satellite tiresomely long; seemingly without end
interminable; eternal.
- endless debates
- an endless conversation
- the wait seemed eternal
- eternal quarreling
- an interminable sermon
- adjective satellite infinitely great in number
- endless waves
- adjective satellite tiresomely long; seemingly without end
- regardless5/5
regardless
- adjective satellite (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration
careless.
- careless of the consequences
- crushing the blooms with regardless tread
- adverb in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks
irrespective; disregarding; no matter; disregardless.
- he carried on regardless of the difficulties
- adjective satellite (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration
- candles4/5
candle
- noun stick of wax with a wick in the middle
wax light; taper.
- noun the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
candela; standard candle; cd.
- noun stick of wax with a wick in the middle
- bundles4/5
bundle
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
parcel; packet; package.
- noun a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
sheaf.
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
- handles4/5
handle
- noun the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
grip; hold; handgrip.
- he grabbed the hammer by the handle
- it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip
- verb be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
manage; deal; care.
- I can deal with this crew of workers
- This blender can't handle nuts
- She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old
- noun the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- handler4/5
handler
- noun one who trains or exhibits animals
animal trainer.
- noun an agent who handles something or someone
- the senator's campaign handlers
- noun one who trains or exhibits animals
- chandler4/5
chandler
- noun a retail dealer in provisions and supplies
- noun United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)
Raymond Thornton Chandler; Raymond Chandler.
- noun a retail dealer in provisions and supplies
- huddled4/5
huddled
- adjective satellite crowded or massed together
- give me...your huddled masses
- the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind
- verb crowd or draw together
huddle; huddle together.
- let's huddle together--it's cold!
- adjective satellite crowded or massed together
- bradley4/5
bradley
- noun United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)
Thomas Bradley; Tom Bradley.
- noun United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981)
Omar Nelson Bradley; Omar Bradley.
- noun United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)
- needles4/5
needle
- noun the leaf of a conifer
acerate leaf.
- noun a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
- noun the leaf of a conifer
- needless4/5
needless
- adjective satellite unnecessary and unwarranted
uncalled-for; gratuitous.
- a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life
- noun the leaf of a conifer
acerate leaf; needle.
- adjective satellite unnecessary and unwarranted
- toddler4/5
toddler
- noun a young child
bambino; yearling; tot.
- noun a young child
- boundless4/5
boundless
- adjective satellite seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
unbounded; limitless.
- unbounded enthusiasm
- children with boundless energy
- a limitless supply of money
- adjective satellite seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
- toddlers4/5
toddler
- noun a young child
bambino; yearling; tot.
- noun a young child
- endlessly4/5
endlessly
- adverb continuing forever without end
infinitely.
- there are infinitely many possibilities
- adverb with unflagging resolve
incessantly; ceaselessly; unceasingly; continuously; unendingly.
- dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste
- adverb continuing forever without end
- middleton4/5
middleton
- noun English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627)
Thomas Middleton.
- noun English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627)
- adler4/5
adler
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- dudley4/5
dudley
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- bundled3/5
bundle
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
parcel; packet; package.
- noun a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
sheaf.
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
- kindled3/5
kindled
- adjective satellite set afire
ignited; enkindled.
- the ignited paper
- a kindled fire
- verb catch fire
kindle; inflame.
- The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles
- adjective satellite set afire
- riddled3/5
riddled
- adjective satellite (often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes
- a sweater riddled with moth holes
- cliffs riddled with caves
- the bullet-riddled target
- verb pierce with many holes
riddle.
- The bullets riddled his body
- adjective satellite (often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes
- puddles3/5
puddle
- noun a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
- noun a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
pool.
- there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
- the body lay in a pool of blood
- noun a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
- spindles3/5
spindle
- noun (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis
- noun a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- noun (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- handlers3/5
handler
- noun one who trains or exhibits animals
animal trainer.
- noun an agent who handles something or someone
- the senator's campaign handlers
- noun one who trains or exhibits animals
- childless3/5
childless
- adjective satellite without offspring
- in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen
- adjective satellite without offspring
- mindless3/5
mindless
- adjective satellite lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being
- the shrieking of the mindless wind
- adjective satellite requiring little mental effort
- mindless tasks
- adjective satellite lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being
- saddled3/5
saddled
- adjective having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal
- saddled and spurred and ready to ride
- verb put a saddle on
saddle.
- saddle the horses
- adjective having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal
- riddles3/5
riddle
- noun a difficult problem
conundrum; enigma; brain-teaser.
- noun a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
- noun a difficult problem
- dwindled3/5
dwindle
- verb become smaller or lose substance
dwindle away; dwindle down.
- Her savings dwindled down
- verb become smaller or lose substance
- cradled3/5
cradle
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- saddles3/5
saddle
- noun a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
- noun a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
saddleback.
- noun a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
- bloodless3/5
bloodless
- adjective satellite destitute of blood or apparently so
exsanguinous; exsanguine.
- the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden
- adjective free from blood or bloodshed
- bloodless surgery
- a bloodless coup
- adjective satellite destitute of blood or apparently so
- fiddler3/5
fiddler
- noun a musician who plays the violin
violinist.
- noun someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
twiddler.
