les: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of les
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particle
- noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
speck; atom; molecule; corpuscle; mote.
- noun a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
subatomic particle.
- noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
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peoples
- noun the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group
- the indigenous peoples of Australia
- noun (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
people.
- old people
- there were at least 200 people in the audience
- noun the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group
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male
- noun an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
- noun a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
male person.
- noun an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
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female
- noun an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
- noun a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
female person.
- noun an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
- enables5/5
enable
- verb render capable or able for some task
- This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street
- The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain
- verb render capable or able for some task
- vehicles5/5
vehicle
- noun a conveyance that transports people or objects
- noun a medium for the expression or achievement of something
- his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views
- a congregation is a vehicle of group identity
- the play was just a vehicle to display her talents
- noun a conveyance that transports people or objects
- wales5/5
wale
- noun a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
wheal; weal; welt.
- noun thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
strake.
- noun a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- troubles5/5
trouble
- noun a source of difficulty
problem.
- one trouble after another delayed the job
- what's the problem?
- noun an angry disturbance
bother; hassle; fuss.
- he didn't want to make a fuss
- they had labor trouble
- a spot of bother
- noun a source of difficulty
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rule
- noun a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
regulation.
- it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast
- short haircuts were the regulation
- noun something regarded as a normative example
formula; pattern; normal; convention.
- the convention of not naming the main character
- violence is the rule not the exception
- his formula for impressing visitors
- noun a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- principles5/5
principle
- noun a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
rule.
- their principles of composition characterized all their works
- noun a rule or standard especially of good behavior
- a man of principle
- he will not violate his principles
- noun a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- examples5/5
example
- noun an item of information that is typical of a class or group
instance; illustration; representative.
- this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
- there is an example on page 10
- noun a representative form or pattern
model.
- I profited from his example
- noun an item of information that is typical of a class or group
- styles5/5
style
- noun how something is done or how it happens
fashion; manner; way; mode.
- her dignified manner
- his rapid manner of talking
- their nomadic mode of existence
- in the characteristic New York style
- a lonely way of life
- in an abrasive fashion
- noun a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
expressive style.
- all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper
- noun how something is done or how it happens
- circles5/5
circle
- noun ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
- he calculated the circumference of the circle
- noun an unofficial association of people or groups
band; set; lot.
- the smart set goes there
- they were an angry lot
- noun ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
- scales5/5
scale
- noun an ordered reference standard
scale of measurement; ordered series; graduated table.
- judging on a scale of 1 to 10
- noun relative magnitude
- they entertained on a grand scale
- noun an ordered reference standard
- couples5/5
couple
- noun a pair who associate with one another
twosome; duet; duo.
- the engaged couple
- an inseparable twosome
- noun a pair of people who live together
mates; match.
- a married couple from Chicago
- noun a pair who associate with one another
- angles5/5
angle
- noun the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
- noun a biased way of looking at or presenting something
slant.
- noun the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
- poles5/5
pole
- noun a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- noun a native or inhabitant of Poland
- noun a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- miles5/5
mile
- noun a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
mi; stat mi; statute mile; land mile; international mile.
- noun a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
naut mi; mi; nautical mile; international nautical mile; knot; air mile.
- noun a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
- files5/5
file
- noun a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
data file.
- noun a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
Indian file; single file.
- noun a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
- roles5/5
role
- noun the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
function; part; office.
- the function of a teacher
- the government must do its part
- play its role
- noun an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
part; character; persona; theatrical role.
- she played the part of Desdemona
- noun the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- samples5/5
sample
- noun a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
- noun items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
sample distribution; sampling.
- noun a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
- tables5/5
table
- noun a set of data arranged in rows and columns
tabular array.
- see table 1
- noun a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
- it was a sturdy table
- noun a set of data arranged in rows and columns
- muscles5/5
muscle
- noun one of the contractile organs of the body
musculus.
- noun animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
muscular tissue.
- noun one of the contractile organs of the body
- molecules5/5
molecule
- noun (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
- noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
speck; particle; atom; corpuscle; mote.
- noun (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
- titles5/5
title
- noun a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
statute title; rubric.
- Title 8 provided federal help for schools
- noun the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.
- he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title
- he refused to give titles to his paintings
- I can never remember movie titles
- noun a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- holes5/5
hole
- noun an opening into or through something
- noun an opening deliberately made in or through something
- noun an opening into or through something
- tales5/5
tale
- 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
story; narration; narrative.
- his narrative was interesting
- Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children
- noun a trivial lie
fib; story; taradiddle; tarradiddle.
- he told a fib about eating his spinach
- how can I stop my child from telling stories?
- 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
- vegetables5/5
vegetable
- noun edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
veg; veggie.
- noun any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
- noun edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
- disciples5/5
disciple
- noun someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
adherent.
- noun someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
- profiles5/5
profile
- noun an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
- a biochemical profile of blood
- a psychological profile of serial killers
- noun an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side)
- noun an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
- struggles5/5
struggle
- noun an energetic attempt to achieve something
battle.
- getting through the crowd was a real struggle
- he fought a battle for recognition
- noun an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
battle; conflict.
- the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine
- police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs
- noun an energetic attempt to achieve something
- obstacles5/5
obstacle
- noun something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
obstruction.
- lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement
- the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education
- the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan
- noun an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)
- noun something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
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battle
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
engagement; conflict; fight.
- Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
- he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- noun an energetic attempt to achieve something
struggle.
- getting through the crowd was a real struggle
- he fought a battle for recognition
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- bottles5/5
bottle
- noun a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- noun the quantity contained in a bottle
bottleful.
- noun a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- modules5/5
module
- noun one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
mental faculty; faculty.
- noun detachable compartment of a spacecraft
- noun one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
- miracles5/5
miracle
- noun any amazing or wonderful occurrence
- noun a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent
- noun any amazing or wonderful occurrence
- charles5/5
charles
- noun King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
Charles IX.
- noun King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461)
Charles VII.
- noun King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
- sales5/5
sales
- noun income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
gross revenue; gross sales.
- noun a particular instance of selling
sale.
- he has just made his first sale
- they had to complete the sale before the banks closed
- noun income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
- variables5/5
variable
- noun something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation
- the weather is one variable to be considered
- noun a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
variable quantity.
- noun something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation
- articles5/5
article
- noun nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
- noun one of a class of artifacts
- an article of clothing
- noun nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
- cycles5/5
cycle
- noun an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
round; rhythm.
- the never-ending cycle of the seasons
- noun a series of poems or songs on the same theme
- Schubert's song cycles
- noun an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
- temples5/5
temple
- noun place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
- noun the flat area on either side of the forehead
- the veins in his temple throbbed
- noun place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
- angeles5/5
angel
- noun spiritual being attendant upon God
- noun person of exceptional holiness
holy person; saint; holy man.
- noun spiritual being attendant upon God
- measles4/5
measles
- noun an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children
morbilli; rubeola.
- noun an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children
- piles4/5
piles
- noun pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
haemorrhoid; hemorrhoid.
- noun a large number or amount
heaps; rafts; wads; lots; scads; slews; tons; gobs; scores; oodles; loads; dozens; stacks; lashings.
- made lots of new friends
- she amassed stacks of newspapers
- noun pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
- bubbles4/5
bubble
- noun a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
- noun a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
house of cards.
- his proposal was nothing but a house of cards
- a real estate bubble
- noun a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
- alleles4/5
allele
- noun (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character
allelomorph.
- some alleles are dominant over others
- noun (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character
- schedules4/5
schedule
- noun a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
docket; agenda.
- noun an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur
- noun a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
- candles4/5
candle
- noun stick of wax with a wick in the middle
wax light; taper.
- noun the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
candela; standard candle; cd.
- noun stick of wax with a wick in the middle
- textiles4/5
textile
- noun artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
cloth; material; fabric.
- the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent
- woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC
- she measured off enough material for a dress
- adjective of or relating to fabrics or fabric making
- textile research
- noun artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- gentiles4/5
gentile
- noun a person who does not acknowledge your god
heathen; infidel; pagan.
- noun a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus
- noun a person who does not acknowledge your god
- bundles4/5
bundle
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
parcel; packet; package.
- noun a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
sheaf.
- noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
- doubles4/5
doubles
- noun badminton played with two players on each side
- noun tennis played with two players on each side
- noun badminton played with two players on each side
- vesicles4/5
vesicle
- noun a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
cyst.
- noun a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
- juveniles4/5
juvenile
- noun a young person, not fully developed
juvenile person.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
- juvenile diabetes
- juvenile fashions
- noun a young person, not fully developed
- uncles4/5
uncle
- noun the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
- noun a source of help and advice and encouragement
- he played uncle to lonely students
- noun the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
- beetles4/5
beetle
- noun insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- noun a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
mallet.
- noun insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- wrinkles4/5
wrinkle
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
crease; seam; crinkle; line; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- noun a minor difficulty
- they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
- smiles4/5
smile
- noun a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
grinning; smiling; grin.
- verb change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
- noun a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- handles4/5
handle
- noun the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
grip; hold; handgrip.
- he grabbed the hammer by the handle
- it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip
- verb be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
manage; deal; care.
- I can deal with this crew of workers
- This blender can't handle nuts
- She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old
- noun the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- missiles4/5
missile
- noun a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
- noun a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
projectile.
- noun a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
- cables4/5
cable
- noun a telegram sent abroad
overseas telegram; cablegram.
- noun a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
transmission line; line.
- noun a telegram sent abroad
- nobles4/5
noble
- noun a titled peer of the realm
nobleman; Lord.
- adjective satellite impressive in appearance
imposing; baronial; stately.
- a baronial mansion
- an imposing residence
- a noble tree
- severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses
- stately columns
- noun a titled peer of the realm
- rifles4/5
rifle
- noun a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
- he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; loot; reave; ransack.
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
- noun a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
- automobiles4/5
automobile
- noun a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
machine; car; motorcar; auto.
- he needs a car to get to work
- verb travel in an automobile
- noun a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- whales4/5
whale
- noun a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
giant; heavyweight; hulk.
- noun any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
- noun a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
- eagles4/5
eagle
- noun any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
bird of Jove.
- noun (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole
- noun any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
- reptiles4/5
reptile
- noun any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
reptilian.
- noun any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
- stables4/5
stable
- noun a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
stalls; horse barn.
- verb shelter in a stable
- stable horses
- noun a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
- singles4/5
singles
- noun badminton played with one person on each side
- noun tennis played with one person on each side
- noun badminton played with one person on each side
- nodules4/5
nodule
- noun a small node
- noun small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
tubercle.
- noun a small node
- puzzles4/5
puzzle
- noun a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
puzzler; mystifier; teaser.
- he loved to solve chessmate puzzles
- that's a real puzzler
- noun a game that tests your ingenuity
- noun a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
- capsules4/5
capsule
- noun a small container
- noun a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
- noun a small container
- pebbles4/5
pebble
- noun a small smooth rounded rock
- noun a small smooth rounded rock
- apostles4/5
apostle
- noun an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
- an apostle of revolution
- noun any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people
Apostelic Father.
- noun an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
- needles4/5
needle
- noun the leaf of a conifer
acerate leaf.
- noun a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
- noun the leaf of a conifer
- naples4/5
naples
- noun a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region
Napoli.
- noun a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region
- tiles4/5
tile
- noun a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
- noun a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
roofing tile.
- noun a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
- chronicles4/5
chronicle
- noun a record or narrative description of past events
account; story; history.
- a history of France
- he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
- the story of exposure to lead
- verb record in chronological order; make a historical record
- noun a record or narrative description of past events
- triangles4/5
triangle
- noun a three-sided polygon
trilateral; trigon.
- noun something approximating the shape of a triangle
- the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle
- noun a three-sided polygon
- syllables4/5
syllable
- noun a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
- the word `pocket' has two syllables
- noun a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
- lifestyles4/5
lifestyle
- noun a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
life-style; life style; modus vivendi.
- noun a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
- spectacles4/5
spectacles
- noun optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
eyeglasses; specs; glasses.
- noun something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)
spectacle.
- the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape
- noun optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
- versailles4/5
versailles
- noun a city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century
- noun a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles
Palace of Versailles.
- noun a city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century
- castles4/5
castle
- noun a large and stately mansion
palace.
- noun a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
- noun a large and stately mansion
- exiles4/5
exile
- noun a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
expatriate; expat.
- American expatriates
- noun a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
deportee.
- noun a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
- hercules4/5
hercules
(Gr. Myth.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."
- granules4/5
- nipples4/5
nipple
- noun the small projection of a mammary gland
pap; mammilla; tit; teat; mamilla.
- noun a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier
- noun the small projection of a mammary gland
- resembles4/5
resemble
- verb appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to
- She resembles her mother very much
- This paper resembles my own work
- verb appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to
- apples4/5
apple
- noun fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
- noun native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
orchard apple tree; Malus pumila.
- noun fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
- achilles4/5
achilles
- noun a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
- noun a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
- isles4/5
isle
- noun a small island
islet.
- noun a small island
- mules4/5
mule
- noun hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
- noun a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
scuff.
- noun hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
- turtles4/5
turtle
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
turtleneck; polo-neck.
- noun any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
- ankles4/5
ankle
- noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
mortise joint; articulatio talocruralis; ankle joint.
- noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
- beatles4/5
beatles
- noun a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)
- noun a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)
- giles4/5
gile
Guile. Obs. Chaucer.
- jules4/5
jules
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- trembles3/5
trembles
- noun disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot
milk sickness.
- noun a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
shiver; tremble; shake.
- noun disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot
- settles3/5
settle
- noun a long wooden bench with a back
settee.
- verb settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
settle down.
- dust settled on the roofs
- noun a long wooden bench with a back
- moles3/5
mole
- noun the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
mol; gram molecule.
- noun a spy who works against enemy espionage
counterspy.
- noun the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- dulles3/5
dull
- verb make dull in appearance
- Age had dulled the surface
- verb become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
- the varnished table top dulled with time
- verb make dull in appearance
- shingles3/5
shingles
- noun eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
herpes zoster; zoster.
- noun building material used as siding or roofing
shingle; shake.
- noun eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
- micelles3/5
micelle
- noun an electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents
- noun an electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents
- tangles3/5
tangle
- noun a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
- they carved their way through the tangle of vines
- noun something jumbled or confused
maze; snarl.
- a tangle of government regulations
- noun a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
- rattles3/5
rattle
- noun a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
rale; rattling.
- the death rattle
- noun a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken
- noun a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
- fables3/5
fable
- noun a deliberately false or improbable account
fabrication; fiction.
- noun a short moral story (often with animal characters)
parable; allegory; apologue.
- noun a deliberately false or improbable account
- parables3/5
parable
- noun a short moral story (often with animal characters)
allegory; apologue; fable.
- noun (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message
- the parable of the prodigal son
- noun a short moral story (often with animal characters)
- bibles3/5
bible
- noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions
Christian Bible; Word; Word of God; Holy Writ; Holy Scripture; Book; Good Book; Scripture.
- he went to carry the Word to the heathen
- noun a book regarded as authoritative in its field
- noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions
- ensembles3/5
ensemble
- noun a group of musicians playing or singing together
- a string ensemble
- noun a cast other than the principals
supporting players.
- noun a group of musicians playing or singing together
- tentacles3/5
tentacle
- noun something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
- caught in the tentacles of organized crime
- noun any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion
- noun something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold
- creoles3/5
creole
- noun a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America
- noun a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)
- noun a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America
- freckles3/5
freckle
- noun a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
lentigo.
- verb become freckled
- I freckle easily
- noun a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
- puddles3/5
puddle
- noun a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
- noun a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
pool.
- there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
- the body lay in a pool of blood
- noun a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry
- wholes3/5
whole
- noun all of something including all its component elements or parts
- Europe considered as a whole
- the whole of American literature
- noun an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
unit.
- how big is that part compared to the whole?
- the team is a unit
- noun all of something including all its component elements or parts
- buckles3/5
buckle
- noun fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong
- noun a shape distorted by twisting or folding
warp.
- noun fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong
- spindles3/5
spindle
- noun (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis
- noun a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- noun (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- dimples3/5
dimple
- noun a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
dimpled chad; pregnant chad.
- noun any slight depression in a surface
- there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball
- noun a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
- assembles3/5
assemble
- verb create by putting components or members together
tack together; set up; tack; piece; put together.
- She pieced a quilt
- He tacked together some verses
- They set up a committee
- verb collect in one place
meet; gather; forgather; foregather.
- We assembled in the church basement
- Let's gather in the dining room
- verb create by putting components or members together
- kettles3/5
kettle
- noun a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
boiler.
- noun the quantity a kettle will hold
kettleful.
- noun a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
- pinnacles3/5
pinnacle
- noun (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
- noun the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
superlative; acme; top; height; summit; peak; elevation; tiptop; meridian.
- his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
- the artist's gifts are at their acme
- at the height of her career
- the peak of perfection
- summer was at its peak
- ...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame
- the summit of his ambition
- so many highest superlatives achieved by man
- at the top of his profession
- noun (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
- staples3/5
staple
- noun (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
basic.
- noun a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn
staple fiber; staple fibre.
- staple fibers vary widely in length
- noun (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
- knuckles3/5
knuckles
- noun a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
knuckle duster; knucks; brass knuckles; brass knucks.
- noun a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
metacarpophalangeal joint; knuckle; knuckle joint.
- noun a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
- soles3/5
sole
- noun the underside of footwear or a golf club
- noun lean flesh of any of several flatfish
fillet of sole.
- noun the underside of footwear or a golf club
- macromolecules3/5
macromolecule
- noun any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
supermolecule.
- noun any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
- marbles3/5
marbles
- noun a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
- noun the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
wits.
- he used his wits to get ahead
- I was scared out of my wits
- he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind
- noun a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
- morales3/5
morale
- noun a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose
- noun the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
esprit de corps; team spirit.
- noun a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose
- ripples3/5
ripple
- noun a small wave on the surface of a liquid
riffle; wavelet; rippling.
- noun (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
- noun a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- follicles3/5
follicle
- noun any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
- noun any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
- whistles3/5
whistle
- noun the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
whistling.
- noun the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle
whistling.
- the whistle signalled the end of the game
- noun the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
- marseilles3/5
marseille
- noun a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
Marseilles.
- noun strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedspreads
- noun a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
- riddles3/5
riddle
- noun a difficult problem
conundrum; enigma; brain-teaser.
- noun a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
- noun a difficult problem
- goggles3/5
goggles
- noun tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes
- verb look with amazement; look stupidly
goggle; gape; gawk; gawp.
- noun tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes
- rationales3/5
rationale
- noun (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
principle.
- the rationale for capital punishment
- the principles of internal-combustion engines
- noun (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
- saddles3/5
saddle
- noun a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
- noun a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
saddleback.
- noun a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
- pickles3/5
pickle
- noun vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
- noun informal terms for a difficult situation
kettle of fish; mess; fix; muddle; jam; hole.
- he got into a terrible fix
- he made a muddle of his marriage
- noun vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
- jungles3/5
jungle
- noun a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
- noun a place where hoboes camp
hobo camp.
- noun a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
- shackles3/5
shackle
- noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
trammel; hamper; bond.
- noun a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
- noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- organelles3/5
organelle
- noun a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ
cell organ; cell organelle.
- the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus
- noun a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ
- constables3/5
constable
- noun a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
- noun English landscape painter (1776-1837)
John Constable.
- noun a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
- trifles3/5
trifle
- noun a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
- noun a detail that is considered insignificant
technicality; triviality.
- noun a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
- untouchables3/5
untouchable
- noun belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
Harijan.
- adjective satellite beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment
- for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek
- noun belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
- bristles3/5
bristle
- noun a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
- noun a stiff hair
- noun a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
- consoles3/5
console
- noun a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall
console table.
- noun a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)
- noun a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall
- projectiles3/5
projectile
- noun a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
missile.
- noun any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
rocket.
- noun a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
- shambles3/5
shambles
- noun a condition of great disorder
- noun a building where animals are butchered
butchery; abattoir; slaughterhouse.
- noun a condition of great disorder
- tackles3/5
tackle
- noun the person who plays that position on a football team
- the right tackle is a straight A student
- noun gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
rigging.
- noun the person who plays that position on a football team
- corpuscles3/5
corpuscle
- noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
speck; particle; atom; molecule; mote.
- noun either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
blood corpuscle; blood cell.
- noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
- hales3/5
hale
- noun a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
Nathan Hale.
- noun United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
George Ellery Hale.
