ie: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ie
- die«Word Popularity Bar5/5
die
- noun a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
dice.
- noun a device used for shaping metal
- noun a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
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lie
- noun a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
prevarication.
- noun Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
Trygve Lie; Trygve Halvden Lie.
- noun a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
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movie
- noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
flick; picture; picture show; pic; motion picture; moving-picture show; motion-picture show; film; moving picture.
- they went to a movie every Saturday night
- the film was shot on location
- noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- tie5/5
tie
- noun neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
necktie.
- he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie
- he wore a vest and tie
- noun a social or business relationship
affiliation; tie-up; association.
- a valuable financial affiliation
- he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team
- many close associations with England
- noun neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- pie5/5
pie
- noun dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- noun a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
Proto-Indo European.
- noun dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- marie5/5
marry
- verb take in marriage
get hitched with; wed; conjoin; get married; espouse; hook up with.
- verb perform a marriage ceremony
tie; splice; wed.
- The minister married us on Saturday
- We were wed the following week
- The couple got spliced on Hawaii
- verb take in marriage
- charlie5/5
charlie
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- annie5/5
annie
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- mackenzie4/5
mackenzie
- noun Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820)
Sir Alexander Mackenzie.
- noun a Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea
Mackenzie River.
- noun Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820)
- cookie4/5
cookie
- noun any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
cooky; biscuit.
- noun the cook on a ranch or at a camp
cooky.
- noun any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
- vie4/5
vie
- verb compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
contend; compete.
- verb compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- bourgeoisie4/5
bourgeoisie
- noun the social class between the lower and upper classes
middle class.
- noun the social class between the lower and upper classes
- christie4/5
christie
- noun prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976)
Agatha Christie; Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie.
- noun prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976)
- underlie4/5
underlie
- verb be or form the base for
- verb lie underneath
- verb be or form the base for
- calorie4/5
calorie
- noun unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
small calorie; gram calorie.
- noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
large calorie; nutritionist's calorie; kilogram calorie; kilocalorie.
- noun unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
- carnegie4/5
carnegie
- noun United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955)
Dale Carnegie.
- noun United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919)
Andrew Carnegie.
- noun United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955)
- bonnie4/5
bonnie
- adjective satellite very pleasing to the eye
sightly; comely; fair; bonny.
- my bonny lass
- there's a bonny bay beyond
- a comely face
- young fair maidens
- adjective satellite very pleasing to the eye
- erie4/5
erie
- noun a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York
- noun the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal
Lake Erie.
- noun a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York
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eerie
- adjective satellite suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- an eerie feeling of deja vu
- adjective satellite inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening
eery.
- an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods
- an eerie midnight howl
- adjective satellite suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- prairie4/5
prairie
- noun a treeless grassy plain
- noun a treeless grassy plain
- cassie4/5
cassie
- noun tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
mimosa bush; flame tree; Acacia farnesiana; scented wattle; huisache; sweet acacia; sweet wattle.
- noun tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
- maggie4/5
maggie
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- julie4/5
julie
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- leslie4/5
leslie
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- eddie4/5
eddie
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- willie4/5
willie
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- jackie4/5
jackie
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- katie4/5
katie
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- sophie4/5
sophie
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- jamie4/5
jamie
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- carrie4/5
carry
- noun the act of carrying something
- verb move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
transport.
- You must carry your camping gear
- carry the suitcases to the car
- This train is carrying nuclear waste
- These pipes carry waste water into the river
- noun the act of carrying something
- jessie4/5
jessie
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- stephanie4/5
stephanie
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- connie4/5
connie
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- natalie4/5
natalie
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- laurie4/5
laurie
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- melanie4/5
melanie
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- lizzie4/5
lizzie
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- valerie4/5
valerie
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- archie4/5
archie
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- ellie4/5
ellie
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- debbie4/5
debbie
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- marjorie4/5
marjorie
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- rosie4/5
rosy
- adjective satellite reflecting optimism
rose-colored.
- a rosy future
- looked at the world through rose-colored glasses
- adjective satellite having the pinkish flush of health
flushed; rose-cheeked; rosy-cheeked.
- adjective satellite reflecting optimism
- facie4/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
- frankie4/5
frankie
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- freddie4/5
freddie
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- bessie4/5
bessie
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- nellie4/5
nellie
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- ronnie4/5
ronnie
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- ernie4/5
ernie
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- angie4/5
angie
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- bernie4/5
bernie
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- hie3/5
hie
- verb move fast
rush; bucket along; hotfoot; belt along; cannonball along; race; step on it; hasten; speed; pelt along; rush along.
- He rushed down the hall to receive his guests
- The cars raced down the street
- verb move fast
- sweetie3/5
sweetie
- noun a person loved by another person
truelove; sweetheart; steady.
- noun a person loved by another person
- zombie3/5
zombie
- noun a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
zombi; living dead.
- noun (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
zombie spirit; zombi spirit; zombi.
- noun a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
- untie3/5
untie
- verb undo the ties of
unbrace; unlace.
- They untied the prisoner
- verb cause to become loose
loosen; undo.
- undo the shoelace
- untie the knot
- loosen the necktie
- verb undo the ties of
- sortie3/5
sortie
- noun a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
sally.
- noun (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
- noun a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- auntie3/5
auntie
- noun the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
aunty; aunt.
- noun the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
- reverie3/5
reverie
- noun absentminded dreaming while awake
revery; castle in Spain; air castle; daydream; daydreaming; castle in the air; oneirism.
- noun an abstracted state of absorption
revery.
- noun absentminded dreaming while awake
- rookie3/5
rookie
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
cub; greenhorn.
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
- camaraderie3/5
camaraderie
- noun the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
comradeship; comradeliness; chumminess; comradery.
- noun the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
- rushdie3/5
rushdie
- noun British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947)
Ahmed Salman Rushdie; Salman Rushdie.
- noun British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947)
- curie3/5
curie
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
Ci.
- noun French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)
Pierre Curie.
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
- hippie3/5
hippie
- noun someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
hipster; flower child; hippy.
- noun someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
- dickie3/5
dickie
- noun a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
dickey; dicky; dicky-seat; dickie-seat; dickey-seat.
- noun a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
dicky; shirtfront; dickey.
- noun a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
- menagerie3/5
menagerie
- noun a collection of live animals for study or display
- noun the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
zoological garden; zoo.
- noun a collection of live animals for study or display
- magpie3/5
magpie
- noun long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
- noun someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
scavenger; pack rat.
- noun long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
- boogie3/5
boogie
- noun an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
boogie-woogie.
- verb dance to boogie music
- noun an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
- guthrie3/5
guthrie
- noun United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967)
Woody Guthrie; Woodrow Wilson Guthrie.
- noun United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967)
- gillespie3/5
gillespie
- noun United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
John Birks Gillespie; Dizzy Gillespie.
- noun United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
- genie3/5
genie
- noun (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
jinni; djinni; djinny; djinn; jinnee.
- noun (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
- barrie3/5
barry
(Her.) , Divided into bars; -- said of the field.
- wylie3/5
wylie
- noun United States poet (1885-1928)
Elinor Morton Hoyt Wylie.
- noun United States poet (1885-1928)
- birdie3/5
birdie
- noun (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
shuttle; shuttlecock; bird.
- noun (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole
- faerie3/5
faerie
- noun a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
fairy; fay; faery; sprite.
- noun the enchanted realm of fairies
fairyland; faery.
- noun a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
- indie3/5
indie
- noun a pop group not affiliated with a major record company
- noun an independent film company not associated with an established studio
- noun a pop group not affiliated with a major record company
- anomie3/5
anomie
- noun personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
anomy.
- noun lack of moral standards in a society
anomy.
- noun personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation
- dixie3/5
dixie
- noun a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps
- noun the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Dixieland; Confederacy; Confederate States of America; Confederate States; South.
- noun a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps
- bowie3/5
bowie
- noun United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836)
Jim Bowie; James Bowie.
- noun United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836)
- specie3/5
specie
- noun coins collectively
metal money; coinage; mintage.
- noun coins collectively
- gracie3/5
gracie
- noun United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
Allen; Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen; Gracie Allen.
- noun United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
- laramie3/5
laramie
- noun a university town in southeast Wyoming
- noun a university town in southeast Wyoming
- brownie3/5
brownie
- noun (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
gremlin; hob; elf; pixie; imp; pixy.
- noun a junior Girl Scout
- noun (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- lillie3/5
lillie
- noun British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989)
Beatrice Lillie; Lady Peel.
- noun British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989)
- coterie3/5
coterie
- noun an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
inner circle; camp; ingroup; clique; pack.
- noun an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- brie3/5
brie
- noun soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
- noun soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
- mollie3/5
mollie
- noun popular aquarium fish
molly.
- noun popular aquarium fish
- lingerie3/5
lingerie
- noun women's underwear and nightclothes
intimate apparel.
- noun women's underwear and nightclothes
- collie3/5
collie
- noun a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland
- noun a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland
- elsie3/5
elsie
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- sadie3/5
sadie
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- josie3/5
josie
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- jennie3/5
jennie
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- minnie3/5
minnie
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- susie3/5
susie
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- spie3/5
spy
- noun (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
undercover agent.
- noun a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people
- my spies tell me that you had a good time last night
- noun (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
- robbie3/5
robbie
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- mckenzie3/5
mckenzie
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- billie3/5
billie
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- millie3/5
millie
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- barbie3/5
barbie
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- reggie3/5
reggie
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- winnie3/5
winnie
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- mattie3/5
mattie
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- louie3/5
louie
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- stevie3/5
stevie
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- nie3/5
nigh
- adjective not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
close; near.
- near neighbors
- in the near future
- they are near equals
- his nearest approach to success
- a very near thing
- a near hit by the bomb
- she was near tears
- she was close to tears
- had a close call
- adjective satellite being on the left side
near.
- the near or nigh horse is the one on the left
- the animal's left side is its near or nigh side
- adjective not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- johnnie3/5
johnnie
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- fannie3/5
fanny
- 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; ass; behind; tooshie; hind end; posterior; hindquarters; butt; nates; rear; arse; buttocks; backside; derriere; can; fundament.
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
- noun external female sex organs
female genitals; female genitalia; female genital organ.
- in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- allie3/5
al
All. Obs. Chaucer.
- hattie3/5
hattie
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- jimmie3/5
jimmy
- noun a short crowbar
jemmy.
- in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy
- verb to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
lever; prise; pry; prize.
- The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
- noun a short crowbar
- janie3/5
janie
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- currie3/5
curry
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- verb season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- bertie3/5
bertie
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- richie3/5
richie
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- callie3/5
callie
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- fie3/5
fie
An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See Fuller.Fy .
- rosalie3/5
rosalie
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- brodie3/5
brodie
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- trie3/5
trie
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- galerie3/5
gallery
- noun spectators at a golf or tennis match
- noun a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
veranda; verandah.
- noun spectators at a golf or tennis match
- ollie3/5
ollie
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- partie3/5
party
- noun an organization to gain political power
political party.
- in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level
- noun a group of people gathered together for pleasure
- she joined the party after dinner
- noun an organization to gain political power
- sylvie3/5
sylvie
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- bobbie3/5
bobby
- noun an informal term for a British policeman
- noun an informal term for a British policeman
- petrie3/5
petrie
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- mamie3/5
mamie
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- lucie3/5
lucie
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- margie3/5
margie
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- serie3/5
serie
Series. Obs.
- jeannie3/5
jeannie
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- wilkie3/5
wilkie
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- lonnie3/5
lonnie
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- blackie3/5
blackie
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- lottie3/5
lottie
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- addie3/5
addie
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- goldie3/5
goldie
(Zoöl.) (a) The European goldfinch. (b) The yellow-hammer.
- elie3/5
e
- noun the base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately equal to 2.718282...
- noun a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
tocopherol; vitamin E.
- noun the base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately equal to 2.718282...
- donnie3/5
donnie
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- sallie3/5
sal
(Bot.) An East Indian timber tree ( Shorea robusta ), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, and durable.Written also saul .
- maisie3/5
maisie
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- baillie3/5
baillie
Bailiff. Obs.
- academie3/5
academy
- noun a secondary school (usually private)
- noun an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
honorary society.
- noun a secondary school (usually private)
- effie3/5
effie
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- artie3/5
artie
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- emilie3/5
emilie
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- compagnie3/5
company
- noun an institution created to conduct business
- he only invests in large well-established companies
- he started the company in his garage
- noun small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- noun an institution created to conduct business
- eugenie3/5
eugeny
Nobleness of birth. Obs.
- aggie3/5
aggie
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- hardie3/5
hardie
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- ruthie3/5
ruthie
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- nettie3/5
nettie
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- techie2/5
techie
- noun a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)
tekki.
- noun a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)
- patisserie2/5
patisserie
- noun a bakery specializing in French pastry
- noun a bakery specializing in French pastry
- aussie2/5
aussie
- noun a native or inhabitant of Australia
Australian.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Australia
- pinkie2/5
pinkie
- noun the finger farthest from the thumb
pinky; little finger.
- noun the finger farthest from the thumb
- dearie2/5
dearie
- noun a special loved one
ducky; favourite; deary; favorite; pet; darling.
- noun a special loved one
- bookie2/5
bookie
- noun a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
bookmaker.
- noun a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
- hymie2/5
hymie
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
kike; sheeny; yid.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
- laddie2/5
laddie
- noun a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
lad; sonny; cub; sonny boy.
- noun a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
- coolie2/5
coolie
- noun (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer
cooly.
- noun (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer
- junkie2/5
junkie
- noun a narcotics addict
drug addict; junky.
- noun someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
nut; freak; addict; junky.
- a golf addict
- a car nut
- a bodybuilding freak
- a news junkie
- noun a narcotics addict
- belie2/5
belie
- verb be in contradiction with
negate; contradict.
- verb represent falsely
misrepresent.
- This statement misrepresents my intentions
- verb be in contradiction with
- talkie2/5
talkie
- noun a movie with synchronized speech and singing
talking picture.
- noun a movie with synchronized speech and singing
- goalie2/5
goalie
- noun the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
goaltender; netminder; goalkeeper; netkeeper.
- noun the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring
goaltender; goalkeeper; netkeeper.
- noun the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
- smoothie2/5
smoothie
- noun someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
smoothy; sweet talker; charmer.
- noun a thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk
- noun someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
- caddie2/5
caddie
- noun an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player
golf caddie.
- verb act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
caddy.
- noun an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player
- yuppie2/5
yuppie
- noun a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style
- noun a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style
- stymie2/5
stymie
- noun a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
stymy.
- noun a thwarting and distressing situation
stymy.
- noun a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
- overlie2/5
overlie
- verb lie upon; lie on top of
- the granite overlies the older rocks
- verb kill by lying on
overlay.
- The sow overlay her piglets
- verb lie upon; lie on top of
- groupie2/5
groupie
- noun an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)
- noun an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)
- newbie2/5
newbie
- noun any new participant in some activity
fledgeling; neophyte; newcomer; entrant; freshman; fledgling; starter.
- noun any new participant in some activity
- broglie2/5
broglie
- noun French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit wavelike properties (1892-1987)
de Broglie; Louis Victor de Broglie.
- noun French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit wavelike properties (1892-1987)
- bennie2/5
bennie
- noun a form of amphetamine
Benzedrine.
- noun a form of amphetamine
- lassie2/5
lassie
- noun a girl or young woman who is unmarried
jeune fille; lass; young girl.
- noun a girl or young woman who is unmarried
- necktie2/5
necktie
- noun neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
tie.
- he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie
- he wore a vest and tie
- noun neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- gendarmerie2/5
gendarmerie
- noun French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively
gendarmery.
- noun French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively
- folie2/5
folie
- noun (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
psychological disorder; disturbance; mental disturbance; mental disorder.
- noun (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
- bogie2/5
bogie
- noun an evil spirit
bogy; bogey.
- noun an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
bogy; bogey.
- noun an evil spirit
- craigie2/5
craigie
- noun English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966)
Sir William Alexander Craigie; William A. Craigie.
- noun English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966)
- dominie2/5
dominie
- noun a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson
domine; dominee; dominus.
- noun a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson
- brasserie2/5
brasserie
- noun a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap
- noun a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap
- satie2/5
satie
- noun French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of Romanticism (1866-1925)
Erik Alfred Leslie Satie; Erik Satie.
- noun French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of Romanticism (1866-1925)
- bonhomie2/5
bonhomie
- noun a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
geniality; amiability; amiableness; affableness; affability.
- noun a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
- algerie2/5
algerie
- noun a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s
Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria; Algeria.
- noun a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s
- rotisserie2/5
rotisserie
- noun an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns
- noun a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats
- noun an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns
- commie2/5
commie
- noun a socialist who advocates communism
communist.
- noun a socialist who advocates communism
- freebie2/5
freebie
- noun something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme)
freebee.
- the road map was a freebie
- noun something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme)
- gillie2/5
gillie
- noun a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
- noun a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep
ghillie.
- noun a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
- chinoiserie2/5
chinoiserie
- noun a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned
- noun a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned
- veggie2/5
veggie
- noun edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
vegetable; veg.
- noun edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
- doggie2/5
doggie
- noun informal terms for dogs
pooch; doggy; bow-wow; barker.
- noun informal terms for dogs
- pixie2/5
pixie
- noun (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
gremlin; hob; elf; brownie; imp; pixy.
- noun creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
pyxie; pixy; Pyxidanthera barbulata.
- noun (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- scrapie2/5
scrapie
- noun a fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system
- noun a fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system
- muncie2/5
muncie
- noun a town in east central Indiana
- noun a town in east central Indiana
- geordie2/5
geordie
- noun the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- noun a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- noun the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- normandie2/5
normandie
- noun a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie
Normandy.
- noun a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie
- quickie2/5
quickie
- noun hurried repair
quick fix; band aid; quicky.
- noun hurried repair
- cowrie2/5
cowrie
- noun any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
cowry.
- noun any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
- valkyrie2/5
valkyrie
- noun (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
- noun (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
- eyrie2/5
eyrie
- noun the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
aerie; aery; eyry.
- noun any habitation at a high altitude
aerie; aery; eyry.
- noun the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
- grannie2/5
grannie
- noun the mother of your father or mother
grandma; nan; nanna; grandmother; gran; granny.
- noun the mother of your father or mother
- crappie2/5
crappie
- noun small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers
- noun small sunfishes of central United States rivers
- noun small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers
- bosie2/5
bosie
- noun a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way
bosie ball; wrong 'un; googly.
- noun a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way
- aerie2/5
aerie
- noun the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
eyrie; aery; eyry.
- noun any habitation at a high altitude
eyrie; aery; eyry.
- noun the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
- hankie2/5
hankie
- noun a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
hanky; hankey; handkerchief.
- noun a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
- kylie2/5
kylie
- noun an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex
kiley.
- noun an Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex
- corrie2/5
corrie
- noun a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
cirque; cwm.
- noun a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
- scottie2/5
scottie
- noun old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears
Scotch terrier; Scottish terrier.
- noun old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears
- nightie2/5
nightie
- noun lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
gown; nightdress; night-robe; nightgown.
- noun lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
- moxie2/5
moxie
- noun fortitude and determination
backbone; grit; gumption; guts; sand.
- he didn't have the guts to try it
- noun fortitude and determination
- ramie2/5
ramie
- noun tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax
Boehmeria nivea; China grass; Chinese silk plant; ramee.
- noun tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax
- weenie2/5
weenie
- noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
frank; dog; hot dog; wiener; wienerwurst; frankfurter; hotdog.
- noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- beanie2/5
beanie
- noun a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
beany.
- noun a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
- nessie2/5
nessie
- noun a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland
Loch Ness monster.
- noun a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland
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- jodie2/5
jodie
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- jeanie2/5
jeanie
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- librairie2/5
librairie
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- hallie2/5
hallie
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- cherie2/5
cherie
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- poesie2/5
poesie
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- walkie2/5
walkie
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- selassie2/5
selassie
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- vickie2/5
vickie
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- opie2/5
opie
Opium. Obs. Chaucer.
- ozzie2/5
ozzie
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- basie2/5
basie
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- marcie2/5
marcie
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- joie2/5
joie
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- essie2/5
essie
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- queenie2/5
- kiddie2/5
kiddy
- noun a young child
- noun a young child
- flossie2/5
flossie
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- paulie2/5
- rosemarie2/5
rosemary
- noun widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery
Rosmarinus officinalis.
- noun extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats
- noun widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery
- rie2/5
rye
- noun the seed of the cereal grass
- noun hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
Secale cereale.
- noun the seed of the cereal grass
- foie2/5
foie
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- girlie2/5
girlie
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- chrissie2/5
chrissie
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- nannie2/5
nannie
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- cabbie2/5
cabbie
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- gussie2/5
gussie
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- blondie2/5
blondie
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- kellie2/5
kellie
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- biggie2/5
biggie
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- kathie2/5
kathie
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- tommie2/5
tommie
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- muskie2/5
musky
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- gie2/5
give
- noun the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
spring; springiness.
- verb cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- She gave him a black eye
- The draft gave me a cold
- noun the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
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- savoie2/5
savoy
- noun a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy
- noun head of soft crinkly leaves
savoy cabbage.
- noun a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy
- pattie2/5
patty
- noun small flat mass of chopped food
cake.
- noun small pie or pasty
- noun small flat mass of chopped food
- roxie2/5
roxie
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- amie2/5
amy
A friend. Obs. Chaucer.
- kyrie2/5
kyrie
See Kyrie eleison .
- stefanie2/5
stefanie
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- tessie2/5
tessie
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- grazie2/5
grazie
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- tootsie2/5
tootsie
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- bailie2/5
bailie
An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.
- pirie2/5
pirie
(Naut.) See Pirry .
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- lawrie2/5
lowry
An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry .
- lorrie2/5
lorry
- noun a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
- noun a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides
camion.
- noun a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
- bettie2/5
betty
Supposed to be a cant word, from Betty , forElizabeth , as such an instrument is also calledBess (i. e.,Elizabeth ) in the Canting Dictionary of 1725, andJenny (i. e.,Jane ).A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. Written also bettee .The powerful betty, or the artful picklock. Arbuthnot.
- crombie2/5
crombie
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- sammie2/5
sammie
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- sherrie2/5
sherry
- noun dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif
- noun dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif
- lowrie2/5
lowry
- noun English painter (1887-1976)
Laurence Stephen Lowry; L. S. Lowry.
- noun English novelist (1909-1957)
Malcolm Lowry; Clarence Malcolm Lowry.
- noun English painter (1887-1976)
- obie2/5
- dowie2/5
dowie
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- gordie2/5
gordie
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- tracie2/5
tracie
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- rickie2/5
rickie
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- chappie2/5
chappie
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- cutie2/5
cutie
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- oie2/5
- dannie2/5
dannie
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- chuckie2/5
- coxsackie2/5
coxsackie
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- logie2/5
logie
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- superficie2/5
superficie
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- babbie2/5
babbie
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- stacie2/5
stacie
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- prie2/5
pry
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
pry bar; wrecking bar; crowbar.
- verb to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
lever; prise; jimmy; prize.
- The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
- mickie2/5
mickie
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- beastie2/5
beastie
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- hettie2/5
hettie
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- drie2/5
dry
- noun a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
prohibitionist.
- verb remove the moisture from and make dry
dry out.
- dry clothes
- dry hair
- noun a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
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signifie
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- lorie2/5
lorie
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- baggie2/5
baggy
- adjective satellite not fitting closely; hanging loosely
sloppy; loose-fitting.
- baggy trousers
- a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather
- adjective satellite not fitting closely; hanging loosely
- goodie2/5
goody
- noun something considered choice to eat
kickshaw; delicacy; treat; dainty.
- noun something considered choice to eat
- smellie2/5
smellie
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- kie2/5
kie
Kine; cows. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
- terrie2/5
terry
- noun a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes
terrycloth; terry cloth.
- noun English actress (1847-1928)
Dame Ellen Terry; Dame Alice Ellen Terry.
- noun a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes
- linie2/5
linie
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- bougie2/5
bougie
(Surg.) A long, flexible instrument, that is introduced into the urethra, esophagus, etc., to remove obstructions, or for the other purposes. It was originally made of waxed linen rolled into cylindrical form.
- okie2/5
okie
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- kristie2/5
kristie
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- manie2/5
many
- adjective a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
- many temptations
- the temptations are many
- a good many
- a great many
- many directions
- take as many apples as you like
- too many clouds to see
- never saw so many people
- adjective a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
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mairie
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- cammie2/5
cammie
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- minie2/5
miny
Abounding with mines; like a mine. "Miny caverns." Thomson.
- virgie2/5
virgie
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- carlie2/5
car
- noun a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
machine; motorcar; automobile; auto.
- he needs a car to get to work
- noun a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
railroad car; railcar; railway car.
- three cars had jumped the rails
- noun a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
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- teddie2/5
teddie
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- countrie2/5
country
- noun a politically organized body of people under a single government
commonwealth; land; res publica; nation; state; body politic.
- the state has elected a new president
- African nations
- students who had come to the nation's capitol
- the country's largest manufacturer
- an industrialized land
- noun the territory occupied by a nation
state; land.
- he returned to the land of his birth
- he visited several European countries
- noun a politically organized body of people under a single government
- wallie2/5
wallie
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- yorkie2/5
yorkie
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- jannie2/5
jannie
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- corbie2/5
corbie
(Zoöl.) The raven. Scot.
- hottie2/5
hottie
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kalgoorlie
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charcuterie
- noun a delicatessen that specializes in meats
- noun a delicatessen that specializes in meats
- sharpie1/5
sharpie
- noun an alert and energetic person
sharpy; eager beaver; busy bee; live wire.
- noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
card sharper; sharpy; sharper; card shark; cardsharp; cardsharper; card sharp.
- noun an alert and energetic person
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darkie
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people
darky; darkey.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people
- softie1/5
softie
- noun a person who is weak and excessively sentimental
softy.
- noun a person who is weak and excessively sentimental
- moonie1/5
moony
- adjective lighted by moonlight
moonlit.
- the moonlit landscape
- adjective satellite dreamy in mood or nature
dreamy; woolgathering.
- a woolgathering moment
- adjective lighted by moonlight
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foodie
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
gourmet; gastronome; epicurean; bon vivant; epicure.
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- roomie1/5
roomie
- noun an associate who shares a room with you
roommate; roomy.
- noun an associate who shares a room with you
- bolshie1/5
bolshie
- noun emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
bolshy; Marxist; red; Bolshevik.
- noun emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
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kilocalorie
- noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
large calorie; Calorie; nutritionist's calorie; kilogram calorie.
- noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
- cattie1/5
cattie
- noun any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
catty.
- noun any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
- toughie1/5
toughie
- noun an aggressive and violent young criminal
strong-armer; tough; goon; punk; hoodlum; thug; hood.
- noun a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
poser; sticker; stumper.
- noun an aggressive and violent young criminal
- kookie1/5
kookie
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; loony; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- boccie1/5
boccie
- noun Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
bocce; bocci.
- noun Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
- floozie1/5
floozie
- noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
floozy; streetwalker; slattern; street girl; hooker; hustler.
- noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
- oldie1/5
oldie
- noun a song that was formerly popular
golden oldie.
- noun a song that was formerly popular
- stogie1/5
stogie
- noun a cheap cigar
stogy.
- noun a cheap cigar
- grotesquerie1/5
grotesquerie
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
grotesqueness; grotesquery.
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
- cockamamie1/5
cockamamie
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
wacky; goofy; sappy; whacky; silly; zany; cockamamy.
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
- townie1/5
townie
- noun resident of a college town not affiliated with the college
towny.
- noun resident of a college town not affiliated with the college
- retie1/5
retie
- verb tie again or anew
- retie the string and make it strong enough now
- verb tie again or anew
- nookie1/5
nookie
- noun slang for sexual intercourse
ass; screw; piece of tail; fucking; shtup; screwing; fuck; roll in the hay; piece of ass; nooky; shag.
- noun slang for sexual intercourse
- meanie1/5
meanie
- noun a person of mean disposition
unkind person; meany.
- noun a person of mean disposition
- mauritanie1/5
mauritanie
- noun a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert
Mauritania; Muritaniya; Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
- noun a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert
- loonie1/5
loonie
- noun the basic unit of money in Canada
Canadian dollar.
- the Canadian dollar has the image of loon on one side of the coin
- noun the basic unit of money in Canada
- loggie1/5
loggia
- noun a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building; often at an upper level
- noun a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building; often at an upper level
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causerie
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
chin wag; chit-chat; chitchat; chin-wagging; chin-wag; small talk; gabfest; chin wagging; chit chat; tittle-tattle; gossip; gab.
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
- baddie1/5
baddie
- noun the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
villain.
- noun the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
- passementerie1/5
passementerie
- noun a decoration or adornment on a garment
trim; trimming.
- the trimming on a hat
- the trim on a shirt
- noun a decoration or adornment on a garment
- outvie1/5
outvie
- verb be more of a rival than
outrival.
- verb be more of a rival than
- stoolie1/5
stoolie
- noun someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
sneaker; stool pigeon; canary; sneak; stoolpigeon; fink; snitch; snitcher.
- noun someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
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knobkerrie
- noun a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa
knobkerry.
- noun a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa
- yardie1/5
yardie
- noun member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence
- A much publicized raid on a yardie stronghold had first been simulated at Riot City
- noun member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence
- marqueterie1/5
marqueterie
- noun inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture
marquetry.
- noun inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture
- millicurie1/5
millicurie
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
- crosstie1/5
crosstie
- noun one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
tie; railroad tie; sleeper.
- the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
- noun one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- mountie1/5
mounty
The rise of a hawk after prey. Sir P. Sidney.
- bowtie1/5
bowtie
- noun a man's tie that ties in a bow
bow tie; bow-tie.
- noun a man's tie that ties in a bow
- kelpie1/5
kelpie
- noun (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
kelpy.
- noun an Australian sheepdog with pointed ears
- noun (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
- preemie1/5
preemie
- noun an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
premature baby; premie; preterm infant; premature infant; preterm baby.
- noun an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
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mealie
- noun an ear of corn
- noun an ear of corn
- jalousie1/5
jalousie
- noun a window with glass louvers
louvered window.
- noun a shutter made of angled slats
- noun a window with glass louvers
- hoagie1/5
hoagie
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
wedge; bomber; hero; sub; hero sandwich; poor boy; submarine; zep; Cuban sandwich; grinder; torpedo; Italian sandwich; hoagy; submarine sandwich.
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
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porkpie
- noun man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim
porkpie hat.
- noun man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim
- ghillie1/5
ghillie
- noun a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep
gillie.
- noun a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep
- potpie1/5
potpie
- noun deep-dish meat and vegetable pie or a meat stew with dumplings
- noun deep-dish meat and vegetable pie or a meat stew with dumplings
- gaucherie1/5
gaucherie
- noun the quality of being rustic or gauche
rusticity.
- noun a socially awkward or tactless act
gaffe; solecism; faux pas; slip.
- noun the quality of being rustic or gauche
- drambuie1/5
drambuie
- noun a sweet Scotch whisky liqueur
- noun a sweet Scotch whisky liqueur
- wedgie1/5
wedgie
- noun a shoe with a wedge heel
- noun a shoe with a wedge heel
- organdie1/5
organdie
- noun a sheer stiff muslin
organdy.
- noun a sheer stiff muslin
- premie1/5
premie
- noun an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
premature baby; preterm infant; premature infant; preemie; preterm baby.
- noun an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
- dassie1/5
dassie
- noun any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
cony; das; hyrax; coney.
- noun any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
- dogie1/5
dogie
- noun motherless calf in a range herd of cattle
leppy; dogy.
- noun motherless calf in a range herd of cattle
- brummie1/5
brummie
- noun a native or resident of Birmingham, England
Brummy.
- noun a native or resident of Birmingham, England
- bombie1/5
bombie
- noun an unexploded bomblet
- unexploded bomblets known in Laos as `bombies' caused farmers to fear cultivating their fields
- noun an unexploded bomblet
- cootie1/5
cootie
- noun a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
Pediculus corporis; body louse.
- noun a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
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picardie
- noun a region of northern France on the English Channel
Picardy.
- noun a region of northern France on the English Channel
- budgie1/5
budgie
- noun small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
budgerygah; budgereegah; budgerigar; grass parakeet; lovebird; Melopsittacus undulatus; shell parakeet.
- noun small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
- bootie1/5
bootie
- noun a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies)
bootee.
- noun a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies)
- capercaillie1/5
capercaillie
- noun large black Old World grouse
capercailzie; horse of the wood; Tetrao urogallus.
- noun large black Old World grouse
- mashie1/5
mashie
- noun middle-distance iron
five iron.
- noun middle-distance iron
- koppie1/5
koppie
- noun a small hill rising up from the African veld
kopje.
- noun a small hill rising up from the African veld
- dachsie1/5
dachsie
- noun small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows
badger dog; dachshund.
- noun small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows
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brassie
- noun (formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon
- noun (formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon
- capercailzie1/5
capercailzie
- noun large black Old World grouse
capercaillie; horse of the wood; Tetrao urogallus.
- noun large black Old World grouse
- byrnie1/5
byrnie
- noun a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor
hauberk.
- noun a long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor
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twinkie
- noun a small sponge cake with a synthetic cream filling
- noun a small sponge cake with a synthetic cream filling
- adelie1/5
adelie
- noun medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica
Adelie penguin; Pygoscelis adeliae.
- noun medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica
- goonie1/5
goonie
- noun a variety of albatross with black feet
Diomedea nigripes; gooney; gooney bird; black-footed albatross; goony.
- noun a variety of albatross with black feet
- envie1/5
envy
- noun a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
enviousness.
- noun spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
invidia.
- noun a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
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mommie
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- woodie1/5
woody
- adjective made of or containing or resembling wood
- woody plants
- perennial herbs with woody stems
- a woody taste
- adjective satellite abounding in trees
arboreous; arboraceous; woodsy.
- an arboreous landscape
- violets in woodsy shady spots
- a woody area near the highway
- adjective made of or containing or resembling wood
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- kerrie1/5
kerrie
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pear
- noun sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
- noun Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
pear tree; Pyrus communis.
- noun sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
- unie1/5
unie
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- amitie1/5
amity
- noun a cordial disposition
cordiality.
- noun a state of friendship and cordiality
- noun a cordial disposition
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pottawatomie
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- dollie1/5
dol
- noun a unit of pain intensity
- noun the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913
Labor; Department of Labor; Labor Department.
- noun a unit of pain intensity
- roadie1/5
roadie
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- bouverie1/5
bouverie
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- burnie1/5
burnie
A small brook. Scot. Burns.
- heinie1/5
heinie
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- fantasie1/5
fantasy
- noun imagination unrestricted by reality
phantasy.
- a schoolgirl fantasy
- noun fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
phantasy.
- she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies
- noun imagination unrestricted by reality
- schoharie1/5
schoharie
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- fantaisie1/5
fantaisie
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- wheelie1/5
wheelie
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- carnie1/5
carnie
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- greenie1/5
greenie
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- russkie1/5
russkie
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- glassie1/5
glassy
- adjective satellite resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
- the glassy surface of the lake
- the pavement was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather
- adjective satellite (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
glazed.
- empty eyes
- a glassy stare
- his eyes were glazed over with boredom
- adjective satellite resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
- hoodie1/5
hoodie
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- seigneurie1/5
seigneurie
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- lambie1/5
lambie
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- hollie1/5
hol
Whole. Obs. Chaucer.
- monie1/5
monie
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- orangerie1/5
orangery
- noun a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas
- noun a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas
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- tammie1/5
tammie
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- kittie1/5
kitty
- noun the combined stakes of the betters
pool.
- noun the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
jackpot; pot.
- noun the combined stakes of the betters
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druggie
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jacquerie
The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants.
- jakie1/5
jakie
(Zoöl.) A South American striped frog ( Pseudis paradoxa ), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called alsoparadoxical frog .
- tottie1/5
totty
Unsteady; dizzy; tottery. Obs.or Prov. Eng. Sir W. Scott.For yet his noule [head] was totty of the must. Spenser.
- nudie1/5
nudie
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- kewpie1/5
kewpie
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- garvie1/5
garvie
(Zoöl.) The spart; -- called also Prov. Eng. & Scot.garvie herring , andgarvock .
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- sheltie1/5
sheltie
A Shetland pony.
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- batterie1/5
battery
- noun group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
- noun a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
electric battery.
- noun group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
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annmarie
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- tangie1/5
tangie
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- teenie1/5
teenie
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- revie1/5
revie
To vie with, or rival, in return.
- preppie1/5
preppie
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- dovie1/5
- huddie1/5
huddie
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- footsie1/5
footsie
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- dandie1/5
dandy
- noun a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
gallant; clotheshorse; fop; beau; swell; dude; sheik; fashion plate.
- noun a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
yawl.
- noun a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
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- buddie1/5
buddie
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- homie1/5
homie
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- mammie1/5
mammy
- noun an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
- noun informal terms for a mother
ma; mummy; mommy; mum; momma; mamma; mom; mama.
- noun an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
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hickie
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- yippie1/5
yippie
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- perrie1/5
perry
- noun a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
- noun United States philosopher (1876-1957)
Ralph Barton Perry.
- noun a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
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musie
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- sinfonie1/5
sinfonie
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- selkie1/5
selkie
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- westie1/5
westie
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- shortie1/5
shortie
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- norie1/5
norie
(Zoöl.) The cormorant. Prov. Eng.
- valarie1/5
valarie
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- mousie1/5
mousie
Diminutive for Burns.Mouse .
- duckie1/5
duckie
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- rorie1/5
rorie
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- luckie1/5
lucky
- adjective satellite occurring by chance
- a lucky escape
- a lucky guess
- adjective having or bringing good fortune
- my lucky day
- a lucky man
- adjective satellite occurring by chance
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brookie
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- pirrie1/5
pirrie
A rough gale of wind. Obs. Sir T. Elyot.
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- rudie1/5
rudie
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- candie1/5
candy
- noun a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
confect.
- verb coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
glaze; sugarcoat.
- noun a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
- chippie1/5
chippy
Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless.
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- matie1/5
matie
(Zoöl.) A fat herring with undeveloped roe. Written also Eng. & Scot.matty .
- lessie1/5
lessie
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- boobie1/5
booby
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
dummy; dope; pinhead; boob; dumbbell.
- noun small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
- avie1/5
avie
Emulously. Obs.
- associe1/5
associe
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- tapisserie1/5
tapisserie
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- forgie1/5
forgive
- verb stop blaming or grant forgiveness
- I forgave him his infidelity
- She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday
- verb absolve from payment
- I forgive you your debt
- verb stop blaming or grant forgiveness
- yie1/5
yeah
- adverb not only so, but
yea.
- I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice
- adverb not only so, but
- airdrie1/5
airdrie
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johnie
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- buckie1/5
buckie
(Zoöl.) A large spiral marine shell, esp. the common whelk. See Scot.Buccinum .sic. deil = devil. See deil.
- bonie1/5
bonie
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- trekkie1/5
trekkie
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- piggie1/5
piggy
- noun a young pig
shote; piglet; shoat.
- adjective satellite resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
hoggish; swinish; piggish; porcine.
- piggish table manners
- the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father
- swinish slavering over food
- noun a young pig
- haddie1/5
haddie
(Zoöl.) The haddock. Scot.
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re
- noun a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
atomic number 75; rhenium.
- noun ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods
Ra.
- noun a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
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stie
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whoopie
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- accidie1/5
accidie
Sloth; torpor. Obs. "The sin of accidie." Chaucer.
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biddie
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scrunchie
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chewie
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- brandie1/5
brandy
- noun distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
- noun distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
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sosie
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- porgie1/5
porgie
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diablerie
Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.
- intertie1/5
intertie
(Arch.) In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.
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menzie
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- footie1/5
footy
Having foots, or settlings; Eng.as, footy oil, molasses, etc.
- folkie1/5
folkie
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malie
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newfie
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- cozie1/5
cozy
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
tea cosy; tea cozy; cosy.
- adjective satellite enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
snug; cosy.
- a cozy nook near the fire
- snug in bed
- a snug little apartment
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
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canny
- adjective satellite showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
cagy; clever; cagey.
- a cagey lawyer
- too clever to be sound
- adjective satellite showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
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cardie
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ho
- noun a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
holmium; atomic number 67.
- noun a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
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- durrie1/5
durrie
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- shie1/5
shy
- noun a quick throw
- he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman
- verb start suddenly, as from fright
- noun a quick throw
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silky
- adjective satellite having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
silken; silklike; slick; sleek; satiny.
- glossy auburn hair
- satiny gardenia petals
- sleek black fur
- silken eyelashes
- silky skin
- a silklike fabric
- slick seals and otters
- adjective satellite having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
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leftie
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damie
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cappie
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cheapie
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bassie
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smartie
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zowie
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jumbie
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bervie
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bothie
Same as Scot.Bothy .
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killie
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arkie
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pokie
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visie
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bricky
Full of bricks; formed of bricks; resembling bricks or brick dust. R. Spenser.
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moggie
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palmy
- adjective satellite very lively and profitable
booming; prosperous; thriving; prospering; roaring; flourishing.
- flourishing businesses
- a palmy time for stockbrokers
- a prosperous new business
- doing a roaring trade
- a thriving tourist center
- did a thriving business in orchids
- adjective satellite very lively and profitable
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kiltie
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tatty
- adjective satellite showing signs of wear and tear
ratty; moth-eaten; shabby.
- a ratty old overcoat
- shabby furniture
- an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; gimcrack; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- adjective satellite showing signs of wear and tear
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tackie
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tantie
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doolie
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rhapsody
- noun an epic poem adapted for recitation
- noun an epic poem adapted for recitation
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molestie
Molestation. Obs. Chaucer.
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bikie
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hostie
The consecrated wafer; the host. Obs. Bp. Burnet.
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yowie
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kaie
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postie
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foxy
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; wily; knavish; sly; slick; guileful; tricksy; dodgy; crafty; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
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arrie
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barie
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gowdie
(Zoöl.) See Scot.Dragont .
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poopsie
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birkie
A lively or mettlesome fellow. Jocular, Scot. Burns.
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bushie
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wienie
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tatie
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- farlie1/5
farlie
An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder. See Obs. or Prov. Eng. Drayton.Fearly .
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sick
- noun people who are sick
- they devote their lives to caring for the sick
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
- noun people who are sick
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tittie
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doxy
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
courtesan; concubine; paramour.
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
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wellie
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mastery
- noun great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
control; command.
- a good command of French
- noun power to dominate or defeat
supremacy; domination.
- mastery of the seas
- noun great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
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beardie
(Zoöl.) The bearded loach ( Scot.Nemachilus barbatus ) of Europe.
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doozie
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cadie
A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. Written also cady .Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. Macaulay.
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huskie
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weepie
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romany
- noun a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
Gipsy; Romani; Rommany; Gypsy; Bohemian; Roma.
- noun the Indic language of the Gypsies
Gypsy.
- noun a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
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swabbie
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sarnie
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Suffixes of ie
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ie
- adverb that is to say; in other words
id est; i.e..
- noun a commercial browser
Internet Explorer; Explorer.
- adverb that is to say; in other words
- ier2/5
i
- noun a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)
iodin; atomic number 53; iodine.
- noun the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
ace; unity; one; 1; single.
- he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it
- they had lunch at one
- noun a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)
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ieyasu
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Derived words of ie
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viewer
- noun a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
looker; witness; spectator; watcher.
- the spectators applauded the performance
- television viewers
- sky watchers discovered a new star
- noun an optical device for viewing photographic transparencies
- noun a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
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view
- noun a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
position; perspective.
- consider what follows from the positivist view
- noun the visual percept of a region
prospect; vista; panorama; scene; aspect.
- the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
- noun a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
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field
- noun a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- he planted a field of wheat
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
battlefield; battleground; field of battle; field of honor.
- they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
- noun a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
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activity
- noun any specific behavior
- they avoided all recreational activity
- noun the state of being active
action; activeness.
- his sphere of activity
- he is out of action
- noun any specific behavior
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review
- noun a new appraisal or evaluation
reappraisal; reassessment; revaluation.
- noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
critique; critical review; review article.
- noun a new appraisal or evaluation
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client
- noun a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
- noun someone who pays for goods or services
customer.
- noun a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
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view
- noun a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
position; perspective.
- consider what follows from the positivist view
- noun the visual percept of a region
prospect; vista; panorama; scene; aspect.
- the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
- noun a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
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field
- noun a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- he planted a field of wheat
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
battlefield; battleground; field of battle; field of honor.
- they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
- noun a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
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client
- noun a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
- noun someone who pays for goods or services
customer.
- noun a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
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technology
- noun the practical application of science to commerce or industry
engineering.
- noun the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
engineering science; engineering; applied science.
- he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study
- noun the practical application of science to commerce or industry
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view
- noun a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
position; perspective.
- consider what follows from the positivist view
- noun the visual percept of a region
prospect; vista; panorama; scene; aspect.
- the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
- noun a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
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review
- noun a new appraisal or evaluation
reappraisal; reassessment; revaluation.
- noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
critique; critical review; review article.
- noun a new appraisal or evaluation
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review
- noun a new appraisal or evaluation
reappraisal; reassessment; revaluation.
- noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
critique; critical review; review article.
- noun a new appraisal or evaluation
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viewing
- noun the display of a motion picture
showing; screening.
- noun a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
wake.
- there's no weeping at an Irish wake
- noun the display of a motion picture
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retrieval
- noun (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
- noun the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
- my retrieval of people's names is very poor
- noun (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
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capacity
- noun capability to perform or produce
- among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism
- limited runway capacity
- a great capacity for growth
- noun the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
capability.
- the capability of a metal to be fused
- noun capability to perform or produce
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review
- noun a new appraisal or evaluation
reappraisal; reassessment; revaluation.
- noun an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
critique; critical review; review article.
- noun a new appraisal or evaluation
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experience
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- a man of experience
- experience is the best teacher
- noun the content of direct observation or participation in an event
- he had a religious experience
- he recalled the experience vividly
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
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study
- noun a detailed critical inspection
survey.
- noun applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
work.
- mastering a second language requires a lot of work
- no schools offer graduate study in interior design
- noun a detailed critical inspection
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friend
- noun a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
- he was my best friend at the university
- noun an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
ally.
- he's a good ally in fight
- noun a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
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series
- noun similar things placed in order or happening one after another
- they were investigating a series of bank robberies
- noun a serialized set of programs
serial.
- a comedy series
- the Masterworks concert series
- noun similar things placed in order or happening one after another
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friend
- noun a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
- he was my best friend at the university
- noun an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
ally.
- he's a good ally in fight
- noun a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
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party
- noun an organization to gain political power
political party.
- in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level
- noun a group of people gathered together for pleasure
- she joined the party after dinner
- noun an organization to gain political power
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property
- noun something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;
belongings; holding.
- that hat is my property
- he is a man of property
- noun a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
- a study of the physical properties of atomic particles
- noun something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;
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ancient
- noun a very old person
antediluvian.
- noun a person who lived in ancient times
- noun a very old person
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experience
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- a man of experience
- experience is the best teacher
- noun the content of direct observation or participation in an event
- he had a religious experience
- he recalled the experience vividly
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
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married
- noun a person who is married
- we invited several young marrieds
- verb take in marriage
get hitched with; wed; marry; conjoin; get married; espouse; hook up with.
- noun a person who is married
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experienced
- adjective having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
experient.
- verb go or live through
see; go through; experience.
- We had many trials to go through
- he saw action in Viet Nam
- adjective having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
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studied
- adjective produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation
- a studied smile
- a note of biting irony and studied insult"- V.L.Parrington
- verb consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
canvas; study; analyse; examine; canvass; analyze.
- analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare
- analyze the evidence in a criminal trial
- analyze your real motives
- adjective produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation
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authorities
- noun the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
regime; government.
- the government reduced taxes
- the matter was referred to higher authorities
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
potency; authority; say-so; authorisation; dominance; authorization.
- he has the authority to issue warrants
- deputies are given authorization to make arrests
- a place of potency in the state
- noun the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
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industry
- noun the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
- each industry has its own trade publications
- noun the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
manufacture.
- American industry is making increased use of computers to control production
- noun the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
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scientist
- noun a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
- noun a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
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modified
- adjective changed in form or character
- their modified stand made the issue more acceptable
- the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved
- verb make less severe or harsh or extreme
modify.
- please modify this letter to make it more polite
- he modified his views on same-gender marriage
- adjective changed in form or character
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supply
- noun an amount of something available for use
- noun offering goods and services for sale
- noun an amount of something available for use
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memory
- noun something that is remembered
- search as he would, the memory was lost
- noun the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
remembering.
- he can do it from memory
- he enjoyed remembering his father
- noun something that is remembered
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copy
- noun a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
transcript.
- noun a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
- she made a copy of the designer dress
- the clone was a copy of its ancestor
- noun a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
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supply
- noun an amount of something available for use
- noun offering goods and services for sale
- noun an amount of something available for use
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ability
- noun the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
- noun possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
power.
- danger heightened his powers of discrimination
- noun the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
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library
- noun a room where books are kept
- they had brandy in the library
- noun a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing
- noun a room where books are kept
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try
- noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
effort; endeavor; attempt; endeavour.
- made an effort to cover all the reading material
- wished him luck in his endeavor
- she gave it a good try
- verb make an effort or attempt
attempt; seek; essay; assay.
- He tried to shake off his fears
- The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps
- The police attempted to stop the thief
- He sought to improve himself
- She always seeks to do good in the world
- noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
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baby
- noun a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
infant; babe.
- the baby began to cry again
- she held the baby in her arms
- it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different
- noun the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
- the baby of the family
- the baby of the Supreme Court
- noun a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
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experience
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- a man of experience
- experience is the best teacher
- noun the content of direct observation or participation in an event
- he had a religious experience
- he recalled the experience vividly
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- scientist5/5
scientist
- noun a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
- noun a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
- retrieved5/5
retrieve
- verb get or find back; recover the use of
regain; recover; find.
- She regained control of herself
- She found her voice and replied quickly
- verb go for and bring back
- retrieve the car from the parking garage
- verb get or find back; recover the use of
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ceremony
- noun a formal event performed on a special occasion
ceremonial occasion; observance; ceremonial.
- a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
- noun any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
- the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine
- he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball
- he disposed of it without ceremony
- noun a formal event performed on a special occasion
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certified
- adjective endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements
- a certified public accountant
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; certify; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- adjective endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements
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patient
- noun a person who requires medical care
- the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly
- noun the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
affected role; patient role.
- noun a person who requires medical care
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science
- noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
scientific discipline.
- the science of genetics
- noun ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
skill.
- the skill of a well-trained boxer
- the sweet science of pugilism
- noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
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country
- noun a politically organized body of people under a single government
commonwealth; land; res publica; nation; state; body politic.
- the state has elected a new president
- African nations
- students who had come to the nation's capitol
- the country's largest manufacturer
- an industrialized land
- noun the territory occupied by a nation
state; land.
- he returned to the land of his birth
- he visited several European countries
- noun a politically organized body of people under a single government
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patient
- noun a person who requires medical care
- the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly
- noun the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
affected role; patient role.
- noun a person who requires medical care
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tried
- adjective satellite tested and proved useful or correct
tested; well-tried.
- a tested method
- verb make an effort or attempt
try; attempt; seek; essay; assay.
- He tried to shake off his fears
- The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps
- The police attempted to stop the thief
- He sought to improve himself
- She always seeks to do good in the world
- adjective satellite tested and proved useful or correct
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company
- noun an institution created to conduct business
- he only invests in large well-established companies
- he started the company in his garage
- noun small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- noun an institution created to conduct business
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applied
- adjective concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles
- applied physics
- applied psychology
- technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied disciplines"- Sidney Hook
- verb put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
employ; apply; use; utilize; utilise.
- use your head!
- we only use Spanish at home
- I can't use this tool
- Apply a magnetic field here
- This thinking was applied to many projects
- How do you utilize this tool?
- I apply this rule to get good results
- use the plastic bags to store the food
- He doesn't know how to use a computer
- adjective concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles
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carry
- noun the act of carrying something
- verb move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
transport.
- You must carry your camping gear
- carry the suitcases to the car
- This train is carrying nuclear waste
- These pipes carry waste water into the river
- noun the act of carrying something
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family
- noun a social unit living together
house; household; menage; home.
- he moved his family to Virginia
- It was a good Christian household
- I waited until the whole house was asleep
- the teacher asked how many people made up his home
- noun primary social group; parents and children
family unit.
- he wanted to have a good job before starting a family
- noun a social unit living together
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die
- noun a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
dice.
- noun a device used for shaping metal
- noun a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
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chief
- noun a person who is in charge
head; top dog.
- the head of the whole operation
- noun a person who exercises control over workers
foreman; gaffer; honcho; boss.
- if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman
- noun a person who is in charge
- scientific5/5
scientific
- adjective of or relating to the practice of science
- scientific journals
- adjective conforming with the principles or methods used in science
- a scientific approach
- adjective of or relating to the practice of science
- identified5/5
identified
- adjective satellite having the identity known or established
- the identified bodies were released for burial
- verb recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
place; identify.
- She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster
- adjective satellite having the identity known or established
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piece
- noun a separate part of a whole
- an important piece of the evidence
- noun an item that is an instance of some type;
- he designed a new piece of equipment
- she bought a lovely piece of china
- noun a separate part of a whole
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strategy
- noun an elaborate and systematic plan of action
scheme.
- noun the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war
- noun an elaborate and systematic plan of action
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body
- noun the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
organic structure; physical structure.
- he felt as if his whole body were on fire
- noun a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
- the whole body filed out of the auditorium
- the student body
- administrative body
- noun the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
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achieve
- verb to gain with effort
accomplish; reach; attain.
- she achieved her goal despite setbacks
- verb to gain with effort
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achieve
- verb to gain with effort
accomplish; reach; attain.
- she achieved her goal despite setbacks
- verb to gain with effort
- pieces5/5
piece
- noun a separate part of a whole
- an important piece of the evidence
- noun an item that is an instance of some type;
- he designed a new piece of equipment
- she bought a lovely piece of china
- noun a separate part of a whole
- lies5/5
lie
- noun a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
prevarication.
- noun Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
Trygve Lie; Trygve Halvden Lie.
- noun a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- relief5/5
relief
- noun the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
assuagement; alleviation.
- as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief
- noun the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
ease.
- he enjoyed his relief from responsibility
- getting it off his conscience gave him some ease
- noun the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- theories5/5
theory
- noun a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
- theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses
- true in fact and theory
- noun a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
hypothesis; possibility.
- a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
- he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices
- noun a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
- agencies5/5
agency
- noun an administrative unit of government
office; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency.
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- noun a business that serves other businesses
- noun an administrative unit of government
- easier5/5
easy
- adjective posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
- an easy job
- an easy problem
- an easy victory
- the house is easy to heat
- satisfied with easy answers
- took the easy way out of his dilemma
- adjective satellite not hurried or forced
easygoing; leisurely.
- an easy walk around the block
- at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace
- adjective posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
- sciences5/5
science
- noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
scientific discipline.
- the science of genetics
- noun ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
skill.
- the skill of a well-trained boxer
- the sweet science of pugilism
- noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
- centuries5/5
century
- noun a period of 100 years
- noun ten 10s
one C; 100; hundred; C.
- noun a period of 100 years
- specified5/5
specified
- adjective clearly and explicitly stated
- meals are at specified times
- verb specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
qualify; specify; condition; stipulate.
- The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life
- The contract stipulates the dates of the payments
- adjective clearly and explicitly stated
- duties5/5
duty
- noun the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr
obligation; responsibility.
- we must instill a sense of duty in our children
- every right implies a responsibility
- noun work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
- the duties of the job
- noun the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr
- yield5/5
yield
- noun production of a certain amount
output.
- noun the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
return; takings; take; issue; proceeds; payoff.
- the average return was about 5%
- noun production of a certain amount
- cried5/5
cry
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
shout; call; outcry; vociferation; yell.
- the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
- noun a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
yell.
- a cry of rage
- a yell of pain
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- accompanied5/5
accompanied
- adjective having companions or an escort
- there were lone gentlemen and gentlemen accompanied by their wives
- verb be present or associated with an event or entity
attach to; come with; accompany; go with.
- French fries come with the hamburger
- heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue
- fish usually goes with white wine
- this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries
- adjective having companions or an escort
- oriented5/5
oriented
- adjective adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination
orientated.
- the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view
- helping freshmen become oriented to college life
- the book is value-oriented throughout
- verb be oriented
orient; point.
- The weather vane points North
- the dancers toes pointed outward
- adjective adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination
- diet5/5
diet
- noun a prescribed selection of foods
- noun a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
- noun a prescribed selection of foods
- orientation5/5
orientation
- noun the act of orienting
- noun an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
- noun the act of orienting
- occupied5/5
occupied
- adjective held or filled or in use
- she keeps her time well occupied
- the wc is occupied
- verb keep busy with
occupy; busy.
- She busies herself with her butterfly collection
- adjective held or filled or in use
- daniel5/5
daniel
A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. A Daniel come to judgment. Shak.
- qualities5/5
quality
- noun an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
- the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
- noun a degree or grade of excellence or worth
caliber; calibre.
- the quality of students has risen
- an executive of low caliber
- noun an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
- friendly5/5
friendly
- noun troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
- friendlies came to their rescue
- adjective characteristic of or befitting a friend
- friendly advice
- a friendly neighborhood
- the only friendly person here
- a friendly host and hostess
- noun troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
- possibilities5/5
possibility
- noun a future prospect or potential
- this room has great possibilities
- noun capability of existing or happening or being true
possibleness.
- there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired
- noun a future prospect or potential
- implies5/5
imply
- verb express or state indirectly
connote.
- verb suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
- verb express or state indirectly
- applies5/5
apply
- verb put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
employ; use; utilize; utilise.
- use your head!
- we only use Spanish at home
- I can't use this tool
- Apply a magnetic field here
- This thinking was applied to many projects
- How do you utilize this tool?
- I apply this rule to get good results
- use the plastic bags to store the food
- He doesn't know how to use a computer
- verb be pertinent or relevant or applicable
hold; go for.
- The same laws apply to you!
- This theory holds for all irrational numbers
- The same rules go for everyone
- verb put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- enemies5/5
enemy
- noun an opposing military force
- the enemy attacked at dawn
- noun an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
foeman; opposition; foe.
- a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies
- noun an opposing military force
- friendship5/5
friendship
- noun the state of being friends (or friendly)
friendly relationship.
- noun the state of being friends (or friendly)
- universities5/5
university
- noun the body of faculty and students at a university
- noun establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching
- noun the body of faculty and students at a university
- varied5/5
varied
- adjective characterized by variety
- immigrants' varied ethnic and religious traditions
- his work is interesting and varied
- verb become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
vary; alter; change.
- her mood changes in accordance with the weather
- The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season
- adjective characterized by variety
- lieutenant5/5
lieutenant
- noun a commissioned military officer
- noun an officer in a police force
police lieutenant.
- noun a commissioned military officer
- worried5/5
worried
- adjective satellite afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
distressed; disturbed; upset; disquieted.
- too upset to say anything
- spent many disquieted moments
- distressed about her son's leaving home
- lapsed into disturbed sleep
- worried parents
- a worried frown
- one last worried check of the sleeping children
- verb be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
worry.
- I worry about my job
- adjective satellite afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
- capabilities5/5
capability
- noun the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
capableness.
- he worked to the limits of his capability
- noun the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
capacity.
- the capability of a metal to be fused
- noun the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
- injuries5/5
injury
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
harm; trauma; hurt.
- noun an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
accidental injury.
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
- justified5/5
justified
- adjective satellite having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
- verb show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
warrant; justify.
- The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns
- The end justifies the means
- adjective satellite having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins
- classified5/5
classified
- noun a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type
classified ad; classified advertisement.
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
sort; separate; assort; sort out; class; classify.
- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
- noun a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type
- identities5/5
identity
- noun the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
personal identity; individuality.
- you can lose your identity when you join the army
- noun the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known
- geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it
- it was too dark to determine his identity
- she guessed the identity of his lover
- noun the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
- implied5/5
imply
- verb express or state indirectly
connote.
- verb suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
- verb express or state indirectly
- quantities5/5
quantity
- noun how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
amount; measure.
- noun an adequate or large amount
- he had a quantity of ammunition
- noun how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
- achieving5/5
achieve
- verb to gain with effort
accomplish; reach; attain.
- she achieved her goal despite setbacks
- verb to gain with effort
- movies5/5
movie
- noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
flick; picture; picture show; pic; motion picture; moving-picture show; motion-picture show; film; moving picture.
- they went to a movie every Saturday night
- the film was shot on location
- noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- carrier5/5
carrier
- noun someone whose employment involves carrying something
toter; bearer.
- the bonds were transmitted by carrier
- noun a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
- refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business
- noun someone whose employment involves carrying something
- frontier5/5
frontier
- noun a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
- the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day
- noun an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
- noun a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
- varies5/5
vary
- verb become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
alter; change.
- her mood changes in accordance with the weather
- The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season
- verb be at variance with; be out of line with
depart; deviate; diverge.
- verb become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- dried5/5
dried
- adjective satellite not still wet
- the ink has dried
- a face marked with dried tears
- verb remove the moisture from and make dry
dry; dry out.
- dry clothes
- dry hair
- adjective satellite not still wet
- carries5/5
carry
- noun the act of carrying something
- verb move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
transport.
- You must carry your camping gear
- carry the suitcases to the car
- This train is carrying nuclear waste
- These pipes carry waste water into the river
- noun the act of carrying something
- alien5/5
alien
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
noncitizen; foreigner; outlander.
- noun anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
unknown; stranger.
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- deficiency5/5
deficiency
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
lack; want.
- there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
- water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
- for want of a nail the shoe was lost
- noun lack of an adequate quantity or number
insufficiency; inadequacy.
- the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- yields5/5
yield
- noun production of a certain amount
output.
- noun the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
return; takings; take; issue; proceeds; payoff.
- the average return was about 5%
- noun production of a certain amount
- frequencies5/5
frequency
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
oftenness; frequence.
- the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second
- the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
- noun the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
relative frequency.
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
- suppliers5/5
supplier
- noun someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
provider.
- noun someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
- identifies5/5
identify
- verb recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
place.
- She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster
- verb give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
name.
- Many senators were named in connection with the scandal
- The almanac identifies the auspicious months
- verb recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- realities5/5
reality
- noun all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
world.
- his world was shattered
- we live in different worlds
- for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were
- noun the state of being actual or real
realness; realism.
- the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him
- noun all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
- relieved5/5
relieved
- adjective satellite (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
alleviated; eased.
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
assuage; relieve; palliate; alleviate.
- This pill will relieve your headaches
- adjective satellite (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
- ingredients5/5
ingredient
- noun a component of a mixture or compound
- noun an abstract part of something
constituent; factor; component; element.
- jealousy was a component of his character
- two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony
- the grammatical elements of a sentence
- a key factor in her success
- humor: an effective ingredient of a speech
- noun a component of a mixture or compound
- armies5/5
army
- noun a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
ground forces; regular army.
- noun a large number of people united for some specific purpose
- noun a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
- dies5/5
die
- noun a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
dice.
- noun a device used for shaping metal
- noun a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
- energies5/5
energy
- noun (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
free energy.
- energy can take a wide variety of forms
- noun forceful exertion
vigor; vigour; zip.
- he plays tennis with great energy
- he's full of zip
- noun (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
- unified5/5
unified
- adjective satellite formed or united into a whole
incorporate; merged; integrated; incorporated.
- verb become one
merge; unify; unite.
- Germany unified officially in 1990
- the cells merge
- adjective satellite formed or united into a whole
- recipient5/5
recipient
- noun a person who receives something
receiver.
- noun the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
recipient role.
- noun a person who receives something
- hurried5/5
hurried
- adjective moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
- a hurried trip to the store
- the hurried life of a city
- a hurried job
- verb move very fast
speed; hurry; travel rapidly; zip.
- The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed
- adjective moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
- chiefs5/5
chief
- noun a person who is in charge
head; top dog.
- the head of the whole operation
- noun a person who exercises control over workers
foreman; gaffer; honcho; boss.
- if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman
- noun a person who is in charge
- missionaries5/5
missionary
- noun someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
- noun someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
missioner.
- noun someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program
- believers5/5
believer
- noun a supporter who accepts something as true
truster.
- noun a person who has religious faith
worshiper; worshipper.
- noun a supporter who accepts something as true
- supplier5/5
supplier
- noun someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
provider.
- noun someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
- convenience5/5
convenience
- noun the state of being suitable or opportune
- chairs arranged for his own convenience
- noun the quality of being useful and convenient
- they offered the convenience of an installment plan
- noun the state of being suitable or opportune
- remedies5/5
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
- carriers5/5
carrier
- noun someone whose employment involves carrying something
toter; bearer.
- the bonds were transmitted by carrier
- noun a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
- refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business
- noun someone whose employment involves carrying something
- commodities5/5
commodity
- noun articles of commerce
good; trade good.
- noun articles of commerce
- transient5/5
transient
- noun one who stays for only a short time
- transient laborers
- noun (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
- noun one who stays for only a short time
- flies5/5
flies
- noun (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
- noun two-winged insects characterized by active flight
fly.
- noun (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
- abnormalities5/5
abnormality
- noun an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
abnormalcy.
- noun retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
mental defectiveness.
- noun an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
- cries5/5
cry
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
shout; call; outcry; vociferation; yell.
- the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
- noun a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)
yell.
- a cry of rage
- a yell of pain
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- salaries5/5
salary
- noun something that remunerates
wage; pay; earnings; remuneration.
- wages were paid by check
- he wasted his pay on drink
- they saved a quarter of all their earnings
- noun something that remunerates
- relieve5/5
relieve
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
assuage; palliate; alleviate.
- This pill will relieve your headaches
- verb free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
take over.
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
- specifies5/5
specify
- verb specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
qualify; condition; stipulate.
- The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life
- The contract stipulates the dates of the payments
- verb decide upon or fix definitely
set; fix; limit; determine; define.
- fix the variables
- specify the parameters
- verb specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- siege5/5
siege
- noun the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
besieging; military blockade; beleaguering.
- noun the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
- recipients5/5
recipient
- noun a person who receives something
receiver.
- noun the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
recipient role.
- noun a person who receives something
- simplified5/5
simplified
- adjective satellite made easy or uncomplicated
- verb make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
simplify.
- We had to simplify the instructions
- this move will simplify our lives
- adjective satellite made easy or uncomplicated
- yielded5/5
yield
- noun production of a certain amount
output.
- noun the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
return; takings; take; issue; proceeds; payoff.
- the average return was about 5%
- noun production of a certain amount
- society5/5
society
- noun an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
- noun a formal association of people with similar interests
guild; club; social club; gild; lodge; order.
- he joined a golf club
- they formed a small lunch society
- men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
- noun an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
- believe5/5
believe
- verb accept as true; take to be true
- I believed his report
- We didn't believe his stories from the War
- She believes in spirits
- verb judge or regard; look upon; judge
conceive; think; consider.
- I think he is very smart
- I believe her to be very smart
- I think that he is her boyfriend
- The racist conceives such people to be inferior
- verb accept as true; take to be true
- earlier5/5
earlier
- adjective satellite (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early
earliest.
- a fashion popular in earlier times
- his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher
- Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera
- adjective at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
early.
- early morning
- an early warning
- early diagnosis
- an early death
- took early retirement
- an early spring
- early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties
- adjective satellite (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early
- variety5/5
variety
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
mixture; smorgasbord; motley; miscellanea; mixed bag; salmagundi; miscellany; assortment; potpourri.
- a great assortment of cars was on display
- he had a variety of disorders
- a veritable smorgasbord of religions
- noun noticeable heterogeneity
diversity; diverseness; multifariousness.
- a diversity of possibilities
- the range and variety of his work is amazing
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- stories5/5
story
- noun a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
tale; narration; narrative.
- his narrative was interesting
- Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children
- noun a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
- he writes stories for the magazines
- noun a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- believed5/5
believe
- verb accept as true; take to be true
- I believed his report
- We didn't believe his stories from the War
- She believes in spirits
- verb judge or regard; look upon; judge
conceive; think; consider.
- I think he is very smart
- I believe her to be very smart
- I think that he is her boyfriend
- The racist conceives such people to be inferior
- verb accept as true; take to be true
- communities5/5
community
- noun a group of people living in a particular local area
- the team is drawn from all parts of the community
- noun common ownership
- they shared a community of possessions
- noun a group of people living in a particular local area
- belief5/5
belief
- noun any cognitive content held as true
- noun a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
impression; feeling; opinion; notion.
- his impression of her was favorable
- what are your feelings about the crisis?
- it strengthened my belief in his sincerity
- I had a feeling that she was lying
- noun any cognitive content held as true
- interview5/5
interview
- noun the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists
- my interviews with teenagers revealed a weakening of religious bonds
- noun a conference (usually with someone important)
audience; consultation.
- he had a consultation with the judge
- he requested an audience with the king
- noun the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists
- audience5/5
audience
- noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
- the audience applauded
- someone in the audience began to cough
- noun the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment
- every artist needs an audience
- the broadcast reached an audience of millions
- noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
- replied5/5
reply
- noun a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
answer; response.
- I waited several days for his answer
- he wrote replies to several of his critics
- noun the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
response.
- he growled his reply
- noun a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- soldiers5/5
soldier
- noun an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
- the soldiers stood at attention
- noun a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
- noun an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
- brief5/5
brief
- noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
legal brief.
- noun a condensed written summary or abstract
- noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
- categories5/5
category
- noun a collection of things sharing a common attribute
class; family.
- there are two classes of detergents
- noun a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
- noun a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- quiet5/5
quiet
- noun a period of calm weather
lull.
- there was a lull in the storm
- noun an untroubled state; free from disturbances
tranquility; tranquillity.
- noun a period of calm weather
- beliefs5/5
belief
- noun any cognitive content held as true
- noun a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
impression; feeling; opinion; notion.
- his impression of her was favorable
- what are your feelings about the crisis?
- it strengthened my belief in his sincerity
- I had a feeling that she was lying
- noun any cognitive content held as true
- difficulties5/5
difficulty
- noun an effort that is inconvenient
trouble.
- I went to a lot of trouble
- he won without any trouble
- had difficulty walking
- finished the test only with great difficulty
- noun a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
- serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent
- noun an effort that is inconvenient
- facilities5/5
facility
- noun a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
installation.
- the assembly plant is an enormous facility
- noun skillful performance or ability without difficulty
quickness; deftness; adeptness; adroitness.
- his quick adeptness was a product of good design
- he was famous for his facility as an archer
- noun a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
- societies5/5
society
- noun an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
- noun a formal association of people with similar interests
guild; club; social club; gild; lodge; order.
- he joined a golf club
- they formed a small lunch society
- men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
- noun an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
- efficient5/5
efficient
- adjective being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
- an efficient production manager
- efficient engines save gas
- adjective satellite able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
effective.
- people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw
- effective personnel
- an efficient secretary
- the efficient cause of the revolution
- adjective being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
- boundaries5/5
boundary
- noun the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
bound; bounds.
- noun a line determining the limits of an area
edge; bound.
- noun the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- satisfied5/5
satisfied
- adjective satellite filled with satisfaction
- a satisfied customer
- verb meet the requirements or expectations of
satisfy; fulfill; fulfil; live up to.
- adjective satellite filled with satisfaction
- priest5/5
priest
- noun a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
- noun a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
non-Christian priest.
- noun a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
- achievement5/5
achievement
- noun the action of accomplishing something
accomplishment.
- noun the action of accomplishing something
- securities5/5
security
- noun the state of being free from danger or injury
- we support the armed services in the name of national security
- noun defense against financial failure; financial independence
protection.
- his pension gave him security in his old age
- insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness
- noun the state of being free from danger or injury
- denied5/5
deny
- verb declare untrue; contradict
- He denied the allegations
- She denied that she had taken money
- verb refuse to accept or believe
- He denied his fatal illness
- verb declare untrue; contradict
- interviews5/5
interview
- noun the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists
- my interviews with teenagers revealed a weakening of religious bonds
- noun a conference (usually with someone important)
audience; consultation.
- he had a consultation with the judge
- he requested an audience with the king
- noun the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists
- responsibilities5/5
responsibility
- noun the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr
duty; obligation.
- we must instill a sense of duty in our children
- every right implies a responsibility
- noun the proper sphere or extent of your activities
province.
- it was his province to take care of himself
- noun the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr
- tied5/5
tied
- adjective satellite bound or secured closely
trussed.
- the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied
- a trussed chicken
- verb fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
tie; bind.
- They tied their victim to the chair
- adjective satellite bound or secured closely
- vietnam5/5
vietnam
- noun a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945
Annam; Viet Nam; Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- noun a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States
Vietnam War.
- noun a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945
- soldier5/5
soldier
- noun an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
- the soldiers stood at attention
- noun a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
- noun an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
- buried5/5
buried
- adjective placed in a grave
interred; inhumed.
- the hastily buried corpses
- verb cover from sight
bury.
- Afghani women buried under their burkas
- adjective placed in a grave
- ladies5/5
lady
- noun a polite name for any woman
- a nice lady at the library helped me
- noun a woman of refinement
gentlewoman; madam; ma'am; dame.
- a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady
- noun a polite name for any woman
- qualified5/5
qualified
- adjective meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
- many qualified applicants for the job
- verb prove capable or fit; meet requirements
qualify; measure up.
- adjective meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
- earliest5/5
earliest
- adjective satellite (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early
earlier.
- a fashion popular in earlier times
- his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher
- Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera
- adjective at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
early.
- early morning
- an early warning
- early diagnosis
- an early death
- took early retirement
- an early spring
- early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties
- adjective satellite (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early
- believes5/5
believe
- verb accept as true; take to be true
- I believed his report
- We didn't believe his stories from the War
- She believes in spirits
- verb judge or regard; look upon; judge
conceive; think; consider.
- I think he is very smart
- I believe her to be very smart
- I think that he is her boyfriend
- The racist conceives such people to be inferior
- verb accept as true; take to be true
- economies5/5
economy
- noun the system of production and distribution and consumption
economic system.
- noun the efficient use of resources
- economy of effort
- noun the system of production and distribution and consumption
- ties5/5
tie
- noun neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
necktie.
- he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie
- he wore a vest and tie
- noun a social or business relationship
affiliation; tie-up; association.
- a valuable financial affiliation
- he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team
- many close associations with England
- noun neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- coefficient5/5
coefficient
- noun a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
- noun a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
- entities5/5
entity
- noun that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
- noun that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
- priests5/5
priest
- noun a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
- noun a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
non-Christian priest.
- noun a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
- colonies5/5
colony
- noun a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
settlement.
- the American colony in Paris
- noun a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
- noun a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
- allies5/5
allies
- noun an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy
- noun the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945
- noun an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy
- convenient5/5
convenient
- adjective suited to your comfort or purpose or needs
- a convenient excuse for not going
- adjective large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
commodious.
- a commodious harbor
- a commodious building suitable for conventions
- adjective suited to your comfort or purpose or needs
- disabilities5/5
disability
- noun the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
handicap; impairment; disablement.
- reading disability
- hearing impairment
- noun the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
- patience5/5
patience
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
longanimity; forbearance.
- noun a card game played by one person
solitaire.
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
- entries5/5
entry
- noun an item inserted in a written record
- noun the act of beginning something new
unveiling; introduction; debut; first appearance; launching.
- they looked forward to the debut of their new product line
- noun an item inserted in a written record
- allied5/5
allied
- adjective satellite related by common characteristics or ancestry
- allied species
- allied studies
- verb become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage
ally.
- He allied himself with the Communists
- adjective satellite related by common characteristics or ancestry
- believing5/5
believing
- noun the cognitive process that leads to convictions
- seeing is believing
- verb accept as true; take to be true
believe.
- I believed his report
- We didn't believe his stories from the War
- She believes in spirits
- noun the cognitive process that leads to convictions
- varieties5/5
variety
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
mixture; smorgasbord; motley; miscellanea; mixed bag; salmagundi; miscellany; assortment; potpourri.
- a great assortment of cars was on display
- he had a variety of disorders
- a veritable smorgasbord of religions
- noun noticeable heterogeneity
diversity; diverseness; multifariousness.
- a diversity of possibilities
- the range and variety of his work is amazing
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- histories5/5
history
- noun the aggregate of past events
- a critical time in the school's history
- noun a record or narrative description of past events
account; story; chronicle.
- a history of France
- he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
- the story of exposure to lead
- noun the aggregate of past events
- audiences5/5
audience
- noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
- the audience applauded
- someone in the audience began to cough
- noun the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment
- every artist needs an audience
- the broadcast reached an audience of millions
- noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
- coefficients5/5
coefficient
- noun a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
- noun a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
- priorities5/5
priority
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
precedency; precedence.
- ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
- national independence takes priority over class struggle
- noun preceding in time
antecedency; precedence; anteriority; antecedence; precedency.
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
- minorities5/5
minority
- noun a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
- noun being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
- when the vote was taken they were in the minority
- he held a minority position
- noun a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
- gradient5/5
gradient
- noun a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
- noun the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
slope.
- a five-degree gradient
- noun a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
- obedience5/5
obedience
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
obeisance.
- noun the trait of being willing to obey
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
- relied5/5
rely
- verb have confidence or faith in
trust; bank; swear.
- We can trust in God
- Rely on your friends
- bank on your good education
- I swear by my grandmother's recipes
- verb have confidence or faith in
- achievements5/5
achievement
- noun the action of accomplishing something
accomplishment.
- noun the action of accomplishing something
- shield5/5
shield
- noun a protective covering or structure
- noun armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
buckler.
- noun a protective covering or structure
- interviewed5/5
interview
- noun the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists
- my interviews with teenagers revealed a weakening of religious bonds
- noun a conference (usually with someone important)
audience; consultation.
- he had a consultation with the judge
- he requested an audience with the king
- noun the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists
- dietary5/5
dietary
- noun a regulated daily food allowance
- adjective of or relating to the diet
dietetical; dietetic.
- dietary restrictions
- noun a regulated daily food allowance
- embodied5/5
embodied
- adjective satellite possessing or existing in bodily form
corporal; bodied; incarnate; corporate.
- what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare
- an incarnate spirit
- `corporate' is an archaic term
- verb represent in bodily form
embody; substantiate; incarnate; body forth.
- He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
- The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
- adjective satellite possessing or existing in bodily form
- factories5/5
factory
- noun a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
mill; manufactory; manufacturing plant.
- noun a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- tendencies5/5
tendency
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
disposition; inclination.
- he had an inclination to give up too easily
- a tendency to be too strict
- noun an inclination to do something
propensity; leaning.
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- vietnamese5/5
vietnamese
- noun a native or inhabitant of Vietnam
Annamese.
- noun the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam
Annamese; Annamite.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Vietnam
- relies5/5
rely
- verb have confidence or faith in
trust; bank; swear.
- We can trust in God
- Rely on your friends
- bank on your good education
- I swear by my grandmother's recipes
- verb have confidence or faith in
- queries5/5
query
- noun an instance of questioning
enquiry; inquiry; interrogation; question.
- there was a question about my training
- we made inquiries of all those who were present
- verb pose a question
question.
- noun an instance of questioning
- species5/5
species
- noun (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
- noun a specific kind of something
- a species of molecule
- a species of villainy
- noun (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
- policies5/5
policy
- noun a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
- it was a policy of retribution
- a politician keeps changing his policies
- noun a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government
- they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation
- noun a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
- sufficient5/5
sufficient
- adjective of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant
- sufficient food
- adjective of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant
- cities5/5
city
- noun a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
metropolis; urban center.
- Ancient Troy was a great city
- noun an incorporated administrative district established by state charter
- the city raised the tax rate
- noun a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
- opportunities5/5
opportunity
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
chance.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- efficiency5/5
efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- noun skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort
- she did the work with great efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- anxiety5/5
anxiety
- noun (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
anxiousness.
- noun a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
- noun (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
- twentieth5/5
twentieth
- noun position 20 in a countable series of things
- adjective satellite coming next after the nineteenth in position
20th.
- noun position 20 in a countable series of things
- overview5/5
overview
- noun a general summary of a subject
- the treasurer gave a brief overview of the financial consequences
- noun a general summary of a subject
- medieval5/5
medieval
- adjective relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
mediaeval.
- Medieval scholars
- Medieval times
- adjective satellite as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
gothic; mediaeval.
- a medieval attitude toward dating
- adjective relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
- hierarchy5/5
hierarchy
- noun a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
- put honesty first in her hierarchy of values
- noun the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
pecking order; power structure.