- noun a musician who plays the violin
- headless3/5
headless
- adjective not having a head or formed without a head
- the headless horseman
- brads are headless nails
- adjective satellite not using intelligence
brainless.
- adjective not having a head or formed without a head
- wordless3/5
wordless
- adjective satellite expressed without speech
unspoken; tongueless; mute.
- a mute appeal
- a silent curse
- best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson
- the words stopped at her lips unsounded
- unspoken grief
- choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
- adjective satellite expressed without speech
- idleness3/5
idleness
- noun having no employment
idling; loafing.
- noun the quality of lacking substance or value
groundlessness.
- the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized
- noun having no employment
- hurdles3/5
hurdles
- noun a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles
hurdle race; hurdling.
- noun a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
hurdle.
- noun a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles
- unbridled3/5
unbridled
- adjective satellite not restrained or controlled
ungoverned; uncurbed; unchecked.
- unbridled rage
- an unchecked temper
- ungoverned rage
- verb remove the bridle from (a horse or mule)
unbridle.
- adjective satellite not restrained or controlled
- candlelight3/5
candlelight
- noun the light provided by a burning candle
candle flame.
- noun the light provided by a burning candle
- muddled3/5
muddled
- adjective satellite confused and vague; used especially of thinking
wooly; muzzy; addled; woolly; befuddled; woolly-headed; wooly-minded.
- muddleheaded ideas
- your addled little brain
- woolly thinking
- woolly-headed ideas
- verb make into a puddle
puddle; muddle.
- puddled mire
- adjective satellite confused and vague; used especially of thinking
- medley3/5
medley
- noun a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
pastiche; potpourri.
- noun a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
- middlemen3/5
middleman
- noun someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
wholesaler; jobber.
- noun the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
interlocutor.
- noun someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
- paddles3/5
paddle
- noun small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- noun a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
- noun small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- cloudless3/5
cloudless
- adjective satellite free from clouds
unclouded.
- under a cloudless sky
- adjective satellite free from clouds
- paddled3/5
paddle
- noun small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- noun a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
- noun small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- needlework3/5
needlework
- noun a creation created or assembled by needle and thread
needlecraft.
- noun work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle
needlecraft.
- noun a creation created or assembled by needle and thread
- middleman3/5
middleman
- noun someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
wholesaler; jobber.
- noun the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
interlocutor.
- noun someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
- straddled3/5
straddle
- noun a noncommittal or equivocal position
- noun a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
- noun a noncommittal or equivocal position
- peddler3/5
peddler
- noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
pitchman; hawker; packman; pedlar.
- noun an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
drug peddler; drug dealer; drug trafficker; pusher.
- noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- peddlers3/5
peddler
- noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
pitchman; hawker; packman; pedlar.
- noun an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
drug peddler; drug dealer; drug trafficker; pusher.
- noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- noodles3/5
noodle
- noun a ribbonlike strip of pasta
- noun informal terms for a human head
attic; dome; bean; noggin; bonce.
- noun a ribbonlike strip of pasta
- godless3/5
godless
- adjective satellite not revering god
irreverent.
- adjective satellite not revering god
- heedless3/5
heedless
- adjective marked by or paying little heed or attention; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt
unheeding.
- We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals
- heedless of danger
- heedless of the child's crying
- adjective satellite characterized by careless unconcern
reckless.
- the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton
- reckless squandering of public funds
- adjective marked by or paying little heed or attention; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt
- groundless3/5
groundless
- adjective satellite without a basis in reason or fact
baseless; unwarranted; idle; wild; unfounded.
- baseless gossip
- the allegations proved groundless
- idle fears
- unfounded suspicions
- unwarranted jealousy
- adjective satellite without a basis in reason or fact
- candlestick3/5
candlestick
- noun a holder with sockets for candles
candle holder.
- noun a holder with sockets for candles
- fiedler3/5
fiedler
- noun popular United States conductor (1894-1979)
Arthur Fiedler.
- noun popular United States conductor (1894-1979)
- candlesticks3/5
candlestick
- noun a holder with sockets for candles
candle holder.
- noun a holder with sockets for candles
- cordless3/5
cordless
- adjective not having a cord
- cordless telephone
- adjective not having a cord
- needlessly3/5
needlessly
- adverb without need
- it would needlessly bring badness into the world
- adverb without need
- ridley3/5
ridley
- noun a marine turtle
- noun a marine turtle
- landless3/5
landless
- adjective owning no land
- the landless peasantry
- adjective owning no land
- middlesex3/5
- schindler3/5
schindler
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- bodleian3/5
bodleian
Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the celebrated library at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century.
- middleclass3/5
- bloodletting2/5
bloodletting
- noun formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
- noun indiscriminate slaughter
battue; bloodbath; bloodshed.
- a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered
- ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name
- the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder
- a huge prison battue was ordered
- noun formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
- girdles2/5
girdle
- noun an encircling or ringlike structure
- noun a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
cincture; waistband; sash; waistcloth.
- noun an encircling or ringlike structure
- girdled2/5
girdle
- noun an encircling or ringlike structure
- noun a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
cincture; waistband; sash; waistcloth.
- noun an encircling or ringlike structure
- childlessness2/5
childlessness
- noun the condition of being without offspring
- noun the condition of being without offspring
- broadleaf2/5
broadleaf
- adjective satellite having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves
broad-leaved; broad-leafed.