- noun a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
- nettles3/5
nettle
- noun any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
- verb sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
urticate.
- noun any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
- hassles3/5
hassle
- noun an angry disturbance
bother; trouble; fuss.
- he didn't want to make a fuss
- they had labor trouble
- a spot of bother
- noun disorderly fighting
tussle; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble.
- noun an angry disturbance
- participles3/5
participle
- noun a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
participial.
- noun a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
- bicycles3/5
bicycle
- noun a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
wheel; bike; cycle.
- verb ride a bicycle
wheel; pedal; bike; cycle.
- noun a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- multiples3/5
multiple
- noun the product of a quantity by an integer
- 36 is a multiple of 9
- adjective having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual
- multiple birth
- multiple ownership
- made multiple copies of the speech
- his multiple achievements in public life
- her multiple personalities
- a pineapple is a multiple fruit
- noun the product of a quantity by an integer
- welles3/5
well
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- noun a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
- noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- locales3/5
locale
- noun the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
venue; locus.
- noun the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
- rectangles3/5
rectangle
- noun a parallelogram with four right angles
- noun a parallelogram with four right angles
- bales3/5
bale
- noun a large bundle bound for storage or transport
- noun a city in northwestern Switzerland
Basle; Basel.
- noun a large bundle bound for storage or transport
- oracles3/5
oracle
- noun an authoritative person who divines the future
prophet; vaticinator; seer; prophesier.
- noun a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible
- noun an authoritative person who divines the future
- hurdles3/5
hurdles
- noun a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles
hurdle race; hurdling.
- noun a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
hurdle.
- noun a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles
- ventricles3/5
ventricle
- noun one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid
- noun a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries
heart ventricle.
- noun one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid
- bowles3/5
bowl
- noun a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids;
- noun a concave shape with an open top
trough.
- noun a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids;
- scruples3/5
scruples
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
conscience; sense of right and wrong; moral sense.
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
scruple.
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
- coles3/5
cole
- noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
kale; Brassica oleracea acephala; borecole; kail; colewort.
- noun coarse curly-leafed cabbage
kail; kale.
- noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
- deliverables3/5
deliverable
- noun something that can be provided as the product of development
- under this contract the deliverables include both software and hardware
- adjective suitable for or ready for delivery
- noun something that can be provided as the product of development
- eccles3/5
eccle
(Zoöl.) The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle. Prov. Eng.
- belles3/5
belle
- noun a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
- she was the belle of the ball
- noun a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
- paddles3/5
paddle
- noun small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- noun a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
- noun small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games
- folktales3/5
folktale
- noun a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk
folk tale.
- noun a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk
- giggles3/5
giggle
- noun a foolish or nervous laugh
- verb laugh nervously
titter.
- The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom
- noun a foolish or nervous laugh
- loopholes3/5
loophole
- noun an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation
- noun a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons
- noun an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation
- collectibles3/5
collectible
- noun things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)
collectable.
- adjective satellite subject to or requiring payment especially as specified
payable; collectable.
- a collectible bill
- a note payable on demand
- a check payable to John Doe
- noun things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)
- entitles3/5
entitle
- verb give the right to
- The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file
- verb give a title to
title.
- verb give the right to
- nozzles3/5
nozzle
- noun a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
nose.
- noun informal terms for the nose
snoot; hooter; schnoz; snout; beak; schnozzle; honker.
- noun a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- heracles3/5
heracles
- noun (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
Alcides; Hercules; Herakles.
- noun (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
- receptacles3/5
receptacle
- noun a container that is used to put or keep things in
- noun enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts
- noun a container that is used to put or keep things in
- raffles3/5
raffle
- noun a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
- verb dispose of in a lottery
raffle off.
- We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas
- noun a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
- stumbles3/5
stumble
- noun an unsteady uneven gait
stagger; lurch.
- noun an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
trip-up; misstep; trip.
- he recited the whole poem without a single trip
- he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later
- confusion caused his unfortunate misstep
- noun an unsteady uneven gait
- dipoles3/5
dipole
- noun a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance
- noun an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center
dipole antenna.
- noun a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance
- foibles3/5
foible
- noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
idiosyncrasy; mannerism.
- noun the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip
- noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- percentiles3/5
percentile
- noun (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total
centile.
- noun (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total
- subtitles3/5
subtitle
- noun translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
caption.
- noun secondary or explanatory title
- noun translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
- receivables3/5
receivables
- noun money that you currently expect to receive from notes or accounts
- noun money that you currently expect to receive from notes or accounts
- epistles3/5
epistle
- noun a specially long, formal letter
- noun a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle
- noun a specially long, formal letter
- noodles3/5
noodle
- noun a ribbonlike strip of pasta
- noun informal terms for a human head
attic; dome; bean; noggin; bonce.
- noun a ribbonlike strip of pasta
- aisles3/5
aisle
- noun a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
- noun passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
gangway.
- noun a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
- notables3/5
notable
- noun a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
luminary; guiding light; leading light; notability.
- he was host to a large gathering of luminaries
- adjective satellite worthy of notice
noteworthy.
- a noteworthy advance in cancer research
- noun a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
- tubules3/5
tubule
- noun a small tube
- noun a small tube
- sophocles3/5
sophocles
- noun one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)
- noun one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)
- pericles3/5
pericles
- noun Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)
- noun Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)
- valuables3/5
valuable
- noun something of value
- all our valuables were stolen
- adjective having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange
- a valuable diamond
- noun something of value
- motorcycles3/5
motorcycle
- noun a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame
bike.
- verb ride a motorcycle
cycle; motorbike.
- noun a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame
- gables3/5
gable
- noun the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
gable end; gable wall.
- noun United States film actor (1901-1960)
William Clark Gable; Clark Gable.
- noun the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
- intangibles3/5
intangible
- noun assets that are saleable though not material or physical
intangible asset.
- adjective (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value
- intangible assets such as good will
- noun assets that are saleable though not material or physical
- testicles3/5
testicle
- noun one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
testis; ball; orchis; nut; ballock; bollock; egg.
- she kicked him in the balls and got away
- noun one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
- wiles3/5
wile
- noun the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
chicanery; trickery; chicane; shenanigan; guile.
- noun the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- stiles3/5
stile
- noun an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
- noun an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
- antilles3/5
antilles
- noun a group of islands in the West Indies
- noun a group of islands in the West Indies
- gales3/5
gale
- noun a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
- noun a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
- niles3/5
nile
- noun the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
Nile River.
- noun the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
- maples3/5
maple
- noun wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring
- noun any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
- noun wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring
- timetables3/5
timetable
- noun a schedule listing events and the times at which they will take place
- noun a schedule of times of arrivals and departures
- noun a schedule listing events and the times at which they will take place
- seychelles3/5
seychelles
- noun a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976
Republic of Seychelles.
- noun a group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar
Seychelles islands.
- noun a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976
- bruxelles3/5
bruxelles
- noun the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
capital of Belgium; Brussels; Belgian capital.
- noun the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- crocodiles3/5
crocodile
- noun large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters
- noun large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters
- microtubules3/5
microtubule
- noun a microscopically small tubule
- noun a microscopically small tubule
- chiles3/5
chile
- noun a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
Republic of Chile.
- noun very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
chilli; chili; chili pepper; chilly.
- noun a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
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arteriole
- noun one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries
arteriola; capillary artery.
- noun one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries
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simile
- noun a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
- noun a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
- shales3/5
shale
- noun a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
- noun a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
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ruble
- noun the basic unit of money in Tajikistan
- noun the basic unit of money in Russia
rouble.
- noun the basic unit of money in Tajikistan
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rouble
- noun the basic unit of money in Russia
ruble.
- noun the basic unit of money in Russia
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gilles
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gonzales
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knowles
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tuples
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mile
- noun a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
mi; stat mi; statute mile; land mile; international mile.
- noun a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
naut mi; mi; nautical mile; international nautical mile; knot; air mile.
- noun a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
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elles
See Obs.Else .
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timescales
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- pimples2/5
pimple
- noun a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
zit; hickey.
- noun a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
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papule
- noun a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)
- noun a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)
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pustule
- noun a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
- noun a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
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tubercle
- noun a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
- noun small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
nodule.
- noun a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
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strangles
- noun an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes
equine distemper.
- verb kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
strangle; strangulate; throttle.
- he tried to strangle his opponent
- A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes
- noun an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes
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peduncle
- noun the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body
- noun stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
- noun the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body
- disables2/5
disable
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; incapacitate.
- disable this command on your computer
- verb injure permanently
handicap; incapacitate; invalid.
- He was disabled in a car accident
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
- rales2/5
rale
- noun a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
rattle; rattling.
- the death rattle
- noun a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
- crumbles2/5
crumble
- verb fall apart
collapse; tumble; crumple; break down.
- the building crumbled after the explosion
- Negotiations broke down
- verb break or fall apart into fragments
fall apart.
- The cookies crumbled
- The Sphinx is crumbling
- verb fall apart
- mingles2/5
mingle
- verb to bring or combine together or with something else
amalgamate; mix; unify; commix.
- resourcefully he mingled music and dance
- verb get involved or mixed-up with
- He was about to mingle in an unpleasant affair
- verb to bring or combine together or with something else
- girdles2/5
girdle
- noun an encircling or ringlike structure
- noun a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
cincture; waistband; sash; waistcloth.
- noun an encircling or ringlike structure
- filles2/5
fille
- noun a young woman
young woman; missy; girl; miss; young lady.
- a young lady of 18
- noun a young woman
- stifles2/5
stifle
- noun joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
knee.
- verb conceal or hide
muffle; strangle; smother; repress.
- smother a yawn
- muffle one's anger
- strangle a yawn
- noun joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
- scrambles2/5
scramble
- noun an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
scuffle.
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scamper; scurry.
- noun an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
- humbles2/5
humble
- verb cause to be unpretentious
- This experience will humble him
- verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
abase; chagrin; mortify; humiliate.
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
- verb cause to be unpretentious
- carbuncles2/5
carbuncle
- noun deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
- noun an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus
- noun deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
- tadpoles2/5
tadpole
- noun a larval frog or toad
polliwog; pollywog.
- noun a larval frog or toad
- truffles2/5
truffle
- noun any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
earth-ball; earthnut.
- noun edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
earthnut.
- noun any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
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ruffle
- noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
flounce; frill; furbelow.
- noun a high tight collar
choker; neck ruff; ruff.
- noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- pales2/5
pale
- noun a wooden strip forming part of a fence
picket.
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blanch; blench.
- noun a wooden strip forming part of a fence
- reconciles2/5
reconcile
- verb make (one thing) compatible with (another)
accommodate; conciliate.
- The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories
- verb bring into consonance or accord
harmonize; harmonise.
- harmonize one's goals with one's abilities
- verb make (one thing) compatible with (another)
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cripple
- noun someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
- verb deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
stultify.
- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
- noun someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
- calles2/5
call
- noun a telephone connection
telephone call; phone call.
- she reported several anonymous calls
- he placed a phone call to London
- he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call
- noun a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course
- he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call
- noun a telephone connection
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counterexample
- noun refutation by example
- noun refutation by example
- tumbles2/5
tumble
- noun an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
- noun a sudden drop from an upright position
fall; spill.
- he had a nasty spill on the ice
- noun an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
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simple
- noun any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
- noun a person lacking intelligence or common sense
simpleton.
- noun any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
- encircles2/5
encircle
- verb form a circle around
circle.
- encircle the errors
- verb bind with something round or circular
gird.
- verb form a circle around
- sprinkles2/5
sprinkles
- noun bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream
jimmies.
- noun a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
sprinkling; sprinkle; scattering.
- noun bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream
- condyles2/5
condyle
- noun a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone
- noun a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone
- defiles2/5
defile
- noun a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
gorge.
- verb place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
sully; corrupt; taint; cloud.
- sully someone's reputation
- noun a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
- purples2/5
purple
- noun a purple color or pigment
purpleness.
- noun of imperial status
- he was born to the purple
- noun a purple color or pigment
- startles2/5
startle
- noun a sudden involuntary movement
jump; start.
- he awoke with a start
- verb to stimulate to action
galvanise; galvanize.
- ..startled him awake
- galvanized into action
- noun a sudden involuntary movement
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spicule
- noun small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
spiculum.
- noun small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals
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exhale
- verb expel air
expire; breathe out.
- Exhale when you lift the weight
- verb give out (breath or an odor)
give forth; emanate.
- The chimney exhales a thick smoke
- verb expel air
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tickle
- noun a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking
- noun the act of tickling
titillation; tickling.
- noun a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking
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throttle
- noun a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
throttle valve; accelerator.
- noun a pedal that controls the throttle valve
gas pedal; accelerator pedal; accelerator; gas; gun.
- he stepped on the gas
- noun a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
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inhale
- verb draw deep into the lungs in by breathing
- Clinton smoked marijuana but never inhaled
- verb draw in (air)
breathe in; inspire.
- Inhale deeply
- inhale the fresh mountain air
- The patient has trouble inspiring
- The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well
- verb draw deep into the lungs in by breathing
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imbecile
- noun a person of subnormal intelligence
retard; half-wit; idiot; changeling; moron; cretin.
- adjective satellite having a mental age of three to seven years
imbecilic; idiotic.
- noun a person of subnormal intelligence
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kindle
- verb catch fire
inflame.
- The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles
- verb cause to start burning
inflame; enkindle; conflagrate.
- The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
- verb catch fire
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speckle
- noun a small contrasting part of something
spot; patch; maculation; fleck; dapple.
- a bald spot
- a leopard's spots
- a patch of clouds
- patches of thin ice
- a fleck of red
- verb produce a mottled effect
stipple.
- The sunlight stippled the trees
- noun a small contrasting part of something
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combustible
- noun a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power
combustible material.
- adjective capable of igniting and burning
- noun a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power
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cuticle
- noun the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
- noun the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
epidermis.
- noun the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
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edible
- noun any substance that can be used as food
pabulum; victuals; victual; comestible; eatable.
- adjective suitable for use as food
comestible; eatable.
- noun any substance that can be used as food
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spangle
- noun adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing
diamante; sequin.
- verb glitter as if covered with spangles
- noun adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing
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eatable
- noun any substance that can be used as food
edible; pabulum; victuals; victual; comestible.
- adjective suitable for use as food
comestible; edible.
- noun any substance that can be used as food
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trample
- noun the sound of heavy treading or stomping
trampling.
- he heard the trample of many feet
- verb tread or stomp heavily or roughly
tread.
- The soldiers trampled across the fields
- noun the sound of heavy treading or stomping
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belittle
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
minimize; derogate; denigrate.
- Don't belittle his influence
- verb express a negative opinion of
pick at; disparage.
- She disparaged her student's efforts
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
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cobble
- noun rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
sett; cobblestone.
- verb pave with cobblestones
cobblestone.
- noun rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
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triple
- noun a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
three-bagger; three-base hit.
- noun a set of three similar things considered as a unit
triad; trio; triplet.
- noun a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
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volatile
- noun a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor
- it was heated to evaporate the volatiles
- adjective evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures
- volatile oils
- volatile solvents
- noun a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor
- brambles2/5
bramble
- noun any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
- noun any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
- compiles2/5
compile
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; collect; accumulate; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- verb put together out of existing material
compose.
- compile a list
- verb get or gather together
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shuttle
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
shuttlecock; bird; birdie.
- noun public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
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cubicle
- noun small room in which a monk or nun lives
cell.
- noun small individual study area in a library
carrel; stall; carrell.
- noun small room in which a monk or nun lives
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thistle
- noun any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
- noun any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
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sparkle
- noun merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
spark; light; twinkle.
- he had a sparkle in his eye
- there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes
- noun the occurrence of a small flash or spark
glitter; coruscation.
- noun merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
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baffle
- noun a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
baffle board.
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; 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
- noun a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
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ramble
- noun an aimless amble on a winding course
meander.
- verb continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
ramble on; jog.
- This novel rambles on and jogs
- noun an aimless amble on a winding course
- cradles2/5
cradle
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
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straddle
- noun a noncommittal or equivocal position
- noun a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
- noun a noncommittal or equivocal position
- crackles2/5
crackle
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
crepitation; crackling.
- noun glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
crackle china; crackleware.
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
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pineapple
- noun a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
pineapple plant; Ananas comosus.
- noun large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
ananas.
- noun a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
- stockpiles2/5
stockpile
- noun something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
backlog; reserve.
- noun a storage pile accumulated for future use
- noun something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- mantles2/5
mantle
- noun the cloak as a symbol of authority
- place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders
- noun United States baseball player (1931-1997)
Mickey Mantle; Mickey Charles Mantle.
- noun the cloak as a symbol of authority
- hackles2/5
hackles
- noun a feeling of anger and animosity
dander.
- having one's hackles or dander up
- noun long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
hackle.
- noun a feeling of anger and animosity
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bridle
- noun headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
- noun the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
curb; check.
- his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper
- noun headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
- shuffles2/5
shuffle
- noun the act of mixing cards haphazardly
make; shuffling.
- noun walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
shambling; shamble; shuffling.
- from his shambling I assumed he was very old
- noun the act of mixing cards haphazardly
- nightingales2/5
nightingale
- noun European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
Luscinia megarhynchos.
- noun English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
Lady with the Lamp; Florence Nightingale.
- noun European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
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muzzle
- noun the open circular discharging end of a gun
gun muzzle.
- noun forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose
- noun the open circular discharging end of a gun
- fiddles2/5
fiddle
- noun bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
violin.
- verb avoid (one's assigned duties)
goldbrick; shrink from; shirk.
- The derelict soldier shirked his duties
- noun bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
- bugles2/5
bugle
- noun a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
- noun any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
bugleweed.
- noun a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
- toggles2/5
toggle
- noun any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time
- noun a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions
on/off switch; toggle switch; on-off switch.
- noun any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time
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gargoyle
- noun a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
- noun an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
- noun a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
- paroles2/5
parole
- noun a promise
word of honor; word.
- he gave his word
- noun a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
word; countersign; password; watchword.
- he forgot the password
- noun a promise
- ossicles2/5
ossicle
- noun a small bone; especially one in the middle ear
bonelet; ossiculum.
- noun a small bone; especially one in the middle ear
- undesirables2/5
undesirable
- noun one whose presence is undesirable
- rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables
- adjective not wanted
unwanted.
- undesirable impurities in steel
- legislation excluding undesirable aliens
- removed the unwanted vegetation
- noun one whose presence is undesirable
- gambles2/5
gamble
- noun money that is risked for possible monetary gain
- noun a risky act or venture
- noun money that is risked for possible monetary gain
- rumbles2/5
rumble
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
rumbling; grumble; grumbling.
- they heard the rumbling of thunder
- noun a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
- pedophiles2/5
pedophile
- noun an adult who is sexually attracted to children
paedophile.
- noun an adult who is sexually attracted to children
- wrestles2/5
wrestle
- noun the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
grappling; grapple; wrestling; hand-to-hand struggle.
- they had a fierce wrestle
- we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully
- verb combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
- He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority
- noun the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
- hostiles2/5
hostile
- noun troops belonging to the enemy's military forces
- the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles
- adjective characterized by enmity or ill will
- a hostile nation
- a hostile remark
- hostile actions
- noun troops belonging to the enemy's military forces
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poodle
- noun an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs
poodle dog.
- noun an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs
- grilles2/5
grille
- noun small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
lattice; wicket.
- noun grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator
radiator grille.
- noun small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
- grumbles2/5
grumble
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
rumble; rumbling; grumbling.
- they heard the rumbling of thunder
- noun a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
murmuring; grumbling; muttering; mutter; murmur.
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
- panicles2/5
panicle
- noun compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers
- noun compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers
- middles2/5
middle
- noun an area that is approximately central within some larger region
heart; eye; center; centre.
- it is in the center of town
- they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
- they were in the eye of the storm
- noun an intermediate part or section
- A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
- noun an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- grapples2/5
grapple
- noun a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
grappling hook; grapnel; grappling iron; grappler.
- noun a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
clamshell.
- noun a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
- macules2/5
macule
- noun a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
macula.
- noun a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
- dangles2/5
dangle
- verb hang freely
drop; swing.
- the ornaments dangled from the tree
- The light dropped from the ceiling
- verb cause to dangle or hang freely
- He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree
- verb hang freely
- prickles2/5
prickle
- noun a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
pricker; spine; thorn; spikelet; sticker.
- verb cause a prickling sensation
prick.
- noun a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- wiggles2/5
wiggle
- noun the act of wiggling
wriggle; squirm.