- noun a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
- barriers5/5
barrier
- noun a structure or object that impedes free movement
- noun any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
roadblock.
- intolerance is a barrier to understanding
- noun a structure or object that impedes free movement
- conscience5/5
conscience
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
scruples; sense of right and wrong; moral sense.
- noun conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
- a person of unflagging conscience
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
- grief5/5
grief
- noun intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
heartache; brokenheartedness; heartbreak.
- noun something that causes great unhappiness
sorrow.
- her death was a great grief to John
- noun intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
- barrier5/5
barrier
- noun a structure or object that impedes free movement
- noun any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
roadblock.
- intolerance is a barrier to understanding
- noun a structure or object that impedes free movement
- territories5/5
territory
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
territorial dominion; district; dominion.
- noun an area of knowledge or interest
- his questions covered a lot of territory
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
- similarities5/5
similarity
- noun the quality of being similar
- noun a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit
law of similarity.
- noun the quality of being similar
- liabilities5/5
liabilities
- noun anything that is owed to someone else
- noun the state of being legally obliged and responsible
liability.
- noun anything that is owed to someone else
- fierce5/5
fierce
- adjective satellite marked by extreme and violent energy
furious; ferocious; savage.
- a ferocious beating
- fierce fighting
- a furious battle
- adjective satellite marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
vehement; tearing; trigger-happy; violent.
- fierce loyalty
- in a tearing rage
- vehement dislike
- violent passions
- adjective satellite marked by extreme and violent energy
- treaties5/5
treaty
- noun a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
pact; accord.
- noun a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
- efficiently5/5
efficiently
- adverb with efficiency; in an efficient manner
expeditiously.
- he functions efficiently
- adverb with efficiency; in an efficient manner
- nutrients5/5
nutrient
- noun any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
food.
- noun any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis
- noun any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
- nietzsche5/5
nietzsche
- noun influential German philosopher remembered for his concept of the superman and for his rejection of Christian values; considered, along with Kierkegaard, to be a founder of existentialism (1844-1900)
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.
- noun influential German philosopher remembered for his concept of the superman and for his rejection of Christian values; considered, along with Kierkegaard, to be a founder of existentialism (1844-1900)
- viewpoint5/5
viewpoint
- noun a mental position from which things are viewed
standpoint; stand; point of view.
- we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians
- teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events
- noun a place from which something can be viewed
vantage point.
- from that vantage point he could survey the whole valley
- noun a mental position from which things are viewed
- subsidies5/5
subsidy
- noun a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public
- a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence
- noun a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public
- quietly5/5
quietly
- adverb with low volume
softly.
- speak softly but carry a big stick
- she spoke quietly to the child
- the radio was playing softly
- adverb with little or no sound
- the class was listening quietly and intently
- she was crying quietly
- adverb with low volume
- sufficiently5/5
sufficiently
- adverb to a sufficient degree
- she was sufficiently fluent in Mandarin
- adverb to a sufficient degree
- insufficient5/5
insufficient
- adjective of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
deficient.
- insufficient funds
- adjective of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
- counties5/5
county
- noun (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
- the county has a population of 12,345 people
- noun (United States) the largest administrative district within a state
- the county plans to build a new road
- noun (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
- societal5/5
societal
- adjective relating to human society and its members
social.
- social institutions
- societal evolution
- societal forces
- social legislation
- adjective relating to human society and its members
- soviet5/5
soviet
- noun an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people
- Soviet leaders
- noun an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
- briefly5/5
briefly
- adverb for a short time
- she visited him briefly
- was briefly associated with IBM
- adverb in a concise manner; in a few words
in brief; shortly; concisely; in short.
- the history is summed up concisely in this book
- she replied briefly
- briefly, we have a problem
- to put it shortly
- adverb for a short time
- pierre5/5
pierre
- noun capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
capital of South Dakota.
- noun capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
- vienna5/5
vienna
- noun the capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss
capital of Austria; Austrian capital.
- noun the capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss
- hierarchical5/5
hierarchical
- adjective classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers
hierarchic; hierarchal.
- it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art
- in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first
- adjective classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers
- chiefly5/5
chiefly
- adverb for the most part
principally; in the main; mainly; primarily.
- he is mainly interested in butterflies
- adverb for the most part
- antibodies5/5
antibody
- noun any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response
- noun any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response
- diego5/5
diego
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- utilities4/5
utility
- noun a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
public utility company; public-service corporation; public utility.
- noun the quality of being of practical use
usefulness.
- noun a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- viewers4/5
viewers
- noun the audience reached by television
TV audience; viewing audience.
- noun a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
viewer; looker; witness; spectator; watcher.
- the spectators applauded the performance
- television viewers
- sky watchers discovered a new star
- noun the audience reached by television
- directories4/5
directory
- noun an alphabetical list of names and addresses
- noun (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)
- noun an alphabetical list of names and addresses
- spies4/5
spy
- noun (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
undercover agent.
- noun a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people
- my spies tell me that you had a good time last night
- noun (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
- retrieve4/5
retrieve
- verb get or find back; recover the use of
regain; recover; find.
- She regained control of herself
- She found her voice and replied quickly
- verb go for and bring back
- retrieve the car from the parking garage
- verb get or find back; recover the use of
- inquiries4/5
inquiry
- noun a search for knowledge
enquiry; research.
- their pottery deserves more research than it has received
- noun an instance of questioning
enquiry; interrogation; question; query.
- there was a question about my training
- we made inquiries of all those who were present
- noun a search for knowledge
- preview4/5
preview
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
prevue; trailer.
- noun a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
- densities4/5
density
- noun the amount per unit size
denseness.
- noun the spatial property of being crowded together
compactness; concentration; tightness; denseness.
- noun the amount per unit size
- anomalies4/5
anomaly
- noun deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
anomalousness.
- noun a person who is unusual
unusual person.
- noun deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
- inventories4/5
inventory
- noun a detailed list of all the items in stock
stock list.
- noun the merchandise that a shop has on hand
stock.
- they carried a vast inventory of hardware
- they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory
- noun a detailed list of all the items in stock
- clarified4/5
clarify
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
elucidate; clear up.
- clarify the mystery surrounding her death
- verb make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
- clarify the butter
- clarify beer
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
- emptied4/5
empty
- noun a container that has been emptied
- return all empties to the store
- verb make void or empty of contents
- Empty the box
- The alarm emptied the building
- noun a container that has been emptied
- adversaries4/5
adversary
- noun someone who offers opposition
resister; opposer; antagonist; opponent.
- noun someone who offers opposition
- antiquities4/5
antiquity
- noun the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
- noun extreme oldness
ancientness.
- noun the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
- ancients4/5
ancients
- noun people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)
- noun a very old person
antediluvian; ancient.
- noun people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)
- modifier4/5
modifier
- noun a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
qualifier.
- noun a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
- noun a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
- groceries4/5
grocery
- noun a marketplace where groceries are sold
food market; market; grocery store.
- the grocery store included a meat market
- noun (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
foodstuff.
- noun a marketplace where groceries are sold
- retrieving4/5
retrieve
- verb get or find back; recover the use of
regain; recover; find.
- She regained control of herself
- She found her voice and replied quickly
- verb go for and bring back
- retrieve the car from the parking garage
- verb get or find back; recover the use of
- discoveries4/5
discovery
- noun the act of discovering something
uncovering; find.
- noun something that is discovered
- noun the act of discovering something
- penalties4/5
penalty
- noun the act of punishing
punishment; penalization; penalisation.
- noun a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
- noun the act of punishing
- copied4/5
copy
- noun a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
transcript.
- noun a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
- she made a copy of the designer dress
- the clone was a copy of its ancestor
- noun a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
- laboratories4/5
laboratory
- noun a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
science laboratory; science lab; research laboratory; research lab; lab.
- noun a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation
testing ground.
- the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories
- Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism
- noun a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
- fisheries4/5
fishery
- noun a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
piscary.
- noun a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
- contemporaries4/5
contemporaries
- noun all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
coevals; generation.
- noun a person of nearly the same age as another
coeval; contemporary.
- noun all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
- casualties4/5
casualty
- noun someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
- noun someone injured or killed in an accident
injured party.
- noun someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
- batteries4/5
battery
- noun group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
- noun a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
electric battery.
- noun group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
- alienation4/5
alienation
- noun the feeling of being alienated from other people
estrangement; disaffection.
- noun separation resulting from hostility
estrangement.
- noun the feeling of being alienated from other people
- tier4/5
tier
- noun a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
grade; level.
- lumber of the highest grade
- noun any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
- noun a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- girlfriend4/5
girlfriend
- noun any female friend
- Mary and her girlfriend organized the party
- noun a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
girl; lady friend.
- his girlfriend kicked him out
- noun any female friend
- multiplied4/5
multiplied
- adjective satellite greatly increased as by multiplication
- verb combine by multiplication
multiply.
- multiply 10 by 15
- adjective satellite greatly increased as by multiplication
- yielding4/5
yielding
- noun a verbal act of admitting defeat
surrender; giving up.
- noun the act of conceding or yielding
concession; conceding.
- noun a verbal act of admitting defeat
- deficiencies4/5
deficiency
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
lack; want.
- there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
- water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
- for want of a nail the shoe was lost
- noun lack of an adequate quantity or number
insufficiency; inadequacy.
- the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- boyfriend4/5
boyfriend
- noun a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
swain; beau; fellow; young man.
- if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked
- noun a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
- verified4/5
verified
- adjective satellite proved to be true
- a verified claim
- verb confirm the truth of
verify.
- Please verify that the doors are closed
- verify a claim
- adjective satellite proved to be true
- salient4/5
salient
- noun (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
- adjective satellite having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
striking; prominent; spectacular; outstanding.
- an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom
- a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book
- salient traits
- a spectacular rise in prices
- a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center
- a striking resemblance between parent and child
- noun (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
- heavier4/5
heavy
- noun an actor who plays villainous roles
- noun a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- noun an actor who plays villainous roles
- believer4/5
believer
- noun a supporter who accepts something as true
truster.
- noun a person who has religious faith
worshiper; worshipper.
- noun a supporter who accepts something as true
- assemblies4/5
assembly
- noun a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
- noun the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
fabrication.
- noun a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
- fantasies4/5
fantasy
- noun imagination unrestricted by reality
phantasy.
- a schoolgirl fantasy
- noun fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
phantasy.
- she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies
- noun imagination unrestricted by reality
- intensified4/5
intensified
- adjective satellite made more intense
- the intensified scrutiny of the candidate's background
- verb increase in extent or intensity
escalate; step up; intensify.
- The Allies escalated the bombing
- adjective satellite made more intense
- aliens4/5
alien
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
noncitizen; foreigner; outlander.
- noun anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
unknown; stranger.
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- worries4/5
worry
- noun something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
headache; vexation; concern.
- New York traffic is a constant concern
- it's a major worry
- noun a strong feeling of anxiety
trouble.
- his worry over the prospect of being fired
- it is not work but worry that kills
- he wanted to die and end his troubles
- noun something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
- humanities4/5
humanities
- noun studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
liberal arts; arts; humanistic discipline.
- the college of arts and sciences
- noun the quality of being humane
humanity.
- noun studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
- competencies4/5
competency
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
competence.
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
- easiest4/5
easy
- adjective posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
- an easy job
- an easy problem
- an easy victory
- the house is easy to heat
- satisfied with easy answers
- took the easy way out of his dilemma
- adjective satellite not hurried or forced
easygoing; leisurely.
- an easy walk around the block
- at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace
- adjective posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
- occupies4/5
occupy
- verb keep busy with
busy.
- She busies herself with her butterfly collection
- verb live (in a certain place)
reside; lodge in.
- She resides in Princeton
- he occupies two rooms on the top floor
- verb keep busy with
- friendships4/5
friendship
- noun the state of being friends (or friendly)
friendly relationship.
- noun the state of being friends (or friendly)
- diets4/5
diet
- noun a prescribed selection of foods
- noun a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
- noun a prescribed selection of foods
- orient4/5
orient
- noun the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
eastern hemisphere.
- noun the countries of Asia
East.
- noun the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
- ingredient4/5
ingredient
- noun a component of a mixture or compound
- noun an abstract part of something
constituent; factor; component; element.
- jealousy was a component of his character
- two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony
- the grammatical elements of a sentence
- a key factor in her success
- humor: an effective ingredient of a speech
- noun a component of a mixture or compound
- frontiers4/5
frontier
- noun a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
- the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day
- noun an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
- noun a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
- amplifier4/5
amplifier
- noun electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
- noun electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
- purified4/5
purify
- verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
make pure; sublimate; distill.
- purify the water
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; sanctify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- orientations4/5
orientation
- noun the act of orienting
- noun an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
- noun the act of orienting
- velocities4/5
velocity
- noun distance travelled per unit time
speed.
- noun distance travelled per unit time
- diesel4/5
diesel
- noun an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil
diesel motor; diesel engine.
- noun German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel; Rudolf Diesel.
- noun an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil
- fortified4/5
fortified
- adjective satellite secured with bastions or fortifications
bastioned.
- verb make strong or stronger
strengthen; fortify; beef up.
- This exercise will strengthen your upper body
- strengthen the relations between the two countries
- adjective satellite secured with bastions or fortifications
- necessities4/5
necessity
- noun the condition of being essential or indispensable
- noun anything indispensable
necessary; requirement; requisite; essential.
- food and shelter are necessities of life
- the essentials of the good life
- allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions
- a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained
- noun the condition of being essential or indispensable
- accessories4/5
accessory
- noun clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
accouterment; accoutrement.
- noun a supplementary component that improves capability
add-on; supplement; appurtenance.
- noun clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
- identifier4/5
identifier
- noun a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it
- noun a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it
- alienated4/5
alienated
- adjective satellite socially disoriented
disoriented; anomic.
- anomic loners musing over their fate
- we live in an age of rootless alienated people
- verb arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
alien; disaffect; alienate; estrange.
- She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
- adjective satellite socially disoriented
- localities4/5
locality
- noun a surrounding or nearby region
neck of the woods; neighborhood; vicinity; neighbourhood.
- the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
- it is a rugged locality
- he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
- I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods
- noun a surrounding or nearby region
- philosophies4/5
philosophy
- noun a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
philosophical system; school of thought; ism; doctrine.
- noun the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
- noun a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
- ratified4/5
ratified
- adjective satellite formally approved and invested with legal authority
sanctioned.
- verb approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
ratify; sign.
- All parties ratified the peace treaty
- Have you signed your contract yet?
- adjective satellite formally approved and invested with legal authority
- hostilities4/5
hostilities
- noun fighting; acts of overt warfare
belligerency.
- the outbreak of hostilities
- noun a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
ill will; hostility.
- he could not conceal his hostility
- noun fighting; acts of overt warfare
- diversified4/5
diversified
- adjective having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety
- a diversified musical program ranging from classical to modern
- diversified farming
- diversified manufacturing
- diversified scenery
- diversified investments
- verb make (more) diverse
diversify.
- diversify a course of study
- adjective having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety
- extremities4/5
extremity
- noun an external body part that projects from the body
appendage; member.
- it is important to keep the extremities warm
- noun an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)
- noun an external body part that projects from the body
- achieves4/5
achieve
- verb to gain with effort
accomplish; reach; attain.
- she achieved her goal despite setbacks
- verb to gain with effort
- courier4/5
courier
- noun a person who carries a message
messenger.
- noun a person who carries a message
- briefing4/5
briefing
- noun detailed instructions, as for a military operation
- verb give essential information to someone
brief.
- The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade
- noun detailed instructions, as for a military operation
- accompanies4/5
accompany
- verb be present or associated with an event or entity
attach to; come with; go with.
- French fries come with the hamburger
- heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue
- fish usually goes with white wine
- this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries
- verb go or travel along with
- The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere
- verb be present or associated with an event or entity
- intermediaries4/5
intermediary
- noun a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
intermediator; go-between; intercessor; mediator.
- noun a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
- revolutionaries4/5
revolutionary
- noun a radical supporter of political or social revolution
subversive; subverter; revolutionist.
- adjective satellite markedly new or introducing radical change
radical.
- a revolutionary discovery
- radical political views
- noun a radical supporter of political or social revolution
- dummies4/5
dummy
- noun a person who does not talk
silent person.
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
booby; dope; pinhead; boob; dumbbell.
- noun a person who does not talk
- fielding4/5
fielding
- noun (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field
- noun English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)
Henry Fielding.
- noun (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field
- daniels4/5
daniel
- noun (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
- noun a wise and upright judge
- a Daniel come to judgment" -- Shakespeare
- noun (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
- stratified4/5
stratified
- adjective satellite arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks
ranked; graded.
- stratified areas of the distribution
- verb divide society into social classes or castes
stratify.
- Income distribution often stratifies a society
- adjective satellite arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks
- justifies4/5
justify
- verb show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
warrant.
- The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns
- The end justifies the means
- verb show to be right by providing justification or proof
vindicate.
- vindicate a claim
- verb show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
- prophecies4/5
prophecy
- noun knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
vaticination; prognostication.
- noun a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
divination.
- noun knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
- contingencies4/5
contingency
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
eventuality; contingence.
- noun the state of being contingent on something
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
- fancied4/5
fancied
- adjective satellite formed or conceived by the imagination
fictitious; fabricated; fictional.
- a fabricated excuse for his absence
- a fancied wrong
- a fictional character
- verb imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
picture; visualize; envision; figure; visualise; image; fancy; project; see.
- I can't see him on horseback!
- I can see what will happen
- I can see a risk in this strategy
- adjective satellite formed or conceived by the imagination
- levied4/5
levy
- noun a charge imposed and collected
- noun the act of drafting into military service
levy en masse.
- noun a charge imposed and collected
- quantified4/5
quantify
- verb use as a quantifier
- verb express as a number or measure or quantity
measure.
- Can you quantify your results?
- verb use as a quantifier
- proficient4/5
proficient
- adjective satellite having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
good; practiced; expert; skillful; adept; skilful.
- adept in handicrafts
- an adept juggler
- an expert job
- a good mechanic
- a practiced marksman
- a proficient engineer
- a lesser-known but no less skillful composer
- the effect was achieved by skillful retouching
- adjective of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
technical.
- his technical innovation was his brushwork
- the technical dazzle of her dancing
- adjective satellite having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- deliveries4/5
delivery
- noun the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
bringing.
- his reluctant delivery of bad news
- noun the event of giving birth
- she had a difficult delivery
- noun the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
- relieving4/5
relieve
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
assuage; palliate; alleviate.
- This pill will relieve your headaches
- verb free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
take over.
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
- monopolies4/5
monopoly
- noun (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
- a monopoly on silver
- when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like
- noun exclusive control or possession of something
- They have no monopoly on intelligence
- noun (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
- festivities4/5
festivity
- noun any joyous diversion
celebration.
- noun any joyous diversion
- glorified4/5
glorified
- adjective satellite accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing
canonised; canonized.
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
exalt; glorify; extol; laud; proclaim.
- extol the virtues of one's children
- glorify one's spouse's cooking
- adjective satellite accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing
- bodied4/5
bodied
- adjective having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination
- strong-bodied
- big-bodied
- verb invest with or as with a body; give body to
body; personify.
- adjective having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination
- buddies4/5
buddy
- noun a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
crony; sidekick; chum; brother; pal.
- noun a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- fries4/5
fries
- noun strips of potato fried in deep fat
french fries; french-fried potatoes; chips.
- noun English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
Fry; Roger Fry; Roger Eliot Fry.
- noun strips of potato fried in deep fat
- probabilities4/5
probability
- noun a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
chance.
- the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5
- noun the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event
- for a while mutiny seemed a probability
- going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost
- noun a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
- oriental4/5
oriental
- adjective satellite denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia
- oriental civilization
- noun a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
oriental person.
- adjective satellite denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia
- mysteries4/5
mystery
- noun something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
secret; closed book; enigma.
- how it got out is a mystery
- it remains one of nature's secrets
- noun a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
mystery story; whodunit.
- noun something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
- monsieur4/5
monsieur
The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir. Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by MM. orMessrs. in the plural.
- davies4/5
davy
- noun English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
Humphrey Davy; Sir Humphrey Davy.
- noun English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
- liberties4/5
liberty
- noun immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
autonomy.
- noun freedom of choice
- liberty of opinion
- liberty of worship
- liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases
- at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes
- noun immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
- calories4/5
calorie
- noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
large calorie; nutritionist's calorie; kilogram calorie; kilocalorie.
- noun unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
small calorie; gram calorie.
- noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
- therapies4/5
therapy
- noun (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)
- the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury
- he tried every treatment the doctors suggested
- heat therapy gave the best relief
- noun (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)
- personalities4/5
personality
- noun the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
- their different reactions reflected their very different personalities
- it is his nature to help others
- noun a person of considerable prominence
- she is a Hollywood personality
- noun the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
- beneficiaries4/5
beneficiary
- noun the recipient of funds or other benefits
donee.
- noun the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
benefactive role.
- noun the recipient of funds or other benefits
- deficient4/5
deficient
- adjective satellite inadequate in amount or degree
wanting; lacking.
- a deficient education
- deficient in common sense
- lacking in stamina
- tested and found wanting
- adjective of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
insufficient.
- insufficient funds
- adjective satellite inadequate in amount or degree
- faculties4/5
faculty
- noun one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
mental faculty; module.
- noun the body of teachers and administrators at a school
staff.
- the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university
- noun one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
- premier4/5
premier
- noun the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
Prime Minister; PM.
- noun the person who is head of state (in several countries)
chancellor; prime minister.
- noun the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
- ideologies4/5
ideology
- noun an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
political orientation; political theory.
- noun imaginary or visionary theorization
- noun an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
- fried4/5
fried
- adjective satellite cooked by frying in fat
deep-fried.
- verb be excessively hot
fry.
- If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried
- adjective satellite cooked by frying in fat
- hygiene4/5
hygiene
- noun a condition promoting sanitary practices
- personal hygiene
- noun the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health
hygienics.
- noun a condition promoting sanitary practices
- cookies4/5
cooky
- noun the cook on a ranch or at a camp
cookie.
- noun any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
biscuit; cookie.
- noun the cook on a ranch or at a camp
- pierce4/5
pierce
- verb cut or make a way through
- the knife cut through the flesh
- The path pierced the jungle
- Light pierced through the forest
- noun 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
Franklin Pierce; President Pierce.
- verb cut or make a way through
- thief4/5
thief
- noun a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
stealer.
- noun a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
- replies4/5
reply
- noun a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
answer; response.
- I waited several days for his answer
- he wrote replies to several of his critics
- noun the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
response.
- he growled his reply
- noun a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- testified4/5
testify
- verb give testimony in a court of law
bear witness; attest; take the stand.
- verb provide evidence for
show; evidence; bear witness; prove.
- The blood test showed that he was the father
- Her behavior testified to her incompetence
- verb give testimony in a court of law
- proprietary4/5
proprietary
- noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
proprietorship.
- adjective protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights
- `Tylenol' is a proprietary drug of which `acetaminophen' is the generic form
- noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
- o'brien4/5
o'brien
- noun Irish writer (born in 1932)
Edna O'Brien.
- noun Irish writer (born in 1932)
- ministries4/5
ministry
- noun religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
- noun building where the business of a government department is transacted
- noun religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
- signifies4/5
signify
- verb denote or connote
intend; stand for; mean.
- `maison' means `house' in French
- An example sentence would show what this word means
- verb convey or express a meaning
- These words mean nothing to me!
- What does his strange behavior signify?
- verb denote or connote
- skies4/5
sky
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- verb throw or toss with a light motion
toss; flip; pitch.
- flip me the beachball
- toss me newspaper
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- denies4/5
deny
- verb declare untrue; contradict
- He denied the allegations
- She denied that she had taken money
- verb refuse to accept or believe
- He denied his fatal illness
- verb declare untrue; contradict
- democracies4/5
democracy
- noun the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
- noun a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
commonwealth; republic.
- noun the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
- interviewing4/5
interview
- noun the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists
- my interviews with teenagers revealed a weakening of religious bonds
- noun a conference (usually with someone important)
audience; consultation.
- he had a consultation with the judge
- he requested an audience with the king
- noun the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists
- exemplified4/5
exemplify
- verb be characteristic of
represent.
- This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue
- verb clarify by giving an example of
instance; illustrate.
- verb be characteristic of
- methodologies4/5
methodology
- noun the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline
methodological analysis.
- noun the system of methods followed in a particular discipline
- noun the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline
- uncertainties4/5
uncertainty
- noun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
precariousness; uncertainness.
- the uncertainty of the outcome
- the precariousness of his income
- noun the state of being unsure of something
dubiousness; doubtfulness; doubt; dubiety; incertitude.
- noun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
- victories4/5
victory
- noun a successful ending of a struggle or contest
triumph.
- a narrow victory
- the general always gets credit for his army's victory
- clinched a victory
- convincing victory
- the agreement was a triumph for common sense
- noun a successful ending of a struggle or contest
- lied4/5
lied
- noun a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
- verb be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
lie.
- noun a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
- complexities4/5
complexity
- noun the quality of being intricate and compounded
complexness.
- he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers
- noun the quality of being intricate and compounded
- fourier4/5
fourier
- noun French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)
Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier; Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier.
- noun French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)
Charles Fourier; Francois Marie Charles Fourier.
- noun French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)
- sixties4/5
sixties
- noun the decade from 1960 to 1969
1960s.
- noun the time of life between 60 and 70
mid-sixties.
- noun the decade from 1960 to 1969
- satisfies4/5
satisfy
- verb meet the requirements or expectations of
fulfill; fulfil; live up to.
- verb make happy or satisfied
gratify.
- verb meet the requirements or expectations of
- pier4/5
pier
- noun a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
dock; wharf; wharfage.
- noun (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)
- noun a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
- preoccupied4/5
preoccupied
- adjective satellite deeply absorbed in thought
deep in thought; bemused; lost.
- as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class
- lost in thought
- a preoccupied frown
- verb engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
preoccupy.
- His work preoccupies him
- The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else
- adjective satellite deeply absorbed in thought
- inefficient4/5
inefficient
- adjective not producing desired results; wasteful
- an inefficient campaign against drugs
- outdated and inefficient design and methods
- adjective satellite lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate
ineffective.
- an ineffective administration
- inefficient workers
- adjective not producing desired results; wasteful
- deputies4/5
deputy
- noun someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
deputy sheriff.
- noun an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
lieutenant.
- noun someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
- notified4/5
notify
- verb inform (somebody) of something
apprize; send word; apprise; give notice; advise.
- I advised him that the rent was due
- verb inform (somebody) of something
- shields4/5
shield
- noun a protective covering or structure
- noun armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
buckler.
- noun a protective covering or structure
- thieves4/5
thieve
- verb take by theft
cop; knock off; glom; hook; snitch.
- Someone snitched my wallet!
- verb take by theft
- diaries4/5
diary
- noun a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
journal.
- noun a personal journal (as a physical object)
- noun a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
- niece4/5
niece
- noun a daughter of your brother or sister
- noun a daughter of your brother or sister
- proficiency4/5
proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- noun skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
technique.
- practice greatly improves proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- mischief4/5
mischief
- noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
mischief-making; rascality; mischievousness; roguishness; roguery; devilment; deviltry; shenanigan; devilry.
- noun the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
maleficence; balefulness.
- noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
- controversies4/5
controversy
- noun a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
contestation; contention; arguing; tilt; argument; disputation; disceptation.
- they were involved in a violent argument
- noun a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- twenties4/5
twenties
- noun the time of life between 20 and 30
mid-twenties.
- noun the decade from 1920 to 1929
1920s.
- noun the time of life between 20 and 30
- dielectric4/5
dielectric
- noun a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
nonconductor; insulator.
- noun a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
- experiential4/5
experiential
- adjective relating to or resulting from experience
- a personal, experiential reality
- adjective satellite derived from experience or the experience of existence
existential.
- the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington
- formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey
- adjective relating to or resulting from experience
- modalities4/5
modality
- noun a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
mode.
- noun verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
mood; mode.
- noun a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
- galaxies4/5
galaxy
- noun a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)
- noun tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall
Galax urceolata; wandflower; galax; beetleweed; coltsfoot.
- noun a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)
- pierced4/5
pierced
- adjective satellite having a hole cut through
perforated; perforate; punctured.
- pierced ears
- a perforated eardrum
- a punctured balloon
- verb cut or make a way through
pierce.
- the knife cut through the flesh
- The path pierced the jungle
- Light pierced through the forest
- adjective satellite having a hole cut through
- piercing4/5
piercing
- adjective satellite having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
acute; penetrating; incisive; penetrative; discriminating; keen; sharp; knifelike.
- an acute observer of politics and politicians
- incisive comments
- icy knifelike reasoning
- as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
- penetrating insight
- frequent penetrative observations
- verb cut or make a way through
pierce.
- the knife cut through the flesh
- The path pierced the jungle
- Light pierced through the forest
- adjective satellite having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- signified4/5
signified
- noun the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
sense.
- the dictionary gave several senses for the word
- in the best sense charity is really a duty
- the signifier is linked to the signified
- verb denote or connote
signify; intend; stand for; mean.
- `maison' means `house' in French
- An example sentence would show what this word means
- noun the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
- proprietor4/5
proprietor
- noun (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
owner.
- he is the owner of a chain of restaurants
- noun (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
- subsidiaries4/5
subsidiary
- noun an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
subordinate; underling; foot soldier.
- noun a company that is completely controlled by another company
subsidiary company.
- noun an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
- berries4/5
berry
- noun any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
- noun a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
- noun any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
- dignified4/5
dignified
- adjective having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance
- her dignified demeanor
- the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman
- verb confer dignity or honor upon
dignify; ennoble.
- He was dignified with a title
- adjective having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance
- amplified4/5
amplify
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
magnify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
- lieu4/5
lieu
- noun the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
position; stead; place.
- can you go in my stead?
- took his place
- in lieu of
- noun the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- trajectories4/5
trajectory
- noun the path followed by an object moving through space
flight.
- noun the path followed by an object moving through space
- thirties4/5
thirties
- noun the time of life between 30 and 40
thirty-something; mid-thirties.
- noun the decade from 1930 to 1939
1930s.
- noun the time of life between 30 and 40
- resilience4/5
resilience
- noun the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
resiliency.
- noun an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
resiliency.
- noun the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
- secretaries4/5
secretary
- noun a person who is head of an administrative department of government
- noun an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
secretarial assistant.
- noun a person who is head of an administrative department of government
- fifties4/5
fifties
- noun the decade from 1950 to 1959
1950s.
- noun the time of life between 50 and 60
mid-fifties.
- noun the decade from 1950 to 1959
- gradients4/5
gradient
- noun a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
- noun the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
slope.
- a five-degree gradient
- noun a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension
- sufficiency4/5
sufficiency
- noun sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
- her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency
- noun an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
enough.
- enough is as good as a feast
- there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country
- noun sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
- outpatient4/5
outpatient
- noun a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated
- noun a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated
- dependencies4/5
dependency
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependance; dependence.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
dependance; addiction; habituation; dependence.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- butterflies4/5
butterfly
- noun diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
- noun a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
butterfly stroke.
- noun diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
- reviewers4/5
reviewer
- noun someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
referee; reader.
- noun a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
commentator.
- noun someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
- charities4/5
charity
- noun a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)
- noun a kindly and lenient attitude toward people
brotherly love.
- noun a foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals)
- seventies4/5
seventies
- noun the decade from 1970 to 1979
1970s.
- noun the time of life between 70 and 80
mid-seventies.
- noun the decade from 1970 to 1979
- summaries4/5
summary
- noun a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
sum-up.
- he gave a summary of the conclusions
- adjective satellite performed speedily and without formality
drumhead.
- a summary execution
- summary justice
- noun a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
- horrified4/5
horrified
- adjective satellite stricken with horror
horror-struck; horror-stricken.
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
horrify; dismay; alarm; appall; appal.
- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
- adjective satellite stricken with horror
- complied4/5
comply
- verb act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
follow; abide by.
- He complied with my instructions
- You must comply or else!
- Follow these simple rules
- abide by the rules
- verb act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- embodies4/5
embody
- verb represent in bodily form
substantiate; incarnate; body forth.
- He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
- The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
- verb represent, as of a character on stage
be; personify.
- Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
- verb represent in bodily form
- analogies4/5
analogy
- noun an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
- noun drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
- the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain
- the models show by analogy how matter is built up
- noun an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
- discrepancies4/5
discrepancy
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
divergence; disagreement; variance.
- a growing divergence of opinion
- noun an event that departs from expectations
variance; variant.
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- intensities4/5
intensity
- noun the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
strength; intensity level.
- he adjusted the intensity of the sound
- they measured the station's signal strength
- noun high level or degree; the property of being intense
intensiveness.
- noun the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
- brigadier4/5
brigadier
- noun a general officer ranking below a major general
brigadier general.
- noun a general officer ranking below a major general
- ezekiel4/5
ezekiel
- noun a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC
Ezechiel.
- noun an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration
Book of Ezekiel; Ezechiel.
- noun a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC
- crucified4/5
crucify
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- Jesus Christ was crucified
- verb treat cruelly
bedevil; rag; dun; frustrate; torment.
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- inconvenience4/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
- royalties4/5
royalty
- noun payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
- he received royalties on his book
- noun royal persons collectively
royal family; royal line; royal house.
- the wedding was attended by royalty
- noun payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property
- reviewer4/5
reviewer
- noun someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
referee; reader.
- noun a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
commentator.
- noun someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
- multiplier4/5
multiplier
- noun the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied
multiplier factor.
- noun the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied
- nationalities4/5
nationality
- noun people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation
- immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out
- such images define their sense of nationality
- noun the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization
- noun people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation
- dictionaries4/5
dictionary
- noun a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
lexicon.
- noun a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
- peculiarities4/5
peculiarity
- noun an odd or unusual characteristic
distinguishing characteristic; distinctive feature.
- noun a distinguishing trait
distinctiveness; speciality; specialty; specialness.
- noun an odd or unusual characteristic
- grieving4/5
grieving
- adjective satellite sorrowful through loss or deprivation
grief-stricken; mourning; sorrowing; bereft; bereaved.
- bereft of hope
- verb feel grief
sorrow; grieve.
- adjective satellite sorrowful through loss or deprivation
- tragedies4/5
tragedy
- noun an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
calamity; cataclysm; catastrophe; disaster.
- the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
- the earthquake was a disaster
- noun drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
- noun an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- impurities4/5
impurity
- noun worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
dross.
- there were impurities in the water
- noun the condition of being impure
impureness.
- noun worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
- premiere4/5
premiere
- noun the first public performance of a play or movie
- verb be performed for the first time
premier.
- We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success
- noun the first public performance of a play or movie
- forties4/5
forties
- noun the time of life between 40 and 50
mid-forties.
- noun the decade from 1940 to 1949
1940s.
- noun the time of life between 40 and 50
- eighties4/5
eighties
- noun the decade from 1880 to 1889
1880s.
- noun the decade from 1980 to 1989
1980s.
- noun the decade from 1880 to 1889
- proprietors4/5
proprietor
- noun (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
owner.
- he is the owner of a chain of restaurants
- noun (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
- celebrities4/5
celebrity
- noun a widely known person
famous person.
- he was a baseball celebrity
- noun the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
renown; fame.
- noun a widely known person
- mansfield4/5
mansfield
- noun New Zealand writer of short stories (1888-1923)
Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp; Katherine Mansfield.
- noun a town in north central Ohio
- noun New Zealand writer of short stories (1888-1923)
- sensibilities4/5
sensibility
- noun mental responsiveness and awareness
aesthesia; esthesia.
- noun refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions
- cruelty offended his sensibility
- noun mental responsiveness and awareness
- loyalties4/5
loyalty
- noun the quality of being loyal
trueness.
- noun feelings of allegiance
- noun the quality of being loyal
- piers4/5
pier
- noun a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
dock; wharf; wharfage.
- noun (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)
- noun a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
- interviewees4/5
interviewee
- noun a person who is interviewed
- noun a person who is interviewed
- beauties4/5
beauty
- noun the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
- noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
sweetheart; peach; knockout; lulu; smasher; stunner; ravisher; mantrap; dish; looker.
- noun the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
- underlies4/5
underlie
- verb be or form the base for
- verb lie underneath
- verb be or form the base for
- codified4/5
codified
- adjective satellite enacted by a legislative body
statute.
- statute law
- codified written laws
- verb organize into a code or system, such as a body of law
codify.
- Hammurabi codified the laws
- adjective satellite enacted by a legislative body
- melodies4/5
melody
- noun a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
melodic phrase; air; melodic line; strain; line; tune.
- she was humming an air from Beethoven
- noun the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
tonal pattern.
- noun a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- classifier4/5
classifier
- noun a person who creates classifications
- noun a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs
- noun a person who creates classifications
- externalities4/5
externality
- noun the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior
outwardness.
- the outwardness of the world
- noun the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior
- vulnerabilities4/5
vulnerability
- noun the state of being vulnerable or exposed
exposure.
- his vulnerability to litigation
- his exposure to ridicule
- noun susceptibility to injury or attack
- noun the state of being vulnerable or exposed
- inpatient4/5
inpatient
- noun a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
inmate.
- noun a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
- magnified4/5
magnified
- adjective satellite enlarged to an abnormal degree
exaggerated; enlarged.
- thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
magnify; amplify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- adjective satellite enlarged to an abnormal degree
- juries4/5
jury
- noun a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law
- noun a committee appointed to judge a competition
panel.
- noun a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law
- irregularities4/5
irregularity
- noun behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
abnormality.
- noun not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
unregularity.
- noun behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
- grieve4/5
grieve
- verb feel grief
sorrow.
- verb cause to feel sorrow
aggrieve.
- his behavior grieves his mother
- verb feel grief
- qualifies4/5
qualify
- verb prove capable or fit; meet requirements
measure up.
- verb pronounce fit or able
- She was qualified to run the marathon
- They nurses were qualified to administer the injections
- verb prove capable or fit; meet requirements
- achievable4/5
achievable
- adjective satellite capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do
manageable; accomplishable; doable; realizable.
- adjective satellite capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do
- affinities4/5
affinity
- noun (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
- noun (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
- noun (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
- warranties4/5
warranty
- noun a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
warrantee; warrant; guarantee.
- noun a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
- clientele4/5
clientele
- noun customers collectively
patronage; business.
- they have an upper class clientele
- noun customers collectively
- testimonies4/5
testimony
- noun a solemn statement made under oath
- noun an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact
- according to his own testimony he can't do it
- noun a solemn statement made under oath
- apologies4/5
apology
- noun an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone
- he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess
- noun a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly
apologia.
- noun an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone
- specialties4/5
specialty
- noun an asset of special worth or utility
strong suit; strength; speciality; strong point; long suit; forte; metier.
- cooking is his forte
- noun a distinguishing trait
peculiarity; distinctiveness; speciality; specialness.
- noun an asset of special worth or utility
- nutrient4/5
nutrient
- noun any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
food.
- noun any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis
- noun any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
- gabriel4/5
gabriel
- noun (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God
- noun (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God
- terrified4/5
terrified
- adjective satellite thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
panicked; panicky; frightened; panic-stricken; panic-struck.
- became panicky as the snow deepened
- felt panicked before each exam
- trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd
- the terrified horse bolted
- verb fill with terror; frighten greatly
terrorise; terrorize; terrify.
- adjective satellite thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
- inequalities4/5
inequality
- noun lack of equality
- the growing inequality between rich and poor
- noun lack of equality
- friedman4/5
friedman
- noun United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy (born in 1912)
Milton Friedman.
- noun United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy (born in 1912)
- battlefield4/5
battlefield
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
battleground; field; field of battle; field of honor.
- they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- interviewer4/5
interviewer
- noun a person who conducts an interview
- noun a person who conducts an interview
- fiery4/5
fiery
- adjective satellite characterized by intense emotion
impassioned; perfervid; torrid; fervid; ardent; fervent.
- ardent love
- an ardent lover
- a fervent desire to change society
- a fervent admirer
- fiery oratory
- an impassioned appeal
- a torrid love affair
- adjective satellite like or suggestive of fire
igneous.
- a fiery desert wind
- an igneous desert atmosphere
- adjective satellite characterized by intense emotion
- soviets4/5
soviet
- noun an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people
- Soviet leaders
- noun an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
- deities4/5
deity
- noun any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
god; divinity; immortal.
- noun any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
- galleries4/5
gallery
- noun spectators at a golf or tennis match
- noun a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
veranda; verandah.
- noun spectators at a golf or tennis match
- hierarchies4/5
hierarchy
- noun a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
- put honesty first in her hierarchy of values
- noun the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body
pecking order; power structure.
- noun a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
- commentaries4/5
commentary
- noun a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
comment.
- he wrote an extended comment on the proposal
- noun a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material
- disbelief4/5
disbelief
- noun doubt about the truth of something
skepticism; mental rejection; incredulity.
- noun a rejection of belief
unbelief.
- noun doubt about the truth of something
- anxieties4/5
anxiety
- noun (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
anxiousness.
- noun a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
- noun (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
- municipalities4/5
municipality
- noun an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
- noun people living in a town or city having local self-government
- noun an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
- fieldwork4/5
fieldwork
- noun a temporary fortification built by troops in the field
- noun a temporary fortification built by troops in the field
- priesthood4/5
priesthood
- noun the body of ordained religious practitioners
- noun the body of ordained religious practitioners
- grievances4/5
grievance
- noun a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
grudge; score.
- holding a grudge
- settling a score
- noun an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
- noun a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- propriety4/5
propriety
- noun correct or appropriate behavior
correctitude; properness.
- noun correct or appropriate behavior
- conveniently4/5
conveniently
- adverb in a convenient manner
handily.
- the switch was conveniently located
- adverb in a convenient manner
- biographies4/5
biography
- noun an account of the series of events making up a person's life
life; life story; life history.
- noun an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- lien4/5
lien
- noun the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
- noun a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
spleen.
- noun the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
- obedient4/5
obedient
- adjective dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke
- an obedient soldier
- obedient children
- a little man obedient to his wife
- the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed
- adjective dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke
- emergencies4/5
emergency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
pinch; exigency.
- he never knew what to do in an emergency
- noun a state in which martial law applies
- the governor declared a state of emergency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- dissatisfied4/5
dissatisfied
- adjective satellite in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
disgruntled.
- verb fail to satisfy
dissatisfy.
- adjective satellite in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
- currencies4/5
currency
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- noun general acceptance or use
- the currency of ideas
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- atrocities4/5
atrocity
- noun the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
barbarousness; heinousness; atrociousness; barbarity.
- noun an act of atrocious cruelty
inhumanity.
- noun the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
- disobedience4/5
disobedience
- noun the failure to obey
noncompliance.
- noun the trait of being unwilling to obey
- noun the failure to obey
- constituencies4/5
constituency
- noun the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
- noun the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
- viewpoints4/5
viewpoint
- noun a mental position from which things are viewed
standpoint; stand; point of view.
- we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians
- teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events
- noun a place from which something can be viewed
vantage point.
- from that vantage point he could survey the whole valley
- noun a mental position from which things are viewed
- collier4/5
collier
- noun someone who works in a coal mine
pitman; coal miner.
- noun someone who works in a coal mine
- expedient4/5
expedient
- noun a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
- adjective serving to promote your interest
- was merciful only when mercy was expedient
- noun a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
- insufficiency4/5
insufficiency
- noun a lack of competence
inadequacy.
- pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
- juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
- noun (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
- noun a lack of competence
- amenities4/5
amenities
- noun things that make you comfortable and at ease
creature comforts; conveniences; comforts.
- all the comforts of home
- noun pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
amenity; agreeableness.
- a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations
- he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age
- noun things that make you comfortable and at ease
- hurriedly4/5
hurriedly
- adverb in a hurried or hasty manner
in haste; hastily.
- the way they buried him so hurriedly was disgraceful
- hastily, he scanned the headlines
- sold in haste and at a sacrifice
- adverb in a hurried or hasty manner
- masterpiece4/5
masterpiece
- noun the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman
chef-d'oeuvre.
- noun an outstanding achievement
- noun the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman
- sympathies4/5
sympathy
- noun an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
understanding.
- his sympathies were always with the underdog
- I knew I could count on his understanding
- noun sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
fellow feeling.
- noun an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
- pregnancies4/5
pregnancy
- noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
maternity; gestation.
- noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- inconsistencies4/5
inconsistency
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
incompatibility; mutual exclusiveness; repugnance.
- noun the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
- healthier4/5
healthier
- adjective satellite improved in health or physical condition
fitter.
- adjective having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
healthy.
- a rosy healthy baby
- staying fit and healthy
- adjective satellite improved in health or physical condition
- nielsen4/5
nielsen
- noun Danish composer (1865-1931)
Carl August Nielsen; Carl Nielsen.
- noun Danish composer (1865-1931)
- kierkegaard4/5
kierkegaard
- noun Danish philosopher who is generally considered. along with Nietzsche, to be a founder of existentialism (1813-1855)
Soren Kierkegaard; Soren Aabye Kierkegaard.
- noun Danish philosopher who is generally considered. along with Nietzsche, to be a founder of existentialism (1813-1855)
- cavities4/5
cavity
- noun a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
pit.
- they dug a pit to bury the body
- noun space that is surrounded by something
enclosed space.
- noun a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
- grievance4/5
grievance
- noun a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
grudge; score.
- holding a grudge
- settling a score
- noun an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
- noun a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- unbelievable4/5
unbelievable
- adjective beyond belief or understanding
incredible.
- at incredible speed
- the book's plot is simply incredible
- adjective satellite having a probability too low to inspire belief
improbable; unlikely; unconvincing.
- adjective beyond belief or understanding
- parietal4/5
parietal
- adjective of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium
- parietal lobe
- adjective of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium
- ambiguities4/5
ambiguity
- noun an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
- noun unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
equivocalness.
- noun an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
- efficiencies4/5
efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- noun skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort
- she did the work with great efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- besieged4/5
besieged
- adjective satellite surrounded by hostile forces
- the besieged town
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; circumvent; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- adjective satellite surrounded by hostile forces
- xavier4/5
xavier
- noun Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552)
Saint Francis Xavier.
- noun Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552)
- mischievous4/5
mischievous
- adjective satellite naughtily or annoyingly playful
pixilated; impish; puckish; prankish; implike; arch; wicked.
- teasing and worrying with impish laughter
- a wicked prank
- adjective satellite deliberately causing harm or damage
- mischievous rumors and falsehoods
- adjective satellite naughtily or annoyingly playful
- resilient4/5
resilient
- adjective satellite recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
- adjective satellite elastic; rebounds readily
bouncy; springy; live; lively.
- clean bouncy hair
- a lively tennis ball
- as resilient as seasoned hickory
- springy turf
- adjective satellite recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
- dietrich4/5
dietrich
- noun United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992)
Maria Magdalene von Losch; Marlene Dietrich.
- noun United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992)
- inefficiency4/5
inefficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- comedies4/5
comedy
- noun light and humorous drama with a happy ending
- noun a comic incident or series of incidents
funniness; drollery; clowning.
- noun light and humorous drama with a happy ending
- inconvenient4/5
inconvenient
- adjective not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs
- it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen
- the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone
- adjective satellite not conveniently timed
- an early departure is inconvenient for us
- adjective not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs
- arteries4/5
artery
- noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
arteria; arterial blood vessel.
- noun a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
- noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
- piety4/5
piety
- noun righteousness by virtue of being pious
piousness.
- noun righteousness by virtue of being pious
- ambient4/5
ambient
- adjective satellite completely enveloping
- the ambient air
- ambient sound
- the ambient temperature
- adjective satellite completely enveloping
- happier4/5
happy
- adjective enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
- a happy smile
- spent many happy days on the beach
- a happy marriage
- adjective satellite marked by good fortune
felicitous.
- a felicitous life
- a happy outcome
- adjective enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
- handkerchief4/5
handkerchief
- noun a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
hanky; hankey; hankie.
- noun a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
- fiercely4/5
fiercely
- adverb in a physically fierce manner
ferociously.
- silence broken by dogs barking ferociously
- they fought fiercely
- adverb in an emotionally fierce manner
- she was fiercely proud of her children
- adverb in a physically fierce manner
- impatience4/5
impatience
- noun a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
restlessness.
- noun a restless desire for change and excitement
- noun a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
- springfield4/5
springfield
- noun capital of the state of Illinois
capital of Illinois.
- noun a city of southwestern Missouri
- noun capital of the state of Illinois
- glacier4/5
glacier
- noun a slowly moving mass of ice
- noun a slowly moving mass of ice
- sheffield4/5
sheffield
- noun a steel manufacturing city in northern England famous for its cutlery industry
- noun a steel manufacturing city in northern England famous for its cutlery industry
- scientifically4/5
scientifically
- adverb with respect to science; in a scientific way
- this is scientifically interesting
- adverb with respect to science; in a scientific way
- disparities4/5
disparity
- noun inequality or difference in some respect
- noun inequality or difference in some respect
- conscientious4/5
conscientious
- adjective satellite characterized by extreme care and great effort
scrupulous; painstaking.
- conscientious application to the work at hand
- painstaking research
- scrupulous attention to details
- adjective guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong
- a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice
- adjective satellite characterized by extreme care and great effort
- neuroscience4/5
neuroscience
- noun the scientific study of the nervous system
- noun the scientific study of the nervous system
- inexperienced4/5
inexperienced
- adjective lacking practical experience or training
inexperient.
- adjective lacking practical experience or training
- priestly4/5
priestly
- adjective associated with the priesthood or priests
hieratical; sacerdotal; hieratic.
- priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments
- hieratic gestures
- adjective befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood
priestlike.
- priestly dedication to the people of his parish
- adjective associated with the priesthood or priests
- unidentified4/5
unidentified
- adjective satellite not yet identified
- an unidentified species
- an unidentified witness
- adjective satellite being or having an unknown or unnamed source
unknown; nameless; unnamed.
- a poem by an unknown author
- corporations responsible to nameless owners
- an unnamed donor
- adjective satellite not yet identified
- allergies4/5
allergy
- noun hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity
allergic reaction.
- noun hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity
- briefcase4/5
briefcase
- noun a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books
- noun a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books
- glaciers4/5
glacier
- noun a slowly moving mass of ice
- noun a slowly moving mass of ice
- capillaries4/5
capillary
- noun a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
capillary tube; capillary tubing.
- noun any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
capillary vessel.
- noun a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
- happiest4/5
happy
- adjective enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
- a happy smile
- spent many happy days on the beach
- a happy marriage
- adjective satellite marked by good fortune
felicitous.
- a felicitous life
- a happy outcome
- adjective enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
- strawberries4/5
strawberry
- noun sweet fleshy red fruit
- noun any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry
- noun sweet fleshy red fruit
- pies4/5
pie
- noun dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- noun a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
Proto-Indo European.
- noun dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
- sierra4/5
sierra
- noun a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
- noun a Spanish mackerel of western North America
Scomberomorus sierra.
- noun a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
- indies4/5
indie
- noun a pop group not affiliated with a major record company
- noun an independent film company not associated with an established studio
- noun a pop group not affiliated with a major record company
- impatient4/5
impatient
- adjective restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
- impatient with the slower students
- impatient of criticism
- adjective satellite (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness
raring.
- impatient to begin
- raring to go
- adjective restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
- patiently4/5
patiently
- adverb with patience; in a patient manner
- he patiently played with the child
- adverb with patience; in a patient manner
- milieu4/5
milieu
- noun the environmental condition
surroundings.
- noun the environmental condition
- monasteries4/5
monastery
- noun the residence of a religious community
- noun the residence of a religious community
- immunodeficiency4/5
immunodeficiency
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- lilies4/5
lily
- noun any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
- noun any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
- impatiently4/5
impatiently
- adverb with impatience; in an impatient manner
- he answered her impatiently
- adverb with impatience; in an impatient manner
- unmarried4/5
unmarried
- adjective not married or related to the unmarried state
single.
- unmarried men and women
- unmarried life
- sex and the single girl
- single parenthood
- are you married or single?
- adjective not married or related to the unmarried state
- unspecified4/5
unspecified
- adjective not stated explicitly or in detail
- threatened unspecified reprisals
- adjective not stated explicitly or in detail
- friedrich4/5
friedrich
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- harriet4/5
harriet
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- worldview4/5
worldview
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- bien4/5
bien
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- nathaniel4/5
nathaniel
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- juliet4/5
juliet
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- viet4/5
viet
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- ariel4/5
ariel
(Zoöl.) A)A variety of the gazelle (Antilope, or Gazella, dorcas) , found in Arabia and adjacent countries.(b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus.(c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).
- binaries3/5
binary
- noun a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
binary star; double star.
- noun a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system
binary program.
- the same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems
- noun a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
- ontologies3/5
ontology
- noun (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations
- noun the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
- noun (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations
- functionaries3/5
functionary
- noun a worker who holds or is invested with an office
official.
- noun a worker who holds or is invested with an office
- pharmacies3/5
pharmacy
- noun the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,
pharmaceutics.
- noun a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
chemist's shop; apothecary's shop; drugstore; chemist's.
- noun the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,
- latencies3/5
latency
- noun (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
rotational latency.
- noun the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
reaction time; latent period; response time.
- noun (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
- enquiries3/5
enquiry
- noun an instance of questioning
inquiry; interrogation; question; query.
- there was a question about my training
- we made inquiries of all those who were present
- noun a search for knowledge
inquiry; research.
- their pottery deserves more research than it has received
- noun an instance of questioning
- modifiers3/5
modifier
- noun a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
qualifier.
- noun a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
- noun a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
- modifies3/5
modify
- verb make less severe or harsh or extreme
- please modify this letter to make it more polite
- he modified his views on same-gender marriage
- verb add a modifier to a constituent
qualify.
- verb make less severe or harsh or extreme
- aries3/5
aries
(Astron.) (a) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March. (b) A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.
- cashier3/5
cashier
- noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
bank clerk; teller.
- noun a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)
- noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
- personified3/5
personify
- verb invest with or as with a body; give body to
body.
- verb represent, as of a character on stage
embody; be.
- Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
- verb invest with or as with a body; give body to
- envied3/5
envy
- noun a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
enviousness.
- noun spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
invidia.
- noun a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
- dieter3/5
dieter
- noun a person who diets
- noun a person who diets
- spied3/5
spy
- noun (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
undercover agent.
- noun a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people
- my spies tell me that you had a good time last night
- noun (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
- clarifies3/5
clarify
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
elucidate; clear up.
- clarify the mystery surrounding her death
- verb make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
- clarify the butter
- clarify beer
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
- trier3/5
trier
- noun one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
- noun one who tries
essayer; attempter.
- noun one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
- retrieves3/5
retrieve
- verb get or find back; recover the use of
regain; recover; find.
- She regained control of herself
- She found her voice and replied quickly
- verb go for and bring back
- retrieve the car from the parking garage
- verb get or find back; recover the use of
- signatories3/5
signatory
- noun someone who signs and is bound by a document
signer.
- noun someone who signs and is bound by a document
- rectified3/5
rectified
- adjective satellite having been put right
- verb math: determine the length of
rectify.
- rectify a curve
- adjective satellite having been put right
- vizier3/5
vizier
- noun a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
- noun a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
- rectifier3/5
rectifier
- noun electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current
- noun a person who corrects or sets right
- a rectifier of prejudices
- noun electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current
- empties3/5
empty
- noun a container that has been emptied
- return all empties to the store
- verb make void or empty of contents
- Empty the box
- The alarm emptied the building
- noun a container that has been emptied
- visionaries3/5
visionary
- noun a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible
- noun a person with unusual powers of foresight
illusionist; seer.
- noun a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible
- achievers3/5
achiever
- noun a person with a record of successes
succeeder; winner; success.
- his son would never be the achiever that his father was
- only winners need apply
- if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success
- noun a person with a record of successes
- pried3/5
pry
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
pry bar; wrecking bar; crowbar.
- verb to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
lever; prise; jimmy; prize.
- The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
- itineraries3/5
itinerary
- noun an established line of travel or access
path; route.
- noun a guidebook for travelers
travel guidebook.
- noun an established line of travel or access
- shielding3/5
shielding
- noun the act of shielding from harm
- noun a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay
- noun the act of shielding from harm
- marries3/5
marry
- verb take in marriage
get hitched with; wed; conjoin; get married; espouse; hook up with.
- verb perform a marriage ceremony
tie; splice; wed.
- The minister married us on Saturday
- We were wed the following week
- The couple got spliced on Hawaii
- verb take in marriage
- rallied3/5
rally
- noun a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
mass meeting.
- noun the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
rallying.
- he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning
- he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack
- noun a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
- sieve3/5
sieve
- noun a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
screen.
- verb examine in order to test suitability
sort; screen; screen out.
- screen these samples
- screen the job applicants
- noun a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
- tiers3/5
tier
- noun a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
grade; level.
- lumber of the highest grade
- noun any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
- noun a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- mercenaries3/5
mercenary
- noun a person hired to fight for another country than their own
soldier of fortune.
- adjective satellite marked by materialism
worldly-minded; materialistic.
- noun a person hired to fight for another country than their own
- academies3/5
academy
- noun a secondary school (usually private)
- noun an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
honorary society.
- noun a secondary school (usually private)
- bureaucracies3/5
bureaucracy
- noun nonelective government officials
bureaucratism.
- noun a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
- noun nonelective government officials
- amplifiers3/5
amplifier
- noun electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
- noun electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
- fancies3/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
- identifiers3/5
identifier
- noun a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it
- noun a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it
- rivalries3/5
rivalry
- noun the act of competing as for profit or a prize
contention; competition.
- the teams were in fierce contention for first place
- noun the act of competing as for profit or a prize
- girlfriends3/5
girlfriend
- noun any female friend
- Mary and her girlfriend organized the party
- noun a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
girl; lady friend.
- his girlfriend kicked him out
- noun any female friend
- ponies3/5
pony
- noun a range horse of the western United States
- noun an informal term for a racehorse
- he liked to bet on the ponies
- noun a range horse of the western United States
- sensitivities3/5
sensitivity
- noun (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
sensitiveness; sensibility.
- sensitivity to pain
- noun the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
sensitiveness.
- a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity
- the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth
- noun (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
- sanctified3/5
sanctified
- adjective satellite made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
consecrated; sacred.
- a consecrated church
- the sacred mosque
- sacred elephants
- sacred bread and wine
- sanctified wine
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow; sanctify.
- adjective satellite made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
- disqualified3/5
disqualified
- adjective satellite disqualified by law or rule or provision
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
indispose; disqualify; unfit.
- Your income disqualifies you
- adjective satellite disqualified by law or rule or provision
- rallies3/5
rally
- noun a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
mass meeting.
- noun the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
rallying.
- he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning
- he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack
- noun a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
- lieutenants3/5
lieutenant
- noun a commissioned military officer
- noun an officer in a police force
police lieutenant.
- noun a commissioned military officer
- heaviest3/5
heavy
- noun an actor who plays villainous roles
- noun a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- noun an actor who plays villainous roles
- reliefs3/5
relief
- noun the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
assuagement; alleviation.
- as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief
- noun the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
ease.
- he enjoyed his relief from responsibility
- getting it off his conscience gave him some ease
- noun the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- 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
- polities3/5
polity
- noun the form of government of a social organization
civil order.
- noun a politically organized unit
- noun the form of government of a social organization
- primaries3/5
primary
- noun a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
primary election.
- noun one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
primary feather; primary quill.
- noun a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- simplifies3/5
simplify
- verb make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
- We had to simplify the instructions
- this move will simplify our lives
- verb make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
- geometries3/5
geometry
- noun the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
- noun the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
- outliers3/5
outlier
- noun a person who lives away from his place of work
- noun an extreme deviation from the mean
- noun a person who lives away from his place of work
- chieftain3/5
chieftain
- noun the leader of a group of people
captain.
- a captain of industry
- noun the head of a tribe or clan
chief; headman; tribal chief.
- noun the leader of a group of people
- alienating3/5
alienating
- adjective satellite causing hostility or loss of friendliness
- her sudden alienating aloofness
- verb arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
alien; disaffect; alienate; estrange.
- She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
- adjective satellite causing hostility or loss of friendliness
- prophesied3/5
prophesy
- verb predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
vaticinate.
- verb deliver a sermon
preach.
- The minister is not preaching this Sunday
- verb predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
- alienate3/5
alienate
- verb arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
alien; disaffect; estrange.
- She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
- verb transfer property or ownership
alien.
- The will aliened the property to the heirs
- verb arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
- siemens3/5
siemens
- noun a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
mho; S; reciprocal ohm.
- noun engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)
Karl Wilhelm Siemens; Sir Charles William Siemens.
- noun a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
- typified3/5
typify
- verb embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
epitomise; epitomize.
- The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
symbolise; symbolize; represent; stand for.
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
- verb embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
- documentaries3/5
documentary
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
documentary film; infotainment; docudrama.
- adjective relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
documental.
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
- unbelievers3/5
unbeliever
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
nonbeliever; disbeliever.
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
- relieves3/5
relieve
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
assuage; palliate; alleviate.
- This pill will relieve your headaches
- verb free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
take over.
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
- variegated3/5
variegated
- adjective satellite having a variety of colors
varicolored; varicoloured.
- verb change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors
variegate.
- adjective satellite having a variety of colors
- levies3/5
levy
- noun a charge imposed and collected
- noun the act of drafting into military service
levy en masse.
- noun a charge imposed and collected
- dieting3/5
dieting
- noun the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
diet.
- verb follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons
diet.
- He has high blood pressure and must stick to a low-salt diet
- noun the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
- bibliographies3/5
bibliography
- noun a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.)
- noun a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.)
- dries3/5
dry
- noun a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
prohibitionist.
- verb remove the moisture from and make dry
dry out.
- dry clothes
- dry hair
- noun a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- asymmetries3/5
asymmetry
- noun (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
dissymmetry; imbalance.
- noun (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
- busied3/5
busy
- verb keep busy with
occupy.
- She busies herself with her butterfly collection
- adjective actively or fully engaged or occupied
- busy with her work
- a busy man
- too busy to eat lunch
- verb keep busy with
- liege3/5
liege
- noun a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
vassal; feudatory; liegeman; liege subject.
- noun a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
liege lord.
- noun a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
- untied3/5
untied
- adjective not tied
unfastened.
- verb undo the ties of
untie; unbrace; unlace.
- They untied the prisoner
- adjective not tied
- financiers3/5
financier
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
moneyman.
- verb conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
- genealogies3/5
genealogy
- noun successive generations of kin
family tree.
- noun the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
- noun successive generations of kin
- classifies3/5
classify
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
sort; separate; assort; sort out; class.
- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
- verb declare unavailable, as for security reasons
- Classify these documents
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
- vocabularies3/5
vocabulary
- noun a listing of the words used in some enterprise
- noun a language user's knowledge of words
lexicon; mental lexicon.
- noun a listing of the words used in some enterprise
- necessaries3/5
necessary
- noun anything indispensable
requirement; requisite; essential; necessity.
- food and shelter are necessities of life
- the essentials of the good life
- allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions
- a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained
- adjective absolutely essential
- noun anything indispensable
- financier3/5
financier
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
moneyman.
- verb conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
- boyfriends3/5
boyfriend
- noun a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
swain; beau; fellow; young man.
- if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked
- noun a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
- orienting3/5
orienting
- adjective positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually
orientating.
- noticed the bee's momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive
- an orienting program for new employees
- verb be oriented
orient; point.
- The weather vane points North
- the dancers toes pointed outward
- adjective positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually
- theologies3/5
theology
- noun the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
divinity.
- noun a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings
theological system.
- Jewish theology
- Roman Catholic theology
- noun the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
- intensifies3/5
intensify
- verb increase in extent or intensity
escalate; step up.
- The Allies escalated the bombing
- verb make more intense, stronger, or more marked
heighten; deepen; compound.
- The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
- Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
- This event only deepened my convictions
- verb increase in extent or intensity
- ferries3/5
ferry
- noun a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
ferryboat.
- noun transport by boat or aircraft
ferrying.
- noun a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
- conveniences3/5
conveniences
- noun things that make you comfortable and at ease
creature comforts; amenities; comforts.
- all the comforts of home
- noun the state of being suitable or opportune
convenience.
- chairs arranged for his own convenience
- noun things that make you comfortable and at ease
- eddies3/5
eddy
- noun founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
Mary Baker Eddy; Mary Morse Baker Eddy.
- noun a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
twist.
- noun founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
- divinities3/5
divinity
- noun any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
god; deity; immortal.
- noun the quality of being divine
- ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs
- noun any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
- sentries3/5
sentry
- noun a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
lookout; picket; watch; lookout man; scout; spotter; sentinel.
- noun a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- briefings3/5
briefing
- noun detailed instructions, as for a military operation
- verb give essential information to someone
brief.
- The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade
- noun detailed instructions, as for a military operation
- topologies3/5
topology
- noun topographic study of a given place (especially the history of the place as indicated by its topography)
- Greenland's topology has been shaped by the glaciers of the ice age
- noun the study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region
regional anatomy; topographic anatomy.
- noun topographic study of a given place (especially the history of the place as indicated by its topography)
- pliers3/5
pliers
- noun a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws
pair of pliers; plyers.
- noun someone who plies a trade
plier; plyer.
- noun a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws
- verifies3/5
verify
- verb confirm the truth of
- Please verify that the doors are closed
- verify a claim
- verb check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
control.
- Are you controlling for the temperature?
- verb confirm the truth of
- chieftains3/5
chieftain
- noun the leader of a group of people
captain.
- a captain of industry
- noun the head of a tribe or clan
chief; headman; tribal chief.
- noun the leader of a group of people
- plied3/5
ply
- noun one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
- three-ply cord
- four-ply yarn
- noun (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
- noun one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
- occupiers3/5
occupier
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
resident; occupant.
- noun a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
- transients3/5
transient
- noun one who stays for only a short time
- transient laborers
- noun (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
- noun one who stays for only a short time
- mystified3/5
mystified
- adjective satellite totally perplexed and mixed up
metagrabolised; metagrobolised; metagrabolized; metagrobolized.
- all this duncical nonsense has my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street Journal
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- adjective satellite totally perplexed and mixed up
- transparencies3/5
transparency
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
transparence.
- noun the quality of being clear and transparent
transparence; transparentness.
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
- recoveries3/5
recovery
- noun return to an original state
- the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid
- noun gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
convalescence; recuperation.
- noun return to an original state
- cronies3/5
crony
- noun a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
sidekick; buddy; chum; brother; pal.
- noun a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- symmetries3/5
symmetry
- noun (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
symmetricalness; correspondence; balance.
- noun balance among the parts of something
proportion.
- noun (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- outlier3/5
outlier
- noun a person who lives away from his place of work
- noun an extreme deviation from the mean
- noun a person who lives away from his place of work
- pieced3/5
piece
- noun a separate part of a whole
- an important piece of the evidence
- noun an item that is an instance of some type;
- he designed a new piece of equipment
- she bought a lovely piece of china
- noun a separate part of a whole
- multiplies3/5
multiply
- verb combine by multiplication
- multiply 10 by 15
- verb combine or increase by multiplication
manifold.
- He managed to multiply his profits
- verb combine by multiplication
- navies3/5
navy
- noun an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
naval forces.
- noun a dark shade of blue
dark blue; navy blue.
- noun an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
- calcified3/5
calcify
- verb become impregnated with calcium salts
- verb become inflexible and unchanging
- Old folks can calcify
- verb become impregnated with calcium salts
- dieses3/5
diesis
- noun a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
double obelisk; double dagger.
- noun a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
- objectified3/5
objectify
- verb make external or objective, or give reality to
exteriorise; externalise; externalize; exteriorize.
- language externalizes our thoughts
- verb make impersonal or present as an object
depersonalize; depersonalise.
- Will computers depersonalize human interactions?
- Pornography objectifies women
- verb make external or objective, or give reality to
- occupier3/5
occupier
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
resident; occupant.
- noun a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
- interdependencies3/5
interdependency
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
mutuality; interdependence.
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
- maturities3/5
maturity
- noun the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
adulthood.
- noun state of being mature; full development
matureness.
- noun the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
- nullified3/5
nullified
- adjective satellite deprived of legal force
invalidated.
- verb declare invalid
invalidate; annul; void; nullify; quash; avoid.
- The contract was annulled
- void a plea
- adjective satellite deprived of legal force
- couriers3/5
courier
- noun a person who carries a message
messenger.
- noun a person who carries a message
- materiel3/5
materiel
- noun equipment and supplies of a military force
equipage.
- noun equipment and supplies of a military force
- fliers3/5
flier
- noun someone who travels by air
flyer.
- noun someone who operates an aircraft
flyer; aeronaut; aviator; airman.
- noun someone who travels by air
- iniquities3/5
iniquity
- noun absence of moral or spiritual values
dark; darkness; wickedness.
- the powers of darkness
- noun morally objectionable behavior
wickedness; evil; immorality.
- noun absence of moral or spiritual values
- zombies3/5
zombie
- noun a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
zombi; living dead.
- noun (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
zombie spirit; zombi spirit; zombi.
- noun a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
- soldiery3/5
soldiery
- noun soldiers collectively
troops; military personnel.
- noun soldiers collectively
- sorties3/5
sortie
- noun a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
sally.
- noun (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
- noun a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- practicalities3/5
practicality
- noun concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities
- noun concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities
- specifier3/5
specifier
- noun someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent)
- noun someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent)
- liquefied3/5
liquefied
- adjective satellite reduced to a liquid state
liquified.
- liquefied petroleum gas
- verb become liquid
liquefy.
- The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew
- adjective satellite reduced to a liquid state
- qualifier3/5
qualifier
- noun a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition
- the tournament was won by a late qualifier
- noun a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
modifier.
- noun a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition
- felonies3/5
felony
- noun a serious crime (such as murder or arson)
- noun a serious crime (such as murder or arson)
- fielded3/5
field
- noun a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- he planted a field of wheat
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
battlefield; battleground; field of battle; field of honor.
- they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
- noun a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- flier3/5
flier
- noun someone who travels by air
flyer.
- noun someone who operates an aircraft
flyer; aeronaut; aviator; airman.
- noun someone who travels by air
- rarefied3/5
rarefied
- adjective satellite having low density
rarified; rare.
- rare gasses
- lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air
- verb lessen the density or solidity of
rarefy.
- The bones are rarefied
- adjective satellite having low density
- typifies3/5
typify
- verb embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
epitomise; epitomize.
- The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
symbolise; symbolize; represent; stand for.
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
- verb embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
- minefield3/5
minefield
- noun a region in which explosives mines have been placed
- noun a region in which explosives mines have been placed
- stupefied3/5
stupefied
- adjective satellite as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
dumbstricken; dumbstruck; thunderstruck; flabbergasted; dumbfounded; dumfounded.
- a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident
- the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless
- was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion
- verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
besot; stupefy.
- adjective satellite as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
- forgeries3/5
forgery
- noun a copy that is represented as the original
counterfeit.
- noun criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
- noun a copy that is represented as the original
- vacancies3/5
vacancy
- noun being unoccupied
- noun an empty area or space
void; emptiness; vacuum.
- the huge desert voids
- the emptiness of outer space
- without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
- noun being unoccupied
- hobbies3/5
hobby
- noun an auxiliary activity
sideline; spare-time activity; by-line; avocation; pursuit.
- noun a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
rocking horse; hobbyhorse.
- noun an auxiliary activity
- unqualified3/5
unqualified
- adjective not limited or restricted
- an unqualified denial
- adjective not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training
- adjective not limited or restricted
- fairies3/5
fairy
- noun a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
fay; faerie; faery; sprite.
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
poove; nance; queen; fagot; pansy; poof; queer; pouf; faggot; fag.
- noun a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
- legacies3/5
legacy
- noun (law) a gift of personal property by will
bequest.
- noun (law) a gift of personal property by will
- shielded3/5
shielded
- adjective satellite (used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury
- verb protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
screen; shield.
- adjective satellite (used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury
- exemplifies3/5
exemplify
- verb be characteristic of
represent.
- This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue
- verb clarify by giving an example of
instance; illustrate.
- verb be characteristic of
- nineties3/5
nineties
- noun the decade from 1890 to 1899
1890s.
- noun the decade from 1990 to 1999
1990s.
- noun the decade from 1890 to 1899
- defied3/5
defy
- verb resist or confront with resistance
withstand; hold; hold up.
- The politician defied public opinion
- The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear
- The bridge held
- verb elude, especially in a baffling way
resist; refuse.
- This behavior defies explanation
- verb resist or confront with resistance
- briefs3/5
briefs
- noun short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts)
Jockey shorts.
- noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
brief; legal brief.
- noun short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts)
- wiener3/5
wiener
- noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
frank; dog; hot dog; wienerwurst; frankfurter; weenie; hotdog.
- noun United States mathematician and founder of cybernetics (1894-1964)
Norbert Wiener.
- noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- ovaries3/5
ovary
- noun the organ that bears the ovules of a flower
- noun (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone
- noun the organ that bears the ovules of a flower
- grieved3/5
grieve
- verb feel grief
sorrow.
- verb cause to feel sorrow
aggrieve.
- his behavior grieves his mother
- verb feel grief
- gratified3/5
gratified
- adjective satellite having received what was desired
- verb make happy or satisfied
satisfy; gratify.
- adjective satellite having received what was desired
- testifies3/5
testify
- verb give testimony in a court of law
bear witness; attest; take the stand.
- verb provide evidence for
show; evidence; bear witness; prove.
- The blood test showed that he was the father
- Her behavior testified to her incompetence
- verb give testimony in a court of law
- glories3/5
glory
- noun a state of high honor
glorification.
- he valued glory above life itself
- noun brilliant radiant beauty
resplendence; resplendency.
- the glory of the sunrise
- noun a state of high honor
- sentient3/5
sentient
- adjective endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
animate.
- the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence
- adjective satellite consciously perceiving
- sentient of the intolerable load
- a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White
- adjective endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
- tributaries3/5
tributary
- noun a branch that flows into the main stream
affluent; confluent; feeder.
- adjective satellite (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream
- noun a branch that flows into the main stream
- quotient3/5
quotient
- noun the ratio of two quantities to be divided
- noun the number obtained by division
- noun the ratio of two quantities to be divided
- tories3/5
tory
- noun an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
- noun a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs
- noun an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
- friendliness3/5
friendliness
- noun a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company
- noun a friendly disposition
- noun a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company
- puppies3/5
puppy
- noun a young dog
- noun an inexperienced young person
pup.
- noun a young dog
- interviewee3/5
interviewee
- noun a person who is interviewed
- noun a person who is interviewed
- unfriendly3/5
unfriendly
- adjective not easy to understand or use
- user-unfriendly
- adjective not disposed to friendship or friendliness
- an unfriendly coldness of manner
- an unfriendly action to take
- adjective not easy to understand or use
- orientalism3/5
orientalism
- noun the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations
- orientalisms can be found in Mozart's operas
- noun the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
Oriental Studies.
- noun the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations
- wield3/5
wield
- verb have and exercise
maintain; exert.
- wield power and authority
- verb handle effectively
handle; manage.
- The burglar wielded an axe
- The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well
- verb have and exercise
- wielded3/5
wield
- verb have and exercise
maintain; exert.
- wield power and authority
- verb handle effectively
handle; manage.
- The burglar wielded an axe
- The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well
- verb have and exercise
- quieter3/5
quiet
- noun a period of calm weather
lull.
- there was a lull in the storm
- noun an untroubled state; free from disturbances
tranquility; tranquillity.
- noun a period of calm weather
- aggrieved3/5
aggrieve
- verb infringe on the rights of
- verb cause to feel sorrow
grieve.
- his behavior grieves his mother
- verb infringe on the rights of
- subservient3/5
subservient
- adjective satellite compliant and obedient to authority
- editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw
- adjective satellite serving or acting as a means or aid
instrumental; implemental.
- instrumental in solving the crime
- adjective satellite compliant and obedient to authority
- majorities3/5
majority
- noun the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
bulk.
- the majority of his customers prefer it
- the bulk of the work is finished
- noun (elections) more than half of the votes
absolute majority.
- noun the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
- wealthier3/5
wealthy
- adjective satellite having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
moneyed; loaded; flush; affluent.
- an affluent banker
- a speculator flush with cash
- not merely rich but loaded
- moneyed aristocrats
- wealthy corporations
- adjective satellite having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- classifiers3/5
classifier
- noun a person who creates classifications
- noun a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs
- noun a person who creates classifications
- tolkien3/5
tolkien
- noun British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
J.R.R. Tolkien; John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
- noun British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
- dignitaries3/5
dignitary
- noun an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
high muckamuck; high-up; panjandrum; VIP; very important person.
- noun an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
- discontinuities3/5
discontinuity
- noun lack of connection or continuity
- noun lack of connection or continuity
- calamities3/5
calamity
- noun an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
tragedy; cataclysm; catastrophe; disaster.
- the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
- the earthquake was a disaster
- noun an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- proxies3/5
proxy
- noun a person authorized to act for another
placeholder; procurator.
- noun a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
- noun a person authorized to act for another
- wealthiest3/5
wealthy
- adjective satellite having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
moneyed; loaded; flush; affluent.
- an affluent banker
- a speculator flush with cash
- not merely rich but loaded
- moneyed aristocrats
- wealthy corporations
- adjective satellite having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- miseries3/5
misery
- noun a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
wretchedness; miserableness.
- the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
- noun a feeling of intense unhappiness
- she was exhausted by her misery and grief
- noun a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
- follies3/5
follies
- noun a revue with elaborate costuming
- noun the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
folly; unwiseness; foolishness.
- noun a revue with elaborate costuming
- orientated3/5
orientated
- adjective adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination
oriented.
- the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view
- helping freshmen become oriented to college life
- the book is value-oriented throughout
- verb determine one's position with reference to another point
orientate; orient.
- We had to orient ourselves in the forest
- adjective adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination
- wielding3/5
wield
- verb have and exercise
maintain; exert.
- wield power and authority
- verb handle effectively
handle; manage.
- The burglar wielded an axe
- The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well
- verb have and exercise
- drier3/5
drier
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
siccative; drying agent; desiccant.
- noun an appliance that removes moisture
dryer.
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
- balconies3/5
balcony
- noun an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
- noun a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet
- noun an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
- geographies3/5
geography
- noun study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation
geographics.
- noun study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation
- intricacies3/5
intricacy
- noun marked by elaborately complex detail
elaboration; involution; elaborateness.
- noun marked by elaborately complex detail
- repositories3/5
repository
- noun a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
depository; deposit; depositary.
- noun a person to whom a secret is entrusted
secretary.
- noun a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- malignancies3/5
malignancy
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
malignance.
- noun quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
malignity; malignance.
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
- trophies3/5
trophy
- noun an award for success in war or hunting
- noun something given as a token of victory
prize.
- noun an award for success in war or hunting
- briefed3/5
brief
- noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
legal brief.
- noun a condensed written summary or abstract
- noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
- mouthpiece3/5
mouthpiece
- noun a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person
- the mouthpiece of a respirator
- noun an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks
- noun a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person
- harmonies3/5
harmony
- noun compatibility in opinion and action
harmoniousness.
- noun the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords
musical harmony.
- noun compatibility in opinion and action
- centerpiece3/5
centerpiece
- noun the central or most important feature
centrepiece.
- education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform
- noun something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)
centrepiece.
- noun the central or most important feature
- defies3/5
defy
- verb resist or confront with resistance
withstand; hold; hold up.
- The politician defied public opinion
- The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear
- The bridge held
- verb elude, especially in a baffling way
resist; refuse.
- This behavior defies explanation
- verb resist or confront with resistance
- regularities3/5
regularity
- noun a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles
geometrical regularity.
- noun the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate
- he was famous for the regularity of his habits
- noun a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles
- salaried3/5
salaried
- adjective receiving a salary
- salaried members of the staff
- adjective satellite receiving or eligible for compensation
remunerated; compensated; stipendiary.
- salaried workers
- a stipendiary magistrate
- adjective receiving a salary
- auxiliaries3/5
auxiliary
- noun someone who acts as assistant
aide.
- adjective satellite functioning in a supporting capacity
supplementary; subsidiary; supplemental.
- the main library and its auxiliary branches
- noun someone who acts as assistant
- vagaries3/5
vagary
- noun an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
- the vagaries of the weather
- his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market
- he has dealt with human vagaries for many years
- noun an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)
- immunities3/5
immunity
- noun the state of not being susceptible
unsusceptibility.
- unsusceptibility to rust
- noun (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
resistance.
- noun the state of not being susceptible
- subtleties3/5
subtlety
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
nicety; refinement; nuance; shade.