- adjective satellite having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves
- curdled2/5
curdled
- adjective satellite transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
grumose; coagulate; grumous; coagulated.
- coagulated blood
- curdled milk
- grumous blood
- verb turn into curds
clot; curdle; clabber.
- curdled milk
- adjective satellite transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
- kindles2/5
kindle
- verb catch fire
inflame.
- The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles
- verb cause to start burning
inflame; enkindle; conflagrate.
- The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
- verb catch fire
- middlebrow2/5
middlebrow
- noun someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow
- noun someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow
- puddled2/5
puddle
- noun a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
- noun a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
pool.
- there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
- the body lay in a pool of blood
- noun a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
- rekindled2/5
rekindle
- verb kindle anew, as of a fire
- verb arouse again
- rekindle hopes
- rekindle her love
- verb kindle anew, as of a fire
- idler2/5
idler
- noun person who does no work
layabout; loafer; bum; do-nothing.
- a lazy bum
- adjective not in action or at work
idle.
- an idle laborer
- idle drifters
- the idle rich
- an idle mind
- noun person who does no work
- friendless2/5
friendless
- adjective satellite excluded from a society
outcast.
- adjective satellite excluded from a society
- fiddled2/5
fiddle
- noun bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
violin.
- verb avoid (one's assigned duties)
goldbrick; shrink from; shirk.
- The derelict soldier shirked his duties
- noun bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
- cradles2/5
cradle
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- straddles2/5
straddle
- noun a noncommittal or equivocal position
- noun a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
- noun a noncommittal or equivocal position
- befuddled2/5
befuddled
- adjective satellite stupefied by alcoholic drink
befogged.
- the wino's poor befuddled mind
- a mind befogged with drink
- verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
bedevil; discombobulate; confuse; fox; confound; befuddle; fuddle; throw.
- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
- adjective satellite stupefied by alcoholic drink
- idlers2/5
idler
- noun person who does no work
layabout; loafer; bum; do-nothing.
- a lazy bum
- adjective not in action or at work
idle.
- an idle laborer
- idle drifters
- the idle rich
- an idle mind
- noun person who does no work
- soundless2/5
soundless
- adjective satellite marked by absence of sound
still; silent.
- a silent house
- soundless footsteps on the grass
- the night was still
- adjective satellite marked by absence of sound
- bridles2/5
bridle
- noun headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
- noun the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
curb; check.
- his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper
- noun headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
- fiddlers2/5
fiddler
- noun a musician who plays the violin
violinist.
- noun someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
twiddler.
- noun a musician who plays the violin
- fiddles2/5
fiddle
- noun bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
violin.
- verb avoid (one's assigned duties)
goldbrick; shrink from; shirk.
- The derelict soldier shirked his duties
- noun bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
- addled2/5
addled
- adjective satellite (of eggs) no longer edible
- an addled egg
- verb mix up or confuse
puddle; addle; muddle.
- He muddled the issues
- adjective satellite (of eggs) no longer edible
- peddled2/5
peddle
- verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
monger; vend; pitch; hawk; huckster.
- verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
- trundled2/5
trundle
- noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
truckle; trundle bed; truckle bed.
- noun small wheel or roller
- noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
- idled2/5
idle
- noun the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- the car engine was running at idle
- verb run disconnected or idle
tick over.
- the engine is idling
- noun the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- swaddled2/5
swaddle
- verb wrap in swaddling clothes
swathe.
- swaddled the infant
- verb wrap in swaddling clothes
- poodles2/5
poodle
- noun an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs
poodle dog.
- noun an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs
- middles2/5
middle
- noun an area that is approximately central within some larger region
heart; eye; center; centre.
- it is in the center of town
- they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
- they were in the eye of the storm
- noun an intermediate part or section
- A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
- noun an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- mishandled2/5
mishandle
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
muck up; foul up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; bollocks; bumble; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; flub; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up; bungle.
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
- verb manage badly or incompetently
misconduct; mismanage.
- The funds were mismanaged
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- saddler2/5
saddler
- noun a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses
- noun a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses
- coddled2/5
coddle
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
featherbed; pamper; cosset; cocker; mollycoddle; spoil; indulge; baby.
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- verb cook in nearly boiling water
- coddle eggs
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
- doodles2/5
doodle
- noun an aimless drawing
scrabble; scribble.
- verb make a doodle; draw aimlessly
- noun an aimless drawing
- ladles2/5
ladle
- noun a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
- verb put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle
- ladle soup into the bowl
- noun a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
- dwindles2/5
dwindle
- verb become smaller or lose substance
dwindle away; dwindle down.
- Her savings dwindled down
- verb become smaller or lose substance
- needled2/5
needled
- adjective satellite of trees whose leaves are acerate
- verb goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
needle; goad.
- He needled her with his sarcastic remarks
- adjective satellite of trees whose leaves are acerate
- ladled2/5
ladle
- noun a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
- verb put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle
- ladle soup into the bowl
- noun a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
- dawdled2/5
dawdle
- verb take one's time; proceed slowly
linger.
- verb waste time
dally.
- Get busy--don't dally!