- verb move to and fro
joggle; jiggle.
- Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!
- noun the act of wiggling
- doodles2/5
doodle
- noun an aimless drawing
scrabble; scribble.
- verb make a doodle; draw aimlessly
- noun an aimless drawing
- ladles2/5
ladle
- noun a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
- verb put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle
- ladle soup into the bowl
- noun a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
- wattles2/5
wattle
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
lappet.
- noun framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
- fumbles2/5
fumble
- noun (sports) dropping the ball
muff.
- verb feel about uncertainly or blindly
grope.
- She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom
- noun (sports) dropping the ball
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possible
- noun something that can be done
- politics is the art of the possible
- noun an applicant who might be suitable
- noun something that can be done
- riffles2/5
riffle
- noun a small wave on the surface of a liquid
ripple; wavelet; rippling.
- noun shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners
- noun a small wave on the surface of a liquid
- dwindles2/5
dwindle
- verb become smaller or lose substance
dwindle away; dwindle down.
- Her savings dwindled down
- verb become smaller or lose substance
- cockles2/5
cockle
- noun common edible European bivalve
- noun common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
- noun common edible European bivalve
- nestles2/5
nestle
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
cuddle; snuggle.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; cuddle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- dribbles2/5
dribble
- noun flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
trickle; drip.
- there's a drip through the roof
- noun saliva spilling from the mouth
drool; drivel; slobber.
- noun flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- unsettles2/5
unsettle
- verb disturb the composure of
faze; enervate; unnerve.
- verb disturb the composure of
- tingles2/5
tingle
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
frisson; quiver; thrill; shudder; shiver; chill.
- a frisson of surprise shot through him
- noun a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles
prickling; tingling.
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- perishables2/5
perishable
- noun food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated
spoilable.
- adjective liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
- this minute and perishable planet
- perishable foods such as butter and fruit
- noun food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated
- finales2/5
finale
- noun the closing section of a musical composition
coda.
- noun the temporal end; the concluding time
finish; last; finis; close; stopping point; conclusion.
- the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell
- the market was up at the finish
- they were playing better at the close of the season
- noun the closing section of a musical composition
- paedophiles2/5
paedophile
- noun an adult who is sexually attracted to children
pedophile.
- noun an adult who is sexually attracted to children
- sniffles2/5
sniffle
- noun the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
snuffle; snivel.
- verb cry or whine with snuffling
blubber; snuffle; snivel; blub.
- Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!
- noun the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
- hobbles2/5
hobble
- noun a shackle for the ankles or feet
fetter.
- noun the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
limp; hitch.
- noun a shackle for the ankles or feet
- thimbles2/5
thimble
- noun as much as a thimble will hold
thimbleful.
- noun a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container
- noun as much as a thimble will hold
- spiracles2/5
spiracle
- noun a breathing orifice
- noun a breathing orifice
- riles2/5
rile
- verb cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
annoy; rag; devil; bother; vex; irritate; nettle; get to; nark; get at; gravel; chafe.
- Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
- It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
- verb make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
roil.
- verb cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- gurgles2/5
gurgle
- noun the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck
- verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
babble; burble; guggle; ripple; bubble.
- babbling brooks
- noun the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck
- pestles2/5
pestle
- noun machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
stamp.
- noun a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
pounder; muller.
- noun machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
- huddles2/5
huddle
- noun (informal) a quick private conference
powwow.
- noun a disorganized and densely packed crowd
- a huddle of frightened women
- noun (informal) a quick private conference
- domiciles2/5
domicile
- noun (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time
legal residence.
- what's his legal residence?
- noun housing that someone is living in
abode; dwelling house; dwelling; habitation; home.
- he built a modest dwelling near the pond
- they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
- noun (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time
- topples2/5
topple
- verb fall down, as if collapsing
tumble.
- The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it
- verb cause to topple or tumble by pushing
tip; tumble.
- verb fall down, as if collapsing
- dismantles2/5
dismantle
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
rase; level; take down; pull down; tear down; raze.
- The building was levelled
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; break apart; disassemble.
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- oodles2/5
oodles
- noun a large number or amount
heaps; rafts; wads; piles; lots; scads; slews; tons; gobs; scores; loads; dozens; stacks; lashings.
- made lots of new friends
- she amassed stacks of newspapers
- noun a large number or amount
- scuffles2/5
scuffle
- noun disorderly fighting
tussle; dogfight; hassle; rough-and-tumble.
- noun a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
scuffle hoe; Dutch hoe.
- noun disorderly fighting
- rustles2/5
rustle
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
whispering; whisper; rustling.
- verb make a dry crackling sound
- rustling silk
- the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- pigeonholes2/5
pigeonhole
- noun a specific (often simplistic) category
- noun a small compartment
cubbyhole.
- noun a specific (often simplistic) category
- wriggles2/5
wriggle
- noun the act of wiggling
wiggle; squirm.
- verb to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
twist; wrestle; writhe; worm; squirm.
- The prisoner writhed in discomfort
- The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace
- noun the act of wiggling
- muddles2/5
muddle
- noun a confused multitude of things
welter; smother; clutter; mare's nest; fuddle; jumble.
- noun informal terms for a difficult situation
kettle of fish; mess; fix; jam; hole; pickle.
- he got into a terrible fix
- he made a muddle of his marriage
- noun a confused multitude of things
- willes2/5
will
- noun the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
volition.
- the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith
- noun a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
- where there's a will there's a way
- noun the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- chuckles2/5
chuckle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chortle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
chortle; laugh softly.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- globules2/5
globule
- noun a small globe or ball
- noun a small globe or ball
- squabbles2/5
squabble
- noun a quarrel about petty points
fuss; bicker; pettifoggery; bickering; tiff; spat.
- verb argue over petty things
niggle; pettifog; bicker; brabble; quibble.
- Let's not quibble over pennies
- noun a quarrel about petty points
- dardanelles2/5
dardanelles
- noun the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey
Canakkale Bogazi; Hellespont.
- noun the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks
Dardanelles campaign.
- noun the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey
- potholes2/5
pothole
- noun a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface)
chuckhole.
- noun a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface)
- vacuoles2/5
vacuole
- noun a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
- noun a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
- mobiles2/5
mobile
- noun a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay
Mobile River.
- noun a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay
- noun a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay
- hairstyles2/5
hairstyle
- noun the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
hairdo; coif; hair style; coiffure.
- noun the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
- isosceles2/5
isosceles
- adjective satellite (of a triangle) having two sides of equal length
- adjective satellite (of a triangle) having two sides of equal length
- bangles2/5
bangle
- noun jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration
bracelet.
- noun cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
fallal; novelty; trinket; gewgaw; gaud; bauble.
- noun jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration
- herakles2/5
herakles
- noun (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
Alcides; Hercules; Heracles.
- noun (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
- durables2/5
durables
- noun consumer goods that are not destroyed by use
durable goods; consumer durables.
- noun consumer goods that are not destroyed by use
- barnacles2/5
barnacle
- noun marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
cirripede; cirriped.
- noun European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
barnacle goose; Branta leucopsis.
- noun marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
- assholes2/5
asshole
- noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
mother fucker; bastard; SOB; prick; motherfucker; whoreson; dickhead; son of a bitch; cocksucker; shit.
- noun vulgar slang for anus
arse; arsehole; bunghole.
- noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- waffles2/5
waffle
- noun pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
- verb pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
hesitate; waver.
- Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures
- noun pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
- joules2/5
joule
- noun a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
watt second; J.
- noun English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)
James Prescott Joule.
- noun a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
- icicles2/5
icicle
- noun ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
- noun ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
- bronchioles2/5
bronchiole
- noun any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli
- noun any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli
- mephistopheles2/5
mephistopheles
- noun evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul
- noun evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul
- boles2/5
bole
- noun a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)
- noun the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
tree trunk; trunk.
- noun a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)
- facsimiles2/5
facsimile
- noun an exact copy or reproduction
autotype.
- noun duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio
fax; facsimile machine.
- noun an exact copy or reproduction
- reales2/5
real
- noun any rational or irrational number
real number.
- noun the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
- noun any rational or irrational number
- anopheles2/5
anopheles
- noun malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
genus Anopheles.
- noun malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
- venules2/5
venule
- noun a minute vein continuous with a capillary
capillary vein; venula.
- noun a minute vein continuous with a capillary
- stales2/5
stale
- verb urinate, of cattle and horses
- adjective lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
- stale bread
- the beer was stale
- verb urinate, of cattle and horses
- mumbles2/5
mumble
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- verb talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
mussitate; maunder; mutter.
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- quartiles2/5
quartile
- noun (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
- noun (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
- vales2/5
vale
- noun a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
valley.
- noun a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
- ridicules2/5
ridicule
- noun language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- noun the act of deriding or treating with contempt
derision.
- noun language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- trickles2/5
trickle
- noun flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
drip; dribble.
- there's a drip through the roof
- verb run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
filter; dribble.
- water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose
- reports began to dribble in
- noun flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- tamales2/5
tamale
- noun a city in northern Ghana
- noun corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed
- noun a city in northern Ghana
- fascicles2/5
fascicle
- noun an installment of a printed work
fascicule.
- noun a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
fiber bundle; fasciculus; fibre bundle.
- noun an installment of a printed work
- jingles2/5
jingle
- noun a metallic sound
jangle.
- the jingle of coins
- the jangle of spurs
- noun a comic verse of irregular measure
doggerel verse; doggerel.
- he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind
- noun a metallic sound
- scribbles2/5
scribble
- noun poor handwriting
scratch; scrawl; cacography.
- noun an aimless drawing
scrabble; doodle.
- noun poor handwriting
- lobules2/5
lobule
- noun a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe
- noun a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe
- whiles2/5
while
- noun a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
spell; piece; patch.
- he was here for a little while
- I need to rest for a piece
- a spell of good weather
- a patch of bad weather
- noun a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
- casseroles2/5
casserole
- noun food cooked and served in a casserole
- noun large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served
- noun food cooked and served in a casserole
- crucibles2/5
crucible
- noun a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions
melting pot.
- noun a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions
- ovules2/5
ovule
- noun a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization
- noun a small or immature ovum
- noun a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization
- baubles2/5
bauble
- noun a mock scepter carried by a court jester
- noun cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
fallal; bangle; novelty; trinket; gewgaw; gaud.
- noun a mock scepter carried by a court jester
- manacles2/5
manacle
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
handlock; handcuff; cuff.
- verb confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
handcuff; cuff.
- The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime
- noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
- portholes2/5
porthole
- noun a window in a ship or airplane
- noun an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
port; embrasure.
- noun a window in a ship or airplane
- rosales2/5
rosales
- noun in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae
order Rosales.
- noun in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae
- petioles2/5
petiole
- noun the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
leafstalk.
- noun the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
- deciles2/5
decile
- noun (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores
- noun (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores
- nibbles2/5
nibble
- noun a small byte
nybble.
- noun gentle biting
- noun a small byte
- recycles2/5
recycle
- verb cause to repeat a cycle
- verb use again after processing
reprocess; reuse.
- We must recycle the cardboard boxes
- verb cause to repeat a cycle
- resales2/5
resale
- noun the selling of something purchased
- noun the selling of something purchased
- beagles2/5
beagle
- noun a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
- noun a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
- pinholes2/5
pinhole
- noun a small puncture that might have been made by a pin
- noun a small puncture that might have been made by a pin
- praxiteles2/5
praxiteles
- noun ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)
- noun ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)
- doles2/5
dole
- noun a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
- noun money received from the state
pogy; pogey.
- noun a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
- movables2/5
movable
- noun personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
chattel; personal chattel.
- adjective satellite (of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)
- noun personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
- canales2/5
canal
- noun (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
- noun a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
duct; epithelial duct; channel.
- the tear duct was obstructed
- the alimentary canal
- poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs
- noun (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
- sables2/5
sable
- noun an artist's brush made of sable hairs
sable brush; sable's hair pencil.
- noun the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
- noun an artist's brush made of sable hairs
- fairytales2/5
fairytale
- noun a story about fairies; told to amuse children
fairy tale; fairy story.
- noun an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
cock-and-bull story; fairy tale; fairy story; song and dance.
- noun a story about fairies; told to amuse children
- wobbles2/5
wobble
- noun an unsteady rocking motion
- verb move unsteadily
coggle.
- His knees wobbled
- The old cart wobbled down the street
- noun an unsteady rocking motion
- centrioles2/5
centriole
- noun one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis
- noun one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis
- squiggles2/5
squiggle
- noun a short twisting line
curlicue.
- noun an illegible scrawl
- his signature was just a squiggle but only he could make that squiggle
- noun a short twisting line
- dazzles2/5
dazzle
- noun brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
- verb to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
bedazzle; daze.
- She was dazzled by the bright headlights
- noun brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
- quibbles2/5
quibble
- noun an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
cavil; quiddity.
- verb evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
- noun an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
- overrules2/5
overrule
- verb rule against
override; overturn; reverse; overthrow.
- The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill
- verb rule against
- cuddles2/5
cuddle
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
nestle; snuggle.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; nestle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- wormholes2/5
wormhole
- noun hole made by a burrowing worm
- noun hole made by a burrowing worm
- steles2/5
stele
- noun the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant
- noun an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings
stela.
- noun the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant
- meles2/5
meles
- noun in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Melinae
genus Meles.
- noun in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Melinae
- imponderables2/5
imponderable
- noun a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
- human behavior depends on many imponderables
- adjective difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision
- such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility
- noun a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
- ennobles2/5
ennoble
- verb confer dignity or honor upon
dignify.
- He was dignified with a title
- verb give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
gentle; entitle.
- verb confer dignity or honor upon
- bustles2/5
bustle
- noun a rapid active commotion
fuss; flurry; ado; stir; hustle.
- noun a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt
- noun a rapid active commotion
- boggles2/5
boggle
- verb startle with amazement or fear
- verb hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear
- verb startle with amazement or fear
- epicycles2/5
epicycle
- noun a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid
- noun a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid
- gentles2/5
gentle
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
ennoble; entitle.
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- spherules2/5
- wrangles2/5
wrangle
- noun an angry dispute
run-in; dustup; words; quarrel; row.
- they had a quarrel
- they had words
- noun an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
wrangling; haggling; haggle.
- noun an angry dispute
- milles2/5
mill
- noun a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
factory; manufactory; manufacturing plant.
- noun Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
James Mill.
- noun a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
- swindles2/5
swindle
- noun the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
cheat; rig.
- that book is a fraud
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
- noun the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- thales2/5
thales
- noun a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC)
Thales of Miletus.
- noun a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC)
- robles2/5
roble
- noun large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens
Platymiscium trinitatis.
- noun tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns
California white oak; Quercus lobata; valley oak; valley white oak.
- noun large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens
- sickles2/5
sickle
- noun an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle
reaping hook; reap hook.
- noun an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle
- empedocles2/5
empedocles
- noun Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC)
- noun Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC)
- payables2/5
payables
- noun money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts
- noun a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit
account payable; payable.
- the problem was to match receivables and payables in the same currency
- noun money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts
- dales2/5
dale
- noun an open river valley (in a hilly area)
- noun an open river valley (in a hilly area)
- mandibles2/5
mandible
- noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
jowl; lower jaw; submaxilla; lower jawbone; mandibula; mandibular bone; jawbone.
- noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
- tabernacles2/5
tabernacle
- noun the Mormon temple
Mormon Tabernacle.
- noun (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus
- noun the Mormon temple
- ales2/5
ale
- noun a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- noun a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
- seminoles2/5
seminole
- noun a member of the Muskhogean people who moved into Florida in the 18th century
- noun the Muskhogean language of the Seminole
- noun a member of the Muskhogean people who moved into Florida in the 18th century
- deductibles2/5
deductible
- noun (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax)
- noun a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount
- noun (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax)
- steeples2/5
steeple
- noun a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
spire.
- noun a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
- themistocles2/5
themistocles
- noun Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)
- noun Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)
- convertibles2/5
convertible
- noun a car that has top that can be folded or removed
- noun a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
convertible security.
- noun a car that has top that can be folded or removed
- monosyllables2/5
monosyllable
- noun a word or utterance of one syllable
monosyllabic word.
- noun a word or utterance of one syllable
- snowmobiles2/5
snowmobile
- noun tracked vehicle for travel on snow having skis in front
- verb ride a snowmobile
- noun tracked vehicle for travel on snow having skis in front
- canticles2/5
canticle
- noun a hymn derived from the Bible
- noun a hymn derived from the Bible
- sinkholes2/5
sinkhole
- noun a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
swallow hole; sink.
- noun a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
- demoiselles2/5
demoiselle
- noun a young unmarried woman
damoiselle; damosel; damsel; damozel.
- noun small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs
damselfish.
- noun a young unmarried woman
- buttonholes2/5
buttonhole
- noun a hole through which buttons are pushed
button hole.
- verb detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
lobby.
- noun a hole through which buttons are pushed
- damocles2/5
damocles
- noun the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)
- noun the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)
- manholes2/5
manhole
- noun a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure
- noun a hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure
- preambles2/5
preamble
- noun a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)
- verb make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document
- noun a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)
- postholes2/5
posthole
- noun a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post
post hole.
- noun a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post
- skittles2/5
skittles
- noun a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
ninepins.
- noun a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles
skittle; ninepin; skittle pin.
- noun a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
- clavicles2/5
clavicle
- noun bone linking the scapula and sternum
collarbone.
- noun bone linking the scapula and sternum
- ampoules2/5
ampoule
- noun a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
vial; ampul; ampule; phial.
- noun a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
- quadrangles2/5
quadrangle
- noun a four-sided polygon
tetragon; quadrilateral.
- noun a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
quad.
- noun a four-sided polygon
- myrtles2/5
myrtle
- noun widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
Vinca minor.
- noun any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus
- noun widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
- tricycles2/5
tricycle
- noun a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
velocipede; trike.
- noun a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
- ampules2/5
ampule
- noun a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
vial; ampul; ampoule; phial.
- noun a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
- axles2/5
axle
- noun a shaft on which a wheel rotates
- noun a shaft on which a wheel rotates
- orioles2/5
oriole
- noun mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
Old World oriole.
- noun American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
American oriole; New World oriole.
- noun mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
- internationales2/5
internationale
- noun a revolutionary socialist anthem
- noun a revolutionary socialist anthem
- voles2/5
vole
- noun any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
field mouse.
- noun any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
- arles2/5
arles
- noun money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract
earnest money.
- noun money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract
- thermocouples2/5
thermocouple
- noun a kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to the temperature difference
thermocouple junction.
- noun a kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to the temperature difference
- swales2/5
swale
- noun a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)
- noun a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)
- nogales2/5
nogales
- noun a town in Arizona on the Mexican border opposite Nogales, Mexico
- noun a town in northern Mexico on the border of Arizona
- noun a town in Arizona on the Mexican border opposite Nogales, Mexico
- foxholes2/5
foxhole
- noun a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
fox hole.
- noun a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
- trestles2/5
trestle
- noun a supporting tower used to support a bridge
- noun sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
- noun a supporting tower used to support a bridge
- pentacles2/5
pentacle
- noun a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
pentangle; pentagram.
- noun a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
- turntables2/5
turntable
- noun a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played
- noun a revolving tray placed on a dining table
lazy Susan.
- noun a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played
- turnstiles2/5
turnstile
- noun a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering
- noun a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering
- conventicles2/5
conventicle
- noun a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
- noun a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
meetinghouse.
- noun a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
- semicircles2/5
semicircle
- noun a plane figure with the shape of half a circle
hemicycle.
- noun a plane figure with the shape of half a circle
- chorales2/5
chorale
- noun a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
choral.
- noun a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
- abeles2/5
abele
- noun a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
aspen poplar; silver-leaved poplar; white aspen; white poplar; Populus alba.
- noun a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
- popsicles2/5
popsicle
- noun ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
ice lolly; lolly; lollipop.
- in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly
- noun ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
- gazelles2/5
gazelle
- noun small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes
- noun small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes
- pedicles2/5
pedicle
- noun a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
pedicel.
- noun a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
- gunwales2/5
gunwale
- noun wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
gunnel; gun rest.
- noun wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
- frijoles2/5
frijol
- noun the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)
frijole; kidney bean.
- noun the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)
- observables2/5
observable
- adjective satellite capable of being seen or noticed
discernible; evident.