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
- noun the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
niceness.
- you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- continuities3/5
continuity
- noun uninterrupted connection or union
- noun a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
- noun uninterrupted connection or union
- biennial3/5
biennial
- noun (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
- adjective having a life cycle lasting two seasons
two-year.
- a biennial life cycle
- parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals
- noun (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
- petrified3/5
petrify
- verb cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
- The horror petrified his feelings
- Fear petrified her thinking
- verb change into stone
lapidify.
- the wood petrified with time
- verb cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
- remarried3/5
remarry
- verb marry, not for the first time
- After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart
- verb marry, not for the first time
- surgeries3/5
surgery
- noun the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
- he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School
- noun a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
- he read the warning in the doctor's surgery
- noun the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
- wearied3/5
wearied
- adjective satellite exhausted
jaded.
- my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron
- verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
wear out; tire; wear down; jade; fag out; weary; fatigue; wear; tire out; outwear; fag; wear upon.
- We wore ourselves out on this hike
- adjective satellite exhausted
- priestley3/5
priestley
- noun English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804)
Joseph Priestley.
- noun English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804)
- napier3/5
napier
- noun Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617)
John Napier.
- noun Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617)
- ziegler3/5
ziegler
- noun German chemist honored for his research on polymers (1898-1973)
Karl Waldemar Ziegler.
- noun German chemist honored for his research on polymers (1898-1973)
- potentialities3/5
potentiality
- noun the inherent capacity for coming into being
potential; potency.
- noun an aptitude that may be developed
capability; capableness.
- noun the inherent capacity for coming into being
- complies3/5
comply
- verb act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
follow; abide by.
- He complied with my instructions
- You must comply or else!
- Follow these simple rules
- abide by the rules
- verb act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- nurseries3/5
nursery
- noun a child's room for a baby
baby's room.
- noun a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
glasshouse; greenhouse.
- noun a child's room for a baby
- dossier3/5
dossier
- noun a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)
- noun a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)
- quarries3/5
quarry
- noun a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
fair game; prey; target.
- he fell prey to muggers
- everyone was fair game
- the target of a manhunt
- noun a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
stone pit; pit.
- a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
- noun a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- commonalities3/5
commonality
- noun a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
commonalty; commons.
- noun sharing of common attributes
commonness.
- noun a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
- reorientation3/5
reorientation
- noun a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs
- noun the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented
change of direction.
- noun a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs
- quieted3/5
quiet
- noun a period of calm weather
lull.
- there was a lull in the storm
- noun an untroubled state; free from disturbances
tranquility; tranquillity.
- noun a period of calm weather
- elasticities3/5
elasticity
- noun the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
snap.
- the waistband had lost its snap
- noun the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- fiend3/5
fiend
- noun a cruel wicked and inhuman person
ogre; devil; demon; monster.
- noun an evil supernatural being
daemon; devil; demon; daimon.
- noun a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- unwieldy3/5
unwieldy
- adjective difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
unmanageable.
- we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter
- almost dropped the unwieldy parcel
- adjective satellite difficult to work or manipulate
- unwieldy rules and regulations
- adjective difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
- mortified3/5
mortified
- adjective satellite suffering from tissue death
gangrenous.
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
mortify.
- adjective satellite suffering from tissue death
- fiesta3/5
fiesta
- noun an elaborate party (often outdoors)
fete; feast.
- noun an elaborate party (often outdoors)
- propensities3/5
propensity
- noun an inclination to do something
tendency; leaning.
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
- noun a natural inclination
proclivity; leaning.
- he has a proclivity for exaggeration
- noun an inclination to do something
- robespierre3/5
robespierre
- noun French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794)
Maxmillien Marie Isidore de Robespierre.
- noun French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794)
- pathologies3/5
pathology
- noun the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
- noun any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
- noun the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
- heresies3/5
heresy
- noun any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
unorthodoxy; heterodoxy.
- noun a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
unorthodoxy.
- noun any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
- nieces3/5
niece
- noun a daughter of your brother or sister
- noun a daughter of your brother or sister
- bloomfield3/5
bloomfield
- noun United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949)
Leonard Bloomfield.
- noun United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949)
- mercies3/5
mercy
- noun leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
mercifulness; clemency.
- he threw himself on the mercy of the court
- noun a disposition to be kind and forgiving
mercifulness.
- in those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
- noun leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
- conspiracies3/5
conspiracy
- noun a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
confederacy.
- noun a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
cabal.
- noun a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
- inaccuracies3/5
inaccuracy
- noun the quality of being inaccurate and having errors
- noun the quality of being inaccurate and having errors
- masculinities3/5
masculinity
- noun the properties characteristic of the male sex
maleness.
- noun the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men
- noun the properties characteristic of the male sex
- orientalist3/5
orientalist
- noun a specialist in oriental subjects
- noun a specialist in oriental subjects
- preliminaries3/5
preliminary
- noun a minor match preceding the main event
prelim.
- noun something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
overture; prelude.
- training is a necessary preliminary to employment
- drinks were the overture to dinner
- noun a minor match preceding the main event
- pied3/5
pied
- adjective satellite having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
painted; multi-coloured; varicoloured; multicolour; varicolored; motley; particolored; multi-color; multicolored; multicoloured; multicolor; particoloured; piebald; multi-colored; multi-colour; calico.
- a jester dressed in motley
- the painted desert
- a particolored dress
- a piebald horse
- pied daisies
- adjective satellite having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- proprietorship3/5
proprietorship
- noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
proprietary.
- noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
- requiem3/5
requiem
- noun a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
dirge; coronach; threnody; lament.
- noun a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead
- noun a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
- certainties3/5
certainty
- noun the state of being certain
- his certainty reassured the others
- noun something that is certain
sure thing; foregone conclusion.
- his victory is a certainty
- noun the state of being certain
- impropriety3/5
impropriety
- noun an improper demeanor
improperness.
- noun the condition of being improper
- noun an improper demeanor
- symphonies3/5
symphony
- noun a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
symphonic music.
- noun a large orchestra; can perform symphonies
symphony orchestra; philharmonic.
- we heard the Vienna symphony
- noun a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
- butterfield3/5
butterfield
- noun English architect who designed many churches (1814-1900)
William Butterfield.
- noun English architect who designed many churches (1814-1900)
- mythologies3/5
mythology
- noun myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
- noun the study of myths
- noun myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
- quantifier3/5
quantifier
- noun (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition
logical quantifier.
- noun (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many')
- noun (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition
- electrified3/5
electrify
- verb excite suddenly and intensely
- The news electrified us
- verb charge (a conductor) with electricity
- verb excite suddenly and intensely
- lobbies3/5
lobby
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
entrance hall; anteroom; hall; antechamber; vestibule; foyer.
- noun the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
- expectancies3/5
expectancy
- noun an expectation
anticipation.
- noun something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
anticipation.
- each of them had their own anticipations
- an indicator of expectancy in development
- noun an expectation
- synergies3/5
synergy
- noun the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects
synergism.
- noun the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects
- typologies3/5
typology
- noun classification according to general type
- noun classification according to general type
- reprieve3/5
reprieve
- noun a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
respite.
- noun an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
suspension; abatement; hiatus; respite.
- noun a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- multipliers3/5
multiplier
- noun the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied
multiplier factor.
- noun the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied
- particularities3/5
particularity
- noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
specialness.
- the particularity of human situations
- noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
- mien3/5
mien
- noun dignified manner or conduct
bearing; presence; comportment.
- noun dignified manner or conduct
- resiliency3/5
resiliency
- noun an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
resilience.
- noun the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
resilience.
- noun an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
- belied3/5
belie
- verb be in contradiction with
negate; contradict.
- verb represent falsely
misrepresent.
- This statement misrepresents my intentions
- verb be in contradiction with
- inconveniences3/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
- agonies3/5
agony
- noun intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
torment; torture.
- an agony of doubt
- the torments of the damned
- noun a state of acute pain
excruciation; suffering.
- noun intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- delicacies3/5
delicacy
- noun the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
fineness; daintiness.
- the daintiness of her touch
- the fineness of her features
- noun something considered choice to eat
goody; kickshaw; treat; dainty.
- noun the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
- functionalities3/5
functionality
- noun capable of serving a purpose well
- software with greater functionality
- noun capable of serving a purpose well
- dormitories3/5
dormitory
- noun a college or university building containing living quarters for students
dorm; residence hall; hall; student residence.
- noun a large sleeping room containing several beds
dormitory room; dorm room.
- noun a college or university building containing living quarters for students
- ethnicities3/5
ethnicity
- noun an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
- ethnicity has a strong influence on community status relations
- noun an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
- tiniest3/5
tiny
- adjective satellite very small
bantam; petite; diminutive; midget; flyspeck; lilliputian.
- diminutive in stature
- a lilliputian chest of drawers
- her petite figure
- tiny feet
- the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
- adjective satellite very small
- quantifiers3/5
quantifier
- noun (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition
logical quantifier.
- noun (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many')
- noun (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition
- falsified3/5
falsify
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; distort; garble.
- verb tamper, with the purpose of deception
wangle; fake; cook; misrepresent; fudge; manipulate.
- Fudge the figures
- cook the books
- falsify the data
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- steadied3/5
steadied
- adjective satellite made steady or constant
- the noise became a steadied roaring
- verb make steady
becalm; steady; calm.
- steady yourself
- adjective satellite made steady or constant
- loveliest3/5
lovely
- noun a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
cover girl; pin-up.
- adjective satellite appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
- noun a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
- fraternities3/5
fraternity
- noun a social club for male undergraduates
frat.
- noun people engaged in a particular occupation
sodality; brotherhood.
- the medical fraternity
- noun a social club for male undergraduates
- skiers3/5
- hippies3/5
hippies
- noun a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
hipsters; flower people.
- noun someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
hipster; hippie; flower child; hippy.
- noun a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
- interrogatories3/5
interrogatory
- noun formal systematic questioning
interrogation; examination.
- adjective relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation
interrogative.
- noun formal systematic questioning
- parodies3/5
parody
- 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.
- noun humorous or satirical mimicry
mockery; takeoff.
- noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- allegories3/5
allegory
- noun a short moral story (often with animal characters)
parable; apologue; fable.
- noun a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
emblem.
- noun a short moral story (often with animal characters)
- riemann3/5
riemann
- noun pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866)
Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann; Bernhard Riemann.
- noun pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866)
- disquiet3/5
disquiet
- noun a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
anxiousness.
- noun the trait of seeming ill at ease
uneasiness; unease.
- noun a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
- jealousies3/5
jealousy
- noun a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
green-eyed monster.
- noun zealous vigilance
- cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard
- noun a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
- disquieting3/5
disquieting
- adjective satellite causing mental discomfort
- the disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- adjective satellite causing mental discomfort
- draperies3/5
drapery
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
curtain; drape; pall; mantle.
- noun cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
- noun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- registries3/5
registry
- noun an official written record of names or events or transactions
register.
- noun an official written record of names or events or transactions
- cartier3/5
cartier
- noun French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557)
Jacques Cartier.
- noun French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557)
- generalities3/5
generality
- noun an idea or conclusion having general application
generalisation; generalization.
- he spoke in broad generalities
- noun the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability
- noun an idea or conclusion having general application
- photocopies3/5
photocopy
- noun a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work
- verb reproduce by xerography
xerox; run off.
- noun a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work
- vied3/5
vie
- verb compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
contend; compete.
- verb compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- harried3/5
harried
- adjective satellite troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
vexed; annoyed; pestered; harassed.
- harassed working mothers
- a harried expression
- her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions
- the vexed parents of an unruly teenager
- verb annoy continually or chronically
beset; chivy; chevy; chevvy; harass; hassle; chivvy; harry; plague; molest; provoke.
- He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
- This man harasses his female co-workers
- adjective satellite troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
- singularities3/5
singularity
- noun the quality of being one of a kind
uniqueness.
- that singularity distinguished him from all his companions
- noun strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual
- noun the quality of being one of a kind
- lotteries3/5
lottery
- noun something that is regarded as a chance event
- the election was just a lottery to them
- noun players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
drawing.
- noun something that is regarded as a chance event
- etiologies3/5
etiology
- noun the cause of a disease
aetiology.
- noun the philosophical study of causation
aetiology.
- noun the cause of a disease
- coolies3/5
cooly
- noun (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer
coolie.
- noun (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer
- wiesel3/5
wiesel
- noun United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928)
Elie Wiesel; Eliezer Wiesel.
- noun United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928)
- reified3/5
reify
- verb consider an abstract concept to be real
- verb consider an abstract concept to be real
- premiered3/5
premier
- noun the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
Prime Minister; PM.
- noun the person who is head of state (in several countries)
chancellor; prime minister.
- noun the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
- niceties3/5
nicety
- noun conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
rightness; justness.
- it was performed with justness and beauty
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
refinement; subtlety; nuance; shade.
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
- noun conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
- eccentricities3/5
eccentricity
- noun strange and unconventional behavior
- noun (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis
- a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity
- noun strange and unconventional behavior
- notifies3/5
notify
- verb inform (somebody) of something
apprize; send word; apprise; give notice; advise.
- I advised him that the rent was due
- verb inform (somebody) of something
- hieroglyphic3/5
hieroglyphic
- noun writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
hieroglyph.
- noun a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
hieroglyph.
- noun writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
- outpatients3/5
outpatient
- noun a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated
- noun a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated
- unbelieving3/5
unbelieving
- adjective satellite rejecting any belief in gods
atheistical; atheistic.
- adjective satellite holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible
nescient.
- adjective satellite rejecting any belief in gods
- holies3/5
holy
- noun a sacred place of pilgrimage
sanctum; holy place.
- adjective belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power
- noun a sacred place of pilgrimage
- hieroglyphics3/5
hieroglyphic
- noun writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
hieroglyph.
- noun a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
hieroglyph.
- noun writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
- taxonomies3/5
taxonomy
- noun a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
- noun (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
- noun a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
- bankruptcies3/5
bankruptcy
- noun a state of complete lack of some abstract property
- spiritual bankruptcy
- moral bankruptcy
- intellectual bankruptcy
- noun inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
failure.
- the company had to declare bankruptcy
- fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks
- noun a state of complete lack of some abstract property
- belies3/5
belie
- verb be in contradiction with
negate; contradict.
- verb represent falsely
misrepresent.
- This statement misrepresents my intentions
- verb be in contradiction with
- premiers3/5
premier
- noun the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
Prime Minister; PM.
- noun the person who is head of state (in several countries)
chancellor; prime minister.
- noun the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
- stymied3/5
stymie
- noun a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
stymy.
- noun a thwarting and distressing situation
stymy.
- noun a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
- technicalities3/5
technicality
- noun a detail that is considered insignificant
trifle; triviality.
- noun a detail that is considered insignificant
- deified3/5
deify
- verb consider as a god or godlike
- These young men deify financial success
- verb exalt to the position of a God
- the people deified their King
- verb consider as a god or godlike
- lavoisier3/5
lavoisier
- noun French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry; discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794)
Antoine Lavoisier; Antoine Laurent Lavoisier.
- noun French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry; discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794)
- atelier3/5
atelier
- noun a studio especially for an artist or designer
artist's workroom.
- noun a studio especially for an artist or designer
- treasuries3/5
treasury
- noun the funds of a government or institution or individual
exchequer.
- noun the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues
- noun the funds of a government or institution or individual
- pleasantries3/5
pleasantry
- noun an agreeable or amusing remark
- they exchange pleasantries
- noun an agreeable or amusing remark
- pacified3/5
pacify
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
- The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- shied3/5
shy
- noun a quick throw
- he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman
- verb start suddenly, as from fright
- noun a quick throw
- diversities3/5
diversity
- noun noticeable heterogeneity
variety; diverseness; multifariousness.
- a diversity of possibilities
- the range and variety of his work is amazing
- noun the condition or result of being changeable
- noun noticeable heterogeneity
- amplifies3/5
amplify
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
magnify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
- funniest3/5
funny
- noun an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
funny story; funny remark; good story.
- she told a funny story
- she made a funny
- adjective satellite arousing or provoking laughter
risible; mirthful; amusing; laughable; comic; comical.
- an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
- an amusing fellow
- a comic hat
- a comical look of surprise
- funny stories that made everybody laugh
- a very funny writer
- it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
- a mirthful experience
- risible courtroom antics
- noun an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
- redundancies3/5
redundancy
- noun repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
- noun the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
redundance.
- the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers
- noun repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
- olivier3/5
olivier
- noun English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)
Baron Olivier of Birghton; Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier; Laurence Olivier.
- noun English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)
- gypsies3/5
gypsy
- noun a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
gipsy; itinerant.
- itinerant traders
- noun a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
Gipsy; Romani; Rommany; Bohemian; Roma; Romany.
- noun a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
- windshield3/5
windshield
- noun transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle
windscreen.
- noun transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle
- cemeteries3/5
cemetery
- noun a tract of land used for burials
graveyard; burial ground; memorial park; burying ground; burial site; necropolis.
- noun a tract of land used for burials
- courtiers3/5
courtier
- noun an attendant at the court of a sovereign
- noun an attendant at the court of a sovereign
- signifier3/5
signifier
- noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
descriptor; word form; form.
- the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached
- noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- interviewers3/5
interviewer
- noun a person who conducts an interview
- noun a person who conducts an interview
- chevalier3/5
chevalier
- noun a gallant or courtly gentleman
cavalier.
- noun French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)
Maurice Chevalier.
- noun a gallant or courtly gentleman
- acquiescence3/5
acquiescence
- noun acceptance without protest
- noun agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
assent.
- he gave his assent eagerly
- a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly
- noun acceptance without protest
- queried3/5
query
- noun an instance of questioning
enquiry; inquiry; interrogation; question.
- there was a question about my training
- we made inquiries of all those who were present
- verb pose a question
question.
- noun an instance of questioning
- luxuries3/5
luxury
- noun something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
- noun the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
sumptuousness; lavishness; sumptuosity.
- noun something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
- grievous3/5
grievous
- adjective satellite causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
life-threatening; dangerous; severe; serious; grave.
- a dangerous operation
- a grave situation
- a grave illness
- grievous bodily harm
- a serious wound
- a serious turn of events
- a severe case of pneumonia
- a life-threatening disease
- adjective satellite causing or marked by grief or anguish
heartbreaking; heartrending.
- a grievous loss
- a grievous cry
- her sigh was heartbreaking
- the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
- adjective satellite causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- incipient3/5
incipient
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
inchoate.
- incipient civil disorder
- an incipient tumor
- a vague inchoate idea
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
- pennies3/5
penny
- noun a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
- noun a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
centime; cent.
- noun a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
- formalities3/5
formalities
- noun a requirement of etiquette or custom
formality.
- a mere formality
- noun a requirement of etiquette or custom
formality.
- a mere formality
- noun a requirement of etiquette or custom
- siegfried3/5
siegfried
- noun (German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart
- noun (German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart
- airfield3/5
airfield
- noun a place where planes take off and land
flying field; landing field; field.
- noun a place where planes take off and land
- cherries3/5
cherry
- noun wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
- noun any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
cherry tree.
- noun wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
- shriek3/5
shriek
- noun sharp piercing cry
screaming; screech; screeching; scream; shrieking.
- her screaming attracted the neighbors
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
screech; screeching; screaming; scream; shrieking.
- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
- noun sharp piercing cry
- annuities3/5
annuity
- noun income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments
rente.
- his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity
- noun income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments
- algiers3/5
algiers
- noun an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria
Algerian capital.
- noun an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria
- cavalier3/5
cavalier
- noun a gallant or courtly gentleman
chevalier.
- noun a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
Royalist.
- noun a gallant or courtly gentleman
- masterpieces3/5
masterpiece
- noun the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman
chef-d'oeuvre.
- noun an outstanding achievement
- noun the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman
- exigencies3/5
exigency
- noun a pressing or urgent situation
- the health-care exigency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
pinch; emergency.
- he never knew what to do in an emergency
- noun a pressing or urgent situation
- piecemeal3/5
piecemeal
- adjective satellite one thing at a time
stepwise; in small stages; bit-by-bit; step-by-step.
- adverb a little bit at a time
little by little; in stages; bit by bit.
- the research structure has developed piecemeal
- adjective satellite one thing at a time
- deformities3/5
deformity
- noun an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
misshapenness; malformation.
- noun an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
disfiguration; disfigurement.
- there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back
- suffering from facial disfiguration
- noun an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
- fatalities3/5
fatality
- noun a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
human death.
- a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities
- noun the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters
- noun a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
- unbelief3/5
unbelief
- noun a rejection of belief
disbelief.
- noun a rejection of belief
- inequities3/5
inequity
- noun injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards
unfairness.
- noun injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards
- caries3/5
caries
- noun soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
cavity; tooth decay; dental caries.
- noun soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
- sobriety3/5
sobriety
- noun the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
soberness.
- noun moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs
dryness.
- noun the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
- embassies3/5
embassy
- noun a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work
- noun an ambassador and his entourage collectively
- noun a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work
- hematopoietic3/5
hematopoietic
- adjective pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells
hematogenic; hemopoietic; haemopoietic; haematopoietic; haematogenic.
- hemopoietic stem cells in bone marrow
- adjective pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells
- anthologies3/5
anthology
- noun a collection of selected literary passages
- noun a collection of selected literary passages
- montesquieu3/5
montesquieu
- noun French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu; Charles Louis de Secondat.
- noun French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
- omniscient3/5
omniscient
- adjective satellite infinitely wise
all-knowing.
- adjective satellite infinitely wise
- consciences3/5
conscience
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
scruples; sense of right and wrong; moral sense.
- noun conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
- a person of unflagging conscience
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
- inadequacies3/5
inadequacy
- noun lack of an adequate quantity or number
deficiency; insufficiency.
- the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
- noun a lack of competence
insufficiency.
- pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
- juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
- noun lack of an adequate quantity or number
- liens3/5
lien
- noun the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
- noun a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
spleen.
- noun the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
- sanctuaries3/5
sanctuary
- noun a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
- noun a shelter from danger or hardship
asylum; refuge.
- noun a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
- equities3/5
equity
- noun the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it
- noun the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation
- noun the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it
- believable3/5
believable
- adjective capable of being believed
credible.
- completely credible testimony
- credible information
- adjective capable of being believed
- ambience3/5
ambience
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
atmosphere; ambiance.
- there was an atmosphere of excitement
- noun the atmosphere of an environment
ambiance.
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
- solidified3/5
solidified
- adjective satellite changed into a solid mass
coagulated.
- verb make solid or more solid; cause to solidify
solidify.
- adjective satellite changed into a solid mass
- courtier3/5
courtier
- noun an attendant at the court of a sovereign
- noun an attendant at the court of a sovereign
- hacienda3/5
hacienda
- noun a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
- noun the main house on a ranch or large estate
- noun a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
- niebuhr3/5
niebuhr
- noun United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971)
Reinhold Niebuhr.
- noun German historian noted for his critical approach to sources and for his history of Rome (1776-1831)
Barthold George Niebuhr.
- noun United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971)
- shrieking3/5
shrieking
- noun sharp piercing cry
screaming; screech; screeching; shriek; scream.
- her screaming attracted the neighbors
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
shriek; screech; screeching; screaming; scream.
- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
- noun sharp piercing cry
- subspecies3/5
subspecies
- noun (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
race.
- noun (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
- disoriented3/5
disoriented
- adjective satellite having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
confused; lost.
- I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
- the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorientate; disorient.
- adjective satellite having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
- frieze3/5
frieze
- noun an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
- noun a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
- noun an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
- lobbied3/5
lobby
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
entrance hall; anteroom; hall; antechamber; vestibule; foyer.
- noun the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
- bullies3/5
bully
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
yobo; ruffian; tough; roughneck; hooligan; rowdy; yob; yobbo.
- noun a hired thug
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
- piezoelectric3/5
piezoelectric
- adjective relating to or involving piezoelectricity
- piezoelectric plates
- adjective relating to or involving piezoelectricity
- disorientation3/5
disorientation
- noun a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
freak out.
- noun confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction
- his disorientation was the result of inattention
- noun a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
- fiftieth3/5
fiftieth
- noun position 50 in a countable series of things
- adjective satellite the ordinal number of fifty in counting order
50th.
- noun position 50 in a countable series of things
- prettiest3/5
pretty
- adjective satellite pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
- pretty girl
- pretty song
- pretty room
- adjective satellite (used ironically) unexpectedly bad
- a pretty mess
- a pretty kettle of fish
- adjective satellite pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
- debriefing3/5
debriefing
- noun report of a mission or task
- verb put someone through a debriefing and make him report
debrief.
- The released hostages were debriefed
- noun report of a mission or task
- fallacies3/5
fallacy
- noun a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
false belief.
- noun a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
- bellies3/5
belly
- noun the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
venter; stomach; abdomen.
- noun a protruding abdomen
paunch.
- noun the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- pitied3/5
pity
- noun a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
commiseration; ruth; pathos.
- the blind are too often objects of pity
- noun an unfortunate development
shame.
- it's a pity he couldn't do it
- noun a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
- befriended3/5
befriend
- verb become friends with
- John and Eric soon became friends
- Have you made friends yet in your new environment?
- verb become friends with
- quiescent3/5
quiescent
- adjective satellite not active or activated
- the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation
- adjective satellite marked by a state of tranquil repose
- the quiescent melancholy of the town
- adjective satellite not active or activated
- robberies3/5
robbery
- noun larceny by threat of violence
- noun plundering during riots or in wartime
looting.
- noun larceny by threat of violence
- signifiers3/5
signifier
- noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
descriptor; word form; form.
- the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached
- noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- richelieu3/5
richelieu
- noun French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642)
Cardinal Richelieu; Armand Jean du Plessis; Duc de Richelieu.
- noun French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642)
- acquiesced3/5
acquiesce
- verb to agree or express agreement
accede; assent.
- The Maestro assented to the request for an encore
- verb to agree or express agreement
- unsatisfied3/5
unsatisfied
- adjective satellite not having been satisfied
unsatiated; unsated.
- adjective satellite worried and uneasy
ungratified; restless.
- adjective satellite not having been satisfied
- scurried3/5
scurry
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scamper; scramble.
- verb to move about or proceed hurriedly
scamper; skitter; scuttle.
- so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
- shrieks3/5
shriek
- noun sharp piercing cry
screaming; screech; screeching; scream; shrieking.
- her screaming attracted the neighbors
- noun a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
screech; screeching; screaming; scream; shrieking.
- he ducked at the screechings of shells
- he heard the scream of the brakes
- noun sharp piercing cry
- principalities3/5
principality
- noun territory ruled by a prince
princedom.
- noun territory ruled by a prince
- spielberg3/5
spielberg
- noun United States filmmaker (born in 1947)
Steven Spielberg.
- noun United States filmmaker (born in 1947)
- inefficiencies3/5
inefficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- curiosities3/5
curiosity
- noun a state in which you want to learn more about something
wonder.
- noun something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
oddment; oddity; rarity; peculiarity; curio.
- noun a state in which you want to learn more about something
- moiety3/5
moiety
- noun one of two (approximately) equal parts
mediety.
- noun one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe
- noun one of two (approximately) equal parts
- workpiece3/5
workpiece
- noun work consisting of a piece of metal being machined
- noun work consisting of a piece of metal being machined
- battlefields3/5
battlefield
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
battleground; field; field of battle; field of honor.
- they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- hygienic3/5
hygienic
- adjective satellite tending to promote or preserve health
hygienical.
- hygienic habits like using disposable tissues
- hygienic surroundings with plenty of fresh air
- adjective satellite tending to promote or preserve health
- tapestries3/5
tapestry
- noun something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs
- the tapestry of European history
- noun a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
tapis.
- noun something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs
- busiest3/5
busy
- verb keep busy with
occupy.
- She busies herself with her butterfly collection
- adjective actively or fully engaged or occupied
- busy with her work
- a busy man
- too busy to eat lunch
- verb keep busy with
- refineries3/5
refinery
- noun an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
- noun an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
- moliere3/5
moliere
- noun French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673)
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin.
- noun French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673)
- emissaries3/5
emissary
- noun someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
envoy.
- noun someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
- acquiesce3/5
acquiesce
- verb to agree or express agreement
accede; assent.
- The Maestro assented to the request for an encore
- verb to agree or express agreement
- disobedient3/5
disobedient
- adjective not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
- disobedient children
- adjective satellite unwilling to submit to authority
unruly.
- unruly teenagers
- adjective not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
- multiethnic3/5
multiethnic
- adjective satellite involving several ethnic groups
multi-ethnic.
- adjective satellite involving several ethnic groups
- monarchies3/5
monarchy
- noun an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
- noun an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
- entreaties3/5
entreaty
- noun earnest or urgent request
appeal; prayer.
- an entreaty to stop the fighting
- an appeal for help
- an appeal to the public to keep calm
- noun earnest or urgent request
- ironies3/5
irony
- noun witty language used to convey insults or scorn
sarcasm; satire; caustic remark.
- he used sarcasm to upset his opponent
- irony is wasted on the stupid
- Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift
- noun incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
- the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated
- noun witty language used to convey insults or scorn
- goodies3/5
goody
- noun something considered choice to eat
kickshaw; delicacy; treat; dainty.
- noun something considered choice to eat
- infirmities3/5
infirmity
- noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
valetudinarianism; debility; frailness; feebleness; frailty.
- noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
- overviews3/5
overview
- noun a general summary of a subject
- the treasurer gave a brief overview of the financial consequences
- noun a general summary of a subject
- whittier3/5
whittier
- noun United States poet best known for his nostalgic poems about New England (1807-1892)
John Greenleaf Whittier.
- noun United States poet best known for his nostalgic poems about New England (1807-1892)
- maladies3/5
malady
- noun any unwholesome or desperate condition
- what maladies afflict our nation?
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
illness; unwellness; sickness.
- noun any unwholesome or desperate condition
- thirtieth3/5
thirtieth
- noun position 30 in a countable series of things
- adjective satellite coming next after the twenty-ninth in position
30th.
- noun position 30 in a countable series of things
- unaccompanied3/5
unaccompanied
- adjective being without an escort
- adjective playing or singing without accompaniment
- the soloist sang unaccompanied
- adjective being without an escort
- subjectivities3/5
subjectivity
- noun judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts
subjectiveness.
- noun judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts
- idiosyncrasies3/5
idiosyncrasy
- noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
mannerism; foible.
- noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- seminaries3/5
seminary
- noun a private place of education for the young
- noun a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis
- noun a private place of education for the young
- quietness3/5
quietness
- noun the property of making no sound
soundlessness.
- noun a state of peace and quiet
tranquility; quietude; tranquillity.
- noun the property of making no sound
- candies3/5
candy
- noun a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
confect.
- verb coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
glaze; sugarcoat.
- noun a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
- chesterfield3/5
chesterfield
- noun an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests
- noun suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)
Philip Dormer Stanhope; Fourth Earl of Chesterfield.
- noun an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests
- cruelties3/5
cruelty
- noun a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
inhuman treatment.
- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
pitilessness; mercilessness; ruthlessness.
- noun a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
- concierge3/5
concierge
- noun a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
- noun a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
- dichotomies3/5
dichotomy
- noun being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
duality.
- the dichotomy between eastern and western culture
- noun being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
- prettier3/5
pretty
- adjective satellite pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
- pretty girl
- pretty song
- pretty room
- adjective satellite (used ironically) unexpectedly bad
- a pretty mess
- a pretty kettle of fish
- adjective satellite pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
- raspberries3/5
raspberry
- noun woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries
raspberry bush.
- noun red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries
- noun woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries
- leniency3/5
leniency
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
mildness; lenience; lenity.
- noun a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
lenience; indulgence.
- too much indulgence spoils a child
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
- rubies3/5
ruby
- noun a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- noun a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers
- noun a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- omniscience3/5
omniscience
- noun the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
- noun the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
- mummies3/5
mummy
- noun informal terms for a mother
ma; mommy; mammy; mum; momma; mamma; mom; mama.
- noun a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
- noun informal terms for a mother
- specificities3/5
specificity
- noun the quality of being specific rather than general
- add a desirable note of specificity to the discussion
- the specificity of the symptoms of the disease
- noun the quality of being specific to a particular organism
- host specificity of a parasite
- noun the quality of being specific rather than general
- unscientific3/5
unscientific
- adjective not consistent with the methods or principles of science
- an unscientific lack of objectivity
- adjective not consistent with the methods or principles of science
- polarities3/5
polarity
- noun a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies
mutual opposition.
- he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil
- noun having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
sign.
- he got the polarity of the battery reversed
- charges of opposite sign
- noun a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies
- airfields3/5
airfield
- noun a place where planes take off and land
flying field; landing field; field.
- noun a place where planes take off and land
- luminaries3/5
luminary
- noun a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
notable; guiding light; leading light; notability.
- he was host to a large gathering of luminaries
- noun a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
- poitiers3/5
poitier
- noun United States film actor and director (born in 1927)
Sidney Poitier.
- noun United States film actor and director (born in 1927)
- novelties3/5
novelty
- noun originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
freshness.
- noun originality by virtue of being new and surprising
freshness.
- noun originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
- bier3/5
bier
- noun a coffin along with its stand
- we followed the bier to the graveyard
- noun a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
- noun a coffin along with its stand
- bloodied3/5
bloody
- verb cover with blood
- bloody your hands
- adjective having or covered with or accompanied by blood
- a bloody nose
- your scarf is all bloody
- the effects will be violent and probably bloody
- a bloody fight
- verb cover with blood
- literacies3/5
literacy
- noun the ability to read and write
- noun the ability to read and write
- fiedler3/5
fiedler
- noun popular United States conductor (1894-1979)
Arthur Fiedler.
- noun popular United States conductor (1894-1979)
- subservience3/5
subservience
- noun the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
- all his actions were in subservience to the general plan
- noun in a subservient state
subservientness.
- noun the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
- fielder3/5
fielder
- noun a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat
- noun a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting
fieldsman.
- noun a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat
- prescient3/5
prescient
- adjective satellite perceiving the significance of events before they occur
- extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere
- adjective satellite perceiving the significance of events before they occur
- mantelpiece3/5
mantelpiece
- noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
chimneypiece; mantlepiece; mantel; mantle.
- in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece
- noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
- holiest3/5
holy
- noun a sacred place of pilgrimage
sanctum; holy place.
- adjective belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power
- noun a sacred place of pilgrimage
- sexualities3/5
sexuality
- noun the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
gender; sex.
- she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus
- noun the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
- fortieth3/5
fortieth
- noun position 40 in a countable series of things
- adjective satellite the ordinal number of forty in counting order
40th.
- noun position 40 in a countable series of things
- tangier3/5
tangy
- adjective satellite tasting sour like a lemon
lemonlike; sourish; lemony; tart.
- adjective satellite tasting sour like a lemon
- befriend3/5
befriend
- verb become friends with
- John and Eric soon became friends
- Have you made friends yet in your new environment?
- verb become friends with
- vanities3/5
vanity
- noun feelings of excessive pride
conceit; self-love; amour propre.
- noun the quality of being valueless or futile
emptiness.
- he rejected the vanities of the world
- noun feelings of excessive pride
- fiercest3/5
fierce
- adjective satellite marked by extreme and violent energy
furious; ferocious; savage.
- a ferocious beating
- fierce fighting
- a furious battle
- adjective satellite marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
vehement; tearing; trigger-happy; violent.
- fierce loyalty
- in a tearing rage
- vehement dislike
- violent passions
- adjective satellite marked by extreme and violent energy
- untried3/5
untried
- adjective satellite not tried or tested by experience
untested; young; unseasoned.
- unseasoned artillery volunteers
- still untested in battle
- an illustrator untried in mural painting
- a young hand at plowing
- adjective satellite not yet proved or subjected to testing
untested.
- an untested drug
- untested theory
- an untried procedure
- adjective satellite not tried or tested by experience
- wineries3/5
winery
- noun distillery where wine is made
wine maker.
- noun distillery where wine is made
- anniversaries3/5
anniversary
- noun the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)
day of remembrance.
- noun the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)
- dietetic3/5
dietetic
- adjective of or relating to the diet
dietetical; dietary.
- dietary restrictions
- adjective of or relating to the diet
- blackberries3/5
blackberry
- noun large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
- noun bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle
blackberry bush.
- noun large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
- canopies3/5
canopy
- noun the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit
- noun the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air
- noun the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit
- liturgies3/5
liturgy
- noun a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
Lord's Supper; Eucharist; Eucharistic liturgy; sacrament of the Eucharist; Holy Sacrament; Holy Eucharist.
- noun a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
- noun a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
- cavaliers3/5
cavalier
- noun a gallant or courtly gentleman
chevalier.
- noun a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
Royalist.
- noun a gallant or courtly gentleman
- cuvier3/5
cuvier
- noun French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
Baron Georges Cuvier; Georges Cuvier; Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier.
- noun French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
- friedan3/5
friedan
- noun United States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921)
Betty Naomi Friedan; Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan; Betty Friedan.
- noun United States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921)
- fierceness3/5
fierceness
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
fury; violence; furiousness; wildness; vehemence; ferocity.
- the storm's violence
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
- moieties3/5
moiety
- noun one of two (approximately) equal parts
mediety.
- noun one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe
- noun one of two (approximately) equal parts
- griefs3/5
grief
- noun intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
heartache; brokenheartedness; heartbreak.
- noun something that causes great unhappiness
sorrow.
- her death was a great grief to John
- noun intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
- eyepiece3/5
eyepiece
- noun combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
ocular.
- noun combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
- furies3/5
fury
- noun a feeling of intense anger
madness; rage.
- hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
- his face turned red with rage
- noun state of violent mental agitation
delirium; frenzy; craze; hysteria.
- noun a feeling of intense anger
- breweries3/5
brewery
- noun a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation
- noun a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation
- oddities3/5
oddity
- noun eccentricity that is not easily explained
oddness.
- noun a strange attitude or habit
crotchet; quirk; quirkiness; queerness.
- noun eccentricity that is not easily explained
- unities3/5
unity
- noun an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
integrity; wholeness.
- the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development
- he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia
- noun the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
ace; I; one; 1; single.
- he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it
- they had lunch at one
- noun an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
- dynasties3/5
dynasty
- noun a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
- noun a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
- shrieked3/5
shrieked
- adjective uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
- verb utter a shrill cry
pipe; shrill; pipe up; shriek.
- adjective uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
- garfield3/5
garfield
- noun 20th President of the United States; assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881)
James Abraham Garfield; President Garfield; James A. Garfield; James Garfield.
- noun 20th President of the United States; assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881)
- piedmont3/5
piedmont
- noun a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land
- noun the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama
- noun a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land
- expediency3/5
expediency
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
expedience.
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
- prairies3/5
prairie
- noun a treeless grassy plain
- noun a treeless grassy plain
- frenzied3/5
frenzied
- adjective satellite affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason
manic.
- a frenzied attack
- a frenzied mob
- the prosecutor's frenzied denunciation of the accused"- H.W.Carter
- outbursts of drunken violence and manic activity and creativity
- adjective satellite excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
frenetic; frantic; phrenetic.
- frantic with anger and frustration
- frenetic screams followed the accident
- a frenzied look in his eye
- adjective satellite affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason
- disembodied3/5
disembodied
- adjective satellite not having a material body
unbodied; discorporate; unembodied; bodiless.
- bodiless ghosts
- verb free from a body or physical form or reality
disembody.
- adjective satellite not having a material body
- gaiety3/5
gaiety
- noun a gay feeling
merriment.
- noun a festive merry feeling
playfulness.
- noun a gay feeling
- priestess3/5
priestess
- noun a woman priest
- noun a woman priest
- purview3/5
purview
- noun the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
horizon; view.
- It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge
- noun the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
- biopsies3/5
biopsy
- noun examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
- noun examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
- terrier3/5
terrier
- noun any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
- noun any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
- tiered3/5
tiered
- adjective having or arranged in tiers
- a tiered mound
- adjective having or arranged in tiers
- lenient3/5
lenient
- adjective satellite tolerant or lenient
soft; indulgent.
- indulgent parents risk spoiling their children
- too soft on the children
- they are soft on crime
- adjective satellite not strict
- an easy teacher
- easy standards
- lenient rules
- an easy penalty
- adjective satellite tolerant or lenient
- adieu3/5
adieu
- noun a farewell remark
good-by; adios; so long; cheerio; good-bye; arrivederci; sayonara; auf wiedersehen; goodbye; bye-bye; goodby; bye; good day; au revoir.
- they said their good-byes
- noun a farewell remark
- estuaries3/5
estuary
- noun the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
- noun the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
- wiesbaden3/5
wiesbaden
- noun a city in western Germany; a spa since Roman times
- noun a city in western Germany; a spa since Roman times
- bullied3/5
bully
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
yobo; ruffian; tough; roughneck; hooligan; rowdy; yob; yobbo.
- noun a hired thug
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
- autobiographies3/5
autobiography
- noun a biography of yourself
- noun a biography of yourself
- unyielding3/5
unyielding
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
tenacious; dour; dogged; persistent; pertinacious.
- dogged persistence
- dour determination
- the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
- a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
- men tenacious of opinion
- adjective satellite resistant to physical force or pressure
- an unyielding head support
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
- inexperience3/5
inexperience
- noun lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
rawness.
- procedural inexperience created difficulties
- their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops
- noun lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
- pastries3/5
pastry
- noun a dough of flour and water and shortening
pastry dough.
- noun any of various baked foods made of dough or batter
- noun a dough of flour and water and shortening
- handkerchiefs3/5
handkerchief
- noun a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
hanky; hankey; hankie.
- noun a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
- obediently3/5
obediently
- adverb in an obedient manner
yieldingly.
- obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking
- adverb in an obedient manner
- instabilities3/5
instability
- noun an unstable order
- noun unreliability attributable to being unstable
- noun an unstable order
- insecurities3/5
insecurity
- noun the state of being subject to danger or injury
- noun the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure
- noun the state of being subject to danger or injury
- homilies3/5
homily
- noun a sermon on a moral or religious topic
preachment.
- noun a sermon on a moral or religious topic
- unbelievably3/5
unbelievably
- adverb not easy to believe
incredibly; implausibly; improbably.
- behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains
- adverb in an unbelievable manner
- he was unbelievably angry
- adverb not easy to believe
- chandelier3/5
chandelier
- noun branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
pendent; pendant.
- noun branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
- riviera3/5
riviera
- noun a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France
- the Riviera contains some of Europe's most popular resorts
- noun a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France
- dailies3/5
daily
- noun a newspaper that is published every day
- adjective satellite of or belonging to or occurring every day
day-by-day; day-after-day; day-to-day.
- daily routine
- a daily paper
- noun a newspaper that is published every day
- absurdities3/5
absurdity
- noun a message whose content is at variance with reason
absurdness; ridiculousness.
- noun a ludicrous folly
silliness; fatuity; fatuousness.
- the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior
- noun a message whose content is at variance with reason
- decried3/5
decry
- verb express strong disapproval of
excoriate; reprobate; objurgate; condemn.
- We condemn the racism in South Africa
- These ideas were reprobated
- verb express strong disapproval of
- blueberries3/5
blueberry
- noun any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
blueberry bush.
- noun sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants
- noun any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
- storied3/5
storied
- adjective satellite having an illustrious past
historied; celebrated.
- adjective satellite having stories as indicated
storeyed.
- a six-storied building
- adjective satellite having an illustrious past
- chandeliers3/5
chandelier
- noun branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
pendent; pendant.
- noun branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
- bellied3/5
bellied
- adjective having a belly; often used in combination
- verb swell out or bulge out
belly out; belly.
- adjective having a belly; often used in combination
- altarpiece3/5
altarpiece
- noun a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
reredos.
- noun a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
- conscientiousness3/5
conscientiousness
- noun the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience
- noun the trait of being painstaking and careful
painstakingness.
- noun the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience
- satiety3/5
satiety
- noun the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
satiation; repletion.
- noun the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
- retriever3/5
retriever
- noun a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game
- noun a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game
- brownies3/5
brownie
- noun a junior Girl Scout
- noun (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
gremlin; hob; elf; pixie; imp; pixy.
- noun a junior Girl Scout
- briefest3/5
brief
- noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
legal brief.
- noun a condensed written summary or abstract
- noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
- lorries3/5
lorry
- noun a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
- noun a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides
camion.
- noun a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides
- impiety3/5
impiety
- noun unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
impiousness.
- noun unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
- proclivities3/5
proclivity
- noun a natural inclination
propensity; leaning.
- he has a proclivity for exaggeration
- noun a natural inclination
- angrier3/5
angry
- adjective feeling or showing anger
- angry at the weather
- angry customers
- an angry silence
- sending angry letters to the papers
- adjective satellite (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
furious; raging; wild; tempestuous.
- angry clouds on the horizon
- furious winds
- the raging sea
- adjective feeling or showing anger
- neuropathies3/5
neuropathy
- noun any pathology of the peripheral nerves
- noun any pathology of the peripheral nerves
- salience3/5
salience
- noun the state of being salient
saliency; strikingness.
- noun the state of being salient
- sapiens3/5
sapiens
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens
- notoriety3/5
notoriety
- noun the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
ill fame.
- noun the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
- kiev3/5
kiev
- noun capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center
capital of the Ukraine; Kyyiv.
- noun capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center
- rabies3/5
rabies
- noun an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
lyssa; madness; hydrophobia.
- noun an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
- unjustified3/5
unjustified
- adjective satellite lacking justification or authorization
undue; unwarranted.
- desire for undue private profit
- unwarranted limitations of personal freedom
- adjective satellite lacking justification or authorization
- insufficiently3/5
insufficiently
- adverb to an insufficient degree
- he was insufficiently prepared
- adverb to an insufficient degree
- rockies3/5
rocky
- adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
bouldery; stony; bouldered.
- rocky fields
- stony ground
- bouldery beaches
- adjective causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
jumpy; jolty; jolting; bumpy; rough.
- a rough ride
- adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
- inalienable3/5
inalienable
- adjective incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
unalienable.
- endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights
- adjective satellite not subject to forfeiture
unforfeitable.
- an unforfeitable right
- adjective incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
- frontispiece3/5
frontispiece
- noun an ornamental facade
- noun front illustration facing the title page of a book
- noun an ornamental facade
- daisies3/5
daisy
- noun any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
- noun any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
- unmodified3/5
unmodified
- adjective not changed in form or character
- adjective not changed in form or character
- poppies3/5
poppy
- noun annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
- noun annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
- gullies3/5
gully
- noun deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
- noun deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
- grievously3/5
grievously
- adverb in a grievous manner
- the resolute but unbroken Germany, grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to lay the firm foundations for military revival
- adverb in a grievous manner
- tuileries3/5
tuileries
- noun palace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens
Tuileries Palace.
- noun formal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris
Tuileries Gardens.
- noun palace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens
- cornfield3/5
cornfield
- noun a field planted with corn
corn field.
- noun a field planted with corn
- sienna3/5
sienna
- noun an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment
- noun an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment
- unoccupied3/5
unoccupied
- adjective not held or filled or in use
- an unoccupied telephone booth
- unoccupied hours
- adjective not seized and controlled
- unoccupied areas of France
- adjective not held or filled or in use
- spiegel3/5
spiegel
- noun pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel
spiegel iron; spiegeleisen.
- noun pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel
- viennese3/5
viennese
Of or pertaining to Vienna, or people of Vienna. --n. sing. & pl. An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of Vienna.
- hierarchically3/5
hierarchically
- adverb in a hierarchical manner
- hierarchically organized
- adverb in a hierarchical manner
- conscientiously3/5
conscientiously
- adverb with extreme conscientiousness
scrupulously; religiously.
- he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock
- adverb with extreme conscientiousness
- autoantibodies3/5
autoantibody
- noun an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it
- noun an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it
- spaniel3/5
spaniel
- noun any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
- noun any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
- panties3/5
panty
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
scanty; pantie; step-in.
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
- erythropoietin3/5
erythropoietin
- noun a glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells
- noun a glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells
- apiece3/5
apiece
- adverb to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
from each one; for each one; to each one; each.
- they received $10 each
- adverb to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
- afield3/5
afield
- adverb far away from home or one's usual surroundings
abroad.
- looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall
- adverb in or into a field (especially a field of battle)
- the armies were afield, challenging the enemy's advance
- unlawful to carry hunting rifles afield until the season opens
- adverb far away from home or one's usual surroundings
- unclassified3/5
unclassified
- adjective not subject to a security classification
- adjective not arranged in any specific grouping
- adjective not subject to a security classification
- diem3/5
diem
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- siecle3/5
siecle
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- meier3/5
meier
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- henrietta3/5
henrietta
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- monies3/5
money
- noun the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
- we tried to collect the money he owed us
- noun wealth reckoned in terms of money
- all his money is in real estate
- noun the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
- lucien3/5
lucien
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- etienne3/5
etienne
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- danielle3/5
danielle
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- wien3/5
wien
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- siena3/5
- greenfield3/5
greenfield
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- societe3/5
societe
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- lieberman3/5
lieberman
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- gutierrez3/5
gutierrez
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- facies3/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
- wakefield3/5
wakefield
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- muriel3/5
muriel
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- frazier3/5
frazier
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- adrienne3/5
adrienne
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- worldviews3/5
worldviews
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- genevieve3/5
genevieve
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- gottlieb3/5
gottlieb
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- gottfried3/5
gottfried
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- tierra3/5
tierra
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- corbusier3/5
corbusier
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- remedied3/5
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
- gabrielle3/5
gabrielle
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- viewport3/5
viewport
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- lieut3/5
lieutenant
- noun a commissioned military officer
- noun an officer in a police force
police lieutenant.
- noun a commissioned military officer
- javier3/5
javier
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- cahiers3/5
cahier
A namber of sheets of paper put loosely together; esp. one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.
- hatfield3/5
hatfield
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- ancien3/5
ancient
- noun a very old person
antediluvian.
- noun a person who lived in ancient times
- noun a very old person
- pieter3/5
piet
(Zoöl.) (a) The dipper, or watter ouzel. Scot.(b) The magpie. Prov.Eng.
- maier3/5
may
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
English hawthorn; Crataegus oxycantha; whitethorn; Crataegus laevigata.
- noun the month following April and preceding June
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
- vries3/5
vries
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- damien3/5
damien
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- fairfield3/5
fairfield
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- schleiermacher3/5
schleiermacher
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- marietta3/5
marietta
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- trieste3/5
trieste
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- rearview3/5
rearview
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- juliette3/5
juliette
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- kiel3/5
kiel
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- frieda3/5
frieda
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- chien3/5
chien
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- tien3/5
tien
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- menzies3/5
menzies
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- montpellier3/5
- chretien3/5
chretien
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- mcdaniel3/5
mcdaniel
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- niels3/5
niels
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- gautier3/5
gautier
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- winfield3/5
winfield
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- mies3/5
mies
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- whitefield3/5
whitefield
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- readied3/5
ready
- noun poised for action
- their guns were at the ready
- verb prepare for eating by applying heat
cook; fix; make; prepare.
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
- noun poised for action
- papier3/5
papier
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- whitfield3/5
whitfield
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- amiens3/5
amiens
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- eliezer3/5
eliezer
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- subcategories3/5
subcategories
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- vivien3/5
vivien
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- piecewise3/5
- lanier3/5
lanier
A thong of leather; a whip lash. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
- piet3/5
piet
(Zoöl.) (a) The dipper, or watter ouzel. Scot.(b) The magpie. Prov.Eng.
- gabriele3/5
gabriele
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- commodified3/5
commodified
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- nietzschean3/5
nietzschean
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- redfield3/5
redfield
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- sieur3/5
sieur
Sir; -- a title of respect used by the French.
- ries3/5
rise
- noun a growth in strength or number or importance
- noun the act of changing location in an upward direction
ascension; ascent; ascending.
- noun a growth in strength or number or importance
- henriette3/5
henriette
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- antietam3/5
antietam
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- bakeries2/5
bakery
- noun a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold
bakehouse; bakeshop.
- noun a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold
- subdirectories2/5
subdirectory
- noun (computer science) a directory that is listed in another directory
- noun (computer science) a directory that is listed in another directory
- moviegoers2/5
moviegoer
- noun someone who goes to see movies
motion-picture fan.
- noun someone who goes to see movies
- percipient2/5
percipient
- noun a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
perceiver; observer; beholder.
- adjective satellite characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
clear.
- clear mind
- a percipient author
- noun a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
- parities2/5
parity
- noun (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
para.
- the parity of the mother must be considered
- a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children
- noun (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity
- parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data
- noun (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
- retrievals2/5
retrieval
- noun (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
- noun the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
- my retrieval of people's names is very poor
- noun (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
- commissaries2/5
commissary
- noun a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
- noun a snack bar in a film studio
- noun a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
- viewings2/5
viewing
- noun the display of a motion picture
showing; screening.
- noun a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
wake.
- there's no weeping at an Irish wake
- noun the display of a motion picture
- previewing2/5
preview
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
prevue; trailer.
- noun a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
- previews2/5
preview
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
prevue; trailer.
- noun a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
- pedagogies2/5
pedagogy
- noun the principles and methods of instruction
teaching method; pedagogics.
- noun the profession of a teacher
teaching; instruction.
- he prepared for teaching while still in college
- pedagogy is recognized as an important profession
- noun the principles and methods of instruction
- certifies2/5
certify
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- verb guarantee payment on; of checks
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- fiduciaries2/5
fiduciary
- noun a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
- it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain
- adjective relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another)
fiducial.
- a fiduciary contract
- in a fiduciary capacity
- fiducial power
- noun a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
- autopsies2/5
autopsy
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; necropsy; post-mortem examination; postmortem; PM.
- verb perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- notaries2/5
notary
- noun someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions
notary public.
- noun someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions
- militaries2/5
military
- noun the military forces of a nation
armed forces; armed services; military machine; war machine.
- their military is the largest in the region
- the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker
- adjective of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
- military law
- noun the military forces of a nation
- reliever2/5
reliever
- noun someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
stand-in; fill-in; substitute; relief; backup; backup man.
- the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
- we need extra employees for summer fill-ins
- noun a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
comforter; allayer.
- a reliever of anxiety
- an allayer of fears
- noun someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- cashiers2/5
cashier
- noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
bank clerk; teller.
- noun a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)
- noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
- personifies2/5
personify
- verb invest with or as with a body; give body to
body.
- verb represent, as of a character on stage
embody; be.
- Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
- verb invest with or as with a body; give body to
- achiever2/5
achiever
- noun a person with a record of successes
succeeder; winner; success.
- his son would never be the achiever that his father was
- only winners need apply
- if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success
- noun a person with a record of successes
- viewable2/5
viewable
- adjective satellite capable of being viewed
- adjective satellite capable of being viewed
- relievers2/5
reliever
- noun someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
stand-in; fill-in; substitute; relief; backup; backup man.
- the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
- we need extra employees for summer fill-ins
- noun a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
comforter; allayer.
- a reliever of anxiety
- an allayer of fears
- noun someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- dieters2/5
- rectifiers2/5
rectifier
- noun electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current
- noun a person who corrects or sets right
- a rectifier of prejudices
- noun electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current
- envies2/5
envy
- noun a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
enviousness.
- noun spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
invidia.
- noun a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
- previewed2/5
preview
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
prevue; trailer.
- noun a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
- biotechnologies2/5
biotechnology
- noun the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes
biotech.
- biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem
- noun the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments
ergonomics; bioengineering.
- noun the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes
- pries2/5
pry
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
pry bar; wrecking bar; crowbar.
- verb to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
lever; prise; jimmy; prize.
- The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
- floppies2/5
floppy
- noun a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
floppy disk; diskette.
- floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price
- adjective satellite hanging limply
- a spaniel with floppy ears
- noun a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
- techies2/5
techie
- noun a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)
tekki.
- noun a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)
- viziers2/5
vizier
- noun a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
- noun a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire)
- lefties2/5
lefty
- noun a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
left-hander; southpaw.
- their pitcher was a southpaw
- noun a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
left-hander; left-handed pitcher; lefthander; left hander; southpaw.
- noun a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
- nanotechnologies2/5
nanotechnology
- noun the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules)
- noun the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules)
- unbeliever2/5
unbeliever
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
nonbeliever; disbeliever.
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
- piecing2/5
piece
- noun a separate part of a whole
- an important piece of the evidence
- noun an item that is an instance of some type;
- he designed a new piece of equipment
- she bought a lovely piece of china
- noun a separate part of a whole
- colliery2/5
colliery
- noun a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
pit.
- noun a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
- observatories2/5
observatory
- noun a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena
- noun a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
lookout; lookout station; observation tower.
- noun a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena
- antiquaries2/5
antiquary
- noun an expert or collector of antiquities
archaist; antiquarian.
- noun an expert or collector of antiquities
- hurries2/5
hurry
- noun a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
haste.
- in a hurry to lock the door
- noun overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
precipitation; hastiness; haste; hurriedness.
- he soon regretted his haste
- noun a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
- tallied2/5
tally
- noun a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
run.
- the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th
- their first tally came in the 3rd inning
- noun a bill for an amount due
reckoning.
- noun a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- besieging2/5
besieging
- noun the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
siege; military blockade; beleaguering.
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; circumvent; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- noun the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
- friendlier2/5
friendly
- noun troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
- friendlies came to their rescue
- adjective characteristic of or befitting a friend
- friendly advice
- a friendly neighborhood
- the only friendly person here
- a friendly host and hostess
- noun troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
- sieges2/5
siege
- noun the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
besieging; military blockade; beleaguering.
- noun the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
- unifies2/5
unify
- verb become one
merge; unite.
- Germany unified officially in 1990
- the cells merge
- verb to bring or combine together or with something else
amalgamate; mix; mingle; commix.
- resourcefully he mingled music and dance
- verb become one
- tallies2/5
tally
- noun a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
run.
- the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th
- their first tally came in the 3rd inning
- noun a bill for an amount due
reckoning.
- noun a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- qualifiers2/5
qualifier
- noun a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition
- the tournament was won by a late qualifier
- noun a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
modifier.
- noun a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition
- opacities2/5
opacity
- noun the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation
- noun incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
opaqueness.
- noun the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation
- sieves2/5
sieve
- noun a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
screen.
- verb examine in order to test suitability
sort; screen; screen out.
- screen these samples
- screen the job applicants
- noun a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
- plies2/5
ply
- noun one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
- three-ply cord
- four-ply yarn
- noun (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
- noun one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
- blitzkrieg2/5
blitzkrieg
- noun a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
blitz.
- verb fight a quick and surprising war
- noun a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
- instrumentalities2/5
instrumentality
- noun a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose
- are the judicial instrumentalities of local governments adequate?
- he studied the French instrumentalities for law enforcement
- noun the quality of being instrumental for some purpose
- noun a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose
- orients2/5
orient
- noun the countries of Asia
East.
- noun the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
eastern hemisphere.
- noun the countries of Asia
- purifies2/5
purify
- verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
make pure; sublimate; distill.
- purify the water
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; sanctify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- livelier2/5
lively
- adjective full of life and energy
- a lively discussion
- lively and attractive parents
- a lively party
- adjective satellite full of zest or vigor
racy.
- a racy literary style
- adjective full of life and energy
- crier2/5
crier
- noun a person who weeps
weeper.
- noun (formerly) an official who made public announcements
town crier.
- noun a person who weeps
- prophesies2/5
prophesy
- verb predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
vaticinate.
- verb deliver a sermon
preach.
- The minister is not preaching this Sunday
- verb predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
- pygmies2/5
pygmy
- noun an unusually small individual
pigmy.
- noun any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet
Pigmy.
- noun an unusually small individual
- verifier2/5
verifier
- noun someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
voucher.
- noun someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
- fancier2/5
fancier
- noun a person having a strong liking for something
enthusiast.
- adjective not plain; decorative or ornamented
fancy.
- fancy handwriting
- fancy clothes
- noun a person having a strong liking for something
- liveliest2/5
lively
- adjective full of life and energy
- a lively discussion
- lively and attractive parents
- a lively party
- adjective satellite full of zest or vigor
racy.
- a racy literary style
- adjective full of life and energy
- apothecaries2/5
apothecary
- noun a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
druggist; pill roller; pill pusher; pharmacist; chemist.
- noun a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
- terminologies2/5
terminology
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
language; nomenclature.
- legal terminology
- biological nomenclature
- the language of sociology
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- sieving2/5
sieve
- noun a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
screen.
- verb examine in order to test suitability
sort; screen; screen out.
- screen these samples
- screen the job applicants
- noun a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
- conductivities2/5
conductivity
- noun the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
conduction.
- noun the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
- accuracies2/5
accuracy
- noun the quality of being near to the true value
truth.
- he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass
- the lawyer questioned the truth of my account
- noun (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number
- the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much greater accuracy
- noun the quality of being near to the true value
- quantifies2/5
quantify
- verb use as a quantifier
- verb express as a number or measure or quantity
measure.
- Can you quantify your results?
- verb use as a quantifier
- espied2/5
espy
- verb catch sight of
spot; descry; spy.
- verb catch sight of
- ossified2/5
ossified
- adjective satellite set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
fossilised; fossilized.
- obsolete fossilized ways
- an ossified bureaucratic system
- verb become bony
ossify.
- The tissue ossified
- adjective satellite set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
- pansies2/5
pansy
- noun large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors
Viola tricolor hortensis.
- noun a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
sissy; milksop; pantywaist; Milquetoast.
- noun large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors
- nonbelievers2/5
nonbeliever
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
disbeliever; unbeliever.
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
- joliet2/5
joliet
- noun French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700)
Jolliet; Louis Joliet; Louis Jolliet.
- noun French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700)
- muddied2/5
muddied
- adjective satellite (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
dingy; muddy; dirty.
- dirty" is often used in combination
- a dirty (or dingy) white
- the muddied grey of the sea
- muddy colors
- dirty-green walls
- dirty-blonde hair
- verb dirty with mud
muddy up; muddy.
- adjective satellite (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
- dualities2/5
duality
- noun being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
dichotomy.
- the dichotomy between eastern and western culture
- noun (physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory
wave-particle duality.
- noun being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
- psychologies2/5
psychology
- noun the science of mental life
psychological science.
- noun the science of mental life
- sallies2/5
sally
- noun witty remark
wisecrack; quip; crack.
- noun a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
sortie.
- noun witty remark
- glorifies2/5
glorify
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
exalt; extol; laud; proclaim.
- extol the virtues of one's children
- glorify one's spouse's cooking
- verb bestow glory upon
- The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
- minefields2/5
minefield
- noun a region in which explosives mines have been placed
- noun a region in which explosives mines have been placed
- actuaries2/5
actuary
- noun someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)
statistician.
- noun someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)
- janissaries2/5
janissary
- noun a loyal supporter
- every politician has a following of janissaries
- noun a Turkish soldier
- noun a loyal supporter
- rarities2/5
rarity
- noun noteworthy scarcity
rareness; infrequency.
- noun a rarified quality
low density; tenuity.
- the tenuity of the upper atmosphere
- noun noteworthy scarcity
- eventualities2/5
eventuality
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
contingency; contingence.
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
- sentience2/5
sentience
- noun state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
awareness.
- the crash intruded on his awareness
- noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
sentiency; sensory faculty; sensation; sense.
- in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
- noun state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
- steadier2/5
steady
- noun a person loved by another person
truelove; sweetheart; sweetie.
- verb make steady
becalm; calm.
- steady yourself
- noun a person loved by another person
- pacifier2/5
pacifier
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
peacemaker; conciliator; reconciler; make-peace.
- noun anything that serves to pacify
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
- indemnified2/5
indemnify
- verb secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
- This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness
- verb make amends for; pay compensation for
repair; compensate; recompense.
- One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
- She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
- verb secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
- laundries2/5
laundry
- noun garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
wash; washing; washables.
- noun workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
- noun garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
- descried2/5
descry
- verb catch sight of
espy; spot; spy.
- verb catch sight of
- specifiers2/5
specifier
- noun someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent)
- noun someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent)
- alienates2/5
alienate
- verb arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
alien; disaffect; estrange.
- She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
- verb transfer property or ownership
alien.
- The will aliened the property to the heirs
- verb arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
- residencies2/5
residency
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
residence; abidance.
- noun the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship)
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
- glossaries2/5
glossary
- noun an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
gloss.
- noun an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
- enmities2/5
enmity
- noun a state of deep-seated ill-will
hostility; antagonism.
- noun the feeling of a hostile person
ill will; hostility.
- he could no longer contain his hostility
- noun a state of deep-seated ill-will
- beautified2/5
beautify
- verb make more beautiful
fancify; embellish; prettify.
- verb be beautiful to look at
deck; embellish; decorate; grace; adorn.
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
- verb make more beautiful
- collieries2/5
colliery
- noun a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
pit.
- noun a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
- consistencies2/5
consistency
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
body; consistence; eubstance.
- wool has more body than rayon
- when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
- noun a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
consistence.
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- plenipotentiaries2/5
plenipotentiary
- noun a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government
- noun a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government
- secondaries2/5
secondary
- noun the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
- noun coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
secondary coil; secondary winding.
- noun the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
- deniers2/5
denier
- noun a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon
- with an evening dress one wears 10 denier stockings
- noun any of various former European coins of different denominations
- noun a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon
- solubilities2/5
solubility
- noun the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution)
- noun the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve
solvability.
- noun the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution)
- imaginaries2/5
imaginary
- noun (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
complex number; complex quantity; imaginary number.
- adjective satellite not based on fact; unreal
notional; fanciful.
- the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt
- a small child's imaginary friends
- to create a notional world for oneself
- noun (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
- sieved2/5
sieve
- noun a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
screen.
- verb examine in order to test suitability
sort; screen; screen out.
- screen these samples
- screen the job applicants
- noun a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
- friendliest2/5
friendly
- noun troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
- friendlies came to their rescue
- adjective characteristic of or befitting a friend
- friendly advice
- a friendly neighborhood
- the only friendly person here
- a friendly host and hostess
- noun troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
- occupancies2/5
occupancy
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
tenancy.
- noun the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
moving in; occupation.
- occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
- speedier2/5
speedy
- adjective satellite characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
rapid.
- a rapid movement
- a speedy car
- a speedy errand boy
- adjective satellite accomplished rapidly and without delay
quick.
- was quick to make friends
- his quick reaction prevented an accident
- hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem
- a speedy recovery
- he has a right to a speedy trial
- adjective satellite characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
- diesels2/5
diesel
- noun German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel; Rudolf Diesel.
- noun an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil
diesel motor; diesel engine.
- noun German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)
- sanctifies2/5
sanctify
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow.
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; purify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
- demystified2/5
demystify
- verb make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
- let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about
- verb make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
- clothier2/5
clothier
- noun a merchant who sells men's clothing
haberdasher.
- noun a merchant who sells men's clothing
- fieldworkers2/5
fieldworker
- noun a researcher who works in the field
- noun a researcher who works in the field
- mortalities2/5
mortality
- noun the quality or state of being mortal
- noun the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
fatality rate; deathrate; mortality rate; death rate.
- noun the quality or state of being mortal
- emulsified2/5
emulsify
- verb cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion
- verb form into or become an emulsion
- The solution emulsified
- verb cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion
- metier2/5
metier
- noun an asset of special worth or utility
strong suit; strength; speciality; strong point; specialty; long suit; forte.
- cooking is his forte
- noun an occupation for which you are especially well suited
medium.
- in law he found his true metier
- noun an asset of special worth or utility
- couturier2/5
couturier
- noun someone who designs clothing
fashion designer; designer; clothes designer.
- noun someone who designs clothing
- readier2/5
ready
- noun poised for action
- their guns were at the ready
- verb prepare for eating by applying heat
cook; fix; make; prepare.
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
- noun poised for action
- ratifies2/5
ratify
- verb approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
sign.
- All parties ratified the peace treaty
- Have you signed your contract yet?
- verb approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- tanneries2/5
tannery
- noun workplace where skins and hides are tanned
- noun workplace where skins and hides are tanned
- denier2/5
denier
- noun a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon
- with an evening dress one wears 10 denier stockings
- noun any of various former European coins of different denominations
- noun a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon
- fieldworker2/5
fieldworker
- noun a researcher who works in the field
- noun a researcher who works in the field
- congeries2/5
congeries
- noun a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
aggregate; conglomeration.
- noun a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
- vitrified2/5
vitrified
- adjective satellite (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
vitreous; glassy.
- glazed pottery
- glassy porcelain
- hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures
- verb change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
vitrify.
- adjective satellite (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
- machineries2/5
machinery
- noun machines or machine systems collectively
- noun a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions
- the complex machinery of negotiation
- the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order
- noun machines or machine systems collectively
- individualities2/5
individuality
- noun the quality of being individual
individuation; individualism.
- so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality
- noun the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
personal identity; identity.
- you can lose your identity when you join the army
- noun the quality of being individual
- disqualifies2/5
disqualify
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
indispose; unfit.
- Your income disqualifies you
- verb declare unfit
- She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
- disbelievers2/5
disbeliever
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
nonbeliever; unbeliever.
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
- wobblies2/5
wobbly
- noun a member of the Industrial Workers of the World
- adjective satellite inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
shaky; rickety; wonky.
- a rickety table
- a wobbly chair with shaky legs
- the ladder felt a little wobbly
- the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky
- noun a member of the Industrial Workers of the World
- fanciers2/5
fancier
- noun a person having a strong liking for something
enthusiast.
- adjective not plain; decorative or ornamented
fancy.
- fancy handwriting
- fancy clothes
- noun a person having a strong liking for something
- entropies2/5
entropy
- noun (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
selective information; information.
- the signal contained thousands of bits of information
- noun (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
randomness; S.
- entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity
- noun (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
- oligopolies2/5
oligopoly
- noun (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors
- noun (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors
- nullifies2/5
nullify
- verb declare invalid
invalidate; annul; void; quash; avoid.
- The contract was annulled
- void a plea
- verb show to be invalid
invalidate.
- verb declare invalid
- darkies2/5
darky
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people
darkey; darkie.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people
- nobodies2/5
nobody
- noun a person of no influence
cipher; nonentity; cypher.
- noun a person of no influence
- clothiers2/5
clothier
- noun a merchant who sells men's clothing
haberdasher.
- noun a merchant who sells men's clothing
- progenies2/5
progeny
- noun the immediate descendants of a person
issue; offspring.
- she was the mother of many offspring
- he died without issue
- noun the immediate descendants of a person
- bookies2/5
bookie
- noun a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
bookmaker.
- noun a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
- readiest2/5
ready
- noun poised for action
- their guns were at the ready
- verb prepare for eating by applying heat
cook; fix; make; prepare.
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
- noun poised for action
- sissies2/5
sissy
- noun a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
pansy; milksop; pantywaist; Milquetoast.
- adjective satellite having unsuitable feminine qualities
emasculate; cissy; sissyish; effeminate; epicene; sissified.
- noun a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
- objectifies2/5
objectify
- verb make external or objective, or give reality to
exteriorise; externalise; externalize; exteriorize.
- language externalizes our thoughts
- verb make impersonal or present as an object
depersonalize; depersonalise.
- Will computers depersonalize human interactions?
- Pornography objectifies women
- verb make external or objective, or give reality to
- dirtied2/5
dirty
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
begrime; soil; grime; bemire; colly.
- don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
- adjective soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
soiled; unclean.
- dirty unswept sidewalks
- a child in dirty overalls
- dirty slums
- piles of dirty dishes
- put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
- wore an unclean shirt
- mining is a dirty job
- Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- fortifies2/5
fortify
- verb make strong or stronger
strengthen; beef up.
- This exercise will strengthen your upper body
- strengthen the relations between the two countries
- verb enclose by or as if by a fortification
fort.
- verb make strong or stronger
- collies2/5
collie
- noun a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland
- noun a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland
- boobies2/5
booby
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
dummy; dope; pinhead; boob; dumbbell.
- noun small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
- eternities2/5
eternity
- noun time without end
infinity.
- noun a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
timelessness; timeless existence.
- noun time without end
- aussies2/5
aussie
- noun a native or inhabitant of Australia
Australian.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Australia
- selectivities2/5
selectivity
- noun the property of being selective
- noun the property of being selective
- hies2/5
hie
- verb move fast
rush; bucket along; hotfoot; belt along; cannonball along; race; step on it; hasten; speed; pelt along; rush along.
- He rushed down the hall to receive his guests
- The cars raced down the street
- verb move fast
- metiers2/5
metier
- noun an asset of special worth or utility
strong suit; strength; speciality; strong point; specialty; long suit; forte.
- cooking is his forte
- noun an occupation for which you are especially well suited
medium.
- in law he found his true metier
- noun an asset of special worth or utility
- smithies2/5
smithy
- noun a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
forge.
- noun a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
- sapient2/5
sapient
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
perspicacious; sagacious.
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument
- observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions
- a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
- pacifiers2/5
pacifier
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
peacemaker; conciliator; reconciler; make-peace.
- noun anything that serves to pacify
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
- readies2/5
ready
- noun poised for action
- their guns were at the ready
- verb prepare for eating by applying heat
cook; fix; make; prepare.
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
- noun poised for action
- idolatries2/5
idolatry
- noun religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
veneration; cultism; devotion.
- noun the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God
idol worship.
- noun religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
- ordinaries2/5
ordinary
- noun a judge of a probate court
- noun the expected or commonplace condition or situation
- not out of the ordinary
- noun a judge of a probate court
- nonbeliever2/5
nonbeliever
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
disbeliever; unbeliever.
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
- armories2/5
armory
- noun a collection of resources
armoury; inventory.
- he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer
- noun all the weapons and equipment that a country has
armoury; arsenal.
- noun a collection of resources
- feudatories2/5
feudatory
- noun a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
vassal; liegeman; liege; liege subject.
- adjective of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord
- a feudatory relationship
- noun a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
- croupier2/5
croupier
- noun someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
- noun someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
- criers2/5
crier
- noun a person who weeps
weeper.
- noun (formerly) an official who made public announcements
town crier.
- noun a person who weeps
- steadies2/5
steady
- noun a person loved by another person
truelove; sweetheart; sweetie.
- verb make steady
becalm; calm.
- steady yourself
- noun a person loved by another person
- orientalizing2/5
orientalize
- verb make oriental in character
orientalise.
- orientalize your garden
- verb make oriental in character
- sharpies2/5
sharpy
- noun an alert and energetic person
eager beaver; sharpie; busy bee; live wire.
- noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
card sharper; sharper; card shark; cardsharp; cardsharper; card sharp; sharpie.
- noun an alert and energetic person
- anisotropies2/5
anisotropy
- noun the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions
- noun the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions
- gravies2/5
gravy
- noun a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
- noun the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added
pan gravy.
- noun a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
- toxicities2/5
toxicity
- noun the degree to which something is poisonous
- noun grave harmfulness or deadliness
perniciousness.
- noun the degree to which something is poisonous
- morphologies2/5
morphology
- noun the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
- noun studies of the rules for forming admissible words
- noun the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
- copier2/5
copier
- noun apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material
duplicator.
- noun apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material
- disbelieve2/5
disbelieve
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
discredit.
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
- brazier2/5
brazier
- noun large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times
brasier.
- noun large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times
- inpatients2/5
inpatient
- noun a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
inmate.
- noun a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated
- orgies2/5
orgy
- noun any act of immoderate indulgence
splurge; binge.
- an orgy of shopping
- an emotional binge
- a splurge of spending
- noun secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
- noun any act of immoderate indulgence
- fiends2/5
fiend
- noun a cruel wicked and inhuman person
ogre; devil; demon; monster.
- noun an evil supernatural being
daemon; devil; demon; daimon.
- noun a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- epistemologies2/5
epistemology
- noun the philosophical theory of knowledge
- noun the philosophical theory of knowledge
- oversimplified2/5
oversimplify
- verb simplify to an excessive degree
- Don't oversimplify the problem
- verb make too simple
- Don't oversimplify the instructions
- verb simplify to an excessive degree
- viewfinder2/5
viewfinder
- noun optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
finder; view finder.
- noun optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
- hieroglyphs2/5
hieroglyph
- noun writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
hieroglyphic.
- noun a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
hieroglyphic.
- noun writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
- crozier2/5
crozier
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
crosier.
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
- friendless2/5
friendless
- adjective satellite excluded from a society
outcast.
- adjective satellite excluded from a society
- toiletries2/5
toiletry
- noun artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body)
toilet articles.
- noun artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body)
- bioscience2/5
bioscience
- noun any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
life science.
- noun any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
- wields2/5
wield
- verb have and exercise
maintain; exert.
- wield power and authority
- verb handle effectively
handle; manage.
- The burglar wielded an axe
- The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well
- verb have and exercise
- elegies2/5
elegy
- noun a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
lament.
- noun a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
- skier2/5
skier
- noun someone who skis
- noun someone who skis
- effigies2/5
effigy
- noun a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
simulacrum; image.
- the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln
- the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone
- noun a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
- thieving2/5
thieving
- noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
larceny; thievery; theft; stealing.
- the thieving is awful at Kennedy International
- verb take by theft
cop; knock off; glom; thieve; hook; snitch.
- Someone snitched my wallet!
- noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
- reveries2/5
revery
- noun an abstracted state of absorption
reverie.
- noun absentminded dreaming while awake
castle in Spain; air castle; daydream; daydreaming; reverie; castle in the air; oneirism.
- noun an abstracted state of absorption
- worthies2/5
worthy
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- he told his story to some conservative worthies
- local worthies rarely challenged the chief constable
- adjective having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
- a worthy fellow
- a worthy cause
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- dietitian2/5
dietitian
- noun a specialist in the study of nutrition
nutritionist; dietician.
- noun a specialist in the study of nutrition
- pierces2/5
pierce
- noun 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
Franklin Pierce; President Pierce.
- verb cut or make a way through
- the knife cut through the flesh
- The path pierced the jungle
- Light pierced through the forest
- noun 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
- quiescence2/5
quiescence
- noun a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
dormancy; quiescency.
- the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy
- noun quiet and inactive restfulness
sleeping; quiescency; dormancy.
- noun a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
- orientals2/5
oriental
- noun a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
oriental person.
- adjective satellite denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia
- oriental civilization
- noun a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
- grieves2/5
grieve
- verb feel grief
sorrow.
- verb cause to feel sorrow
aggrieve.
- his behavior grieves his mother
- verb feel grief
- disbelieving2/5
disbelieving
- adjective satellite denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
skeptical; unbelieving; sceptical.
- a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
disbelieve; discredit.
- adjective satellite denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
- contraries2/5
contrary
- noun a relation of direct opposition
reverse; opposite.
- we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true
- noun exact opposition
- public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty
- noun a relation of direct opposition
- premiership2/5
premiership
- noun the office of premier
- noun the office of premier
- prodigies2/5
prodigy
- noun an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration
- she is a chess prodigy
- noun a sign of something about to happen
omen; prognostic; prognostication; presage; portent.
- he looked for an omen before going into battle
- noun an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration
- scabies2/5
scabies
- noun a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
itch.
- he has a bad case of the itch
- noun a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- soldiering2/5
soldiering
- noun skills that are required for the life of soldier
soldiership.
- noun the evasion of work or duty
slacking; shirking; goofing off; goldbricking.
- noun skills that are required for the life of soldier
- reorient2/5
reorient
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
reorientate.
- verb cause to turn
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
- ferried2/5
ferry
- noun a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
ferryboat.
- noun transport by boat or aircraft
ferrying.
- noun a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
- bierce2/5
bierce
- noun United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914)
Ambrose Bierce; Ambrose Gwinett Bierce.
- noun United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914)
- nannies2/5
nanny
- noun a woman who is the custodian of children
nurse; nursemaid.
- noun female goat
she-goat; nanny-goat.
- noun a woman who is the custodian of children
- bombardier2/5
bombardier
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
- noun the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
- mentalities2/5
mentality
- noun a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
outlook; mind-set; mindset.
- noun mental ability
mental capacity; learning ability; brainpower; brain; wit.
- he's got plenty of brains but no common sense
- noun a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- anchovies2/5
anchovy
- noun tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
- noun small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
- noun tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
- sureties2/5
surety
- noun something clearly established
- noun property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation
security.
- bankers are reluctant to lend without good security
- noun something clearly established
- spiel2/5
spiel
- noun plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
line of gab; patter.
- verb replay (as a melody)
play.
- Play it again, Sam
- She played the third movement very beautifully
- noun plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
- reactionaries2/5
reactionary
- noun an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
extreme right-winger; ultraconservative.