- verb take one's time; proceed slowly
- huddles2/5
huddle
- noun (informal) a quick private conference
powwow.
- noun a disorganized and densely packed crowd
- a huddle of frightened women
- noun (informal) a quick private conference
- unsaddled2/5
unsaddled
- adjective with no saddle
- verb remove the saddle from
unsaddle; offsaddle.
- They unsaddled their mounts
- adjective with no saddle
- chandlers2/5
chandler
- noun United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)
Raymond Thornton Chandler; Raymond Chandler.
- noun a retail dealer in provisions and supplies
- noun United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)
- oodles2/5
oodles
- noun a large number or amount
heaps; rafts; wads; piles; lots; scads; slews; tons; gobs; scores; loads; dozens; stacks; lashings.
- made lots of new friends
- she amassed stacks of newspapers
- noun a large number or amount
- meddler2/5
meddler
- noun an officious annoying person who interferes with others
- noun an officious annoying person who interferes with others
- muddles2/5
muddle
- noun a confused multitude of things
welter; smother; clutter; mare's nest; fuddle; jumble.
- noun informal terms for a difficult situation
kettle of fish; mess; fix; jam; hole; pickle.
- he got into a terrible fix
- he made a muddle of his marriage
- noun a confused multitude of things
- cuddled2/5
cuddle
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
nestle; snuggle.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; nestle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- wordlessly2/5
wordlessly
- adverb without speaking
mutely; taciturnly; silently.
- he sat mutely next to her
- adverb without speaking
- sidled2/5
sidle
- verb move unobtrusively or furtively
- The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log
- verb move sideways
sashay.
- verb move unobtrusively or furtively
- fondled2/5
fondle
- verb touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
caress.
- He caressed her face
- They fondled in the back seat of the taxi
- verb touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
- waddled2/5
waddle
- noun walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
- ducks walk with a waddle
- verb walk unsteadily
totter; paddle; coggle; dodder; toddle.
- small children toddle
- noun walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
- mindlessly2/5
mindlessly
- adverb without intellectual involvement
- all day long, he mindlessly filled out forms
- adverb in an unreasonably senseless manner
senselessly.
- these temples were mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards
- adverb without intellectual involvement
- bridled2/5
bridle
- noun headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
- noun the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
curb; check.
- his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper
- noun headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
- soundlessly2/5
soundlessly
- adverb without a sound
noiselessly.
- he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door
- adverb without a sound
- beardless2/5
beardless
- adjective satellite having no beard
whiskerless.
- adjective satellite lacking hair on the face
smooth-faced.
- a smooth-faced boy of 14 years
- adjective satellite having no beard
- paddlers2/5
paddler
- noun someone paddling a canoe
canoeist.
- noun someone paddling a canoe
- needlepoint2/5
needlepoint
- noun lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern
point lace.
- noun embroidery consisting of allover embroidered canvas resembling tapestry
needlepoint embroidery.
- noun lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern
- meddled2/5
meddle
- verb intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
tamper.
- Don't meddle in my affairs!
- verb intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
- manhandled2/5
manhandle
- verb handle roughly
- I was manhandled by the police
- verb handle roughly
- middleweight2/5
middleweight
- noun an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds
- noun a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds
- noun an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds
- candlewick2/5
candlewick
- noun the wick of a candle
- noun loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern
- noun the wick of a candle
- cuddles2/5
cuddle
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
nestle; snuggle.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; nestle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- wheedled2/5
wheedle
- verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
coax; inveigle; cajole; sweet-talk; blarney; palaver.
- He palavered her into going along
- verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- paddler2/5
paddler
- noun someone paddling a canoe
canoeist.
- noun someone paddling a canoe
- heedlessness2/5
heedlessness
- noun a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
inattentiveness.
- noun the trait of acting rashly and without prudence
mindlessness; rashness.
- noun a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
- mindlessness2/5
mindlessness
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
pointlessness; vacuity; senselessness; inanity.
- noun the trait of acting rashly and without prudence
heedlessness; rashness.
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
- toddled2/5
toddle
- verb walk unsteadily
totter; waddle; paddle; coggle; dodder.
- small children toddle
- verb walk unsteadily
- swindles2/5
swindle
- noun the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
cheat; rig.
- that book is a fraud
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
- noun the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- handlebars2/5
handlebar
- noun the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle
- noun the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle
- saddlebags2/5
saddlebag
- noun a large bag (or pair of bags) hung over a saddle
- noun a large bag (or pair of bags) hung over a saddle
- bandleader2/5
bandleader
- noun the leader of a dance band
- noun the leader of a dance band
- handlebar2/5
handlebar
- noun the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle
- noun the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle
- swindler2/5
swindler
- noun a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
gouger; chiseller; chiseler; defrauder; scammer; grifter.
- noun a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
- swindlers2/5
swindler
- noun a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
gouger; chiseller; chiseler; defrauder; scammer; grifter.
- noun a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
- swindled2/5
swindle
- noun the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
cheat; rig.
- that book is a fraud
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
- noun the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- saddlebag2/5
saddlebag
- noun a large bag (or pair of bags) hung over a saddle
- noun a large bag (or pair of bags) hung over a saddle
- saddleback2/5
saddleback
- noun a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
saddle.