- a discernible change in attitude
- a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript
- an observable change in behavior
- adjective satellite capable of being seen or noticed
- boreholes2/5
boreholes
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- biomolecules2/5
- peebles2/5
peebles
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- siecles2/5
- renewables2/5
renewable
- adjective that can be renewed or extended
- a renewable lease
- renewable subscriptions
- adjective satellite capable of being renewed; replaceable
- renewable energy such as solar energy is theoretically inexhaustible
- adjective that can be renewed or extended
- quarles2/5
- consumables2/5
consumable
- adjective satellite may be used up
- adjective satellite may be used up
- quintiles2/5
quintile
(Astron.) The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the zodiac, or 72°. sic. not separated "by" Hutton.
- subsamples2/5
- executables2/5
executable
- adjective satellite capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
viable; workable; practicable; feasible.
- adjective satellite capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
- ingles2/5
ingle
Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace. Obs. or Scot. Burns.
- microparticles2/5
- quantiles2/5
- ecoles2/5
ecoles
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- iles2/5
isle
- noun a small island
islet.
- noun a small island
- propagules2/5
- miserables2/5
miserable
- adjective satellite very unhappy; full of misery
suffering; wretched.
- he felt depressed and miserable
- a message of hope for suffering humanity
- wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
- adjective satellite deserving or inciting pity
poor; wretched; pathetic; pitiable; piteous; misfortunate; pitiful; hapless.
- a hapless victim
- miserable victims of war
- the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
- piteous appeals for help
- pitiable homeless children
- a pitiful fate
- Oh, you poor thing
- his poor distorted limbs
- a wretched life
- adjective satellite very unhappy; full of misery
- dalles2/5
dalles
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- hayles2/5
hail
- noun precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
- noun many objects thrown forcefully through the air
- a hail of pebbles
- a hail of bullets
- noun precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
- apelles2/5
apelles
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- microcapsules2/5
- gules2/5
gules
(Her.) The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red. His sev'n-fold targe a field of gules did stain In which two swords he bore; his word, "Divide and reign." P. Fletcher.
Follow thy drum; With man's blood paint the ground; gules, gules. Shak.
Let's march to rest and set in gules, like suns. Beau. & Fl.
- rurales2/5
rurales
(Zoöl.) The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.
- carles2/5
carles
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- tangibles2/5
tangible
- adjective perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
touchable.
- skin with a tangible roughness
- adjective satellite capable of being treated as fact
real.
- tangible evidence
- his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor
- adjective perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
- invisibles2/5
invisible
- adjective impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye
unseeable.
- the invisible man
- invisible rays
- an invisible hinge
- invisible mending
- adjective not prominent or readily noticeable
inconspicuous.
- he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole
- the invisible man
- adjective impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye
- espanoles2/5
espanoles
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- sensibles2/5
sensible
- adjective showing reason or sound judgment
reasonable.
- a sensible choice
- a sensible person
- adjective able to feel or perceive
sensitive.
- even amoeba are sensible creatures
- the more sensible parts of the skin
- adjective showing reason or sound judgment
- nickles2/5
nickle
(Zoöl.) The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nicker pecker .
- monopoles2/5
monopoles
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- bayles2/5
bayles
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- musicales2/5
musicale
A social musical party. Colloq.
- nucleophiles2/5
- waterholes2/5
waterholes
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- recyclables2/5
recyclable
- adjective satellite capable of being used again
reclaimable; reusable.
- adjective satellite capable of being used again
- suttles2/5
suttle
(Com.) The weight when the tare has been deducted, and tret is yet to be allowed. MCulloch.
- eales2/5
- amphiphiles2/5
- pistoles2/5
pistole
The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40.
- slavophiles2/5
slavophile
One, not being a Slav, who is interested in the development and prosperity of that race.
- centrales2/5
centrale
Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center<-- original had "or of.." -->; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points.
- eteocles2/5
- warbles1/5
warble
- noun a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
- verb sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
quaver; trill.
- noun a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
- hydroceles1/5
hydrocele
- noun disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum)
- noun disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum)
- animalcules1/5
animalcule
- noun microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
animalculum.
- noun microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
- incurables1/5
incurable
- noun a person whose disease is incurable
- adjective incapable of being cured
- an incurable disease
- an incurable addiction to smoking
- noun a person whose disease is incurable
- acidophiles1/5
acidophile
- noun an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
acidophil.
- noun an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
- supples1/5
supple
- verb make pliant and flexible
- These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use
- adjective satellite moving and bending with ease
lissome; lithesome; sylphlike; lissom; slender; lithe; svelte.
- verb make pliant and flexible
- clienteles1/5
clientele
- noun customers collectively
patronage; business.
- they have an upper class clientele
- noun customers collectively
- antiparticles1/5
antiparticle
- noun a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy
- noun a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy
- entangles1/5
entangle
- verb entrap
mire.
- Our people should not be mired in the past
- verb twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
snarl; tangle; mat.
- The child entangled the cord
- verb entrap
- mangles1/5
mangle
- noun clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
- verb press with a mangle
- mangle the sheets
- noun clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
- crumples1/5
crumple
- verb fall apart
collapse; tumble; break down; crumble.
- the building crumbled after the explosion
- Negotiations broke down
- verb fold or collapse
buckle.
- His knees buckled
- verb fall apart
- twinkles1/5
twinkle
- noun a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
scintillation; sparkling.
- noun merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
sparkle; spark; light.
- he had a sparkle in his eye
- there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes
- noun a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
- crinkles1/5
crinkle
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
crease; seam; line; wrinkle; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crisp; crease; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
- comestibles1/5
comestible
- noun any substance that can be used as food
edible; pabulum; victuals; victual; eatable.
- adjective suitable for use as food
edible; eatable.
- noun any substance that can be used as food
- jumbles1/5
jumble
- noun a confused multitude of things
welter; muddle; smother; clutter; mare's nest; fuddle.
- noun small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie
jumbal.
- noun a confused multitude of things
- winkles1/5
winkle
- noun small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
periwinkle.
- noun edible marine gastropod
periwinkle.
- noun small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
- furuncles1/5
furuncle
- noun a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
boil.
- noun a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
- halophiles1/5
halophile
- noun archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival
halophil.
- noun archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival
- varicoceles1/5
varicocele
- noun dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes
- noun dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes
- epicondyles1/5
epicondyle
- noun a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments
- noun a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments
- mottles1/5
mottle
- noun an irregular arrangement of patches of color
- it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green
- verb mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
streak; blotch.
- noun an irregular arrangement of patches of color
- curdles1/5
curdle
- verb turn into curds
clot; clabber.
- curdled milk
- verb go bad or sour
- The milk curdled
- verb turn into curds
- intermingles1/5
intermingle
- verb combine into one
immingle; intermix; blend.
- blend the nuts and raisins together
- he blends in with the crowd
- We don't intermingle much
- verb combine into one
- bumbles1/5
bumble
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
muck up; foul up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; mishandle; bollocks; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; flub; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up; bungle.
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
- verb walk unsteadily
falter; stumble.
- The drunk man stumbled about
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- enfeebles1/5
enfeeble
- verb make weak
debilitate; drain.
- Life in the camp drained him
- verb make weak
- dapples1/5
dapple
- noun a small contrasting part of something
speckle; spot; patch; maculation; fleck.
- a bald spot
- a leopard's spots
- a patch of clouds
- patches of thin ice
- a fleck of red
- verb colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
cloud; mottle.
- noun a small contrasting part of something
- commingles1/5
commingle
- verb mix or blend
- His book commingles sarcasm and sadness
- verb mix together different elements
mix; conflate; immix; coalesce; flux; fuse; combine; merge; blend; meld.
- The colors blend well
- verb mix or blend
- drinkables1/5
drinkable
- noun any liquid suitable for drinking
beverage; potable; drink.
- may I take your beverage order?
- adjective suitable for drinking
potable.
- noun any liquid suitable for drinking
- enkindles1/5
enkindle
- verb cause to start burning
inflame; kindle; conflagrate.
- The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
raise; fire; elicit; arouse; evoke; kindle; provoke.
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
- verb cause to start burning
- caruncles1/5
caruncle
- noun an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
caruncula.
- noun an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
- ligules1/5
ligule
- noun (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap
- noun (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap
- stipples1/5
stipple
- verb engrave by means of dots and flicks
- verb make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink
- verb engrave by means of dots and flicks
- potables1/5
potable
- noun any liquid suitable for drinking
drinkable; beverage; drink.
- may I take your beverage order?
- adjective suitable for drinking
drinkable.
- noun any liquid suitable for drinking
- rumples1/5
rumple
- verb disturb the smoothness of
mess up; ruffle up; ruffle.
- ruffle the surface of the water
- verb to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
knit; pucker; crumple; cockle.
- She puckered her lips
- verb disturb the smoothness of
- neutrophiles1/5
neutrophile
- noun the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes
neutrophil.
- noun the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes
- debacles1/5
debacle
- noun a sudden and violent collapse
fiasco.
- noun flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
- noun a sudden and violent collapse
- hailes1/5
hail
- noun precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
- noun many objects thrown forcefully through the air
- a hail of pebbles
- a hail of bullets
- noun precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
- decouples1/5
decouple
- verb disconnect or separate
uncouple.
- uncouple the hounds
- verb regard as unconnected
dissociate.
- you must dissociate these two events!
- decouple our foreign policy from ideology
- verb disconnect or separate
- periwinkles1/5
periwinkle
- noun chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
- noun commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
cayenne jasmine; rose periwinkle; old maid; Madagascar periwinkle; red periwinkle; Cape periwinkle; Catharanthus roseus; Vinca rosea.
- noun chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
- gobbles1/5
gobble
- noun the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock
- verb eat hastily without proper chewing
bolt.
- Don't bolt your food!
- noun the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock
- reassembles1/5
reassemble
- verb assemble once again, after taking something apart
- verb assemble once again, after taking something apart
- cackles1/5
cackle
- noun the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
- noun noisy talk
yack; chatter; yak; yakety-yak.
- noun the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
- quadruples1/5
quadruple
- noun a set of four similar things considered as a unit
quartette; quadruplet; quartet.
- noun a quantity that is four times as great as another
- noun a set of four similar things considered as a unit
- hustles1/5
hustle
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; confidence game; gyp; bunco; confidence trick; con.
- noun a rapid active commotion
fuss; flurry; bustle; ado; stir.
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- snuggles1/5
snuggle
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
nestle; cuddle.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; nestle; cuddle; draw close.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- sizzles1/5
sizzle
- noun a sizzling noise
- verb make a sound like frying fat
- noun a sizzling noise
- proles1/5
prole
- noun a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
worker; proletarian.
- workers of the world--unite!
- noun a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
- hurtles1/5
hurtle
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- The cars hurtled by
- verb make a thrusting forward movement
lunge; thrust; hurl.
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- fontanelles1/5
fontanelle
- noun any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
soft spot; fontanel.
- noun any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
- suckles1/5
suckle
- verb suck milk from the mother's breasts
- the infant was suckling happily
- verb give suck to
wet-nurse; breastfeed; give suck; lactate; suck; nurse.
- The wetnurse suckled the infant
- You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
- verb suck milk from the mother's breasts
- heterocycles1/5
heterocycle
- noun a compound containing a heterocyclic ring
heterocyclic compound; heterocyclic.
- noun a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon
heterocyclic ring.
- noun a compound containing a heterocyclic ring
- idles1/5
idle
- noun the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- the car engine was running at idle
- verb run disconnected or idle
tick over.
- the engine is idling
- noun the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- beadles1/5
beadle
- noun a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
- noun United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
George Beadle; George Wells Beadle.
- noun a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
- beguiles1/5
beguile
- verb influence by slyness
juggle; hoodwink.
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; charm; catch; becharm; enchant; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- verb influence by slyness
- littles1/5
little
- noun a small amount or duration
- he accepted the little they gave him
- adjective limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
small.
- a little dining room
- a little house
- a small car
- a little (or small) group
- noun a small amount or duration
- trebles1/5
treble
- noun the pitch range of the highest female voice
soprano.
- verb sing treble
- noun the pitch range of the highest female voice
- regales1/5
regale
- verb provide with choice or abundant food or drink
treat.
- Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating
- She treated her houseguests with good food every night
- verb provide with choice or abundant food or drink
- muffles1/5
muffle
- noun a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature
- verb conceal or hide
strangle; stifle; smother; repress.
- smother a yawn
- muffle one's anger
- strangle a yawn
- noun a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature
- ogles1/5
ogle
- verb look at with amorous intentions
- verb look at with amorous intentions
- redoubles1/5
redouble
- verb double in magnitude, extent, or intensity
- The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio
- verb double again
- The noise doubled and redoubled
- verb double in magnitude, extent, or intensity
- smuggles1/5
smuggle
- verb import or export without paying customs duties
- She smuggled cigarettes across the border
- verb import or export without paying customs duties
- fizzles1/5
fizzle
- noun a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
hissing; hushing; sibilation; hiss.
- the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience
- noun a complete failure
flop; bust.
- the play was a dismal flop
- noun a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
- gargles1/5
gargle
- noun a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth
mouthwash.
- noun the sound produced while gargling
- noun a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth
- rekindles1/5
rekindle
- verb kindle anew, as of a fire
- verb arouse again
- rekindle hopes
- rekindle her love
- verb kindle anew, as of a fire
- jiggles1/5
jiggle
- noun a slight irregular shaking motion
joggle.
- verb move to and fro
wiggle; joggle.
- Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!
- noun a slight irregular shaking motion
- peddles1/5
peddle
- verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
monger; vend; pitch; hawk; huckster.
- verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
- snuffles1/5
snuffle
- noun the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
snivel; sniffle.
- verb sniff or smell inquiringly
snuff.
- noun the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
- straggles1/5
straggle
- noun a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
- a straggle of outbuildings
- a straggle of followers
- verb wander from a direct or straight course
digress; depart; sidetrack.
- noun a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
- voiles1/5
voile
- noun a light semitransparent fabric
- noun a light semitransparent fabric
- bobbles1/5
bobble
- noun the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball
- the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
muck up; foul up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; mishandle; bollocks; bumble; ball up; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; flub; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up; bungle.
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
- noun the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball
- whittles1/5
whittle
- noun English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
Sir Frank Whittle; Frank Whittle.
- verb cut small bits or pare shavings from
pare.
- whittle a piece of wood
- noun English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
- bungles1/5
bungle
- noun an embarrassing mistake
botch; boo-boo; flub; blooper; blunder; foul-up; pratfall; boner; fuckup; bloomer.
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
muck up; foul up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; mishandle; bollocks; bumble; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; flub; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up.
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
- noun an embarrassing mistake
- griddles1/5
griddle
- noun cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked
- verb cook on a griddle
- griddle pancakes
- noun cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked
- disentangles1/5
disentangle
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; disencumber; extricate.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb extricate from entanglement
straighten out; unsnarl.
- Can you disentangle the cord?
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- trundles1/5
trundle
- noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
truckle; trundle bed; truckle bed.
- noun small wheel or roller
- noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
- probables1/5
probable
- noun an applicant likely to be chosen
- adjective likely but not certain to be or become true or real
likely.
- a likely result
- he foresaw a probable loss
- noun an applicant likely to be chosen
- wearables1/5
wearable
- noun a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
habiliment; wear; vesture; clothing; article of clothing.
- adjective suitable for wear or able to be worn
- wearable evening clothes
- a wearable hearing aid
- noun a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
- selles1/5
sell
- noun the activity of persuading someone to buy
- it was a hard sell
- verb exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
- He sold his house in January
- She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit
- noun the activity of persuading someone to buy
- waggles1/5
waggle
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
wag; shake.
- verb move from side to side
wag.
- The happy dog wagged his tail
- noun causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- impales1/5
impale
- verb pierce with a sharp stake or point
spike; empale; transfix.
- impale a shrimp on a skewer
- verb kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
stake.
- the enemies were impaled and left to die
- verb pierce with a sharp stake or point
- dissembles1/5
dissemble
- verb make believe with the intent to deceive
affect; feign; pretend; sham.
- He feigned that he was ill
- He shammed a headache
- verb hide under a false appearance
mask; cloak.
- He masked his disappointment
- verb make believe with the intent to deceive
- treadles1/5
treadle
- noun a lever that is operated with the foot
pedal; foot lever; foot pedal.
- verb tread over
- the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones
- noun a lever that is operated with the foot
- untangles1/5
untangle
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
disencumber; extricate; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
unpick; unravel; unknot; unscramble.
- unravel the thread
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- wholesales1/5
wholesale
- noun the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
- verb sell in large quantities
- noun the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
- metarules1/5
metarule
- noun a rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI)
- noun a rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI)
- dawdles1/5
dawdle
- verb take one's time; proceed slowly
linger.
- verb waste time
dally.
- Get busy--don't dally!
- verb take one's time; proceed slowly
- schooles1/5
school
- noun an educational institution
- the school was founded in 1900
- noun a building where young people receive education
schoolhouse.
- the school was built in 1932
- he walked to school every morning
- noun an educational institution
- coddles1/5
coddle
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
featherbed; pamper; cosset; cocker; mollycoddle; spoil; indulge; baby.
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- verb cook in nearly boiling water
- coddle eggs
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
- heckles1/5
heckle
- noun a comb for separating flax fibers
hatchel.
- verb comb with a heckle
hatchel; hackle.
- heckle hemp or flax
- noun a comb for separating flax fibers
- guzzles1/5
guzzle
- verb drink greedily or as if with great thirst
- The boys guzzled the cheap vodka
- verb drink greedily or as if with great thirst
- espagnoles1/5
espagnole
- noun brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with Madeira
sauce Espagnole.
- noun brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with Madeira
- scrabbles1/5
scrabble
- noun an aimless drawing
scribble; doodle.
- noun a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
- noun an aimless drawing
- teakettles1/5
teakettle
- noun kettle for boiling water to make tea
- noun kettle for boiling water to make tea
- befuddles1/5
befuddle
- verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
bedevil; discombobulate; confuse; fox; confound; fuddle; throw.
- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
- verb make stupid with alcohol
fuddle.
- verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- failles1/5
faille
- noun a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton
- noun a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton
- unbuckles1/5
unbuckle
- verb undo the buckle of
- Unbuckle your seat belt
- verb undo the buckle of
- rabbles1/5
rabble
- noun a disorderly crowd of people
mob; rout.
- noun disparaging terms for the common people
riffraff; ragtag; ragtag and bobtail.
- noun a disorderly crowd of people
- quintuples1/5
quintuple
- noun a set of five similar things considered as a unit
quintet; quintette; quintuplet.
- verb increase fivefold
- The population of China quintupled
- noun a set of five similar things considered as a unit
- joggles1/5
joggle
- noun a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
dowel pin; dowel.
- noun a slight irregular shaking motion
jiggle.
- noun a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together
- tittles1/5
tittle
- noun a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
smidge; smidgeon; scintilla; iota; smidgin; shred; whit; smidgen.
- noun a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- stipules1/5
stipule
- noun a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed
- noun a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed
- submersibles1/5
submersible
- noun an apparatus intended for use under water
- noun a warship designed to operate under water
submersible warship.
- noun an apparatus intended for use under water
- babbles1/5
babble
- noun gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
lallation; babbling.
- verb utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
- The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention
- noun gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
- quasiparticles1/5
quasiparticle
- noun a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle
- noun a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle
- disposables1/5
disposable
- noun an item that can be disposed of after it has been used
- adjective free or available for use or disposition
- every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire
- disposable assets
- noun an item that can be disposed of after it has been used
- vestibules1/5
vestibule
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
entrance hall; anteroom; hall; antechamber; foyer; lobby.
- noun any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
- scuttles1/5
scuttle
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
coal scuttle.
- noun an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
opening; hatchway.
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- bibliophiles1/5
bibliophile
- noun someone who loves (and usually collects) books
booklover; book lover.
- noun someone who loves (and usually collects) books
- souffles1/5
souffle
- noun light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g. cheese or fish or fruit
- noun light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g. cheese or fish or fruit
- amphiboles1/5
amphibole
- noun a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group
- noun a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group
- quadrilles1/5
quadrille
- noun music for dancing the quadrille
- noun a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples
- noun music for dancing the quadrille
- ambles1/5
amble
- noun a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
promenade; perambulation; saunter; stroll.
- verb walk leisurely
mosey.
- noun a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
- juggles1/5
juggle
- noun the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression
juggling.
- noun throwing and catching several objects simultaneously
juggling.
- noun the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression
- kales1/5
kale
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; boodle; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly; bread.