- adjective satellite extremely conservative
reactionist; far-right.
- noun an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
- quarried2/5
quarry
- noun a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
fair game; prey; target.
- he fell prey to muggers
- everyone was fair game
- the target of a manhunt
- noun a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
stone pit; pit.
- a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
- noun a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- reclassified2/5
reclassify
- verb classify anew, change the previous classification
- The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species
- verb classify anew, change the previous classification
- specialities2/5
speciality
- noun an asset of special worth or utility
strong suit; strength; strong point; specialty; long suit; forte; metier.
- cooking is his forte
- noun a distinguishing trait
peculiarity; distinctiveness; specialty; specialness.
- noun an asset of special worth or utility
- buries2/5
bury
- verb cover from sight
- Afghani women buried under their burkas
- verb place in a grave or tomb
lay to rest; inhume; inter; entomb.
- Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square
- The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids
- My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday
- verb cover from sight
- deadliest2/5
deadly
- adjective satellite causing or capable of causing death
deathly; mortal.
- a fatal accident
- a deadly enemy
- mortal combat
- a mortal illness
- adjective satellite of an instrument of certain death
lethal.
- deadly poisons
- lethal weapon
- a lethal injection
- adjective satellite causing or capable of causing death
- unhurried2/5
unhurried
- adjective relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste
- people strolling about in an unhurried way
- an unhurried walk
- spoke in a calm and unhurried voice
- adjective satellite capable of accepting delay with equanimity
- was unhurried with the small children
- adjective relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste
- votaries2/5
votary
- noun one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service
- monasteries of votaries
- noun a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult
- a votary of Aphrodite
- noun one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service
- chronologies2/5
chronology
- noun an arrangement of events in time
- noun a record of events in the order of their occurrence
- noun an arrangement of events in time
- paramilitaries2/5
paramilitary
- noun a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)
paramilitary unit; paramilitary organization; paramilitary force; paramilitary organisation.
- adjective of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit
- noun a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)
- adversities2/5
adversity
- noun a state of misfortune or affliction
hard knocks; hardship.
- debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
- a life of hardship
- noun a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event
- a period marked by adversities
- noun a state of misfortune or affliction
- quieting2/5
quiet
- noun a period of calm weather
lull.
- there was a lull in the storm
- noun an untroubled state; free from disturbances
tranquility; tranquillity.
- noun a period of calm weather
- pietism2/5
pietism
- noun exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal
religionism; religiousism; religiosity.
- noun 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion
- noun exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal
- potencies2/5
potency
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
authority; say-so; authorisation; dominance; authorization.
- he has the authority to issue warrants
- deputies are given authorization to make arrests
- a place of potency in the state
- noun capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
strength; effectiveness.
- the toxin's potency
- the strength of the drinks
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- parodied2/5
parody
- 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.
- noun humorous or satirical mimicry
mockery; takeoff.
- noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- burglaries2/5
burglary
- noun entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property
- noun entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property
- sullied2/5
sully
- noun United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
Thomas Sully.
- noun French statesman (1560-1641)
Maxmilien de Bethune; Duc de Sully.
- noun United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
- premieres2/5
premiere
- noun the first public performance of a play or movie
- verb be performed for the first time
premier.
- We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success
- noun the first public performance of a play or movie
- moralities2/5
morality
- noun concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
- noun motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
ethics; ethical motive; morals.
- noun concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
- magnifies2/5
magnify
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
amplify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
- dielectrics2/5
dielectric
- noun a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
nonconductor; insulator.
- noun a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
- intermarried2/5
intermarry
- verb marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group
- verb marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group
- tenancies2/5
tenancy
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
occupancy.
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
- mobilities2/5
mobility
- noun the quality of moving freely
- noun the quality of moving freely
- presidencies2/5
presidency
- noun the tenure of a president
presidential term; administration.
- things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration
- noun the office and function of president
presidentship.
- Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time
- noun the tenure of a president
- junkies2/5
junky
- noun a narcotics addict
junkie; drug addict.
- noun someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
nut; freak; addict; junkie.
- a golf addict
- a car nut
- a bodybuilding freak
- a news junkie
- noun a narcotics addict
- biosciences2/5
bioscience
- noun any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
life science.
- noun any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
- centrepiece2/5
centrepiece
- noun the central or most important feature
centerpiece.
- education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform
- noun something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)
centerpiece.
- noun the central or most important feature
- mollified2/5
mollify
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; pacify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
season; temper.
- she tempered her criticism
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- dossiers2/5
dossier
- noun a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)
- noun a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)
- hieronymus2/5
hieronymus
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Eusebius Hieronymus; Jerome; St. Jerome; Saint Jerome.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
- tidied2/5
tidy
- noun receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
- verb put (things or places) in order
straighten out; tidy up; straighten; clean up; square away; neaten.
- Tidy up your room!
- noun receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
- abies2/5
aby
- verb make amends for
atone; expiate; abye.
- expiate one's sins
- verb make amends for
- corollaries2/5
corollary
- noun a practical consequence that follows naturally
- blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love
- noun (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition
- noun a practical consequence that follows naturally
- curried2/5
curry
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- verb season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- fiestas2/5
fiesta
- noun an elaborate party (often outdoors)
fete; feast.
- noun an elaborate party (often outdoors)
- thievery2/5
thievery
- noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
thieving; larceny; theft; stealing.
- the thieving is awful at Kennedy International
- noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
- eateries2/5
eatery
- noun a building where people go to eat
eating place; eating house; restaurant.
- noun a building where people go to eat
- besiegers2/5
besieger
- noun an enemy who lays siege to your position
- noun an energetic petitioner
- noun an enemy who lays siege to your position
- vernier2/5
vernier
- noun a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
vernier scale.
- noun French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
Paul Vernier.
- noun a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
- trickier2/5
tricky
- adjective satellite not to be trusted
slippery.
- how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
- adjective satellite having concealed difficulty
catchy.
- a catchy question
- a tricky recipe to follow
- adjective satellite not to be trusted
- tarried2/5
tarry
- verb be about
loaf; footle; mess about; lallygag; linger; lollygag; lurk; mill about; hang around; lounge; loiter; mill around.
- The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
- Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
- verb leave slowly and hesitantly
linger.
- verb be about
- actualities2/5
actuality
- noun the state of actually existing objectively
- a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality
- noun the state of actually existing objectively
- miscellanies2/5
miscellany
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
mixture; smorgasbord; variety; motley; miscellanea; mixed bag; salmagundi; assortment; potpourri.
- a great assortment of cars was on display
- he had a variety of disorders
- a veritable smorgasbord of religions
- noun an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
garland; florilegium.
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- talkies2/5
talkie
- noun a movie with synchronized speech and singing
talking picture.
- noun a movie with synchronized speech and singing
- garnier2/5
garnier
- noun French architect (1825-1898)
Jean Louis Charles Garnier.
- noun French architect (1825-1898)
- modernities2/5
modernity
- noun the quality of being current or of the present
contemporaneity; contemporaneousness; modernness; modernism.
- a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village
- noun the quality of being current or of the present
- miscarried2/5
miscarry
- verb be unsuccessful
fail; go wrong.
- Where do today's public schools fail?
- The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably
- verb suffer a miscarriage
- verb be unsuccessful
- lovelier2/5
lovely
- noun a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
cover girl; pin-up.
- adjective satellite appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
- noun a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
- anciently2/5
anciently
- adverb in ancient times; long ago
- a concern with what may have happened anciently
- adverb in ancient times; long ago
- messieurs2/5
monsieur
- noun used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
- noun used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
- orientalists2/5
orientalist
- noun a specialist in oriental subjects
- noun a specialist in oriental subjects
- hoosier2/5
hoosier
A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana. U.S.
- hematopoiesis2/5
hematopoiesis
- noun the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
hemogenesis; hemopoiesis; hematogenesis; haemopoiesis; sanguification; haematopoiesis; haemogenesis; haematogenesis.
- noun the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
- acidified2/5
acidify
- verb make sour or more sour
sour; acetify; acidulate.
- verb turn acidic
acetify.
- the solution acetified
- verb make sour or more sour
- taxied2/5
taxi
- noun a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
cab; taxicab; hack.
- verb travel slowly
- The plane taxied down the runway
- noun a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- glazier2/5
glazier
- noun someone who cuts flat glass to size
glass-cutter; glass cutter; glassworker; glazer.
- noun someone who cuts flat glass to size
- misapplied2/5
misapply
- verb apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
misuse.
- The words are misapplied in this context
- You are misapplying the name of this religious group
- verb apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
- currier2/5
currier
- noun a craftsman who curries leather for use
- noun United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
Nathaniel Currier.
- noun a craftsman who curries leather for use
- tyrannies2/5
tyranny
- noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
absolutism; dictatorship; monocracy; Stalinism; shogunate; authoritarianism; despotism; one-man rule; Caesarism; totalitarianism.
- noun dominance through threat of punishment and violence
absolutism; despotism.
- noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- dairies2/5
dairy
- noun a farm where dairy products are produced
dairy farm.
- noun a farm where dairy products are produced
- excellencies2/5
excellency
- noun a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'
- Your Excellency
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
excellence.
- a center of manufacturing excellence
- the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine
- noun a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'
- consultancies2/5
consultancy
- noun the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
- a business management consultancy
- noun the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
- funnier2/5
funny
- noun an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
funny story; funny remark; good story.
- she told a funny story
- she made a funny
- adjective satellite arousing or provoking laughter
risible; mirthful; amusing; laughable; comic; comical.
- an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
- an amusing fellow
- a comic hat
- a comical look of surprise
- funny stories that made everybody laugh
- a very funny writer
- it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
- a mirthful experience
- risible courtroom antics
- noun an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
- phantasies2/5
phantasy
- noun something many people believe that is false
fantasy; illusion; fancy.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
fantasy.
- she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies
- noun something many people believe that is false
- cosmologies2/5
cosmology
- noun the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe
- noun the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
cosmogony; cosmogeny.
- noun the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe
- chemistries2/5
chemistry
- noun the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
chemical science.
- noun the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object
- the chemistry of soil
- noun the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
- manufactories2/5
manufactory
- noun a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
mill; factory; manufacturing plant.
- noun a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- magpies2/5
magpie
- noun long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
- noun someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
scavenger; pack rat.
- noun long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
- volatilities2/5
volatility
- noun the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
- noun the trait of being unpredictably irresolute
unpredictability.
- the volatility of the market drove many investors away
- noun the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
- harries2/5
harry
- verb annoy continually or chronically
beset; chivy; chevy; chevvy; harass; hassle; chivvy; plague; molest; provoke.
- He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
- This man harasses his female co-workers
- verb make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
ravage.
- verb annoy continually or chronically
- piecework2/5
piecework
- noun work paid for according to the quantity produced
- noun work paid for according to the quantity produced
- equalities2/5
equality
- noun the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status
- noun a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
equation; equivalence; par.
- on a par with the best
- noun the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status
- viscosities2/5
viscosity
- noun resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)
viscousness.
- noun resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)
- chieftaincy2/5
chieftaincy
- noun the position of chieftain
chieftainship.
- noun the position of chieftain
- dispensaries2/5
dispensary
- noun clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
- noun clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
- brier2/5
brier
- noun tangled mass of prickly plants
brier patch; brierpatch.
- noun a thorny stem or twig
- noun tangled mass of prickly plants
- proprietorships2/5
proprietorship
- noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
proprietary.
- noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
- rentier2/5
rentier
- noun someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments
- noun someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments
- copiers2/5
copier
- noun apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material
duplicator.
- noun apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material
- vies2/5
vie
- verb compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
contend; compete.
- verb compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- multiplicities2/5
multiplicity
- noun the property of being multiple
- noun a large number
numerousness; numerosity.
- noun the property of being multiple
- bandied2/5
bandy
- verb toss or strike a ball back and forth
- verb exchange blows
- verb toss or strike a ball back and forth
- advisories2/5
advisory
- noun an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat
- a frost advisory
- adjective satellite giving advice
consultive; consultatory; consultative.
- an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative
- noun an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat
- rationalities2/5
rationality
- noun the state of having good sense and sound judgment
reason; reasonableness.
- his rationality may have been impaired
- he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions
- noun the quality of being consistent with or based on logic
rationalness.
- noun the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- disbelieved2/5
disbelieve
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
discredit.
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
- quietest2/5
quiet
- noun a period of calm weather
lull.
- there was a lull in the storm
- noun an untroubled state; free from disturbances
tranquility; tranquillity.
- noun a period of calm weather
- ptolemies2/5
ptolemy
- noun Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance
Claudius Ptolemaeus.
- noun an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra
Ptolemaic dynasty.
- noun Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance
- reoriented2/5
reorient
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
reorientate.
- verb cause to turn
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
- curries2/5
curry
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- verb season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- civilities2/5
civility
- noun formal or perfunctory politeness
- noun the act of showing regard for others
politeness.
- noun formal or perfunctory politeness
- worthier2/5
worthy
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- he told his story to some conservative worthies
- local worthies rarely challenged the chief constable
- adjective having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
- a worthy fellow
- a worthy cause
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- hieratic2/5
hieratic
- noun a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
hieratic script.
- adjective associated with the priesthood or priests
priestly; hieratical; sacerdotal.
- priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments
- hieratic gestures
- noun a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
- inconvenienced2/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
- scienter2/5
scienter
- adverb (law) deliberately or knowingly
- adverb (law) deliberately or knowingly
- dietitians2/5
dietitian
- noun a specialist in the study of nutrition
nutritionist; dietician.
- noun a specialist in the study of nutrition
- erythropoiesis2/5
erythropoiesis
- noun the process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow
- noun the process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow
- monstrosities2/5
monstrosity
- noun a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
lusus naturae; freak; monster.
- noun something hideous or frightful
- they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity
- noun a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
- emulsifier2/5
emulsifier
- noun a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion
- noun a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion
- rookies2/5
rookie
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
cub; greenhorn.
- noun an awkward and inexperienced youth
- duvalier2/5
duvalier
- noun son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951)
Jean-Claude Duvalier; Baby Doc.
- noun oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971)
Francois Duvalier; Papa Doc.
- noun son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951)
- indemnities2/5
indemnity
- noun protection against future loss
insurance.
- noun legal exemption from liability for damages
- noun protection against future loss
- diehard2/5
diehard
- noun one who adheres to traditional views
traditionalist.
- noun one who adheres to traditional views
- distilleries2/5
distillery
- noun a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
still.
- noun a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
- potteries2/5
pottery
- noun ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln
clayware.
- noun the craft of making earthenware
- noun ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln
- trivialities2/5
triviality
- noun the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
pettiness; puniness; slightness.
- noun a detail that is considered insignificant
trifle; technicality.
- noun the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
- enthalpies2/5
enthalpy
- noun (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure
H; heat content; total heat.
- enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work
- noun (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure
- mischiefs2/5
mischief
- noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
mischief-making; rascality; mischievousness; roguishness; roguery; devilment; deviltry; shenanigan; devilry.
- noun the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
maleficence; balefulness.
- noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
- improprieties2/5
impropriety
- noun an improper demeanor
improperness.
- noun the condition of being improper
- noun an improper demeanor
- quotients2/5
quotient
- noun the ratio of two quantities to be divided
- noun the number obtained by division
- noun the ratio of two quantities to be divided
- emulsifiers2/5
emulsifier
- noun a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion
- noun a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion
- formularies2/5
formulary
- noun (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation
pharmacopeia.
- postexposure prophylaxis is an integral part of the pharmacopeia in preventing severe disease after acute infections
- adjective of or relating to or of the nature of a formula
- noun (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation
- dirtiest2/5
dirty
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
begrime; soil; grime; bemire; colly.
- don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
- adjective soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
soiled; unclean.
- dirty unswept sidewalks
- a child in dirty overalls
- dirty slums
- piles of dirty dishes
- put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
- wore an unclean shirt
- mining is a dirty job
- Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- disquieted2/5
disquieted
- adjective satellite afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
distressed; disturbed; upset; worried.
- too upset to say anything
- spent many disquieted moments
- distressed about her son's leaving home
- lapsed into disturbed sleep
- worried parents
- a worried frown
- one last worried check of the sleeping children
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- adjective satellite afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
- depositories2/5
depository
- noun a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
repository; deposit; depositary.
- noun a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- dandies2/5
dandy
- noun a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
gallant; clotheshorse; fop; beau; swell; dude; sheik; fashion plate.
- noun a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
yawl.
- noun a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- merrier2/5
merry
- adjective satellite full of or showing high-spirited merriment
jocund; gay; mirthful; jolly; jovial.
- when hearts were young and gay
- a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth
- the jolly crowd at the reunion
- jolly old Saint Nick
- a jovial old gentleman
- have a merry Christmas
- peals of merry laughter
- a mirthful laugh
- adjective satellite offering fun and gaiety
festal; gay; festive.
- a festive (or festal) occasion
- gay and exciting night life
- a merry evening
- adjective satellite full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- lowliest2/5
lowly
- adjective satellite low or inferior in station or quality
small; modest; humble; low.
- a humble cottage
- a lowly parish priest
- a modest man of the people
- small beginnings
- adjective satellite inferior in rank or status
petty; junior-grade; lower-ranking; subaltern; secondary.
- the junior faculty
- a lowly corporal
- petty officialdom
- a subordinate functionary
- adjective satellite low or inferior in station or quality
- infidelities2/5
infidelity
- noun the quality of being unfaithful
unfaithfulness.
- noun the quality of being unfaithful
- crazier2/5
crazy
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
loony; weirdo; looney; nutcase.
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
unhinged; brainsick; demented; disturbed; mad; sick; unbalanced.
- a man who had gone mad
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
- outcries2/5
outcry
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
cry; shout; call; vociferation; yell.
- the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience
- verb shout louder than
outshout.
- noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
- orientate2/5
orientate
- verb determine one's position with reference to another point
orient.
- We had to orient ourselves in the forest
- verb determine one's position with reference to another point
- curtsied2/5
curtsy
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsey.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsey.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- kiddies2/5
- believability2/5
believability
- noun the quality of being believable or trustworthy
credibility; credibleness.
- noun the quality of being believable or trustworthy
- magnifier2/5
magnifier
- noun a scientific instrument that magnifies an image
- noun a scientific instrument that magnifies an image
- dirtier2/5
dirty
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
begrime; soil; grime; bemire; colly.
- don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
- adjective soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
soiled; unclean.
- dirty unswept sidewalks
- a child in dirty overalls
- dirty slums
- piles of dirty dishes
- put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
- wore an unclean shirt
- mining is a dirty job
- Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- pseudoscience2/5
pseudoscience
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- skied2/5
ski
- noun narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- verb move along on skis
- We love to ski the Rockies
- My children don't ski
- noun narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- reorienting2/5
reorient
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
reorientate.
- verb cause to turn
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
- piercings2/5
pierce
- noun 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
Franklin Pierce; President Pierce.
- verb cut or make a way through
- the knife cut through the flesh
- The path pierced the jungle
- Light pierced through the forest
- noun 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
- pities2/5
pity
- noun a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
commiseration; ruth; pathos.
- the blind are too often objects of pity
- noun an unfortunate development
shame.
- it's a pity he couldn't do it
- noun a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
- overlies2/5
overlie
- verb lie upon; lie on top of
- the granite overlies the older rocks
- verb kill by lying on
overlay.
- The sow overlay her piglets
- verb lie upon; lie on top of
- spiritualities2/5
spirituality
- noun property or income owned by a church
church property; spiritualty.
- noun concern with things of the spirit
spiritualism; spiritism; otherworldliness.
- noun property or income owned by a church
- yuppies2/5
yuppie
- noun a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style
- noun a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style
- groupies2/5
groupie
- noun an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)
- noun an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)
- phylogenies2/5
phylogeny
- noun (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
phylogenesis; evolution; organic evolution.
- noun (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
- liveries2/5
livery
- noun uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
- noun the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
delivery; legal transfer.
- noun uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
- wiesenthal2/5
wiesenthal
- noun Austrian investigator of Nazi war crimes (born in 1908)
Samuel Wiesenthal.
- noun Austrian investigator of Nazi war crimes (born in 1908)
- edified2/5
edified
- adjective satellite instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement
- verb make understand
edify; enlighten.
- Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal
- adjective satellite instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement
- delinquencies2/5
delinquency
- noun nonpayment of a debt when due
- noun a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
dereliction; willful neglect.
- he inherited his delinquency from his father
- his derelictions were not really intended as crimes
- his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities
- noun nonpayment of a debt when due
- clavier2/5
clavier
- noun a bank of keys on a musical instrument
fingerboard; piano keyboard.
- noun a stringed instrument that has a keyboard
Klavier.
- noun a bank of keys on a musical instrument
- pilloried2/5
pillory
- noun a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
- verb expose to ridicule or public scorn
gibbet.
- noun a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
- flurries2/5
flurry
- noun a rapid active commotion
fuss; bustle; ado; stir; hustle.
- noun a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that)
snow flurry.
- he had to close the window against the flurries
- there was a flurry of chicken feathers
- noun a rapid active commotion
- smoothies2/5
smoothy
- noun someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
smoothie; sweet talker; charmer.
- noun someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
- incendiaries2/5
incendiary
- noun a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
arsonist; firebug.
- noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
firebomb; incendiary bomb.
- noun a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
- salinities2/5
salinity
- noun the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
salt; saltiness.
- noun the relative proportion of salt in a solution
brininess.
- noun the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
- hieroglyph2/5
hieroglyph
- noun writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
hieroglyphic.
- noun a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
hieroglyphic.
- noun writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
- hillbillies2/5
hillbilly
- noun a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
bushwhacker.
- noun a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
- stabilities2/5
stability
- noun the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast
stableness.
- noun a stable order (especially of society)
- noun the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast
- caddies2/5
caddy
- noun a can for storing tea
tea caddy.
- verb act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
caddie.
- noun a can for storing tea
- mouthpieces2/5
mouthpiece
- noun a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person
- the mouthpiece of a respirator
- noun an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks
- noun a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person
- luminosities2/5
luminosity
- noun the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
luminance; brightness; luminousness; light; brightness level.
- its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun
- noun the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- hoosiers2/5
hoosier
- noun a native or resident of Indiana
Indianan.
- noun a native or resident of Indiana
- dietician2/5
dietician
- noun a specialist in the study of nutrition
nutritionist; dietitian.
- noun a specialist in the study of nutrition
- ramified2/5
ramify
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
complexify.
- These actions will ramify
- verb grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
branch.
- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
- codifies2/5
codify
- verb organize into a code or system, such as a body of law
- Hammurabi codified the laws
- verb organize into a code or system, such as a body of law
- ateliers2/5
atelier
- noun a studio especially for an artist or designer
artist's workroom.
- noun a studio especially for an artist or designer
- piebald2/5
piebald
- adjective satellite having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
painted; multi-coloured; varicoloured; multicolour; varicolored; motley; pied; particolored; multi-color; multicolored; multicoloured; multicolor; particoloured; multi-colored; multi-colour; calico.
- a jester dressed in motley
- the painted desert
- a particolored dress
- a piebald horse
- pied daisies
- adjective satellite having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- booties2/5
booty
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
swag; prize; pillage; plunder; dirty money; loot.
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
- craziest2/5
crazy
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
loony; weirdo; looney; nutcase.
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
unhinged; brainsick; demented; disturbed; mad; sick; unbalanced.
- a man who had gone mad
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
- amnesties2/5
amnesty
- noun a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
- noun a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
pardon.
- noun a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
- kilocalories2/5
kilocalorie
- noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
large calorie; Calorie; nutritionist's calorie; kilogram calorie.
- noun a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
- rarified2/5
rarified
- adjective satellite having low density
rarefied; rare.
- rare gasses
- lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air
- adjective satellite of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
idealistic; exalted; noble-minded; elevated; rarefied; grand; high-flown; high-minded; sublime; lofty.
- an exalted ideal
- argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks
- a noble and lofty concept
- a grand purpose
- adjective satellite having low density
- morbidities2/5
morbidity
- noun the relative incidence of a particular disease
- noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
morbidness.
- his fear of being alone verges on morbidity
- noun the relative incidence of a particular disease
- chieftainship2/5
chieftainship
- noun the position of chieftain
chieftaincy.
- noun the position of chieftain
- maries2/5
mary
- noun the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
The Virgin; Blessed Virgin; Virgin Mary; Madonna.
- noun the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
- briers2/5
brier
- noun tangled mass of prickly plants
brier patch; brierpatch.
- noun a thorny stem or twig
- noun tangled mass of prickly plants
- alienable2/5
alienable
- adjective transferable to another owner
- adjective transferable to another owner
- underachieving2/5
underachieve
- verb perform less well or with less success than expected
underperform.
- John consistently underachieves, although he is very able
- My stocks underperformed last year
- verb perform less well or with less success than expected
- centerpieces2/5
centerpiece
- noun the central or most important feature
centrepiece.
- education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform
- noun something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)
centrepiece.
- noun the central or most important feature
- deadlier2/5
deadly
- adjective satellite causing or capable of causing death
deathly; mortal.
- a fatal accident
- a deadly enemy
- mortal combat
- a mortal illness
- adjective satellite of an instrument of certain death
lethal.
- deadly poisons
- lethal weapon
- a lethal injection
- adjective satellite causing or capable of causing death
- tautologies2/5
tautology
- noun (logic) a statement that is necessarily true
- the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology
- noun useless repetition
- to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology
- noun (logic) a statement that is necessarily true
- dallied2/5
dally
- verb behave carelessly or indifferently
flirt; toy; play.
- Play about with a young girl's affection
- verb waste time
dawdle.
- Get busy--don't dally!
- verb behave carelessly or indifferently
- nastier2/5
nasty
- adjective offensive or even (of persons) malicious
awful.
- in a nasty mood
- a nasty accident
- a nasty shock
- a nasty smell
- a nasty trick to pull
- Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound
- adjective satellite exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
tight.
- a nasty problem
- a good man to have on your side in a tight situation
- adjective offensive or even (of persons) malicious
- proficiencies2/5
proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- noun skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
technique.
- practice greatly improves proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- worthiest2/5
worthy
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- he told his story to some conservative worthies
- local worthies rarely challenged the chief constable
- adjective having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
- a worthy fellow
- a worthy cause
- noun an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
- braziers2/5
brazier
- noun large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times
brasier.
- noun large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times
- quiets2/5
quiet
- noun a period of calm weather
lull.
- there was a lull in the storm
- noun an untroubled state; free from disturbances
tranquility; tranquillity.
- noun a period of calm weather
- bulkier2/5
bulky
- adjective satellite of large size for its weight
- adjective satellite of large size for its weight
- auguries2/5
augury
- noun an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
foretoken; preindication; sign.
- he hoped it was an augury
- it was a sign from God
- noun an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
- superfluities2/5
superfluity
- noun extreme excess
embarrassment; overplus; plethora.
- an embarrassment of riches
- noun extreme excess
- totalities2/5
totality
- noun the state of being total and complete
entirety; integrality; entireness.
- he read the article in its entirety
- appalled by the totality of the destruction
- noun the quality of being complete and indiscriminate
- the totality of war and its consequences
- the all-embracing totality of the state
- noun the state of being total and complete
- pluralities2/5
plurality
- noun the state of being plural
- to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable
- noun a large indefinite number
battalion; pack; multitude; large number.
- a battalion of ants
- a multitude of TV antennas
- a plurality of religions
- noun the state of being plural
- presbyteries2/5
presbytery
- noun building reserved for the officiating clergy
- noun building reserved for the officiating clergy
- confederacies2/5
confederacy
- noun the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Dixie; Dixieland; Confederate States of America; Confederate States; South.
- noun a union of political organizations
confederation; federation.
- noun the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
- nastiest2/5
nasty
- adjective offensive or even (of persons) malicious
awful.
- in a nasty mood
- a nasty accident
- a nasty shock
- a nasty smell
- a nasty trick to pull
- Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound
- adjective satellite exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
tight.
- a nasty problem
- a good man to have on your side in a tight situation
- adjective offensive or even (of persons) malicious
- greenbrier2/5
greenbrier
- noun a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
catbrier; horse brier; Smilax rotundifolia; briar; bullbrier; brier; horse-brier.
- noun a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
- repertories2/5
repertory
- noun a storehouse where a stock of things is kept
- noun the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
repertoire.
- the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism
- has a large repertory of dialects and characters
- noun a storehouse where a stock of things is kept
- worrier2/5
worrier
- noun thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
fuss-budget; worrywart; fusspot.
- noun thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
- reprieved2/5
reprieve
- noun a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
respite.
- noun an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
suspension; abatement; hiatus; respite.
- noun a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- shimmied2/5
shimmy
- noun an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
- he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel
- noun a woman's sleeveless undergarment
shift; teddy; slip; chemise.
- noun an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
- falsifies2/5
falsify
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; distort; garble.
- verb tamper, with the purpose of deception
wangle; fake; cook; misrepresent; fudge; manipulate.
- Fudge the figures
- cook the books
- falsify the data
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- moviemaking2/5
moviemaking
- noun the production of movies
movie making; film making.
- noun the production of movies
- aunties2/5
aunty
- noun the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
auntie; aunt.
- noun the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
- gondolier2/5
gondolier
- noun a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola
gondoliere.
- noun a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola
- archaeologies2/5
archaeology
- noun the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
archeology.
- noun the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
- oversimplifies2/5
oversimplify
- verb simplify to an excessive degree
- Don't oversimplify the problem
- verb make too simple
- Don't oversimplify the instructions
- verb simplify to an excessive degree
- brigadiers2/5
brigadier
- noun a general officer ranking below a major general
brigadier general.
- noun a general officer ranking below a major general
- anatomies2/5
anatomy
- noun the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
general anatomy.
- noun alternative names for the body of a human being
form; figure; flesh; soma; frame; physique; material body; shape; chassis; build; human body; physical body; bod.
- Leonardo studied the human body
- he has a strong physique
- the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
- noun the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
- magistracies2/5
magistracy
- noun the position of magistrate
magistrature.
- noun the position of magistrate
- diehards2/5
diehard
- noun one who adheres to traditional views
traditionalist.
- noun one who adheres to traditional views
- counterrevolutionaries2/5
counterrevolutionary
- noun a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
counter-revolutionist; counterrevolutionist.
- adjective relating to or being a counterrevolution
- noun a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
- downfield2/5
downfield
- adjective satellite toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
- he threw to a downfield receiver
- adverb toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
- he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards
- adjective satellite toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
- commonalties2/5
commonalty
- noun a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
commonality; commons.
- noun a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
- porosities2/5
porosity
- noun the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
porousness.
- noun the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
- reifies2/5
reify
- verb consider an abstract concept to be real
- verb consider an abstract concept to be real
- neediest2/5
needy
- noun needy people collectively
- they try to help the needy
- adjective satellite poor enough to need help from others
poverty-stricken; necessitous; impoverished; destitute; indigent.
- noun needy people collectively
- shies2/5
shy
- noun a quick throw
- he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman
- verb start suddenly, as from fright
- noun a quick throw
- colloquies2/5
colloquy
- noun a conversation especially a formal one
- noun formal conversation
- noun a conversation especially a formal one
- linearities2/5
linearity
- noun the property of having one dimension
one-dimensionality.
- noun the property of having one dimension
- tastier2/5
tasty
- adjective pleasing to the sense of taste
- a tasty morsel
- adjective pleasing to the sense of taste
- wearies2/5
weary
- verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
wear out; tire; wear down; jade; fag out; fatigue; wear; tire out; outwear; fag; wear upon.
- We wore ourselves out on this hike
- verb lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
jade; fatigue; pall; tire.
- I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
- verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- flurried2/5
flurry
- noun a rapid active commotion
fuss; bustle; ado; stir; hustle.
- noun a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that)
snow flurry.
- he had to close the window against the flurries
- there was a flurry of chicken feathers
- noun a rapid active commotion
- cartographies2/5
cartography
- noun the making of maps and charts
mapmaking.
- noun the making of maps and charts
- curies2/5
curie
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
Ci.
- noun French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)
Pierre Curie.
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
- flexibilities2/5
flexibility
- noun the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped
flexibleness.
- noun the quality of being adaptable or variable
flexibleness.
- he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement
- noun the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped
- causalities2/5
causality
- noun the relation between causes and effects
- noun the relation between causes and effects
- crudities2/5
crudity
- noun a wild or unrefined state
crudeness; rudeness; primitivism; primitiveness.
- noun an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
crudeness; gaucheness.
- the whole town was famous for its crudeness
- noun a wild or unrefined state
- underachievers2/5
underachiever
- noun a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates
underperformer; nonachiever.
- noun a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates
- busybodies2/5
busybody
- noun a person who meddles in the affairs of others
nosy-parker; quidnunc; nosey-parker.
- noun a person who meddles in the affairs of others
- simplicities2/5
simplicity
- noun the quality of being simple or uncompounded
simpleness.
- the simplicity of a crystal
- noun a lack of penetration or subtlety
simple mindedness; simpleness.
- they took advantage of her simplicity
- noun the quality of being simple or uncompounded
- newbies2/5
newbie
- noun any new participant in some activity
fledgeling; neophyte; newcomer; entrant; freshman; fledgling; starter.
- noun any new participant in some activity
- variegation2/5
variegation
- noun variability in coloration
- noun the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)
diversification.
- my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments
- he limited his losses by diversification of his product line
- noun variability in coloration
- tinier2/5
tiny
- adjective satellite very small
bantam; petite; diminutive; midget; flyspeck; lilliputian.
- diminutive in stature
- a lilliputian chest of drawers
- her petite figure
- tiny feet
- the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
- adjective satellite very small
- driers2/5
drier
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
siccative; drying agent; desiccant.
- noun an appliance that removes moisture
dryer.
- noun a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
- soldiered2/5
soldier
- noun an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
- the soldiers stood at attention
- noun a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
- noun an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
- quietened2/5
quieten
- verb become quiet or quieter
quiesce; pipe down; quiet; quiet down; hush.
- The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
- verb make calm or still
still; tranquilize; tranquillize; calm down; quiet; calm; tranquillise; lull.
- quiet the dragons of worry and fear
- verb become quiet or quieter
- detoxified2/5
detoxify
- verb remove poison from
detoxicate.
- detoxify the soil
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detox.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- verb remove poison from
- biennials2/5
biennial
- noun (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
- adjective having a life cycle lasting two seasons
two-year.
- a biennial life cycle
- parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals
- noun (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
- quieten2/5
quieten
- verb become quiet or quieter
quiesce; pipe down; quiet; quiet down; hush.
- The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
- verb make calm or still
still; tranquilize; tranquillize; calm down; quiet; calm; tranquillise; lull.
- quiet the dragons of worry and fear
- verb become quiet or quieter
- shrubberies2/5
shrubbery
- noun an area where a number of shrubs are planted
- noun a collection of shrubs growing together
- noun an area where a number of shrubs are planted
- trickiest2/5
tricky
- adjective satellite not to be trusted
slippery.
- how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
- adjective satellite having concealed difficulty
catchy.
- a catchy question
- a tricky recipe to follow
- adjective satellite not to be trusted
- remarries2/5
remarry
- verb marry, not for the first time
- After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart
- verb marry, not for the first time
- urgencies2/5
urgency
- noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- noun pressing importance requiring speedy action
- the urgency of his need
- noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- transmogrified2/5
transmogrify
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
transfigure; metamorphose.
- In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug
- The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman
- Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
- gratifies2/5
gratify
- verb make happy or satisfied
satisfy.
- verb yield (to); give satisfaction to
pander; indulge.
- verb make happy or satisfied
- lieutenancy2/5
lieutenancy
- noun the position of a lieutenant
- noun the position of a lieutenant
- gondoliers2/5
gondolier
- noun a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola
gondoliere.
- noun a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola
- crosier2/5
crosier
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
crozier.
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
- judiciaries2/5
judiciary
- noun persons who administer justice
bench.
- noun the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
judicatory; judicial system; judicature.
- noun persons who administer justice
- validities2/5
validity
- noun the quality of being valid and rigorous
rigor; rigour; cogency.
- noun the quality of having legal force or effectiveness
validness.
- noun the quality of being valid and rigorous
- eddied2/5
eddy
- noun founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
Mary Baker Eddy; Mary Morse Baker Eddy.
- noun a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
twist.
- noun founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
- resistivities2/5
resistivity
- noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
ohmic resistance; electric resistance; resistance; impedance; electrical resistance.
- noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- rentiers2/5
rentier
- noun someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments
- noun someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments
- infirmaries2/5
infirmary
- noun a health facility where patients receive treatment
hospital.
- noun a health facility where patients receive treatment
- orthographies2/5
orthography
- noun a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
writing system.
- noun a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
- biologies2/5
biology
- noun the science that studies living organisms
biological science.
- noun characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms
- the biology of viruses
- noun the science that studies living organisms
- vulgarities2/5
vulgarity
- noun the quality of lacking taste and refinement
coarseness; commonness; raunch; vulgarism; grossness.
- noun the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- immoralities2/5
immorality
- noun the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
- the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction
- noun morally objectionable behavior
iniquity; wickedness; evil.
- noun the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
- wieners2/5
wiener
- noun United States mathematician and founder of cybernetics (1894-1964)
Norbert Wiener.
- noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
frank; dog; hot dog; wienerwurst; frankfurter; weenie; hotdog.
- noun United States mathematician and founder of cybernetics (1894-1964)
- sorceries2/5
sorcery
- noun the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
black art; black magic; necromancy.
- noun the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
- merriest2/5
merry
- adjective satellite full of or showing high-spirited merriment
jocund; gay; mirthful; jolly; jovial.
- when hearts were young and gay
- a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth
- the jolly crowd at the reunion
- jolly old Saint Nick
- a jovial old gentleman
- have a merry Christmas
- peals of merry laughter
- a mirthful laugh
- adjective satellite offering fun and gaiety
festal; gay; festive.
- a festive (or festal) occasion
- gay and exciting night life
- a merry evening
- adjective satellite full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- transiently2/5
transiently
- adverb for a very short time
- these three pions may actually be joined together transiently as a compound particle during the interchange process
- adverb for a very short time
- riskier2/5
risky
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
wild; hazardous.
- skydiving is a hazardous sport
- extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
- a wild financial scheme
- adjective satellite not financially safe or secure
speculative; bad; high-risk.
- a bad investment
- high risk investments
- anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
- speculative business enterprises
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
- peripheries2/5
periphery
- noun the outside boundary or surface of something
outer boundary; fringe.
- noun the outside boundary or surface of something
- bounties2/5
bounty
- noun payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military
premium.
- noun the property of copious abundance
bountifulness; amplitude.
- noun payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military
- indignities2/5
indignity
- noun an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem
- noun an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem
- expedients2/5
expedient
- noun a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
- adjective serving to promote your interest
- was merciful only when mercy was expedient
- noun a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
- animosities2/5
animosity
- noun a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
animus; bad blood.
- noun a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
- outfield2/5
outfield
- noun the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases
- noun the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases
- canaries2/5
canary
- noun someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
sneaker; stool pigeon; sneak; stoolpigeon; fink; stoolie; snitch; snitcher.
- noun a female singer
- noun someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- liechtenstein2/5
liechtenstein
- noun a small landlocked principality (constitutional monarchy) in central Europe located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland
Principality of Liechtenstein.
- noun a small landlocked principality (constitutional monarchy) in central Europe located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland
- courtesies2/5
courtesy
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate remark
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- canfield2/5
canfield
- noun a form of solitaire that involves gambling
- noun a form of solitaire that involves gambling
- mightiest2/5
mighty
- adjective satellite having or showing great strength or force or intensity
- struck a mighty blow
- the mighty logger Paul Bunyan
- the pen is mightier than the sword"- Bulwer-Lytton
- adverb (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
powerful; right; mightily.
- the baby is mighty cute
- he's mighty tired
- it is powerful humid
- that boy is powerful big now
- they have a right nice place
- they rejoiced mightily
- adjective satellite having or showing great strength or force or intensity
- wieland2/5
wieland
- noun (European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund
Wayland; Wayland the Smith.
- noun (European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund
- obscenities2/5
obscenity
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
salaciousness; salacity; bawdiness; lewdness.
- noun an offensive or indecent word or phrase
smut; filth; dirty word; vulgarism.
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
- photocopied2/5
photocopy
- noun a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work
- verb reproduce by xerography
xerox; run off.
- noun a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work
- infield2/5
infield
- noun the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
baseball diamond; diamond.
- noun the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
- declassified2/5
declassified
- adjective satellite having had security classification removed
- verb lift the restriction on and make available again
declassify.
- reclassify the documents
- adjective satellite having had security classification removed
- stieglitz2/5
stieglitz
- noun United States photographer (1864-1946)
Alfred Stieglitz.
- noun United States photographer (1864-1946)
- busier2/5
busy
- verb keep busy with
occupy.
- She busies herself with her butterfly collection
- adjective actively or fully engaged or occupied
- busy with her work
- a busy man
- too busy to eat lunch
- verb keep busy with
- loftier2/5
lofty
- adjective satellite of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
idealistic; exalted; noble-minded; elevated; rarefied; rarified; grand; high-flown; high-minded; sublime.
- an exalted ideal
- argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks
- a noble and lofty concept
- a grand purpose
- adjective satellite of imposing height; especially standing out above others
towering; soaring; eminent.
- an eminent peak
- lofty mountains
- the soaring spires of the cathedral
- towering icebergs
- adjective satellite of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
- transience2/5
transience
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
transitoriness; transiency.
- noun the attribute of being brief or fleeting
briefness; brevity.
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
- ethnographies2/5
ethnography
- noun the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies
descriptive anthropology.
- noun the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies
- loftiest2/5
lofty
- adjective satellite of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
idealistic; exalted; noble-minded; elevated; rarefied; rarified; grand; high-flown; high-minded; sublime.
- an exalted ideal
- argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks
- a noble and lofty concept
- a grand purpose
- adjective satellite of imposing height; especially standing out above others
towering; soaring; eminent.
- an eminent peak
- lofty mountains
- the soaring spires of the cathedral
- towering icebergs
- adjective satellite of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
- antiepileptic2/5
antiepileptic
- noun a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
anticonvulsant; antiepileptic drug; anticonvulsant drug.
- noun a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
- mightier2/5
mighty
- adjective satellite having or showing great strength or force or intensity
- struck a mighty blow
- the mighty logger Paul Bunyan
- the pen is mightier than the sword"- Bulwer-Lytton
- adverb (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
powerful; right; mightily.
- the baby is mighty cute
- he's mighty tired
- it is powerful humid
- that boy is powerful big now
- they have a right nice place
- they rejoiced mightily
- adjective satellite having or showing great strength or force or intensity
- rigidities2/5
rigidity
- noun the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
rigidness.
- noun the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
rigidness; inflexibility.
- noun the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
- perplexities2/5
perplexity
- noun trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
- noun trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
- healthiest2/5
healthy
- adjective having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
- a rosy healthy baby
- staying fit and healthy
- adjective satellite financially secure and functioning well
- a healthy economy
- adjective having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
- fiendish2/5
fiendish
- adjective satellite extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
satanic; infernal; demonic; hellish; unholy; diabolical; diabolic.
- something demonic in him--something that could be cruel
- fires lit up a diabolic scene
- diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils
- a fiendish despot
- hellish torture
- infernal instruments of war
- satanic cruelty
- unholy grimaces
- adjective satellite extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
- orderlies2/5
orderly
- noun a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
- the orderly laid out the general's uniform
- noun a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
hospital attendant.
- noun a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
- riel2/5
riel
- noun the basic unit of money in Cambodia; equal to 100 sen
- noun the basic unit of money in Cambodia; equal to 100 sen
- outfielder2/5
outfielder
- noun (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield
- noun a fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield
- noun (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield
- fiercer2/5
fierce
- adjective satellite marked by extreme and violent energy
furious; ferocious; savage.
- a ferocious beating
- fierce fighting
- a furious battle
- adjective satellite marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
vehement; tearing; trigger-happy; violent.
- fierce loyalty
- in a tearing rage
- vehement dislike
- violent passions
- adjective satellite marked by extreme and violent energy
- intimacies2/5
intimacy
- noun close or warm friendship
closeness; familiarity.
- the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy
- noun a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
affair; liaison; involvement; affaire; amour.
- noun close or warm friendship
- ugliest2/5
ugly
- adjective displeasing to the senses
- an ugly face
- ugly furniture
- adjective satellite inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
surly.
- a surly waiter
- an ugly frame of mind
- adjective displeasing to the senses
- jellies2/5
jelly
- noun an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
gelatin.
- noun a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit
- noun an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
- foundries2/5
foundry
- noun factory where metal castings are produced
metalworks.
- noun factory where metal castings are produced
- sixtieth2/5
sixtieth
- noun position 60 in a countable series of things
- noun one part in sixty equal parts
one-sixtieth.
- noun position 60 in a countable series of things
- haciendas2/5
hacienda
- noun a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
- noun the main house on a ranch or large estate
- noun a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
- frailties2/5
frailty
- noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
valetudinarianism; debility; frailness; feebleness; infirmity.
- noun moral weakness
vice.
- noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
- disorienting2/5
disorienting
- adjective causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings
- making so many turns to the right and then the left was completely disorienting
- a sharp blow to the head can be disorienting
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorientate; disorient.
- adjective causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings
- gillies2/5
gillie
- noun a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
- noun a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep
ghillie.
- noun a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
- scientology2/5
scientology
- noun a new religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1955 and characterized by a belief in the power of a person's spirit to clear itself of past painful experiences through self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment
Church of Scientology.
- noun a new religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1955 and characterized by a belief in the power of a person's spirit to clear itself of past painful experiences through self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment
- holier2/5
holy
- noun a sacred place of pilgrimage
sanctum; holy place.
- adjective belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power
- noun a sacred place of pilgrimage
- incompatibilities2/5
incompatibility
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
mutual exclusiveness; repugnance; inconsistency.
- noun (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
- conies2/5
cony
- noun any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
das; hyrax; dassie; coney.
- noun small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
mouse hare; rock rabbit; pika; coney.
- noun any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
- susceptibilities2/5
susceptibility
- noun the state of being susceptible; easily affected
susceptibleness.
- noun the state of being susceptible; easily affected
- dignities2/5
dignity
- noun the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
self-respect; self-regard; self-worth.
- it was beneath his dignity to cheat
- showed his true dignity when under pressure
- noun formality in bearing and appearance
lordliness; gravitas.
- he behaved with great dignity
- noun the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
- bloodiest2/5
bloody
- verb cover with blood
- bloody your hands
- adjective having or covered with or accompanied by blood
- a bloody nose
- your scarf is all bloody
- the effects will be violent and probably bloody
- a bloody fight
- verb cover with blood
- candied2/5
candied
- adjective satellite encrusted with sugar or syrup
sugar-coated.
- candied grapefruit peel
- verb coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
glaze; candy; sugarcoat.
- adjective satellite encrusted with sugar or syrup
- prokofiev2/5
prokofiev
- noun Russian composer of ballets and symphonies and operas (1891-1953)
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev.
- noun Russian composer of ballets and symphonies and operas (1891-1953)
- mummified2/5
mummify
- verb preserve while making lifeless
- mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of
- verb remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it
- Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs
- verb preserve while making lifeless
- dowries2/5
dowry
- noun money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
portion; dowery; dower.
- noun money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
- lieder2/5
lied
- noun a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
- verb be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
lie.
- noun a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
- austerities2/5
austerity
- noun the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
nonindulgence; asceticism.
- noun the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
- ecstasies2/5
ecstasy
- noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
rapture; raptus; transport; exaltation.
- listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens
- noun a state of elated bliss
rapture.
- noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
- seventieth2/5
seventieth
- noun position 70 in a countable series of things
- adjective satellite the ordinal number of seventy in counting order
70th.
- noun position 70 in a countable series of things
- driest2/5
dry
- noun a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
prohibitionist.
- verb remove the moisture from and make dry
dry out.
- dry clothes
- dry hair
- noun a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- harrier2/5
harrier
- noun a persistent attacker
harasser.
- the harassers were not members of the regular army
- noun a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits
- noun a persistent attacker
- triennial2/5
triennial
- noun the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
tercentennial; tercentenary.
- adjective satellite occurring every third year or lasting 3 years
- noun the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- underachievement2/5
underachievement
- noun poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)
- noun poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)
- insurgencies2/5
insurgency
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
insurgence.
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
- prurient2/5
prurient
- adjective satellite characterized by lust
lustful; salacious; lubricious.
- eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer
- her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature
- prurient literature
- prurient thoughts
- a salacious rooster of a little man
- adjective satellite characterized by lust
- dissimilarities2/5
dissimilarity
- noun the quality of being dissimilar
unsimilarity.
- noun the quality of being dissimilar
- grieg2/5
grieg
- noun Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907)
Edvard Hagerup Grieg; Edvard Grieg.
- noun Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907)
- psychotherapies2/5
psychotherapy
- noun the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
psychotherapeutics; mental hygiene.
- noun the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means
- noun the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
- ebullient2/5
ebullient
- adjective satellite joyously unrestrained
high-spirited; exuberant.
- adjective satellite joyously unrestrained
- devries2/5
devries
- noun Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935)
Hugo De Vries; Hugo deVries; De Vries.
- noun Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935)
- proprieties2/5
propriety
- noun correct or appropriate behavior
correctitude; properness.
- noun correct or appropriate behavior
- pieta2/5
pieta
- noun a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus
- noun a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus
- verities2/5
verity
- noun conformity to reality or actuality
trueness; the true; truth.
- they debated the truth of the proposition
- the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat
- he was famous for the truth of his portraits
- he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities
- noun an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
- noun conformity to reality or actuality
- crannies2/5
cranny
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
crevice; chap; fissure; crack.
- noun a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
- suppositories2/5
suppository
- noun a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts
- noun a small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts
- ecologies2/5
ecology
- noun the environment as it relates to living organisms
- it changed the ecology of the island
- noun the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
bionomics; environmental science.
- noun the environment as it relates to living organisms
- inhomogeneities2/5
inhomogeneity
- noun the quality of being inhomogeneous
- noun the quality of being inhomogeneous
- besiege2/5
besiege
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; circumvent; hem in; surround.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb cause to feel distressed or worried
- She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- orthodoxies2/5
orthodoxy
- noun the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
- noun a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards
- noun the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
- shanties2/5
shanty
- noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling
hut; shack; hutch; hovel.
- noun a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
sea chantey; chanty; chantey.
- noun small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- gloried2/5
glory
- noun a state of high honor
glorification.
- he valued glory above life itself
- noun brilliant radiant beauty
resplendence; resplendency.
- the glory of the sunrise
- noun a state of high honor
- soldierly2/5
soldierly
- adjective satellite (of persons) befitting a warrior
soldierlike; warriorlike; martial.
- a military bearing
- adjective satellite (of persons) befitting a warrior
- luckiest2/5
lucky
- adjective satellite occurring by chance
- a lucky escape
- a lucky guess
- adjective having or bringing good fortune
- my lucky day
- a lucky man
- adjective satellite occurring by chance
- unwearied2/5
unwearied
- adjective satellite with unreduced energy
unweary; untired.
- adjective satellite with unreduced energy
- neuroscientists2/5
neuroscientist
- noun a neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
- noun a neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
- antiemetic2/5
antiemetic
- noun a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting
antiemetic drug.
- noun a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting
- ziegfeld2/5
ziegfeld
- noun United States theatrical producer noted for a series of extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1869-1932)
Flo Ziegfeld; Florenz Ziegfeld.
- noun United States theatrical producer noted for a series of extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1869-1932)
- frontiersmen2/5
frontiersman
- noun a man who lives on the frontier
backwoodsman; mountain man.
- noun a man who lives on the frontier
- parried2/5
parry
- noun (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword
- noun a return punch (especially by a boxer)
counterpunch; counter.
- noun (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword
- solidifies2/5
solidify
- verb make solid or more solid; cause to solidify
- verb become solid
- The metal solidified when it cooled
- verb make solid or more solid; cause to solidify
- antinomies2/5
antinomy
- noun a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable
- noun a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable
- luckier2/5
lucky
- adjective satellite occurring by chance
- a lucky escape
- a lucky guess
- adjective having or bringing good fortune
- my lucky day
- a lucky man
- adjective satellite occurring by chance
- complementarities2/5
complementarity
- noun a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities
- noun the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other
- the complementarity of the sexes
- noun a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities
- uglier2/5
ugly
- adjective displeasing to the senses
- an ugly face
- ugly furniture
- adjective satellite inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
surly.
- a surly waiter
- an ugly frame of mind
- adjective displeasing to the senses
- eightieth2/5
eightieth
- noun position 80 in a countable series of things
- adjective satellite the ordinal number of eighty in counting order
80th.
- noun position 80 in a countable series of things
- nuffield2/5
nuffield
- noun British industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963)
William Richard Morris; First Viscount Nuffield.
- noun British industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963)
- colliers2/5
collier
- noun someone who works in a coal mine
pitman; coal miner.
- noun someone who works in a coal mine
- calumnies2/5
calumny
- noun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
obloquy; defamation; hatchet job; calumniation; traducement.
- noun an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
defamation; denigration; slander; aspersion.
- noun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
- dietetics2/5
dietetics
- noun the scientific study of food preparation and intake
- noun the scientific study of food preparation and intake
- osteotomies2/5
- befriending2/5
befriend
- verb become friends with
- John and Eric soon became friends
- Have you made friends yet in your new environment?
- verb become friends with
- palsies2/5
palsy
- noun loss of the ability to move a body part
paralysis.
- noun a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
- noun loss of the ability to move a body part
- friezes2/5
frieze
- noun an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
- noun a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
- noun an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
- gielgud2/5
gielgud
- noun English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000)
Arthur John Gielgud; Sir John Gielgud.
- noun English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000)
- temporalities2/5
temporality
- noun the worldly possessions of a church
temporalty.
- noun the worldly possessions of a church
- etymologies2/5
etymology
- noun a history of a word
- noun the study of the sources and development of words
- noun a history of a word
- mutinies2/5
mutiny
- noun open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
- verb engage in a mutiny against an authority
- noun open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
- intensifier2/5
intensifier
- noun a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
intensive.
- `up' in `finished up' is an intensifier
- `honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier
- noun a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
- legionaries2/5
legionary
- noun a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
legionnaire.
- noun a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
- canopied2/5
canopied
- adjective satellite covered with or as with a canopy
- a canopied bed
- streets canopied by stately trees
- verb cover with a canopy
canopy.
- adjective satellite covered with or as with a canopy
- rosier2/5
rosy
- adjective satellite reflecting optimism
rose-colored.
- a rosy future
- looked at the world through rose-colored glasses
- adjective satellite having the pinkish flush of health
flushed; rose-cheeked; rosy-cheeked.
- adjective satellite reflecting optimism
- gratuities2/5
gratuity
- noun a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
baksheesh; pourboire; bakshis; bakshish; tip; backsheesh.
- noun an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation
- noun a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- frontiersman2/5
frontiersman
- noun a man who lives on the frontier
backwoodsman; mountain man.
- noun a man who lives on the frontier
- photocopier2/5
photocopier
- noun a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies
- noun a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies
- epiphanies2/5
epiphany
- noun a divine manifestation
- noun twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
January 6; Epiphany of Our Lord; Twelfth day; Three Kings' Day.
- noun a divine manifestation
- blasphemies2/5
blasphemy
- noun blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)
- noun blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
profanation; desecration; sacrilege.
- desecration of the Holy Sabbath
- noun blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)
- homologies2/5
homology
- noun the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function
- noun the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function
- subfamilies2/5
subfamily
- noun (biology) a taxonomic category below a family
- noun (biology) a taxonomic category below a family
- riesman2/5
riesman
- noun United States sociologist (1909-2002)
David Riesman Jr.; David Riesman.
- noun United States sociologist (1909-2002)
- acquiescing2/5
acquiesce
- verb to agree or express agreement
accede; assent.
- The Maestro assented to the request for an encore
- verb to agree or express agreement
- soliloquies2/5
soliloquy
- noun speech you make to yourself
monologue.
- noun a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections
- noun speech you make to yourself
- brutalities2/5
brutality
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
savagery; viciousness; ferociousness.
- noun a brutal barbarous savage act
barbarism; savagery; barbarity.
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
- hypertrophied2/5
hypertrophied
- adjective (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells
enlarged.
- hypertrophied myocardial fibers
- verb undergo hypertrophy
hypertrophy.
- muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids
- adjective (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells
- lullabies2/5
lullaby
- noun a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
cradlesong; berceuse.
- noun the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep
cradlesong.
- noun a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
- lavatories2/5
lavatory
- noun a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
toilet; bathroom; privy; can; lav; john.
- noun a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
washbasin; basin; washstand; washbowl.
- he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face
- noun a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- farrier2/5
farrier
- noun a person who shoes horses
horseshoer.
- noun a person who shoes horses
- hatcheries2/5
hatchery
- noun a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs)
- the park authorities operated a trout hatchery
- noun a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs)
- aristocracies2/5
aristocracy
- noun a privileged class holding hereditary titles
nobility.
- noun the most powerful members of a society
gentry.
- noun a privileged class holding hereditary titles
- slurries2/5
slurry
- noun a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water
- noun a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water
- weightier2/5
weighty
- adjective having relatively great weight; heavy
- a weighty load
- a weighty package
- adjective satellite powerfully persuasive
telling; cogent.
- a cogent argument
- a telling presentation
- a weighty argument
- adjective having relatively great weight; heavy
- oldies2/5
oldie
- noun a song that was formerly popular
golden oldie.
- noun a song that was formerly popular
- mutinied2/5
mutiny
- noun open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
- verb engage in a mutiny against an authority
- noun open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
- antipathies2/5
antipathy
- noun a feeling of intense dislike
distaste; aversion.
- noun the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided
- cats were his greatest antipathy
- noun a feeling of intense dislike
- poitier2/5
poitier
- noun United States film actor and director (born in 1927)
Sidney Poitier.
- noun United States film actor and director (born in 1927)
- harriers2/5
harrier
- noun a persistent attacker
harasser.
- the harassers were not members of the regular army
- noun a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits
- noun a persistent attacker
- embroideries2/5
embroidery
- noun elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
embellishment.
- the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
- noun decorative needlework
fancywork.
- noun elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
- gipsies2/5
gipsy
- noun a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
gypsy; itinerant.
- itinerant traders
- noun a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
Romani; Rommany; Gypsy; Bohemian; Roma; Romany.
- noun a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
- humidified2/5
humidify
- verb make (more) humid
moisturise; moisturize.
- We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house
- verb make (more) humid
- falsities2/5
falsity
- noun the state of being false or untrue
falseness.
- argument could not determine its truth or falsity
- noun a false statement
falsehood; untruth.
- noun the state of being false or untrue
- sexiest2/5
sexy
- adjective marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
- feeling sexy
- sexy clothes
- sexy poses
- a sexy book
- sexy jokes
- adjective exciting sexual desire
aphrodisiacal; aphrodisiac.
- adjective marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
- leontief2/5
leontief
- noun United States economist (born in Russia) who devised an input-output method of economic analysis (1906-1999)
Wassily Leontief.
- noun United States economist (born in Russia) who devised an input-output method of economic analysis (1906-1999)
- esterified2/5
esterify
- verb change (a compound) into an ester
- verb change (a compound) into an ester
- oligarchies2/5
oligarchy
- noun a political system governed by a few people
- one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy
- the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen
- noun a political system governed by a few people
- antiemetics2/5
antiemetic
- noun a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting
antiemetic drug.
- noun a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting
- dainties2/5
dainty
- noun something considered choice to eat
goody; kickshaw; delicacy; treat.
- adjective satellite affectedly dainty or refined
twee; prim; niminy-piminy; mincing.
- noun something considered choice to eat
- timepiece2/5
timepiece
- noun a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
horologe; timekeeper.
- noun a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
- conservatories2/5
conservatory
- noun the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts
- noun a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts
conservatoire.
- noun the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts
- contrariety2/5
contrariety
- noun the relation between contraries
- noun the relation between contraries
- sovereignties2/5
sovereignty
- noun government free from external control
- noun royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
reign.
- noun government free from external control
- asperities2/5
asperity
- noun something hard to endure
hardship; rigourousness; severeness; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; grimness; severity.
- the asperity of northern winters
- noun harshness of manner
sharpness.
- noun something hard to endure
- heterogeneities2/5
heterogeneity
- noun the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
heterogeneousness.
- noun the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
- classifieds2/5
classified
- noun a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type
classified ad; classified advertisement.
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
sort; separate; assort; sort out; class; classify.
- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
- noun a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type
- lengthier2/5
lengthy
- adjective satellite relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
extended; protracted; prolonged; drawn-out.
- a drawn-out argument
- an extended discussion
- a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law
- a prolonged and bitter struggle
- protracted negotiations
- adjective satellite relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
- sturdier2/5
sturdy
- adjective satellite having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
hardy; stalwart; stout.
- hardy explorers of northern Canada
- proud of her tall stalwart son
- stout seamen
- sturdy young athletes
- adjective not making concessions
uncompromising; inflexible.
- took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks
- uncompromising honesty
- adjective satellite having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
- litanies2/5
litany
- noun any long and tedious address or recital
- the patient recited a litany of complaints
- a litany of failures
- noun a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
- noun any long and tedious address or recital
- conditionalities2/5
conditionality
- noun the state of being conditional
- noun the state of being conditional
- emollient2/5
emollient
- noun toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
ointment; cream.
- adjective satellite having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
salving; softening; demulcent.
- noun toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
- purifier2/5
purifier
- noun an apparatus for removing impurities
- noun an apparatus for removing impurities
- neckties2/5
necktie
- noun neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
tie.
- he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie
- he wore a vest and tie
- noun neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- faeries2/5
faery
- noun a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
fairy; fay; faerie; sprite.
- noun the enchanted realm of fairies
faerie; fairyland.
- noun a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
- acquiescent2/5
acquiescent
- adjective satellite willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest
biddable.
- too acquiescent to challenge authority
- adjective satellite willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest
- terrifies2/5
terrify
- verb fill with terror; frighten greatly
terrorise; terrorize.
- verb fill with terror; frighten greatly
- obscurities2/5
obscurity
- noun the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
reconditeness; abstruseness; obscureness.
- noun an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
- he worked in obscurity for many years
- noun the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
- legalities2/5
legality
- noun lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute
- noun lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute
- julienne2/5
julienne
- noun a vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish)
julienne vegetable.
- noun a clear soup garnished with julienne vegetables
- noun a vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish)
- tiepolo2/5
tiepolo
- noun Italian painter (1696-1770)
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
- noun Italian painter (1696-1770)
- topographies2/5
topography
- noun the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features
- noun precise detailed study of the surface features of a region
- noun the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features
- harpies2/5
harpy
- noun a malicious woman with a fierce temper
vixen; hellcat.
- noun (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman
- noun a malicious woman with a fierce temper
- solemnities2/5
solemnity
- noun a trait of dignified seriousness
solemness; staidness; sedateness.
- noun a solemn and dignified feeling
gravity.
- noun a trait of dignified seriousness
- ninetieth2/5
ninetieth
- noun position 90 in a countable series of things
- adjective satellite the ordinal number of ninety in counting order
90th.
- noun position 90 in a countable series of things
- loneliest2/5
lonely
- adjective satellite lacking companions or companionship
alone; solitary; lone.
- he was alone when we met him
- she is alone much of the time
- the lone skier on the mountain
- a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel
- a lonely soul
- a solitary traveler
- adjective satellite marked by dejection from being alone
lonesome.
- felt sad and lonely
- the loneliest night of the week
- lonesome when her husband is away
- spent a lonesome hour in the bar
- adjective satellite lacking companions or companionship
- daumier2/5
daumier
- noun French painter best known for his satirical lithographs of bourgeois society (1808-1879)
Honore Daumier.
- noun French painter best known for his satirical lithographs of bourgeois society (1808-1879)
- daddies2/5
daddy
- noun an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
dad; dada; papa; pop; pappa; pa.
- noun an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- canneries2/5
cannery
- noun a factory where food is canned
- noun a factory where food is canned
- riemannian2/5
riemannian
- adjective of or relating to Riemann's non-Euclidean geometry
- adjective of or relating to Riemann's non-Euclidean geometry
- crazies2/5
crazy
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
loony; weirdo; looney; nutcase.
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
unhinged; brainsick; demented; disturbed; mad; sick; unbalanced.
- a man who had gone mad
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
- pietistic2/5
pietistic
- adjective of or relating to Pietism
pietistical.
- the Pietistic movement
- adjective satellite excessively or hypocritically pious
pharisaic; self-righteous; sanctimonious; holier-than-thou; pharisaical; pietistical.
- a sickening sanctimonious smile
- adjective of or relating to Pietism
- sexier2/5
sexy
- adjective marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
- feeling sexy
- sexy clothes
- sexy poses
- a sexy book
- sexy jokes
- adjective exciting sexual desire
aphrodisiacal; aphrodisiac.
- adjective marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
- ditties2/5
ditty
- noun a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)
- noun a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)
- gies2/5
gi
- noun a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
gilbert; Gb.
- verb clean in preparation for inspection
G.I..
- the soldiers GIed the barracks
- noun a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
- vieques2/5
vieques
- noun a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico used for target practice by the United States Navy
- noun a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico used for target practice by the United States Navy
- permeabilities2/5
permeability
- noun the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
permeableness.
- noun the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
- befriends2/5
befriend
- verb become friends with
- John and Eric soon became friends
- Have you made friends yet in your new environment?
- verb become friends with
- severities2/5
severity
- noun used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
badness; severeness.
- noun something hard to endure
hardship; rigourousness; severeness; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; asperity; grimness.
- the asperity of northern winters
- noun used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
- enormities2/5
enormity
- noun the quality of being outrageous
outrageousness.
- noun vastness of size or extent
- in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size
- universities recognized the enormity of their task
- noun the quality of being outrageous
- privies2/5
privy
- noun a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
toilet; bathroom; lavatory; can; lav; john.
- noun a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
outhouse; earth-closet; jakes.
- noun a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- whinnied2/5
whinny
- noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse
nicker; neigh; whicker.
- verb make a characteristic sound, of a horse
nicker; neigh; whicker.
- noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse
- sectaries2/5
sectary
- noun a member of a sect
sectarist; sectarian.
- most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect
- noun a member of a sect
- fiefdoms2/5
fiefdom
- noun the domain controlled by a feudal lord
- noun an organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group
- noun the domain controlled by a feudal lord
- serried2/5
serried
- adjective satellite (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together
- in serried ranks
- adjective satellite (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together
- derriere2/5
derriere
- 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; backside; can; fundament.
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- hungrier2/5
hungry
- adjective feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
- a world full of hungry people
- adjective satellite (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
athirst; thirsty.
- athirst for knowledge
- hungry for recognition
- thirsty for informaton
- adjective feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
- midfield2/5
midfield
- noun (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
- noun (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
- quandaries2/5
quandary
- noun a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
predicament; plight.
- finds himself in a most awkward predicament
- the woeful plight of homeless people
- noun state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
dilemma.
- noun a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
- fiefdom2/5
fiefdom
- noun the domain controlled by a feudal lord
- noun an organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group
- noun the domain controlled by a feudal lord
- ivories2/5
ivory
- noun a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
tusk.
- noun a shade of white the color of bleached bones
pearl; off-white; bone.
- noun a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- importunities2/5
importunity
- noun insistent solicitation and entreaty
urging; urgency.
- his importunity left me no alternative but to agree
- noun insistent solicitation and entreaty
- beatified2/5
beatified
- adjective satellite Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
blessed.
- verb fill with sublime emotion
thrill; tickle pink; inebriate; exalt; exhilarate; beatify.
- The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
- He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
- adjective satellite Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
- windshields2/5
windshield
- noun transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle
windscreen.
- noun transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle
- pietas2/5
pieta
- noun a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus
- noun a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus
- uniformities2/5
uniformity
- noun a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying
- noun the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom)
uniformness.
- noun a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying
- hardier2/5
hardy
- noun United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)
Oliver Hardy.
- noun English novelist and poet (1840-1928)
Thomas Hardy.
- noun United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)
- masefield2/5
masefield
- noun English poet (1878-1967)
John Edward Masefield; John Masefield.
- noun English poet (1878-1967)
- neuroscientist2/5
neuroscientist
- noun a neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
- noun a neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
- barbarities2/5
barbarity
- noun the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
barbarousness; atrocity; heinousness; atrociousness.
- noun a brutal barbarous savage act
barbarism; savagery; brutality.
- noun the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
- chevaliers2/5
chevalier
- noun French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)
Maurice Chevalier.
- noun a gallant or courtly gentleman
cavalier.
- noun French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)
- priestcraft2/5
priestcraft
- noun a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs
- noun the skills involved in the work of a priest
- noun a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs
- infinities2/5
infinity
- noun time without end
eternity.
- noun time without end
- infielder2/5
infielder
- noun (baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield
- noun (baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield
- costlier2/5
costly
- adjective satellite entailing great loss or sacrifice
dearly-won.
- a dearly-won victory
- adjective satellite having a high price
dear; pricey; high-priced; pricy.
- costly jewelry
- high-priced merchandise
- much too dear for my pocketbook
- a pricey restaurant
- adjective satellite entailing great loss or sacrifice
- reunified2/5
reunify
- verb unify again, as of a country
reunite.
- Will Korea reunify?
- verb unify again, as of a country
- workpieces2/5
workpiece
- noun work consisting of a piece of metal being machined
- noun work consisting of a piece of metal being machined
- lonelier2/5
lonely
- adjective satellite lacking companions or companionship
alone; solitary; lone.
- he was alone when we met him
- she is alone much of the time
- the lone skier on the mountain
- a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel
- a lonely soul
- a solitary traveler
- adjective satellite marked by dejection from being alone
lonesome.
- felt sad and lonely
- the loneliest night of the week
- lonesome when her husband is away
- spent a lonesome hour in the bar
- adjective satellite lacking companions or companionship
- tonalities2/5
tonality
- noun any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
key.
- noun any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- costliest2/5
costly
- adjective satellite entailing great loss or sacrifice
dearly-won.
- a dearly-won victory
- adjective satellite having a high price
dear; pricey; high-priced; pricy.
- costly jewelry
- high-priced merchandise
- much too dear for my pocketbook
- a pricey restaurant
- adjective satellite entailing great loss or sacrifice
- disorientated2/5
disorientate
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorient.
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
- reformatories2/5
reformatory
- noun correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
training school; reform school.
- adjective satellite tending to reform
reformative.
- reformative and rehabilitative agencies
- reformatory punishment
- noun correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
- heavies2/5
heavy
- noun an actor who plays villainous roles
- noun a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- noun an actor who plays villainous roles
- understudied2/5
understudy
- noun an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
standby.
- verb be an understudy or alternate for a role
alternate.
- noun an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
- oilier2/5
oily
- adjective satellite containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
oleaginous; sebaceous; greasy.
- greasy hamburgers
- oily fried potatoes
- oleaginous seeds
- adjective satellite unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
fulsome; buttery; unctuous; soapy; oleaginous; smarmy.
- buttery praise
- gave him a fulsome introduction
- an oily sycophantic press agent
- oleaginous hypocrisy
- smarmy self-importance
- the unctuous Uriah Heep
- soapy compliments
- adjective satellite containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
- refractories2/5
refractory
- noun lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace
furnace lining.
- adjective satellite not responding to treatment
stubborn.
- a stubborn infection
- a refractory case of acne
- stubborn rust stains
- noun lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace
- freebies2/5
freebie
- noun something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme)
freebee.
- the road map was a freebie
- noun something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme)
- epoxies2/5
epoxy
- noun a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
epoxy resin; epoxy glue.
- verb glue with epoxy
- epoxy the shards
- noun a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
- castries2/5
castries
- noun a port on the island of Saint Lucia; capital and largest city of Saint Lucia
- noun a port on the island of Saint Lucia; capital and largest city of Saint Lucia
- periodicities2/5
periodicity
- noun the quality of recurring at regular intervals
cyclicity.
- noun the quality of recurring at regular intervals
- dressier2/5
dressy
- adjective satellite in fancy clothing
- adjective satellite in fancy clothing
- grannies2/5
granny
- noun the mother of your father or mother
grannie; grandma; nan; nanna; grandmother; gran.
- noun an old woman
- noun the mother of your father or mother
- fielders2/5
fielder
- noun a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat
- noun a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting
fieldsman.
- noun a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat
- productivities2/5
productivity
- noun the quality of being productive or having the power to produce
productiveness.
- noun (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time
- noun the quality of being productive or having the power to produce
- varicosities2/5
varicosity
- noun varix or varicose condition in which a vein is swollen and tortuous
- noun varix or varicose condition in which a vein is swollen and tortuous
- silliest2/5
silly
- noun a word used for misbehaving children
- don't be a silly
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
cockamamie; wacky; goofy; sappy; whacky; zany; cockamamy.
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
- noun a word used for misbehaving children
- photocopiers2/5
photocopier
- noun a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies
- noun a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies
- hardiest2/5
hardy
- noun United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)
Oliver Hardy.
- noun English novelist and poet (1840-1928)
Thomas Hardy.
- noun United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)
- folies2/5
folie
- noun (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
psychological disorder; disturbance; mental disturbance; mental disorder.
- noun (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
- priesthoods2/5
priesthood
- noun the body of ordained religious practitioners
- noun the body of ordained religious practitioners
- biddies2/5
biddy
- noun adult female chicken
hen.
- noun young bird especially of domestic fowl
chick.
- noun adult female chicken
- reliquaries2/5
reliquary
- noun a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)
- noun a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)
- mounties2/5
mountie
- noun colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- noun colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- sapiential2/5
sapiential
- adjective satellite characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God
- a sapiential government
- adjective satellite characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God
- philanthropies2/5
philanthropy
- noun voluntary promotion of human welfare
philanthropic gift.
- noun voluntary promotion of human welfare
- sonorities2/5
sonority
- noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
ringing; sonorousness; plangency; reverberance; resonance; vibrancy.
- noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
- sandier2/5
sandy
- adjective satellite of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
flaxen.
- flaxen locks
- adjective resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas
arenaceous; sandlike.
- arenaceous limestone
- arenaceous grasses
- adjective satellite of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
- banalities2/5
banality
- noun a trite or obvious remark
platitude; cliche; commonplace; bromide.
- noun a trite or obvious remark
- dieback2/5
dieback
- noun a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches
- noun a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches
- haematopoietic2/5
haematopoietic
- adjective pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells
hematogenic; hemopoietic; haemopoietic; haematogenic; hematopoietic.
- hemopoietic stem cells in bone marrow
- adjective pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells
- eyepieces2/5
eyepiece
- noun combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
ocular.
- noun combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
- superficies2/5
superficies
- noun the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance
- the audience was held by the substance of the play rather than by the superficies of the production"-R.W.Speaight
- noun outer surface of an area or a body
- noun the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance
- candidacies2/5
candidacy
- noun the campaign of a candidate to be elected
campaigning; electioneering; candidature; political campaign.
- noun the campaign of a candidate to be elected
- frivolities2/5
frivolity
- noun the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible
frivolousness.
- noun something of little value or significance
frippery; fluff; bagatelle.
- noun the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible
- whiskies2/5
whisky
- noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
whiskey.
- noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
- backfield2/5
backfield
- noun the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen
- noun the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen
- heartiest2/5
hearty
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- gave us a cordial reception
- a hearty welcome
- adjective satellite providing abundant nourishment
solid; substantial; square; satisfying.
- a hearty meal
- good solid food
- ate a substantial breakfast
- four square meals a day
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- intensifiers2/5
intensifier
- noun a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
intensive.
- `up' in `finished up' is an intensifier
- `honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier
- noun a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
- gravities2/5
gravity
- noun (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
gravitation; gravitational force; gravitational attraction.
- the more remote the body the less the gravity
- the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
- gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein
- noun a manner that is serious and solemn
sobriety; graveness; soberness; sombreness; somberness.
- noun (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
- parries2/5
parry
- noun (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword
- noun a return punch (especially by a boxer)
counterpunch; counter.
- noun (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword
- dollies2/5
dolly
- noun conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
- noun conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects
- noun conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
- flatteries2/5
flattery
- noun excessive or insincere praise
- noun excessive or insincere praise
- comedienne2/5
comedienne
- noun a female actor in a comedy
- noun a female comedian
- noun a female actor in a comedy
- outfielders2/5
outfielder
- noun (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield
- noun a fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield
- noun (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield
- hoteliers2/5
hotelier
- noun an owner or manager of hotels
hotelman; hotel manager; hosteller; hotelkeeper.
- noun an owner or manager of hotels
- proprietress2/5
proprietress
- noun a woman proprietor
- noun a woman proprietor
- posies2/5
posy
- noun an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
bouquet; nosegay; corsage.
- noun an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
- autocracies2/5
autocracy
- noun a political system governed by a single individual
autarchy.
- noun a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
- noun a political system governed by a single individual
- emollients2/5
emollient
- noun toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
ointment; cream.
- adjective satellite having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
salving; softening; demulcent.
- noun toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
- femininities2/5
femininity
- noun the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women
muliebrity.
- noun the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women
- foggiest2/5
foggy
- adjective satellite stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
groggy; logy; stuporous; dazed.
- adjective satellite indistinct or hazy in outline
muzzy; hazy; blurred; fuzzy; bleary; blurry.
- a landscape of blurred outlines
- the trees were just blurry shapes
- adjective satellite stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
- bursaries2/5
bursary
- noun the treasury of a public institution or religious order
- noun the treasury of a public institution or religious order
- commies2/5
commie
- noun a socialist who advocates communism
communist.
- noun a socialist who advocates communism
- versified2/5
versify
- verb compose verses or put into verse
verse; poetize; poetise.
- He versified the ancient saga
- verb compose verses or put into verse
- kieslowski2/5
kieslowski
- noun Polish filmmaker who made ten films based on the Ten Commandments (1941-1996)
Krzysztof Kieslowski.
- noun Polish filmmaker who made ten films based on the Ten Commandments (1941-1996)
- rowdies2/5
rowdy
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
yobo; ruffian; tough; bully; roughneck; hooligan; yob; yobbo.
- adjective satellite disturbing the public peace; loud and rough
raucous.
- a raucous party
- rowdy teenagers
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
- acquiesces2/5
acquiesce
- verb to agree or express agreement
accede; assent.
- The Maestro assented to the request for an encore
- verb to agree or express agreement
- adulteries2/5
adultery
- noun extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
criminal conversation; fornication.
- adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce
- noun extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
- debriefings2/5
debriefing
- noun report of a mission or task
- verb put someone through a debriefing and make him report
debrief.
- The released hostages were debriefed
- noun report of a mission or task
- phylacteries2/5
phylactery
- noun (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer
tefillin.
- noun (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer
- parturient2/5
parturient
- adjective of or relating to or giving birth
- parturient pangs
- the parturient uterus
- adjective satellite giving birth
- a parturient heifer
- adjective of or relating to or giving birth
- insufficiencies2/5
insufficiency
- noun a lack of competence
inadequacy.
- pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
- juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
- noun (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
- noun a lack of competence
- navvies2/5
navvy
- noun a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
galley slave; peon; drudge.
- noun a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
- genies2/5
genie
- noun (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
jinni; djinni; djinny; djinn; jinnee.
- noun (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
- sunnier2/5
sunny
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
cheery; gay.
- a cheery hello
- a gay sunny room
- a sunny smile
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- hotelier2/5
hotelier
- noun an owner or manager of hotels
hotelman; hotel manager; hosteller; hotelkeeper.
- noun an owner or manager of hotels
- profanities2/5
profanity
- noun vulgar or irreverent speech or action
- noun vulgar or irreverent speech or action
- archpriest2/5
archpriest
- noun a senior clergyman and dignitary
hierarch; high priest; prelate; primate.
- noun a senior clergyman and dignitary
- mommies2/5
mommy
- noun informal terms for a mother
ma; mummy; mammy; mum; momma; mamma; mom; mama.
- noun informal terms for a mother
- retried2/5
retry
- verb hear or try a court case anew
rehear.
- verb hear or try a court case anew
- travesties2/5
travesty
- noun a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
farce; farce comedy.
- noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
pasquinade; mockery; takeoff; lampoon; sendup; put-on; spoof; charade; burlesque; parody.
- noun a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
- graziers2/5
grazier
- noun a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
- noun a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
- bonnier2/5
bonny
- adjective satellite very pleasing to the eye
sightly; comely; bonnie; fair.