- noun a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
saddleback roof; saddle roof; gable roof.
- noun a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- candlemas2/5
candlemas
The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day.
- godlessness2/5
godlessness
- noun the doctrine or belief that there is no God
atheism.
- noun impiety by virtue of not being a godly person
ungodliness.
- noun the doctrine or belief that there is no God
- endlessness2/5
endlessness
- noun the property of being (or seeming to be) without end
- noun the property of being (or seeming to be) without end
- windless2/5
windless
- adjective satellite without or almost without wind
- he prefers windless days for playing golf
- adjective satellite without or almost without wind
- meddlesome2/5
meddlesome
- adjective satellite intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
busy; officious; meddling; interfering; busybodied.
- an interfering old woman
- bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself
- busy about other people's business
- adjective satellite intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
- heedlessly2/5
heedlessly
- adverb without care or concern
carelessly.
- carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment
- adverb without care or concern
- roadless2/5
roadless
- adjective satellite lacking pathways
untrodden; trackless; untrod; pathless; untracked.
- trackless wilderness
- roadless areas
- adjective satellite lacking pathways
- seedless2/5
seedless
- adjective lacking seeds
- seedless grapefruit
- adjective lacking seeds
- handley2/5
handley
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- spindler2/5
spindle
- noun (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis
- noun a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- noun (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- woodley2/5
woodley
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- midlevel2/5
- candlelit2/5
candlelit
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- candler2/5
candle
- noun stick of wax with a wick in the middle
wax light; taper.
- noun the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
candela; standard candle; cd.
- noun stick of wax with a wick in the middle
- needleman2/5
- adlerian2/5
adlerian
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- unbundled2/5
- landlessness2/5
landlessness
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- toddlerhood2/5
- pedler2/5
pedlar
- noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
pitchman; peddler; hawker; packman.
- noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- kindler2/5
kindle
- verb catch fire
inflame.
- The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles
- verb cause to start burning
inflame; enkindle; conflagrate.
- The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
- verb catch fire
- broadleaved2/5
- unhandled2/5
- enkindled1/5
enkindled
- adjective satellite set afire
ignited; kindled.
- the ignited paper
- a kindled fire
- verb cause to start burning
inflame; kindle; enkindle; conflagrate.
- The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
- adjective satellite set afire
- befuddlement1/5
befuddlement
- noun confusion resulting from failure to understand
puzzlement; bemusement; mystification; bewilderment; bafflement; obfuscation.
- noun confusion resulting from failure to understand
- curdles1/5
curdle
- verb turn into curds
clot; clabber.
- curdled milk
- verb go bad or sour
- The milk curdled
- verb turn into curds
- doodlebug1/5
doodlebug
- noun a small motor vehicle
- noun a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
robot bomb; buzz bomb; flying bomb; V-1.
- noun a small motor vehicle
- raddled1/5
raddled
- adjective satellite used until no longer useful
worn-out.
- battered trumpets and raddled radios
- worn-out shoes with flapping soles
- verb twist or braid together, interlace
raddle; ruddle.
- adjective satellite used until no longer useful
- doodlebugs1/5
doodlebug
- noun a small motor vehicle
- noun a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
robot bomb; buzz bomb; flying bomb; V-1.
- noun a small motor vehicle
- enkindles1/5
enkindle
- verb cause to start burning
inflame; kindle; conflagrate.
- The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
raise; fire; elicit; arouse; evoke; kindle; provoke.
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
- verb cause to start burning
- candled1/5
candle
- noun stick of wax with a wick in the middle
wax light; taper.
- noun the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
candela; standard candle; cd.
- noun stick of wax with a wick in the middle
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diddley
- noun a small worthless amount
diddlyshit; squat; shit; diddly-squat; diddly-shit; jack; diddly; diddlysquat; doodly-squat.
- you don't know jack
- noun a small worthless amount
- boundlessness1/5
boundlessness
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
limitlessness; infinitude; unboundedness; infiniteness.
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
- bowdler1/5
bowdler
- noun English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825)
Thomas Bowdler.
- noun English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825)
- doodled1/5
doodle
- noun an aimless drawing
scrabble; scribble.
- verb make a doodle; draw aimlessly
- noun an aimless drawing
- saddlers1/5
saddler
- noun a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses
- noun a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses
- idles1/5
idle
- noun the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- the car engine was running at idle
- verb run disconnected or idle
tick over.
- the engine is idling
- noun the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- fuddled1/5
fuddled
- adjective satellite very drunk
pixilated; sozzled; soaked; tight; soused; sloshed; slopped; blotto; plastered; crocked; besotted; cockeyed; squiffy; wet; pie-eyed; smashed; blind drunk; stiff; loaded; pissed.
- verb make stupid with alcohol
fuddle; befuddle.
- adjective satellite very drunk
- beadles1/5
beadle
- noun a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
- noun United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
George Beadle; George Wells Beadle.
- noun a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
- bowdlerized1/5
bowdlerize
- verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
bowdlerise; expurgate; shorten; castrate.
- bowdlerize a novel
- verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- meddlers1/5
meddler
- noun an officious annoying person who interferes with others
- noun an officious annoying person who interferes with others
- rekindles1/5
rekindle
- verb kindle anew, as of a fire
- verb arouse again
- rekindle hopes
- rekindle her love
- verb kindle anew, as of a fire
- peddles1/5
peddle
- verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
monger; vend; pitch; hawk; huckster.
- verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
- handless1/5
handless
- adjective without a hand or hands
- a handless war veteran
- noun the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
grip; hold; handgrip; handle.
- he grabbed the hammer by the handle
- it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip
- adjective without a hand or hands
- griddles1/5
griddle
- noun cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked
- verb cook on a griddle
- griddle pancakes
- noun cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked
- trundles1/5
trundle
- noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
truckle; trundle bed; truckle bed.
- noun small wheel or roller
- noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
- treadles1/5
treadle
- noun a lever that is operated with the foot
pedal; foot lever; foot pedal.
- verb tread over
- the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones
- noun a lever that is operated with the foot
- needleworkers1/5
needleworker
- noun someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle
- noun someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle
- tiddler1/5
tiddler
- noun a young person of either sex
nipper; tyke; small fry; nestling; youngster; child; fry; shaver; tike; minor; kid.
- she writes books for children
- they're just kids
- `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
- noun a young person of either sex
- dawdles1/5
dawdle
- verb take one's time; proceed slowly
linger.
- verb waste time
dally.
- Get busy--don't dally!
- verb take one's time; proceed slowly
- coddles1/5
coddle
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
featherbed; pamper; cosset; cocker; mollycoddle; spoil; indulge; baby.
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- verb cook in nearly boiling water
- coddle eggs
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
- bowdlerised1/5
bowdlerise
- verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
expurgate; bowdlerize; shorten; castrate.
- bowdlerize a novel
- verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- piddled1/5
piddle
- noun liquid excretory product
weewee; urine; water; pee; piss.
- there was blood in his urine
- the child had to make water
- verb waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
trifle; piddle away; wanton; wanton away.
- noun liquid excretory product
- befuddles1/5
befuddle
- verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
bedevil; discombobulate; confuse; fox; confound; fuddle; throw.
- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
- verb make stupid with alcohol
fuddle.
- verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- mollycoddled1/5
mollycoddle
- noun a pampered darling; an effeminate man
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
featherbed; pamper; cosset; cocker; spoil; indulge; baby; coddle.
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- noun a pampered darling; an effeminate man
- bowdlerize1/5
bowdlerize
- verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
bowdlerise; expurgate; shorten; castrate.
- bowdlerize a novel
- verb edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- griddled1/5
griddle
- noun cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked
- verb cook on a griddle
- griddle pancakes
- noun cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked
- twiddler1/5
twiddler
- noun someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
fiddler.
- noun someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
- saddlery1/5
saddlery
- noun gear for a horse
tack; stable gear.
- noun workshop where a saddler works
- noun gear for a horse
- groundlessness1/5
groundlessness
- noun the quality of lacking substance or value
idleness.
- the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized
- noun the quality of lacking substance or value
- needlelike1/5
needlelike
- adjective satellite ending in a sharp point
sharp; acuate; acute.
- adjective satellite ending in a sharp point
- sidles1/5
sidle
- verb move unobtrusively or furtively
- The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log
- verb move sideways
sashay.
- verb move unobtrusively or furtively
- waddles1/5
waddle
- noun walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
- ducks walk with a waddle
- verb walk unsteadily
totter; paddle; coggle; dodder; toddle.
- small children toddle
- noun walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
- twiddled1/5
twiddle
- noun a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns
- verb turn in a twisting or spinning motion
swirl; whirl; twirl.
- The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
- noun a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns
- meddles1/5
meddle
- verb intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
tamper.
- Don't meddle in my affairs!
- verb intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
- fondles1/5
fondle
- verb touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
caress.
- He caressed her face
- They fondled in the back seat of the taxi
- verb touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
- hurdler1/5
hurdler
- noun an athlete who runs the hurdles
- noun an athlete who runs the hurdles
- fiddlehead1/5
fiddlehead
- noun tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Onoclea struthiopteris; shuttlecock fern; ostrich fern; Pteretis struthiopteris; Matteuccia struthiopteris.
- noun New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
fiddlehead fern; Osmunda cinnamonea; cinnamon fern.
- noun tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
- buddleia1/5
buddleia
- noun tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers
butterfly bush.
- noun tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers
- dandled1/5
dandle
- verb move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees
- verb pet
- the grandfather dandled the small child
- verb move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees
- medleys1/5
medley
- noun a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
pastiche; potpourri.
- noun a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
- landler1/5
landler
- noun music in triple time for dancing the landler
- noun a moderately slow Austrian country dance in triple time; involves spinning and clapping
- noun music in triple time for dancing the landler
- idlest1/5
idle
- noun the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- the car engine was running at idle
- verb run disconnected or idle
tick over.
- the engine is idling
- noun the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- skedaddled1/5
skedaddle
- noun a hasty flight
- verb run away, as if in a panic
- noun a hasty flight
- fiddleheads1/5
fiddlehead
- noun tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Onoclea struthiopteris; shuttlecock fern; ostrich fern; Pteretis struthiopteris; Matteuccia struthiopteris.