- noun a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
Brassica oleracea acephala; borecole; kail; cole; colewort.
- noun informal terms for money
- nitriles1/5
nitrile
- noun any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN
nitril; cyanide.
- noun any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN
- boules1/5
boule
- noun an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork
boulle; buhl.
- noun an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork
- sidles1/5
sidle
- verb move unobtrusively or furtively
- The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log
- verb move sideways
sashay.
- verb move unobtrusively or furtively
- ductules1/5
- rankles1/5
rankle
- verb gnaw into; make resentful or angry
grate; fret; eat into.
- The injustice rankled her
- his resentment festered
- verb gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- honeysuckles1/5
honeysuckle
- noun shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
- noun shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers
Banksia integrifolia; Australian honeysuckle; coast banksia.
- noun shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
- tussles1/5
tussle
- noun disorderly fighting
dogfight; hassle; scuffle; rough-and-tumble.
- verb fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
scuffle.
- the drunken men started to scuffle
- noun disorderly fighting
- waddles1/5
waddle
- noun walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
- ducks walk with a waddle
- verb walk unsteadily
totter; paddle; coggle; dodder; toddle.
- small children toddle
- noun walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
- chanterelles1/5
chanterelle
- noun widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma
chantarelle; Cantharellus cibarius.
- noun widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma
- cubbyholes1/5
cubbyhole
- noun a small compartment
pigeonhole.
- noun a small secluded room
snuggery; snug; cubby.
- noun a small compartment
- bagatelles1/5
bagatelle
- noun a light piece of music for piano
- noun something of little value or significance
frippery; fluff; frivolity.
- noun a light piece of music for piano
- meddles1/5
meddle
- verb intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
tamper.
- Don't meddle in my affairs!
- verb intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
- gemmules1/5
gemmule
- noun the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity
- noun the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity
- timbales1/5
timbale
- noun individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shell
- noun small pastry shell for creamy mixtures of minced foods
timbale case.
- noun individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shell
- radicles1/5
radicle
- noun (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve)
- noun (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve)
- fondles1/5
fondle
- verb touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
caress.
- He caressed her face
- They fondled in the back seat of the taxi
- verb touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
- blowholes1/5
blowhole
- noun the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull
- noun a hole for the escape of gas or air
vent; venthole; vent-hole.
- noun the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull
- dabbles1/5
dabble
- verb dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
- verb play in or as if in water, as of small children
splash around; paddle.
- verb dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid
- unmentionables1/5
unmentionable
- noun a garment worn under other garments
undergarment.
- adjective satellite unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation
- unmentionable words
- noun a garment worn under other garments
- hoyles1/5
hoyle
- noun an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001)
Fred Hoyle; Sir Fred Hoyle.
- noun English writer on card games (1672-1769)
Edmond Hoyle.
- noun an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001)
- stubbles1/5
stubble
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
chaff; straw; husk; stalk; shuck.
- noun short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- collectables1/5
collectable
- noun things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)
collectible.
- adjective satellite subject to or requiring payment especially as specified
collectible; payable.
- a collectible bill
- a note payable on demand
- a check payable to John Doe
- noun things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)
- imidazoles1/5
imidazole
- noun an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor
glyoxaline; iminazole.
- noun an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor
- ateles1/5
ateles
(Zoöl.) A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey , andCoaita .
- reshuffles1/5
reshuffle
- noun a redistribution of something
- there was a reshuffle of cabinet officers
- noun shuffling again
reshuffling.
- the gambler demanded a reshuffle
- noun a redistribution of something
- cajoles1/5
cajole
- verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
wheedle; coax; inveigle; sweet-talk; blarney; palaver.
- He palavered her into going along
- verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- aureoles1/5
aureole
- noun the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
corona.
- noun an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
glory; gloriole; nimbus; aura; halo.
- noun the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
- nuzzles1/5
nuzzle
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nest; nestle; cuddle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- verb rub noses
nose.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
- chortles1/5
chortle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
laugh softly; chuckle.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- pastorales1/5
pastorale
- noun a musical composition that evokes rural life
idyll; pastoral; idyl.
- noun a musical composition that evokes rural life
- tinkles1/5
tinkle
- noun a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
ting.
- verb make or emit a high sound
clink; tink; chink.
- tinkling bells
- noun a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell
- espadrilles1/5
espadrille
- noun a sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part
- noun a sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part
- centiles1/5
centile
- noun (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total
percentile.
- noun (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total
- cupules1/5
cupule
- noun cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
acorn cup.
- noun a sucker on the feet of certain flies
- noun cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
- tootles1/5
tootle
- noun the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument
- he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up
- verb play (a musical instrument) casually
- the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody
- noun the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument
- encephaloceles1/5
encephalocele
- noun protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull
- noun protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull
- anglophiles1/5
anglophile
- noun an admirer of England and things English
anglophil.
- noun an admirer of England and things English
- maypoles1/5
maypole
- noun a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day
- noun a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day
- disassembles1/5
disassemble
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; dismantle; break apart.
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
- toiles1/5
toil
- noun productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
labour; labor.
- his labor did not require a great deal of skill
- verb work hard
moil; travail; dig; grind; labour; drudge; labor; fag.
- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
- noun productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- uncouples1/5
uncouple
- verb disconnect or separate
decouple.
- uncouple the hounds
- verb disconnect or separate
- rissoles1/5
rissole
- noun minced cooked meat or fish coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat
- noun minced cooked meat or fish coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat
- caracoles1/5
caracole
- verb make a half turn on a horse, in dressage
- verb make a half turn on a horse, in dressage
- drizzles1/5
drizzle
- noun very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
mizzle.
- verb rain lightly
mizzle.
- When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant
- noun very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
- coquilles1/5
coquille
- noun seafood served in a scallop shell
- noun a dish in the form of a scallop shell
- noun seafood served in a scallop shell
- locules1/5
locule
- noun a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
loculus.
- noun a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
- jangles1/5
jangle
- noun a metallic sound
jingle.
- the jingle of coins
- the jangle of spurs
- verb make a sound typical of metallic objects
jingle; jingle-jangle.
- The keys were jingling in his pocket
- noun a metallic sound
- toddles1/5
toddle
- verb walk unsteadily
totter; waddle; paddle; coggle; dodder.
- small children toddle
- verb walk unsteadily
- telltales1/5
telltale
- noun someone who gossips indiscreetly
blabbermouth; tattler; taleteller; tattletale; talebearer.
- adjective satellite disclosing unintentionally
revealing; telling.
- a telling smile
- a telltale panel of lights
- a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down
- noun someone who gossips indiscreetly
- molles1/5
molle
- noun small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits
pepper tree; Schinus molle; Peruvian mastic tree.
- noun small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits
- woodpiles1/5
woodpile
- noun a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel
- noun a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel
- urodeles1/5
urodele
- noun amphibians that resemble lizards
caudate.
- noun amphibians that resemble lizards
- arseholes1/5
arsehole
- noun vulgar slang for anus
arse; asshole; bunghole.
- noun vulgar slang for anus
- pellicles1/5
pellicle
- noun thin protective membrane in some protozoa
- noun thin protective membrane in some protozoa
- gaggles1/5
gaggle
- noun a flock of geese
- verb make a noise characteristic of a goose
- Cackling geese
- noun a flock of geese
- reticles1/5
reticle
- noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
reticule; graticule.
- noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
- prattles1/5
prattle
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
chin music; prate; blether; idle talk.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
- mucorales1/5
mucorales
- noun an order of mostly saprophytic fungi
order Mucorales.
- noun an order of mostly saprophytic fungi
- entomophthorales1/5
entomophthorales
- noun coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae
order Entomophthorales.
- noun coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae
- dongles1/5
dongle
- noun (computer science) an electronic device that must be attached to a computer in order for it to use protected software
- noun (computer science) an electronic device that must be attached to a computer in order for it to use protected software
- kibbles1/5
kibble
- noun coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food)
- noun an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining
- noun coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food)
- tipples1/5
tipple
- noun a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
draught; potation; draft.
- they served beer on draft
- verb drink moderately but regularly
bib.
- We tippled the cognac
- noun a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
- francophiles1/5
francophile
- noun an admirer of France and everything French
Francophil.
- noun an admirer of France and everything French
- kilocycles1/5
kilocycle
- noun one thousand periods per second
kc; kHz; kilocycle per second; kilohertz.
- noun one thousand periods per second
- saccules1/5
saccule
- noun a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
sacculus.
- noun a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
- hellholes1/5
hellhole
- noun any place of pain and turmoil;
the pits; snake pit; hell on earth; hell; inferno.
- the hell of battle
- the inferno of the engine room
- when you're alone Christmas is the pits
- noun any place of pain and turmoil;
- systoles1/5
systole
- noun the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
- noun the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
- meningoceles1/5
meningocele
- noun a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue)
- noun a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue)
- niggles1/5
niggle
- verb worry unnecessarily or excessively
fuss; fret.
- don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now
- verb argue over petty things
squabble; pettifog; bicker; brabble; quibble.
- Let's not quibble over pennies
- verb worry unnecessarily or excessively
- boondoggles1/5
boondoggle
- noun work of little or no value done merely to look busy
- verb do useless, wasteful, or trivial work
- noun work of little or no value done merely to look busy
- sociables1/5
sociable
- noun a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
mixer; social.
- adjective inclined to or conducive to companionship with others
- a sociable occasion
- enjoyed a sociable chat
- a sociable conversation
- Americans are sociable and gregarious
- noun a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
- rubbles1/5
rubble
- noun the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
dust; detritus; junk; debris.
- noun the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
- burbles1/5
burble
- verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
babble; guggle; ripple; bubble; gurgle.
- babbling brooks
- verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- dingles1/5
dingle
- noun a small wooded hollow
dell.
- noun a small wooded hollow
- wheedles1/5
wheedle
- verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
coax; inveigle; cajole; sweet-talk; blarney; palaver.
- He palavered her into going along
- verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- tattletales1/5
tattletale
- noun someone who gossips indiscreetly
telltale; blabbermouth; tattler; taleteller; talebearer.
- noun someone who gossips indiscreetly
- reticules1/5
reticule
- noun a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries
- noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
graticule; reticle.
- noun a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries
- megacycles1/5
megacycle
- noun one million periods per second
megahertz; MHz; Mc; megacycle per second.
- noun one million periods per second
- gnetales1/5
gnetales
- noun chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms
order Gnetales.
- noun chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms
- rectoceles1/5
rectocele
- noun protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina; can occur if pelvic muscles are weakened by childbirth
proctocele.
- noun protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina; can occur if pelvic muscles are weakened by childbirth
- agaricales1/5
agaricales
- noun typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
order Agaricales.
- noun typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
- stabiles1/5
stabile
- noun a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support
- adjective satellite (chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change
- noun a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support
- reschedules1/5
reschedule
- verb assign a new time and place for an event
- We had to reschedule the doctor's appointment
- verb assign a new time and place for an event
- garbles1/5
garble
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; distort.
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- twiddles1/5
twiddle
- noun a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns
- verb turn in a twisting or spinning motion
swirl; whirl; twirl.
- The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
- noun a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns
- laminariales1/5
laminariales
- noun in some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae: marine brown algae of cold or polar seas
order Laminariales.
- noun in some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae: marine brown algae of cold or polar seas
- caryophyllales1/5
caryophyllales
- noun corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
order Caryophyllales; order-Chenopodiales; Chenopodiales.
- noun corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
- inveigles1/5
inveigle
- verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
wheedle; coax; cajole; sweet-talk; blarney; palaver.
- He palavered her into going along
- verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- graticules1/5
graticule
- noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
reticule; reticle.
- noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
- fucales1/5
fucales
- noun coextensive with the family Fucaceae
order Fucales.
- noun coextensive with the family Fucaceae
- tattles1/5
tattle
- noun disclosing information or giving evidence about another
telling; singing.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
- noun disclosing information or giving evidence about another
- ericales1/5
ericales
- noun Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae
order Ericales.
- noun Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae
- noddles1/5
noddle
- noun an informal British expression for head or mind
- use your noddle
- noun an informal British expression for head or mind
- thuribles1/5
thurible
- noun a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual)
censer.
- noun a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual)
- argyles1/5
argyle
- noun a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm
argyll.
- noun a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland
argyll.
- noun a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm
- cystoceles1/5
cystocele
- noun hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth
colpocystocele.
- noun hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth
- twaddles1/5
twaddle
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
taradiddle; boloney; humbug; bilgewater; tarradiddle; tosh; bosh; baloney; drool; tommyrot.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber.
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
- chlorococcales1/5
chlorococcales
- noun unicellular green algae that reproduce by spores
order Chlorococcales.
- noun unicellular green algae that reproduce by spores
- auricles1/5
auricle
- noun a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart
auricula atrii; atrial auricle.
- noun the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
ear; pinna.
- noun a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart
- roundtables1/5
roundtable
- noun a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views
round-table conference; round table.
- a roundtable on the future of computing
- noun a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views
- denticles1/5
denticle
- noun small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod
- noun small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod
- chondrules1/5
chondrule
- noun small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks
- noun small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks
- dirigibles1/5
dirigible
- noun a steerable self-propelled aircraft
airship.
- adjective satellite capable of being steered or directed
steerable.
- noun a steerable self-propelled aircraft
- insoles1/5
insole
- noun the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests
innersole.
- noun the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests
- vocables1/5
vocable
- noun a word that is spoken aloud
spoken word.
- noun a word that is spoken aloud
- immovables1/5
immovable
- noun property consisting of houses and land
real estate; real property; realty.
- adjective satellite not able or intended to be moved
immoveable; unmovable; stabile.
- the immovable hills
- noun property consisting of houses and land
- armholes1/5
armhole
- noun a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached
- noun a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached
- keyholes1/5
keyhole
- noun the hole where a key is inserted
- noun the hole where a key is inserted
- flagpoles1/5
flagpole
- noun surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors
ranging pole; range pole.
- noun a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
flagstaff.
- noun surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors
- martingales1/5
martingale
- noun a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head
- noun spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat
dolphin striker.
- noun a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head
- stoles1/5
stole
- noun a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
- verb take without the owner's consent
steal.
- Someone stole my wallet on the train
- This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation
- noun a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
- peepholes1/5
peephole
- noun a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
spyhole; eyehole.
- noun a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
- hyperboles1/5
hyperbole
- noun extravagant exaggeration
exaggeration.
- noun extravagant exaggeration
- seles1/5
seles
- noun United States tennis player (born in Yugoslavia in 1973)
Monica Seles.
- noun United States tennis player (born in Yugoslavia in 1973)
- eyeholes1/5
eyehole
- noun a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
peephole; spyhole.
- noun a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
eyelet.
- noun a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
- zonules1/5
- nacelles1/5
nacelle
- noun a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
- noun a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
- reviles1/5
revile
- verb spread negative information about
vituperate; vilify; rail.
- The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
- verb spread negative information about
- pinnules1/5
pinnule
- noun division of a usually pinnately divided leaf
pinna.
- noun division of a usually pinnately divided leaf
- jostles1/5
jostle
- noun the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
jostling.
- verb make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
- We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform
- noun the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
- extrasystoles1/5
extrasystole
- noun a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia
- noun a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia
- guiles1/5
guile
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
craft; slyness; foxiness; craftiness; wiliness; cunning.
- noun the quality of being crafty
craftiness; deceitfulness.
- noun shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- vaudevilles1/5
vaudeville
- noun a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.
music hall.
- noun a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.
- chasubles1/5
chasuble
- noun a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- noun a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- minuscules1/5
minuscule
- noun the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
lowercase; small letter; lower-case letter.
- noun a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
- noun the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
- worktables1/5
worktable
- noun a table designed for a particular task
work table.
- noun a table designed for a particular task
- immortelles1/5
immortelle
- noun mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere
Xeranthemum annuum.
- noun mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere
- polysyllables1/5
polysyllable
- noun a word of more than three syllables
polysyllabic word.
- noun a word of more than three syllables
- stickles1/5
stickle
- verb dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)
- verb dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)
- bluebottles1/5
bluebottle
- noun an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
cornflower; bachelor's button; Centaurea cyanus.
- noun blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
Calliphora vicina.
- noun an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
- camisoles1/5
camisole
- noun a short sleeveless undergarment for women
underbodice.
- noun a short negligee
- noun a short sleeveless undergarment for women
- knotholes1/5
knothole
- noun a hole in a board where a knot came out
- noun a hole in a board where a knot came out
- turnbuckles1/5
turnbuckle
- noun an oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension
- noun an oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension
- technophiles1/5
technophile
- noun a person who is enthusiastic about new technology
- noun a person who is enthusiastic about new technology
- ukuleles1/5
ukulele
- noun a small guitar having four strings
uke.
- noun a small guitar having four strings
- brittles1/5
brittle
- noun caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
toffy; toffee.
- adjective satellite having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
brickle; brickly.
- brittle bones
- glass is brittle
- `brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal
- noun caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
- bastilles1/5
bastille
- noun a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
- noun a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
- noun a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
- peristyles1/5
peristyle
- noun a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
- noun a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
- breakables1/5
breakable
- noun an article that is fragile and easily broken
- pack the breakables separately
- adjective capable of being broken or damaged
- earthenware pottery is breakable
- breakable articles should be packed carefully
- noun an article that is fragile and easily broken
- wimples1/5
wimple
- noun headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women
- noun headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women
- airedales1/5
airedale
- noun breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire
Airedale terrier.
- noun breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire
- bracteoles1/5
- embezzles1/5
embezzle
- verb appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
misappropriate; defalcate; malversate; peculate.
- The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
- verb appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
- majuscules1/5
majuscule
- noun one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
uppercase; capital letter; upper-case letter; capital.
- printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases
- adjective of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries
- noun one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
- chaenomeles1/5
chaenomeles
- noun flowering quince
genus Chaenomeles.
- noun flowering quince
- dholes1/5
dhole
- noun fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs
Cuon alpinus.
- noun fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs
- rundles1/5
rundle
- noun one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
rung; spoke.
- noun one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
- lodgepoles1/5
lodgepole
- noun shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
spruce pine; shore pine; Pinus contorta; lodgepole pine.
- noun shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
- spiles1/5
spile
- noun a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
stilt; pile; piling.
- noun a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
bung.
- noun a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- monocles1/5
monocle
- noun lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
eyeglass.
- noun lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
- gallinules1/5
gallinule
- noun any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
water hen; marsh hen; swamphen.
- noun any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
- invariables1/5
invariable
- noun a quantity that does not vary
constant; constant quantity.
- adjective not liable to or capable of change
- an invariable temperature
- an invariable rule
- his invariable courtesy
- noun a quantity that does not vary
- haggles1/5
haggle
- noun an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
wrangling; haggling; wrangle.
- verb wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
chaffer; higgle; huckster.
- Let's not haggle over a few dollars
- noun an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
- kirtles1/5
kirtle
- noun a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
- noun a long dress worn by women
- noun a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
- disyllables1/5
disyllable
- noun a word having two syllables
dissyllable.
- noun a word having two syllables
- utricles1/5
utricle
- noun a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open
utriculus.
- noun a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open
- forecastles1/5
forecastle
- noun living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
fo'c'sle.
- noun living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
- unicycles1/5
unicycle
- noun a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals
monocycle.
- verb ride a unicycle
- noun a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals
- snaffles1/5
snaffle
- noun a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb
snaffle bit.
- verb get hold of or seize quickly and easily
grab; snap up.
- I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale
- noun a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb
- boodles1/5
boodle
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly; bread.
- noun a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Michigan; Newmarket; stops; Chicago.
- noun informal terms for money
- panhandles1/5
panhandle
- noun a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
- Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia
- noun the handle of a pan
- noun a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
- audibles1/5
audible
- noun a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage
- adjective heard or perceptible by the ear
hearable.
- he spoke in an audible whisper
- noun a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage
- sandpiles1/5
sandpile
- noun a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
sandbox; sandpit.
- noun a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
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surtitle
- noun translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage
supertitle.
- noun translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage
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resettle
- verb settle in a new place
- The immigrants had to resettle
- verb settle in a new place
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bile
- noun a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
gall.
- noun a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
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portable
- noun a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
- adjective easily or conveniently transported
- a portable television set
- noun a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
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ferrule
- noun a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting
collet.
- noun a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting
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pastille
- noun a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
cough drop; pastil; troche.