- my bonny lass
- there's a bonny bay beyond
- a comely face
- young fair maidens
- adjective satellite very pleasing to the eye
- saucier2/5
saucy
- adjective satellite characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
impertinent; irreverent; pert.
- a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner
- adjective satellite improperly forward or bold
impudent; wise; overbold; impertinent; fresh; sassy; smart.
- don't be fresh with me
- impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup
- an impudent boy given to insulting strangers
- Don't get wise with me!
- adjective satellite characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- unhurriedly2/5
unhurriedly
- adverb without haste
- she proceeded unhurriedly
- adverb without haste
- stupidities2/5
stupidity
- noun a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
- noun a stupid mistake
betise; folly; foolishness; imbecility.
- noun a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
- baronies2/5
barony
- noun the estate of a baron
- noun the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness
baronetcy.
- noun the estate of a baron
- fanciest2/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
- variabilities2/5
variability
- noun the quality of being subject to variation
variableness; variance.
- noun the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity
unevenness.
- noun the quality of being subject to variation
- erythropoietic2/5
erythropoietic
- adjective of or relating to the formation of red blood cells
- adjective of or relating to the formation of red blood cells
- hemopoietic2/5
hemopoietic
- adjective pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells
hematogenic; haemopoietic; haematopoietic; haematogenic; hematopoietic.
- hemopoietic stem cells in bone marrow
- adjective pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells
- bogies2/5
bogy
- noun an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
bogey; bogie.
- noun an evil spirit
bogie; bogey.
- noun an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
- jellied2/5
jellied
- adjective satellite congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling
congealed; jelled.
- in Georgia they serve congealed salads
- verb make into jelly
jellify; jelly.
- jellify a liquid
- adjective satellite congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling
- tierce2/5
tierce
- noun the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
terce.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
deuce-ace; trio; triplet; tercet; troika; three; trey; 3; ternion; trine; ternary; triad; threesome; leash; III; trinity; terzetto.
- noun the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
- ebullience2/5
ebullience
- noun overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
enthusiasm; exuberance.
- noun overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
- riskiest2/5
risky
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
wild; hazardous.
- skydiving is a hazardous sport
- extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
- a wild financial scheme
- adjective satellite not financially safe or secure
speculative; bad; high-risk.
- a bad investment
- high risk investments
- anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
- speculative business enterprises
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
- sociologies2/5
sociology
- noun the study and classification of human societies
- noun the study and classification of human societies
- reactivities2/5
reactivity
- noun responsive to stimulation
responsiveness.
- noun ready susceptibility to chemical change
- noun responsive to stimulation
- cabbies2/5
cabby
- noun someone who drives a taxi for a living
livery driver; taxidriver; hack driver; cabman; cabdriver; taximan; hack-driver.
- noun someone who drives a taxi for a living
- hospitalities2/5
hospitality
- noun kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
cordial reception.
- noun kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
- biedermeier2/5
biedermeier
- adjective of or relating to a style of furniture developed in Germany in the 19th century
- adjective of or relating to a style of furniture developed in Germany in the 19th century
- unstratified2/5
unstratified
- adjective not deposited in layers
- glacial till is unstratified
- adjective not deposited in layers
- birdies2/5
birdie
- noun (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
shuttle; shuttlecock; bird.
- noun (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole
- timepieces2/5
timepiece
- noun a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
horologe; timekeeper.
- noun a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
- piezometer2/5
piezometer
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring high pressures
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring high pressures
- quietist2/5
quietist
- noun a religious mystic who follows quietism
- noun a religious mystic who follows quietism
- piezometers2/5
piezometer
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring high pressures
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring high pressures
- autonomies2/5
autonomy
- noun immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
liberty.
- noun personal independence
self-direction; self-reliance; self-sufficiency.
- noun immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
- historiographies2/5
historiography
- noun a body of historical literature
- noun the writing of history
- noun a body of historical literature
- wittiest2/5
witty
- adjective satellite combining clever conception and facetious expression
- his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent
- adjective satellite combining clever conception and facetious expression
- sillier2/5
silly
- noun a word used for misbehaving children
- don't be a silly
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
cockamamie; wacky; goofy; sappy; whacky; zany; cockamamy.
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
- noun a word used for misbehaving children
- chantries2/5
chantry
- noun an endowment for the singing of Masses
- noun a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor
- noun an endowment for the singing of Masses
- retries2/5
retry
- verb hear or try a court case anew
rehear.
- verb hear or try a court case anew
- jussieu2/5
jussieu
- noun French botanist who categorized plants into families and developed a system of plant classification (1748-1836)
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu.
- noun French botanist who categorized plants into families and developed a system of plant classification (1748-1836)
- guarnieri2/5
guarnieri
- noun Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745)
Guiseppe Guarneri; Guarnerius; Guarneri.
- noun founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698)
Andrea Guarneri; Guarnerius; Guarneri.
- noun Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745)
- bloodier2/5
bloody
- verb cover with blood
- bloody your hands
- adjective having or covered with or accompanied by blood
- a bloody nose
- your scarf is all bloody
- the effects will be violent and probably bloody
- a bloody fight
- verb cover with blood
- vestries2/5
vestry
- noun in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church
- noun a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
sacristy.
- noun in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church
- contradictories2/5
contradictory
- noun two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
- adjective satellite of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
- `perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms
- noun two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
- incapacities2/5
incapacity
- noun lack of intellectual power
- noun lack of physical or natural qualifications
- noun lack of intellectual power
- purifiers2/5
purifier
- noun an apparatus for removing impurities
- noun an apparatus for removing impurities
- tailpiece2/5
tailpiece
- noun appendage added to extend the length of something
- noun appendage added to extend the length of something
- atrophies2/5
atrophy
- noun a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
wasting; wasting away.
- noun any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
withering.
- noun a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
- improbabilities2/5
improbability
- noun the quality of being improbable
improbableness.
- impossibility should never be confused with improbability
- the improbability of such rare coincidences
- noun the quality of being improbable
- funnies2/5
funnies
- noun a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
comic strip; cartoon strip; strip.
- noun an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
funny story; funny remark; good story; funny.
- she told a funny story
- she made a funny
- noun a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- sorrier2/5
sorry
- adjective feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
bad; regretful.
- felt regretful over his vanished youth
- regretful over mistakes she had made
- he felt bad about breaking the vase
- adjective satellite bad; unfortunate
distressing; sad; pitiful; lamentable; deplorable.
- my finances were in a deplorable state
- a lamentable decision
- her clothes were in sad shape
- a sorry state of affairs
- adjective feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- tuberosities2/5
tuberosity
- noun a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
tubercle; eminence.
- noun a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
- ossuaries2/5
ossuary
- noun any receptacle for the burial of human bones
- noun any receptacle for the burial of human bones
- grenadier2/5
grenadier
- noun an infantryman equipped with grenades
grenade thrower.
- noun deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
rattail fish; rattail.
- noun an infantryman equipped with grenades
- obituaries2/5
obituary
- noun a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
obit; necrology.
- noun a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
- majesties2/5
majesty
- noun impressiveness in scale or proportion
stateliness; loftiness.
- noun impressiveness in scale or proportion
- briefer2/5
brief
- noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
legal brief.
- noun a condensed written summary or abstract
- noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
- cranberries2/5
cranberry
- noun any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
- noun very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
- noun any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
- undignified2/5
undignified
- adjective lacking dignity
- adjective lacking dignity
- priestesses2/5
priestess
- noun a woman priest
- noun a woman priest
- oviedo2/5
oviedo
- noun a city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains
- noun a city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains
- vilified2/5
vilify
- verb spread negative information about
vituperate; rail; revile.
- The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
- verb spread negative information about
- grenadiers2/5
grenadier
- noun an infantryman equipped with grenades
grenade thrower.
- noun deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
rattail fish; rattail.
- noun an infantryman equipped with grenades
- micronutrients2/5
micronutrient
- noun a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals)
- noun a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals)
- patties2/5
patty
- noun small flat mass of chopped food
cake.
- noun small pie or pasty
- noun small flat mass of chopped food
- siesta2/5
siesta
- noun a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
- noun a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
- veggies2/5
veggie
- noun edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
vegetable; veg.
- noun edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
- mischievously2/5
mischievously
- adverb in a disobedient or naughty way
naughtily; badly.
- he behaved badly in school
- he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister
- behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room
- adverb in a disobedient or naughty way
- granaries2/5
granary
- noun a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
garner.
- noun a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
- propertied2/5
propertied
- adjective satellite owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue
property-owning.
- adjective satellite owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue
- fief2/5
fief
- noun a piece of land held under the feudal system
feoff.
- noun a piece of land held under the feudal system
- terriers2/5
terrier
- noun any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
- noun any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
- messier2/5
messy
- adjective satellite dirty and disorderly
mussy.
- a mussy fussy bedroom
- a child's messy eating habits
- adjective satellite dirty and disorderly
- neurosciences2/5
neuroscience
- noun the scientific study of the nervous system
- noun the scientific study of the nervous system
- paddies2/5
paddy
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
Mickey; Mick.
- noun an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown
rice paddy; paddy field.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
- sororities2/5
sorority
- noun a social club for female undergraduates
- noun a social club for female undergraduates
- rapier2/5
rapier
- noun a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
tuck.
- noun a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
- pierrot2/5
pierrot
- noun a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
- noun a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
- fusiliers2/5
fusilier
- noun (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
- noun (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
- prescience2/5
prescience
- noun the power to foresee the future
prevision.
- noun the power to foresee the future
- oldfield2/5
oldfield
- noun United States race driver who was the first to drive faster than a mile a minute (1878-1946)
Barney Oldfield; Berna Eli Oldfield.
- noun United States race driver who was the first to drive faster than a mile a minute (1878-1946)
- quietude2/5
quietude
- noun a state of peace and quiet
quietness; tranquility; tranquillity.
- noun a state of peace and quiet
- vienne2/5
vienne
- noun a town in south central France where is 1311-1313 the Roman Catholic Church held one of its councils
- noun the council in 1311-1313 that dealt with alleged crimes of the Knights Templar, planned a new crusade, and took on the reformation of the clergy
Council of Vienne.
- noun a town in south central France where is 1311-1313 the Roman Catholic Church held one of its councils
- weeklies2/5
weekly
- noun a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)
- adjective satellite of or occurring every seven days
hebdomadary; hebdomadal.
- a weekly visit
- weekly paper
- noun a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)
- micronutrient2/5
micronutrient
- noun a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals)
- noun a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals)
- impossibilities2/5
impossibility
- noun incapability of existing or occurring
impossibleness.
- noun an alternative that is not available
impossible action.
- noun incapability of existing or occurring
- fiefs2/5
fief
- noun a piece of land held under the feudal system
feoff.
- noun a piece of land held under the feudal system
- eulogies2/5
eulogy
- noun a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently
eulogium.
- noun a formal expression of praise
pean; paean; panegyric; encomium.
- noun a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently
- atrophied2/5
atrophied
- adjective (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
wasted; diminished.
- partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm
- verb undergo atrophy
atrophy.
- Muscles that are not used will atrophy
- adjective (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
- bunnies2/5
bunny
- noun a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
bunny girl.
- noun (usually informal) especially a young rabbit
bunny rabbit.
- noun a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
- incongruities2/5
incongruity
- noun the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
incongruousness.
- noun the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
- hygienist2/5
hygienist
- noun a medical specialist in hygiene
- noun a medical specialist in hygiene
- bakersfield2/5
bakersfield
- noun a city in south central California at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley
- noun a city in south central California at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley
- varietal2/5
varietal
- noun a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape
varietal wine.
- noun a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape
- debrief2/5
debrief
- verb put someone through a debriefing and make him report
- The released hostages were debriefed
- verb put someone through a debriefing and make him report
- hygienists2/5
hygienist
- noun a medical specialist in hygiene
- noun a medical specialist in hygiene
- schliemann2/5
schliemann
- noun German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890)
Heinrich Schliemann.
- noun German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890)
- unquiet2/5
unquiet
- adjective characterized by unrest or disorder
- unquiet days of riots
- following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation
- spent an unquiet night tossing and turning
- adjective satellite causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
anxious; nervous; queasy; uneasy.
- spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
- cast anxious glances behind her
- those nervous moments before takeoff
- an unquiet mind
- adjective characterized by unrest or disorder
- goldfields2/5
goldfields
- noun small slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; often cultivated
Lasthenia chrysostoma.
- noun a district where gold is mined
goldfield.
- noun small slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; often cultivated
- meniere2/5
meniere
- noun French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862)
Prosper Meniere.
- noun French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862)
- solidarities2/5
solidarity
- noun a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group
- noun a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group
- tientsin2/5
tientsin
- noun a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
Tianjin; T'ien-ching.
- noun a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
- myopathies2/5
myopathy
- noun any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction
- noun any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction
- gamier2/5
gamy
- adjective satellite suggestive of sexual impropriety
blue; naughty; juicy; racy; spicy; risque; gamey.
- a blue movie
- blue jokes
- he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details
- a juicy scandal
- a naughty wink
- naughty words
- racy anecdotes
- a risque story
- spicy gossip
- adjective satellite (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
high; gamey.
- adjective satellite suggestive of sexual impropriety
- diencephalon2/5
diencephalon
- noun the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
interbrain; thalmencephalon; betweenbrain.
- noun the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
- dozier2/5
dozy
- adjective satellite half asleep
drowsing; drowsy.
- made drowsy by the long ride
- it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor
- a tired dozy child
- the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair
- adjective satellite half asleep
- friesland2/5
friesland
- noun the western part of the ancient region of Frisia in northern Europe on the North Sea between the Scheldt river and the Weser river; part of this region is now a province in the Netherlands
- noun one of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands
- noun the western part of the ancient region of Frisia in northern Europe on the North Sea between the Scheldt river and the Weser river; part of this region is now a province in the Netherlands
- epilepsies2/5
epilepsy
- noun a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
- noun a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
- perpetuities2/5
perpetuity
- noun the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless)
sempiternity.
- noun the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless)
- scries2/5
scry
- verb divine by gazing into crystals
- verb divine by gazing into crystals
- dnieper2/5
dnieper
- noun a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea
Dnieper River.
- noun a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea
- earpiece2/5
earpiece
- noun electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
phone; earphone; headphone.
- it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked
- noun electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
- duchies2/5
duchy
- noun the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
dukedom.
- noun the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
- briefcases2/5
briefcase
- noun a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books
- noun a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books
- pittsfield2/5
pittsfield
- noun a town in western Massachusetts
- noun a town in western Massachusetts
- rosaries2/5
rosary
- noun a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics)
prayer beads.
- noun a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics)
- retrievers2/5
retriever
- noun a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game
- noun a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game
- alkalies2/5
alkali
- noun any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
base.
- bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia
- noun a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture
- noun any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- jetties2/5
jetty
- noun a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
groyne; bulwark; breakwater; groin; mole; seawall.
- noun a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- valenciennes2/5
valenciennes
- noun a town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry
- noun a type of bobbin lace with floral patterns
Valenciennes lace.
- noun a town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry
- chiefest2/5
chief
- noun a person who is in charge
head; top dog.
- the head of the whole operation
- noun a person who exercises control over workers
foreman; gaffer; honcho; boss.
- if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman
- noun a person who is in charge
- unshielded2/5
unshielded
- adjective satellite (used especially of machinery) not protected by a shield
- adjective satellite (used especially of machinery) not protected by a shield
- quietism2/5
quietism
- noun a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
- noun a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
- dixieland2/5
dixieland
- noun the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Dixie; Confederacy; Confederate States of America; Confederate States; South.
- noun the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
- cowries2/5
cowry
- noun any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
cowrie.
- noun any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
- headpiece2/5
headpiece
- noun the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
headstall.
- noun a protective helmet for the head
- noun the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
- parisienne2/5
parisienne
A female native or resident of Paris.
- noisier2/5
noisy
- adjective full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
- a noisy cafeteria
- a small noisy dog
- adjective satellite attracting attention by showiness or bright colors
- a noisy sweater
- adjective full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
- palsied2/5
palsied
- adjective satellite affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor
- palsied hands
- verb affect with palsy
palsy.
- adjective satellite affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor
- scariest2/5
scary
- adjective satellite provoking fear terror
shivery; shuddery; chilling; scarey.
- a scary movie
- the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge
- adjective satellite provoking fear terror
- showpiece2/5
showpiece
- noun the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection
collector's item; piece de resistance.
- noun the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection
- goldfield2/5
goldfield
- noun a district where gold is mined
- noun a district where gold is mined
- penitentiaries2/5
penitentiary
- noun a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
pen.
- adjective satellite used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers
- penitentiary institutions
- noun a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
- unstudied2/5
unstudied
- adjective not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu
uncontrived.
- an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved
- simple unstudied charm
- adjective satellite lacking knowledge gained by study often in a particular field
- is unstudied in Latin as he is in may other matters
- adjective not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu
- sundries2/5
sundries
- noun miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified
- noun miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified
- inconveniently2/5
inconveniently
- adverb in an inconvenient manner
- he arrived at an inconveniently late hour
- adverb in an inconvenient manner
- promontories2/5
promontory
- noun a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
headland; head; foreland.
- noun a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
- unachievable2/5
unachievable
- adjective satellite impossible to achieve
unattainable; unrealizable; undoable.
- an unattainable goal
- adjective satellite impossible to achieve
- decries2/5
decry
- verb express strong disapproval of
excoriate; reprobate; objurgate; condemn.
- We condemn the racism in South Africa
- These ideas were reprobated
- verb express strong disapproval of
- pieties2/5
piety
- noun righteousness by virtue of being pious
piousness.
- noun righteousness by virtue of being pious
- expedience2/5
expedience
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
expediency.
- noun taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
opportunism; self-interest; self-seeking.
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
- altarpieces2/5
altarpiece
- noun a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
reredos.
- noun a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
- disquietude2/5
disquietude
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
edginess; inquietude; uneasiness.
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
- hegemonies2/5
hegemony
- noun the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
- the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation
- to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony
- the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system
- noun the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
- leniently2/5
leniently
- adverb in a permissively lenient manner
laxly.
- he felt incensed that Tarrant should have been treated so leniently given his crime
- adverb in a permissively lenient manner
- scarier2/5
scary
- adjective satellite provoking fear terror
shivery; shuddery; chilling; scarey.
- a scary movie
- the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge
- adjective satellite provoking fear terror
- debriefed2/5
debrief
- verb put someone through a debriefing and make him report
- The released hostages were debriefed
- verb put someone through a debriefing and make him report
- scarcities2/5
scarcity
- noun a small and inadequate amount
scarceness.
- noun a small and inadequate amount
- fieldstone2/5
fieldstone
- noun stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material
- noun stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material
- provenience2/5
provenience
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; cradle; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- hattiesburg2/5
hattiesburg
- noun a town in southeast Mississippi
- noun a town in southeast Mississippi
- brandies2/5
brandy
- noun distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
- noun distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
- pseudoscientific2/5
pseudoscientific
- adjective satellite based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific
- adjective satellite based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific
- mulberries2/5
mulberry
- noun any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry
mulberry tree.
- noun sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus
- noun any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry
- guaranties2/5
guaranty
- noun a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
guarantee.
- noun a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
- pixies2/5
pixy
- noun creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
pyxie; pixie; Pyxidanthera barbulata.
- noun (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
gremlin; hob; elf; brownie; pixie; imp.
- noun creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
- encephalopathies2/5
encephalopathy
- noun any disorder or disease of the brain
brain disorder; brain disease.
- noun any disorder or disease of the brain
- rhapsodies2/5
rhapsody
- noun an epic poem adapted for recitation
- noun an epic poem adapted for recitation
- potbellied2/5
potbellied
- adjective satellite having a large belly
paunchy; abdominous.
- adjective satellite having a large belly
- semiempirical2/5
semiempirical
- adjective satellite relying to some extent on observation or experiment
- adjective satellite relying to some extent on observation or experiment
- panniers2/5
pannier
- noun either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle)
- noun a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person
- noun either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle)
- cavalierly2/5
cavalierly
- adverb in a proud and domineering manner
disdainfully.
- he treated his staff cavalierly
- adverb in a proud and domineering manner
- pantries2/5
pantry
- noun a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
larder; buttery.
- noun a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
- signifieds2/5
signified
- noun the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
sense.
- the dictionary gave several senses for the word
- in the best sense charity is really a duty
- the signifier is linked to the signified
- verb denote or connote
signify; intend; stand for; mean.
- `maison' means `house' in French
- An example sentence would show what this word means
- noun the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
- cuirassiers2/5
cuirassier
- noun a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
- noun a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
- hollies2/5
holly
- noun any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
- noun United States rock star (1936-1959)
Buddy Holly; Charles Hardin Holley.
- noun any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
- emptier2/5
empty
- noun a container that has been emptied
- return all empties to the store
- verb make void or empty of contents
- Empty the box
- The alarm emptied the building
- noun a container that has been emptied
- decencies2/5
decency
- noun the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- noun the quality of being polite and respectable
- noun the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- cashiered2/5
cashier
- noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
bank clerk; teller.
- noun a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)
- noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
- presciently2/5
presciently
- adverb with foresight
cannily.
- more presciently than they superiors, these workers grasped the economic situation
- adverb with foresight
- alleghenies2/5
allegheny
- noun a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River
Allegheny River.
- noun a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River
- orchiectomy2/5
orchiectomy
- noun surgical removal of one or both testicles
orchidectomy.
- noun surgical removal of one or both testicles
- conventionalities2/5
conventionality
- noun conformity with conventional thought and behavior
- noun unoriginality as a result of being too conventional
- noun conformity with conventional thought and behavior
- rookeries2/5
rookery
- noun a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
- noun a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
- adjacencies2/5
adjacency
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
contiguity; contiguousness.
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
- nescience2/5
nescience
- noun ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
ignorantness; unknowingness; unknowing.
- noun ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
- coteries2/5
coterie
- noun an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
inner circle; camp; ingroup; clique; pack.
- noun an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- gloomier2/5
gloomy
- adjective satellite depressingly dark
glooming; gloomful; sulky.
- the gloomy forest
- the glooming interior of an old inn
- `gloomful' is archaic
- adjective satellite filled with melancholy and despondency
blue; downhearted; dispirited; down in the mouth; depressed; downcast; down; low; low-spirited; grim.
- gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
- gloomy predictions
- a gloomy silence
- took a grim view of the economy
- the darkening mood
- lonely and blue in a strange city
- depressed by the loss of his job
- a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
- downcast after his defeat
- feeling discouraged and downhearted
- adjective satellite depressingly dark
- hysterectomies2/5
hysterectomy
- noun surgical removal of the uterus
- noun surgical removal of the uterus
- archiepiscopal2/5
archiepiscopal
- adjective of or associated with an archbishop
archepiscopal.
- an archiepiscopal see
- adjective of or associated with an archbishop
- speakeasies2/5
speakeasy
- noun (during prohibition) an illegal barroom
- noun (during prohibition) an illegal barroom
- dinghies2/5
dinghy
- noun a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
rowboat; dory.
- noun a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
- frier2/5
frier
- noun flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
pullet; fryer.
- noun flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
- frenzies2/5
frenzy
- noun state of violent mental agitation
fury; delirium; craze; hysteria.
- noun state of violent mental agitation
- humidities2/5
humidity
- noun wetness in the atmosphere
humidness.
- noun wetness in the atmosphere
- tangiers2/5
tangier
- noun a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar
Tangiers.
- the first tangerines were shipped from Tangier to Europe in 1841
- adjective satellite tasting sour like a lemon
tangy; lemonlike; sourish; lemony; tart.
- noun a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar
- valkyries2/5
valkyrie
- noun (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
- noun (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
- varietals2/5
varietal
- noun a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape
varietal wine.
- noun a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape
- huckleberries2/5
huckleberry
- noun any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries
- noun any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
- noun any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries
- felicities2/5
felicity
- noun pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
felicitousness.
- noun state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
happiness.
- noun pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
- gaieties2/5
gaiety
- noun a gay feeling
merriment.
- noun a festive merry feeling
playfulness.
- noun a gay feeling
- fiendishly2/5
fiendishly
- adverb as a devil; in an evil manner
devilishly; diabolically.
- his writing could be diabolically satiric
- adverb as a devil; in an evil manner
- noisiest2/5
noisy
- adjective full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
- a noisy cafeteria
- a small noisy dog
- adjective satellite attracting attention by showiness or bright colors
- a noisy sweater
- adjective full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
- hayfield2/5
hayfield
- noun a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
meadow.
- noun a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
- cottier2/5
cottier
- noun a medieval English villein
cotter.
- noun a medieval English villein
- sommelier2/5
sommelier
- noun a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
wine steward; wine waiter.
- noun a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
- pannier2/5
pannier
- noun either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle)
- noun a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person
- noun either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle)
- snowfields2/5
snowfield
- noun a permanent wide expanse of snow
- noun a permanent wide expanse of snow
- nacimiento2/5
nacimiento
- noun a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,302 feet high)
- noun a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,302 feet high)
- hagiographies2/5
hagiography
- noun a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
- noun a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
- titties2/5
titty
- noun either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
tit; bosom; knocker; breast; boob.
- noun either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- expediently2/5
expediently
- adverb in an expedient manner
inadvisably.
- adverb in an expedient manner
- clientage2/5
clientage
- noun relation of a client to a patron
- noun relation of a client to a patron
- irrelevancies2/5
irrelevancy
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
irrelevance.
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
- fireflies2/5
firefly
- noun tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
Pyrophorus noctiluca; fire beetle.
- noun nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
lightning bug.
- noun tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
- rainier2/5
rainy
- adjective satellite (of weather) wet by periods of rain
showery.
- showery weather
- rainy days
- adjective satellite (of weather) wet by periods of rain
- butadiene2/5
butadiene
- noun a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used in making synthetic rubbers
- noun a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used in making synthetic rubbers
- cornfields2/5
cornfield
- noun a field planted with corn
corn field.
- noun a field planted with corn
- nies2/5
ny
- noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
New York; Empire State; New York State.
- noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
- unsullied2/5
unsullied
- adjective satellite spotlessly clean and fresh
- the unsullied snow of mountains
- adjective satellite (of reputation) free from blemishes
stainless; untarnished; untainted; unstained.
- his unsullied name
- an untarnished reputation
- adjective satellite spotlessly clean and fresh
- vientiane2/5
vientiane
- noun the capital and largest city of Laos
Laotian capital; capital of Laos.
- noun the capital and largest city of Laos
- hosiery2/5
hosiery
- noun socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
hose.
- noun socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
- dragonflies2/5
dragonfly
- noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
snake doctor; sewing needle; mosquito hawk; skeeter hawk; devil's darning needle; snake feeder; darning needle.
- noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
- klebsiella2/5
klebsiella
- noun a genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections
- noun a genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections
- sierras2/5
sierra
- noun a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
- noun a Spanish mackerel of western North America
Scomberomorus sierra.
- noun a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
- montpelier2/5
montpelier
- noun capital of the state of Vermont; located in north central Vermont
capital of Vermont.
- noun capital of the state of Vermont; located in north central Vermont
- hierarchic2/5
hierarchic
- adjective classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers
hierarchical; hierarchal.
- it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art
- in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first
- adjective classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers
- saliency2/5
saliency
- noun the state of being salient
strikingness; salience.
- noun the state of being salient
- buggies2/5
buggy
- noun a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
roadster.
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; kookie; loony; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- noun a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
- osier2/5
osier
- noun flexible twig of a willow tree
- noun any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture
- noun flexible twig of a willow tree
- milieus2/5
milieu
- noun the environmental condition
surroundings.
- noun the environmental condition
- lief2/5
lief
- adverb in a willing manner
gladly; fain.
- this was gladly agreed to
- I would fain do it
- adverb in a willing manner
- inefficiently2/5
inefficiently
- adverb in an inefficient manner
- he dealt inefficiently with the crisis
- adverb in an inefficient manner
- reliabilities2/5
reliability
- noun the quality of being dependable or reliable
dependability; dependableness; reliableness.
- noun the quality of being dependable or reliable
- milieux2/5
milieu
- noun the environmental condition
surroundings.
- noun the environmental condition
- peonies2/5
peony
- noun any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
paeony.
- noun any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
- coalfield2/5
coalfield
- noun a region where there is coal underground
- noun a region where there is coal underground
- coalfields2/5
coalfield
- noun a region where there is coal underground
- noun a region where there is coal underground
- worriedly2/5
worriedly
- adverb in a worried manner
- `I wonder what to do,' she said worriedly
- he paused worriedly before calling the bank
- adverb in a worried manner
- unalienable2/5
unalienable
- adjective incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
inalienable.
- endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights
- adjective incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
- oilfields2/5
oilfield
- noun a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)
- noun a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)
- gooseberries2/5
gooseberry
- noun spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
Ribes grossularia; gooseberry bush; Ribes uva-crispa.
- noun currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies
- noun spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
- oilfield2/5
oilfield
- noun a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)
- noun a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)
- nunneries2/5
nunnery
- noun the convent of a community of nuns
- noun the convent of a community of nuns
- nappies2/5
nappy
- noun garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
napkin; diaper.
- adjective satellite (of hair) in small tight curls
frizzy; frizzly; crisp; kinky.
- noun garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
- inexpedient2/5
inexpedient
- adjective not suitable or advisable
- an inexpedient tactic
- adjective satellite not appropriate to the purpose
unwise.
- adjective not suitable or advisable
- dystrophies2/5
dystrophy
- noun any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
muscular dystrophy.
- noun any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition
- noun any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
- brassiere2/5
brassiere
- noun an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
bandeau; bra.
- noun an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
- unhygienic2/5
unhygienic
- adjective satellite unclean and constituting a likely cause of disease
- pathetic dogs kept in small unhygienic cages
- adjective satellite unclean and constituting a likely cause of disease
- accountabilities2/5
accountability
- noun responsibility to someone or for some activity
answerableness; answerability.
- noun responsibility to someone or for some activity
- mayflies2/5
mayfly
- noun slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
shadfly; dayfly.
- noun slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
- westerlies2/5
westerly
- noun the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
prevailing westerly.
- adjective satellite of wind; from the west
western.
- noun the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
- huskies2/5
husky
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
Eskimo dog.
- adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
buirdly; beefy; burly; strapping.
- a beefy wrestler
- had a tall burly frame
- clothing sizes for husky boys
- a strapping boy of eighteen
- `buirdly' is a Scottish term
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
- pieris2/5
pieris
- noun decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines
genus Pieris.
- noun type genus of the Pieridae
genus Pieris.
- noun decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines
- hypocrisies2/5
hypocrisy
- noun an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
lip service.
- noun insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
- noun an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
- doilies2/5
doily
- noun a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl
doyly; doyley.
- noun a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl
- guppies2/5
guppy
- noun small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums
Lebistes reticulatus; rainbow fish.
- noun small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums
- cardiomyopathies2/5
cardiomyopathy
- noun a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium)
myocardiopathy.
- noun a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium)
- lithologies2/5
lithology
- noun the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification
petrology.
- noun the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification
- pasties2/5
pasty
- noun small meat pie or turnover
- noun (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers
- noun small meat pie or turnover
- piercingly2/5
piercingly
- adverb extremely and sharply
bitter; bitingly; bitterly.
- it was bitterly cold
- bitter cold
- adverb in a shrill voice
shrilly.
- she sang rather shrilly
- adverb extremely and sharply
- willies2/5
willies
- noun feelings of uneasiness
- that guy gave me the willies
- noun feelings of uneasiness
- hierarchal2/5
hierarchal
- adjective classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers
hierarchic; hierarchical.
- it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art
- in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first
- adjective classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers
- nibelungenlied2/5
nibelungenlied
- noun an epic poem written in Middle High German and based on the legends of Siegfried and Teutonic kings
- noun an epic poem written in Middle High German and based on the legends of Siegfried and Teutonic kings
- whiteflies2/5
whitefly
- noun minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects
- noun minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects
- peccaries2/5
peccary
- noun nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America
musk hog.
- noun nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America
- hemoglobinopathies2/5
hemoglobinopathy
- noun a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood
haemoglobinopathy.
- noun a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood
- priories2/5
priory
- noun religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
- noun religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
- immunodeficiencies2/5
immunodeficiency
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- kerchief2/5
kerchief
- noun a square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck
- noun a square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck
- oriel2/5
oriel
- noun a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
oriel window.
- noun a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
- vier2/5
vi
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
sixer; sestet; Captain Hicks; hexad; sise; six; sextet; half a dozen; 6; sextuplet.
- noun more than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States
United States Virgin Islands; American Virgin Islands.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
- riesling2/5
riesling
- noun white grape grown in Europe and California
- noun fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California
- noun white grape grown in Europe and California
- faience2/5
faience
- noun glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
- noun glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
- lier2/5
li
- noun a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
lithium; atomic number 3.
- noun Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
- noun a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
- spaniels2/5
spaniel
- noun any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
- noun any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
- wallabies2/5
wallaby
- noun any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored
brush kangaroo.
- noun any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored
- immunodeficient2/5
immunodeficient
- adjective incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen
- immunodeficient rodents
- adjective incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen
- kerchiefs2/5
kerchief
- noun a square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck
- noun a square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck
- fukien2/5
fukien
- noun any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
Min dialect; Min; Fukkianese; Taiwanese; Amoy; Hokkianese.
- noun any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
- liest2/5
li
- noun a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
lithium; atomic number 3.
- noun Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
- noun a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
- coxsackievirus2/5
coxsackievirus
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
Coxsackie virus.
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
- piemonte2/5
piedmont
- noun a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land
- noun the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama
- noun a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land
- grizzlies2/5
grizzly
- noun powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
silver-tip; silvertip; grizzly bear; Ursus horribilis; Ursus arctos horribilis.
- adjective satellite showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
gray-headed; gray; grey-haired; grey-headed; hoary; grey; white-haired; hoar; gray-haired.
- whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
- nodded his hoary head
- noun powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
- diethylstilbestrol2/5
diethylstilbestrol
- noun a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
stilboestrol; DES; stilbestrol; diethylstilboestrol.
- noun a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
- neckerchief2/5
neckerchief
- noun a kerchief worn around the neck
- noun a kerchief worn around the neck
- undies2/5
undies
- noun women's underwear
- noun women's underwear
- unqualifiedly2/5
unqualifiedly
- adverb without qualification or limitation
- adverb without qualification or limitation
- chillies2/5
chilli
- noun very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
chili; chile; chili pepper; chilly.
- noun very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
- unrelieved2/5
unrelieved
- adjective satellite not lessened or diminished
undiminished.
- unrelieved suffering
- adjective satellite not lessened or diminished
- irretrievably2/5
irretrievably
- adverb in an irretrievable manner
- it is irretrievably lost
- adverb in an irretrievable manner
- irretrievable2/5
irretrievable
- adjective satellite impossible to recover or recoup or overcome
unretrievable.
- an irretrievable loss
- irretrievable errors in judgment
- adjective satellite impossible to recover or recoup or overcome
- unburied2/5
unburied
- adjective not buried
- adjective not buried
- retrievable2/5
retrievable
- adjective satellite capable of being regained especially with effort
- he believed the information was retrievable
- adjective satellite capable of being regained especially with effort
- interspecies2/5
interspecies
- adjective arising or occurring between species
interspecific.
- an interspecific hybrid
- adjective arising or occurring between species
- nonhierarchical2/5
nonhierarchical
- adjective not classified hierarchically
nonhierarchic.
- adjective not classified hierarchically
- monied2/5
monied
- adjective based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth
moneyed.
- moneyed interests
- adjective based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth
- liveried2/5
liveried
- adjective wearing livery
- liveried footmen stood on the palace steps
- adjective wearing livery
- unverified2/5
unverified
- adjective satellite lacking proof or substantiation
- adjective satellite lacking proof or substantiation
- uncertified2/5
uncertified
- adjective lacking requisite official documentation or endorsement
- adjective lacking requisite official documentation or endorsement
- dien2/5
dien
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- enfield2/5
enfield
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- darien2/5
darien
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- noriega2/5
noriega
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- believeth2/5
believe
- verb accept as true; take to be true
- I believed his report
- We didn't believe his stories from the War
- She believes in spirits
- verb judge or regard; look upon; judge
conceive; think; consider.
- I think he is very smart
- I believe her to be very smart
- I think that he is her boyfriend
- The racist conceives such people to be inferior
- verb accept as true; take to be true
- oriente2/5
orient
- noun the countries of Asia
East.
- noun the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
eastern hemisphere.
- noun the countries of Asia
- pelletier2/5
pelletier
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- smithfield2/5
- chiesa2/5
chiesa
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- chiefdoms2/5
chiefdoms
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- collectivities2/5
- interscience2/5
interscience
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- audiencia2/5
audiencia
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- laurier2/5
laurier
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- movimiento2/5
movimiento
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- biennale2/5
biennale
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- diener2/5
diener
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- scientia2/5
scientia
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- pierpont2/5
pierpont
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- vivienne2/5
vivienne
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- lichfield2/5
- orientale2/5
oriental
- adjective satellite denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia
- oriental civilization
- noun a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
oriental person.
- adjective satellite denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia
- dieppe2/5
- lumiere2/5
lumiere
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- gabriela2/5
gabriela
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- hsien2/5
- scientism2/5
- vietcong2/5
vietcong
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- nonlinearities2/5
- dernier2/5
- bronchiectasis2/5
- copperfield2/5
copperfield
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- uriel2/5
uriel
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- warfield2/5
warfield
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- hillier2/5
hilly
- adjective satellite having hills and crags
craggy; cragged; mountainous.
- hilly terrain
- adjective satellite having hills and crags
- ferrier2/5
ferry
- noun a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
ferryboat.
- noun transport by boat or aircraft
ferrying.
- noun a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
- gamaliel2/5
gamaliel
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- supervenience2/5
- telangiectasia2/5
telangiectasia
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- thieu2/5
thieu
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- adrien2/5
adrien
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- ciel2/5
ciel
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- siecles2/5
- sallied2/5
sally
- noun witty remark
wisecrack; quip; crack.
- noun a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
sortie.
- noun witty remark
- stepfamilies2/5
- guglielmo2/5
guglielmo
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- bouvier2/5
bouvier
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- liebig2/5
liebig
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- dumfries2/5
dumfries
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- anciens2/5
ancient
- noun a very old person
antediluvian.
- noun a person who lived in ancient times
- noun a very old person
- diethyl2/5
diethyl
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- impliedly2/5
imply
- verb express or state indirectly
connote.
- verb suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
- verb express or state indirectly
- subfield2/5
subfield
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- chiefdom2/5
chiefdom
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- experientially2/5
experiential
- adjective relating to or resulting from experience
- a personal, experiential reality
- adjective satellite derived from experience or the experience of existence
existential.
- the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington
- formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey
- adjective relating to or resulting from experience
- confraternities2/5
confraternities
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- brownfield2/5
brownfield
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- phosphodiesterase2/5
phosphodiesterase
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- sevier2/5
sevier
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- alighieri2/5
alighieri
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- miniseries2/5
miniseries
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- chilies2/5
chilies
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- dampier2/5
dampy
Somewhat damp. Obs. Drayton.
- experiencer2/5
experiencer
One who experiences.
- bielefeld2/5
bielefeld
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- inventoried2/5
inventory
- noun a detailed list of all the items in stock
stock list.
- noun the merchandise that a shop has on hand
stock.
- they carried a vast inventory of hardware
- they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory
- noun a detailed list of all the items in stock
- geoscience2/5
geoscience
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- leukotrienes2/5
- antient2/5
ancient
- noun a very old person
antediluvian.
- noun a person who lived in ancient times
- noun a very old person
- religieuse2/5
religieuse
A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.
- orientalis2/5
orientalis
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- perrier2/5
perry
- noun a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
- noun United States philosopher (1876-1957)
Ralph Barton Perry.
- noun a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
- charpentier2/5
- quartier2/5
quartier
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- leukotriene2/5
leukotriene
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- photomultiplier2/5
photomultiplier
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- sabatier2/5
- riefenstahl2/5
riefenstahl
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- piedra2/5
piedra
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- orientational2/5
orientational
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- grenier2/5
- subfields2/5
- sienese2/5
- taliesin2/5
taliesin
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- piezo2/5
piezo
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- subcarrier2/5
subcarrier
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- multiemployer2/5
- fieri2/5
fieri
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- antianxiety2/5
antianxiety
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- encomienda2/5
encomienda
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- maurier2/5
maurier
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- beaconsfield2/5
beaconsfield
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- huddersfield2/5
huddersfield
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- excipients2/5
- conveniens2/5
conveniens
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- medievalism2/5
medievalism
Same as Medival ,Medivalism , etc.
- squier2/5
squire
- noun young nobleman attendant on a knight
- noun an English country landowner
- noun young nobleman attendant on a knight
- maxfield2/5
maxfield
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- pietist2/5
pietist
(Eccl. Hist.) One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.
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- geosciences2/5
- prespecified2/5
- harriett2/5
harriett
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- alfieri2/5
- diseconomies2/5
- tumefaciens2/5
tumefaciens
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- religieux2/5
religieux
A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.
- selfsufficiency2/5
- fies2/5
fie
An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See Fuller.Fy .
- orvieto2/5
- maniere2/5
maniere
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- reviewable2/5
reviewable
Capable of being reviewed.
- subassemblies2/5
subassemblies
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- preamplifier2/5
preamplifier
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- likeliest2/5
likely
- adjective has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
- these services are likely to be available to us all before long
- she is likely to forget
- a likely place for a restaurant
- the broken limb is likely to fall
- rain is likely
- a likely topic for investigation
- likely candidates for the job
- adjective likely but not certain to be or become true or real
probable.
- a likely result
- he foresaw a probable loss
- adjective has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
- graciela2/5
graciela
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- dangerfield2/5
dangerfield
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- fortier2/5
forty
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
XL; 40.
- adjective satellite being ten more than thirty
twoscore; xl; 40.
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
- fied2/5
fie
An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See Fuller.Fy .
- gambier2/5
gambier
The inspissated juice of a plant ( Uncaria Gambir ) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name ofTerra Japonica , is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing.
- biens2/5
biens
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- cahier2/5
cahier
A namber of sheets of paper put loosely together; esp. one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.
- humidifier2/5
humidify
- verb make (more) humid
moisturise; moisturize.
- We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house
- verb make (more) humid
- reoccupied2/5
reoccupy
To occupy again.
- subseries2/5
subseries
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- religieuses2/5
religieuse
A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.
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- diefenbaker2/5
diefenbaker
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- partied2/5
party
- noun an organization to gain political power
political party.
- in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level
- noun a group of people gathered together for pleasure
- she joined the party after dinner
- noun an organization to gain political power
- misclassified2/5
misclassified
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- vietminh2/5
vietminh
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- cavaliere2/5
- impatiens2/5
impatiens
(Bot.) A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not ,jewelweed , andsnapweed .I. Balsamina (sometimes calledlady's slipper ) is the common garden balsam.
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pietist
(Eccl. Hist.) One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.
- clarifier2/5
clarify
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
elucidate; clear up.
- clarify the mystery surrounding her death
- verb make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
- clarify the butter
- clarify beer
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
- dashiell2/5
dashiell
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- pietra2/5
pietra
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- diene2/5
diene
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- reapplied2/5
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nieves
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- frasier2/5
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- plainfield2/5
- misidentified2/5
misidentify
- verb identify incorrectly
mistake.
- Don't mistake her for her twin sister
- verb identify incorrectly
- orientalia2/5
- tierras2/5
- rienzi2/5
- biopsied2/5
biopsy
- noun examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
- noun examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
- tieck2/5
- cienfuegos2/5
- ayuntamiento2/5
ayuntamiento
In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
- kievan2/5
- spier2/5
spy
- noun (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
undercover agent.
- noun a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people
- my spies tell me that you had a good time last night
- noun (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
- servient2/5
servient
Subordinate. Obs. except in law. Dyer. Gale & Whately.
- liebknecht2/5
- nonscientific2/5
nonscientific
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- scientiarum2/5
- brasiliensis2/5
brasiliensis
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- richfield2/5
richfield
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- diel2/5
diel
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- maximilien2/5
maximilien
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- corrientes2/5
- diegesis2/5
diegesis
A narrative or history; a recital or relation.
- niel2/5
niel
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- misorientation2/5
misorientation
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- veriest2/5
very
- adjective satellite precisely as stated
- the very center of town
- adjective satellite being the exact same one; not any other:
identical; selfsame.
- this is the identical room we stayed in before
- the themes of his stories are one and the same
- saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers
- on this very spot
- the very thing he said yesterday
- the very man I want to see
- adjective satellite precisely as stated
- scientistic2/5
scientistic
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- biel2/5
biel
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- grolier2/5
- viewership2/5
viewership
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- lieve2/5
lieve
Same as Lief .
- likelier2/5
likely
- adjective has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
- these services are likely to be available to us all before long
- she is likely to forget
- a likely place for a restaurant
- the broken limb is likely to fall
- rain is likely
- a likely topic for investigation
- likely candidates for the job
- adjective likely but not certain to be or become true or real
probable.
- a likely result
- he foresaw a probable loss
- adjective has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
- wielder2/5
wield
- verb have and exercise
maintain; exert.
- wield power and authority
- verb handle effectively
handle; manage.
- The burglar wielded an axe
- The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well
- verb have and exercise
- tienda2/5
tienda
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- pierrette2/5
- kier2/5
kier
(Bleaching) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve .
- dieldrin2/5
dieldrin
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- estienne2/5
estienne
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- dienes2/5
dienes
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- mobilier2/5
mobilier
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- handpiece2/5
handpiece
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- poiesis2/5
poiesis
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- diffusivities2/5
diffusivity
Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium.
- macronutrient2/5
macronutrient
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- consilience2/5
consilience
Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence. The consilience of inductions takes place when one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from another different class. Whewell.
- variegata2/5
variegata
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- neuroscientific2/5
- monier2/5
monier
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- studier2/5
study
- noun a detailed critical inspection
survey.
- noun applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
work.
- mastering a second language requires a lot of work
- no schools offer graduate study in interior design
- noun a detailed critical inspection
- spiers2/5
spiers
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- mortier2/5
mortier
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- gentrified2/5
gentrify
- verb renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
- gentrify a row of old houses
- gentrify the old center of town
- verb renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
- chenier2/5
chenier
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- unifier2/5
unify
- verb become one
merge; unite.
- Germany unified officially in 1990
- the cells merge
- verb to bring or combine together or with something else
amalgamate; mix; mingle; commix.
- resourcefully he mingled music and dance
- verb become one
- underspecified2/5
- fauconnier2/5
- reburied2/5
rebury
- verb bury again
- After the king's body had been exhumed and tested to traces of poison, it was reburied in the same spot
- verb bury again
- parmentier2/5
- vietnamization2/5
- encomiendas2/5
- bandelier2/5
- proxied2/5
proxy
- noun a person authorized to act for another
placeholder; procurator.
- noun a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
- noun a person authorized to act for another
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- damietta2/5
- weierstrass2/5
weierstrass
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- megacities2/5
- mulier2/5
- niente2/5
niente
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- ranvier2/5
ranvier
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- multispecies2/5
- fiel2/5
fiel
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- medievalist2/5
medievalist
Same as Medival ,Medivalism , etc.
- excipient2/5
excipient
Taking an exception.
- transfrontier2/5
transfrontier
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- smokies2/5
smoky
- adjective marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
- smoky rafters
- smoky chimneys
- a smoky fireplace
- a smoky corridor
- adjective satellite tasting of smoke
- smoky sausages
- adjective marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
- hierophant2/5
hierophant
The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion. Abp Potter.
- teniente2/5
- polybutadiene2/5
- lorient2/5
lorient
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- reexperiencing2/5
reexperience
A renewed or repeated experience.
- matériel2/5
matériel
That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc. , of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.
- antiestablishment2/5
antiestablishment
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- marnier2/5
marnier
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- ouvriers2/5
- hieron2/5
hieron
A consecrateo place; esp., a temple.
- aguascalientes2/5
aguascalientes
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- pipiens2/5
pipiens
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- mihiel2/5
mihiel
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- expediente2/5
expedient
- noun a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
- adjective serving to promote your interest
- was merciful only when mercy was expedient
- noun a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
- proprietorial2/5
proprietorial
Of or pertaining to ownership; proprietary; as, .proprietorial rights
- refried2/5
refried
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- ouvrier2/5
ouvrier
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- dniester2/5
dniester
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- shiel2/5
shiel
A sheeling. Scot. Burns.
- idiosyncracies2/5
idiosyncracies
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- humidifiers2/5
humidifiers
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- gasifier2/5
gasify
- verb turn into gas
aerify; vaporise; vaporize.
- The substance gasified
- verb turn into gas
- medievalists2/5
medievalist
Same as Medival ,Medivalism , etc.
- interieur2/5
interieur
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- wielders2/5
wielder
One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller. A wielder of the great arm of the war. Milton.
- barbies2/5
barbies
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- fielden2/5
fielden
Consisting of fields. Obs.The fielden country also and plains. Holland.
- tommies2/5
tommy
Bread, -- generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance. Slang,Eng.
- piezometric2/5
piezometric
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- kielce2/5
- munchies2/5
munchies
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- repartimiento2/5
repartimiento
A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes. W. Irving.
- subspecialties2/5
- orienteering2/5
orienteering
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- grievant2/5
grievant
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- sien2/5
sien
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- diethylamide2/5
diethylamide
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- viertel2/5
viertel
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- fier2/5
fire
- noun the event of something burning (often destructive)
- they lost everything in the fire
- noun the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
firing.
- hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes
- they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire
- noun the event of something burning (often destructive)
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- chatelier2/5
chatelier
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- multitiered2/5
- ancillaries2/5
ancillary
- adjective satellite furnishing added support
auxiliary; accessory; adjunct; adjuvant; appurtenant.
- an ancillary pump
- an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism
- The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
- adjective satellite furnishing added support
- equivalencies2/5
equivalency
Same as Equivalence .
- unconformities2/5
unconformity
Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency. South.
- souldiers2/5
soldier
- noun an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
- the soldiers stood at attention
- noun a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
- noun an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
- wied2/5
wied
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- banlieue2/5
banlieue
The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city. Brande & C.
- conscientization2/5
- lukasiewicz2/5
lukasiewicz
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- wier2/5
wier
Same as Weir .
- subserviency2/5
subserviency
The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. Bentley.
There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. Cheyne.
- juried2/5
jury
- noun a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law
- noun a committee appointed to judge a competition
panel.
- noun a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law
- aguardiente2/5
aguardiente
A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.
- liebmann2/5
liebmann
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- inalienability2/5
inalienability
The quality or state of being inalienable.
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cienega
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- entier2/5
entier
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- silicified2/5
silicified
(Chem.) Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, .silicified wood
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- speciesism2/5
- experiencers2/5
- sievert2/5
sievert
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- siever2/5
siever
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- asiento2/5
asiento
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- multiview2/5
multiview
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- wheaties2/5
wheaties
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- herries2/5
herries
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- moviegoer1/5
moviegoer
- noun someone who goes to see movies
motion-picture fan.
- noun someone who goes to see movies
- somebodies1/5
somebody
- noun a human being
someone; soul; person; individual; mortal.
- there was too much for one person to do
- noun a human being
- percipients1/5
percipient
- noun a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
perceiver; observer; beholder.
- adjective satellite characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
clear.
- clear mind
- a percipient author
- noun a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
- confectioneries1/5
confectionery
- noun candy and other sweets considered collectively
- the business decided to concentrate on confectionery and soft drinks
- noun a confectioner's shop
candy store; confectionary.
- noun candy and other sweets considered collectively
- confectionaries1/5
confectionary
- noun a confectioner's shop
candy store; confectionery.
- noun a confectioner's shop
- perfumeries1/5
perfumery
- noun perfumes in general
- noun store where perfumes are sold
- noun perfumes in general
- triers1/5
trier
- noun one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
- noun one who tries
essayer; attempter.
- noun one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
- supernumeraries1/5
supernumerary
- noun a person serving no apparent function
- reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries
- noun a minor actor in crowd scenes
spear carrier; extra.
- noun a person serving no apparent function
- marrieds1/5
married
- noun a person who is married
- we invited several young marrieds
- verb take in marriage
get hitched with; wed; marry; conjoin; get married; espouse; hook up with.
- noun a person who is married
- mediocrities1/5
mediocrity
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
averageness.
- noun a person of second-rate ability or value
second-rater.
- a team of aging second-raters
- shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
- rectifies1/5
rectify
- verb math: determine the length of
- rectify a curve
- verb reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
refine.
- refine sugar
- verb math: determine the length of
- butcheries1/5
butchery
- noun a building where animals are butchered
abattoir; shambles; slaughterhouse.
- noun the business of a butcher
butchering.
- noun a building where animals are butchered
- nullifiers1/5
nullifier
- noun an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws
- noun an official who can invalidate or nullify
voider; invalidator.
- my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was
- noun an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws
- equerries1/5
equerry
- noun an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
- noun a personal attendant of the British royal family
- noun an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles
- scrutinies1/5
scrutiny
- noun the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
examination.
- noun a prolonged intense look
- noun the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
- applier1/5
applier
- noun a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
applicant.
- noun a device for applying a substance
applicator.
- noun a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
- patisseries1/5
patisserie
- noun a bakery specializing in French pastry
- noun a bakery specializing in French pastry
- appliers1/5
applier
- noun a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
applicant.
- noun a device for applying a substance
applicator.
- noun a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
- nullifier1/5
nullifier
- noun an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws
- noun an official who can invalidate or nullify
voider; invalidator.
- my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was
- noun an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws
- baldies1/5
baldy
- noun a person whose head is bald
baldhead; baldpate.
- noun a person whose head is bald
- yielder1/5
yielder
- noun a person who yields or surrenders
surrenderer.
- noun a person who yields or surrenders
- domesticities1/5
domesticity
- noun the quality of being domestic or domesticated
- a royal family living in unpretentious domesticity
- noun domestic activities or life
- making a hobby of domesticity
- noun the quality of being domestic or domesticated
- yielders1/5
yielder
- noun a person who yields or surrenders
surrenderer.
- noun a person who yields or surrenders
- quarrier1/5
quarrier
- noun a man who works in a quarry
quarryman.
- noun a man who works in a quarry
- imageries1/5
imagery
- noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
mental imagery; imagination; imaging.
- he could still hear her in his imagination
- noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
- hied1/5
hie
- verb move fast
rush; bucket along; hotfoot; belt along; cannonball along; race; step on it; hasten; speed; pelt along; rush along.
- He rushed down the hall to receive his guests
- The cars raced down the street
- verb move fast
- connectivities1/5
connectivity
- noun the property of being connected or the degree to which something has connections
- noun the property of being connected or the degree to which something has connections
- relativities1/5
relativity
- noun (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
theory of relativity; Einstein's theory of relativity; relativity theory.
- noun the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else
- noun (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
- vivified1/5
vivify
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; revivify; recreate; reanimate; revive; renovate; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb make more striking or animated
- his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story
- verb give new life or energy to
- availabilities1/5
availability
- noun the quality of being at hand when needed
handiness; availableness; accessibility.
- noun the quality of being at hand when needed
- cardinalities1/5
cardinality
- noun (mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping)
- noun (mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping)
- temporaries1/5
temporary
- noun a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
temporary worker; temp.
- adjective not permanent; not lasting
impermanent.
- politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber
- impermanent palm cottages
- a temperary arrangement
- temporary housing
- noun a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
- alienations1/5
alienation
- noun the feeling of being alienated from other people
estrangement; disaffection.
- noun separation resulting from hostility
estrangement.
- noun the feeling of being alienated from other people
- dissentient1/5
dissentient
- adjective satellite (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
recusant.
- adjective satellite disagreeing, especially with a majority
dissenting; dissident.
- adjective satellite (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
- dieted1/5
diet
- noun a prescribed selection of foods
- noun a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
- noun a prescribed selection of foods
- nonentities1/5
nonentity
- noun the state of not existing
nonexistence.
- noun a person of no influence
nobody; cipher; cypher.
- noun the state of not existing
- busies1/5
busy
- verb keep busy with
occupy.
- She busies herself with her butterfly collection
- adjective actively or fully engaged or occupied
- busy with her work
- a busy man
- too busy to eat lunch
- verb keep busy with
- safeties1/5
safety
- noun the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
- insure the safety of the children
- the reciprocal of safety is risk
- noun a safe place
refuge.
- He ran to safety
- noun the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
- verifiers1/5
verifier
- noun someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
voucher.
- noun someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
- friendlies1/5
friendly
- noun troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
- friendlies came to their rescue
- adjective characteristic of or befitting a friend
- friendly advice
- a friendly neighborhood
- the only friendly person here
- a friendly host and hostess
- noun troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
- mystifies1/5
mystify
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- verb make mysterious
- mystify the story
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
- skinnier1/5
skinny
- noun confidential information about a topic or person
- he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner
- adjective satellite being very thin
underweight; boney; scraggy; scrawny; weedy.
- a child with skinny freckled legs
- a long scrawny neck
- noun confidential information about a topic or person
- justifier1/5
justifier
- noun a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
apologist; vindicator.
- an apologist for capital punishment
- noun a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
- familiarities1/5
familiarity
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
conversance; conversancy; acquaintance.
- noun usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
- demystifies1/5
demystify
- verb make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
- let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about
- verb make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
- pigmies1/5
pigmy
- noun an unusually small individual
pygmy.
- noun any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet
Pygmy.
- noun an unusually small individual
- diversifies1/5
diversify
- verb make (more) diverse
- diversify a course of study
- verb spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
radiate.
- The plants on this island diversified
- verb make (more) diverse
- liquified1/5
liquified
- adjective changed from a solid to a liquid state
melted; liquid.
- rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow
- verb make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
liquify; liquidise; liquefy; liquidize.
- liquefy the silver
- adjective changed from a solid to a liquid state
- disbeliever1/5
disbeliever
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
nonbeliever; unbeliever.
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
- speediest1/5
speedy
- adjective satellite characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
rapid.
- a rapid movement
- a speedy car
- a speedy errand boy
- adjective satellite accomplished rapidly and without delay
quick.
- was quick to make friends
- his quick reaction prevented an accident
- hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem
- a speedy recovery
- he has a right to a speedy trial
- adjective satellite characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
- photographies1/5
photography
- noun the act of taking and printing photographs
picture taking.
- noun the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces
- noun the act of taking and printing photographs
- flunkies1/5
flunky
- noun a male servant (especially a footman)
flunkey; lackey.
- noun a person of unquestioning obedience
yes-man; stooge; flunkey.
- noun a male servant (especially a footman)
- steadiest1/5
steady
- noun a person loved by another person
truelove; sweetheart; sweetie.
- verb make steady
becalm; calm.
- steady yourself
- noun a person loved by another person
- unties1/5
untie
- verb undo the ties of
unbrace; unlace.
- They untied the prisoner
- verb cause to become loose
loosen; undo.
- undo the shoelace
- untie the knot
- loosen the necktie
- verb undo the ties of
- armouries1/5
armoury
- noun a collection of resources
armory; inventory.
- he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer
- noun all the weapons and equipment that a country has
armory; arsenal.
- noun a collection of resources
- lignified1/5
lignify
- verb convert into wood or cause to become woody
- verb convert into wood or cause to become woody
- jolliet1/5
jolliet
- noun French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700)
Joliet; Louis Joliet; Louis Jolliet.
- noun French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700)
- creameries1/5
creamery
- noun a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold
- noun a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold
- couturiers1/5
couturier
- noun someone who designs clothing
fashion designer; designer; clothes designer.
- noun someone who designs clothing
- vicinities1/5
vicinity
- noun a surrounding or nearby region
neck of the woods; neighborhood; neighbourhood; locality.
- the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
- it is a rugged locality
- he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
- I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods
- noun a surrounding or nearby region
- shanghaied1/5
shanghai
- noun the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
- verb take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
impress.
- The men were shanghaied after being drugged
- noun the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
- spatialities1/5
spatiality
- noun any property relating to or occupying space
spatial property.
- noun any property relating to or occupying space
- frenchified1/5
frenchify
- verb make French in appearance or character
- let's Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money
- verb become French in appearance or character
- This restaurant has Frenchified
- verb make French in appearance or character
- synchronicities1/5
synchronicity
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
synchronisation; synchronizing; synchronism; synchronization; synchroneity; synchrony.
- the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
- moonies1/5
moonie
- noun an often derogatory term for a member of the Unification Church
- noun an often derogatory term for a member of the Unification Church
- liquefies1/5
liquefy
- verb become liquid
- The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew
- verb make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
liquify; liquidise; liquidize.
- liquefy the silver
- verb become liquid
- roomier1/5
roomy
- noun an associate who shares a room with you
roommate; roomie.
- adjective satellite (of buildings and rooms) having ample space
spacious.
- a roomy but sparsely furnished apartment
- a spacious ballroom
- noun an associate who shares a room with you
- thorniest1/5
thorny
- adjective satellite bristling with perplexities
- the thorny question of states' rights
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
barbed; burry; briary; bristly; briery; setaceous; barbellate; prickly; spiny; burred; setose; bristled.
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
- adjective satellite bristling with perplexities
- muddies1/5
muddy
- verb dirty with mud
muddy up.
- verb cause to become muddy
- These data would have muddied the prediction
- verb dirty with mud
- lieges1/5
liege
- noun a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
vassal; feudatory; liegeman; liege subject.
- noun a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
liege lord.
- noun a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
- orientalized1/5
orientalize
- verb make oriental in character
orientalise.
- orientalize your garden
- verb make oriental in character
- beautifies1/5
beautify
- verb make more beautiful
fancify; embellish; prettify.
- verb be beautiful to look at
deck; embellish; decorate; grace; adorn.
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
- verb make more beautiful
- schlemiel1/5
schlemiel
- noun (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
shlemiel.
- noun (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
- vivifies1/5
vivify
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; revivify; recreate; reanimate; revive; renovate; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb make more striking or animated
- his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story
- verb give new life or energy to
- griever1/5
griever
- noun a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
lamenter; sorrower; mourner.
- noun a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
- dizzied1/5
dizzy
- verb make dizzy or giddy
- a dizzying pace
- adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
giddy; vertiginous; woozy.
- had a dizzy spell
- a dizzy pinnacle
- had a headache and felt giddy
- a giddy precipice
- feeling woozy from the blow on his head
- a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff
- verb make dizzy or giddy
- voluntaries1/5
voluntary
- noun (military) a person who freely enlists for service
military volunteer; volunteer.
- noun composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance
- noun (military) a person who freely enlists for service
- foodies1/5
foodie
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
gourmet; gastronome; epicurean; bon vivant; epicure.
- noun a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
- pinkies1/5
pinky
- noun the finger farthest from the thumb
pinkie; little finger.
- noun the finger farthest from the thumb
- babied1/5
baby
- noun a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
infant; babe.
- the baby began to cry again
- she held the baby in her arms
- it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different
- noun the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
- the baby of the family
- the baby of the Supreme Court
- noun a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- sweeties1/5
sweetie
- noun a person loved by another person
truelove; sweetheart; steady.
- noun a person loved by another person
- salients1/5
salient
- noun (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
- adjective satellite having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
striking; prominent; spectacular; outstanding.
- an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom
- a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book
- salient traits
- a spectacular rise in prices
- a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center
- a striking resemblance between parent and child
- noun (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
- manlier1/5
manly
- adjective possessing qualities befitting a man
manlike; manful.
- adjective satellite characteristic of a man
manful; male; manlike; virile.
- a deep male voice
- manly sports
- adjective possessing qualities befitting a man
- grievers1/5
griever
- noun a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
lamenter; sorrower; mourner.
- noun a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
- indemnifies1/5
indemnify
- verb secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
- This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness
- verb make amends for; pay compensation for
repair; compensate; recompense.
- One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
- She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
- verb secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
- thornier1/5
thorny
- adjective satellite bristling with perplexities
- the thorny question of states' rights
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
barbed; burry; briary; bristly; briery; setaceous; barbellate; prickly; spiny; burred; setose; bristled.
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
- adjective satellite bristling with perplexities
- ratifiers1/5
ratifier
- noun someone who expresses strong approval
subscriber; endorser; indorser.
- noun someone who expresses strong approval
- schoolfriend1/5
schoolfriend
- noun a friend who attends the same school
- noun a friend who attends the same school
- variegate1/5
variegate
- verb change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors
- verb make something more diverse and varied
motley; vary.
- Vary the menu
- verb change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors
- croupiers1/5
croupier
- noun someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
- noun someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
- plier1/5
plier
- noun someone who plies a trade
plyer.
- noun someone who plies a trade
- dieing1/5
die
- noun a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
dice.
- noun a device used for shaping metal
- noun a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
- ninnies1/5
ninny
- noun a stupid foolish person
nincompoop; poop.
- noun a stupid foolish person
- puerilities1/5
puerility
- noun the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
childhood.
- noun a property characteristic of a child
childishness.
- noun the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
- windiest1/5
windy
- adjective satellite abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
blowy; breezy.
- blowy weather
- a windy bluff
- adjective satellite not practical or realizable; speculative
airy; visionary; impractical; Laputan.
- airy theories about socioeconomic improvement
- visionary schemes for getting rich
- adjective satellite abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
- softies1/5
softy
- noun a person who is weak and excessively sentimental
softie.
- noun a person who is weak and excessively sentimental
- windier1/5
windy
- adjective satellite abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
blowy; breezy.
- blowy weather
- a windy bluff
- adjective satellite not practical or realizable; speculative
airy; visionary; impractical; Laputan.
- airy theories about socioeconomic improvement
- visionary schemes for getting rich
- adjective satellite abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
- ologies1/5
ology
- noun an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge
- noun an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge
- topiaries1/5
topiary
- noun a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals
- noun making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees
- noun a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals
- manliest1/5
manly
- adjective possessing qualities befitting a man
manlike; manful.
- adjective satellite characteristic of a man
manful; male; manlike; virile.
- a deep male voice
- manly sports
- adjective possessing qualities befitting a man
- lapidaries1/5
lapidary
- noun an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them
lapidarist.
- noun a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones
lapidist.
- noun an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them
- nigerien1/5
nigerien
- noun a native or inhabitant of Niger
- adjective of or relating to the people of Nigeria
Nigerian.
- a Nigerian novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature this year
- noun a native or inhabitant of Niger
- endoscopies1/5
endoscopy
- noun visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope
- noun visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope
- stratifies1/5
stratify
- verb divide society into social classes or castes
- Income distribution often stratifies a society
- verb form layers or strata
- The rock stratifies
- verb divide society into social classes or castes
- electricities1/5
electricity
- noun a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
- noun energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
electrical energy.
- they built a car that runs on electricity
- noun a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
- saponified1/5
saponified
- adjective converted into soap
- saponified oils
- verb become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali
saponify.
- the oil saponified
- adjective converted into soap
- testifier1/5
testifier
- noun a person who testifies or gives a deposition
deponent; deposer.
- noun a person who testifies or gives a deposition
- ancientness1/5
ancientness
- noun extreme oldness
antiquity.
- noun extreme oldness
- ossifies1/5
ossify
- verb become bony
- The tissue ossified
- verb make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
rigidify; petrify.
- rigidify the training schedule
- ossified teaching methods
- slogans petrify our thinking
- verb become bony
- microscopies1/5
microscopy
- noun research with the use of microscopes
- noun research with the use of microscopes
- liegemen1/5
liegeman
- noun a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
vassal; feudatory; liege; liege subject.
- noun a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
- airier1/5
airy
- adjective satellite open to or abounding in fresh air
aired.
- airy rooms
- adjective satellite not practical or realizable; speculative
windy; visionary; impractical; Laputan.
- airy theories about socioeconomic improvement
- visionary schemes for getting rich
- adjective satellite open to or abounding in fresh air
- dirties1/5
dirty
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
begrime; soil; grime; bemire; colly.
- don't soil your clothes when you play outside!
- adjective soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
soiled; unclean.
- dirty unswept sidewalks
- a child in dirty overalls
- dirty slums
- piles of dirty dishes
- put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
- wore an unclean shirt
- mining is a dirty job
- Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
- verb make soiled, filthy, or dirty
- fantasied1/5
fantasy
- noun imagination unrestricted by reality
phantasy.
- a schoolgirl fantasy
- noun fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
phantasy.
- she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies
- noun imagination unrestricted by reality
- espies1/5
espy
- verb catch sight of
spot; descry; spy.
- verb catch sight of
- pickaninnies1/5
pickaninny
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
piccaninny; picaninny.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
- stupefies1/5
stupefy
- verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
besot.
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
- descries1/5
descry
- verb catch sight of
espy; spot; spy.
- verb catch sight of
- sentiency1/5
sentiency
- noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
sensory faculty; sentience; sensation; sense.
- in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
- noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
- homebodies1/5
homebody
- noun a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel
stay-at-home.
- noun a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel
- syzygies1/5
syzygy
- noun the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system
- noun the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system
- circuitries1/5
circuitry
- noun electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits
- noun electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits
- duckies1/5
ducky
- noun a special loved one
favourite; deary; favorite; pet; dearie; darling.
- noun a special loved one
- warier1/5
wary
- adjective marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
- they were wary in their movements
- a wary glance at the black clouds
- taught to be wary of strangers
- adjective satellite openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
untrusting; suspicious; leery; mistrustful.
- adjective marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
- skinniest1/5
skinny
- noun confidential information about a topic or person
- he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner
- adjective satellite being very thin
underweight; boney; scraggy; scrawny; weedy.
- a child with skinny freckled legs
- a long scrawny neck
- noun confidential information about a topic or person
- liegeman1/5
liegeman
- noun a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
vassal; feudatory; liege; liege subject.
- noun a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
- inferiorities1/5
inferiority
- noun the state of being inferior
lower rank; lower status.
- noun an inferior quality
low quality.
- noun the state of being inferior
- necropsies1/5
necropsy
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; post-mortem examination; postmortem; autopsy; PM.
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- voluptuaries1/5
voluptuary
- noun a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
sybarite.
- adjective satellite displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
voluptuous; luxurious; sybaritic; epicurean; luxuriant.
- an epicurean banquet
- enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs
- Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence
- a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness
- noun a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
- cavalries1/5
cavalry
- noun troops trained to fight on horseback
horse; horse cavalry.
- 500 horse led the attack
- noun a highly mobile army unit
- noun troops trained to fight on horseback
- clarities1/5
clarity
- noun free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
limpidity; pellucidity; lucidity; lucidness; clearness.
- noun the quality of clear water
uncloudedness; clearness.
- when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes
- noun free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
- emulsifies1/5
emulsify
- verb cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion
- verb form into or become an emulsion
- The solution emulsified
- verb cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion
- patsies1/5
patsy
- noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
fool; soft touch; sucker; gull; fall guy; mug; chump; mark.
- noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- sensualities1/5
sensuality
- noun desire for sensual pleasures
sensualism; sensualness.
- noun desire for sensual pleasures
- justifiers1/5
justifier
- noun a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
apologist; vindicator.
- an apologist for capital punishment
- noun a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
- crybabies1/5
crybaby
- noun a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
chicken; wimp.
- noun a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
squawker; moaner; sniveller; complainer; whiner; grumbler; bellyacher.
- noun a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
- briery1/5
briery
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
barbed; burry; briary; bristly; setaceous; thorny; barbellate; prickly; spiny; burred; setose; bristled.
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
- calcifies1/5
calcify
- verb become impregnated with calcium salts
- verb become inflexible and unchanging
- Old folks can calcify
- verb become impregnated with calcium salts
- quarriers1/5
quarrier
- noun a man who works in a quarry
quarryman.
- noun a man who works in a quarry
- fatties1/5
fatty
- noun a rotund individual
roly-poly; butterball; fatso; fat person.
- adjective containing or composed of fat
fat.
- fatty food
- fat tissue
- noun a rotund individual
- testifiers1/5
testifier
- noun a person who testifies or gives a deposition
deponent; deposer.
- noun a person who testifies or gives a deposition
- prehistories1/5
prehistory
- noun the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
prehistoric culture.
- noun the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
- aliened1/5
alien
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
noncitizen; foreigner; outlander.
- noun anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
unknown; stranger.
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- dishonesties1/5
dishonesty
- noun the quality of being dishonest
- noun lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
knavery.
- noun the quality of being dishonest
- territorialities1/5
territoriality
- noun the behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory
- noun the behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory
- diplomacies1/5
diplomacy
- noun negotiation between nations
diplomatic negotiations.
- noun subtly skillful handling of a situation
finesse; delicacy; discreetness.
- noun negotiation between nations
- orientalising1/5
orientalise
- verb make oriental in character
orientalize.
- orientalize your garden
- verb make oriental in character
- nitrified1/5
nitrify
- verb convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
- verb treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
nitrogenise; nitrogenize.
- verb convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
- honkies1/5
honky
- noun (slang) offensive names for a White man
whitey; honkie; honkey.
- noun (slang) offensive names for a White man
- airiest1/5
airy
- adjective satellite open to or abounding in fresh air
aired.
- airy rooms
- adjective satellite not practical or realizable; speculative
windy; visionary; impractical; Laputan.
- airy theories about socioeconomic improvement
- visionary schemes for getting rich
- adjective satellite open to or abounding in fresh air
- fieldings1/5
fielding
- noun (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field
- noun English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)
Henry Fielding.
- noun (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field
- roomies1/5
roomy
- noun an associate who shares a room with you
roommate; roomie.
- adjective satellite (of buildings and rooms) having ample space
spacious.
- a roomy but sparsely furnished apartment
- a spacious ballroom
- noun an associate who shares a room with you
- nosier1/5
nosy
- adjective satellite offensively curious or inquisitive
prying; snoopy; nosey.
- curious about the neighbor's doings
- he flipped through my letters in his nosy way
- prying eyes
- the snoopy neighbor watched us all day
- adjective satellite offensively curious or inquisitive
- infantries1/5
infantry
- noun an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
foot.
- there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot
- noun an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
- theogonies1/5
theogony
- noun the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods
- noun the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods
- braies1/5
bray
- noun the cry of an ass
- verb braying characteristic of donkeys
hee-haw.
- noun the cry of an ass
- slaveries1/5
slavery
- noun the state of being under the control of another person
thrall; thraldom; thralldom; bondage.
- noun the practice of owning slaves
slaveholding.
- noun the state of being under the control of another person
- viabilities1/5
viability
- noun (of living things) capable of normal growth and development
- noun capable of being done in a practical and useful way
- noun (of living things) capable of normal growth and development
- sleaziest1/5
sleazy
- adjective satellite of cloth; thin and loosely woven
- the coat has a sleazy lining
- adjective satellite of very poor quality; flimsy
cheap; tinny; punk; crummy; bum; chintzy; cheesy.
- adjective satellite of cloth; thin and loosely woven
- materiels1/5
materiel
- noun equipment and supplies of a military force
equipage.
- noun equipment and supplies of a military force
- mutualities1/5
mutuality
- noun a reciprocality of sentiments
mutualness.
- the mutuality of their affection was obvious
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
interdependency; interdependence.
- noun a reciprocality of sentiments
- supersymmetries1/5
supersymmetry
- noun (physics) a theory that tries to link the four fundamental forces
- according to supersymmetry each force emerged separately during the big bang
- noun (physics) a theory that tries to link the four fundamental forces
- astronomies1/5
astronomy
- noun the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
uranology.
- noun the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
- shlemiel1/5
shlemiel
- noun (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
schlemiel.
- noun (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler
- piccaninnies1/5
piccaninny
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
pickaninny; picaninny.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
- wariest1/5
wary
- adjective marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
- they were wary in their movements
- a wary glance at the black clouds
- taught to be wary of strangers
- adjective satellite openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
untrusting; suspicious; leery; mistrustful.
- adjective marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
- pageantries1/5
pageantry
- noun a rich and spectacular ceremony
pageant.
- noun an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes
pageant.
- noun a rich and spectacular ceremony
- discourtesies1/5
discourtesy
- noun an expression of lack of respect
disrespect.
- noun a manner that is rude and insulting
rudeness.
- noun an expression of lack of respect
- anthropometries1/5
anthropometry
- noun measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities
- noun measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities
- orientalised1/5
orientalise
- verb make oriental in character
orientalize.
- orientalize your garden
- verb make oriental in character
- knaveries1/5
knavery
- noun lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
dishonesty.
- noun lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
- infancies1/5
infancy
- noun the early stage of growth or development
early childhood; babyhood.
- noun the earliest state of immaturity
babyhood.
- noun the early stage of growth or development
- necrologies1/5
necrology
- noun a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
obituary; obit.
- noun a list of people who died recently
- noun a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
- accessibilities1/5
accessibility
- noun the quality of being at hand when needed
handiness; availableness; availability.
- noun the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with
approachability.
- noun the quality of being at hand when needed
- sleazier1/5
sleazy
- adjective satellite of cloth; thin and loosely woven
- the coat has a sleazy lining
- adjective satellite of very poor quality; flimsy
cheap; tinny; punk; crummy; bum; chintzy; cheesy.
- adjective satellite of cloth; thin and loosely woven
- ratifier1/5
ratifier
- noun someone who expresses strong approval
subscriber; endorser; indorser.
- noun someone who expresses strong approval
- fertilities1/5
fertility
- noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
birthrate; birth rate; fertility rate; natality.
- noun the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
fecundity.
- noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
- artilleries1/5
artillery
- noun large but transportable armament
heavy weapon; ordnance; gun.
- noun an army unit that uses big guns
artillery unit.
- noun large but transportable armament
- nonachievement1/5
nonachievement
- noun an act that does not achieve its intended goal
nonaccomplishment.
- noun an act that does not achieve its intended goal
- kinkier1/5
kinky
- adjective satellite (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
perverted.
- kinky sex
- perverted practices
- adjective satellite (of hair) in small tight curls
frizzy; frizzly; crisp; nappy.
- adjective satellite (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
- highfliers1/5
highflier
- noun a person of great ability and ambition
highflyer.
- noun a person of great ability and ambition
- minified1/5
minify
- verb make smaller
lessen; decrease.
- He decreased his staff
- verb make smaller
- shieldings1/5
shielding
- noun the act of shielding from harm
- noun a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay
- noun the act of shielding from harm
- hydrophobicities1/5
hydrophobicity
- noun the property of being water-repellent; tending to repel and not absorb water
- noun the property of being water-repellent; tending to repel and not absorb water
- revivified1/5
revivify
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; recreate; reanimate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb give new life or energy to
- clienteles1/5
clientele
- noun customers collectively
patronage; business.
- they have an upper class clientele
- noun customers collectively
- dieticians1/5
dietician
- noun a specialist in the study of nutrition
nutritionist; dietitian.
- noun a specialist in the study of nutrition
- pessaries1/5
pessary
- noun a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix
diaphragm; contraceptive diaphragm.
- noun a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix
- hosier1/5
hosier
- noun a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear
- noun a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear
- hierarchs1/5
hierarch
- noun a person who holds a high position in a hierarchy
- noun a senior clergyman and dignitary
high priest; prelate; primate; archpriest.
- noun a person who holds a high position in a hierarchy
- anthropologies1/5
anthropology
- noun the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
- noun the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
- purities1/5
purity
- noun being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
pureness.
- noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
whiteness; sinlessness; innocence; pureness.
- noun being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
- stultified1/5
stultify
- verb prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself
- verb cause to appear foolish
- He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent
- verb prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- sodalities1/5
sodality
- noun people engaged in a particular occupation
fraternity; brotherhood.
- the medical fraternity
- noun people engaged in a particular occupation
- preoccupies1/5
preoccupy
- verb engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
- His work preoccupies him
- The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else
- verb occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
- the army preoccupied the hills
- verb engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
- proximities1/5
proximity
- noun the property of being close together
propinquity.
- noun the region close around a person or thing
- noun the property of being close together
- piracies1/5
piracy
- noun hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
buccaneering.
- air piracy
- noun the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
plagiarization; plagiarism; plagiarisation.
- noun hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
- divergencies1/5
divergency
- noun an infinite series that has no limit
divergence.
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
divergence.
- an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines
- noun an infinite series that has no limit
- reprieves1/5
reprieve
- noun a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
respite.
- noun an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
suspension; abatement; hiatus; respite.
- noun a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- tastiest1/5
tasty
- adjective pleasing to the sense of taste
- a tasty morsel
- adjective pleasing to the sense of taste
- magnifiers1/5
magnifier
- noun a scientific instrument that magnifies an image
- noun a scientific instrument that magnifies an image
- nonconformities1/5
nonconformity
- noun lack of harmony or correspondence
- noun a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
nonconformance; nonconformism.