- noun New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
fiddlehead fern; Osmunda cinnamonea; cinnamon fern.
- noun tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
- toddles1/5
toddle
- verb walk unsteadily
totter; waddle; paddle; coggle; dodder.
- small children toddle
- verb walk unsteadily
- diddled1/5
diddle
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; defraud; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
- verb manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
toy; fiddle; play.
- She played nervously with her wedding ring
- Don't fiddle with the screws
- He played with the idea of running for the Senate
- verb deprive of by deceit
- candlewood1/5
candlewood
- noun any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light
- noun any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light
- needlecraft1/5
needlecraft
- noun a creation created or assembled by needle and thread
needlework.
- noun work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle
needlework.
- noun a creation created or assembled by needle and thread
- puddler1/5
puddler
- noun a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling
- noun a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling
- puddlers1/5
puddler
- noun a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling
- noun a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling
- candlemaker1/5
candlemaker
- noun a person who makes or sells candles
- noun a person who makes or sells candles
- friendlessness1/5
friendlessness
- noun being without friends
- noun being without friends
- wheedles1/5
wheedle
- verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
coax; inveigle; cajole; sweet-talk; blarney; palaver.
- He palavered her into going along
- verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- hurdlers1/5
hurdler
- noun an athlete who runs the hurdles
- noun an athlete who runs the hurdles
- soundlessness1/5
soundlessness
- noun the property of making no sound
quietness.
- noun the property of making no sound
- bowdlerization1/5
bowdlerization
- noun written material that has been bowdlerized
bowdlerisation.
- noun the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent
bowdlerisation.
- noun written material that has been bowdlerized
- middleweights1/5
middleweight
- noun an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds
- noun a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds
- noun an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds
- twiddles1/5
twiddle
- noun a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns
- verb turn in a twisting or spinning motion
swirl; whirl; twirl.
- The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
- noun a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns
- dawdler1/5
dawdler
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
poke; laggard; drone; lagger; trailer.
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- noddles1/5
noddle
- noun an informal British expression for head or mind
- use your noddle
- noun an informal British expression for head or mind
- dawdlers1/5
dawdler
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
poke; laggard; drone; lagger; trailer.
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- twaddles1/5
twaddle
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
taradiddle; boloney; humbug; bilgewater; tarradiddle; tosh; bosh; baloney; drool; tommyrot.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber.
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
- panhandlers1/5
panhandler
- noun a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
- noun a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
- brindled1/5
brindled
- adjective satellite having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
brindle; brinded; tabby.
- adjective satellite having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
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bandleader
- noun the leader of a dance band
- noun the leader of a dance band
- candlepower1/5
candlepower
- noun luminous intensity measured in candelas
light intensity.
- noun luminous intensity measured in candelas
- boundlessly1/5
boundlessly
- adverb without bounds
immeasurably; infinitely.
- he is infinitely wealthy
- adverb without bounds
- panhandler1/5
panhandler
- noun a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
- noun a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
- lidless1/5
lidless
- adjective not having or covered with a lid or lids
- a lidless container
- adjective satellite having no lid
- a lidless container
- adjective not having or covered with a lid or lids
- paddlewheel1/5
paddlewheel
- noun a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat
paddle wheel.
- noun a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat
- hurdled1/5
hurdle
- noun a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
- noun an obstacle that you are expected to overcome
- the last hurdle before graduation
- noun a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
- needlewoman1/5
needlewoman
- noun someone who makes or mends dresses
dressmaker; modiste; seamstress; sempstress.
- noun someone who makes or mends dresses
- chandlery1/5
chandlery
- noun candles and other commodities sold by a chandler
- noun a storeroom where candles are kept
- noun candles and other commodities sold by a chandler
- needlewomen1/5
needlewoman
- noun someone who makes or mends dresses
dressmaker; modiste; seamstress; sempstress.
- noun someone who makes or mends dresses
- middlemost1/5
middlemost
- adjective satellite being in the exact middle
midmost.
- adjective satellite being in the exact middle
- muddleheaded1/5
muddleheaded
- adjective satellite stupid and confused
addlebrained; addlepated; puddingheaded.
- blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are
- a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne
- adjective satellite stupid and confused
- saddlebow1/5
saddlebow
- noun handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle
pommel.
- noun handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle
- rundles1/5
rundle
- noun one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
rung; spoke.
- noun one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
- candlenut1/5
candlenut
- noun large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles
Aleurites moluccana; varnish tree.
- noun seed of candlenut tree; source of soil used in varnishes
- noun large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles
- boodles1/5
boodle
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly; bread.
- noun a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Michigan; Newmarket; stops; Chicago.
- noun informal terms for money
- saddlecloth1/5
saddlecloth
- noun stable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle
horse blanket; saddle blanket.
- noun stable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle
- panhandles1/5
panhandle
- noun a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
- Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia
- noun the handle of a pan
- noun a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
- panhandled1/5
panhandle
- noun a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
- Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia
- noun the handle of a pan
- noun a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
- fiddlesticks1/5
fiddlestick
- noun a bow used in playing the violin
violin bow.
- noun a bow used in playing the violin
- fiddlestick1/5
fiddlestick
- noun a bow used in playing the violin
violin bow.