- noun a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
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clydesdale
- noun heavy feathered-legged breed of draft horse originally from Scotland
- noun heavy feathered-legged breed of draft horse originally from Scotland
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versicle
- noun a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation
- noun a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation
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profiterole
- noun a small hollow pastry that is typically filled with cream and covered with chocolate
- noun a small hollow pastry that is typically filled with cream and covered with chocolate
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pantile
- noun a roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap
- noun a roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap
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coracle
- noun a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain
- noun a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain
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impossible
- noun something that cannot be done
- his assignment verged on the impossible
- adjective not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
- an impossible dream
- an impossible situation
- noun something that cannot be done
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thermopile
- noun a kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation; consists of several thermocouple junctions in series
- noun a kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation; consists of several thermocouple junctions in series
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campanile
- noun a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
belfry.
- noun a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
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packsaddle
- noun a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached
- noun a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached
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fascicule
- noun an installment of a printed work
fascicle.
- noun an installment of a printed work
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girandole
- noun an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror
girandola.
- noun an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror
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tole
- noun enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century
- the Pennsylvania Dutch tole watering can might be a reproduction but it looks convincing
- noun enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century
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brule
- noun a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux
- noun a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux
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footcandle
- noun a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle
- noun a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle
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mademoiselle
- noun small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
silver perch; Bairdiella chrysoura.
- noun small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
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chippendale
- noun a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779)
Thomas Chippendale.
- adjective of or relating to an 18th-century style of furniture made by Thomas Chippendale; graceful outlines and Greek motifs and massive rococo carvings
- noun a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779)
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mademoiselle
- noun small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
silver perch; Bairdiella chrysoura.
- noun small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
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farthingale
- noun a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
- noun a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
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merle
- noun common black European thrush
ouzel; Turdus merula; merl; ousel; European blackbird; blackbird.
- noun common black European thrush
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grackle
- noun glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
hill myna; Indian grackle; Gracula religiosa.
- noun long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
crow blackbird.
- noun glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech
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anole
- noun small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color
Anolis carolinensis; American chameleon.
- noun small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color
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bookmobile
- noun a van with shelves of books; serves as a mobile library or bookstore
- noun a van with shelves of books; serves as a mobile library or bookstore
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chipotle
- noun a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking
- noun a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking
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vittles
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fatales
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tule
(Bot.) A large bulrush ( Scirpus lacustris , andS. Tatora ) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere.
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eligible
- adjective qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen
- eligible to run for office
- eligible for retirement benefits
- an eligible bachelor
- adjective qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen
- ables1/5
able
- adjective (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- able to swim
- she was able to program her computer
- we were at last able to buy a car
- able to get a grant for the project
- adjective satellite have the skills and qualifications to do things well
capable.
- able teachers
- a capable administrator
- children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable
- adjective (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
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teles
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fideles
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azoles
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bojangles
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telesales
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thermophiles
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liles
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helles
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aedile
A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.
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movable
- noun personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
chattel; personal chattel.
- adjective satellite (of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)
- noun personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
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symbol
- noun an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
- noun something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
symbolization; symbolic representation; symbolisation.
- the eagle is a symbol of the United States
- noun an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
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indoles
Natural disposition; natural quality or abilities.
- oles1/5
oles
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rickles
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sile
To strain, as fresh milk. Prov. Eng.
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muggles
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injectable
- adjective (used of drugs) capable of being injected
- adjective (used of drugs) capable of being injected
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compatible
- adjective able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination
- a compatible married couple
- her deeds were compatible with her ideology
- adjective capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
- adjective able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination
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fumarole
A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue.
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semblable
Like; similar; resembling. Obs. Chaucer.
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kabyle
(Ethnol.) A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See Berber .
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- indivisibles1/5
indivisible
- adjective impossible of undergoing division
- an indivisible union of states
- one nation indivisible
- adjective impossible of undergoing division
- earles1/5
earl
- noun a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
- noun a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
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fencible
(Mil.) A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the pl.
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faibles
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irreconcilable
- adjective impossible to reconcile
unreconcilable.
- irreconcilable differences
- adjective impossible to reconcile
- terribles1/5
terrible
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
dreadful; direful; horrific; fearful; frightening; dread; dire; horrendous; awful; dreaded; fearsome.
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
- adjective satellite exceptionally bad or displeasing
dreadful; atrocious; unspeakable; awful; abominable; painful.
- atrocious taste
- abominable workmanship
- an awful voice
- dreadful manners
- a painful performance
- terrible handwriting
- an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
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folles
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sandcastles
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visible
- adjective capable of being seen; or open to easy view
seeable.
- a visible object
- visible stars
- mountains visible in the distance
- a visible change of expression
- visible files
- adjective satellite obvious to the eye
- a visible change of expression
- adjective capable of being seen; or open to easy view
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meubles
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incompatible
- adjective not compatible
- incompatible personalities
- incompatible colors
- adjective used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
antagonistic.
- adjective not compatible
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- predicables1/5
predicable
Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.
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- inflatables1/5
inflatable
- adjective satellite designed to be filled with air or gas
- an inflatable mattress
- an inflatable boat
- adjective satellite designed to be filled with air or gas
- moyles1/5
moil
- verb work hard
travail; dig; grind; labour; drudge; toil; labor; fag.
- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
- verb be agitated
churn; roil; boil.
- the sea was churning in the storm
- verb work hard
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biggles
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uncollectible
- adjective satellite not capable of being collected
bad.
- a bad (or uncollectible) debt
- adjective satellite not capable of being collected
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ule
(Bot.) A Mexican and Central American tree ( Castilloa elastica andC. Markhamiana ) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky juice contains caoutchouc. Called alsoule tree .
- reproducibles1/5
reproducible
- adjective capable of being reproduced
consistent.
- astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained
- adjective capable of being reproduced
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maniple
A handful . R. B. Jonson.
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haoles
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soluble
- adjective (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water)
- adjective susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained
- the puzzle is soluble
- adjective (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water)
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frustule
(Bot.) The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover.
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fashionable
- adjective being or in accordance with current social fashions
stylish.
- fashionable clothing
- the fashionable side of town
- a fashionable cafe
- adjective having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
stylish.
- a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey
- the stylish resort of Gstadd
- adjective being or in accordance with current social fashions
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horrible
- adjective satellite provoking horror
frightful; ugly; horrifying; atrocious.
- an atrocious automobile accident
- a frightful crime of decapitation
- an alarming, even horrifying, picture
- war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill
- an ugly wound
- adjective satellite provoking horror
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ankle
- noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
mortise joint; articulatio talocruralis; ankle joint.
- noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
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indispensable
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
- foods indispensable to good nutrition
- adjective satellite absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
essential.
- essential tools and materials
- funds essential to the completion of the project
- an indispensable worker
- adjective not to be dispensed with; essential
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expendable
- adjective suitable to be expended
- adjective satellite (used of funds) remaining after taxes
spendable.
- spendable income
- adjective suitable to be expended
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heddle
(Weaving) One of the sets of parallel doubled threads which, with mounting, compose the harness employed to guide the warp threads to the lathe or batten in a loom.
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incommensurable
- adjective satellite impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence
- adjective satellite not having a common factor
- adjective satellite impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence
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- disagreeables1/5
disagreeable
- adjective not to your liking
- a disagreeable situation
- adjective satellite unpleasant to interact with
- a disagreeable old man
- adjective not to your liking
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reles
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quenelle
(Cookery) A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing.
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insoluble
- adjective (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
indissoluble.
- adjective admitting of no solution or explanation
- an insoluble doubt
- adjective (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
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incapable
- adjective (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability
- incapable of carrying a tune
- he is incapable of understanding the matter
- incapable of doing the work
- adjective satellite not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of')
- incapable of solution
- adjective (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability
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incorrigible
- adjective impervious to correction by punishment
- adjective impervious to correction by punishment
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flammable
- adjective satellite easily ignited
inflammable.
- adjective satellite easily ignited
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ovariole
(Zoöl.) One of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects are composed.
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peles
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desirable
- adjective worth having or seeking or achieving
- a desirable job
- computer with many desirable features
- a desirable outcome
- adjective satellite worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
suitable; worthy.
- the parents found the girl suitable for their son
- adjective worth having or seeking or achieving
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osmoles
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frail
- noun the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
- noun a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
- noun the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
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- audiophiles1/5
audiophiles
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respectable
- adjective characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals
- a respectable woman
- adjective satellite deserving of esteem and respect
honorable; good; estimable.
- all respectable companies give guarantees
- ruined the family's good name
- adjective characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals
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dele
(Print.) Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: &dele;.
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antennule
(Zoöl.) A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea.
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taille
A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood. Obs.Whether that he paid or took by taille. Chaucer.
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pyrroles
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quetzales
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bogle
A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear. Written also boggle .
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kittle
(Zoöl.) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. Prov. Eng. & Scot.
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retable
(Eccl.) A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc.
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inseparable
- adjective satellite not capable of being separated
- inseparable pieces of rock
- adjective satellite not capable of being separated
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echelles
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submultiple
(Math.) A number or quality which is contained in another an exact number of times, or is an aliquot part of it; thus, 7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times.
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file
- noun a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
data file.
- noun a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
Indian file; single file.
- noun a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
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negotiable
- adjective satellite capable of being passed or negotiated
- a negotiable road
- adjective satellite able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise
on the table.
- negotiable demands
- the proposal is still on the table
- adjective satellite capable of being passed or negotiated
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mudhole
A hole, or hollow place, containing mud, as in a road.
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goles
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quiles
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rill
- noun a small stream
run; rivulet; streamlet; runnel.
- noun a small channel (as one formed by soil erosion)
- noun a small stream
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cailles
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hyles
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ensample
An example; a pattern or model for imitation. Obs. Tyndale.Being ensamples to the flock. Pet. v. 3.
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unemployable
- adjective not acceptable for employment as a worker
- his illiteracy made him unemployable
- adjective not acceptable for employment as a worker
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delectable
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
pleasant-tasting; yummy; scrumptious; toothsome; delicious; luscious.
- adjective satellite capable of arousing desire
sexually attractive.
- the delectable Miss Haynes
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
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poules
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tribble
(Paper Manuf.) A frame on which paper is dried. Knight.
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aquarelle
A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors.
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corporale
(Mil.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncomissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels.
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servile
- adjective submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
- spoke in a servile tone
- the incurably servile housekeeper
- servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work
- adjective satellite relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants
- Brown's attempt at servile insurrection
- the servile wars of Sicily
- servile work
- adjective submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
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honorable
- adjective not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
honest.
- honest lawyers
- honest reporting
- adjective worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect
honourable.
- an honorable man
- led an honorable life
- honorable service to his country
- adjective not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
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sextile
(Astrol.) Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees. Glanvill.
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marles
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raggles
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cephaloceles
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inexpressible
- adjective defying expression
unexpressible.
- adjective defying expression
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taxable
- adjective (of goods or funds) subject to taxation
nonexempt.
- taxable income
- nonexempt property
- adjective (of goods or funds) subject to taxation
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reliable
- adjective worthy of reliance or trust
dependable.
- a reliable source of information
- a dependable worker
- adjective satellite worthy of being depended on
true; dependable; honest.
- a dependable worker
- an honest working stiff
- a reliable sourcSFLe of information
- he was true to his word
- I would be true for there are those who trust me
- adjective worthy of reliance or trust
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intervale
A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an .interval between two houses or hills'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, A dreadful interval. Milton.
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parle
To talk; to converse; to parley. Obs. Shak.Finding himself too weak, began to parle. Milton.
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considerable
- adjective large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
- a considerable quantity
- the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign
- went to considerable trouble for us
- spent a considerable amount of time on the problem
- adjective large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
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substyle
(Dialing) A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style. Written also Hutton.substile .
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villanelle
A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close. E. W. Gosse.
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dentelle
(Bookbinding) An ornamental tooling like lace. Knight.
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russophile
One who, not being a Russian, favors Russian policy and aggrandizement. -- Chiefly newspaper words.Rus*soph"ilism n.
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mutule
(Arch.) A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Oxf. Gloss.Gutta .
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- seniles1/5
senile
- adjective satellite mentally or physically infirm with age
gaga; doddering; doddery.
- his mother was doddering and frail
- adjective satellite mentally or physically infirm with age
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hendecasyllable
A metrical line of eleven syllables. J. Warton.
- honourables1/5
honourable
- adjective worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect
honorable.
- an honorable man
- led an honorable life
- honorable service to his country
- adjective satellite adhering to ethical and moral principles
ethical; honorable.
- it seems ethical and right
- followed the only honorable course of action
- adjective worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect
- somnambules1/5
- equimultiples1/5
equimultiple
Multiplied by the same number or quantity.
- picomoles1/5
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foil
- noun a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
- the photographic film was wrapped in foil
- noun anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
enhancer.
- pretty girls like plain friends as foils
- noun a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
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- wombles1/5
wombles
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subrules
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- subcycles1/5
- duxelles1/5
- immoveables1/5
immoveable
- adjective satellite not able or intended to be moved
immovable; unmovable; stabile.
- the immovable hills
- adjective satellite not able or intended to be moved
- rocailles1/5
- epaules1/5
epaule
(Fort.) The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.
- gabelles1/5
- sowles1/5
soul
- noun the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
psyche.
- noun a human being
someone; somebody; person; individual; mortal.
- there was too much for one person to do
- noun the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
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- conceptacles1/5
conceptacle
That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. Obs. Woodward.
- immobiles1/5
immobile
- adjective not capable of movement or of being moved
- adjective satellite securely fixed in place
firm; fast.
- the post was still firm after being hit by the car
- adjective not capable of movement or of being moved
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necropoles
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- banderoles1/5
banderole
A little banner, flag, or streamer. Written also bannerol .From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. Sir W. Scott.
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- remarkables1/5
remarkable
- adjective satellite unusual or striking
singular.
- a remarkable sight
- such poise is singular in one so young
- adjective satellite worthy of notice
noteworthy.
- a noteworthy fact is that her students rarely complain
- a remarkable achievement
- adjective satellite unusual or striking
- mlles1/5
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Suffixes of les
- less«Word Popularity Bar5/5
less
- adjective (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
- of less importance
- less time to spend with the family
- a shower uses less water
- less than three years old
- noun a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
LE; lupus erythematosus.
- adjective (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
- lesions5/5
lesion
- noun any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
- noun an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
wound.
- noun any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
- lesion5/5
lesion
- noun any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
- noun an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
wound.
- noun any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
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lesbian
- noun a female homosexual
tribade; gay woman.
- noun a resident of Lesbos
- noun a female homosexual
- lesson5/5
lesson
- noun a unit of instruction
- he took driving lessons
- noun punishment intended as a warning to others
object lesson; example; deterrent example.
- they decided to make an example of him
- noun a unit of instruction
- lessons5/5
lesson
- noun a unit of instruction
- he took driving lessons
- noun punishment intended as a warning to others
object lesson; example; deterrent example.
- they decided to make an example of him
- noun a unit of instruction
- lesser5/5
lesser
- adjective of less size or importance
- the lesser anteater
- the lesser of two evils
- adjective satellite smaller in size or amount or value
- the lesser powers of Europe
- the lesser anteater
- adjective of less size or importance
- lest5/5
l
- noun a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
litre; liter; cubic decimeter; cubic decimetre.
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
50; fifty.
- noun a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
- lessen4/5
lessen
- verb decrease in size, extent, or range
diminish; fall; decrease.
- The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
- The cabin pressure fell dramatically
- her weight fell to under a hundred pounds
- his voice fell to a whisper
- verb make smaller
minify; decrease.
- He decreased his staff
- verb decrease in size, extent, or range
- lessened4/5
lessened
- adjective satellite impaired by diminution
vitiated; diminished; weakened.
- verb decrease in size, extent, or range
diminish; fall; decrease; lessen.
- The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
- The cabin pressure fell dramatically
- her weight fell to under a hundred pounds
- his voice fell to a whisper
- adjective satellite impaired by diminution
- lesbians4/5
lesbian
- noun a female homosexual
tribade; gay woman.
- noun a resident of Lesbos
- noun a female homosexual
- lessee4/5
lessee
- noun a tenant who holds a lease
leaseholder.
- noun a tenant who holds a lease
- lester4/5
l
- noun a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
litre; liter; cubic decimeter; cubic decimetre.
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
50; fifty.
- noun a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
- leslie4/5
leslie
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- lessening3/5
lessening
- noun a change downward
drop-off; decrease.
- there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided
- there was a sharp drop-off in sales
- verb decrease in size, extent, or range
diminish; fall; decrease; lessen.
- The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
- The cabin pressure fell dramatically
- her weight fell to under a hundred pounds
- his voice fell to a whisper
- noun a change downward
- lessens3/5
lessen
- verb decrease in size, extent, or range
diminish; fall; decrease.
- The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
- The cabin pressure fell dramatically
- her weight fell to under a hundred pounds
- his voice fell to a whisper
- verb make smaller
minify; decrease.
- He decreased his staff
- verb decrease in size, extent, or range
- lessor3/5
lessor
- noun someone who grants a lease
lease giver.
- noun someone who grants a lease
- lessing3/5
less
- adjective (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
- of less importance
- less time to spend with the family
- a shower uses less water
- less than three years old
- noun a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
LE; lupus erythematosus.
- adjective (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
- lesbianism3/5
lesbianism
- noun female homosexuality
sapphism.
- noun female homosexuality
- lesotho3/5
lesotho
- noun a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966
Kingdom of Lesotho; Basutoland.
- noun a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966
- lesley3/5
lesley
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- lessees2/5
lessee
- noun a tenant who holds a lease
leaseholder.
- noun a tenant who holds a lease
- lessors2/5
lessor
- noun someone who grants a lease
lease giver.
- noun someone who grants a lease
- lesbos2/5
lesbos
- noun an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
Lesvos; Mytilene.
- noun an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
- lesseps2/5
lesseps
- noun French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)
Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps; Ferdinand de Lesseps.
- noun French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)
- lesioned2/5
lesion
- noun any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
- noun an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
wound.
- noun any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
- leste2/5
l
- noun a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
litre; liter; cubic decimeter; cubic decimetre.
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
50; fifty.
- noun a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
- lese2/5
le
- noun a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
lupus erythematosus.
- noun a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
- lestrade2/5
lestrade
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- lesioning2/5
lesion
- noun any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
- noun an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
wound.
- noun any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
- lesional2/5
lesional
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- lessness2/5
lessness
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- lesses1/5
le
- noun a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
lupus erythematosus.
- noun a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
- lescol1/5
lescol
- noun least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol); usually taken orally at bedtime
fluvastatin.
- noun least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol); usually taken orally at bedtime
- lespedeza1/5
lespedeza
- noun shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States
bush clover.
- noun shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States
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lesvos
- noun an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
Mytilene; Lesbos.
- noun an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
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lesa
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- lessie1/5
lessie
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lesbo
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- lessers1/5
lesser
- adjective of less size or importance
- the lesser anteater
- the lesser of two evils
- adjective satellite smaller in size or amount or value
- the lesser powers of Europe
- the lesser anteater
- adjective of less size or importance
- lessoned1/5
lesson
- noun a unit of instruction
- he took driving lessons
- noun punishment intended as a warning to others
object lesson; example; deterrent example.
- they decided to make an example of him
- noun a unit of instruction
- lesche1/5
lesche
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Derived words of les
- flesh«Word Popularity Bar5/5
flesh
- noun the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
- noun alternative names for the body of a human being
form; figure; soma; frame; physique; material body; anatomy; 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 soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
- simplest5/5
simple
- noun any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
- noun a person lacking intelligence or common sense
simpleton.
- noun any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
- blessed5/5
blessed
- adjective highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
blest.
- our blessed land
- the blessed assurance of a steady income
- verb give a benediction to
bless.
- The dying man blessed his son
- adjective highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
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adolescent
- noun a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
teen; teenager; stripling.
- adjective relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
- adolescent problems
- noun a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
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adolescent
- noun a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
teen; teenager; stripling.
- adjective relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
- adolescent problems
- noun a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
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blessing
- noun the formal act of approving
approval; approving.
- he gave the project his blessing
- his decision merited the approval of any sensible person
- noun a desirable state
boon.
- enjoy the blessings of peace
- a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors
- noun the formal act of approving
- smallest5/5
small
- noun the slender part of the back
- noun a garment size for a small person
- noun the slender part of the back
- bless5/5
bless
- verb give a benediction to
- The dying man blessed his son
- verb confer prosperity or happiness on
- verb give a benediction to
- wireless5/5
wireless
- noun medium for communication
radio; radiocommunication.