- noun lack of harmony or correspondence
- physiognomies1/5
physiognomy
- noun the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
smiler; visage; mug; kisser; countenance; phiz.
- noun the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
- goalies1/5
goalie
- noun the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
goaltender; netminder; goalkeeper; netkeeper.
- noun the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring
goaltender; goalkeeper; netkeeper.
- noun the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal
- glaziers1/5
glazier
- noun someone who cuts flat glass to size
glass-cutter; glass cutter; glassworker; glazer.
- noun someone who cuts flat glass to size
- saltier1/5
salty
- adjective satellite engagingly stimulating or provocative
piquant.
- a piquant wit
- salty language
- adjective containing or filled with salt
- salt water
- adjective satellite engagingly stimulating or provocative
- partialities1/5
partiality
- noun a predisposition to like something
fancy; fondness.
- he had a fondness for whiskey
- noun an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
partisanship.
- noun a predisposition to like something
- montgolfier1/5
montgolfier
A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon.
- homosexualities1/5
homosexuality
- noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
gayness; homoeroticism; queerness; homosexualism.
- noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
- solitaries1/5
solitary
- noun confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners
solitary confinement.
- he was held in solitary
- noun one who lives in solitude
troglodyte; recluse; solitudinarian; hermit.
- noun confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners
- choreographies1/5
choreography
- noun a show involving artistic dancing
stage dancing.
- noun the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes
- noun a show involving artistic dancing
- inabilities1/5
inability
- noun lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
- noun lacking the power to perform
unfitness.
- noun lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
- aviaries1/5
aviary
- noun a building where birds are kept
bird sanctuary; volary.
- noun a building where birds are kept
- lazier1/5
lazy
- adjective satellite moving slowly and gently
- up a lazy river
- lazy white clouds
- at a lazy pace
- adjective satellite disinclined to work or exertion
slothful; indolent; faineant; otiose; work-shy.
- faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
- an indolent hanger-on
- too lazy to wash the dishes
- shiftless idle youth
- slothful employees
- the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy
- adjective satellite moving slowly and gently
- cosmogonies1/5
cosmogony
- noun the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
cosmogeny; cosmology.
- noun the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
- laziest1/5
lazy
- adjective satellite moving slowly and gently
- up a lazy river
- lazy white clouds
- at a lazy pace
- adjective satellite disinclined to work or exertion
slothful; indolent; faineant; otiose; work-shy.
- faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
- an indolent hanger-on
- too lazy to wash the dishes
- shiftless idle youth
- slothful employees
- the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy
- adjective satellite moving slowly and gently
- orientating1/5
orientating
- adjective positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually
orienting.
- noticed the bee's momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive
- an orienting program for new employees
- verb determine one's position with reference to another point
orientate; orient.
- We had to orient ourselves in the forest
- adjective positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually
- treacheries1/5
treachery
- noun betrayal of a trust
perfidy; perfidiousness.
- noun an act of deliberate betrayal
perfidy; betrayal; treason.
- noun betrayal of a trust
- filthiest1/5
filthy
- adjective satellite disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
nasty; foul.
- as filthy as a pigsty
- a foul pond
- a nasty pigsty of a room
- adjective satellite vile; despicable
lousy; dirty.
- a dirty (or lousy) trick
- a filthy traitor
- adjective satellite disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
- bestiaries1/5
bestiary
- noun a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
- noun a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
- debaucheries1/5
debauchery
- noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
bacchanalia; saturnalia; bacchanal; riot; debauch; drunken revelry; orgy.
- noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- hierarch1/5
hierarch
- noun a person who holds a high position in a hierarchy
- noun a senior clergyman and dignitary
high priest; prelate; primate; archpriest.
- noun a person who holds a high position in a hierarchy
- upfield1/5
upfield
- adjective satellite away from the defending teams' end of the playing field
- adjective satellite away from the defending teams' end of the playing field
- overachiever1/5
overachiever
- noun a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated
- noun a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated
- handier1/5
handy
- noun United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
W. C. Handy; William Christopher Handy.
- adjective satellite easy to reach
ready to hand.
- found a handy spot for the can opener
- noun United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
- piezoelectricity1/5
piezoelectricity
- noun electricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt); alternatively, electrostatic stress produces a change in the linear dimensions of the crystal
piezo effect; piezoelectric effect.
- noun electricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt); alternatively, electrostatic stress produces a change in the linear dimensions of the crystal
- disbelieves1/5
disbelieve
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
discredit.
- verb reject as false; refuse to accept
- handiest1/5
handy
- noun United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
W. C. Handy; William Christopher Handy.
- adjective satellite easy to reach
ready to hand.
- found a handy spot for the can opener
- noun United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
- reciprocities1/5
reciprocity
- noun a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
reciprocality.
- noun mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges
- noun a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
- aetiologies1/5
aetiology
- noun the cause of a disease
etiology.
- noun the philosophical study of causation
etiology.
- noun the cause of a disease
- regencies1/5
regency
- noun the period of time during which a regent governs
- noun the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity
- noun the period of time during which a regent governs
- sanctities1/5
sanctity
- noun the quality of being holy
sanctitude; holiness.
- noun the quality of being holy
- menageries1/5
menagerie
- noun a collection of live animals for study or display
- noun the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
zoological garden; zoo.
- noun a collection of live animals for study or display
- brasier1/5
brasier
- noun large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times
brazier.
- noun large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times
- versifier1/5
versifier
- noun a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
rhymester; poetizer; poetiser; rhymer.
- noun a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
- underachiever1/5
underachiever
- noun a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates
underperformer; nonachiever.
- noun a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates
- satisfiers1/5
satisfier
- noun any agent capable of producing satisfaction
- noun any agent capable of producing satisfaction
- proprietaries1/5
proprietary
- noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
proprietorship.
- adjective protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights
- `Tylenol' is a proprietary drug of which `acetaminophen' is the generic form
- noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
- granularities1/5
granularity
- noun the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
coarseness; graininess.
- noun the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
- ezechiel1/5
ezechiel
- noun a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC
Ezekiel.
- noun an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration
Book of Ezekiel; Ezekiel.
- noun a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC
- poetries1/5
poetry
- noun literature in metrical form
verse; poesy.
- noun any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling
- noun literature in metrical form
- toadies1/5
toady
- noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
sycophant; lackey; ass-kisser; crawler.
- verb try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
fawn; kowtow; kotow; bootlick; suck up; truckle.
- He is always kowtowing to his boss
- noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- unhappiest1/5
unhappy
- adjective experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
- unhappy over her departure
- unhappy with her raise
- after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence
- had an unhappy time at school
- the unhappy (or sad) news
- he looks so sad
- adjective generalized feeling of distress
distressed; dysphoric.
- adjective experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
- shabbier1/5
shabby
- adjective satellite showing signs of wear and tear
ratty; moth-eaten; tatty.
- a ratty old overcoat
- shabby furniture
- an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains
- adjective satellite mean and unworthy and despicable
- shabby treatment
- adjective satellite showing signs of wear and tear
- degeneracies1/5
degeneracy
- noun the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
degeneration; decadence; decadency.
- noun moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
putrefaction; depravation; depravity; corruption.
- the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
- moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
- its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
- Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
- noun the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
- psychopathologies1/5
psychopathology
- noun the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior
abnormal psychology.
- noun the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
psychiatry; psychological medicine.
- noun the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior
- depositaries1/5
depositary
- noun a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
depository; repository; deposit.
- noun a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- tarries1/5
tarry
- verb be about
loaf; footle; mess about; lallygag; linger; lollygag; lurk; mill about; hang around; lounge; loiter; mill around.
- The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
- Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
- verb leave slowly and hesitantly
linger.
- verb be about
- worriers1/5
worrier
- noun thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
fuss-budget; worrywart; fusspot.
- noun thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
- commanderies1/5
commandery
- noun the position or office of commander
commandership.
- noun the position or office of commander
- dignifies1/5
dignify
- verb confer dignity or honor upon
ennoble.
- He was dignified with a title
- verb raise the status of
- I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer
- verb confer dignity or honor upon
- overachievers1/5
overachiever
- noun a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated
- noun a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated
- villainies1/5
villainy
- noun the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior
villainousness.
- noun a criminal or vicious act
- noun the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior
- cozier1/5
cozy
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
tea cosy; tea cozy; cosy.
- adjective satellite enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
snug; cosy.
- a cozy nook near the fire
- snug in bed
- a snug little apartment
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
- catties1/5
catty
- noun any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
cattie.
- adjective satellite marked by or arising from malice
cattish; bitchy.
- a catty remark
- noun any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
- reflectivities1/5
reflectivity
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
reflectance; coefficient of reflection; reflection factor.
- noun the ability to reflect beams or rays
reflexion; reflection.
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
- visibilities1/5
visibility
- noun quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye
visibleness.
- low visibility caused by fog
- noun degree of exposure to public notice
profile.
- that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election
- noun quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye
- indecencies1/5
indecency
- noun the quality of being indecent
- noun an indecent or improper act
impropriety.
- noun the quality of being indecent
- bombardiers1/5
bombardier
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
- noun the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
- horrifies1/5
horrify
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
dismay; alarm; appall; appal.
- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- curtsies1/5
curtsy
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
curtsey.
- verb bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsey.
- noun bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- fogies1/5
fogy
- noun someone whose style is out of fashion
fogey; dodo; fossil.
- noun someone whose style is out of fashion
- scarified1/5
scarify
- verb puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
- The men in some African tribes scarify their faces
- verb scratch the surface of
- scarify seeds
- verb puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
- nativities1/5
nativity
- noun the event of being born
nascency; nascence; birth.
- they celebrated the birth of their first child
- noun the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas
Virgin Birth.
- noun the event of being born
- tiebreaker1/5
tiebreaker
- noun overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer
- noun overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer
- mortuaries1/5
mortuary
- noun a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
morgue; dead room.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of death
- noun a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
- wilier1/5
wily
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; knavish; sly; slick; foxy; guileful; tricksy; dodgy; crafty; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
- mischievousness1/5
mischievousness
- noun an attribute of mischievous children
badness; naughtiness.
- noun the trait of behaving like an imp
puckishness; impishness; whimsicality.
- noun an attribute of mischievous children
- stockier1/5
stocky
- adjective satellite having a short and solid form or stature
compact; thick; thickset; heavyset.
- a wrestler of compact build
- he was tall and heavyset
- stocky legs
- a thickset young man
- adjective satellite having a short and solid form or stature
- christianities1/5
christianity
- noun a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior
Christian religion.
- noun the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia)
Christendom.
- for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom
- noun a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior
- inconveniencing1/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
- centerfield1/5
centerfield
- noun the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
center; center field.
- he hit the ball to deep center
- noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield
center field.
- noun the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- decalcified1/5
decalcify
- verb lose calcium or calcium compounds
- verb remove calcium or lime from
- decalcify the rock
- verb lose calcium or calcium compounds
- theodicies1/5
theodicy
- noun the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil
- noun the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil
- orientates1/5
orientate
- verb determine one's position with reference to another point
orient.
- We had to orient ourselves in the forest
- verb determine one's position with reference to another point
- pacifies1/5
pacify
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
- The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- traceries1/5
tracery
- noun decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs
- noun decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs
- reorients1/5
reorient
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
reorientate.
- verb cause to turn
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
- materialities1/5
materiality
- noun relevance requiring careful consideration
- noun the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
physicalness; corporeality; corporality.
- noun relevance requiring careful consideration
- sapience1/5
sapience
- noun ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
wisdom.
- noun ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
- iconographies1/5
iconography
- noun the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject
- religious iconography
- the propagandistic iconography of a despot
- noun the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject
- citified1/5
citified
- adjective satellite being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person
city-bred; city-born; cityfied.
- verb accustom to urban ways
citify.
- Immigration will citify the country?
- adjective satellite being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person
- reorientations1/5
reorientation
- noun a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs
- noun the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented
change of direction.
- noun a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs
- peasantries1/5
- constancies1/5
constancy
- noun the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
stability.
- early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds
- noun (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
perceptual constancy.
- noun the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
- conformities1/5
conformity
- noun correspondence in form or appearance
conformance.
- noun acting according to certain accepted standards
compliance; conformation; abidance.
- their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices
- noun correspondence in form or appearance
- whimsies1/5
whimsy
- noun an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
whim; whimsey; notion.
- the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories
- he had a whimsy about flying to the moon
- whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it
- noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
arbitrariness; whimsicality; capriciousness; whimsey; flightiness.
- I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
- noun an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
- privacies1/5
privacy
- noun the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
privateness; seclusion.
- noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
secrecy; privateness; concealment.
- noun the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
- clumsier1/5
clumsy
- adjective satellite lacking grace in movement or posture
gawky; unwieldy; clunky; ungainly.
- a gawky lad with long ungainly legs
- clumsy fingers
- what an ungainly creature a giraffe is
- heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair
- adjective satellite not elegant or graceful in expression
awkward; inept; ill-chosen; inapt; cumbersome.
- an awkward prose style
- a clumsy apology
- his cumbersome writing style
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
- adjective satellite lacking grace in movement or posture
- unhappier1/5
unhappy
- adjective experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
- unhappy over her departure
- unhappy with her raise
- after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence
- had an unhappy time at school
- the unhappy (or sad) news
- he looks so sad
- adjective generalized feeling of distress
distressed; dysphoric.
- adjective experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
- shakier1/5
shaky
- adjective satellite inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
rickety; wobbly; wonky.
- a rickety table
- a wobbly chair with shaky legs
- the ladder felt a little wobbly
- the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky
- adjective satellite vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
shivering; trembling.
- a quaking bog
- the quaking child asked for more
- quivering leaves of a poplar tree
- with shaking knees
- seemed shaky on her feet
- sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier
- trembling hands
- adjective satellite inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
- overachieving1/5
overachieve
- verb perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected
- His daughter always overachieves
- verb perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected
- rigidified1/5
rigidify
- verb become rigid
- The body rigidified
- verb make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
petrify; ossify.
- rigidify the training schedule
- ossified teaching methods
- slogans petrify our thinking
- verb become rigid
- superiorities1/5
superiority
- noun the quality of being superior
high quality.
- noun the quality of being at a competitive advantage
favorable position; favourable position.
- noun the quality of being superior
- detoxifies1/5
detoxify
- verb remove poison from
detoxicate.
- detoxify the soil
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detox.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- verb remove poison from
- viewfinders1/5
viewfinder
- noun optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
finder; view finder.
- noun optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
- negativities1/5
negativity
- noun the character of the negative electric pole
negativeness.
- noun characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands
negativeness; negativism.
- noun the character of the negative electric pole
- idealities1/5
ideality
- noun the quality of being ideal
- noun the quality of being ideal
- depravities1/5
depravity
- noun moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
putrefaction; depravation; corruption; degeneracy.
- the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
- moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
- its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
- Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
- noun a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
turpitude.
- the various turpitudes of modern society
- noun moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- tidies1/5
tidy
- noun receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
- verb put (things or places) in order
straighten out; tidy up; straighten; clean up; square away; neaten.
- Tidy up your room!
- noun receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
- needier1/5
needy
- noun needy people collectively
- they try to help the needy
- adjective satellite poor enough to need help from others
poverty-stricken; necessitous; impoverished; destitute; indigent.
- noun needy people collectively
- isometries1/5
isometry
- noun the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same
- noun a one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points
- the isometries of the cube
- noun the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same
- berried1/5
berried
- adjective satellite producing or bearing berries
baccate; bacciferous.
- verb pick or gather berries
berry.
- We went berrying in the summer
- adjective satellite producing or bearing berries
- physiologies1/5
physiology
- noun the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
- noun processes and functions of an organism
- noun the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
- laddies1/5
laddie
- noun a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
lad; sonny; cub; sonny boy.
- noun a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
- christies1/5
christie
- noun prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976)
Agatha Christie; Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie.
- noun prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976)
- deaneries1/5
deanery
- noun the official residence of a dean
- noun the position or office of a dean
deanship.
- noun the official residence of a dean
- amnestied1/5
amnesty
- noun a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
- noun a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
pardon.
- noun a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
- realties1/5
realty
- noun property consisting of houses and land
real estate; real property; immovable.
- noun property consisting of houses and land
- bourgeoisies1/5
bourgeoisie
- noun the social class between the lower and upper classes
middle class.
- noun the social class between the lower and upper classes
- versifiers1/5
versifier
- noun a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
rhymester; poetizer; poetiser; rhymer.
- noun a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
- unpurified1/5
unpurified
- adjective satellite not made pure
- adjective satellite not made pure
- muddier1/5
muddy
- verb dirty with mud
muddy up.
- verb cause to become muddy
- These data would have muddied the prediction
- verb dirty with mud
- teleologies1/5
teleology
- noun (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes
- noun (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes
- fooleries1/5
foolery
- noun foolish or senseless behavior
indulgence; craziness; tomfoolery; folly; lunacy.
- noun foolish or senseless behavior
- jennies1/5
jenny
- noun United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
William Le Baron Jenny.
- noun female donkey
jennet; jenny ass.
- noun United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
- chieftaincies1/5
chieftaincy
- noun the position of chieftain
chieftainship.
- noun the position of chieftain
- acuities1/5
acuity
- noun sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
sharp-sightedness; visual acuity.
- noun a quick and penetrating intelligence
keenness; sharpness; acuteness.
- he argued with great acuteness
- I admired the keenness of his mind
- noun sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
- premiering1/5
premier
- noun the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
Prime Minister; PM.
- noun the person who is head of state (in several countries)
chancellor; prime minister.
- noun the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
- inhumanities1/5
inhumanity
- noun the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
inhumaneness.
- noun an act of atrocious cruelty
atrocity.
- noun the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
- jimmied1/5
jimmy
- noun a short crowbar
jemmy.
- in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy
- verb to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
lever; prise; pry; prize.
- The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
- noun a short crowbar
- breviaries1/5
breviary
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders
- potties1/5
potty
- noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
throne; toilet; commode; crapper; stool; can; pot.
- noun a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
chamberpot; thunder mug.
- noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- seigneuries1/5
seigneury
- noun the estate of a seigneur
seigniory; signory.
- noun the position and authority of a feudal lord
seigniory; feudal lordship.
- noun the estate of a seigneur
- trilogies1/5
trilogy
- noun a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme
- noun a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme
- perjuries1/5
perjury
- noun criminal offense of making false statements under oath
lying under oath; bearing false witness.
- noun criminal offense of making false statements under oath
- shadier1/5
shady
- adjective satellite (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
fly-by-night.
- a shady operation
- adjective satellite of questionable taste or morality
louche.
- a louche nightclub
- a louche painting
- adjective satellite (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
- lowlier1/5
lowly
- adjective satellite low or inferior in station or quality
small; modest; humble; low.
- a humble cottage
- a lowly parish priest
- a modest man of the people
- small beginnings
- adjective satellite inferior in rank or status
petty; junior-grade; lower-ranking; subaltern; secondary.
- the junior faculty
- a lowly corporal
- petty officialdom
- a subordinate functionary
- adjective satellite low or inferior in station or quality
- dubiety1/5
dubiety
- noun the state of being unsure of something
uncertainty; dubiousness; doubtfulness; doubt; incertitude.
- noun the state of being unsure of something
- henries1/5
henry
- noun a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
H.
- noun English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)
William Henry.
- noun a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
- larcenies1/5
larceny
- noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
thieving; thievery; theft; stealing.
- the thieving is awful at Kennedy International
- noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
- ingenuities1/5
ingenuity
- noun the power of creative imagination
ingeniousness; inventiveness; cleverness.
- noun the property of being ingenious
ingeniousness; cleverness.
- a plot of great ingenuity
- the cleverness of its design
- noun the power of creative imagination
- grittier1/5
gritty
- adjective satellite composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
grainy; granular; farinaceous; mealy; coarse-grained; granulose.
- granular sugar
- the photographs were grainy and indistinct
- it left a mealy residue
- adjective satellite willing to face danger
spunky; mettlesome; gamy; spirited; game; gamey.
- adjective satellite composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
- stringencies1/5
stringency
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
tightness.
- noun conscientious attention to rules and details
strictness.
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
- earthier1/5
earthy
- adjective satellite conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
crude; gross; vulgar.
- coarse language
- a crude joke
- crude behavior
- an earthy sense of humor
- a revoltingly gross expletive
- a vulgar gesture
- full of language so vulgar it should have been edited
- adjective satellite not far removed from or suggestive of nature
- the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow
- earthy smells of new-mown grass
- adjective satellite conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- edifies1/5
edify
- verb make understand
enlighten.
- Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal
- verb make understand
- sentimentalities1/5
sentimentality
- noun falsely emotional in a maudlin way
soupiness; drippiness; mushiness; mawkishness; sloppiness.
- noun extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
- noun falsely emotional in a maudlin way
- paries1/5
paries
- noun (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
wall.
- stomach walls
- noun (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
- ramifies1/5
ramify
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
complexify.
- These actions will ramify
- verb grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
branch.
- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
- captivities1/5
captivity
- noun the state of being imprisoned
immurement; imprisonment; incarceration.
- he was held in captivity until he died
- the imprisonment of captured soldiers
- his ignominious incarceration in the local jail
- he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
- noun the state of being a slave
enslavement.
- So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare
- noun the state of being imprisoned
- aneuploidies1/5
aneuploidy
- noun an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)
- noun an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)
- shabbiest1/5
shabby
- adjective satellite showing signs of wear and tear
ratty; moth-eaten; tatty.
- a ratty old overcoat
- shabby furniture
- an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains
- adjective satellite mean and unworthy and despicable
- shabby treatment
- adjective satellite showing signs of wear and tear
- fattier1/5
fatty
- noun a rotund individual
roly-poly; butterball; fatso; fat person.
- adjective containing or composed of fat
fat.
- fatty food
- fat tissue
- noun a rotund individual
- colonoscopies1/5
colonoscopy
- noun visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation
- noun visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation
- complementaries1/5
complementary
- noun either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)
complementary color.
- yellow and blue are complementaries
- adjective satellite of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
- `male' and `female' are complementary terms
- noun either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)
- brickfields1/5
brickfield
- noun a place where bricks are made and sold
brickyard.
- noun a place where bricks are made and sold
- underachieve1/5
underachieve
- verb perform less well or with less success than expected
underperform.
- John consistently underachieves, although he is very able
- My stocks underperformed last year
- verb perform less well or with less success than expected
- captaincies1/5
captaincy
- noun the post of captain
captainship.
- noun the post of captain
- judicatories1/5
judicatory
- noun the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
judicial system; judiciary; judicature.
- noun the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
- mortifies1/5
mortify
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- verb hold within limits and control
crucify; subdue.
- subdue one's appetites
- mortify the flesh
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- dingier1/5
dingy
- adjective satellite thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
begrimed; grimy; grubby; raunchy; grungy.
- a miner's begrimed face
- dingy linen
- grimy hands
- grubby little fingers
- a grungy kitchen
- adjective satellite (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
muddy; muddied; dirty.
- dirty" is often used in combination
- a dirty (or dingy) white
- the muddied grey of the sea
- muddy colors
- dirty-green walls
- dirty-blonde hair
- adjective satellite thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
- deifies1/5
deify
- verb consider as a god or godlike
- These young men deify financial success
- verb exalt to the position of a God
- the people deified their King
- verb consider as a god or godlike
- sceneries1/5
scenery
- noun the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
scene.
- they worked all night painting the scenery
- noun the appearance of a place
- noun the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
- pettiest1/5
petty
- noun larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
petit larceny; petty larceny.
- adjective satellite inferior in rank or status
junior-grade; lower-ranking; lowly; subaltern; secondary.
- the junior faculty
- a lowly corporal
- petty officialdom
- a subordinate functionary
- noun larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
- greedier1/5
greedy
- adjective satellite immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
covetous; prehensile; avaricious; grasping; grabby.
- they are avaricious and will do anything for money
- casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
- a grasping old miser
- grasping commercialism
- greedy for money and power
- grew richer and greedier
- prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
- adjective satellite (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
esurient; avid; devouring.
- avid for adventure
- an avid ambition to succeed
- fierce devouring affection
- the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity
- greedy for fame
- adjective satellite immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
- rediscoveries1/5
rediscovery
- noun the act of discovering again
- noun the act of discovering again
- stymies1/5
stymy
- noun a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
stymie.
- noun a thwarting and distressing situation
stymie.
- noun a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
- tieback1/5
tieback
- noun a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
pullback.
- the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks
- noun a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
- haemopoiesis1/5
haemopoiesis
- noun the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
hematopoiesis; hemogenesis; hemopoiesis; hematogenesis; sanguification; haematopoiesis; haemogenesis; haematogenesis.
- noun the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
- tiebacks1/5
tieback
- noun a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
pullback.
- the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks
- noun a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
- luthier1/5
luthier
- noun a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins)
- noun a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins)
- phenomenologies1/5
phenomenology
- noun a philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account
- noun a philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account
- haematopoiesis1/5
haematopoiesis
- noun the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
hematopoiesis; hemogenesis; hemopoiesis; hematogenesis; haemopoiesis; sanguification; haemogenesis; haematogenesis.
- noun the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
- chaplaincies1/5
chaplaincy
- noun the position of chaplain
chaplainship.
- noun the position of chaplain
- besieger1/5
besieger
- noun an enemy who lays siege to your position
- noun an energetic petitioner
- noun an enemy who lays siege to your position
- discographies1/5
discography
- noun a descriptive catalog of musical recordings
- noun a descriptive catalog of musical recordings
- requiems1/5
requiem
- noun a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
dirge; coronach; threnody; lament.
- noun a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead
- noun a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
- interstratified1/5
interstratify
- verb arrange rocks in alternating strata
- verb arrange rocks in alternating strata
- eschatologies1/5
eschatology
- noun the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind
- noun the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind
- dallies1/5
dally
- verb behave carelessly or indifferently
flirt; toy; play.
- Play about with a young girl's affection
- verb waste time
dawdle.
- Get busy--don't dally!
- verb behave carelessly or indifferently
- fixities1/5
fixity
- noun the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
secureness; fixedness; fixture; fastness.
- noun the quality of being incapable of mutation
immutableness; immutability.
- Darwin challenged the fixity of species
- noun the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
- wiliest1/5
wily
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; knavish; sly; slick; foxy; guileful; tricksy; dodgy; crafty; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
- hemopoiesis1/5
hemopoiesis
- noun the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
hematopoiesis; hemogenesis; hematogenesis; haemopoiesis; sanguification; haematopoiesis; haemogenesis; haematogenesis.
- noun the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
- lymphopoiesis1/5
lymphopoiesis
- noun the formation of lymphocytes in the bone marrow and lymph nodes and thymus and spleen
- noun the formation of lymphocytes in the bone marrow and lymph nodes and thymus and spleen
- kieselguhr1/5
kieselguhr
- noun a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material
diatomaceous earth; diatomite.
- noun a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material
- satisfier1/5
satisfier
- noun any agent capable of producing satisfaction
- noun any agent capable of producing satisfaction
- jimmies1/5
jimmies
- noun bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream
sprinkles.
- noun a short crowbar
jimmy; jemmy.
- in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy
- noun bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream
- admiralties1/5
admiralty
- noun the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)
- noun the office of admiral
- noun the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)
- fructified1/5
fructify
- verb become productive or fruitful
- The seeds fructified
- verb make productive or fruitful
- The earth that he fructified
- verb become productive or fruitful
- greediest1/5
greedy
- adjective satellite immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
covetous; prehensile; avaricious; grasping; grabby.
- they are avaricious and will do anything for money
- casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
- a grasping old miser
- grasping commercialism
- greedy for money and power
- grew richer and greedier
- prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
- adjective satellite (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
esurient; avid; devouring.
- avid for adventure
- an avid ambition to succeed
- fierce devouring affection
- the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity
- greedy for fame
- adjective satellite immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
- drolleries1/5
drollery
- noun a comic incident or series of incidents
comedy; funniness; clowning.
- noun a quaint and amusing jest
waggery.
- noun a comic incident or series of incidents
- prettified1/5
prettify
- verb make more beautiful
fancify; beautify; embellish.
- verb make more beautiful
- clumsiest1/5
clumsy
- adjective satellite lacking grace in movement or posture
gawky; unwieldy; clunky; ungainly.
- a gawky lad with long ungainly legs
- clumsy fingers
- what an ungainly creature a giraffe is
- heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair
- adjective satellite not elegant or graceful in expression
awkward; inept; ill-chosen; inapt; cumbersome.
- an awkward prose style
- a clumsy apology
- his cumbersome writing style
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
- adjective satellite lacking grace in movement or posture
- sublieutenant1/5
sublieutenant
- noun an officer ranking next below a lieutenant
- noun an officer ranking next below a lieutenant
- piggeries1/5
piggery
- noun a farm where pigs are raised or kept
pig farm.
- noun a farm where pigs are raised or kept
- orientalisms1/5
orientalism
- noun the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
Oriental Studies.
- noun the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations
- orientalisms can be found in Mozart's operas
- noun the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
- spiels1/5
spiel
- noun plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
line of gab; patter.
- verb replay (as a melody)
play.
- Play it again, Sam
- She played the third movement very beautifully
- noun plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
- audacities1/5
audacity
- noun fearless daring
temerity; audaciousness.
- noun aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery
audaciousness.
- he had the audacity to question my decision
- noun fearless daring
- miscarries1/5
miscarry
- verb be unsuccessful
fail; go wrong.
- Where do today's public schools fail?
- The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably
- verb suffer a miscarriage
- verb be unsuccessful
- ecclesiologies1/5
ecclesiology
- noun the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church
- noun the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church
- dietaries1/5
dietary
- noun a regulated daily food allowance
- adjective of or relating to the diet
dietetical; dietetic.
- dietary restrictions
- noun a regulated daily food allowance
- fugacities1/5
fugacity
- noun the tendency of a gas to expand or escape
- noun the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts)
fugaciousness.
- noun the tendency of a gas to expand or escape
- disquiets1/5
disquiet
- noun a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
anxiousness.
- noun the trait of seeming ill at ease
uneasiness; unease.
- noun a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
- verniers1/5
vernier
- noun French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
Paul Vernier.
- noun a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
vernier scale.
- noun French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637)
- anarchies1/5
anarchy
- noun a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
lawlessness.
- noun a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
- caddied1/5
caddy
- noun a can for storing tea
tea caddy.
- verb act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
caddie.
- noun a can for storing tea
- fidelities1/5
fidelity
- noun accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
- noun the quality of being faithful
faithfulness.
- noun accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
- complacencies1/5
complacency
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
complacence; self-complacency; self-satisfaction.
- his complacency was absolutely disgusting
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
- alienor1/5
alienor
- noun someone from whom the title of property is transferred
- noun someone from whom the title of property is transferred
- acidities1/5
acidity
- noun the property of being acidic
sour; sourness.
- noun the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
acidulousness.
- noun the property of being acidic
- relevancies1/5
relevancy
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
relevance.
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
- electrifies1/5
electrify
- verb excite suddenly and intensely
- The news electrified us
- verb charge (a conductor) with electricity
- verb excite suddenly and intensely
- shimmies1/5
shimmy
- noun an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
- he could feel the shimmy in the steering wheel
- noun a woman's sleeveless undergarment
shift; teddy; slip; chemise.
- noun an abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels)
- dimensionalities1/5
dimensionality
- noun the spatial property of having dimensions
- all matter has dimensionality
- noun the spatial property of having dimensions
- filthier1/5
filthy
- adjective satellite disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
nasty; foul.
- as filthy as a pigsty
- a foul pond
- a nasty pigsty of a room
- adjective satellite vile; despicable
lousy; dirty.
- a dirty (or lousy) trick
- a filthy traitor
- adjective satellite disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
- quietening1/5
quieten
- verb become quiet or quieter
quiesce; pipe down; quiet; quiet down; hush.
- The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
- verb make calm or still
still; tranquilize; tranquillize; calm down; quiet; calm; tranquillise; lull.
- quiet the dragons of worry and fear
- verb become quiet or quieter
- obediences1/5
obedience
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
obeisance.
- noun the trait of being willing to obey
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
- chivvied1/5
chivy
- verb annoy continually or chronically
beset; chevy; chevvy; harass; hassle; chivvy; harry; plague; molest; provoke.
- He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
- This man harasses his female co-workers
- verb annoy continually or chronically
- hosiers1/5
hosier
- noun a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear
- noun a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear
- sullies1/5
sully
- noun United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
Thomas Sully.
- noun French statesman (1560-1641)
Maxmilien de Bethune; Duc de Sully.
- noun United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
- nuttier1/5
nutty
- adjective satellite having the flavor of nuts
nutlike.
- a nutty sherry
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- adjective satellite having the flavor of nuts
- petrifies1/5
petrify
- verb cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
- The horror petrified his feelings
- Fear petrified her thinking
- verb change into stone
lapidify.
- the wood petrified with time
- verb cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
- vitalities1/5
vitality
- noun an energetic style
verve.
- noun a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
energy; vim.
- jogging works off my excess energy
- he seemed full of vim and vigor
- noun an energetic style
- heterodoxies1/5
heterodoxy
- noun any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
unorthodoxy; heresy.
- noun the quality of being unorthodox
unorthodoxy.
- noun any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
- pillories1/5
pillory
- noun a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
- verb expose to ridicule or public scorn
gibbet.
- noun a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
- obliquities1/5
obliquity
- noun the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
asynclitism.
- noun the quality of being deceptive
deceptiveness.
- noun the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
- craftier1/5
crafty
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; wily; knavish; sly; slick; foxy; guileful; tricksy; dodgy; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
- financiering1/5
financier
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
moneyman.
- verb conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
- taxies1/5
taxi
- noun a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
cab; taxicab; hack.
- verb travel slowly
- The plane taxied down the runway
- noun a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- parietes1/5
paries
- noun (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
wall.
- stomach walls
- noun (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
- nullities1/5
nullity
- noun the state of nonexistence
void; nothingness; nihility.
- noun something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)
- noun the state of nonexistence
- fragilities1/5
fragility
- noun quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
frangibleness; breakability; frangibility.
- noun lack of physical strength
delicacy.
- noun quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
- funkier1/5
funky
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
stinking; foul-smelling; foul; foetid; smelly; noisome; fetid; ill-scented.
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
- adjective satellite (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
low-down.
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
- drudgeries1/5
drudgery
- noun hard monotonous routine work
donkeywork; plodding; grind.
- noun hard monotonous routine work
- pettier1/5
petty
- noun larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
petit larceny; petty larceny.
- adjective satellite inferior in rank or status
junior-grade; lower-ranking; lowly; subaltern; secondary.
- the junior faculty
- a lowly corporal
- petty officialdom
- a subordinate functionary
- noun larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
- simultaneities1/5
simultaneity
- noun happening or existing or done at the same time
simultaneousness.
- noun happening or existing or done at the same time
- luthiers1/5
luthier
- noun a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins)
- noun a craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins)
- curriers1/5
currier
- noun United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
Nathaniel Currier.
- noun a craftsman who curries leather for use
- noun United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
- jalopies1/5
jalopy
- noun a car that is old and unreliable
bus; heap.
- the fenders had fallen off that old bus
- noun a car that is old and unreliable
- craftiest1/5
crafty
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
tricky; wily; knavish; sly; slick; foxy; guileful; tricksy; dodgy; cunning.
- cunning men often pass for wise
- deep political machinations
- a foxy scheme
- a slick evasive answer
- sly as a fox
- tricky Dick
- a wily old attorney
- adjective satellite marked by skill in deception
- putties1/5
putty
- noun a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
- verb apply putty in order to fix or fill
- putty the window sash
- noun a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
- miens1/5
mien
- noun dignified manner or conduct
bearing; presence; comportment.
- noun dignified manner or conduct
- advocacies1/5
advocacy
- noun active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
protagonism.
- noun active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
- chieftainships1/5
chieftainship
- noun the position of chieftain
chieftaincy.
- noun the position of chieftain
- stultifies1/5
stultify
- verb prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself
- verb cause to appear foolish
- He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent
- verb prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- coquetries1/5
coquetry
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
dalliance; flirting; flirt; flirtation; toying.
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
- shadiest1/5
shady
- adjective satellite (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
fly-by-night.
- a shady operation
- adjective satellite of questionable taste or morality
louche.
- a louche nightclub
- a louche painting
- adjective satellite (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
- constabularies1/5
constabulary
- noun the force of policemen and officers
law; police; police force.
- the law came looking for him
- noun the force of policemen and officers
- centrepieces1/5
centrepiece
- noun the central or most important feature
centerpiece.
- education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform
- noun something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)
centerpiece.
- noun the central or most important feature
- digestibilities1/5
digestibility
- noun the property of being easy to digest
digestibleness.
- noun the property of being easy to digest
- mandatories1/5
mandatory
- noun the recipient of a mandate
mandatary.
- noun a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
mandate.
- noun the recipient of a mandate
- curacies1/5
curacy
- noun the position of a curate
- noun the position of a curate
- crucifies1/5
crucify
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- Jesus Christ was crucified
- verb treat cruelly
bedevil; rag; dun; frustrate; torment.
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- boulevardier1/5
boulevardier
- noun a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris)
- noun a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris)
- misapplies1/5
misapply
- verb apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
misuse.
- The words are misapplied in this context
- You are misapplying the name of this religious group
- verb apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
- querier1/5
querier
- noun someone who asks a question
questioner; enquirer; asker; inquirer.
- noun someone who asks a question
- experient1/5
experient
- adjective having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
experienced.
- adjective having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
- muddiest1/5
muddy
- verb dirty with mud
muddy up.
- verb cause to become muddy
- These data would have muddied the prediction
- verb dirty with mud
- battier1/5
batty
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- leftfield1/5
leftfield
- noun the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
left field; left.
- the batter flied out to left
- noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate)
left field.
- noun the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
- pallier1/5
pally
- adjective satellite (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
matey; palsy-walsy; chummy.
- adjective satellite (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
- fruitier1/5
fruity
- adjective satellite tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- adjective satellite tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit
- maternities1/5
maternity
- noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
pregnancy; gestation.
- noun the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
motherhood.
- noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- dickies1/5
dicky
- noun a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
dickey; dickie; dicky-seat; dickie-seat; dickey-seat.
- noun a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
shirtfront; dickie; dickey.
- noun a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
- floozies1/5
floozy
- noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
streetwalker; floozie; slattern; street girl; hooker; hustler.
- noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
- tieing1/5
tie
- noun neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
necktie.
- he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie
- he wore a vest and tie
- noun a social or business relationship
affiliation; tie-up; association.
- a valuable financial affiliation
- he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team
- many close associations with England
- noun neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
- crosiers1/5
crosier
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
crozier.
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
- chromaticities1/5
chromaticity
- noun the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
hue.
- noun the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
- sillies1/5
silly
- noun a word used for misbehaving children
- don't be a silly
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
cockamamie; wacky; goofy; sappy; whacky; zany; cockamamy.
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
- noun a word used for misbehaving children
- costumier1/5
costumier
- noun someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade)
costumer; costume designer.
- noun someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade)
- pseudosciences1/5
pseudoscience
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- creepier1/5
creepy
- adjective satellite annoying and unpleasant
- some creepy kids were bothering her
- adjective satellite causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
creepy-crawly.
- a creepy story
- I had a creepy-crawly feeling
- adjective satellite annoying and unpleasant
- seigniories1/5
seigniory
- noun the estate of a seigneur
signory; seigneury.
- noun the position and authority of a feudal lord
feudal lordship; seigneury.
- noun the estate of a seigneur
- meanies1/5
meany
- noun United States labor leader who was the first president of the AFL-CIO (1894-1980)
George Meany.
- noun a person of mean disposition
unkind person; meanie.
- noun United States labor leader who was the first president of the AFL-CIO (1894-1980)
- sovietized1/5
sovietize
- verb bring under Soviet control, of a country
sovietise.
- verb model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union
sovietise.
- Castro sovietized Cuba
- verb bring under Soviet control, of a country
- montgolfiers1/5
montgolfier
- noun French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
Jacques Etienne Montgolfier.
- noun French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810)
Josef Michel Montgolfier.
- noun French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
- headier1/5
heady
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
judicious; wise.
- judicious use of one's money
- a wise decision
- adjective satellite extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
intoxicating.
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- absorptivities1/5
absorptivity
- noun (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body
absorption factor.
- noun (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body
- variegations1/5
variegation
- noun variability in coloration
- noun the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)
diversification.
- my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments
- he limited his losses by diversification of his product line
- noun variability in coloration
- chattier1/5
chatty
- adjective satellite full of trivial conversation
loquacious; talky; gabby; garrulous; talkative.
- kept from her housework by gabby neighbors
- adjective satellite prone to friendly informal communication
gossipy; newsy.
- adjective satellite full of trivial conversation
- binderies1/5
bindery
- noun a workshop where books are bound
- noun a workshop where books are bound
- calligraphies1/5
calligraphy
- noun beautiful handwriting
chirography; penmanship.
- noun beautiful handwriting
- centralities1/5
centrality
- noun the property of being central
- noun the property of being central
- positivities1/5
positivity
- noun the character of the positive electric pole
positiveness.
- noun a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
positiveness; positivism.
- noun the character of the positive electric pole
- rogueries1/5
roguery
- noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
mischief-making; rascality; mischief; mischievousness; roguishness; devilment; deviltry; shenanigan; devilry.
- noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
- hardies1/5
hardy
- noun United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)
Oliver Hardy.
- noun English novelist and poet (1840-1928)
Thomas Hardy.
- noun United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)
- tangencies1/5
tangency
- noun the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
- noun (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
contact.
- they forget to solder the contacts
- noun the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
- grainier1/5
grainy
- adjective satellite composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
gritty; granular; farinaceous; mealy; coarse-grained; granulose.
- granular sugar
- the photographs were grainy and indistinct
- it left a mealy residue
- adjective satellite composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
- bulkiest1/5
bulky
- adjective satellite of large size for its weight
- adjective satellite of large size for its weight
- brickfield1/5
brickfield
- noun a place where bricks are made and sold
brickyard.
- noun a place where bricks are made and sold
- lunacies1/5
lunacy
- noun obsolete terms for legal insanity
madness; insaneness.
- noun foolish or senseless behavior
indulgence; foolery; craziness; tomfoolery; folly.
- noun obsolete terms for legal insanity
- alchemies1/5
alchemy
- noun the way two individuals relate to each other
interpersonal chemistry; chemistry.
- their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other
- a mysterious alchemy brought them together
- noun a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
- noun the way two individuals relate to each other
- creepiest1/5
creepy
- adjective satellite annoying and unpleasant
- some creepy kids were bothering her
- adjective satellite causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
creepy-crawly.
- a creepy story
- I had a creepy-crawly feeling
- adjective satellite annoying and unpleasant
- wackiest1/5
wacky
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
cockamamie; goofy; sappy; whacky; silly; zany; cockamamy.
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
- numerosities1/5
numerosity
- noun a large number
numerousness; multiplicity.
- noun a large number
- dehumidified1/5
dehumidify
- verb make less humid
- The air conditioner dehumidifies the air in the summer
- verb make less humid
- croziers1/5
crozier
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
crosier.
- noun a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
- perfidies1/5
perfidy
- noun betrayal of a trust
perfidiousness; treachery.
- noun an act of deliberate betrayal
betrayal; treachery; treason.
- noun betrayal of a trust
- boogies1/5
boogie
- noun an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
boogie-woogie.
- verb dance to boogie music
- noun an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
- acidifies1/5
acidify
- verb make sour or more sour
sour; acetify; acidulate.
- verb turn acidic
acetify.
- the solution acetified
- verb make sour or more sour
- misbelievers1/5
misbeliever
- noun a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic; religious outcast.
- noun a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
- quietens1/5
quieten
- verb become quiet or quieter
quiesce; pipe down; quiet; quiet down; hush.
- The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
- verb make calm or still
still; tranquilize; tranquillize; calm down; quiet; calm; tranquillise; lull.
- quiet the dragons of worry and fear
- verb become quiet or quieter
- poverties1/5
poverty
- noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
poorness; impoverishment.
- noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
- masteries1/5
mastery
- noun great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
control; command.
- a good command of French
- noun power to dominate or defeat
supremacy; domination.
- mastery of the seas
- noun great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- quiesce1/5
quiesce
- verb become quiet or quieter
pipe down; quiet; quiet down; hush; quieten.
- The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
- verb become quiet or quieter
- hubbies1/5
hubby
- noun a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
married man; husband.
- noun a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
- secrecies1/5
secrecy
- noun the trait of keeping things secret
silence; secretiveness.
- noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
privateness; concealment; privacy.
- noun the trait of keeping things secret
- monsieurs1/5
monsieur
- noun used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
- noun used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
- fructifies1/5
fructify
- verb become productive or fruitful
- The seeds fructified
- verb make productive or fruitful
- The earth that he fructified
- verb become productive or fruitful
- brainier1/5
brainy
- adjective satellite having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
brilliant; smart as a whip.
- some men dislike brainy women
- a brilliant mind
- a brilliant solution to the problem
- adjective satellite having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
- statuaries1/5
statuary
- noun statues collectively
- adjective of or relating to or suitable for statues
- noun statues collectively
- creativities1/5
creativity
- noun the ability to create
creativeness; creative thinking.
- noun the ability to create
- reclassifies1/5
reclassify
- verb classify anew, change the previous classification
- The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species
- verb classify anew, change the previous classification
- stipendiaries1/5
stipendiary
- noun (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases
stipendiary magistrate.
- adjective pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance
- stipendiary funds
- noun (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases
- illogicalities1/5
illogicality
- noun invalid or incorrect reasoning
illogicalness; illogic; inconsequence.
- noun invalid or incorrect reasoning
- alienator1/5
alienator
- noun an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile
- noun an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile
- brainiest1/5
brainy
- adjective satellite having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
brilliant; smart as a whip.
- some men dislike brainy women
- a brilliant mind
- a brilliant solution to the problem
- adjective satellite having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
- smelliest1/5
smelly
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
stinking; foul-smelling; foul; foetid; funky; noisome; fetid; ill-scented.
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
- premierships1/5
premiership
- noun the office of premier
- noun the office of premier
- stymieing1/5
stymie
- noun a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
stymy.
- noun a thwarting and distressing situation
stymy.
- noun a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
- rightfield1/5
rightfield
- noun the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
right field; right.
- noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate)
right field.
- noun the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
- impracticalities1/5
impracticality
- noun concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use
- noun concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use
- symbologies1/5
symbology
- noun the study or the use of symbols and symbolism
- noun the study or the use of symbols and symbolism
- nosologies1/5
nosology
- noun the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease
diagnostics.
- noun the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease
- immaturities1/5
immaturity
- noun not having reached maturity
immatureness.
- noun not having reached maturity
- triplicities1/5
triplicity
- noun (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees
trigon.
- noun the property of being triple
- noun (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees
- coziest1/5
cozy
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
tea cosy; tea cozy; cosy.
- adjective satellite enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
snug; cosy.
- a cozy nook near the fire
- snug in bed
- a snug little apartment
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
- alienee1/5
alienee
- noun someone to whom the title of property is transferred
grantee.
- noun someone to whom the title of property is transferred
- proportionalities1/5
proportionality
- noun a ratio of two quantities that is constant
- noun harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
balance; proportion.
- in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
- noun a ratio of two quantities that is constant
- peppier1/5
peppy
- adjective satellite marked by lively action
spirited; bouncing; bouncy; zippy.
- a bouncing gait
- bouncy tunes
- the peppy and interesting talk
- a spirited dance
- adjective satellite marked by lively action
- saltiest1/5
salty
- adjective satellite engagingly stimulating or provocative
piquant.
- a piquant wit
- salty language
- adjective containing or filled with salt
- salt water
- adjective satellite engagingly stimulating or provocative
- gregories1/5
gregory
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391)
Gregory Nazianzen; Gregory of Nazianzen; St. Gregory of Nazianzen.
- noun Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846)
Gregory XVI; Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391)
- smellier1/5
smelly
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
stinking; foul-smelling; foul; foetid; funky; noisome; fetid; ill-scented.
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
- accessaries1/5
accessary
- noun someone who helps another person commit a crime
accessory.
- adjective satellite aiding and abetting in a crime
accessory.
- he was charged with being accessory to the crime
- noun someone who helps another person commit a crime
- purgatories1/5
purgatory
- noun a temporary condition of torment or suffering
- a purgatory of drug abuse
- noun (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
- noun a temporary condition of torment or suffering
- mollifies1/5
mollify
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; pacify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
season; temper.
- she tempered her criticism
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- overachieve1/5
overachieve
- verb perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected
- His daughter always overachieves
- verb perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected
- zanies1/5
zany
- noun a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; cuckoo; fathead; goose; bozo; twat; jackass; goofball.
- noun a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
- rummies1/5
rummy
- noun a chronic drinker
drunk; inebriate; sot; wino; drunkard.
- noun a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
rum.
- noun a chronic drinker
- pokies1/5
poky
- noun a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
slammer; pokey; gaol; jail; jailhouse; clink.
- adjective satellite wasting time
dilatory; laggard; pokey.
- noun a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- funkiest1/5
funky
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
stinking; foul-smelling; foul; foetid; smelly; noisome; fetid; ill-scented.
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
- adjective satellite (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
low-down.
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
- devitrified1/5
devitrify
- verb become crystalline
- verb make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque
- verb become crystalline
- originalities1/5
originality
- noun the ability to think and act independently
- noun the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)
- noun the ability to think and act independently
- cosmographies1/5
cosmography
- noun the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy)
- noun a representation of the earth or the heavens
- the cosmography of Ptolemy
- noun the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy)
- molarities1/5
molarity
- noun concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution
M; molar concentration.
- noun concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution
- phlebotomies1/5
phlebotomy
- noun surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis
venesection.
- noun surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis
- choppier1/5
choppy
- adjective satellite marked by abrupt transitions
jerky.
- choppy prose
- adjective satellite rough with small waves
- choppy seas
- adjective satellite marked by abrupt transitions
- boogied1/5
boogie
- noun an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
boogie-woogie.
- verb dance to boogie music
- noun an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
- hastier1/5
hasty
- adjective satellite excessively quick
headlong.
- made a hasty exit
- a headlong rush to sell
- adjective satellite done with very great haste and without due deliberation
precipitate; overhasty; precipitant; precipitous.
- hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare
- hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes
- rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion
- wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king
- adjective satellite excessively quick
- mayoralties1/5
mayoralty
- noun the position of mayor
- noun the position of mayor
- marginalities1/5
marginality
- noun the property of being marginal or on the fringes
- noun the property of being marginal or on the fringes
- dingiest1/5
dingy
- adjective satellite thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
begrimed; grimy; grubby; raunchy; grungy.
- a miner's begrimed face
- dingy linen
- grimy hands
- grubby little fingers
- a grungy kitchen
- adjective satellite (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
muddy; muddied; dirty.
- dirty" is often used in combination
- a dirty (or dingy) white
- the muddied grey of the sea
- muddy colors
- dirty-green walls
- dirty-blonde hair
- adjective satellite thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
- custodies1/5
custody
- noun a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
hold; detention; detainment.
- his detention was politically motivated
- the prisoner is on hold
- he is in the custody of police
- noun holding by the police
- the suspect is in custody
- noun a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- underachieved1/5
underachieve
- verb perform less well or with less success than expected
underperform.
- John consistently underachieves, although he is very able
- My stocks underperformed last year
- verb perform less well or with less success than expected
- incumbencies1/5
incumbency
- noun the term during which some position is held
term of office; tenure.
- noun a duty that is incumbent upon you
- noun the term during which some position is held
- polyphonies1/5
polyphony
- noun music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
polyphonic music; concerted music.
- noun music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
- revivifies1/5
revivify
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; recreate; reanimate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb give new life or energy to
- mazier1/5
mazy
- adjective satellite resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
labyrinthine; labyrinthian.
- a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths
- adjective satellite resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
- cauteries1/5
cautery
- noun an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it
cauterant.
- noun the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing
cauterisation; cauterization.
- noun an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it
- ontogenies1/5
ontogeny
- noun (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
development; ontogenesis; maturation; growth; growing.
- he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
- noun (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- fecundities1/5
fecundity
- noun the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
fruitfulness.
- noun the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
fertility.
- noun the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
- worldlier1/5
worldly
- adjective characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
secular; temporal.
- worldly goods and advancement
- temporal possessions of the church
- adjective satellite very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world
blase.
- the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'
- the benefits of his worldly wisdom
- adjective characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
- bandies1/5
bandy
- verb toss or strike a ball back and forth
- verb exchange blows
- verb toss or strike a ball back and forth
- typographies1/5
typography
- noun the craft of composing type and printing from it
- noun art and technique of printing with movable type
composition.
- noun the craft of composing type and printing from it
- jiffies1/5
jiffy
- noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
instant; wink; blink of an eye; flash; New York minute; twinkling; heartbeat; split second; trice.
- if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
- noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- monodies1/5
monody
- noun music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
monophony; monophonic music.
- noun music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
- corporealities1/5
corporeality
- noun the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
physicalness; materiality; corporality.
- noun the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
- claviers1/5
clavier
- noun a bank of keys on a musical instrument
fingerboard; piano keyboard.
- noun a stringed instrument that has a keyboard
Klavier.
- noun a bank of keys on a musical instrument
- nudities1/5
nudity
- noun the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
nakedness; nudeness.
- noun the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
- wackier1/5
wacky
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
cockamamie; goofy; sappy; whacky; silly; zany; cockamamy.
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
- adequacies1/5
adequacy
- noun the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"
adequateness.
- noun the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
sufficiency.
- he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence
- noun the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"
- lithographies1/5
lithography
- noun a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface
- noun the act of making a lithographic print
- noun a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface
- geologies1/5
geology
- noun a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
- noun a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
- molalities1/5
molality
- noun concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent
molal concentration.
- noun concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent
- wallies1/5
wally
- noun a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid
- noun a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid
- puttied1/5
putty
- noun a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
- verb apply putty in order to fix or fill
- putty the window sash
- noun a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
- rascalities1/5
rascality
- noun the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
prankishness; roguishness.
- noun the quality of being a slippery rascal
slipperiness; shiftiness; trickiness.
- noun the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
- solidities1/5
solidity
- noun the consistency of a solid
solidness.
- noun state of having the interior filled with matter
- noun the consistency of a solid
- transmogrifies1/5
transmogrify
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
transfigure; metamorphose.
- In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug
- The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman
- Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
- shakiest1/5
shaky
- adjective satellite inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
rickety; wobbly; wonky.
- a rickety table
- a wobbly chair with shaky legs
- the ladder felt a little wobbly
- the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky
- adjective satellite vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
shivering; trembling.
- a quaking bog
- the quaking child asked for more
- quivering leaves of a poplar tree
- with shaking knees
- seemed shaky on her feet
- sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier
- trembling hands
- adjective satellite inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
- stealthier1/5
stealthy
- adjective satellite marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
furtive; surreptitious; sneak; sneaky.
- a furtive manner
- a sneak attack
- stealthy footsteps
- a surreptitious glance at his watch
- adjective satellite marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
- deviltries1/5
deviltry
- noun wicked and cruel behavior
devilry.
- noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
mischief-making; rascality; mischief; mischievousness; roguishness; roguery; devilment; shenanigan; devilry.
- noun wicked and cruel behavior
- supremacies1/5
supremacy
- noun power to dominate or defeat
mastery; domination.
- mastery of the seas
- noun power to dominate or defeat
- dummied1/5
dummy
- noun a person who does not talk
silent person.
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
booby; dope; pinhead; boob; dumbbell.
- noun a person who does not talk
- vineries1/5
vinery
- noun a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced
vineyard.
- noun a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced
- aggrieve1/5
aggrieve
- verb infringe on the rights of
- verb cause to feel sorrow
grieve.
- his behavior grieves his mother
- verb infringe on the rights of
- biochemistries1/5
biochemistry
- noun the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry
- noun the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry
- urbanities1/5
urbanity
- noun polished courtesy; elegance of manner
- noun the quality or character of life in a city or town
- there is an important difference between rusticity and urbanity
- noun polished courtesy; elegance of manner
- radiopacities1/5
radiopacity
- noun opacity to X-rays or other radiation
radio-opacity.
- noun opacity to X-rays or other radiation
- fluencies1/5
fluency
- noun powerful and effective language
eloquence; smoothness.
- his eloquence attracted a large congregation
- fluency in spoken and written English is essential
- his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police
- noun skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun powerful and effective language
- costumiers1/5
costumier
- noun someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade)
costumer; costume designer.
- noun someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade)
- balmier1/5
balmy
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- adjective satellite mild and pleasant
mild; soft.
- balmy days and nights
- the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth
- a soft breeze
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- neutralities1/5
neutrality
- noun nonparticipation in a dispute or war
- noun tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement
disinterest.
- noun nonparticipation in a dispute or war
- hoariest1/5
hoary
- adjective satellite showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
gray-headed; gray; grey-haired; grey-headed; grizzly; grey; white-haired; hoar; gray-haired.
- whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
- nodded his hoary head
- adjective satellite ancient
rusty.
- hoary jokes
- adjective satellite showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
- dramaturgies1/5
dramaturgy
- noun the art of writing and producing plays
dramatic art; dramatics; theater; theatre.
- noun the art of writing and producing plays
- mimicries1/5
mimicry
- noun the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
apery.
- noun the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators
- noun the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
- missies1/5
missy
- noun a young woman
young woman; fille; girl; miss; young lady.
- a young lady of 18
- noun a young woman
- quackeries1/5
quackery
- noun medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
empiricism.
- noun the dishonesty of a charlatan
charlatanism.
- noun medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
- paternities1/5
paternity
- noun the state of being a father
- tests were conducted to determine paternity
- noun the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
fatherhood.
- noun the state of being a father
- artier1/5
arty
- adjective satellite showily imitative of art or artists
- adjective satellite showily imitative of art or artists
- rapidities1/5
rapidity
- noun a rate that is rapid
quickness; rapidness; celerity; speediness.
- noun a rate that is rapid
- lieutenancies1/5
lieutenancy
- noun the position of a lieutenant
- noun the position of a lieutenant
- underachieves1/5
underachieve
- verb perform less well or with less success than expected
underperform.
- John consistently underachieves, although he is very able
- My stocks underperformed last year
- verb perform less well or with less success than expected
- mineralogies1/5
mineralogy
- noun the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them
- noun the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them
- headiest1/5
heady
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
judicious; wise.
- judicious use of one's money
- a wise decision
- adjective satellite extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
intoxicating.
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- counterinsurgencies1/5
counterinsurgency
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
pacification.
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- puffier1/5
puffy
- adjective satellite being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
bouffant.
- a bouffant skirt
- adjective satellite abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
tumid; tumescent; intumescent; turgid.
- hungry children with bloated stomachs
- he had a grossly distended stomach
- eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids
- swollen hands
- tumescent tissue
- puffy tumid flesh
- adjective satellite being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
- mystifier1/5
mystifier
- noun a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
puzzler; puzzle; teaser.
- he loved to solve chessmate puzzles
- that's a real puzzler
- noun a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
- briberies1/5
bribery
- noun the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
graft.
- noun the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
- proficiently1/5
proficiently
- adverb in a proficient manner
- he dealt proficiently with the problem
- adverb in a proficient manner
- spectroscopies1/5
spectroscopy
- noun the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
spectroscopic analysis; spectrometry; spectrographic analysis; spectrum analysis.
- noun the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
- christologies1/5
christology
- noun a religious doctrine or theory based on Jesus or Jesus' teachings
- noun the branch of theology concerned with the person and attributes and deeds of Christ
- noun a religious doctrine or theory based on Jesus or Jesus' teachings
- unvaried1/5
unvaried
- adjective lacking variety
unvarying.
- adjective lacking variety
- fillies1/5
filly
- noun a young female horse under the age of four
- noun a young female horse under the age of four
- murkier1/5
murky
- adjective satellite (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
muddy; turbid; mirky; cloudy.
- a cloudy liquid
- muddy coffee
- murky waters
- adjective satellite dark or gloomy
mirky.
- a murky dungeon
- murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps
- adjective satellite (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
- grazier1/5
grazier
- noun a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
- noun a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
- illegalities1/5
illegality
- noun unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute
- noun unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute
- boutonniere1/5
boutonniere
- noun a flower that is worn in a buttonhole
- noun a flower that is worn in a buttonhole
- infielders1/5
infielder
- noun (baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield
- noun (baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield
- quietus1/5
quietus
- noun euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
sleep; eternal sleep; eternal rest; rest.
- she was laid to rest beside her husband
- they had to put their family pet to sleep
- noun euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- alienage1/5
alienage
- noun the quality of being alien
alienism.
- noun the quality of being alien
- inebriety1/5
inebriety
- noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
tipsiness; insobriety; drunkenness; inebriation; intoxication.
- noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
- hairpiece1/5
hairpiece
- noun a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment
false hair; postiche.
- noun a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment
- lassies1/5
lassie
- noun a girl or young woman who is unmarried
jeune fille; lass; young girl.
- noun a girl or young woman who is unmarried
- sunniest1/5
sunny
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
cheery; gay.
- a cheery hello
- a gay sunny room
- a sunny smile
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- haemopoietic1/5
haemopoietic
- adjective pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells
hematogenic; hemopoietic; haematopoietic; haematogenic; hematopoietic.
- hemopoietic stem cells in bone marrow
- adjective pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells
- bossier1/5
bossy
- adjective satellite offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
magisterial; peremptory; dominating; high-and-mighty; autocratic.
- an autocratic person
- autocratic behavior
- a bossy way of ordering others around
- a rather aggressive and dominating character
- managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way
- a swaggering peremptory manner
- adjective satellite offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
- scurries1/5
scurry
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scamper; scramble.
- verb to move about or proceed hurriedly
scamper; skitter; scuttle.
- so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
- flimsiest1/5
flimsy
- noun a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
onionskin.
- adjective satellite lacking solidity or strength
- a flimsy table
- flimsy construction
- noun a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
- gaudier1/5
gaudy
- noun (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; gimcrack; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- noun (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
- disorient1/5
disorient
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorientate.
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
- unfriendliness1/5
unfriendliness
- noun dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness
- noun an unfriendly disposition
- noun dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness
- abortifacient1/5
abortifacient
- noun a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
abortion-inducing drug; aborticide.
- adjective satellite causing abortion
- noun a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
- hostelries1/5
hostelry
- noun a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
lodge; auberge; inn; hostel.
- noun a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- compatibilities1/5
compatibility
- noun a feeling of sympathetic understanding
- noun capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination
- noun a feeling of sympathetic understanding
- mammies1/5
mammy
- noun an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
- noun informal terms for a mother
ma; mummy; mommy; mum; momma; mamma; mom; mama.
- noun an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.
- johnnies1/5
johnny
- noun `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
Reb; Johnny Reb; greyback; Rebel.
- noun `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
- weightiest1/5
weighty
- adjective having relatively great weight; heavy
- a weighty load
- a weighty package
- adjective satellite powerfully persuasive
telling; cogent.
- a cogent argument
- a telling presentation
- a weighty argument
- adjective having relatively great weight; heavy
- gobies1/5
goby
- noun small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
gudgeon.
- noun small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
- chimneypiece1/5
chimneypiece
- noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
mantelpiece; mantlepiece; mantel; mantle.
- in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece
- noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
- phonies1/5
phony
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
hypocrite; phoney; dissembler; dissimulator; pretender.
- adjective satellite fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
bastard; phoney; bogus; fake.
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
- oratories1/5
oratory
- noun addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
- he loved the sound of his own oratory
- noun addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
- dandified1/5
dandified
- adjective satellite affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner
foppish; dandyish.
- verb dress like a dandy
dandify.
- adjective satellite affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner
- efficacies1/5
efficacy
- noun capacity or power to produce a desired effect
efficaciousness.
- concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine
- noun capacity or power to produce a desired effect
- arthroplasties1/5
arthroplasty
- noun surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint
- noun surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint
- heartier1/5
hearty
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- gave us a cordial reception
- a hearty welcome
- adjective satellite providing abundant nourishment
solid; substantial; square; satisfying.
- a hearty meal
- good solid food
- ate a substantial breakfast
- four square meals a day
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- tenniel1/5
tenniel
- noun English cartoonist (1820-1914)
Sir John Tenniel.
- noun English cartoonist (1820-1914)
- prurience1/5
prurience
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
pruriency; lasciviousness; lubricity; carnality.
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
- pricier1/5
pricy
- adjective satellite having a high price
dear; pricey; high-priced; costly.
- costly jewelry
- high-priced merchandise
- much too dear for my pocketbook
- a pricey restaurant
- adjective satellite having a high price
- romanies1/5
romany
- noun a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
Gipsy; Romani; Rommany; Gypsy; Bohemian; Roma.
- noun the Indic language of the Gypsies
Gypsy.
- noun a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
- julienned1/5
julienne
- noun a vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish)
julienne vegetable.
- noun a clear soup garnished with julienne vegetables
- noun a vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish)
- fuzzier1/5
fuzzy
- adjective satellite covering with fine light hairs
fuzzed.
- his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed
- adjective satellite indistinct or hazy in outline
muzzy; hazy; blurred; foggy; bleary; blurry.
- a landscape of blurred outlines
- the trees were just blurry shapes
- adjective satellite covering with fine light hairs
- crosspiece1/5
crosspiece
- noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
traverse; crossbeam; trave.
- noun a transverse brace
- noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
- tidier1/5
tidy
- noun receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
- verb put (things or places) in order
straighten out; tidy up; straighten; clean up; square away; neaten.
- Tidy up your room!
- noun receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
- glockenspiel1/5
glockenspiel
- noun a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
orchestral bells.
- noun a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
- prevenient1/5
prevenient
- adjective satellite in anticipation
anticipatory.
- adjective satellite in anticipation
- superfamilies1/5
superfamily
- noun (biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family
- noun (biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family
- indeterminacies1/5
indeterminacy
- noun the quality of being vague and poorly defined
indetermination; indefiniteness; indeterminateness; indefinity.
- noun the quality of being vague and poorly defined
- ancestries1/5
ancestry
- noun the descendants of one individual
lineage; pedigree; parentage; descent; bloodline; stemma; blood; line; stock; line of descent; origin; blood line.
- his entire lineage has been warriors
- noun inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
lineage; filiation; derivation.
- noun the descendants of one individual
- sturdiest1/5
sturdy
- adjective satellite having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
hardy; stalwart; stout.
- hardy explorers of northern Canada
- proud of her tall stalwart son
- stout seamen
- sturdy young athletes
- adjective not making concessions
uncompromising; inflexible.
- took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks
- uncompromising honesty
- adjective satellite having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
- concavities1/5
concavity
- noun a shape that curves or bends inward
concave shape; incurvature; incurvation.
- noun the property possessed by a concave shape
concaveness.
- noun a shape that curves or bends inward
- poesies1/5
poesy
- noun literature in metrical form
verse; poetry.
- noun literature in metrical form
- disorientating1/5
disorientate
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorient.
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
- retied1/5
retie
- verb tie again or anew
- retie the string and make it strong enough now
- verb tie again or anew
- disbelievingly1/5
disbelievingly
- adverb in an incredulous manner
incredulously; unbelievingly.
- the woman looked up at her incredulously
- adverb in an incredulous manner
- kitties1/5
kitty
- noun the combined stakes of the betters
pool.
- noun the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
jackpot; pot.
- noun the combined stakes of the betters
- daintiest1/5
dainty
- noun something considered choice to eat
goody; kickshaw; delicacy; treat.
- adjective satellite affectedly dainty or refined
twee; prim; niminy-piminy; mincing.
- noun something considered choice to eat
- farriers1/5
farrier
- noun a person who shoes horses
horseshoer.
- noun a person who shoes horses
- dories1/5
dory
- noun a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
rowboat; dinghy.
- noun pike-like freshwater perches
walleyed pike; walleye; jack salmon; Stizostedion vitreum.
- noun a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
- recopied1/5
recopy
- verb copy again
- The child had to recopy the homework
- verb copy again
- shinier1/5
shiny
- adjective satellite reflecting light
lustrous; glistening; sheeny; glossy; shining.
- glistening bodies of swimmers
- the horse's glossy coat
- lustrous auburn hair
- saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet
- shining white enamel
- adjective having a shiny surface or coating
glazed.
- glazed fabrics
- glazed doughnuts
- adjective satellite reflecting light
- disharmonies1/5
disharmony
- noun a lack of harmony
inharmoniousness.
- noun a lack of harmony
- baddies1/5
baddie
- noun the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
villain.
- noun the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
- theophanies1/5
theophany
- noun a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person
- noun a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person
- loonies1/5
loony
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
weirdo; crazy; looney; nutcase.
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
- patriarchies1/5
patriarchy
- noun a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
patriarchate.
- noun a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
- consistories1/5
consistory
- noun a church tribunal or governing body
- noun a church tribunal or governing body
- jerries1/5
jerry
- noun offensive term for a person of German descent
Boche; Hun; Krauthead; Kraut.
- noun offensive term for a person of German descent
- lollies1/5
lolly
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; boodle; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; bread.
- noun ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
ice lolly; popsicle; lollipop.
- in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly
- noun informal terms for money
- skivvies1/5
skivvy
- noun a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
slavey.
- noun a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
- eries1/5
erie
- noun a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York
- noun the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal
Lake Erie.
- noun a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York
- cubbies1/5
cubby
- noun a small secluded room
snuggery; snug; cubbyhole.
- noun a small secluded room
- putrefied1/5
putrefy
- verb become putrid; decay with an offensive smell
- organic matter putrefies
- verb become putrid; decay with an offensive smell
- mockeries1/5
mockery
- noun showing your contempt by derision
jeer; scoffing; scoff; jeering.
- noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
pasquinade; takeoff; lampoon; travesty; sendup; put-on; spoof; charade; burlesque; parody.
- noun showing your contempt by derision
- conservancies1/5
conservancy
- noun a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
- noun the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.
- noun a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
- billies1/5
billy
- noun a short stout club used primarily by policemen
nightstick; billy club; billystick; baton; truncheon.
- noun male goat
he-goat; billy goat.
- noun a short stout club used primarily by policemen
- profundities1/5
profundity
- noun wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
reconditeness; abstruseness; abstrusity; profoundness.
- the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs
- noun intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc
profoundness.
- the depth of my feeling
- the profoundness of the silence
- noun wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
- superficialities1/5
superficiality
- noun lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
shallowness.
- noun shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something
- he ignored the wound because of its superficiality
- noun lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
- electronegativities1/5
electronegativity
- noun (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond
negativity.
- noun (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond
- belfries1/5
belfry
- noun a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
campanile.
- noun a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung
- noun a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
- spicier1/5
spicy
- adjective satellite having an agreeably pungent taste
savory; piquant; savoury; zesty.
- adjective satellite producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
hot.
- hot salsa
- jalapeno peppers are very hot
- adjective satellite having an agreeably pungent taste
- bustier1/5
bustier
- noun a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress
- adjective satellite (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
busty; sonsie; stacked; voluptuous; full-bosomed; bosomy; buxom; curvaceous; curvy; well-endowed; sonsy.
- Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes
- a curvy young woman in a tight dress
- noun a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress
- antiepileptics1/5
antiepileptic
- noun a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
anticonvulsant; antiepileptic drug; anticonvulsant drug.
- noun a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
- convexities1/5
convexity
- noun the property possessed by a convex shape
convexness.
- noun a shape that curves or bulges outward
convex shape.
- noun the property possessed by a convex shape
- juiciest1/5
juicy
- adjective full of juice
- adjective satellite having strong sexual appeal
toothsome; luscious; red-hot; voluptuous.
- juicy barmaids
- a red-hot mama
- a voluptuous woman
- a toothsome blonde in a tight dress
- adjective full of juice
- sorriest1/5
sorry
- adjective feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
bad; regretful.
- felt regretful over his vanished youth
- regretful over mistakes she had made
- he felt bad about breaking the vase
- adjective satellite bad; unfortunate
distressing; sad; pitiful; lamentable; deplorable.
- my finances were in a deplorable state
- a lamentable decision
- her clothes were in sad shape
- a sorry state of affairs
- adjective feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- portieres1/5
portiere
- noun a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
- noun a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
- transiency1/5
transiency
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
transience; transitoriness.
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
- hauliers1/5
haulier
- noun a haulage contractor
hauler.
- noun a haulage contractor
- revelries1/5
revelry
- noun unrestrained merrymaking
revel.
- noun unrestrained merrymaking
- teddies1/5
teddy
- noun plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
teddy bear.
- noun a woman's sleeveless undergarment
shift; shimmy; slip; chemise.
- noun plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials)
- townies1/5
towny
- noun resident of a college town not affiliated with the college
townie.
- noun resident of a college town not affiliated with the college
- immensities1/5
immensity
- noun unusual largeness in size or extent or number
grandness; immenseness; vastness; greatness; wideness; enormousness; sizeableness.
- noun unusual largeness in size or extent or number
- grandniece1/5
grandniece
- noun a daughter of your niece or nephew
great-niece.
- noun a daughter of your niece or nephew
- concierges1/5
concierge
- noun a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
- noun a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
- depardieu1/5
depardieu
- noun French film actor (born in 1948)
Gerard Depardieu.
- noun French film actor (born in 1948)
- portiere1/5
portiere
- noun a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
- noun a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
- glossies1/5
glossy
- noun a magazine printed on good quality paper
slick; slick magazine.
- noun a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper
- noun a magazine printed on good quality paper
- flashier1/5
flashy
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; tacky; gimcrack; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- adjective satellite (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
showy; gaudy; sporty; jazzy.
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
- biers1/5
bier
- noun a coffin along with its stand
- we followed the bier to the graveyard
- noun a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
- noun a coffin along with its stand
- notabilities1/5
notability
- noun a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
luminary; notable; guiding light; leading light.
- he was host to a large gathering of luminaries
- noun a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
- rockier1/5
rocky
- adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
bouldery; stony; bouldered.
- rocky fields
- stony ground
- bouldery beaches
- adjective causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
jumpy; jolty; jolting; bumpy; rough.
- a rough ride
- adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
- juicier1/5
juicy
- adjective full of juice
- adjective satellite having strong sexual appeal
toothsome; luscious; red-hot; voluptuous.
- juicy barmaids
- a red-hot mama
- a voluptuous woman
- a toothsome blonde in a tight dress
- adjective full of juice
- guiltier1/5
guilty
- adjective responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
- guilty of murder
- the guilty person
- secret guilty deeds
- adjective satellite showing a sense of guilt
hangdog; shamefaced; shamed.
- a guilty look
- the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
- adjective responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
- rilievo1/5
rilievo
- noun sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
relievo; embossment; sculptural relief; relief.
- noun sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- contrarieties1/5
contrariety
- noun the relation between contraries
- noun the relation between contraries
- chancelleries1/5
chancellery
- noun a government building housing the office of a chancellor
- noun a government building housing the office of a chancellor
- irreversibilities1/5
irreversibility
- noun the quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed)
- noun the quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed)
- valencies1/5
valency
- noun the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
valence.
- noun the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- besieges1/5
besiege
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; circumvent; hem in; surround.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb cause to feel distressed or worried
- She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- lenience1/5
lenience
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
mildness; lenity; leniency.
- noun a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
indulgence; leniency.
- too much indulgence spoils a child
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
- aperient1/5
aperient
- noun a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
purgative; cathartic; physic.
- adjective satellite mildly laxative
- noun a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
- klavier1/5
klavier
- noun a stringed instrument that has a keyboard
clavier.
- noun a stringed instrument that has a keyboard
- nobilities1/5
nobility
- noun a privileged class holding hereditary titles
aristocracy.
- noun the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
nobleness; grandeur; magnanimousness.
- noun a privileged class holding hereditary titles
- abortifacients1/5
abortifacient
- noun a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
abortion-inducing drug; aborticide.
- adjective satellite causing abortion
- noun a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
- theocracies1/5
theocracy
- noun a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
- noun the belief in government by divine guidance
- noun a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
- gabriels1/5
gabriel
- noun (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God
- noun (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God
- derbies1/5
derby
- noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
bowler; bowler hat; plug hat; derby hat.
- noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
- hairpieces1/5
hairpiece
- noun a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment
false hair; postiche.
- noun a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment
- chillier1/5
chilly
- noun very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
chilli; chili; chile; chili pepper.
- adjective satellite not characterized by emotion
- a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues"-C.W.Cunningham
- noun very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
- jollies1/5
jolly
- noun a happy party
- noun a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
jolly boat.
- noun a happy party
- wittier1/5
witty
- adjective satellite combining clever conception and facetious expression
- his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent
- adjective satellite combining clever conception and facetious expression
- halberdiers1/5
halberdier
- noun a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty)
- noun a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty)
- crosspieces1/5
crosspiece
- noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
traverse; crossbeam; trave.
- noun a transverse brace
- noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
- seedier1/5
seedy
- adjective full of seeds
- as seedy as a fig
- adjective satellite shabby and untidy
scruffy.
- a surge of ragged scruffy children
- he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain
- adjective full of seeds
- trendiest1/5
trendy
- adjective satellite in accord with the latest fad
voguish.
- trendy ideas
- trendy clothes
- voguish terminology
- adjective satellite in accord with the latest fad
- patrimonies1/5
patrimony
- noun a church endowment
- noun an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
birthright.
- noun a church endowment
- unbelievingly1/5
unbelievingly
- adverb in an incredulous manner
disbelievingly; incredulously.
- the woman looked up at her incredulously
- adverb in an incredulous manner
- mantelpieces1/5
mantelpiece
- noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
chimneypiece; mantlepiece; mantel; mantle.
- in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece
- noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
- understudies1/5
understudy
- noun an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
standby.
- verb be an understudy or alternate for a role
alternate.
- noun an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
- stonier1/5
stony
- adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
bouldery; rocky; bouldered.
- rocky fields
- stony ground
- bouldery beaches
- adjective satellite showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
obdurate; flint; flinty; granitic.
- his flinty gaze
- the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
- adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
- relievo1/5
relievo
- noun sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
embossment; sculptural relief; relief; rilievo.
- noun sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- trinities1/5
trinity
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
deuce-ace; trio; triplet; tercet; tierce; troika; three; trey; 3; ternion; trine; ternary; triad; threesome; leash; III; terzetto.
- noun the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead
Sacred Trinity; Holy Trinity; Blessed Trinity.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- unrealities1/5
unreality
- noun the quality possessed by something that is unreal
- noun the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
irreality.
- noun the quality possessed by something that is unreal
- callosities1/5
callosity
- noun an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
callus.
- noun devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
callousness; insensibility; hardness; unfeelingness.
- noun an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
- stateliest1/5
stately
- adjective satellite impressive in appearance
imposing; noble; baronial.
- a baronial mansion
- an imposing residence
- a noble tree
- severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses
- stately columns
- adjective satellite of size and dignity suggestive of a statue
statuesque.
- adjective satellite impressive in appearance
- gadflies1/5
gadfly
- noun a persistently annoying person
pesterer; cuss; pest; blighter.
- noun any of various large flies that annoy livestock
- noun a persistently annoying person
- hussies1/5
hussy
- noun a woman adulterer
strumpet; adulteress; jade; slut; loose woman; trollop; fornicatress.
- noun a woman adulterer
- hieroglyphical1/5
hieroglyphical
- adjective resembling hieroglyphic writing
hieroglyphic.
- adjective written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols
hieroglyphic.
- adjective resembling hieroglyphic writing
- unratified1/5
unratified
- adjective satellite lacking legal authority
- the unratified Equal Right Amendment
- adjective satellite lacking legal authority
- lengthiest1/5
lengthy
- adjective satellite relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
extended; protracted; prolonged; drawn-out.
- a drawn-out argument
- an extended discussion
- a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law
- a prolonged and bitter struggle
- protracted negotiations
- adjective satellite relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
- lozier1/5
lozier
- noun United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888)
Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier.
- noun United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888)
- inevitabilities1/5
inevitability
- noun the quality of being unavoidable
inevitableness.
- noun the quality of being unavoidable
- chemotherapies1/5
chemotherapy
- noun the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)
- noun the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)
- piggies1/5
piggy
- noun a young pig
shote; piglet; shoat.
- adjective satellite resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
hoggish; swinish; piggish; porcine.
- piggish table manners
- the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father
- swinish slavering over food
- noun a young pig
- 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
- hungriest1/5
hungry
- adjective feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
- a world full of hungry people
- adjective satellite (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
athirst; thirsty.