- noun a bow used in playing the violin
- needlefish1/5
needlefish
- noun elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
billfish; gar.
- noun fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
pipefish.
- noun elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
- packsaddles1/5
packsaddle
- noun a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached
- noun a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached
- meddlesomeness1/5
meddlesomeness
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
officiousness; intrusiveness.
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
- paddlefish1/5
paddlefish
- noun primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
duckbill; Polyodon spathula.
- noun primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
- footcandles1/5
footcandle
- noun a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle
- noun a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle
- ridleys1/5
- bloodlessly1/5
bloodlessly
- adverb without bloodshed; in a bloodless manner; without shedding blood
- the coup disposed of the dictator bloodlessly
- adverb without bloodshed; in a bloodless manner; without shedding blood
- irregardless1/5
irregardless
- adverb regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously
- adverb regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously
- leadless1/5
leadless
- adjective not treated with lead
unleaded.
- unleaded gasoline
- adjective not treated with lead
- weedless1/5
weedless
- adjective free from weeds
- a weedless garden
- adjective free from weeds
- foodless1/5
foodless
- adjective satellite being without food
- adjective satellite being without food
- handleless1/5
handleless
- adjective having no handle
- sleek cabinets with apparently handleless doors
- adjective having no handle
- needlestick1/5
needlestick
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- candleholder1/5
candleholder
One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak.
- candleholders1/5
candleholder
One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak.
- tweedledum1/5
tweedledum
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tweedledee
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- spindled1/5
spindle
- noun (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis
- noun a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- noun (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- sadleir1/5
- hindlegs1/5
- riddler1/5
riddle
- noun a difficult problem
conundrum; enigma; brain-teaser.
- noun a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
- noun a difficult problem
- girdler1/5
girdle
- noun an encircling or ringlike structure
- noun a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
cincture; waistband; sash; waistcloth.
- noun an encircling or ringlike structure
- wordlength1/5
- cradleboard1/5
cradleboard
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- paddleboats1/5
- ladleful1/5
ladleful
A quantity sufficient to fill a ladle.
- bridleway1/5
bridleway
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- standardless1/5
standardless
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- paddleboat1/5
paddleboat
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- bewdley1/5
bewdley
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- muddler1/5
muddle
- noun a confused multitude of things
welter; smother; clutter; mare's nest; fuddle; jumble.
- noun informal terms for a difficult situation
kettle of fish; mess; fix; jam; hole; pickle.
- he got into a terrible fix
- he made a muddle of his marriage
- noun a confused multitude of things
- husbandless1/5
husbandless
Destitute of a husband. Shak.
- heddles1/5
heddle
(Weaving) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.
- cloudlets1/5
cloudlet
A little cloud. R. Browning.Eve's first star through fleecy cloudlet peeping. Coleridge.
- needlenose1/5
needlenose
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- microneedles1/5
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- hindleg1/5
hindleg
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- saddletree1/5
saddletree
The frame of a saddle. For saddletree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin. Cowper.
- needler1/5
needle
- noun the leaf of a conifer
acerate leaf.
- noun a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
- noun the leaf of a conifer
- hoodless1/5
- groundlessly1/5
groundless
- adjective satellite without a basis in reason or fact
baseless; unwarranted; idle; wild; unfounded.
- baseless gossip
- the allegations proved groundless
- idle fears
- unfounded suspicions
- unwarranted jealousy
- adjective satellite without a basis in reason or fact
- worldless1/5
- diddler1/5
diddle
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; defraud; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
- verb manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
toy; fiddle; play.
- She played nervously with her wedding ring
- Don't fiddle with the screws
- He played with the idea of running for the Senate
- verb deprive of by deceit
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- pedlers1/5
pedlar
- noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
pitchman; peddler; hawker; packman.
- noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- cloudlet1/5
cloudlet
A little cloud. R. Browning.Eve's first star through fleecy cloudlet peeping. Coleridge.
- redlegs1/5
redlegs
(Zoöl.) (a) The redshank. (b) The turnstone.
- bridleways1/5
bridleways
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- sidler1/5
sidle
- verb move unobtrusively or furtively
- The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log
- verb move sideways
sashay.
- verb move unobtrusively or furtively
- cradleboards1/5
- straddlers1/5
straddlers
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- idleman1/5
idleman
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- needlessness1/5
needlessness
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- birdless1/5
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- middleness1/5
- straddler1/5
straddle
- noun a noncommittal or equivocal position
- noun a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
- noun a noncommittal or equivocal position
- unriddled1/5
unriddle
To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; Macaulay.as, to .unriddle an enigma or a mysteryAnd where you can't unriddle, learn to trust. Parnell.
- woodless1/5
woodless
Having no wood; destitute of wood. Mitford. --Wood"less*ness , n.
- spraddled1/5
- candlelighters1/5
- intermeddled1/5
intermeddle
To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with. The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states. Bacon.
Syn. -- To interpose; interfere. See Interpose .
- muddlers1/5
muddler
One who, or that which, muddles.
- fiddleback1/5
- bloodlessness1/5
bloodlessness
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- intermeddler1/5
intermeddler
One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others. Swift.
- candlelighting1/5
candlelight
- noun the light provided by a burning candle
candle flame.
- noun the light provided by a burning candle
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