- noun transmission by radio waves
- noun medium for communication
- useless5/5
useless
- adjective having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
- a kitchen full of useless gadgets
- she is useless in an emergency
- adjective having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
- cholesterol5/5
cholesterol
- noun an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues
cholesterin.
- noun an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues
- countless5/5
countless
- adjective satellite too numerous to be counted
unnumbered; numberless; unnumerable; innumerable; unnumberable; uncounted; myriad; multitudinous; infinite; innumerous.
- incalculable riches
- countless hours
- an infinite number of reasons
- innumerable difficulties
- the multitudinous seas
- myriad stars
- untold thousands
- adjective satellite too numerous to be counted
- endless5/5
endless
- adjective satellite tiresomely long; seemingly without end
interminable; eternal.
- endless debates
- an endless conversation
- the wait seemed eternal
- eternal quarreling
- an interminable sermon
- adjective satellite infinitely great in number
- endless waves
- adjective satellite tiresomely long; seemingly without end
- palestine5/5
palestine
- noun a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948
- noun an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
Canaan; Promised Land; Holy Land.
- noun a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948
- palestinian5/5
palestinian
Of or pertaining to Palestine.
- regardless5/5
regardless
- adjective satellite (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration
careless.
- careless of the consequences
- crushing the blooms with regardless tread
- adverb in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks
irrespective; disregarding; no matter; disregardless.
- he carried on regardless of the difficulties
- adjective satellite (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration
- nevertheless5/5
nevertheless
- adverb despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
nonetheless; however; all the same; withal; even so; notwithstanding; still; yet.
- although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it
- while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed
- he was a stern yet fair master
- granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go
- adverb despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
- nonetheless5/5
nonetheless
- adverb despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
nevertheless; however; all the same; withal; even so; notwithstanding; still; yet.
- although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it
- while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed
- he was a stern yet fair master
- granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go
- adverb despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
- unless5/5
unless
Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail .unless we are industrious✍ By the omission of the verb in the dependent clause, unless was frequently used prepositionally, -- a construction common in Shakespeare and still employed colloquially. Here nothing breeds unless the nightly owl. Shak.
- breathless4/5
breathless
- adjective not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
dyspnoeal; dyspneic; dyspneal; dyspnoeic.
- breathless at thought of what I had done
- breathless from running
- followed the match with breathless interest
- adjective satellite tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
breathtaking.
- a breathless flight
- breathtaking adventure
- adjective not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
- homeless4/5
homeless
- noun someone unfortunate without housing
homeless person.
- a homeless was found murdered in Central Park
- noun poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in
- the homeless became a problem in the large cities
- noun someone unfortunate without housing
- powerless4/5
powerless
- adjective lacking power
- adjective lacking power
- wholesome4/5
wholesome
- adjective conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
- wholesome attitude
- wholesome appearance
- wholesome food
- adjective satellite sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind
- exercise develops wholesome appetites
- a grin on his ugly wholesome face
- adjective conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
- restlessness4/5
restlessness
- noun the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active
- the restlessness of the wind
- noun a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
impatience.
- noun the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active
- helpless4/5
helpless
- adjective satellite lacking in or deprived of strength or power
incapacitated.
- lying ill and helpless
- helpless with laughter
- adjective satellite unable to function; without help
lost.
- adjective satellite lacking in or deprived of strength or power
- blessings4/5
blessing
- noun the formal act of approving
approval; approving.
- he gave the project his blessing
- his decision merited the approval of any sensible person
- noun a desirable state
boon.
- enjoy the blessings of peace
- a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors
- noun the formal act of approving
- restless4/5
restless
- adjective satellite worried and uneasy
unsatisfied; ungratified.
- adjective satellite ceaselessly in motion
- the restless sea
- the restless wind
- adjective satellite worried and uneasy
- wholesale4/5
wholesale
- noun the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
- verb sell in large quantities
- noun the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
- tablespoons4/5
tablespoon
- noun as much as a tablespoon will hold
tablespoonful.
- noun a spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving
- noun as much as a tablespoon will hold
- worthless4/5
worthless
- adjective lacking in usefulness or value
- a worthless idler
- adjective satellite morally reprehensible
unworthy; vile; slimy; wretched; ugly; despicable.
- would do something as despicable as murder
- ugly crimes
- the vile development of slavery appalled them
- a slimy little liar
- adjective lacking in usefulness or value
- motionless4/5
motionless
- adjective satellite not in physical motion
still; inactive; static.
- the inertia of an object at rest
- adjective satellite not in physical motion
- tablespoon4/5
tablespoon
- noun as much as a tablespoon will hold
tablespoonful.
- noun a spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving
- noun as much as a tablespoon will hold
- troubleshooting4/5
troubleshoot
- verb solve problems
trouble-shoot.
- He is known to be good at trouble-shooting
- verb solve problems
- fullest4/5
full
- noun the time when the Moon is fully illuminated
full moon; full-of-the-moon; full phase of the moon.
- the moon is at the full
- verb beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening
- full the cloth
- noun the time when the Moon is fully illuminated
- senseless4/5
senseless
- adjective satellite not marked by the use of reason
mindless; reasonless.
- mindless violence
- reasonless hostility
- a senseless act
- adjective satellite unresponsive to stimulation
insensible.
- he lay insensible where he had fallen
- drugged and senseless
- adjective satellite not marked by the use of reason
- milestones4/5
milestone
- noun stone post at side of a road to show distances
milepost.
- noun a significant event in your life (or in a project)
- noun stone post at side of a road to show distances
- seamless4/5
seamless
- adjective not having or joined by a seam or seams
- seamless stockings
- adjective satellite smooth, especially of skin
unlined; unseamed.
- his cheeks were unlined
- his unseamed face
- adjective not having or joined by a seam or seams
- adolescence4/5
adolescence
- noun the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
- noun in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood
- noun the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
- hopeless4/5
hopeless
- adjective without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
- in an agony of hopeless grief
- with a hopeless sigh he sat down
- adjective satellite of a person unable to do something skillfully
- I'm hopeless at mathematics
- adjective without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
- charleston4/5
charleston
- noun state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river
capital of West Virginia.
- noun a port city in southeastern South Carolina
- noun state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river
- telescope4/5
telescope
- noun a magnifier of images of distant objects
scope.
- verb crush together or collapse
- In the accident, the cars telescoped
- my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack
- noun a magnifier of images of distant objects
- needless4/5
needless
- adjective satellite unnecessary and unwarranted
uncalled-for; gratuitous.
- a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life
- noun the leaf of a conifer
acerate leaf; needle.
- adjective satellite unnecessary and unwarranted
- troublesome4/5
troublesome
- adjective satellite difficult to deal with
- a troublesome infection
- a troublesome situation
- adjective satellite difficult to deal with
- reckless4/5
reckless
- adjective satellite marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
foolhardy; rash; heady.
- foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker
- became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay
- a reckless driver
- a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest
- adjective satellite characterized by careless unconcern
heedless.
- the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton
- reckless squandering of public funds
- adjective satellite marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences
- ruthless4/5
ruthless
- adjective satellite without mercy or pity
unpitying; remorseless; pitiless.
- an act of ruthless ferocity
- a monster of remorseless cruelty
- adjective satellite without mercy or pity
- helplessness4/5
helplessness
- noun powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
impuissance; weakness.
- in spite of their weakness the group remains active
- noun the state of needing help from something
- noun powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
- salesperson4/5
salesperson
- noun a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
sales representative; sales rep.
- noun a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
- lifeless4/5
lifeless
- adjective satellite deprived of life; no longer living
exanimate.
- a lifeless body
- adjective satellite destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings
- after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly
- adjective satellite deprived of life; no longer living
- boundless4/5
boundless
- adjective satellite seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
unbounded; limitless.
- unbounded enthusiasm
- children with boundless energy
- a limitless supply of money
- adjective satellite seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
- fearless4/5
fearless
- adjective oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them
unafraid.
- adjective satellite invulnerable to fear or intimidation
brave; dauntless; audacious; hardy; intrepid; unfearing.
- audacious explorers
- fearless reporters and photographers
- intrepid pioneers
- adjective oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them
- salespeople4/5
salesperson
- noun a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
sales representative; sales rep.
- noun a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
- hopelessness4/5
hopelessness
- noun the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
- noun the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
- celestial4/5
celestial
- adjective of or relating to the sky
heavenly.
- celestial map
- a heavenly body
- adjective relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
heavenly.
- celestial beings
- heavenly hosts
- adjective of or relating to the sky
- meaningless4/5
meaningless
- adjective having no meaning or direction or purpose
nonmeaningful.
- a meaningless endeavor
- a meaningless life
- a verbose but meaningless explanation
- adjective having no meaning or direction or purpose
- harmless4/5
harmless
- adjective not causing or capable of causing harm
- harmless bacteria
- rendered the bomb harmless
- adjective not causing or capable of causing harm
- careless4/5
careless
- adjective marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
- careless about her clothes
- forgotten by some careless person
- a careless housekeeper
- careless proofreading
- it was a careless mistake
- hurt by a careless remark
- adjective satellite effortless and unstudied
- an impression of careless elegance
- danced with careless grace
- adjective marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
- palestinians4/5
palestinian
- noun a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine
Palestinian Arab.
- adjective of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants
- Palestinian guerrillas
- noun a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine
- stainless4/5
stainless
- noun steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion
stainless steel; chromium steel.
- adjective satellite (of reputation) free from blemishes
unsullied; untarnished; untainted; unstained.
- his unsullied name
- an untarnished reputation
- noun steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion
- relentless4/5
relentless
- adjective satellite not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
unrelenting; inexorable; unappeasable; stern; unforgiving; grim.
- grim determination
- grim necessity
- Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
- relentless persecution
- the stern demands of parenthood
- adjective satellite never-ceasing
unrelenting; persistent.
- the relentless beat of the drums
- adjective satellite not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
- salesman4/5
salesman
- noun a man salesperson
- noun a man salesperson
- timeless4/5
timeless
- adjective satellite unaffected by time
dateless.
- few characters are so dateless as Hamlet
- Helen's timeless beauty
- adjective satellite unaffected by time
- endlessly4/5
endlessly
- adverb continuing forever without end
infinitely.
- there are infinitely many possibilities
- adverb with unflagging resolve
incessantly; ceaselessly; unceasingly; continuously; unendingly.
- dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste
- adverb continuing forever without end
- hopelessly4/5
hopelessly
- adverb in a hopeless manner
- the papers were hopelessly jumbled
- he is hopelessly romantic
- adverb in a dispirited manner without hope
dispiritedly.
- the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances
- adverb in a hopeless manner
- pointless4/5
pointless
- adjective not having a point especially a sharp point
unpointed.
- my pencils are all pointless
- adjective satellite serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
senseless; purposeless; wasted; otiose; superfluous.
- otiose lines in a play
- advice is wasted words
- a pointless remark
- a life essentially purposeless
- senseless violence
- adjective not having a point especially a sharp point
- ecclesiastical4/5
ecclesiastical
- adjective of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
ecclesiastic.
- ecclesiastic history
- adjective of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
- carelessly4/5
carelessly
- adverb without care or concern
heedlessly.
- carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment
- adverb without caution or prudence
incautiously.
- one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands
- adverb without care or concern
- doubtless4/5
doubtless
- adverb without doubt; certainly
undoubtedly; doubtlessly.
- it's undoubtedly very beautiful
- adverb without doubt; certainly
- unwholesome3/5
unwholesome
- adjective detrimental to physical or moral well-being
- unwholesome food
- unwholesome habits like smoking
- adjective detrimental to physical or moral well-being
- convalescent3/5
convalescent
- noun a person who is recovering from illness
- adjective satellite returning to health after illness or debility
recovering.
- convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed
- noun a person who is recovering from illness
- obsolescence3/5
obsolescence
- noun the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date
- a policy of planned obsolescence
- noun the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date
- convalescence3/5
convalescence
- noun gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
recuperation; recovery.
- noun gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
- homelessness3/5
homelessness
- noun the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)
- noun the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)
- tallest3/5
tall
- noun a garment size for a tall person
- adjective great in vertical dimension; high in stature
- tall people
- tall buildings
- tall trees
- tall ships
- noun a garment size for a tall person
- colorless3/5
colorless
- adjective lacking in variety and interest
colourless.
- a colorless and unimaginative person
- a colorless description of the parade
- adjective weak in color; not colorful
colourless.
- adjective lacking in variety and interest
- coalesce3/5
coalesce
- verb mix together different elements
mix; conflate; immix; commingle; flux; fuse; combine; merge; blend; meld.
- The colors blend well
- verb fuse or cause to grow together
- verb mix together different elements
- breathlessly3/5
breathlessly
- adverb in a breathless manner
- she spoke breathlessly
- adverb in a breathless manner
- voiceless3/5
voiceless
- adjective produced without vibration of the vocal cords
surd; unvoiced; hard.
- unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
disenfranchised; disfranchised; voteless.
- labor was voiceless
- disenfrenchised masses took to the streets
- adjective produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- colourless3/5
colourless
- adjective lacking in variety and interest
colorless.
- a colorless and unimaginative person
- a colorless description of the parade
- adjective weak in color; not colorful
colorless.
- adjective lacking in variety and interest
- coalesced3/5
coalesced
- adjective satellite joined together into a whole
amalgamate; amalgamated; fused; consolidated.
- United Industries
- the amalgamated colleges constituted a university
- a consolidated school
- verb mix together different elements
mix; conflate; immix; coalesce; commingle; flux; fuse; combine; merge; blend; meld.
- The colors blend well
- adjective satellite joined together into a whole
- coolest3/5
cool
- noun the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
- the cool of early morning
- noun great coolness and composure under strain
sang-froid; aplomb; poise; assuredness.
- keep your cool
- noun the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
- milestone3/5
milestone
- noun stone post at side of a road to show distances
milepost.
- noun a significant event in your life (or in a project)
- noun stone post at side of a road to show distances
- powerlessness3/5
powerlessness
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
impotency; impotence.
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
- childless3/5
childless
- adjective satellite without offspring
- in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen
- adjective satellite without offspring
- merciless3/5
merciless
- adjective having or showing no mercy
unmerciful.
- the merciless enemy
- a merciless critic
- gave him a merciless beating
- adjective having or showing no mercy
- hapless3/5
hapless
- adjective satellite deserving or inciting pity
poor; wretched; pathetic; pitiable; piteous; misfortunate; miserable; pitiful.
- a hapless victim
- miserable victims of war
- the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
- piteous appeals for help
- pitiable homeless children
- a pitiful fate
- Oh, you poor thing
- his poor distorted limbs
- a wretched life
- adjective satellite deserving or inciting pity
- mindless3/5
mindless
- adjective satellite lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being
- the shrieking of the mindless wind
- adjective satellite requiring little mental effort
- mindless tasks
- adjective satellite lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being
- defenseless3/5
defenseless
- adjective satellite lacking protection or support
defenceless.
- a defenseless child
- adjective satellite having no protecting or concealing cover
naked.
- naked to mine enemies"- Shakespeare
- adjective satellite lacking protection or support
- silesia3/5
silesia
- noun a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings
- 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; Schlesien; Slask.
- noun a sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings
- rattlesnake3/5
rattlesnake
- noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
rattler.
- noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
- blest3/5
blest
- adjective highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
blessed.
- our blessed land
- the blessed assurance of a steady income
- verb give a benediction to
bless.
- The dying man blessed his son
- adjective highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
- bloodless3/5
bloodless
- adjective satellite destitute of blood or apparently so
exsanguinous; exsanguine.
- the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden
- adjective free from blood or bloodshed
- bloodless surgery
- a bloodless coup
- adjective satellite destitute of blood or apparently so
- coalescence3/5
coalescence
- noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
conglutination; concretion; coalition; coalescency.
- noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
- headless3/5
headless
- adjective not having a head or formed without a head
- the headless horseman
- brads are headless nails
- adjective satellite not using intelligence
brainless.
- adjective not having a head or formed without a head
- pitiless3/5
pitiless
- adjective satellite without mercy or pity
ruthless; unpitying; remorseless.
- an act of ruthless ferocity
- a monster of remorseless cruelty
- adjective satellite deficient in humane and kindly feelings
unkind.
- adjective satellite without mercy or pity
- troubleshoot3/5
troubleshoot
- verb solve problems
trouble-shoot.
- He is known to be good at trouble-shooting
- verb solve problems
- ablest3/5
able
- adjective (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- able to swim
- she was able to program her computer
- we were at last able to buy a car
- able to get a grant for the project
- adjective satellite have the skills and qualifications to do things well
capable.
- able teachers
- a capable administrator
- children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable
- adjective (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- congolese3/5
congolese
- noun a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Congo region or its people
- Congolese rulers
- the Congolese republic
- noun a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo
- defenceless3/5
defenceless
- adjective satellite lacking protection or support
defenseless.
- a defenseless child
- adjective satellite lacking weapons for self-defense
defenseless.
- adjective satellite lacking protection or support
- wordless3/5
wordless
- adjective satellite expressed without speech
unspoken; tongueless; mute.
- a mute appeal
- a silent curse
- best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson
- the words stopped at her lips unsounded
- unspoken grief
- choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
- adjective satellite expressed without speech
- blesses3/5
bless
- verb give a benediction to
- The dying man blessed his son
- verb confer prosperity or happiness on
- verb give a benediction to
- fleshly3/5
fleshly
- adjective satellite marked by the appetites and passions of the body
carnal; sensual; animal.
- animal instincts
- carnal knowledge
- fleshly desire
- a sensual delight in eating
- music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
- adjective satellite marked by the appetites and passions of the body
- hairless3/5
hairless
- adjective having no hair or fur
- a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail
- adjective having no hair or fur
- worthlessness3/5
worthlessness
- noun having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
ineptitude.
- the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness
- noun the quality of being without practical use
- noun having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
- fruitless3/5
fruitless
- adjective satellite unproductive of success
sleeveless; vain; bootless; futile.
- a fruitless search
- futile years after her artistic peak
- a sleeveless errand
- a vain attempt
- adjective satellite unproductive of success
- speechless3/5
speechless
- adjective satellite temporarily incapable of speaking
dumb.
- struck dumb
- speechless with shock
- adjective satellite temporarily incapable of speaking
- limitless3/5
limitless
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
measureless; illimitable.
- limitless vastness of our solar system
- adjective having no limits in range or scope
unlimited.
- to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism"- Philip Rahv
- the limitless reaches of outer space
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
- helplessly3/5
helplessly
- adverb in a helpless manner
impotently; unable to help.
- the crowd watched him helplessly
- adverb in a helpless manner
- telescopes3/5
telescope
- noun a magnifier of images of distant objects
scope.
- verb crush together or collapse
- In the accident, the cars telescoped
- my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack
- noun a magnifier of images of distant objects
- noblest3/5
noble
- noun a titled peer of the realm
nobleman; Lord.
- adjective satellite impressive in appearance
imposing; baronial; stately.
- a baronial mansion
- an imposing residence
- a noble tree
- severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses
- stately columns
- noun a titled peer of the realm
- carelessness3/5
carelessness
- noun the quality of not being careful or taking pains
sloppiness.
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
nonperformance; negligence; neglect.
- noun the quality of not being careful or taking pains
- fleshy3/5
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
- painless3/5
painless
- adjective satellite requiring little hard work or exertion
- a painless solution to the problem
- adjective not causing physical or psychological pain
- painless dentistry
- adjective satellite requiring little hard work or exertion
- wholesalers3/5
wholesaler
- noun someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
middleman; jobber.
- noun someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
- selfless3/5
selfless
- adjective showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
altruistic.
- adjective showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
- battleship3/5
battleship
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
battlewagon.
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
- tireless3/5
tireless
- adjective satellite showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
indefatigable; unwearying; unflagging.
- an indefatigable advocate of equal rights
- a tireless worker
- unflagging pursuit of excellence
- adjective satellite characterized by hard work and perseverance
untiring; industrious; hardworking.
- adjective satellite showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
- heartless3/5
heartless
- adjective lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
hardhearted.
- adjective satellite devoid of courage or enthusiasm
- adjective lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
- discipleship3/5
discipleship
- noun the position of disciple
- noun the position of disciple
- flawless3/5
flawless
- adjective satellite without a flaw
unflawed.