- athirst for knowledge
- hungry for recognition
- thirsty for informaton
- adjective feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
- undersecretaries1/5
undersecretary
- noun a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government
- noun a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government
- idiocies1/5
idiocy
- noun extreme mental retardation
amentia.
- noun extreme mental retardation
- ungratified1/5
ungratified
- adjective satellite worried and uneasy
unsatisfied; restless.
- adjective satellite worried and uneasy
- tallchief1/5
tallchief
- noun United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925)
Maria Tallchief.
- noun United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925)
- doxologies1/5
doxology
- noun a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
- noun a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
- heftier1/5
hefty
- adjective satellite (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
powerful; brawny; muscular; sinewy.
- a hefty athlete
- a muscular boxer
- powerful arms
- adjective satellite of considerable weight and size
- a hefty dictionary
- adjective satellite (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
- creamier1/5
creamy
- adjective satellite of the color of cream
- creamy translucent pebbles
- adjective satellite thick like cream
- adjective satellite of the color of cream
- cheerier1/5
cheery
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
sunny; gay.
- a cheery hello
- a gay sunny room
- a sunny smile
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- quiddities1/5
quiddity
- noun an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
cavil; quibble.
- noun the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
haecceity.
- noun an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
- chanceries1/5
chancery
- noun a court with jurisdiction in equity
court of chancery.
- noun an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
- noun a court with jurisdiction in equity
- afterpiece1/5
afterpiece
- noun a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play
- noun a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play
- stormiest1/5
stormy
- adjective (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
- a stormy day
- wide and stormy seas
- adjective satellite characterized by violent emotions or behavior
tempestuous.
- a stormy argument
- a stormy marriage
- adjective (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
- fineries1/5
finery
- noun elaborate or showy attire and accessories
- noun elaborate or showy attire and accessories
- crossties1/5
crosstie
- noun one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
tie; railroad tie; sleeper.
- the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
- noun one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- whinnies1/5
whinny
- noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse
nicker; neigh; whicker.
- verb make a characteristic sound, of a horse
nicker; neigh; whicker.
- noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse
- objectivities1/5
objectivity
- noun judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices
objectiveness.
- noun judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices
- sovietism1/5
sovietism
- noun Soviet communism
Bolshevism; collectivism.
- noun Soviet communism
- chesterfields1/5
chesterfield
- noun suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)
Philip Dormer Stanhope; Fourth Earl of Chesterfield.
- noun an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests
- noun suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)
- intentionalities1/5
intentionality
- noun expressive of intentions
- noun expressive of intentions
- serologies1/5
serology
- noun the branch of medical science that deals with serums; especially with blood serums and disease
- noun the branch of medical science that deals with serums; especially with blood serums and disease
- artificialities1/5
artificiality
- noun the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally
- noun the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally
- prosodies1/5
prosody
- noun the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
inflection.
- noun (prosody) a system of versification
poetic rhythm; rhythmic pattern.
- noun the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
- hairier1/5
hairy
- adjective having or covered with hair
haired; hirsute.
- Jacob was a hairy man
- a hairy caterpillar
- adjective satellite hazardous and frightening
- hairy moments in the mountains
- adjective having or covered with hair
- hypersensitivities1/5
hypersensitivity
- noun pathological sensitivity
- noun extreme sensitivity
- noun pathological sensitivity
- hazier1/5
hazy
- adjective satellite filled or abounding with fog or mist
foggy; brumous; misty.
- a brumous October morning
- adjective satellite indistinct or hazy in outline
muzzy; blurred; fuzzy; foggy; bleary; blurry.
- a landscape of blurred outlines
- the trees were just blurry shapes
- adjective satellite filled or abounding with fog or mist
- sinuosities1/5
sinuosity
- noun having curves
sinuousness.
- he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads
- noun having curves
- futilities1/5
futility
- noun uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
- noun uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
- nosepiece1/5
nosepiece
- noun armor plate that protects the nose
- noun a strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose
noseband.
- noun armor plate that protects the nose
- goodliest1/5
goodly
- adjective satellite large in amount or extent or degree
sizeable; respectable; healthy; hefty; tidy; sizable; goodish.
- it cost a considerable amount
- a goodly amount
- received a hefty bonus
- a respectable sum
- a tidy sum of money
- a sizable fortune
- adjective satellite large in amount or extent or degree
- histologies1/5
histology
- noun the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues
- noun the branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues
- statelier1/5
stately
- adjective satellite impressive in appearance
imposing; noble; baronial.
- a baronial mansion
- an imposing residence
- a noble tree
- severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses
- stately columns
- adjective satellite of size and dignity suggestive of a statue
statuesque.
- adjective satellite impressive in appearance
- inclemencies1/5
inclemency
- noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
bad weather; inclementness.
- noun excessive sternness
harshness; stiffness; severity; severeness; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; hardness; rigourousness.
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp
- noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
- thieve1/5
thieve
- verb take by theft
cop; knock off; glom; hook; snitch.
- Someone snitched my wallet!
- verb take by theft
- thirstier1/5
thirsty
- adjective satellite needing moisture
- thirsty fields under a rainless sky
- adjective feeling a need or desire to drink
- after playing hard the children were thirsty
- adjective satellite needing moisture
- racier1/5
racy
- adjective satellite full of zest or vigor
lively.
- a racy literary style
- adjective satellite marked by richness and fullness of flavor
robust; full-bodied; rich.
- a rich ruby port
- full-bodied wines
- a robust claret
- the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee
- adjective satellite full of zest or vigor
- fannies1/5
fanny
- 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; ass; behind; tooshie; hind end; posterior; hindquarters; butt; nates; rear; arse; buttocks; backside; derriere; can; fundament.
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
- noun external female sex organs
female genitals; female genitalia; female genital organ.
- in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- reorientate1/5
reorientate
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
reorient.
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
- achievability1/5
achievability
- noun the state of being achievable
attainability; attainableness.
- noun the state of being achievable
- honied1/5
honied
- adjective satellite with honey added
syrupy; honeyed.
- verb sweeten with honey
honey.
- adjective satellite with honey added
- gasified1/5
gasified
- adjective satellite converted into a gas or vapor
vapourised; vaporized; volatilised; volatilized.
- verb turn into gas
aerify; gasify; vaporise; vaporize.
- The substance gasified
- adjective satellite converted into a gas or vapor
- syllabified1/5
syllabify
- verb divide into syllables
syllabize; syllabise; syllabicate.
- syllabify the words
- verb divide into syllables
- grotesqueries1/5
grotesquery
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
grotesquerie; grotesqueness.
- noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
- brasseries1/5
brasserie
- noun a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap
- noun a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap
- glossier1/5
glossy
- noun a magazine printed on good quality paper
slick; slick magazine.
- noun a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper
- noun a magazine printed on good quality paper
- daintier1/5
dainty
- noun something considered choice to eat
goody; kickshaw; delicacy; treat.
- adjective satellite affectedly dainty or refined
twee; prim; niminy-piminy; mincing.
- noun something considered choice to eat
- generosities1/5
generosity
- noun the trait of being willing to give your money or time
generousness.
- noun acting generously
unselfishness.
- noun the trait of being willing to give your money or time
- mantlepiece1/5
mantlepiece
- noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
mantelpiece; chimneypiece; mantel; mantle.
- in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece
- noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
- boutonnieres1/5
boutonniere
- noun a flower that is worn in a buttonhole
- noun a flower that is worn in a buttonhole
- stoichiometries1/5
stoichiometry
- noun (chemistry) the relation between the quantities of substances that take part in a reaction or form a compound (typically a ratio of whole integers)
- noun (chemistry) the relation between the quantities of substances that take part in a reaction or form a compound (typically a ratio of whole integers)
- tackier1/5
tacky
- adjective satellite (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
- tacky varnish
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; gimcrack; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- adjective satellite (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
- jewries1/5
- trendier1/5
trendy
- adjective satellite in accord with the latest fad
voguish.
- trendy ideas
- trendy clothes
- voguish terminology
- adjective satellite in accord with the latest fad
- soldiership1/5
soldiership
- noun skills that are required for the life of soldier
soldiering.
- noun skills that are required for the life of soldier
- twentieths1/5
twentieth
- noun position 20 in a countable series of things
- adjective satellite coming next after the nineteenth in position
20th.
- noun position 20 in a countable series of things
- shiniest1/5
shiny
- adjective satellite reflecting light
lustrous; glistening; sheeny; glossy; shining.
- glistening bodies of swimmers
- the horse's glossy coat
- lustrous auburn hair
- saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet
- shining white enamel
- adjective having a shiny surface or coating
glazed.
- glazed fabrics
- glazed doughnuts
- adjective satellite reflecting light
- incipiency1/5
incipiency
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
incipience.
- he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850
- it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
- chokecherries1/5
chokecherry
- noun the fruit of the chokecherry tree
- noun a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds
Prunus virginiana; chokecherry tree.
- noun the fruit of the chokecherry tree
- huskier1/5
husky
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
Eskimo dog.
- adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
buirdly; beefy; burly; strapping.
- a beefy wrestler
- had a tall burly frame
- clothing sizes for husky boys
- a strapping boy of eighteen
- `buirdly' is a Scottish term
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
- briefness1/5
briefness
- noun the temporal property of being very short
- noun the attribute of being brief or fleeting
transience; brevity.
- noun the temporal property of being very short
- gied1/5
gi
- noun a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
gilbert; Gb.
- verb clean in preparation for inspection
G.I..
- the soldiers GIed the barracks
- noun a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
- quietists1/5
quietist
- noun a religious mystic who follows quietism
- noun a religious mystic who follows quietism
- tracheostomies1/5
tracheostomy
- noun a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes
tracheotomy.
- noun a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes
- wherries1/5
wherry
- noun sailing barge used especially in East Anglia
Norfolk wherry.
- noun light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors
- noun sailing barge used especially in East Anglia
- bennies1/5
benny
- noun East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
sesame; benne; benni; Sesamum indicum.
- noun United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974)
Benjamin Kubelsky; Jack Benny.
- noun East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
- syllabaries1/5
syllabary
- noun a writing system whose characters represent syllables
syllabic script.
- noun a writing system whose characters represent syllables
- birdied1/5
birdie
- noun (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
shuttle; shuttlecock; bird.
- noun (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole
- depilatories1/5
depilatory
- noun a chemical (usually a sulfide) used to remove hair or wool or bristles from hides
- noun a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair
depilator; epilator.
- noun a chemical (usually a sulfide) used to remove hair or wool or bristles from hides
- debilities1/5
debility
- noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
valetudinarianism; frailness; feebleness; frailty; infirmity.
- noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
- falsifiers1/5
falsifier
- noun someone who falsifies
- noun someone who falsifies
- causeries1/5
causerie
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
chin wag; chit-chat; chitchat; chin-wagging; chin-wag; small talk; gabfest; chin wagging; chit chat; tittle-tattle; gossip; gab.
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
- trusties1/5
trusty
- noun a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges
- adjective worthy of trust or belief
trustworthy.
- a trustworthy report
- an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion
- noun a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges
- ostomies1/5
ostomy
- noun surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes
- noun surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes
- disorients1/5
disorient
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorientate.
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
- priciest1/5
pricy
- adjective satellite having a high price
dear; pricey; high-priced; costly.
- costly jewelry
- high-priced merchandise
- much too dear for my pocketbook
- a pricey restaurant
- adjective satellite having a high price
- cloudier1/5
cloudy
- adjective satellite lacking definite form or limits
nebulose; nebulous.
- gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore
- nebulous distinction between pride and conceit
- adjective full of or covered with clouds
- cloudy skies
- adjective satellite lacking definite form or limits
- immunotherapies1/5
immunotherapy
- noun therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system
- noun therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system
- independencies1/5
independency
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
independence.
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
- gaudiest1/5
gaudy
- noun (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; gimcrack; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- noun (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
- charier1/5
chary
- adjective satellite characterized by great caution and wariness
cagy; cagey.
- a cagey avoidance of a definite answer
- chary of the risks involved
- a chary investor
- adjective satellite characterized by great caution and wariness
- ruddier1/5
ruddy
- adjective satellite inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
florid; rubicund; sanguine.
- a ruddy complexion
- Santa's rubicund cheeks
- a fresh and sanguine complexion
- adjective satellite of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
reddish; scarlet; cherry; crimson; blood-red; cerise; cherry-red; carmine; ruby-red; ruby; red.
- adjective satellite inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
- universalities1/5
universality
- noun the quality of being universal; existing everywhere
catholicity.
- noun the quality of being universal; existing everywhere
- hypertrophies1/5
hypertrophy
- noun abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
- verb undergo hypertrophy
- muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids
- noun abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
- duplicities1/5
duplicity
- noun a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
fraudulence.
- noun acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
double-dealing.
- noun a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
- stormier1/5
stormy
- adjective (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
- a stormy day
- wide and stormy seas
- adjective satellite characterized by violent emotions or behavior
tempestuous.
- a stormy argument
- a stormy marriage
- adjective (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
- immediacies1/5
immediacy
- noun lack of an intervening or mediating agency
immediateness.
- the immediacy of television coverage
- noun immediate intuitive awareness
immediate apprehension.
- noun lack of an intervening or mediating agency
- showiest1/5
showy
- adjective satellite marked by ostentation but often tasteless
splashy; flamboyant.
- a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet
- a splashy half-page ad
- adjective satellite displaying brilliance and virtuosity
- adjective satellite marked by ostentation but often tasteless
- mercuries1/5
mercury
- noun a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
quicksilver; Hg; atomic number 80; hydrargyrum.
- noun (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
- noun a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
- assiduities1/5
assiduity
- noun great and constant diligence and attention
concentration; assiduousness.
- noun great and constant diligence and attention
- showier1/5
showy
- adjective satellite marked by ostentation but often tasteless
splashy; flamboyant.
- a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet
- a splashy half-page ad
- adjective satellite displaying brilliance and virtuosity
- adjective satellite marked by ostentation but often tasteless
- bonier1/5
bony
- adjective satellite very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
pinched; emaciated; cadaverous; gaunt; skeletal; wasted; haggard.
- emaciated bony hands
- a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
- eyes were haggard and cavernous
- small pinched faces
- kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
- adjective composed of or containing bone
osseous; osteal.
- osseous tissue
- adjective satellite very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- sketchiest1/5
sketchy
- adjective satellite giving only major points; lacking completeness
unelaborated.
- a sketchy account
- details of the plan remain sketchy
- adjective satellite giving only major points; lacking completeness
- diegueno1/5
diegueno
- noun a member of a North American Indian people of southern California
- noun the Yuman language spoken by the Diegueno
- noun a member of a North American Indian people of southern California
- crematories1/5
crematory
- noun a mortuary where corpses are cremated
crematorium.
- noun a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
cremation chamber; crematorium.
- noun a mortuary where corpses are cremated
- levities1/5
levity
- noun feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- noun a manner lacking seriousness
- noun feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- rosiest1/5
rosy
- adjective satellite reflecting optimism
rose-colored.
- a rosy future
- looked at the world through rose-colored glasses
- adjective satellite having the pinkish flush of health
flushed; rose-cheeked; rosy-cheeked.
- adjective satellite reflecting optimism
- rattier1/5
ratty
- adjective of or characteristic of rats
- adjective satellite showing signs of wear and tear
moth-eaten; tatty; shabby.
- a ratty old overcoat
- shabby furniture
- an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains
- adjective of or characteristic of rats
- imbecilities1/5
imbecility
- noun retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot
- noun a stupid mistake
betise; stupidity; folly; foolishness.
- noun retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot
- falsifier1/5
falsifier
- noun someone who falsifies
- noun someone who falsifies
- diesis1/5
diesis
- noun a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
double obelisk; double dagger.
- noun a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
- riels1/5
riel
- noun the basic unit of money in Cambodia; equal to 100 sen
- noun the basic unit of money in Cambodia; equal to 100 sen
- hesitancies1/5
hesitancy
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
hesitance.
- noun a certain degree of unwillingness
hesitation; reluctance; disinclination; indisposition.
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
- bumpier1/5
bumpy
- adjective causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
jumpy; rocky; jolty; jolting; rough.
- a rough ride
- adjective satellite covered with or full of bumps
- a bumpy country road
- adjective causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- bevies1/5
bevy
- noun a large gathering of people of a particular type
- he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire
- a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him
- noun a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)
- we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks
- noun a large gathering of people of a particular type
- phonologies1/5
phonology
- noun the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
phonemics.
- noun the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
- overachievement1/5
overachievement
- noun better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)
- noun better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)
- cheeriest1/5
cheery
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
sunny; gay.
- a cheery hello
- a gay sunny room
- a sunny smile
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- curlier1/5
curly
- adjective (of hair) having curls or waves
- they envied her naturally curly hair
- adjective (of hair) having curls or waves
- angularities1/5
angularity
- noun a shape having one or more sharp angles
angular shape.
- noun the property possessed by a shape that has angles
- noun a shape having one or more sharp angles
- haulier1/5
haulier
- noun a haulage contractor
hauler.
- noun a haulage contractor
- flashiest1/5
flashy
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; tacky; gimcrack; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- adjective satellite (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
showy; gaudy; sporty; jazzy.
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
- apostasies1/5
apostasy
- noun the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
renunciation; defection.
- noun the act of abandoning a party for cause
tergiversation.
- noun the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
- plausibilities1/5
plausibility
- noun apparent validity
plausibleness.
- noun apparent validity
- incipience1/5
incipience
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
incipiency.
- he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850
- it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
- acclivities1/5
acclivity
- noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
upgrade; raise; rise; climb; ascent.
- the car couldn't make it up the rise
- noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- snappier1/5
snappy
- adjective satellite apt to speak irritably
snappish.
- a snappish tone of voice
- adjective satellite smart and fashionable
whipping.
- snappy conversation
- some sharp and whipping lines
- adjective satellite apt to speak irritably
- angioplasties1/5
angioplasty
- noun an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery
- noun an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery
- bigotries1/5
bigotry
- noun the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot
dogmatism.
- noun the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot
- disbeliefs1/5
disbelief
- noun doubt about the truth of something
skepticism; mental rejection; incredulity.
- noun a rejection of belief
unbelief.
- noun doubt about the truth of something
- fieldworks1/5
fieldwork
- noun a temporary fortification built by troops in the field
- noun a temporary fortification built by troops in the field
- craniotomies1/5
craniotomy
- noun a surgical opening through the skull
- noun a surgical opening through the skull
- heterologies1/5
heterology
- noun (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts
- noun (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts
- socialities1/5
- blackbodies1/5
blackbody
- noun a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
full radiator; black body.
- a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium
- noun a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
- flimsier1/5
flimsy
- noun a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
onionskin.
- adjective satellite lacking solidity or strength
- a flimsy table
- flimsy construction
- noun a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
- stogies1/5
stogy
- noun a cheap cigar
stogie.
- noun a cheap cigar
- amities1/5
amity
- noun a cordial disposition
cordiality.
- noun a state of friendship and cordiality
- noun a cordial disposition
- sportier1/5
sporty
- adjective satellite exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
sporting; clean; sportsmanlike.
- a clean fight
- a sporting solution of the disagreement
- sportsmanlike conduct
- adjective satellite (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
showy; gaudy; flashy; jazzy.
- adjective satellite exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- entelechies1/5
entelechy
- noun (Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality
- noun (Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality
- sloppier1/5
sloppy
- adjective satellite lacking neatness or order
- a sloppy room
- sloppy habits
- adjective satellite wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material
- a sloppy floor
- a sloppy saucer
- adjective satellite lacking neatness or order
- chimneypieces1/5
chimneypiece
- noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
mantelpiece; mantlepiece; mantel; mantle.
- in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece
- noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
- beefier1/5
beefy
- adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
buirdly; husky; burly; strapping.
- a beefy wrestler
- had a tall burly frame
- clothing sizes for husky boys
- a strapping boy of eighteen
- `buirdly' is a Scottish term
- adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
- brassier1/5
brassy
- adjective resembling the sound of a brass instrument
brasslike.
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; gimcrack; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- adjective resembling the sound of a brass instrument
- criminologies1/5
criminology
- noun the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
- noun the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
- matriarchies1/5
matriarchy
- noun a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
matriarchate.
- noun a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
- misidentifies1/5
misidentify
- verb identify incorrectly
mistake.
- Don't mistake her for her twin sister
- verb identify incorrectly
- naughtiest1/5
naughty
- adjective satellite suggestive of sexual impropriety
blue; juicy; gamy; racy; spicy; risque; gamey.
- a blue movie
- blue jokes
- he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details
- a juicy scandal
- a naughty wink
- naughty words
- racy anecdotes
- a risque story
- spicy gossip
- adjective satellite badly behaved
- a naughty boy
- adjective satellite suggestive of sexual impropriety
- insensitivities1/5
insensitivity
- noun the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
insensitiveness.
- noun the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
- guiltiest1/5
guilty
- adjective responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
- guilty of murder
- the guilty person
- secret guilty deeds
- adjective satellite showing a sense of guilt
hangdog; shamefaced; shamed.
- a guilty look
- the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
- adjective responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
- orogenies1/5
orogeny
- noun the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)
- noun the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)
- authenticities1/5
authenticity
- noun undisputed credibility
legitimacy; genuineness.
- noun undisputed credibility
- ambiences1/5
ambience
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
atmosphere; ambiance.
- there was an atmosphere of excitement
- noun the atmosphere of an environment
ambiance.
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
- aperients1/5
aperient
- noun a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
purgative; cathartic; physic.
- adjective satellite mildly laxative
- noun a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
- integrities1/5
integrity
- noun an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
unity; wholeness.
- the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development
- he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia
- noun moral soundness
- he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business
- they admired his scrupulous professional integrity
- noun an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
- falsies1/5
falsie
- noun padding that is worn inside a brassiere
- noun padding that is worn inside a brassiere
- panoplied1/5
panoplied
- adjective satellite equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior
armored.
- adjective satellite in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia
arrayed.
- professors arrayed in robes
- adjective satellite equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior
- underbellies1/5
underbelly
- noun lower side
- the underbellies of clouds
- noun the soft belly or underside of an animal's body
underbody.
- noun lower side
- informalities1/5
informality
- noun a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously
- noun freedom from constraint or embarrassment
ease.
- I am never at ease with strangers
- noun a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously
- rilievi1/5
rilievo
- noun sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
relievo; embossment; sculptural relief; relief.
- noun sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- fussier1/5
fussy
- adjective satellite annoyed and irritable
crabby; grouchy; ill-tempered; crabbed; cross; bad-tempered; grumpy.
- adjective satellite overcrowded or cluttered with detail
busy.
- a busy painting
- a fussy design
- adjective satellite annoyed and irritable
- sacristies1/5
sacristy
- noun a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
vestry.
- noun a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
- compressibilities1/5
compressibility
- noun the property of being able to occupy less space
squeezability; sponginess.
- noun the property of being able to occupy less space
- trickeries1/5
trickery
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
hanky panky; skulduggery; slickness; jiggery-pokery; hocus-pocus; skullduggery.
- noun the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
chicanery; chicane; wile; shenanigan; guile.
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
- rubefacient1/5
rubefacient
- noun a medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin
- noun a medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin
- haziest1/5
hazy
- adjective satellite filled or abounding with fog or mist
foggy; brumous; misty.
- a brumous October morning
- adjective satellite indistinct or hazy in outline
muzzy; blurred; fuzzy; foggy; bleary; blurry.
- a landscape of blurred outlines
- the trees were just blurry shapes
- adjective satellite filled or abounding with fog or mist
- stratigraphies1/5
stratigraphy
- noun the branch of geology that studies the arrangement and succession of strata
- noun the branch of geology that studies the arrangement and succession of strata
- citizenries1/5
citizenry
- noun the body of citizens of a state or country
people.
- the Spanish people
- noun the body of citizens of a state or country
- inflexibilities1/5
inflexibility
- noun a lack of physical flexibility
inflexibleness.
- noun the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
rigidity; rigidness.
- noun a lack of physical flexibility
- waxier1/5
waxy
- adjective made of or covered with wax
waxen.
- waxen candles
- careful, the floor is waxy
- adjective easily impressed or influenced
impressible; impressionable.
- an impressionable youngster
- an impressionable age
- a waxy mind
- adjective made of or covered with wax
- friendlessness1/5
friendlessness
- noun being without friends
- noun being without friends
- soldierlike1/5
soldierlike
- adjective satellite (of persons) befitting a warrior
warriorlike; soldierly; martial.
- a military bearing
- adjective satellite (of persons) befitting a warrior
- sketchier1/5
sketchy
- adjective satellite giving only major points; lacking completeness
unelaborated.
- a sketchy account
- details of the plan remain sketchy
- adjective satellite giving only major points; lacking completeness
- fluidities1/5
fluidity
- noun the property of flowing easily
fluidness; runniness; liquidness; liquidity.
- adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased
- they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer
- noun a changeable quality
fluidness.
- a charming Oriental fluidity of manner
- a certain fluidness in his perception of time made him an unpredictable colleague
- demographers try to predict social fluidity
- noun the property of flowing easily
- buffooneries1/5
buffoonery
- noun acting like a clown or buffoon
japery; harlequinade; clowning; frivolity; prank.
- noun acting like a clown or buffoon
- alienism1/5
alienism
- noun an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness
- noun the quality of being alien
alienage.
- noun an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness
- tidiest1/5
tidy
- noun receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
- verb put (things or places) in order
straighten out; tidy up; straighten; clean up; square away; neaten.
- Tidy up your room!
- noun receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
- infields1/5
infield
- noun the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
baseball diamond; diamond.
- noun the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
- hairiest1/5
hairy
- adjective having or covered with hair
haired; hirsute.
- Jacob was a hairy man
- a hairy caterpillar
- adjective satellite hazardous and frightening
- hairy moments in the mountains
- adjective having or covered with hair
- icier1/5
icy
- adjective satellite devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
frozen; frigid; glacial; wintry; frosty.
- a frigid greeting
- got a frosty reception
- a frozen look on their faces
- a glacial handshake
- icy stare
- wintry smile
- adjective satellite extremely cold
polar; arctic; frigid; gelid; glacial.
- an arctic climate
- a frigid day
- gelid waters of the North Atlantic
- glacial winds
- icy hands
- polar weather
- adjective satellite devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
- doxies1/5
doxy
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
courtesan; concubine; paramour.
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
- cheekpieces1/5
cheekpiece
- noun either of two straps of a bridle that connect the bit to the headpiece
- noun either of two straps of a bridle that connect the bit to the headpiece
- psalteries1/5
psaltery
- noun an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
- noun an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
- dominies1/5
dominie
- noun a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson
domine; dominee; dominus.
- noun a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson
- grumpier1/5
grumpy
- adjective satellite annoyed and irritable
crabby; grouchy; ill-tempered; crabbed; cross; bad-tempered; fussy.
- adjective satellite annoyed and irritable
- naughtier1/5
naughty
- adjective satellite suggestive of sexual impropriety
blue; juicy; gamy; racy; spicy; risque; gamey.
- a blue movie
- blue jokes
- he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details
- a juicy scandal
- a naughty wink
- naughty words
- racy anecdotes
- a risque story
- spicy gossip
- adjective satellite badly behaved
- a naughty boy
- adjective satellite suggestive of sexual impropriety
- normalities1/5
normality
- noun being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning
normalcy.
- noun (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter
N.
- noun being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning
- witcheries1/5
witchery
- noun the art of sorcery
witchcraft.
- noun the art of sorcery
- smokier1/5
smoky
- adjective marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
- smoky rafters
- smoky chimneys
- a smoky fireplace
- a smoky corridor
- adjective satellite tasting of smoke
- smoky sausages
- adjective marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
- legitimacies1/5
legitimacy
- noun lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law
- noun undisputed credibility
genuineness; authenticity.
- noun lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law
- congruities1/5
congruity
- noun the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
congruousness; congruence.
- noun the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
- thieved1/5
thieve
- verb take by theft
cop; knock off; glom; hook; snitch.
- Someone snitched my wallet!
- verb take by theft
- circularities1/5
circularity
- noun the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure
disk shape.
- noun the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure
- implausibilities1/5
implausibility
- noun the quality of provoking disbelief
implausibleness.
- noun the quality of provoking disbelief
- halberdier1/5
halberdier
- noun a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty)
- noun a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty)
- outfields1/5
outfield
- noun the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases
- noun the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases
- comediennes1/5
comedienne
- noun a female actor in a comedy
- noun a female comedian
- noun a female actor in a comedy
- tailpieces1/5
tailpiece
- noun appendage added to extend the length of something
- noun appendage added to extend the length of something
- disorientate1/5
disorientate
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
disorient.
- verb cause to be lost or disoriented
- tierces1/5
tierce
- noun the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
terce.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
deuce-ace; trio; triplet; tercet; troika; three; trey; 3; ternion; trine; ternary; triad; threesome; leash; III; trinity; terzetto.
- noun the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
- afterpieces1/5
afterpiece
- noun a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play
- noun a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play
- denitrified1/5
denitrify
- verb remove nitrogen from
- Denitrify the soil
- verb remove nitrogen from
- mangier1/5
mangy
- adjective satellite having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap
mangey.
- a mangy carpet
- a mangy old fur coat
- adjective satellite having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap
- murkiest1/5
murky
- adjective satellite (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
muddy; turbid; mirky; cloudy.
- a cloudy liquid
- muddy coffee
- murky waters
- adjective satellite dark or gloomy
mirky.
- a murky dungeon
- murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps
- adjective satellite (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
- snowiest1/5
snowy
- adjective satellite marked by the presence of snow
white.
- a white Christmas
- the white hills of a northern winter
- adjective satellite covered with snow
snow-clad; snow-covered.
- snow-clad hills
- snow-covered roads
- a long snowy winter
- adjective satellite marked by the presence of snow
- mahoganies1/5
mahogany
- noun wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
- noun any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
mahogany tree.
- noun wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
- lustier1/5
lusty
- adjective satellite vigorously passionate
lustful; concupiscent.
- adjective satellite endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
hearty; red-blooded; full-blooded.
- a hearty glow of health
- adjective satellite vigorously passionate
- jollied1/5
jolly
- noun a happy party
- noun a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
jolly boat.
- noun a happy party
- disorientations1/5
disorientation
- noun a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
freak out.
- noun confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction
- his disorientation was the result of inattention
- noun a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
- hornier1/5
horny
- adjective satellite feeling great sexual desire
turned on; randy; ruttish; steamy; aroused.
- feeling horny
- adjective satellite having horns or hornlike projections
- horny coral
- horny (or horned) frog
- adjective satellite feeling great sexual desire
- bonniest1/5
bonny
- adjective satellite very pleasing to the eye
sightly; comely; bonnie; fair.
- my bonny lass
- there's a bonny bay beyond
- a comely face
- young fair maidens
- adjective satellite very pleasing to the eye
- moodier1/5
moody
- noun United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
Helen Newington Wills; Helen Wills Moody; Helen Wills.
- noun United States evangelist (1837-1899)
Dwight Lyman Moody.
- noun United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
- rotaries1/5
rotary
- noun a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
traffic circle; circle; roundabout.
- the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary
- noun electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa
rotary converter; synchronous converter.
- noun a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
- offertories1/5
offertory
- noun the offerings of the congregation at a religious service
- noun the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God
- noun the offerings of the congregation at a religious service
- reorientated1/5
reorientate
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
reorient.
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
- pedantries1/5
pedantry
- noun an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
- noun an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
- savageries1/5
savagery
- noun the property of being untamed and ferocious
savageness.
- the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters
- a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
viciousness; ferociousness; brutality.
- noun the property of being untamed and ferocious
- comeliest1/5
comely
- adjective satellite according with custom or propriety
comme il faut; decent; becoming; seemly; decorous.
- her becoming modesty
- comely behavior
- it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
- a decent burial
- seemly behavior
- adjective satellite very pleasing to the eye
sightly; bonnie; fair; bonny.
- my bonny lass
- there's a bonny bay beyond
- a comely face
- young fair maidens
- adjective satellite according with custom or propriety
- stuffier1/5
stuffy
- adjective satellite lacking fresh air
airless; close; unaired.
- a dusty airless attic
- the dreadfully close atmosphere
- hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke
- adjective satellite excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
stodgy.
- why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?
- a stodgy dinner party
- adjective satellite lacking fresh air
- duskier1/5
dusky
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
twilight; twilit.
- The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding
- the twilight glow of the sky
- a boat on a twilit river
- adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
swart; swarthy; dark-skinned.
- a dark-skinned beauty
- gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
- a smile on his swarthy face
- `swart' is archaic
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
- crankier1/5
cranky
- adjective satellite (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
tender; tippy; crank.
- adjective satellite easily irritated or annoyed
peckish; nettlesome; testy; tetchy; petulant; techy; fractious; irritable; scratchy; pettish; peevish.
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
- adjective satellite (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- seediest1/5
seedy
- adjective full of seeds
- as seedy as a fig
- adjective satellite shabby and untidy
scruffy.
- a surge of ragged scruffy children
- he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain
- adjective full of seeds
- feasibilities1/5
feasibility
- noun the quality of being doable
feasibleness.
- noun the quality of being doable
- wordier1/5
wordy
- adjective satellite using or containing too many words
tedious; windy; long-winded; verbose.
- long-winded (or windy) speakers
- verbose and ineffective instructional methods
- newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials
- proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes
- adjective satellite using or containing too many words
- stingiest1/5
stingy
- adjective unwilling to spend
ungenerous.
- she practices economy without being stingy
- an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
- adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent
scrimpy; meager; meagerly; meagre.
- meager resources
- meager fare
- adjective unwilling to spend
- centenaries1/5
centenary
- noun the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
centennial.
- adjective of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
centennial.
- centennial celebration
- noun the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- silkier1/5
silky
- adjective satellite having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
silken; silklike; slick; sleek; satiny.
- glossy auburn hair
- satiny gardenia petals
- sleek black fur
- silken eyelashes
- silky skin
- a silklike fabric
- slick seals and otters
- adjective satellite having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
- julies1/5
july
- noun the month following June and preceding August
- noun the month following June and preceding August
- iciest1/5
icy
- adjective satellite devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
frozen; frigid; glacial; wintry; frosty.
- a frigid greeting
- got a frosty reception
- a frozen look on their faces
- a glacial handshake
- icy stare
- wintry smile
- adjective satellite extremely cold
polar; arctic; frigid; gelid; glacial.
- an arctic climate
- a frigid day
- gelid waters of the North Atlantic
- glacial winds
- icy hands
- polar weather
- adjective satellite devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
- lousiest1/5
lousy
- adjective satellite very bad
stinking; shitty; stinky; crappy; rotten; icky.
- a lousy play
- it's a stinking world
- adjective satellite infested with lice
- burned their lousy clothes
- adjective satellite very bad
- moodies1/5
moody
- noun United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
Helen Newington Wills; Helen Wills Moody; Helen Wills.
- noun United States evangelist (1837-1899)
Dwight Lyman Moody.
- noun United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
- teeniest1/5
teeny
- adjective satellite (used informally) very small
itsy-bitsy; bitty; teensy; itty-bitty; weensy; wee; teensy-weensy; teentsy; teeny-weeny; weeny; bittie.
- a wee tot
- adjective satellite (used informally) very small
- eeriest1/5
eerie
- adjective satellite suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- an eerie feeling of deja vu
- adjective satellite inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening
eery.
- an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods
- an eerie midnight howl
- adjective satellite suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- orangeries1/5
orangery
- noun a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas
- noun a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas
- incompetencies1/5
incompetency
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
incompetence.
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
- derrieres1/5
derriere
- 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; backside; can; fundament.
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- asynchronies1/5
asynchrony
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
desynchronization; desynchronizing; desynchronisation; asynchronism.
- the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
- grandnieces1/5
grandniece
- noun a daughter of your niece or nephew
great-niece.
- noun a daughter of your niece or nephew
- timidities1/5
timidity
- noun fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions
timorousness; timidness.
- noun fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities
timorousness.
- noun fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions
- scruffier1/5
scruffy
- adjective satellite shabby and untidy
seedy.
- a surge of ragged scruffy children
- he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain
- adjective satellite shabby and untidy
- knottiest1/5
knotty
- adjective satellite making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
tough; problematic; elusive; baffling; problematical.
- a baffling problem
- I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
- a problematic situation at home
- adjective satellite used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
gnarly; gnarled; knotted; knobbed.
- gnarled and knotted hands
- a knobbed stick
- adjective satellite making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
- greasier1/5
greasy
- adjective satellite containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
oleaginous; sebaceous; oily.
- greasy hamburgers
- oily fried potatoes
- oleaginous seeds
- adjective satellite smeared or soiled with grease or oil
oily.
- greasy coveralls
- get rid of rubbish and oily rags
- adjective satellite containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
- promiscuities1/5
promiscuity
- noun indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
promiscuousness; sleeping around.
- noun indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
- jazzier1/5
jazzy
- adjective satellite resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm)
- adjective satellite (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
showy; gaudy; sporty; flashy.
- adjective satellite resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm)
- plumier1/5
plumy
- adjective satellite resembling a plume
plumelike.
- the dog's plumy tail
- adjective satellite having or covered with or abounding in plumes
plumed.
- the plumed serpent
- white-plumed egrets
- adjective satellite resembling a plume
- panoplies1/5
panoply
- noun a complete and impressive array
- noun a complete and impressive array
- heterozygosities1/5
heterozygosity
- noun the state of being heterozygous; having two different alleles of the same gene
- noun the state of being heterozygous; having two different alleles of the same gene
- ebonies1/5
ebony
- noun a very dark black
jet black; soot black; sable; coal black; pitch black.
- noun hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
- noun a very dark black
- goodlier1/5
goodly
- adjective satellite large in amount or extent or degree
sizeable; respectable; healthy; hefty; tidy; sizable; goodish.
- it cost a considerable amount
- a goodly amount
- received a hefty bonus
- a respectable sum
- a tidy sum of money
- a sizable fortune
- adjective satellite large in amount or extent or degree
- demographies1/5
demography
- noun the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
human ecology.
- noun the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
- putrefies1/5
putrefy
- verb become putrid; decay with an offensive smell
- organic matter putrefies
- verb become putrid; decay with an offensive smell
- insobriety1/5
insobriety
- noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
tipsiness; drunkenness; inebriety; inebriation; intoxication.
- noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
- ductilities1/5
ductility
- noun the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets
ductileness.
- noun the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets
- cannier1/5
canny
- adjective satellite showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
cagy; clever; cagey.
- a cagey lawyer
- too clever to be sound
- adjective satellite showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
- pomposities1/5
pomposity
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
splashiness; pompousness; pretentiousness; ostentation; puffiness; inflation; ostentatiousness.
- noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- pruriency1/5
pruriency
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
lasciviousness; lubricity; prurience; carnality.
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
- longevities1/5
longevity
- noun duration of service
length of service.
- her longevity as a star
- had unusual longevity in the company
- noun the property of being long-lived
seniority.
- noun duration of service
- gorier1/5
gory
- adjective satellite covered with blood
bloodstained.
- a bloodstained shirt
- a gory dagger
- adjective satellite accompanied by bloodshed
sanguineous; sanguinary; slaughterous; butcherly.
- this bitter and sanguinary war
- adjective satellite covered with blood
- rockiest1/5
rocky
- adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
bouldery; stony; bouldered.
- rocky fields
- stony ground
- bouldery beaches
- adjective causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
jumpy; jolty; jolting; bumpy; rough.
- a rough ride
- adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
- spontaneities1/5
spontaneity
- noun the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint
spontaneousness.
- the spontaneity of his laughter
- noun the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint
- posterities1/5
posterity
- noun all of the offspring of a given progenitor
descendants.
- we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity
- noun all future generations
- noun all of the offspring of a given progenitor
- mutabilities1/5
mutability
- noun the quality of being capable of mutation
mutableness.
- noun the quality of being capable of mutation
- millicuries1/5
millicurie
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
- noun a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
- stoniest1/5
stony
- adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
bouldery; rocky; bouldered.
- rocky fields
- stony ground
- bouldery beaches
- adjective satellite showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
obdurate; flint; flinty; granitic.
- his flinty gaze
- the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
- adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
- trustiest1/5
trusty
- noun a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges
- adjective worthy of trust or belief
trustworthy.
- a trustworthy report
- an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion
- noun a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges
- chicaneries1/5
chicanery
- noun the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
trickery; chicane; wile; shenanigan; guile.
- noun the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- salesladies1/5
saleslady
- noun a woman salesperson
saleswoman; salesgirl.
- noun a woman salesperson
- relievos1/5
relievo
- noun sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
embossment; sculptural relief; relief; rilievo.
- noun sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
- calvaries1/5
calvary
- noun a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
Golgotha.
- noun any experience that causes intense suffering
martyrdom.
- noun a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
- virginities1/5
virginity
- noun the condition or quality of being a virgin
- noun the condition or quality of being a virgin
- baronetcies1/5
baronetcy
- noun the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness
barony.
- noun the title of a baron
- noun the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness
- zanier1/5
zany
- noun a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; cuckoo; fathead; goose; bozo; twat; jackass; goofball.
- noun a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
- raciest1/5
racy
- adjective satellite full of zest or vigor
lively.
- a racy literary style
- adjective satellite marked by richness and fullness of flavor
robust; full-bodied; rich.
- a rich ruby port
- full-bodied wines
- a robust claret
- the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee
- adjective satellite full of zest or vigor
- laxities1/5
laxity
- noun the condition of being physiologically lax
laxness.
- baths can help the laxness of the bowels
- noun the quality of being lax and neglectful
slackness; laxness; remissness.
- noun the condition of being physiologically lax
- chinoiseries1/5
chinoiserie
- noun a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned
- noun a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned
- unpredictabilities1/5
unpredictability
- noun the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
capriciousness.
- noun the trait of being unpredictably irresolute
volatility.
- the volatility of the market drove many investors away
- noun the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
- brevities1/5
brevity
- noun the use of brief expressions
- noun the attribute of being brief or fleeting
briefness; transience.
- noun the use of brief expressions
- ternaries1/5
ternary
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
deuce-ace; trio; triplet; tercet; tierce; troika; three; trey; 3; ternion; trine; triad; threesome; leash; III; trinity; terzetto.
- adjective satellite having three units or components or elements
treble; triple; triplex.
- a ternary operation
- a treble row of red beads
- overcrowding made triple sessions necessary
- triple time has three beats per measure
- triplex windows
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- soteriologies1/5
soteriology
- noun the branch of Christian theology that deals with salvation as the effect of a divine agency
- noun the branch of Christian theology that deals with salvation as the effect of a divine agency
- raunchier1/5
raunchy
- adjective satellite earthy and sexually explicit
- a raunchy novel
- adjective satellite suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
lewd; salacious; obscene.
- lewd whisperings of a dirty old man
- an indecent gesture
- obscene telephone calls
- salacious limericks
- adjective satellite earthy and sexually explicit
- tackiest1/5
tacky
- adjective satellite (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
- tacky varnish
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; meretricious; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; gimcrack; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- adjective satellite (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
- foggier1/5
foggy
- adjective satellite stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
groggy; logy; stuporous; dazed.
- adjective satellite indistinct or hazy in outline
muzzy; hazy; blurred; fuzzy; bleary; blurry.
- a landscape of blurred outlines
- the trees were just blurry shapes
- adjective satellite stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
- eerier1/5
eerie
- adjective satellite suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- an eerie feeling of deja vu
- adjective satellite inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening
eery.
- an uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods
- an eerie midnight howl
- adjective satellite suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- sassier1/5
sassy
- adjective satellite improperly forward or bold
saucy; impudent; wise; overbold; impertinent; fresh; smart.
- don't be fresh with me
- impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup
- an impudent boy given to insulting strangers
- Don't get wise with me!
- adjective satellite improperly forward or bold
- sculleries1/5
scullery
- noun a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done
- noun a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done
- fieriness1/5
fieriness
- noun the heat or the color of fire
red heat.
- noun a passionate and quick-tempered nature
- noun the heat or the color of fire
- toadied1/5
toady
- noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
sycophant; lackey; ass-kisser; crawler.
- verb try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
fawn; kowtow; kotow; bootlick; suck up; truckle.
- He is always kowtowing to his boss
- noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- chilliest1/5
chilly
- noun very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
chilli; chili; chile; chili pepper.
- adjective satellite not characterized by emotion
- a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues"-C.W.Cunningham
- noun very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
- dreamier1/5
dreamy
- adjective satellite dreamy in mood or nature
moony; woolgathering.
- a woolgathering moment
- adjective satellite lacking spirit or liveliness
languorous; languid; lackadaisical.
- a lackadaisical attempt
- a languid mood
- a languid wave of the hand
- a hot languorous afternoon
- adjective satellite dreamy in mood or nature
- bestialities1/5
bestiality
- noun the stupid brutal quality of a beast
- noun sexual activity between a person and an animal
zooerasty; zooerastia.
- noun the stupid brutal quality of a beast
- pluckiest1/5
plucky
- adjective marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; it was a gutsy thing to do"
gutsy.
- you have to admire her
- the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist
- a gutsy red wine
- adjective satellite showing courage
spunky; feisty.
- the champion is faced with a feisty challenger
- adjective marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; it was a gutsy thing to do"
- oiliest1/5
oily
- adjective satellite containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
oleaginous; sebaceous; greasy.
- greasy hamburgers
- oily fried potatoes
- oleaginous seeds
- adjective satellite unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
fulsome; buttery; unctuous; soapy; oleaginous; smarmy.
- buttery praise
- gave him a fulsome introduction
- an oily sycophantic press agent
- oleaginous hypocrisy
- smarmy self-importance
- the unctuous Uriah Heep
- soapy compliments
- adjective satellite containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
- ethnologies1/5
ethnology
- noun the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics
- noun the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics
- knobkerries1/5
knobkerry
- noun a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa
knobkerrie.
- noun a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa
- archpriests1/5
archpriest
- noun a senior clergyman and dignitary
hierarch; high priest; prelate; primate.
- noun a senior clergyman and dignitary
- braveries1/5
bravery
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
courageousness; braveness; courage.
- noun feeling no fear
fearlessness.
- noun a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
- 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
- sloppiest1/5
sloppy
- adjective satellite lacking neatness or order
- a sloppy room
- sloppy habits
- adjective satellite wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material
- a sloppy floor
- a sloppy saucer
- adjective satellite lacking neatness or order
- stingier1/5
stingy
- adjective unwilling to spend
ungenerous.
- she practices economy without being stingy
- an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
- adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent
scrimpy; meager; meagerly; meagre.
- meager resources
- meager fare
- adjective unwilling to spend
- goofiest1/5
goofy
- noun a cartoon character created by Walt Disney
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
cockamamie; wacky; sappy; whacky; silly; zany; cockamamy.
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
- noun a cartoon character created by Walt Disney
- reorientating1/5
reorientate
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
reorient.
- verb orient once again, after a disorientation
- glossiest1/5
glossy
- noun a magazine printed on good quality paper
slick; slick magazine.
- noun a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper
- noun a magazine printed on good quality paper
- cajoleries1/5
cajolery
- noun flattery intended to persuade
palaver; blandishment.
- noun flattery intended to persuade
- tracheotomies1/5
tracheotomy
- noun a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes
tracheostomy.
- noun a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes
- quaternaries1/5
quaternary
- noun last 2 million years
Quaternary period; Age of Man.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
tetrad; quaternity; quadruplet; foursome; Little Joe; IV; four; quaternion; quatern; quartet; 4.
- noun last 2 million years
- meritocracies1/5
meritocracy
- noun a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
- noun the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
- noun a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
- shaggier1/5
shaggy
- adjective satellite used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
shaggy-haired; shaggy-coated; bushy.
- bushy locks
- a shaggy beard
- adjective satellite having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags
shagged.
- junipers with shagged trunks
- shaggy rugs
- adjective satellite used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
- comelier1/5
comely
- adjective satellite according with custom or propriety
comme il faut; decent; becoming; seemly; decorous.
- her becoming modesty
- comely behavior
- it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
- a decent burial
- seemly behavior
- adjective satellite very pleasing to the eye
sightly; bonnie; fair; bonny.
- my bonny lass
- there's a bonny bay beyond
- a comely face
- young fair maidens
- adjective satellite according with custom or propriety
- cacophonies1/5
cacophony
- noun a loud harsh or strident noise
clamor; din; blare; blaring.
- noun loud confusing disagreeable sounds
- noun a loud harsh or strident noise
- silkiest1/5
silky
- adjective satellite having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
silken; silklike; slick; sleek; satiny.
- glossy auburn hair
- satiny gardenia petals
- sleek black fur
- silken eyelashes
- silky skin
- a silklike fabric
- slick seals and otters
- adjective satellite having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
- credulities1/5
- intelligibilities1/5
intelligibility
- noun the quality of language that is comprehensible
- noun the quality of language that is comprehensible
- dicier1/5
dicey
- adjective satellite of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
dodgy; chanceful; chancy.
- an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
- adjective satellite of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
- lustiest1/5
lusty
- adjective satellite vigorously passionate
lustful; concupiscent.
- adjective satellite endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
hearty; red-blooded; full-blooded.
- a hearty glow of health
- adjective satellite vigorously passionate
- disunities1/5
disunity
- noun lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension)
- noun lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension)
- knottier1/5
knotty
- adjective satellite making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
tough; problematic; elusive; baffling; problematical.
- a baffling problem
- I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
- a problematic situation at home
- adjective satellite used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
gnarly; gnarled; knotted; knobbed.
- gnarled and knotted hands
- a knobbed stick
- adjective satellite making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
- sociabilities1/5
sociability
- noun the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows
sociableness.
- noun the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows
- creamiest1/5
creamy
- adjective satellite of the color of cream
- creamy translucent pebbles
- adjective satellite thick like cream
- adjective satellite of the color of cream
- bloodies1/5
bloody
- verb cover with blood
- bloody your hands
- adjective having or covered with or accompanied by blood
- a bloody nose
- your scarf is all bloody
- the effects will be violent and probably bloody
- a bloody fight
- verb cover with blood
- disloyalties1/5
disloyalty
- noun the quality of being disloyal
- noun the quality of being disloyal
- plutocracies1/5
plutocracy
- noun a political system governed by the wealthy people
- noun a political system governed by the wealthy people
- sprightlier1/5
sprightly
- adjective satellite full of spirit and vitality
- a sprightly young girl
- a sprightly dance
- adjective satellite full of spirit and vitality
- ferocities1/5
ferocity
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
fury; violence; furiousness; wildness; fierceness; vehemence.
- the storm's violence
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
- canniest1/5
canny
- adjective satellite showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
cagy; clever; cagey.
- a cagey lawyer
- too clever to be sound
- adjective satellite showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
- lousier1/5
lousy
- adjective satellite very bad
stinking; shitty; stinky; crappy; rotten; icky.
- a lousy play
- it's a stinking world
- adjective satellite infested with lice
- burned their lousy clothes
- adjective satellite very bad
- catenaries1/5
catenary
- noun the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points
- noun the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points
- crispier1/5
crispy
- adjective satellite tender and brittle
crisp.
- crisp potato chips
- adjective satellite tender and brittle
- spiciest1/5
spicy
- adjective satellite having an agreeably pungent taste
savory; piquant; savoury; zesty.
- adjective satellite producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
hot.
- hot salsa
- jalapeno peppers are very hot
- adjective satellite having an agreeably pungent taste
- phraseologies1/5
phraseology
- noun the manner in which something is expressed in words
diction; phrasing; choice of words; verbiage; wording.
- use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton
- noun the manner in which something is expressed in words
- shapelier1/5
shapely
- adjective having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape
- a slim waist and shapely legs
- adjective having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape
- pussies1/5
pussy
- noun obscene terms for female genitals
puss; snatch; twat; slit; cunt.
- noun informal terms referring to a domestic cat
pussycat; kitty-cat; kitty; puss.
- noun obscene terms for female genitals
- sophistries1/5
sophistry
- noun a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
sophism; sophistication.
- noun a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
- furrier1/5
furrier
- noun someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
cloakmaker.
- adjective satellite covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs
furry; furred.
- furred animals
- a furry teddy bear
- noun someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
- kindlier1/5
kindly
- adjective satellite showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
sympathetic; benevolent; large-hearted; charitable; good-hearted; openhearted.
- was charitable in his opinions of others
- kindly criticism
- a kindly act
- sympathetic words
- a large-hearted mentor
- adjective satellite pleasant and agreeable
- a kindly climate
- kindly breeze
- adjective satellite showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
- biennially1/5
biennially
- adverb every two years
biyearly.
- this festival takes places biennially
- adverb every two years
- metonymies1/5
metonymy
- noun substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
- noun substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
- nectaries1/5
nectary
- noun a gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar
honey gland.
- noun a gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar
- monthlies1/5
monthly
- noun a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
- adjective satellite of or occurring or payable every month
- monthly payments
- the monthly newsletter
- noun a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
- gloomiest1/5
gloomy
- adjective satellite depressingly dark
glooming; gloomful; sulky.
- the gloomy forest
- the glooming interior of an old inn
- `gloomful' is archaic
- adjective satellite filled with melancholy and despondency
blue; downhearted; dispirited; down in the mouth; depressed; downcast; down; low; low-spirited; grim.
- gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
- gloomy predictions
- a gloomy silence
- took a grim view of the economy
- the darkening mood
- lonely and blue in a strange city
- depressed by the loss of his job
- a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
- downcast after his defeat
- feeling discouraged and downhearted
- adjective satellite depressingly dark
- cordierite1/5
cordierite
- noun a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone
- noun a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone
- adieux1/5
adieu
- noun a farewell remark
good-by; adios; so long; cheerio; good-bye; arrivederci; sayonara; auf wiedersehen; goodbye; bye-bye; goodby; bye; good day; au revoir.
- they said their good-byes
- noun a farewell remark
- germanies1/5
germany
- noun a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
Deutschland; FRG; Federal Republic of Germany.
- noun a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
- thievish1/5
thievish
- adjective satellite given to thievery
thieving.
- adjective satellite given to thievery
- fusilier1/5
fusilier
- noun (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
- noun (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
- sties1/5
sty
- noun an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
hordeolum; stye; eye infection.
- noun a pen for swine
pigpen; pigsty.
- noun an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- inquietude1/5
inquietude
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
edginess; uneasiness; disquietude.
- noun feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
- tummies1/5
tummy
- noun slang for a paunch
bay window; pot; potbelly; corporation.
- noun an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
stomach; tum; breadbasket.
- noun slang for a paunch
- infelicities1/5
infelicity
- noun inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
- noun inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
- trisomies1/5
trisomy
- noun chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell
- noun chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell
- declivities1/5
declivity
- noun a downward slope or bend
decline; descent; downslope; declination; fall; declension.
- noun a downward slope or bend
- nonproprietary1/5
nonproprietary
- adjective not protected by trademark or patent or copyright
- nonproprietary products are in the public domain and anyone can produce or distribute them
- adjective not protected by trademark or patent or copyright
- ivies1/5
ivy
- noun Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
Hedera helix; English ivy; common ivy.
- noun Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
- hickories1/5
hickory
- noun valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
- noun American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
hickory tree.
- noun valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
- pottier1/5
potty
- noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
throne; toilet; commode; crapper; stool; can; pot.
- noun a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
chamberpot; thunder mug.
- noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- insentient1/5
insentient
- adjective devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
insensate.
- insentient (or insensate) stone
- adjective devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
- snowfield1/5
snowfield
- noun a permanent wide expanse of snow
- noun a permanent wide expanse of snow
- purlieus1/5
purlieu
- noun an outer adjacent area of any place
environs.
- noun an outer adjacent area of any place
- ovariectomy1/5
ovariectomy
- noun surgical removal of one of both ovaries
oophorectomy.
- noun surgical removal of one of both ovaries
- preemies1/5
preemie
- noun an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
premature baby; premie; preterm infant; premature infant; preterm baby.
- noun an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
- dixiecrats1/5
dixiecrats
- noun a former political party in the United States; formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman
States' Rights Democratic Party.
- noun a former political party in the United States; formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman
- insolvencies1/5
insolvency
- noun the lack of financial resources
- noun the lack of financial resources
- landladies1/5
landlady
- noun a landlord who is a woman
- noun a landlord who is a woman
- rapiers1/5
rapier
- noun a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
tuck.
- noun a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
- bobbies1/5
bobby
- noun an informal term for a British policeman
- noun an informal term for a British policeman
- angriest1/5
angry
- adjective feeling or showing anger
- angry at the weather
- angry customers
- an angry silence
- sending angry letters to the papers
- adjective satellite (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
furious; raging; wild; tempestuous.
- angry clouds on the horizon
- furious winds
- the raging sea
- adjective feeling or showing anger
- stoneflies1/5
stonefly
- noun primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones
plecopteran; stone fly.
- noun primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones
- mastectomies1/5
mastectomy
- noun surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor
- noun surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor
- perversities1/5
perversity
- noun deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
perverseness; contrariness.
- noun deliberately deviating from what is good
perverseness.
- there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism
- noun deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
- disfluencies1/5
disfluency
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- earpieces1/5
earpiece
- noun electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
phone; earphone; headphone.
- it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked
- noun electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
- alienist1/5
alienist
- noun a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness
- noun a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness
- furriers1/5
furrier
- noun someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
cloakmaker.
- adjective satellite covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs
furry; furred.
- furred animals
- a furry teddy bear
- noun someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
- quickies1/5
quicky
- noun hurried repair
quick fix; quickie; band aid.
- noun hurried repair
- gallantries1/5
gallantry
- noun the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
valiancy; valorousness; valour; heroism; valor; valiance.
- he showed great heroism in battle
- he received a medal for valor
- noun courtesy towards women
politesse; chivalry.
- noun the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
- uglies1/5
ugli
- noun large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
ugli fruit; tangelo.
- noun large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
- tapestried1/5
tapestried
- adjective satellite hung or decorated with tapestry
- adjective satellite hung or decorated with tapestry
- phratries1/5
phratry
- noun people descended from a common ancestor
kinfolk; family; family line; kinsfolk; sept; folk.
- his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
- noun people descended from a common ancestor
- distributaries1/5
distributary
- noun a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it
- noun a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it
- easterlies1/5
easterly
- noun a wind from the east
easter; east wind.
- adjective satellite lying in or toward the east
eastern.
- the east side of New York
- eastern cities
- noun a wind from the east
- classier1/5
classy
- adjective satellite elegant and fashionable
swish; posh.
- classy clothes
- a classy dame
- a posh restaurant
- a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child
- adjective satellite elegant and fashionable
- alienists1/5
alienist
- noun a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness
- noun a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness
- dreariest1/5
dreary
- adjective satellite lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
drab.
- her drab personality
- life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
- a series of dreary dinner parties
- adjective satellite causing dejection
blue; dingy; drear; disconsolate; dark; gloomy; dismal; drab; sorry; grim.
- a blue day
- the dark days of the war
- a week of rainy depressing weather
- a disconsolate winter landscape
- the first dismal dispiriting days of November
- a dark gloomy day
- grim rainy weather
- adjective satellite lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
- adieus1/5
adieu
- noun a farewell remark
good-by; adios; so long; cheerio; good-bye; arrivederci; sayonara; auf wiedersehen; goodbye; bye-bye; goodby; bye; good day; au revoir.
- they said their good-byes
- noun a farewell remark
- hankies1/5
hanky
- noun a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
hankey; hankie; handkerchief.
- noun a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
- unsanctified1/5
unsanctified
- adjective satellite not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
unconsecrated; profane.
- adjective satellite not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- kindliest1/5
kindly
- adjective satellite showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
sympathetic; benevolent; large-hearted; charitable; good-hearted; openhearted.
- was charitable in his opinions of others
- kindly criticism
- a kindly act
- sympathetic words
- a large-hearted mentor
- adjective satellite pleasant and agreeable
- a kindly climate
- kindly breeze
- adjective satellite showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
- arthropathies1/5
arthropathy
- noun a pathology or abnormality of a joint
- noun a pathology or abnormality of a joint
- codpiece1/5
codpiece
- noun (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches
- noun (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches
- houseflies1/5
housefly
- noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
Musca domestica; house fly.
- noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
- doggies1/5
doggy
- noun informal terms for dogs
doggie; pooch; bow-wow; barker.
- noun informal terms for dogs
- hayfields1/5
hayfield
- noun a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
meadow.
- noun a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
- quarterlies1/5
quarterly
- noun a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year)
- adjective of or relating to or consisting of a quarter
- quarterly report
- noun a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year)
- mealies1/5
- cockatiel1/5
cockatiel
- noun small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head
cockateel; cockatoo parrot; Nymphicus hollandicus.
- noun small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head
- extravagancies1/5
extravagancy
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
extravagance.
- we were surprised by the extravagance of his description
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
- blowflies1/5
blowfly
- noun large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
blow fly.
- noun large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
- headpieces1/5
headpiece
- noun the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
headstall.
- noun a protective helmet for the head
- noun the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head
- complicities1/5
complicity
- noun guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense
- noun guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense
- rectories1/5
rectory
- noun an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
parsonage; vicarage.
- noun an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
- edgier1/5
edgy
- adjective satellite being in a tense state
jumpy; highly strung; uptight; high-strung; jittery; restive; nervy; overstrung.
- adjective satellite being in a tense state
- shier1/5
shy
- noun a quick throw
- he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman
- verb start suddenly, as from fright
- noun a quick throw
- insanities1/5
insanity
- noun relatively permanent disorder of the mind
- noun relatively permanent disorder of the mind
- travestied1/5
travesty
- noun a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
farce; farce comedy.
- noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
pasquinade; mockery; takeoff; lampoon; sendup; put-on; spoof; charade; burlesque; parody.
- noun a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
- gantries1/5
gantry
- noun a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.
gauntry.
- noun a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.
- hygienically1/5
hygienically
- adverb in a hygienic manner
- the body must cared for hygienically
- adverb in a hygienic manner
- elderberries1/5
elderberry
- noun a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
black elder; bourtree; common elder; European elder; Sambucus nigra.
- noun berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies
- noun a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
- believably1/5
believably
- adverb in a believable manner
- he acted believably sincere
- adverb easy to believe on the basis of available evidence
plausibly; credibly; probably.
- he talked plausibly before the committee
- he will probably win the election
- adverb in a believable manner
- fripperies1/5
frippery
- noun something of little value or significance
fluff; bagatelle; frivolity.
- noun something of little value or significance
- cuirassier1/5
cuirassier
- noun a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
- noun a cavalryman equipped with a cuirass
- arietta1/5
arietta
- noun a short aria
short aria.
- noun a short aria
- burgundies1/5
burgundy
- noun a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines
Bourgogne.
- noun red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere)
Burgundy wine.
- noun a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines
- tiercel1/5
tiercel
- noun male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon
tercelet; tercel.
- noun male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon
- undiversified1/5
undiversified
- adjective not diversified
- adjective not diversified
- ranier1/5
ranier
- noun a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)
Mt. Ranier; Mount Tacoma; Mount Ranier.
- noun a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)
- showpieces1/5
showpiece
- noun the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection
collector's item; piece de resistance.
- noun the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection
- scantiest1/5
scanty
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
pantie; panty; step-in.
- adjective satellite lacking in amplitude or quantity
spare; bare.
- a bare livelihood
- a scanty harvest
- a spare diet
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
- impieties1/5
impiety
- noun unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
impiousness.
- noun unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
- vasectomies1/5
vasectomy
- noun surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible
- noun surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible
- classiest1/5
classy
- adjective satellite elegant and fashionable
swish; posh.
- classy clothes
- a classy dame
- a posh restaurant
- a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child
- adjective satellite elegant and fashionable
- mummeries1/5
mummery
- noun meaningless ceremonies and flattery
flummery.
- noun meaningless ceremonies and flattery
- homeliest1/5
homely
- adjective satellite lacking in physical beauty or proportion
plain.
- a homely child
- several of the buildings were downright homely
- a plain girl with a freckled face
- adjective satellite having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable
homey; homelike; homy.
- the homely everyday atmosphere
- a homey little inn
- adjective satellite lacking in physical beauty or proportion
- lovelies1/5
lovely
- noun a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
cover girl; pin-up.
- adjective satellite appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
- noun a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
- seamier1/5
seamy
- adjective satellite showing a seam
- adjective satellite morally degraded
seedy; squalid; sleazy; sordid.
- a seedy district
- the seamy side of life
- sleazy characters hanging around casinos
- sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly
- the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce
- the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
- adjective satellite showing a seam
- expediencies1/5
expediency
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
expedience.
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
- schlesien1/5
schlesien
- noun a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland
Slezsko; Silesia; Slask.
- noun a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland
- siestas1/5
siesta
- noun a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
- noun a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
- emptiest1/5
empty
- noun a container that has been emptied
- return all empties to the store
- verb make void or empty of contents
- Empty the box
- The alarm emptied the building
- noun a container that has been emptied
- requiescat1/5
requiescat
- noun a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person
- noun a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person
- sublimities1/5
sublimity
- noun nobility in thought or feeling or style
- noun nobility in thought or feeling or style
- finalities1/5
finality
- noun the quality of being final or definitely settled
decisiveness; conclusiveness.
- the finality of death
- noun the quality of being final or definitely settled
- nattier1/5
natty
- adjective satellite marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
rakish; spiffy; snappy; raffish; dashing; spruce; dapper; jaunty.
- a dapper young man
- a jaunty red hat
- adjective satellite marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
- crappies1/5
crappie
- noun small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers
- noun small sunfishes of central United States rivers
- noun small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers
- jolliest1/5
jolly
- noun a happy party
- noun a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
jolly boat.
- noun a happy party
- bilberries1/5
bilberry
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
whinberry; blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; whortleberry.
- noun erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries
Viccinium membranaceum; thin-leaved bilberry; mountain blue berry.
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
- drearier1/5
dreary
- adjective satellite lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
drab.
- her drab personality
- life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
- a series of dreary dinner parties
- adjective satellite causing dejection
blue; dingy; drear; disconsolate; dark; gloomy; dismal; drab; sorry; grim.
- a blue day
- the dark days of the war
- a week of rainy depressing weather
- a disconsolate winter landscape
- the first dismal dispiriting days of November
- a dark gloomy day
- grim rainy weather
- adjective satellite lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
- meatier1/5
meaty
- adjective like or containing meat; let's have a meaty meal"
- enough of vegetarianism
- adjective satellite being on topic and prompting thought
substantive.
- a meaty discussion
- adjective like or containing meat; let's have a meaty meal"
- cosier1/5
cosy
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
tea cosy; tea cozy; cozy.
- adjective satellite enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
snug; cozy.
- a cozy nook near the fire
- snug in bed
- a snug little apartment
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
- aeries1/5
aery
- noun the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
eyrie; aerie; eyry.
- noun any habitation at a high altitude
eyrie; aerie; eyry.
- noun the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
- nonuniformities1/5
nonuniformity
- noun the quality of being diverse and interesting
- noun the quality of being diverse and interesting
- jollier1/5
jolly
- noun a happy party
- noun a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
jolly boat.
- noun a happy party
- incoherencies1/5
incoherency
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
incoherence.
- noun nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
unintelligibility; incoherence.
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
- haughtiest1/5
haughty
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
overbearing; swaggering; prideful; imperious; lordly; disdainful; supercilious; sniffy.
- some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
- haughty aristocrats
- his lordly manners were offensive
- walked with a prideful swagger
- very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
- his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
- a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- jalousies1/5
jalousie
- noun a window with glass louvers
louvered window.
- noun a shutter made of angled slats
- noun a window with glass louvers
- sleepier1/5
sleepy
- adjective satellite ready to fall asleep
sleepy-eyed; sleepyheaded.
- beginning to feel sleepy
- a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids
- sleepyheaded students
- adjective satellite ready to fall asleep
- cockatiels1/5
cockatiel
- noun small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head
cockateel; cockatoo parrot; Nymphicus hollandicus.
- noun small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head
- chiffonier1/5
chiffonier
- noun a tall elegant chest of drawers
commode.
- noun a tall elegant chest of drawers
- cassowaries1/5
cassowary
- noun large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest
- noun large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest
- tabbies1/5
tabby
- noun a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
tabby cat.
- noun female cat
queen.
- noun a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
- liepaja1/5
liepaja
- noun a city of southwestern Latvia on the Baltic Sea
- noun a city of southwestern Latvia on the Baltic Sea
- lavaliere1/5
lavaliere
- noun jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck
lavalliere; lavalier.
- noun jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck
- vilifies1/5
vilify
- verb spread negative information about
vituperate; rail; revile.
- The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
- verb spread negative information about
- fritillaries1/5
fritillary
- noun any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
checkered lily.
- noun butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
- noun any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
- inexpediency1/5
inexpediency
- noun the quality of being unsuited to the end in view
inexpedience.
- noun the quality of being unsuited to the end in view
- fieldstones1/5
fieldstone
- noun stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material
- noun stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material
- scantier1/5
scanty
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
pantie; panty; step-in.
- adjective satellite lacking in amplitude or quantity
spare; bare.
- a bare livelihood
- a scanty harvest
- a spare diet
- noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
- wearier1/5
weary
- verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
wear out; tire; wear down; jade; fag out; fatigue; wear; tire out; outwear; fag; wear upon.
- We wore ourselves out on this hike
- verb lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
jade; fatigue; pall; tire.
- I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
- verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- unembodied1/5
unembodied
- adjective satellite not having a material body
disembodied; unbodied; discorporate; bodiless.
- bodiless ghosts
- adjective satellite not having a material body
- homelier1/5
homely
- adjective satellite lacking in physical beauty or proportion
plain.
- a homely child
- several of the buildings were downright homely
- a plain girl with a freckled face
- adjective satellite having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable
homey; homelike; homy.
- the homely everyday atmosphere
- a homey little inn
- adjective satellite lacking in physical beauty or proportion
- microbreweries1/5
microbrewery
- noun a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere
- noun a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere
- cashiering1/5
cashier
- noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
bank clerk; teller.
- noun a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)
- noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
- lories1/5
lory
- noun small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits
- noun small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits
- melancholies1/5
melancholy
- noun a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- noun a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
- noun a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- diestrus1/5
diestrus
- noun (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity
diestrum.
- noun (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity
- centerfielder1/5
centerfielder
- noun the person who plays center field
center fielder.
- noun the person who plays center field
- refectories1/5
refectory
- noun a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)
- noun a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)
- friers1/5
frier
- noun flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
pullet; fryer.
- noun flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
- cottiers1/5
cottier
- noun a medieval English villein
cotter.
- noun a medieval English villein
- tragicomedies1/5
tragicomedy
- noun a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
- noun a comedy with serious elements or overtones
seriocomedy.
- noun a dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating
- toddies1/5
toddy
- noun a mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot
hot toddy.
- noun a mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot
- eyries1/5
eyry
- noun the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
eyrie; aerie; aery.
- noun any habitation at a high altitude
eyrie; aerie; aery.
- noun the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
- rowdier1/5
rowdy
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
yobo; ruffian; tough; bully; roughneck; hooligan; yob; yobbo.
- adjective satellite disturbing the public peace; loud and rough
raucous.
- a raucous party
- rowdy teenagers
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
- debriefs1/5
debrief
- verb put someone through a debriefing and make him report
- The released hostages were debriefed
- verb put someone through a debriefing and make him report
- bushier1/5
bushy
- adjective satellite used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
shaggy-haired; shaggy-coated; shaggy.
- bushy locks
- a shaggy beard
- adjective satellite resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading
- adjective satellite used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
- blennies1/5
blenny
- noun small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks
combtooth blenny.
- noun small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks
- savouries1/5
savoury
- noun either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family
savory.
- noun an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre
savory.
- noun either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family
- dustier1/5
dusty
- adjective satellite covered with a layer of dust
dust-covered.
- a dusty pile of books
- adjective satellite lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
cold; stale; moth-eaten.
- moth-eaten theories about race
- stale news
- adjective satellite covered with a layer of dust
- colostomies1/5
colostomy
- noun a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus
- noun a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus
- zwieback1/5
zwieback
- noun slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
rusk; Brussels biscuit; twice-baked bread.
- noun slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
- sommeliers1/5
sommelier
- noun a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
wine steward; wine waiter.
- noun a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
- apiaries1/5
apiary
- noun a shed containing a number of beehives
bee house.
- noun a shed containing a number of beehives
- unwieldiness1/5
unwieldiness
- noun the quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity
- avoiding the unwieldiness of formal legal processes
- the onset of unwieldiness and bureaucracy in large organizations
- noun trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
cumbersomeness; awkwardness.
- the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano
- noun the quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity
- tragedienne1/5
tragedienne
- noun an actress who specializes in tragic roles
- noun an actress who specializes in tragic roles
- dacoities1/5
dacoity
- noun robbery by a gang of armed dacoits
dakoity.
- noun robbery by a gang of armed dacoits
- laparotomies1/5
laparotomy
- noun surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs
- noun surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs
- appendectomies1/5
appendectomy
- noun surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
appendicectomy.
- noun surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
- unscientifically1/5
unscientifically
- adverb in an unscientific way; not according to the principles of science
- they proceeded unscientifically when they dissected the mummy
- adverb in an unscientific way; not according to the principles of science
- messiest1/5
messy
- adjective satellite dirty and disorderly
mussy.
- a mussy fussy bedroom
- a child's messy eating habits
- adjective satellite dirty and disorderly
- cornier1/5
corny
- adjective satellite dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
bromidic; platitudinous; platitudinal.
- bromidic sermons
- adjective satellite dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
- pierrots1/5
pierrot
- noun a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
- noun a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
- halfpennies1/5
halfpenny
- noun an English coin worth half a penny
ha'penny.
- noun an English coin worth half a penny
- climatologies1/5
climatology
- noun meteorology of climates and their phenomena
- noun meteorology of climates and their phenomena
- 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
- dropsies1/5
dropsy
- noun swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
oedema; hydrops; edema.
- noun swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
- fluffier1/5
fluffy
- adjective satellite like down or as soft as down
downy; flossy; downlike.
- adjective satellite like down or as soft as down
- fleshier1/5
fleshy
- adjective satellite usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
heavy; overweight.
- adjective of or relating to or resembling flesh
sarcoid.
- adjective satellite usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- carabiniers1/5
carabinier
- noun a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
carabineer; carbineer.
- noun a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
- vacuities1/5
vacuity
- noun the absence of matter
vacuum.
- noun a region that is devoid of matter
vacuum.
- noun the absence of matter
- chanties1/5
chanty
- noun a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
shanty; sea chantey; chantey.
- noun a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
- chunkier1/5
chunky
- adjective satellite like or containing small sticky lumps
lumpy.
- the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough
- adjective satellite short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
squat; squatty; low-set; dumpy; stumpy.
- some people seem born to be square and chunky
- a dumpy little dumpling of a woman
- dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears
- a little church with a squat tower
- a squatty red smokestack
- a stumpy ungainly figure
- adjective satellite like or containing small sticky lumps
- nephropathies1/5
nephropathy
- noun a disease affecting the kidneys
nephrosis; kidney disease; renal disorder.
- noun a disease affecting the kidneys
- cavies1/5
cavy
- noun short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent
- noun short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent
- turbidities1/5
turbidity
- noun muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended
turbidness.
- noun muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended
- weariest1/5
weary
- verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
wear out; tire; wear down; jade; fag out; fatigue; wear; tire out; outwear; fag; wear upon.
- We wore ourselves out on this hike
- verb lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
jade; fatigue; pall; tire.
- I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
- verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- contiguities1/5
contiguity
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
adjacency; contiguousness.
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
- timelier1/5
timely
- adjective satellite before a time limit expires
- the timely filing of his income tax return
- adjective satellite done or happening at the appropriate or proper time
well-timed; well timed; seasonable.
- a timely warning
- with timely treatment the patient has a good chance of recovery
- a seasonable time for discussion
- the book's publication was well timed
- adjective satellite before a time limit expires
- prostatectomies1/5
prostatectomy
- noun surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland
- noun surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland
- hoagies1/5
hoagy
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
wedge; bomber; hero; sub; hero sandwich; poor boy; submarine; zep; Cuban sandwich; grinder; torpedo; hoagie; Italian sandwich; submarine sandwich.
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- cozies1/5
cozy
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
tea cosy; tea cozy; cosy.
- adjective satellite enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
snug; cosy.
- a cozy nook near the fire
- snug in bed
- a snug little apartment
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
- retinopathies1/5
retinopathy
- noun a disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision
- noun a disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision
- kelpies1/5
kelpy
- noun (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
kelpie.
- noun (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
- dewberries1/5
dewberry
- noun any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
dewberry bush; running blackberry.
- noun blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes
- noun any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
- tonsillectomies1/5
tonsillectomy
- noun surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy
- noun surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy
- 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
- loganberries1/5
loganberry
- noun red-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California
Rubus ursinus loganobaccus; Rubus loganobaccus.
- noun large red variety of the dewberry
- noun red-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California
- sissified1/5
sissified
- adjective satellite having unsuitable feminine qualities
emasculate; cissy; sissyish; effeminate; sissy; epicene.
- adjective satellite having unsuitable feminine qualities
- prosperities1/5
prosperity
- noun an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment
- noun the condition of prospering; having good fortune
successfulness.
- noun an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment
- lavalier1/5
lavalier
- noun jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck
lavalliere; lavaliere.
- noun jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck
- snobberies1/5
snobbery
- noun the trait of condescending to those of lower social status
snobbism; snobbishness.
- noun the trait of condescending to those of lower social status
- proveniences1/5
provenience
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; cradle; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- cholecystectomies1/5
cholecystectomy
- noun surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain)
- noun surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain)
- dizzier1/5
dizzy
- verb make dizzy or giddy
- a dizzying pace
- adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
giddy; vertiginous; woozy.
- had a dizzy spell
- a dizzy pinnacle
- had a headache and felt giddy
- a giddy precipice
- feeling woozy from the blow on his head
- a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff
- verb make dizzy or giddy
- homier1/5
homey
- adjective satellite having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable
homelike; homy; homely.
- the homely everyday atmosphere
- a homey little inn
- adjective satellite having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable
- grainfields1/5
grainfield
- noun a field where grain is grown
grain field.
- noun a field where grain is grown
- neckpiece1/5
neckpiece
- noun an article of apparel worn about the neck
- noun an article of apparel worn about the neck
- whortleberries1/5
whortleberry
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
whinberry; blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; bilberry.
- noun blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
European blueberry; bilberry.
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
- caravansaries1/5
caravansary
- noun an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
caravan inn; khan; caravanserai.
- noun an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
- milliequivalent1/5
milliequivalent
- noun one-thousandth of an equivalent
meq.
- noun one-thousandth of an equivalent
- fallibilities1/5
fallibility
- noun the likelihood of making errors
- noun the likelihood of making errors
- ariette1/5
arietta
- noun a short aria
short aria.
- noun a short aria
- insincerities1/5
insincerity
- noun the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
falseness; hollowness.
- noun the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
- dogies1/5
dogy
- noun motherless calf in a range herd of cattle
dogie; leppy.
- noun motherless calf in a range herd of cattle
- ebulliently1/5
ebulliently
- adverb in an ebullient manner
exuberantly; expansively.
- Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American aggression
- adverb in an ebullient manner
- subserviently1/5
subserviently
- adverb in an obsequious manner
obsequiously; servilely.
- she acts obsequiously toward her boss
- adverb in an obsequious manner
- savories1/5
savory
- noun any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
- noun dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions
Micromeria juliana.
- noun any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
- clergies1/5
clergy
- noun in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
- noun in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
- swankiest1/5
swanky
- adjective satellite imposingly fashionable and elegant
swank.
- a swank apartment
- adjective satellite imposingly fashionable and elegant
- haecceities1/5
haecceity
- noun the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
quiddity.
- noun the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
- homogeneities1/5
homogeneity
- noun the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature
homogeneousness.
- there is a remarkable homogeneity between the two companies
- noun the quality of being of uniform throughout in composition or structure
- noun the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature
- unbodied1/5
unbodied
- adjective having no body
- adjective satellite not having a material body
disembodied; discorporate; unembodied; bodiless.
- bodiless ghosts
- adjective having no body
- ileostomies1/5
ileostomy
- noun surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall to function as an anus; performed in cases of cancer of the colon or ulcerative colitis
- noun surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall to function as an anus; performed in cases of cancer of the colon or ulcerative colitis
- boysenberries1/5
boysenberry
- noun cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries
boysenberry bush.
- noun large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries
- noun cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries
- geordies1/5
geordie
- noun a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- noun the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- noun a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- laminectomies1/5
laminectomy
- noun surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae
- noun surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae
- gassier1/5
gassy
- adjective satellite resembling gas
- adjective satellite suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
flatulent; colicky.
- adjective satellite resembling gas
- rowdiest1/5
rowdy
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
yobo; ruffian; tough; bully; roughneck; hooligan; yob; yobbo.
- adjective satellite disturbing the public peace; loud and rough
raucous.
- a raucous party
- rowdy teenagers
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
- synonymies1/5
synonymy
- noun the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning
synonymousness; synonymity.
- noun the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning
- ambulatories1/5
ambulatory
- noun a covered walkway (as in a cloister)
- it has an ambulatory and seven chapels
- adjective relating to or adapted for walking
- an ambulatory corridor
- noun a covered walkway (as in a cloister)
- haughtier1/5
haughty
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
overbearing; swaggering; prideful; imperious; lordly; disdainful; supercilious; sniffy.
- some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
- haughty aristocrats
- his lordly manners were offensive
- walked with a prideful swagger
- very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
- his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
- a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- wedgies1/5
wedgie
- noun a shoe with a wedge heel
- noun a shoe with a wedge heel
- codpieces1/5
codpiece
- noun (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches
- noun (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches
- lobectomies1/5
lobectomy
- noun surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain)
- noun surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain)
- liederkranz1/5
liederkranz
- noun a soft cheese with a strong odor and flavor
- noun a soft cheese with a strong odor and flavor
- nonresilient1/5
nonresilient
- adjective satellite not resilient
- adjective satellite not resilient
- sleepiest1/5
sleepy
- adjective satellite ready to fall asleep
sleepy-eyed; sleepyheaded.
- beginning to feel sleepy
- a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids
- sleepyheaded students
- adjective satellite ready to fall asleep
- radioactivities1/5
radioactivity
- noun the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
radiation.
- noun the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
- eurocurrencies1/5
eurocurrency
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- spookier1/5
spooky
- adjective satellite unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
flighty; skittish; nervous.
- adjective satellite unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
- lingonberries1/5
lingonberry
- noun low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
lingenberry; lingberry; mountain cranberry; Vaccinium vitis-idaea; foxberry; cowberry.
- noun tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
mountain cranberry; cowberry; lowbush cranberry.
- noun low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
- dustiest1/5
dusty
- adjective satellite covered with a layer of dust
dust-covered.
- a dusty pile of books
- adjective satellite lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
cold; stale; moth-eaten.
- moth-eaten theories about race
- stale news
- adjective satellite covered with a layer of dust
- ignominies1/5
ignominy
- noun a state of dishonor
shame; disgrace.
- one mistake brought shame to all his family
- suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison
- noun a state of dishonor
- perkier1/5
perky
- adjective satellite characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
buoyant; chirpy.
- buoyant spirits
- his quick wit and chirpy humor
- looking bright and well and chirpy
- a perky little widow in her 70s
- adjective satellite characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
- dieresis1/5
dieresis
- noun a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
umlaut; diaeresis.
- noun a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
- porgies1/5
porgy
- noun lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
scup.
- noun important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide
- noun lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
- unhealthiest1/5
unhealthy
- adjective not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
- unhealthy ulcers
- adjective satellite detrimental to health
unhealthful; insalubrious.
- adjective not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
- purlieu1/5
purlieu
- noun an outer adjacent area of any place
environs.
- noun an outer adjacent area of any place
- respectabilities1/5
respectability
- noun honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation
reputability.
- noun honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation
- nephrectomies1/5
nephrectomy
- noun surgical removal of a kidney
- noun surgical removal of a kidney
- butties1/5
butty
- noun a sandwich
- a bacon butty
- noun a sandwich
- whimsicalities1/5
whimsicality
- noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
arbitrariness; whimsy; capriciousness; whimsey; flightiness.
- I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
- noun the trait of behaving like an imp
mischievousness; puckishness; impishness.
- noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
- tardier1/5
tardy
- adjective satellite after the expected or usual time; delayed
late; belated.
- a belated birthday card
- I'm late for the plane
- the train is late
- tardy children are sent to the principal
- always tardy in making dental appointments
- adjective satellite after the expected or usual time; delayed
- liberalities1/5
liberality
- noun an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom
liberalness.
- noun the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament
liberalness.
- noun an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom
- ghastliest1/5
ghastly
- adjective satellite shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
macabre; grisly; sick; gruesome; grim.
- ghastly wounds
- the grim aftermath of the bombing
- the grim task of burying the victims
- a grisly murder
- gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
- macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
- macabre tortures conceived by madmen
- adjective satellite gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
sepulchral; charnel.
- a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
- ghastly shrieks
- the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
- adjective satellite shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
- thoracotomies1/5
thoracotomy
- noun surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity
- noun surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity
- justifiedly1/5
justifiedly
- adverb with honesty
justly; rightly.
- he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time
- adverb with honesty
- monosomies1/5
monosomy
- noun chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number
- noun chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number
- railleries1/5
raillery
- noun light teasing repartee
banter; give-and-take; backchat.
- noun light teasing repartee
- dassies1/5
dassie
- noun any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
cony; das; hyrax; coney.
- noun any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
- dixies1/5
dixie
- noun the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Dixieland; Confederacy; Confederate States of America; Confederate States; South.
- noun a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps
- noun the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
- chewier1/5
chewy
- adjective satellite requiring much chewing
- adjective satellite (of a consistency) requiring chewing
- chewy caramels
- adjective satellite requiring much chewing
- enteropathies1/5
enteropathy
- noun a disease of the intestinal tract
- noun a disease of the intestinal tract
- dexterities1/5
dexterity
- noun adroitness in using the hands
sleight; manual dexterity.
- noun adroitness in using the hands
- chubbier1/5
chubby
- adjective satellite sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;
plump; embonpoint.
- a chubby child
- pleasingly plump
- adjective satellite sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;
- pickier1/5
picky
- adjective satellite exacting especially about details
particular; fussy; finicky; finical.
- a finicky eater
- fussy about clothes
- very particular about how her food was prepared
- adjective satellite exacting especially about details
- catchier1/5
catchy
- adjective satellite having concealed difficulty
tricky.
- a catchy question
- a tricky recipe to follow
- adjective satellite likely to attract attention
attention-getting.
- a catchy title for a movie
- adjective satellite having concealed difficulty
- serviceberries1/5
serviceberry
- noun any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
service tree; Juneberry; shadblow; shadbush.
- noun edible purple or red berries
juneberry; shadberry; saskatoon.
- noun any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
- hackberries1/5
hackberry
- noun any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
nettle tree.
- noun small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States
sugarberry.
- noun any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
- potbellies1/5
potbelly
- noun slang for a paunch
tummy; bay window; pot; corporation.
- noun a bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned
potbelly stove.
- noun slang for a paunch
- priestlike1/5
priestlike
- adjective befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood
priestly.
- priestly dedication to the people of his parish
- adjective befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood
- mistier1/5
misty
- adjective satellite filled or abounding with fog or mist
foggy; brumous; hazy.
- a brumous October morning
- adjective satellite wet with mist
- the misty evening
- adjective satellite filled or abounding with fog or mist
- gaucheries1/5
gaucherie
- noun the quality of being rustic or gauche
rusticity.
- noun a socially awkward or tactless act
gaffe; solecism; faux pas; slip.
- noun the quality of being rustic or gauche
- samiel1/5
samiel
- noun a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
simoon; simoom.
- noun a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
- intransitivities1/5
intransitivity
- noun the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb
intransitiveness.
- noun the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb
- antimonies1/5
antimony
- noun a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite
Sb; atomic number 51.
- noun a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite
- reentries1/5
reentry
- noun the act of entering again
- noun the act of entering again
- spookiest1/5
spooky
- adjective satellite unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
flighty; skittish; nervous.
- adjective satellite unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
- lumpectomies1/5
lumpectomy
- noun surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer
- noun surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer
- sanies1/5
sanies
- noun a fluid product of inflammation
festering; suppuration; purulence; ichor; pus.
- noun a fluid product of inflammation
- leafier1/5
leafy
- adjective having or covered with leaves
- leafy trees
- leafy vegetables
- adjective having or covered with leaves
- serendipities1/5
serendipity
- noun good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
- noun good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
- purviews1/5
purview
- noun the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
horizon; view.
- It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge
- noun the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
- lavalliere1/5
lavalliere
- noun jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck
lavaliere; lavalier.
- noun jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck
- consentient1/5
consentient
- adjective satellite in complete agreement
unanimous; consentaneous.
- a unanimous decision
- adjective satellite in complete agreement
- rivieras1/5
riviera
- noun a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France
- the Riviera contains some of Europe's most popular resorts
- noun a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France
- piedmonts1/5
piedmont
- noun the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama
- noun a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land
- noun the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama
- wavier1/5
wavy
- adjective satellite (of hair) having waves
- she had long wavy hair
- adjective satellite uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
rippled; crinkly; crinkled; wavelike.
- adjective satellite (of hair) having waves
- cosies1/5
cosy
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
tea cosy; tea cozy; cozy.
- adjective satellite enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
snug; cozy.
- a cozy nook near the fire
- snug in bed
- a snug little apartment
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
- clitoridectomies1/5
clitoridectomy
- noun excision of the clitoris
female circumcision.
- noun excision of the clitoris
- meatiest1/5
meaty
- adjective like or containing meat; let's have a meaty meal"
- enough of vegetarianism
- adjective satellite being on topic and prompting thought
substantive.
- a meaty discussion
- adjective like or containing meat; let's have a meaty meal"
- lumpier1/5
lumpy
- adjective satellite like or containing small sticky lumps
chunky.
- the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough
- adjective satellite having lumps; not smooth and even in texture
- lumpy gravy
- adjective satellite like or containing small sticky lumps
- jollities1/5
jollity
- noun feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
joviality; jolliness.
- noun feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
- endarterectomies1/5
endarterectomy
- noun surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis
- noun surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis
- butteries1/5
buttery
- noun a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
larder; pantry.
- noun a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
- noun a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
- cosiest1/5
cosy
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
tea cosy; tea cozy; cozy.
- adjective satellite enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
snug; cozy.
- a cozy nook near the fire
- snug in bed
- a snug little apartment
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
- flimsies1/5
flimsy
- noun a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
onionskin.
- adjective satellite lacking solidity or strength
- a flimsy table
- flimsy construction
- noun a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
- ritziest1/5
ritzy
- adjective satellite luxuriously elegant
- adjective satellite luxuriously elegant
- thriftier1/5
thrifty
- adjective careful and diligent in the use of resources
- adjective satellite mindful of the future in spending money
careful.
- careful with money
- adjective careful and diligent in the use of resources
- ritzier1/5
ritzy
- adjective satellite luxuriously elegant
- adjective satellite luxuriously elegant
- potpies1/5
potpie
- noun deep-dish meat and vegetable pie or a meat stew with dumplings
- noun deep-dish meat and vegetable pie or a meat stew with dumplings
- disobediently1/5
disobediently
- adverb in a disobedient manner
- he went ahead disobediently and did what his supervisor had warned him not to do
- adverb in a disobedient manner
- technocracies1/5
technocracy
- noun a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control
- technocracy was described as that society in which those who govern justify themselves by appeal to technical experts who justify themselves by appeal to scientific forms of knowledge
- noun a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control
- gunnies1/5
gunny
- noun coarse jute fabric
burlap.
- noun coarse jute fabric
- sclerotomies1/5
sclerotomy
- noun surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye
- noun surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye
- empathies1/5
empathy
- noun understanding and entering into another's feelings
- noun understanding and entering into another's feelings
- irrationalities1/5
irrationality
- noun the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding
unreason.
- noun the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding
- bandolier1/5
bandolier
- noun a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers
bandoleer.
- noun a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers
- wheatfield1/5
wheatfield
- noun a field planted with wheat
wheat field.
- noun a field planted with wheat
- incivilities1/5
incivility
- noun deliberate discourtesy
- noun deliberate discourtesy
- countrified1/5
countrified
- adjective satellite characteristic of rural life
rustic; countryfied.
- countrified clothes
- rustic awkwardness
- adjective satellite characteristic of rural life
- brassieres1/5
brassiere
- noun an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
bandeau; bra.
- noun an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
- inanities1/5
inanity
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
pointlessness; vacuity; senselessness; mindlessness.
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
- damselflies1/5
damselfly
- noun slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest
- noun slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest
- daylilies1/5
daylily
- noun any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day
day lily.
- noun any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day
- tarsiers1/5
tarsier
- noun nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates
- noun nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates
- civvies1/5
civvies
- noun civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform
civies.
- noun civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform
- tertiaries1/5
tertiary
- noun from 63 million to 2 million years ago
Tertiary period.
- adjective satellite coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
3rd; third.
- noun from 63 million to 2 million years ago
- kies1/5
ky
- noun a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
Bluegrass State; Kentucky.
- noun a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
- frontispieces1/5
frontispiece
- noun an ornamental facade
- noun front illustration facing the title page of a book
- noun an ornamental facade
- mollies1/5
molly
- noun popular aquarium fish
mollie.
- noun popular aquarium fish
- cooties1/5
cootie
- noun a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
Pediculus corporis; body louse.
- noun a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
- bandoliers1/5
bandolier
- noun a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers
bandoleer.
- noun a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers
- prebendaries1/5
prebendary
- noun a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church
- noun a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church
- entireties1/5
entirety
- noun the state of being total and complete
integrality; entireness; totality.
- he read the article in its entirety
- appalled by the totality of the destruction
- noun the state of being total and complete
- osiers1/5
osier
- noun flexible twig of a willow tree
- noun any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture
- noun flexible twig of a willow tree
- ivied1/5
ivied
- adjective satellite overgrown with ivy
ivy-covered.
- Harvard's ivied buildings
- adjective satellite overgrown with ivy
- horseflies1/5
horsefly
- noun winged fly parasitic on horses
Hippobosca equina; horse tick.
- noun large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
clegg; horse fly; cleg.
- noun winged fly parasitic on horses
- infamies1/5
infamy
- noun a state of extreme dishonor
opprobrium.
- a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt
- the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city
- noun evil fame or public reputation
- noun a state of extreme dishonor
- sawflies1/5
sawfly
- noun insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
- noun insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
- coronaries1/5
coronary
- noun obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)
coronary thrombosis.
- adjective surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart)
- coronary arteries
- noun obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)
- porphyries1/5
porphyry
- noun any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals
porphyritic rock.
- noun any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals
- lobotomies1/5
lobotomy
- noun surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
leucotomy; leukotomy; frontal lobotomy; prefrontal leucotomy; prefrontal leukotomy; prefrontal lobotomy.
- noun surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
- weenies1/5
weenie
- noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
frank; dog; hot dog; wiener; wienerwurst; frankfurter; hotdog.
- noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- pigsties1/5
pigsty
- noun a pen for swine
pigpen; sty.
- noun a pen for swine
- wheatfields1/5
wheatfield
- noun a field planted with wheat
wheat field.
- noun a field planted with wheat
- unoriented1/5
unoriented
- adjective not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained
- engaged in unoriented study
- unoriented until she looked at the map
- adjective not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained
- sherries1/5
sherry
- noun dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif
- noun dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif
- tarsier1/5
tarsier
- noun nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates
- noun nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates
- episiotomies1/5
episiotomy
- noun surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth
- noun surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth
- jammies1/5
jammies
- noun (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers
pj's; pyjama; pajama.
- noun (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers
- nighties1/5
nightie
- noun lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
gown; nightdress; night-robe; nightgown.
- noun lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
- oubliette1/5
oubliette
- noun a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling
- noun a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling
- rockeries1/5
rockery
- noun a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants
rock garden.
- noun a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants
- haemoglobinopathies1/5
haemoglobinopathy
- noun a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood
hemoglobinopathy.
- noun a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood
- palmier1/5
palmy
- adjective satellite very lively and profitable
booming; prosperous; thriving; prospering; roaring; flourishing.
- flourishing businesses
- a palmy time for stockbrokers
- a prosperous new business
- doing a roaring trade
- a thriving tourist center
- did a thriving business in orchids
- adjective satellite very lively and profitable
- viceroyalties1/5
viceroyalty
- noun a district or province governed by a viceroy
- noun a district or province governed by a viceroy
- lymphangiectasia1/5
lymphangiectasia
- noun dilatation of a lymph vessel
lymphangiectasis.
- noun dilatation of a lymph vessel
- argosies1/5
argosy
- noun one or more large merchant ships
- noun one or more large merchant ships
- pituitaries1/5
pituitary
- noun the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain
pituitary gland; pituitary body; hypophysis.
- adjective of or relating to the pituitary gland
- pituitary hormone
- noun the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain
- frankliniella1/5
frankliniella
- noun tobacco thrips
genus Frankliniella.
- noun tobacco thrips
- budgies1/5
budgie
- noun small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
budgerygah; budgereegah; budgerigar; grass parakeet; lovebird; Melopsittacus undulatus; shell parakeet.
- noun small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
- pieridae1/5
pieridae
- noun arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies
family Pieridae.
- noun arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies
- dieffenbachia1/5
dieffenbachia
- noun evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants
genus Dieffenbachia.
- noun evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants
- rainiest1/5
rainy
- adjective satellite (of weather) wet by periods of rain
showery.
- showery weather
- rainy days
- adjective satellite (of weather) wet by periods of rain
- lietuva1/5
lietuva
- noun a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea
Lithuania; Republic of Lithuania.
- noun a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea
- barberries1/5
barberry
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
- baptisteries1/5
baptistery
- noun bowl for baptismal water
font; baptistry; baptismal font.
- noun bowl for baptismal water
- unconscientious1/5
unconscientious
- adjective not conscientious;
- adjective not conscientious;
- withies1/5
withy
- noun strong flexible twig
withe.
- noun strong flexible twig
- corries1/5
corrie
- noun a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
cirque; cwm.
- noun a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
- tetralogies1/5
tetralogy
- noun a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)
- noun a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)
- undried1/5
undried
- adjective satellite still wet or moist
- adjective satellite still wet or moist
- clerestories1/5
clerestory
- noun part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light
clearstory.
- noun part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light
- palmiest1/5
palmy
- adjective satellite very lively and profitable
booming; prosperous; thriving; prospering; roaring; flourishing.
- flourishing businesses
- a palmy time for stockbrokers
- a prosperous new business
- doing a roaring trade
- a thriving tourist center
- did a thriving business in orchids
- adjective satellite very lively and profitable
- koppies1/5
koppie
- noun a small hill rising up from the African veld
kopje.
- noun a small hill rising up from the African veld
- eparchies1/5
eparchy
- noun a province in ancient Greece
- noun a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church
exarchate.
- noun a province in ancient Greece
- abbacies1/5
abbacy
- noun the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
- noun the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
- sansevieria1/5
sansevieria
- noun grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber
bowstring hemp.
- noun grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber
- scotties1/5
scottie
- noun old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears
Scotch terrier; Scottish terrier.
- noun old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears
- lammergeier1/5
lammergeier
- noun the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill
Gypaetus barbatus; bearded vulture; lammergeyer.
- noun the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill
- archdeaconries1/5
archdeaconry
- noun the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon
- noun the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon
- hierocracy1/5
hierocracy
- noun a ruling body composed of clergy
- noun a ruling body composed of clergy
- skimpiest1/5
skimpy
- adjective satellite containing little excess
lean.
- a lean budget
- a skimpy allowance
- adjective satellite containing little excess
- saliences1/5
salience
- noun the state of being salient
saliency; strikingness.
- noun the state of being salient
- fieldmouse1/5
fieldmouse
- noun any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
field mouse.
- noun any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
- believingly1/5
believingly
- adverb in a credulous manner
credulously.
- the children followed the teacher credulously
- adverb in a credulous manner
- tiepin1/5
tiepin
- noun a pin used to hold the tie in place
scarfpin; tie tack.
- noun a pin used to hold the tie in place
- skimpier1/5
skimpy
- adjective satellite containing little excess
lean.
- a lean budget
- a skimpy allowance
- adjective satellite containing little excess
- oubliettes1/5
oubliette
- noun a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling
- noun a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling
- saliencies1/5
saliency
- noun the state of being salient
strikingness; salience.
- noun the state of being salient
- volvariella1/5
volvariella
- noun an important genus of mushrooms in the Orient
genus Volvariella.
- noun an important genus of mushrooms in the Orient
- ellipticities1/5
ellipticity
- noun the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles
oblateness.
- the oblateness of the planet
- noun the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles
- parietaria1/5
parietaria
- noun small genus of stingless herbs
genus Parietaria.
- noun small genus of stingless herbs
- antielectron1/5
antielectron
- noun an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation
positron.
- noun an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation
- choosier1/5
choosy
- adjective satellite difficult to please
choosey.
- adjective satellite difficult to please
- claries1/5
clary
- noun aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental
Salvia sclarea.
- noun aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental
- laparoscopies1/5
laparoscopy
- noun laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallopian tubes)
- noun laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallopian tubes)
- botflies1/5
botfly
- noun stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
- noun stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
- sulkies1/5
sulky
- noun a light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse
- adjective satellite sullen or moody
huffish.
- noun a light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse
- siennas1/5
sienna
- noun an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment
- noun an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment
- friesian1/5
friesian
- noun a breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland
Holstein; Holstein-Friesian.
- noun a breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland
- twinkies1/5
twinkie
- noun a small sponge cake with a synthetic cream filling
- noun a small sponge cake with a synthetic cream filling
- dromedaries1/5
dromedary
- noun one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia
Camelus dromedarius; Arabian camel.
- noun one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia
- serviette1/5
serviette
- noun a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing
napkin; table napkin.
- noun a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing
- conscienceless1/5
conscienceless
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
unconscionable.
- a conscienceless villain
- brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless
- an unconscionable liar
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
- pimiento1/5
pimiento
- noun plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
sweet pepper plant; sweet pepper; paprika; bell pepper; pimento; Capsicum annuum grossum.
- noun fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked
pimento.
- noun plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
- blackflies1/5
blackfly
- noun blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
Aphis fabae; bean aphid.
- noun small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
buffalo gnat; black fly.
- noun blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
- unworried1/5
unworried
- adjective satellite free of trouble and worry and care
carefree.
- the carefree joys of childhood
- carefree millionaires, untroubled financially
- adjective satellite free of trouble and worry and care
- espalier1/5
espalier
- noun a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat
- noun a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat
- alloantibodies1/5
alloantibody
- noun an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species
isoantibody.
- noun an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species
- frenziedly1/5
frenziedly
- adverb in a frenzied manner
hectically.
- we rehearsed frenziedly the last few days before the premiere
- adverb in a frenzied manner
- sandflies1/5
sandfly
- noun any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis
Phlebotomus papatasii; sand fly.
- noun any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis
- hieracium1/5
hieracium
- noun large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosella
genus Hieracium.
- noun large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosella
- amelanchier1/5
amelanchier
- noun North American deciduous trees or shrubs
genus Amelanchier.
- noun North American deciduous trees or shrubs
- inalienably1/5
inalienably
- adverb in an inalienable manner
- this property is held inalienably
- adverb in an inalienable manner
- friaries1/5
friary
- noun a monastery of friars
- noun a monastery of friars
- serviettes1/5
serviette
- noun a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing
napkin; table napkin.
- noun a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing
- rieslings1/5
riesling
- noun white grape grown in Europe and California
- noun fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California
- noun white grape grown in Europe and California
- espaliers1/5
espalier
- noun a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat
- noun a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat
- unsalaried1/5
unsalaried
- adjective satellite not paying a salary
uncompensated.
- an uncompensated federal post
- adjective satellite not paying a salary
- beanies1/5
beany
- noun a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
beanie.
- noun a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
- pimientos1/5
pimiento
- noun plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
sweet pepper plant; sweet pepper; paprika; bell pepper; pimento; Capsicum annuum grossum.
- noun fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked
pimento.
- noun plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
- coxsackieviruses1/5
coxsackievirus
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
Coxsackie virus.
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
- disquietingly1/5
disquietingly
- adverb in a disquieting manner
- the disquietingly close sounds of gunfire
- adverb in a disquieting manner
- humified1/5
humified
- adjective converted to humus
- humified soil
- adjective converted to humus
- roofies1/5
roofy
- noun street names for flunitrazepan
R-2; forget me drug; rope; Mexican valium; rophy; roach; circle.
- noun street names for flunitrazepan
- fieldfare1/5
fieldfare
- noun medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
snowbird; Turdus pilaris.
- noun medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
- sweetbrier1/5
sweetbrier
- noun Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
briar; sweetbriar; Rosa eglanteria; brier; eglantine.
- noun Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
- oriels1/5
oriel
- noun a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
oriel window.
- noun a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
- friesians1/5
friesian
- noun a breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland
Holstein; Holstein-Friesian.
- noun a breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland
- bushbabies1/5
bushbaby
- noun agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears
bush baby; galago.
- noun agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears
- fieldfares1/5
fieldfare
- noun medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
snowbird; Turdus pilaris.
- noun medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
- tobies1/5
toby
- noun a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
toby fillpot jug; toby jug.
- noun a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat
- multiversities1/5
multiversity
- noun a university system having several separate campuses and colleges and research centers
- noun a university system having several separate campuses and colleges and research centers
- lamaseries1/5
lamasery
- noun a monastery for lamas
- noun a monastery for lamas
- dysenteries1/5
dysentery
- noun an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
- noun an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
- liebfraumilch1/5
liebfraumilch
- noun a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany)
- noun a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany)
- bustiers1/5
bustier
- noun a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress
- adjective satellite (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
busty; sonsie; stacked; voluptuous; full-bosomed; bosomy; buxom; curvaceous; curvy; well-endowed; sonsy.
- Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes
- a curvy young woman in a tight dress
- noun a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress
- heritiera1/5
heritiera
- noun small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses
genus Terrietia; Terrietia; genus Heritiera.
- noun small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses
- carnegiea1/5
carnegiea
- noun caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro
genus Carnegiea.
- noun caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro
- fouquieria1/5
fouquieria
- noun resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year
genus Fouquieria.
- noun resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year
- mesenteries1/5
mesentery
- noun a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines
- noun a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines
- middies1/5
middy
- noun blouse with a sailor collar
middy blouse.
- noun blouse with a sailor collar
- neckerchiefs1/5
neckerchief
- noun a kerchief worn around the neck
- noun a kerchief worn around the neck
- hushpuppies1/5
hushpuppy
- noun deep-fried cornbread ball (southern)
hush puppy.
- noun deep-fried cornbread ball (southern)
- cloudberries1/5
cloudberry
- noun creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
salmonberry; bakeapple; Rubus chamaemorus; dwarf mulberry; baked-apple berry.
- noun creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
- salmonberries1/5
salmonberry
- noun creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
bakeapple; Rubus chamaemorus; dwarf mulberry; cloudberry; baked-apple berry.
- noun white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries
Rubus parviflorus; salmon berry; thimbleberry.
- noun creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries
- diethylstilboestrol1/5
diethylstilboestrol
- noun a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
stilboestrol; DES; stilbestrol; diethylstilbestrol.
- noun a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
- adelies1/5
adelie
- noun medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica
Adelie penguin; Pygoscelis adeliae.
- noun medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica
- goonies1/5
goony
- noun a variety of albatross with black feet
Diomedea nigripes; goonie; gooney; gooney bird; black-footed albatross.
- noun a variety of albatross with black feet
- viewless1/5
viewless
- adjective satellite not having or expressing opinions or views
- adjective satellite not having or expressing opinions or views
- multistoried1/5
multistoried
- adjective satellite having more than one story
multistorey; multistory.
- adjective satellite having more than one story
- sundried1/5
sundried
- adjective satellite dried naturally by the sun
sun-dried.
- sun-dried apricots
- adjective satellite dried naturally by the sun
- intraspecies1/5
intraspecies
- adjective arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species
intraspecific.
- intraspecific competition
- adjective arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species
- balconied1/5
balconied
- adjective having balconies or a balcony
- the balconied houses of New Orleans
- adjective having balconies or a balcony
- minier1/5
mini
- noun a very short skirt
miniskirt.
- adjective used of women's clothing; very short with hemline above the knee
- a mini dress
- miniskirts
- noun a very short skirt
- briefless1/5
briefless
- adjective satellite (of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients
- adjective satellite (of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients
- crannied1/5
crannied
- adjective having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones)
- a crannied wall
- adjective having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones)
- unsoldierly1/5
unsoldierly
- adjective satellite not conforming to military standards
- unsoldierly posture
- adjective satellite not conforming to military standards
- unremedied1/5
unremedied
- adjective satellite not having been put right
- unremedied errors
- adjective satellite not having been put right
- unpierced1/5
unpierced
- adjective satellite not pierced
- unpierced ears
- adjective satellite not pierced
- astonied1/5
astonied
- adjective satellite filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
astonished; astounded; stunned; amazed.
- an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation
- I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral
- astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing
- stood in stunned silence
- stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses
- adjective satellite filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
- wieldy1/5
wieldy
- adjective easy to handle or use or manage
- a large but wieldy book
- adjective easy to handle or use or manage
- temporoparietal1/5
- menziesii1/5
menziesii
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- gallienne1/5
gallienne
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- moviemakers1/5
- prescientific1/5
prescientific
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- quartiers1/5
- kriemhild1/5
kriemhild
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- supervenient1/5
supervenient
Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards. That branch of belief was in him supervenient to Christian practice. Hammond.
Divorces can be granted, a mensa et toro, only for supervenient causes. Z. Swift.
- teniers1/5
- pien1/5
pien
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- moviegoing1/5
- biennium1/5
biennium
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- triethylamine1/5
triethylamine
(Chem.) A tertiary amine analogous to trimethylamine.
- piegan1/5
piegan
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- societally1/5
societal
- adjective relating to human society and its members
social.
- social institutions
- societal evolution
- societal forces
- social legislation
- adjective relating to human society and its members
- aggies1/5
aggies
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- dier1/5
dy
- noun a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic
dysprosium; atomic number 66.
- noun a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic
- spurrier1/5
spurrier
One whose occupation is to make spurs. B. Jonson. "The saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by thousands." Macaulay.
- autopsied1/5
autopsy
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; necropsy; post-mortem examination; postmortem; PM.
- verb perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- unfortified1/5
unfortified
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- schlieren1/5
- cavelier1/5
cavelier
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- overqualified1/5
overqualified
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- okies1/5
okies
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- conveniency1/5
conveniency
The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak.
With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. Shak.
- pierluigi1/5
pierluigi
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- guienne1/5
- amies1/5
army
- noun a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
ground forces; regular army.
- noun a large number of people united for some specific purpose
- noun a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
- reexperience1/5
reexperience
A renewed or repeated experience.
- stereotypies1/5
stereotypy
The art or process of making stereotype plates.
- recamier1/5
- portier1/5
portier
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- slieve1/5
slieve
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- tiens1/5
tiens
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- nieve1/5
nieve
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- baggies1/5
baggy
- adjective satellite not fitting closely; hanging loosely
sloppy; loose-fitting.
- baggy trousers
- a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather
- adjective satellite not fitting closely; hanging loosely
- friese1/5
frieze
- noun an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
- noun a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
- noun an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
- piecrust1/5
piecrust
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- cordeliers1/5
cordelier
(Eccl. Hist.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.
- pietà1/5
pietà
(Fine Arts) A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin Mary or by holy women and angels. Mollett.
- parturients1/5
parturient
- adjective of or relating to or giving birth
- parturient pangs
- the parturient uterus
- adjective satellite giving birth
- a parturient heifer
- adjective of or relating to or giving birth
- sienkiewicz1/5
- boonies1/5
boonies
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- midfielder1/5
midfield
- noun (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
- noun (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
- clarifiers1/5
clarifier
That which clarifies.
- polarizabilities1/5
polarizabilities
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- condottieri1/5
- resupplied1/5
resupply
To supply again.
- certifier1/5
certify
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- verb guarantee payment on; of checks
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- leverrier1/5
- sierpinski1/5
sierpinski
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- hierarchization1/5
- homies1/5
homy
- adjective satellite having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable
homey; homelike; homely.
- the homely everyday atmosphere
- a homey little inn
- adjective satellite having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable
- triethanolamine1/5
- nasties1/5
nasty
- adjective offensive or even (of persons) malicious
awful.
- in a nasty mood
- a nasty accident
- a nasty shock
- a nasty smell
- a nasty trick to pull
- Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound
- adjective satellite exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
tight.
- a nasty problem
- a good man to have on your side in a tight situation
- adjective offensive or even (of persons) malicious
- rief1/5
rief
Robbery. Obs. or Scot.
- condottiere1/5
condottiere
A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.
- antiestrogen1/5
antiestrogen
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- variegatus1/5
variegatus
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- exceptionalities1/5
- gien1/5
gien
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- tarrier1/5
tarry
- verb be about
loaf; footle; mess about; lallygag; linger; lollygag; lurk; mill about; hang around; lounge; loiter; mill around.
- The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
- Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
- verb leave slowly and hesitantly
linger.
- verb be about
- krispies1/5
krispies
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- sovietization1/5
sovietization
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- druggies1/5
druggies
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- intraparietal1/5
intraparietal
Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired. I have no Turkish proclivities, and I do not think that, after all, impaling is preferable as a mode of capital punishment to intraparietal hanging. Rollston.
- bienvenu1/5
bienvenu
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blier
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medieval
- adjective relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
mediaeval.
- Medieval scholars
- Medieval times
- adjective satellite as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
gothic; mediaeval.
- a medieval attitude toward dating
- adjective relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
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- opacified1/5
opacify
- verb make opaque
- The glass was opacified more greater privacy
- verb become opaque
- the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind
- verb make opaque
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beasties
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smarties
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dixiecrat
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valley
- noun a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
vale.
- noun a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
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heritability
The state of being heritable.
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azriel
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knievel
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- notifier1/5
notify
- verb inform (somebody) of something
apprize; send word; apprise; give notice; advise.
- I advised him that the rent was due
- verb inform (somebody) of something
- allier1/5
ally
- noun a friendly nation
- noun an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
friend.
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- noun a friendly nation
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ithiel
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densified
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yippies
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cornified
(Anat.) Converted into horn; horny.
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nied
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kief
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alienability
Capability of being alienated. "The alienability of the domain." Burke.
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financiere
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maintien
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arriere
"That which is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate.
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kielbasa
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- tiering1/5
tier
- noun a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
grade; level.
- lumber of the highest grade
- noun any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
- noun a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
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lieblich
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danielsen
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sticky
- adjective satellite having the sticky properties of an adhesive
pasty; gluey; gummy; glutinous; mucilaginous; viscid; viscous.
- adjective satellite moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body
- felt sticky and chilly at the same time
- adjective satellite having the sticky properties of an adhesive
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spieler
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unexperienced
Not experienced; being without experience; inexperienced. Swift.
- eliel1/5
eliel
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peltry
Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
- lienholder1/5
lienholder
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satrapy
The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality. Milton.
- biggies1/5
biggies
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- stickier1/5
sticky
- adjective satellite having the sticky properties of an adhesive
pasty; gluey; gummy; glutinous; mucilaginous; viscid; viscous.
- adjective satellite moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body
- felt sticky and chilly at the same time
- adjective satellite having the sticky properties of an adhesive
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icefield
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- scient1/5
scient
Knowing; skillful. Obs. Cockeram.
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geoscientists
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- colombier1/5
colombier
A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper .
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chiefship
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elegancy
The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc. That grace that elegance affords. Drayton.
The endearing elegance of female friendship. Johnson.
A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. Hawthorne.
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hieros
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- griego1/5
griego
See Greggoe .
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charlies
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- vielle1/5
vielle
An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy.
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wiel
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waterlilies
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- saliently1/5
salient
- noun (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
- adjective satellite having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
striking; prominent; spectacular; outstanding.
- an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom
- a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book
- salient traits
- a spectacular rise in prices
- a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center
- a striking resemblance between parent and child
- noun (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
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escalier
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- efficients1/5
efficient
- adjective being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
- an efficient production manager
- efficient engines save gas
- adjective satellite able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
effective.
- people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw
- effective personnel
- an efficient secretary
- the efficient cause of the revolution
- adjective being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
- circumambient1/5
circumambient
Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." J. Armstrong.
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subclassified
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preamplifiers
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- sieger1/5
sieger
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martyrology
A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp. Stillingfleet.
- singspiel1/5
- dehumidifier1/5
dehumidify
- verb make less humid
- The air conditioner dehumidifies the air in the summer
- verb make less humid
- certifiers1/5
certifier
One who certifies or assures.
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pierpoint
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- virtualities1/5
virtuality
The quality or state of being virtual.
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roadies
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- russified1/5
russify
To Russianize; as, to .Russify conquered tribesRussky Pl. Russkies, a Russian [Colloq.]
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inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
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zieger
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diester
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arquebusier
A soldier armed with an arquebus. Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers. E. Lodge.
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pharmacotherapies
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- sanctifier1/5
sanctify
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow.
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; purify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
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inconscient
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- biparietal1/5
biparietal
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one parietal fossa to the other.
- divvied1/5
divvy
- noun short for dividend; especially one paid by a cooperative society
- noun short for dividend; especially one paid by a cooperative society
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schiedam
Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.
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icefields
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- klieg1/5
klieg
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- lienor1/5
lienor
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- pieno1/5
pieno
(Mus.) Full; having all the instruments.
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arietinum
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- niello1/5
niello
A metallic alloy of a deep black color.
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- galleried1/5
gallery
- noun spectators at a golf or tennis match
- noun a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
veranda; verandah.
- noun spectators at a golf or tennis match
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- wiedersehen1/5
wiedersehen
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- orientable1/5
orientable
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- ambients1/5
ambient
- adjective satellite completely enveloping
- the ambient air
- ambient sound
- the ambient temperature
- adjective satellite completely enveloping
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incipient
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
inchoate.
- incipient civil disorder
- an incipient tumor
- a vague inchoate idea
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
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unalienated
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- acier1/5
acier
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scientologists
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gussied
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emissivity
Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.
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- métiers1/5
- compagnies1/5
company
- noun an institution created to conduct business
- he only invests in large well-established companies
- he started the company in his garage
- noun small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- noun an institution created to conduct business
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- unlikeliest1/5
unlikely
- adjective not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
improbable.
- legislation on the question is highly unlikely
- an improbable event
- adjective has little chance of being the case or coming about
- an unlikely story
- an unlikely candidate for reelection
- a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism
- adjective not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
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bailies
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- indienne1/5
indienne
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- donatien1/5
donatien
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contributory
- adjective satellite tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
contributing; contributive; tributary; conducive.
- working conditions are not conducive to productivity
- the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city
- a contributory factor
- adjective satellite tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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multiengine
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- prier1/5
pry
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
pry bar; wrecking bar; crowbar.
- verb to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
lever; prise; jimmy; prize.
- The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
- noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
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- schrieffer1/5
schrieffer
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wellies
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moviemaker
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sierran
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madagascariensis
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- chantier1/5
chanty
- noun a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
shanty; sea chantey; chantey.
- noun a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
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foncier
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nitrifier
(Chem.) An agent employed in nitrification.
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vasilievich
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- midfielders1/5
midfielders
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- charrier1/5
charry
Pertaining to charcoal, or partaking of its qualities.
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paly
Pale; wanting color; dim. Poetic Shak. Whittier.
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destrier
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subentries
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hellier
One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher. Obs.Written also Usher.heler .
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chiel
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pierian
Of or pertaining to Pierides or Muses. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. Pope.
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antievolution
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phosphodiesterases
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poietic
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capitulary
- adjective of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter
capitular.
- capitular estates
- adjective of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter
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souldier
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algerienne
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savinien
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galley
- noun a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading
- noun (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars
- noun a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading
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recipiency
The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.
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- passfield1/5
passfield
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responsory
Containing or making answer; answering. Johnson.
- piercer1/5
pierce
- verb cut or make a way through
- the knife cut through the flesh
- The path pierced the jungle
- Light pierced through the forest
- noun 14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
Franklin Pierce; President Pierce.
- verb cut or make a way through
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lectionary
(Eccl.) A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.
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- cordelier1/5
cordelier
(Eccl. Hist.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.
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hierarchial
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fiere
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gonfalonier
He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer ; as:(a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church .(b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediæveal Italy .(c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper.
- muskies1/5
musky
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
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dmitrievich
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fourierist
One who adopts the views of Fourier.
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shieling
A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Scot.Sheeling .
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dissentient
- adjective satellite (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
recusant.
- adjective satellite disagreeing, especially with a majority
dissenting; dissident.
- adjective satellite (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
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brandy
- noun distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
- noun distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
- rosiers1/5
rosy
- adjective satellite reflecting optimism
rose-colored.
- a rosy future
- looked at the world through rose-colored glasses
- adjective satellite having the pinkish flush of health
flushed; rose-cheeked; rosy-cheeked.
- adjective satellite reflecting optimism
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hiera
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biennis
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meridiem
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diethylcarbamazine
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- unapplied1/5
unapplied
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complier
One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yieldy temper. Swift.
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piete
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butterfly
- noun diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
- noun a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
butterfly stroke.
- noun diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
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clientship
Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron. Dryden.
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cyclopentadiene
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tracery
- noun decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs
- noun decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs
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riem
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cartulary
A register, or record, as of a monastery or church.
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cotemporary
Living or being at the same time; contemporary.
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unifier
One who, or that which, unifies; as, a natural law is a .unifier of phenomena
- ripieno1/5
ripieno
(Mus.) Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato.
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inconveniency
Inconvenience.
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fourierism
The coöperative socialistic system of Charles Fourier , a Frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communities, living in common.
- unfriended1/5
unfriended
Wanting friends; not befriended; not countenanced or supported. Goldsmith.If Richard indeed does come back, it must be alone, unfollowed, unfriended. Sir W. Scott.
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radiolucencies
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diethylamine
(Chem.) A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2 , having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf.Methylamine .
- inlier1/5
inly
Internal; interior; secret. Didst thou but know the inly touch of love. Shak.
- companied1/5
company
- noun an institution created to conduct business
- he only invests in large well-established companies
- he started the company in his garage
- noun small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- noun an institution created to conduct business
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decertify
- verb cause to be no longer approved or accepted
derecognise; derecognize.
- Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People's Republic of China
- verb cause to be no longer approved or accepted
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jardiniere
An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a piece of decorative furniture in room.
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douanier
An officer of the French customs. Anglicized form douaneer .
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reexperience
A renewed or repeated experience.
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hierophant
The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion. Abp Potter.
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variegatum
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- pretties1/5
pretty
- adjective satellite pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
- pretty girl
- pretty song
- pretty room
- adjective satellite (used ironically) unexpectedly bad
- a pretty mess
- a pretty kettle of fish
- adjective satellite pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
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unclarified
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pardieu
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guaranty
- noun a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
guarantee.
- noun a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
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indivisibility
The state or property of being indivisible or inseparable; inseparability. Locke.
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quietistic
Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.
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cuisinier
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beneficent
- adjective doing or producing good
- the most beneficent regime in history
- adjective satellite generous in assistance to the poor
benevolent; eleemosynary; philanthropic.
- a benevolent contributor
- eleemosynary relief
- philanthropic contributions
- adjective doing or producing good
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gaiety
- noun a gay feeling
merriment.
- noun a festive merry feeling
playfulness.
- noun a gay feeling
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- gullied1/5
gully
- noun deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
- noun deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
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- hearties1/5
hearty
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
- gave us a cordial reception
- a hearty welcome
- adjective satellite providing abundant nourishment
solid; substantial; square; satisfying.
- a hearty meal
- good solid food
- ate a substantial breakfast
- four square meals a day
- adjective satellite showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
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panier
See Obs.Pannier , 3.
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millier
A weight of the metric system, being one million grams; a metric ton.
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swietenia
(Bot.) A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species ( Sweitenia Mahogoni ), the mahogany tree.
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rier
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dehumidifiers
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villainy
- noun the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior
villainousness.
- noun a criminal or vicious act
- noun the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior
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barnier
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reinterview
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conveniency
The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak.
With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. Shak.
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maieutic
Serving to assist childbirth. Cudworth.
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preppies
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acies
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parietal
- adjective of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium
- parietal lobe
- adjective of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium
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triethyl
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- wheelies1/5
wheely
Circular; suitable to rotation.
- sallier1/5
sally
- noun witty remark
wisecrack; quip; crack.
- noun a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
sortie.
- noun witty remark
- sier1/5
- goodier1/5
goody
- noun something considered choice to eat
kickshaw; delicacy; treat; dainty.
- noun something considered choice to eat
- aiel1/5
aiel
See Obs.Ayle .
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restudied
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- flied1/5
fly
- noun two-winged insects characterized by active flight
- noun flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
rainfly; tent flap; fly sheet; tent-fly.
- noun two-winged insects characterized by active flight
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undersupplied
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archenemy
A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind. Milton.
- lucencies1/5
lucency
The quality of being lucent.
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routier
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pieria
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thingies
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chieftainess
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canariensis
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- varier1/5
vary
- verb become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
alter; change.
- her mood changes in accordance with the weather
- The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season
- verb be at variance with; be out of line with
depart; deviate; diverge.
- verb become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- plenaries1/5
plenary
- adjective satellite full in all respects
- a plenary session of the legislature
- a diplomat with plenary powers
- adjective satellite full in all respects
- cuties1/5
cuties
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- simplifier1/5
simplify
- verb make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
- We had to simplify the instructions
- this move will simplify our lives
- verb make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
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inliers
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- studiedly1/5
studied
- adjective produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation
- a studied smile
- a note of biting irony and studied insult"- V.L.Parrington
- verb consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
canvas; study; analyse; examine; canvass; analyze.
- analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare
- analyze the evidence in a criminal trial
- analyze your real motives
- adjective produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation
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coutumier
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- hallier1/5
hallier
A kind of net for catching birds.
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chocolatier
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conscient
Conscious. R. Bacon.
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girlies
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sortied
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intersocietal
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alterity
The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise. R.For outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity) rendered intuitive, or alterity visually represented. Coleridge.
- pieman1/5
pieman
A man who makes or sells pies.
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jaggy
- adjective satellite having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
jagged; erose; toothed; notched.
- adjective satellite having a sharply uneven surface or outline
jagged; scraggy.
- the jagged outline of the crags
- scraggy cliffs
- adjective satellite having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
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unlucky
- adjective having or bringing misfortune
luckless.
- Friday the 13th is an unlucky date
- adjective satellite marked by or promising bad fortune
ill-starred; ill-fated; doomed; ill-omened.
- their business venture was doomed from the start
- an ill-fated business venture
- an ill-starred romance
- the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott
- adjective having or bringing misfortune
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telangiectasis
(Med.) Dilatation of the capillary vessels.
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- nazified1/5
nazify
- verb cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character
- Hitler nazified Germany in the 1930's
- The arts were nazified everywhere in Germany
- verb cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character
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pruriens
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- caried1/5
carry
- noun the act of carrying something
- verb move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
transport.
- You must carry your camping gear
- carry the suitcases to the car
- This train is carrying nuclear waste
- These pipes carry waste water into the river
- noun the act of carrying something
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codifier
One who codifies.
- bullier1/5
bully
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
yobo; ruffian; tough; roughneck; hooligan; rowdy; yob; yobbo.
- noun a hired thug
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
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antiinflammatories
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tackifier
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brief
- noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
legal brief.
- noun a condensed written summary or abstract
- noun a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
- greffier1/5
greffier
A registrar or recorder; a notary. Obs. Bp. Hall.
- fortifier1/5
fortify
- verb make strong or stronger
strengthen; beef up.
- This exercise will strengthen your upper body
- strengthen the relations between the two countries
- verb enclose by or as if by a fortification
fort.
- verb make strong or stronger
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unamplified
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espalier
- noun a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat
- noun a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat
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- bienne1/5
bienne
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- liefer1/5
lief
- adverb in a willing manner
gladly; fain.
- this was gladly agreed to
- I would fain do it
- adverb in a willing manner
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dolomieu
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- disunified1/5
disunify
- verb break up or separate
break apart.
- The country is disunifying
- Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989
- verb break up or separate
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randy
- adjective satellite feeling great sexual desire
turned on; ruttish; steamy; aroused; horny.
- feeling horny
- adjective satellite feeling great sexual desire
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spiering
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reviewability
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oversupply
- noun the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
glut; surfeit.
- verb supply with an excess of
flood; glut.
- flood the market with tennis shoes
- Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient
- noun the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
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volkslied
(Mus.) A popular song, or national air.
- pierhead1/5
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- misbelief1/5
misbelief
Erroneous or false belief.
- carabiniere1/5
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fourdrinier
A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.
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janizary
A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826. written also janissary .
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ayuntamiento
In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
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epizooty
An epizoötic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.
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- unweariedly1/5
unwearied
- adjective satellite with unreduced energy
unweary; untired.
- adjective satellite with unreduced energy
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millier
A weight of the metric system, being one million grams; a metric ton.
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proficient
- adjective satellite having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
good; practiced; expert; skillful; adept; skilful.
- adept in handicrafts
- an adept juggler
- an expert job
- a good mechanic
- a practiced marksman
- a proficient engineer
- a lesser-known but no less skillful composer
- the effect was achieved by skillful retouching
- adjective of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
technical.
- his technical innovation was his brushwork
- the technical dazzle of her dancing
- adjective satellite having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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corregimiento
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courtesy
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate remark
- noun a courteous or respectful or considerate act
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- codifier1/5
codify
- verb organize into a code or system, such as a body of law
- Hammurabi codified the laws
- verb organize into a code or system, such as a body of law
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motier
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sentient
- adjective endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
animate.
- the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence
- adjective satellite consciously perceiving
- sentient of the intolerable load
- a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White
- adjective endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
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ballfield
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seraskier
A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war.
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subtilty
The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the .subtility of air or light
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siens
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cozy
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
tea cosy; tea cozy; cosy.
- adjective satellite enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
snug; cosy.
- a cozy nook near the fire
- snug in bed
- a snug little apartment
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
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counterstrategies
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sickly
- adjective satellite unhealthy looking
sallow.
- adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
peaked; indisposed; unwell; under the weather; ailing; seedy; poorly.
- my poor ailing grandmother
- feeling a bit indisposed today
- you look a little peaked
- feeling poorly
- a sickly child
- is unwell and can't come to work
- adjective satellite unhealthy looking
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chansonnier
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subchiefs
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detoxify
- verb remove poison from
detoxicate.
- detoxify the soil
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detox.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- verb remove poison from
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monography
Representation by lines without color; an outline drawing.
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shinny
- noun a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
shinney.
- verb climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
shin; skin; sputter; clamber; scramble; struggle.
- noun a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
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carnies
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tootsies
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courier
- noun a person who carries a message
messenger.
- noun a person who carries a message
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tillier
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phenocopies
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deficience
Same as Deficiency .Thou in thyself art perfect, and in thee Is no deficience found. Milton.
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fieldpiece
A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun .
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lucky
- adjective satellite occurring by chance
- a lucky escape
- a lucky guess
- adjective having or bringing good fortune
- my lucky day
- a lucky man
- adjective satellite occurring by chance
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herby
Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage. "Herby valleys." Chapman.
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barflies
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bushy
- adjective satellite used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
shaggy-haired; shaggy-coated; shaggy.
- bushy locks
- a shaggy beard
- adjective satellite resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading
- adjective satellite used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
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pronunciamiento
See Pronunciamento .
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newsy
- adjective satellite full of news
- a newsy letter
- adjective satellite prone to friendly informal communication
chatty; gossipy.
- adjective satellite full of news
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filmographies
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marly
- adjective of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl
- adjective of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl
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volkslied
(Mus.) A popular song, or national air.
- levier1/5
levy
- noun a charge imposed and collected
- noun the act of drafting into military service
levy en masse.
- noun a charge imposed and collected
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kier
(Bleaching) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve .
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meuniere
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sacramentary
An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany.
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fy
A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence, or contempt. See Fie .
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percipience
The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception. Mrs. Browning.
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subchief
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hoody
(Zoöl.) The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull.
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unyielding
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
tenacious; dour; dogged; persistent; pertinacious.
- dogged persistence
- dour determination
- the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
- a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
- men tenacious of opinion
- adjective satellite resistant to physical force or pressure
- an unyielding head support
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
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vinify
- verb convert a juice into wine by fermentation
- vinify grape juice
- verb convert a juice into wine by fermentation
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pierides
(Class. Myth.) The Muses.
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only
- adjective satellite being the only one; single and isolated from others
lonesome; solitary; sole; lone.
- the lone doctor in the entire county
- a lonesome pine
- an only child
- the sole heir
- the sole example
- a solitary instance of cowardice
- a solitary speck in the sky
- adjective satellite exclusive of anyone or anything else
alone.
- she alone believed him
- cannot live by bread alone
- I'll have this car and this car only
- adjective satellite being the only one; single and isolated from others
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lucientes
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polyarchy
A government by many persons, of whatever order or class. Cudworth.
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noddy
A simpleton; a fool. L'Estrange.
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hieronymite
(Eccl.) See Jeronymite .
- prettied1/5
pretty
- adjective satellite pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
- pretty girl
- pretty song
- pretty room
- adjective satellite (used ironically) unexpectedly bad
- a pretty mess
- a pretty kettle of fish
- adjective satellite pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
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nonscientist
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scientologist
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incommensurability
The quality or state of being incommensurable. Reid.
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bioactivities
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- partier1/5
party
- noun an organization to gain political power
political party.
- in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level
- noun a group of people gathered together for pleasure
- she joined the party after dinner
- noun an organization to gain political power
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chary
- adjective satellite characterized by great caution and wariness
cagy; cagey.
- a cagey avoidance of a definite answer
- chary of the risks involved
- a chary investor
- adjective satellite characterized by great caution and wariness
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pieceworkers
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varietas
A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var.
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complexify
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
ramify.
- These actions will ramify
- verb make complex
- he unnecessarily complexified every problem
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
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entreaty
- noun earnest or urgent request
appeal; prayer.
- an entreaty to stop the fighting
- an appeal for help
- an appeal to the public to keep calm
- noun earnest or urgent request
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newsweeklies
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triene
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subvariety
A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety.
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piercer
One who, or that which, pierces or perforates ; specifically:(a) An instrument used in forming eyelets; a stiletto .(b) A piercel.
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foppery
The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly.
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pony
- noun a range horse of the western United States
- noun an informal term for a racehorse
- he liked to bet on the ponies
- noun a range horse of the western United States
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resilient
- adjective satellite recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
- adjective satellite elastic; rebounds readily
bouncy; springy; live; lively.
- clean bouncy hair
- a lively tennis ball
- as resilient as seasoned hickory
- springy turf
- adjective satellite recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
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arriero
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squire
- noun young nobleman attendant on a knight
- noun an English country landowner
- noun young nobleman attendant on a knight
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tatties
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quieta
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equestrienne
A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman.
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phantasy
- noun something many people believe that is false
fantasy; illusion; fancy.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
fantasy.
- she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies
- noun something many people believe that is false
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crummy
- adjective satellite of very poor quality; flimsy
cheap; tinny; punk; bum; sleazy; chintzy; cheesy.
- adjective satellite of very poor quality; flimsy
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triennial
- noun the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
tercentennial; tercentenary.
- adjective satellite occurring every third year or lasting 3 years
- noun the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
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barbiers
(Med.) A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form.
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unrelieved
- adjective satellite not lessened or diminished
undiminished.
- unrelieved suffering
- adjective satellite not lessened or diminished
- experientialism1/5
experientialism
(Philos.) The doctrine that experience, either that ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed to intuitionists. Experientialism is in short, a philosophical or logical theory, not a philosophical one. G. C. Robertson.
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unterrified
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refortify
To fortify anew.
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sieur
Sir; -- a title of respect used by the French.
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nonacquiescence
Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.
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turkey
- noun large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
Meleagris gallopavo.
- noun a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
Republic of Turkey.
- noun large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
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ki
- noun the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
qi; chi; ch'i.
- noun goddess personifying earth; counterpart of Akkadian Aruru
- noun the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
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rally
- noun a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
mass meeting.
- noun the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
rallying.
- he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning
- he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack
- noun a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
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umbriel
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respecified
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slurry
- noun a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water
- noun a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water
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aktiebolag
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sticky
- adjective satellite having the sticky properties of an adhesive
pasty; gluey; gummy; glutinous; mucilaginous; viscid; viscous.
- adjective satellite moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body
- felt sticky and chilly at the same time
- adjective satellite having the sticky properties of an adhesive
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intertextualities
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blurry
- adjective satellite indistinct or hazy in outline
muzzy; hazy; blurred; fuzzy; foggy; bleary.
- a landscape of blurred outlines
- the trees were just blurry shapes
- adjective satellite indistinct or hazy in outline
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abietic
Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; Watts.as, .abietic acid, called alsosylvic acid
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unallied
Not allied; having no ally; having no connection or relation; as, .unallied species or genera
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- mariet1/5
mariet
(Bot.) A kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium , once calledViola Mariana ; but it is not a violet.
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brevier
(Print.) A size of type between bourgeous and minion. ✍ This line is printed in brevier type.
- mummied1/5
mummy
- noun informal terms for a mother
ma; mommy; mammy; mum; momma; mamma; mom; mama.
- noun a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
- noun informal terms for a mother
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tienanmen
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weird
- 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
Wyrd.
- adjective satellite suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
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hogtied
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lieberkuhn
(Optics) A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector.
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kiester
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pinery
A pine forest; a grove of pines.
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pavior
- noun a machine for laying pavement
paviour; paving machine.
- noun a machine for laying pavement
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canonry
A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.
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epoxy
- noun a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
epoxy resin; epoxy glue.
- verb glue with epoxy
- epoxy the shards
- noun a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
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jetty
- noun a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
groyne; bulwark; breakwater; groin; mole; seawall.
- noun a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
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farriery
The art of shoeing horses.
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sieboldii
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archfiend
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kuehniella
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trendy
- adjective satellite in accord with the latest fad
voguish.
- trendy ideas
- trendy clothes
- voguish terminology
- adjective satellite in accord with the latest fad
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diethylaminoethyl
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penality
The quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment. Sir T. Browne.
- berrier1/5
berry
- noun any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
- noun a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
- noun any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
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sapientum
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woody
- adjective made of or containing or resembling wood
- woody plants
- perennial herbs with woody stems
- a woody taste
- adjective satellite abounding in trees
arboreous; arboraceous; woodsy.
- an arboreous landscape
- violets in woodsy shady spots
- a woody area near the highway
- adjective made of or containing or resembling wood
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jagiellon
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qualified
- adjective meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
- many qualified applicants for the job
- verb prove capable or fit; meet requirements
qualify; measure up.
- adjective meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task
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geoscientist
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savvy
- noun the cognitive condition of someone who understands
apprehension; discernment; understanding.
- he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect
- verb get the meaning of something
grok; apprehend; dig; comprehend; grasp; compass; get the picture.
- Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
- noun the cognitive condition of someone who understands
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crucifier
One who crucifies; one who subjects himself or another to a painful trial.
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grigorievich
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assiento
A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.
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siegers
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hierarchize
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shieling
A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Scot.Sheeling .
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liever
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toasties
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arty
- adjective satellite showily imitative of art or artists
- adjective satellite showily imitative of art or artists
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dieb
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cherry
- noun wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
- noun any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
cherry tree.
- noun wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
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giesel
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chippy
Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless.
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woolly
- adjective satellite having a fluffy character or appearance
flocculent; wooly.
- adjective satellite confused and vague; used especially of thinking
wooly; muddled; muzzy; addled; befuddled; woolly-headed; wooly-minded.
- muddleheaded ideas
- your addled little brain
- woolly thinking
- woolly-headed ideas
- adjective satellite having a fluffy character or appearance
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pompier
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chappy
Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.
- memoried1/5
memory
- noun something that is remembered
- search as he would, the memory was lost
- noun the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
remembering.
- he can do it from memory
- he enjoyed remembering his father
- noun something that is remembered
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lief
- adverb in a willing manner
gladly; fain.
- this was gladly agreed to
- I would fain do it
- adverb in a willing manner
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huissier
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immunoreactivities
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- cavaliero1/5
cavaliero
A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine. Shak.
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catagories
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- relier1/5
rely
- verb have confidence or faith in
trust; bank; swear.
- We can trust in God
- Rely on your friends
- bank on your good education
- I swear by my grandmother's recipes
- verb have confidence or faith in
- complier1/5
comply
- verb act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
follow; abide by.
- He complied with my instructions
- You must comply or else!
- Follow these simple rules
- abide by the rules
- verb act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
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cafetiere
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beautify
- verb make more beautiful
fancify; embellish; prettify.
- verb be beautiful to look at
deck; embellish; decorate; grace; adorn.
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
- verb make more beautiful
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prove
- verb be shown or be found to be
turn up; turn out.
- She proved to be right
- The medicine turned out to save her life
- She turned up HIV positive
- verb establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
shew; demonstrate; show; establish.
- The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound
- The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture
- verb be shown or be found to be
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pentadiene
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wooly
- adjective satellite having a fluffy character or appearance
flocculent; woolly.
- adjective satellite confused and vague; used especially of thinking
muddled; muzzy; addled; woolly; befuddled; woolly-headed; wooly-minded.
- muddleheaded ideas
- your addled little brain
- woolly thinking
- woolly-headed ideas
- adjective satellite having a fluffy character or appearance
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gabriello
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duopolies
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interparietal
(Anat.) Between the parietal bones or cartilages; --as, the .interparietal suturen. The interparietal bone or cartilage
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orient
- noun the countries of Asia
East.
- noun the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
eastern hemisphere.
- noun the countries of Asia
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diversifier
One who, or that which, diversifies.
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- liquefier1/5
liquefy
- verb become liquid
- The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew
- verb make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
liquify; liquidise; liquidize.
- liquefy the silver
- verb become liquid
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gossypiella
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superintendency
The act of superintending; superintendence. Boyle.
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shrievalty
The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty. It was ordained by 28 Edward I that the people shall have election of sheriff in every shire where the shrievalty is not of inheritance. Blackstone.
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envy
- noun a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
enviousness.
- noun spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
invidia.
- noun a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
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whities
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trierarch
(Gr. Antiq.) (a) The commander of a trireme. (b) At Athens, one who (singly, or jointly with other citizens) had to fit out a trireme for the public service.
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nixies
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humpy
Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances; humped.
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tardy
- adjective satellite after the expected or usual time; delayed
late; belated.
- a belated birthday card
- I'm late for the plane
- the train is late
- tardy children are sent to the principal
- always tardy in making dental appointments
- adjective satellite after the expected or usual time; delayed
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customary
- adjective satellite in accordance with convention or custom
- sealed the deal with the customary handshake
- adjective satellite commonly used or practiced; usual
accustomed; habitual; wonted.
- his accustomed thoroughness
- took his customary morning walk
- his habitual comment
- with her wonted candor
- adjective satellite in accordance with convention or custom
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simplifiers
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- verier1/5
very
- adjective satellite precisely as stated
- the very center of town
- adjective satellite being the exact same one; not any other:
identical; selfsame.
- this is the identical room we stayed in before
- the themes of his stories are one and the same
- saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers
- on this very spot
- the very thing he said yesterday
- the very man I want to see
- adjective satellite precisely as stated
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preceptory
Preceptive. "A law preceptory." Anderson (1573).
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piecer
One who pieces; a patcher.
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stannary
Of or pertaining to tin mines, or tin works. The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record. Blackstone.
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anient
To frustrate; to bring to naught; to annihilate. Obs. Chaucer.
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maty
A native house servant in India. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
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privity
Privacy; secrecy; confidence. Chaucer.I will unto you, in privity, discover . . . my purpose. Spenser.
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bioavailabilities
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sneaky
- adjective satellite marked by deception
underhand; underhanded.
- achieved success in business only by underhand methods
- adjective satellite marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
furtive; surreptitious; sneak; stealthy.
- a furtive manner
- a sneak attack
- stealthy footsteps
- a surreptitious glance at his watch
- adjective satellite marked by deception
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scientifical
Scientific. Locke.
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obediential
According to the rule of obedience. R.An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. Sir M. Hale.
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hierarchist
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chandelier
- noun branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
pendent; pendant.
- noun branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
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dolly
- noun conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
- noun conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects
- noun conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
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deficient
- adjective satellite inadequate in amount or degree
wanting; lacking.
- a deficient education
- deficient in common sense
- lacking in stamina
- tested and found wanting
- adjective of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
insufficient.
- insufficient funds
- adjective satellite inadequate in amount or degree
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- rosiere1/5
rosy
- adjective satellite reflecting optimism
rose-colored.
- a rosy future
- looked at the world through rose-colored glasses
- adjective satellite having the pinkish flush of health
flushed; rose-cheeked; rosy-cheeked.
- adjective satellite reflecting optimism
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couturiere
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footsoldier
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fiendishness
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unossified
(Zoöl.) Destitute of a bony structure.
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undenied
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microtechnologies
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acidifier
(Chem.) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
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necropsy
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; post-mortem examination; postmortem; autopsy; PM.
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
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deficient
- adjective satellite inadequate in amount or degree
wanting; lacking.
- a deficient education
- deficient in common sense
- lacking in stamina
- tested and found wanting
- adjective of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
insufficient.
- insufficient funds
- adjective satellite inadequate in amount or degree
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jackies
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zaptieh
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logy
- adjective satellite stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
foggy; groggy; stuporous; dazed.
- adjective satellite stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
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walkies
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early
- adjective at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
- early morning
- an early warning
- early diagnosis
- an early death
- took early retirement
- an early spring
- early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties
- adjective being or occurring at an early stage of development
- in an early stage
- early forms of life
- early man
- an early computer
- adjective at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
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nonsalaried
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priestless
Without a priest. Pope.
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visier
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shy
- noun a quick throw
- he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman
- verb start suddenly, as from fright
- noun a quick throw
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jardiniere
An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a piece of decorative furniture in room.
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catteries
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motty
Full of, or consisting of, motes. Written also Scot.mottie .The motty dust reek raised by the workmen. H. Miller.
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shorties
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piecrusts
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cyclodiene
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subvariety
A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety.
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damnify
To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to imparir. R.This work will ask as many more officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified. Milton.
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destriers
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nitrify
- verb convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
- verb treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
nitrogenise; nitrogenize.
- verb convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
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quirky
- adjective satellite informal terms; strikingly unconventional
offbeat; kinky; way-out; far-out.
- adjective satellite informal terms; strikingly unconventional
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vivandiere
In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler.
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fortifier
One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, or upholds.
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hexadiene
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inquiet
To disquiet. Obs. Joye.
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glorify
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
exalt; extol; laud; proclaim.
- extol the virtues of one's children
- glorify one's spouse's cooking
- verb bestow glory upon
- The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
- diversifier1/5
diversify
- verb make (more) diverse
- diversify a course of study
- verb spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
radiate.
- The plants on this island diversified
- verb make (more) diverse
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maty
A native house servant in India. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
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exequy
A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession. But see his exequies fulfilled in Rouen. Shak.
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li
- noun a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
lithium; atomic number 3.
- noun Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
- noun a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
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poly
(Bot.) A whitish woolly plant ( Teucrium Polium ) of the orderLabiatæ , found throughout the Mediterranean region. The name, with sundry prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus.Spelt also poley .
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hippiedom
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bricky
Full of bricks; formed of bricks; resembling bricks or brick dust. R. Spenser.
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abietis
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- rosies1/5
rosy
- adjective satellite reflecting optimism
rose-colored.
- a rosy future
- looked at the world through rose-colored glasses
- adjective satellite having the pinkish flush of health
flushed; rose-cheeked; rosy-cheeked.
- adjective satellite reflecting optimism
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maieutics
The art of giving birth (i. e., clearness and conviction) to ideas, which are conceived as struggling for birth. Payne.
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kerchief
- noun a square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck
- noun a square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck
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leggiero
(Mus.) Light or graceful; in a light, delicate, and brick style.
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trierarch
(Gr. Antiq.) (a) The commander of a trireme. (b) At Athens, one who (singly, or jointly with other citizens) had to fit out a trireme for the public service.
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doozies
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supplementary
- adjective satellite functioning in a supporting capacity
subsidiary; auxiliary; supplemental.
- the main library and its auxiliary branches
- adjective satellite added to complete or make up a deficiency
supplemental.
- produced supplementary volumes
- adjective satellite functioning in a supporting capacity
- inconscience1/5
- opacifier1/5
opacify
- verb make opaque
- The glass was opacified more greater privacy
- verb become opaque
- the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind
- verb make opaque
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- tablier1/5
tablier
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- daisied1/5
daisy
- noun any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
- noun any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
- vizierate1/5
vizierate
The office, dignity, or authority of a vizier.
- citied1/5
city
- noun a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
metropolis; urban center.
- Ancient Troy was a great city
- noun an incorporated administrative district established by state charter
- the city raised the tax rate
- noun a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
- alleghaniensis1/5
alleghaniensis
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- brieve1/5
brieve
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- piest1/5
piest
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- ladies'1/5
lady
- noun a polite name for any woman
- a nice lady at the library helped me
- noun a woman of refinement
gentlewoman; madam; ma'am; dame.
- a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady
- noun a polite name for any woman
- electuaries1/5
electuary
(Med.) A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under Confection .
- aview1/5
aview
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- thienyl1/5
thienyl
(Chem.) The hypothetical radical C4H3S , regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives.
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- misbeliefs1/5
misbelief
Erroneous or false belief.
- correspondencies1/5
correspondency
Same as Correspondence , 3.The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be very reasonable confirmations. S. Clarke.
- kieve1/5
- cuvieri1/5
cuvieri
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- sophies1/5
sophies
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- premodified1/5
- siennese1/5
siennese
Of or pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy.
- routhier1/5
- pathophysiologies1/5
pathophysiologies
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- curvier1/5
curvy
- adjective satellite having curves
curvey.
- a settee with only one curvy end
- adjective satellite (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
busty; sonsie; stacked; voluptuous; full-bosomed; bosomy; buxom; curvaceous; well-endowed; sonsy.
- Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes
- a curvy young woman in a tight dress
- adjective satellite having curves
- librairies1/5
- unbloodied1/5
unbloody
- adjective satellite achieved without bloodshed
nonviolent.
- an unbloody transfer of power
- adjective satellite achieved without bloodshed
- heinies1/5
heinies
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- unquietness1/5
- purtiest1/5
- lieue1/5
- notifiers1/5
notifiers
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- cheapies1/5
cheapies
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- kyries1/5
kyries
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- scrunchies1/5
scrunchies
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- auditories1/5
auditory
- adjective of or relating to the process of hearing
auditive; audile.
- auditory processing
- an audile person
- adjective of or relating to the process of hearing
- supercarrier1/5
- unelectrified1/5
- bield1/5
bield
A shelter. Same as Scot.Beild .
- dentaries1/5
dentary
(Anat.) Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth. --n. The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.
- phalansteries1/5
phalanstery
An association or community organized on the plan of Fourier. See Fourierism .
- tonier1/5
tony
A simpleton. L'Estrange.A pattern and companion fit For all the keeping tonies of the pit. Dryden.
- antievolutionists1/5
antievolutionists
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- societary1/5
societary
Societarian. R.
- defier1/5
defy
- verb resist or confront with resistance
withstand; hold; hold up.
- The politician defied public opinion
- The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear
- The bridge held
- verb elude, especially in a baffling way
resist; refuse.
- This behavior defies explanation
- verb resist or confront with resistance
- vaurien1/5
- savviest1/5
savvy
- noun the cognitive condition of someone who understands
apprehension; discernment; understanding.
- he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect
- verb get the meaning of something
grok; apprehend; dig; comprehend; grasp; compass; get the picture.
- Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
- noun the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- praties1/5
- damier1/5
- semierect1/5
semierect
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- bouviers1/5
bouviers
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- unfalsified1/5
- phenologies1/5
- buffier1/5
buffy
(Med.) Resembling, or characterized by, buff. Huxley.
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- mordieu1/5
- telecopier1/5
- backstories1/5
backstories
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- bikies1/5
- atomies1/5
atomy
An atom; a mite; a pigmy.
- anticaries1/5
- sandies1/5
sandy
- adjective satellite of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
flaxen.
- flaxen locks
- adjective resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas
arenaceous; sandlike.
- arenaceous limestone
- arenaceous grasses
- adjective satellite of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
- stubbies1/5
stubby
- adjective satellite short and blunt
- stubby fingers
- a stubby pencil
- adjective satellite short and blunt
- historiettes1/5
historiette
Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story. Emerson.
- chiefess1/5
- tiebreaking1/5
- intendancies1/5
intendancy
The office or employment of an intendant.
- nonstratified1/5
- opacifiers1/5
- acquiesence1/5
acquiesence
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- unenvied1/5
- darbies1/5
darbies
Manacles; handcuffs. CantJem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott.
✍ In "The Steel Glass" by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line "To binde such babes in father Derbies bands."
- corregimientos1/5
- shelties1/5
- piecer1/5
piecer
One who pieces; a patcher.
- easies1/5
easy
- adjective posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
- an easy job
- an easy problem
- an easy victory
- the house is easy to heat
- satisfied with easy answers
- took the easy way out of his dilemma
- adjective satellite not hurried or forced
easygoing; leisurely.
- an easy walk around the block
- at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace
- adjective posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
- homefield1/5
homefield
Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.
- trollies1/5
trolly
A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like. Eng.
- californiensis1/5
californiensis
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- guaranies1/5
guaranies
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- duddies1/5
- neuropathologies1/5
- omnisciently1/5
omniscient
- adjective satellite infinitely wise
all-knowing.
- adjective satellite infinitely wise
- unemptied1/5
- unclarities1/5
- nonnutrient1/5
- courtiership1/5
- aggrievedly1/5
aggrieve
- verb infringe on the rights of
- verb cause to feel sorrow
grieve.
- his behavior grieves his mother
- verb infringe on the rights of
- phies1/5
phies
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- missouriensis1/5
missouriensis
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- sitzkrieg1/5
- roturier1/5
roturier
A person who is not of noble birth; specif., a freeman who during the prevalence of feudalism held allodial land.
- clientless1/5
clientless
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- demonologies1/5
demonology
A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations. Sir W. Scott.
- efficience1/5
efficience
The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency. The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us. Hooker.
- radiesthesia1/5
- grunniens1/5
grunniens
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- aliene1/5
alien
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
noncitizen; foreigner; outlander.
- noun anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
unknown; stranger.
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- fierte1/5
- democraties1/5
- ginneries1/5
- demulsifier1/5
demulsify
- verb cause to demulsify
- verb break down into components
- verb cause to demulsify
- toniest1/5
tony
A simpleton. L'Estrange.A pattern and companion fit For all the keeping tonies of the pit. Dryden.
- tripier1/5
tripier
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- televiewer1/5
televiewer
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- olfactories1/5
olfactory
- adjective of or relating to olfaction
olfactive.
- adjective of or relating to olfaction
- grammies1/5
grammies
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- ghoulies1/5
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- unremarried1/5
- chieftess1/5
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- perruquier1/5
perruquier
A marker of perukes or wigs.
- gloriette1/5
- scorpionflies1/5
- waddies1/5
waddies
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- liestal1/5
- hiems1/5
hiems
Winter. Shak.
- chewies1/5
chewy
- adjective satellite requiring much chewing
- adjective satellite (of a consistency) requiring chewing
- chewy caramels
- adjective satellite requiring much chewing
- tinies1/5
tiny
- adjective satellite very small
bantam; petite; diminutive; midget; flyspeck; lilliputian.
- diminutive in stature
- a lilliputian chest of drawers
- her petite figure
- tiny feet
- the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
- adjective satellite very small
- huissiers1/5
- dicasteries1/5
dicastery
A court of justice; judgment hall. R. J. S. Mill.
- alquier1/5
alquier
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- unsteadied1/5
unsteady
- adjective subject to change or variation
- her unsteady walk
- his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine
- an unsteady voice
- adjective satellite not firmly or solidly positioned
unfirm.
- climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder
- an unfirm stance
- adjective subject to change or variation
- viers1/5
vi
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
sixer; sestet; Captain Hicks; hexad; sise; six; sextet; half a dozen; 6; sextuplet.
- noun more than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States
United States Virgin Islands; American Virgin Islands.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
- betties1/5
betty
Supposed to be a cant word, from Betty , forElizabeth , as such an instrument is also calledBess (i. e.,Elizabeth ) in the Canting Dictionary of 1725, andJenny (i. e.,Jane ).A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. Written also bettee .The powerful betty, or the artful picklock. Arbuthnot.
- dieselization1/5
- yummies1/5
yummy
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
pleasant-tasting; scrumptious; delectable; toothsome; delicious; luscious.
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
- punchier1/5
punchy
Short and thick, or fat.
- unpacified1/5
unpacified
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- countertendencies1/5
countertendencies
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- sovietologist1/5
sovietologist
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- doolies1/5
dooly
A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin. Written also East Indiesdoolee anddoolie .Having provided doolies, or little bamboo chairs slung on four men's shoulders, in which I put my papers and boxes, we next morning commenced the ascent. J. D. Hooker.
- liedertafel1/5
liedertafel
(Mus.) A popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of male part songs.
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- siegeworks1/5
siegework
A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.
- saintliest1/5
saintly
- adjective satellite marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
angelic; sainted; beatific; saintlike; angelical.
- angelic beneficence
- a beatific smile
- a saintly concern for his fellow men
- my sainted mother
- adjective satellite marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
- qualitied1/5
quality
- noun an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
- the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
- noun a degree or grade of excellence or worth
caliber; calibre.
- the quality of students has risen
- an executive of low caliber
- noun an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
- piemen1/5
- belier1/5
belier
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- piskies1/5
- batties1/5
batty
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; loony; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- weepies1/5
weepy
- adjective satellite liable to weep easily
- adjective satellite liable to weep easily
- unrectified1/5
unrectified
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- quiescently1/5
quiescent
- adjective satellite not active or activated
- the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation
- adjective satellite marked by a state of tranquil repose
- the quiescent melancholy of the town
- adjective satellite not active or activated
- proprietarily1/5
proprietary
- noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
proprietorship.
- adjective protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights
- `Tylenol' is a proprietary drug of which `acetaminophen' is the generic form
- noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
- previewer1/5
preview
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
prevue; trailer.
- noun a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
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- sunnies1/5
sunny
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
cheery; gay.
- a cheery hello
- a gay sunny room
- a sunny smile
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- phytogenies1/5
phytogeny
The doctrine of the generation of plants.
- deviancies1/5
deviancies
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- counterview1/5
counterview
An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton
M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx. Sir W. Hamilton.
- reexperiences1/5
reexperience
A renewed or repeated experience.
- orientally1/5
oriental
- noun a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
oriental person.
- adjective satellite denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia
- oriental civilization
- noun a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)
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paraguariensis
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- dielectrically1/5
- extraordinaries1/5
extraordinary
- adjective beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
- extraordinary authority
- an extraordinary achievement
- her extraordinary beauty
- enjoyed extraordinary popularity
- an extraordinary capacity for work
- an extraordinary session of the legislature
- adjective satellite far more than usual or expected
over-the-top; sinful.
- an extraordinary desire for approval
- it was an over-the-top experience
- adjective beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
- insurrectionaries1/5
insurrectionary
- adjective of or relating to or given to insurrection
insurrectional.
- adjective of or relating to or given to insurrection
- douaniers1/5
douanier
An officer of the French customs. Anglicized form douaneer .
- archiepiscopate1/5
archiepiscopate
The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.
- nonsignatories1/5
- transpierced1/5
transpierce
To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through. The sides transpierced return a rattling sound. Dryden.
- imbodied1/5
imbody
To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See Embody .The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes. Milton.
- antiegalitarian1/5
- defiers1/5
defier
One who dares and defies; a contemner; as, a .defier of the laws
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- concessionaries1/5
- silkies1/5
silky
- adjective satellite having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
silken; silklike; slick; sleek; satiny.
- glossy auburn hair
- satiny gardenia petals
- sleek black fur
- silken eyelashes
- silky skin
- a silklike fabric
- slick seals and otters
- adjective satellite having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
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- chatties1/5
chatty
- adjective satellite full of trivial conversation
loquacious; talky; gabby; garrulous; talkative.
- kept from her housework by gabby neighbors
- adjective satellite prone to friendly informal communication
gossipy; newsy.
- adjective satellite full of trivial conversation
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