- a flawless gemstone
- adjective satellite without a flaw
- spotless3/5
spotless
- adjective satellite completely neat and clean
spick; speckless; spick-and-span; spic-and-span; spic; immaculate.
- the apartment was immaculate
- in her immaculate white uniform
- a spick-and-span kitchen
- their spic red-visored caps
- adjective satellite completely neat and clean
- burlesque3/5
burlesque
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- 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; parody.
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- lawlessness3/5
lawlessness
- noun a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
anarchy.
- noun illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law
outlawry.
- noun a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
- battleships3/5
battleship
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
battlewagon.
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
- blameless3/5
blameless
- adjective satellite free of guilt; not subject to blame
irreproachable; inculpable; unimpeachable.
- has lived a blameless life
- of irreproachable character
- an unimpeachable reputation
- adjective satellite free of guilt; not subject to blame
- mercilessly3/5
mercilessly
- adverb without pity; in a merciless manner
pitilessly; remorselessly; unmercifully.
- he was mercilessly trounced by his opponent in the House
- adverb without pity; in a merciless manner
- penniless3/5
penniless
- adjective satellite not having enough money to pay for necessities
pinched; penurious; in straitened circumstances; impecunious; hard up.
- adjective satellite not having enough money to pay for necessities
- effortless3/5
effortless
- adjective requiring or apparently requiring no effort
- the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air
- adjective satellite not showing effort or strain
casual.
- a difficult feat performed with casual mastery
- careless grace
- adjective requiring or apparently requiring no effort
- numberless3/5
numberless
- adjective satellite too numerous to be counted
unnumbered; unnumerable; innumerable; unnumberable; uncounted; myriad; multitudinous; infinite; innumerous; countless.
- incalculable riches
- countless hours
- an infinite number of reasons
- innumerable difficulties
- the multitudinous seas
- myriad stars
- untold thousands
- adjective satellite too numerous to be counted
- cloudless3/5
cloudless
- adjective satellite free from clouds
unclouded.
- under a cloudless sky
- adjective satellite free from clouds
- restlessly3/5
restlessly
- adverb in a restless manner
- he cracked his knuckles restlessly
- adverb in a restless manner
- shapeless3/5
shapeless
- adjective satellite having no definite form or distinct shape
amorphous; formless.
- amorphous clouds of insects
- an aggregate of formless particles
- a shapeless mass of protoplasm
- adjective satellite lacking symmetry or attractive form
- a shapeless hat on his head
- adjective satellite having no definite form or distinct shape
- sinhalese3/5
sinhalese
- noun a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka
Singhalese.
- noun the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka
Singhalese; Sinhala.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka
- nepalese3/5
nepalese
- noun a native or inhabitant of Nepal
Nepali.
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture
Nepali.
- Nepalese troops massed at the border
- Nepali mountains are among the highest in the world
- the different Nepali words for `rice'
- noun a native or inhabitant of Nepal
- blessedness3/5
blessedness
- noun a state of supreme happiness
beatitude; beatification.
- noun a state of supreme happiness
- wholesaler3/5
wholesaler
- noun someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
middleman; jobber.
- noun someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
- listless3/5
listless
- adjective satellite lacking zest or vivacity
- he was listless and bored
- adjective satellite marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
dispirited.
- a dispirited and divided Party
- reacted to the crisis with listless resignation
- adjective satellite lacking zest or vivacity
- faithless3/5
faithless
- adjective satellite having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
treasonous; unfaithful; treasonable; traitorous.
- the faithless Benedict Arnold
- a lying traitorous insurrectionist
- adjective satellite having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
- molested3/5
molest
- verb harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
- verb annoy continually or chronically
beset; chivy; chevy; chevvy; harass; hassle; chivvy; harry; plague; provoke.
- He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
- This man harasses his female co-workers
- verb harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
- molestation3/5
molestation
- noun the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)
- noun the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
harassment.
- noun the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)
- aimless3/5
aimless
- adjective satellite aimlessly drifting
directionless; rudderless; adrift; planless; afloat; undirected.
- adjective satellite continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
vagabond; floating; vagrant; drifting.
- a drifting double-dealer
- the floating population
- vagrant hippies of the sixties
- adjective satellite aimlessly drifting
- tasteless3/5
tasteless
- adjective lacking flavor
- adjective lacking aesthetic or social taste
- adjective lacking flavor
- noiselessly3/5
noiselessly
- adverb without a sound
soundlessly.
- he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door
- adverb without a sound
- toothless3/5
toothless
- adjective lacking teeth
- most birds are toothless
- a toothless old crone
- adjective satellite lacking necessary force for effectiveness
- a toothless piece of legislation
- adjective lacking teeth
- charlestown3/5
charlestown
- noun a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629
- noun a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629
- ecclesiology3/5
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
- ruthlessness3/5
ruthlessness
- noun mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity
pitilessness.
- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
pitilessness; mercilessness; cruelty.
- noun mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity
- selflessness3/5
selflessness
- noun the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
altruism.
- noun acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
self-sacrifice.
- noun the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
- classless3/5
classless
- adjective satellite favoring social equality
egalitarian.
- a classless society
- adjective satellite favoring social equality
- priceless3/5
priceless
- adjective satellite having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
invaluable.
- adjective satellite having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
- lawless3/5
lawless
- adjective satellite without law or control
anarchical; anarchic.
- the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic
- adjective satellite lax in enforcing laws
wide-open.
- a wide-open town
- adjective satellite without law or control
- schlesinger3/5
schlesinger
- noun United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy (born in 1917)
Arthur Schlesinger; Arthur Schlesinger Jr.; Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr..
- noun United States historian (1888-1965)
Arthur Schlesinger; Arthur Meier Schlesinger.
- noun United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy (born in 1917)
- 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)
- sleepless3/5
sleepless
- adjective satellite experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
watchful; insomniac.
- insomniac old people
- insomniac nights
- lay sleepless all night
- twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare
- adjective satellite always watchful
lidless.
- to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal"- Alfred Tennyson
- adjective satellite experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
- effortlessly3/5
effortlessly
- adverb without effort or apparent effort
- she danced gracefully and effortlessly
- swallows gliding effortlessly through the air
- adverb without effort or apparent effort
- ruthlessly3/5
ruthlessly
- adverb in a ruthless manner
- the government has been urged to take immediate action to deal ruthlessly with the strikers
- adverb in a ruthless manner
- thoughtless3/5
thoughtless
- adjective showing lack of careful thought
- the debate turned into thoughtless bickering
- adjective satellite without care or thought for others; `Let them eat cake'"
unthinking; uncaring.
- the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread
- adjective showing lack of careful thought
- salesmen3/5
salesman
- noun a man salesperson
- noun a man salesperson
- formless3/5
formless
- adjective satellite having no definite form or distinct shape
shapeless; amorphous.
- amorphous clouds of insects
- an aggregate of formless particles
- a shapeless mass of protoplasm
- adjective satellite having no physical form
- belief in a world filled with...formless but often malevolent beings
- adjective satellite having no definite form or distinct shape
- recklessness3/5
recklessness
- noun the trait of giving little thought to danger
rashness; foolhardiness.
- noun the trait of giving little thought to danger
- stateless3/5
stateless
- adjective satellite without nationality or citizenship
homeless.
- stateless persons
- adjective satellite without nationality or citizenship
- ecclesiastes3/5
ecclesiastes
One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.
- bottomless3/5
bottomless
- adjective satellite extremely deep
- a bottomless pit
- a bottomless lake
- adjective having no bottom
- bottomless pajamas consisting simply of a long top opening down the front
- adjective satellite extremely deep
- tirelessly3/5
tirelessly
- adverb with indefatigable energy
inexhaustibly; indefatigably.
- she watched the show indefatigably
- adverb with indefatigable energy
- godless3/5
godless
- adjective satellite not revering god
irreverent.
- adjective satellite not revering god
- heedless3/5
heedless
- adjective marked by or paying little heed or attention; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt
unheeding.
- We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals
- heedless of danger
- heedless of the child's crying
- adjective satellite characterized by careless unconcern
reckless.
- the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton
- reckless squandering of public funds
- adjective marked by or paying little heed or attention; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt
- groundless3/5
groundless
- adjective satellite without a basis in reason or fact
baseless; unwarranted; idle; wild; unfounded.
- baseless gossip
- the allegations proved groundless
- idle fears
- unfounded suspicions
- unwarranted jealousy
- adjective satellite without a basis in reason or fact
- candlestick3/5
candlestick
- noun a holder with sockets for candles
candle holder.
- noun a holder with sockets for candles
- expressionless3/5
expressionless
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
deadpan; unexpressive; impassive; poker-faced.
- deadpan humor
- his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
- fearlessly3/5
fearlessly
- adverb without fear
dauntlessly; intrepidly.
- fearlessly, he led the troops into combat
- adverb without fear
- candlesticks3/5
candlestick
- noun a holder with sockets for candles
candle holder.
- noun a holder with sockets for candles
- fatherless3/5
fatherless
- adjective satellite having no living father
- adjective satellite not having a known or legally responsible father
- adjective satellite having no living father
- humblest3/5
humble
- verb cause to be unpretentious
- This experience will humble him
- verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
abase; chagrin; mortify; humiliate.
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
- verb cause to be unpretentious
- cordless3/5
cordless
- adjective not having a cord
- cordless telephone
- adjective not having a cord
- jobless3/5
jobless
- adjective satellite not having a job
idle; out of work.
- idle carpenters
- jobless transients
- many people in the area were out of work
- adjective satellite not having a job
- faultless3/5
faultless
- adjective satellite without fault or error
impeccable; immaculate.
- faultless logic
- speaks impeccable French
- timing and technique were immaculate
- an immaculate record
- adjective satellite without fault or error
- valueless3/5
valueless
- adjective satellite of no value
- adjective satellite of no value
- relentlessly3/5
relentlessly
- adverb in a relentless manner
unrelentingly.
- he worked relentlessly
- adverb in a relentless manner
- ceaseless3/5
ceaseless
- adjective satellite uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
constant; unceasing; perpetual; never-ending; incessant; unremitting.
- the ceaseless thunder of surf
- in constant pain
- night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city
- the never-ending search for happiness
- the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy
- man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation
- unremitting demands of hunger
- adjective satellite uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- shameless3/5
shameless
- adjective satellite feeling no shame
unblushing.
- a shameless imposter
- an unblushing apologist for fascism
- adjective satellite feeling no shame
- recklessly3/5
recklessly
- adverb in a reckless manner
- adverb in a reckless manner
- needlessly3/5
needlessly
- adverb without need
- it would needlessly bring badness into the world
- adverb without need
- ceaselessly3/5
ceaselessly
- adverb with unflagging resolve
incessantly; unceasingly; continuously; endlessly; unendingly.
- dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste
- adverb with unflagging resolve
- shamelessly3/5
shamelessly
- adverb without shame
unashamedly; barefacedly.
- he unashamedly abandoned the project when he realized he would not gain from it
- adverb without shame
- clueless3/5
clueless
- adjective satellite totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring
- adjective satellite totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring
- matchless3/5
matchless
- adjective satellite eminent beyond or above comparison
unrivaled; unrivalled; one and only; peerless; unmatched; one; unmatchable; nonpareil.
- matchless beauty
- the team's nonpareil center fielder
- she's one girl in a million
- the one and only Muhammad Ali
- a peerless scholar
- infamy unmatched in the Western world
- wrote with unmatchable clarity
- unrivaled mastery of her art
- adjective satellite eminent beyond or above comparison
- peerless3/5
peerless
- adjective satellite eminent beyond or above comparison
unrivaled; unrivalled; one and only; unmatched; one; matchless; unmatchable; nonpareil.
- matchless beauty
- the team's nonpareil center fielder
- she's one girl in a million
- the one and only Muhammad Ali
- a peerless scholar
- infamy unmatched in the Western world
- wrote with unmatchable clarity
- unrivaled mastery of her art
- adjective satellite eminent beyond or above comparison
- nameless3/5
nameless
- adjective satellite being or having an unknown or unnamed source
unknown; unnamed; unidentified.
- a poem by an unknown author
- corporations responsible to nameless owners
- an unnamed donor
- adjective satellite being or having an unknown or unnamed source
- aimlessly3/5
aimlessly
- adverb without aim; in an aimless manner
- he wandered around aimlessly
- adverb without aim; in an aimless manner
- unmolested3/5
unmolested
- adjective satellite not interfered with, disturbed, or harmed
- adjective satellite not interfered with, disturbed, or harmed
- faceless3/5
faceless
- adjective without a face or identity
- a faceless apparition
- the faceless accusers of the police state
- adjective without a face or identity
- landless3/5
landless
- adjective owning no land
- the landless peasantry
- adjective owning no land
- lossless3/5
lossless
- adjective characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy
- adjective characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy
- dimensionless3/5
dimensionless
Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent. Milton.
- middlesex3/5
- celeste3/5
celeste
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- wellesley3/5
wellesley
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- alessandro3/5
alessandro
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- filesystem3/5
filesystem
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- seamlessly3/5
seamless
- adjective not having or joined by a seam or seams
- seamless stockings
- adjective satellite smooth, especially of skin
unlined; unseamed.
- his cheeks were unlined
- his unseamed face
- adjective not having or joined by a seam or seams
- ecclesial3/5
ecclesial
Ecclesiastical. Obs. Milton.
- ecclesia3/5
ecclesia
(Gr. Antiq.) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
- windowless3/5
windowless
Destitute of a window. Carlyle.
- hypercholesterolemia2/5
hypercholesterolemia
- noun the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis
hypercholesteremia.
- noun the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis
- cholestasis2/5
cholestasis
- noun a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed
acholia.
- noun a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed
- breathlessness2/5
breathlessness
- noun a dyspneic condition
shortness of breath; SOB.
- noun a dyspneic condition
- vilest2/5
vile
- adjective satellite morally reprehensible
worthless; unworthy; slimy; wretched; ugly; despicable.
- would do something as despicable as murder
- ugly crimes
- the vile development of slavery appalled them
- a slimy little liar
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; nauseous; offensive; loathsome; sickening; noisome; nauseating.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- adjective satellite morally reprehensible
- convalescing2/5
convalesce
- verb get over an illness or shock
recuperate; recover.
- The patient is recuperating
- verb get over an illness or shock
- feeblest2/5
feeble
- adjective satellite pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
lame.
- a feeble excuse
- a lame argument
- adjective satellite lacking strength or vigor
faint.
- damning with faint praise
- faint resistance
- feeble efforts
- a feeble voice
- adjective satellite pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
- convalescents2/5
convalescent
- noun a person who is recovering from illness
- adjective satellite returning to health after illness or debility
recovering.
- convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed
- noun a person who is recovering from illness
- coalescing2/5
coalescing
- adjective satellite growing together, fusing
coalescent.
- coalescent tradititions
- coalescent bones
- verb mix together different elements
mix; conflate; immix; coalesce; commingle; flux; fuse; combine; merge; blend; meld.
- The colors blend well
- adjective satellite growing together, fusing
- childlessness2/5
childlessness
- noun the condition of being without offspring
- noun the condition of being without offspring
- subtlest2/5
subtle
- adjective satellite difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
elusive.
- his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
- a subtle difference
- that elusive thing the soul
- adjective satellite able to make fine distinctions
- a subtle mind
- adjective satellite difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
- spineless2/5
spineless
- adjective satellite weak in willpower, courage or vitality
gutless; wishy-washy; namby-pamby.
- adjective lacking a backbone or spinal column
invertebrate.
- worms are an example of invertebrate animals
- adjective satellite weak in willpower, courage or vitality
- obsolescent2/5
obsolescent
- adjective satellite becoming obsolete
- adjective satellite becoming obsolete
- palest2/5
pale
- noun a wooden strip forming part of a fence
picket.
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blanch; blench.
- noun a wooden strip forming part of a fence
- pulseless2/5
pulseless
- adjective satellite appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
breathless; inanimate.
- an inanimate body
- pulseless and dead
- adjective satellite appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
- nerveless2/5
nerveless
- adjective satellite marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
coolheaded; cool.
- play it cool
- keep cool
- stayed coolheaded in the crisis
- the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament
- adjective satellite lacking strength
feeble.
- a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- adjective satellite marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
- gooseflesh2/5
gooseflesh
- noun reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation
horripilation; goose bump; goose pimple; goosebump; goose skin; pilomotor reflex.
- noun reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation
- gutless2/5
gutless
- adjective lacking courage or vitality
- he was a yellow gutless worm
- a spineless craven fellow
- adjective satellite weak in willpower, courage or vitality
wishy-washy; namby-pamby; spineless.
- adjective lacking courage or vitality
- coalesces2/5
coalesce
- verb mix together different elements
mix; conflate; immix; commingle; flux; fuse; combine; merge; blend; meld.
- The colors blend well
- verb fuse or cause to grow together
- verb mix together different elements
- sinlessness2/5
sinlessness
- noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
whiteness; purity; innocence; pureness.
- noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
- senegalese2/5
senegalese
- noun a native or inhabitant of Senegal
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Senegal or its people
- Senegalese villages
- Senegalese herdsmen
- noun a native or inhabitant of Senegal
- telescopic2/5
telescopic
- adjective satellite visible only with a telescope
- a bright star with a telescopic companion
- adjective satellite capable of discerning distant objects
- a telescopic eye
- telescopic vision
- adjective satellite visible only with a telescope
- friendless2/5
friendless
- adjective satellite excluded from a society
outcast.
- adjective satellite excluded from a society
- sinless2/5
sinless
- adjective satellite free from sin
impeccant; innocent.
- adjective satellite free from sin
- fearlessness2/5
fearlessness
- noun feeling no fear
bravery.
- noun the trait of feeling no fear
- noun feeling no fear
- rattlesnakes2/5
rattlesnake
- noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
rattler.
- noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
- uselessness2/5
uselessness
- noun the quality of having no practical use
unusefulness; inutility.
- noun the quality of having no practical use
- leafless2/5
leafless
- adjective having no leaves
- adjective having no leaves
- guiltless2/5
guiltless
- adjective free from evil or guilt
clean-handed; innocent.
- an innocent child
- the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
- adjective free from evil or guilt
- luckless2/5
luckless
- adjective having or bringing misfortune
unlucky.
- Friday the 13th is an unlucky date
- adjective having or bringing misfortune
- soundless2/5
soundless
- adjective satellite marked by absence of sound
still; silent.
- a silent house
- soundless footsteps on the grass
- the night was still
- adjective satellite marked by absence of sound
- airless2/5
airless
- adjective satellite lacking fresh air
close; unaired; stuffy.
- a dusty airless attic
- the dreadfully close atmosphere
- hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke
- adjective satellite lacking fresh air
- wholesaling2/5
wholesale
- noun the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
- verb sell in large quantities
- noun the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
- dullest2/5
dull
- verb make dull in appearance
- Age had dulled the surface
- verb become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
- the varnished table top dulled with time
- verb make dull in appearance
- preadolescent2/5
preadolescent
- adjective satellite of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12
preteen.
- a preteen party
- preteen clothing
- adjective satellite of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12
- littlest2/5
little
- noun a small amount or duration
- he accepted the little they gave him
- adjective limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
small.
- a little dining room
- a little house
- a small car
- a little (or small) group
- noun a small amount or duration
- waterless2/5
waterless
- adjective satellite lacking sufficient water or rainfall
arid.
- an arid climate
- a waterless well
- miles of waterless country to cross
- adjective satellite lacking sufficient water or rainfall
- sunless2/5
sunless
- adjective satellite filled or abounding with clouds
overcast; clouded; cloud-covered.
- adjective satellite filled or abounding with clouds
- listlessness2/5
listlessness
- noun a feeling of lack of interest or energy
languor; lassitude.
- noun inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
torpor; torpidity; torpidness.
- noun a feeling of lack of interest or energy
- tablespoonful2/5
tablespoonful
- noun as much as a tablespoon will hold
tablespoon.
- noun as much as a tablespoon will hold
- roofless2/5
roofless
- adjective not having a roof
- the hurricane left hundreds of house roofless
- adjective satellite physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
dispossessed; homeless.
- made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern
- adjective not having a roof
- spiritless2/5
spiritless
- adjective lacking ardor or vigor or energy
- a spiritless reply to criticism
- adjective satellite evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant
meek.
- compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others
- a fine fiery blast against meek conformity"- Orville Prescott
- she looked meek but had the heart of a lion
- was submissive and subservient
- adjective lacking ardor or vigor or energy
- tablespoonfuls2/5
tablespoonful
- noun as much as a tablespoon will hold
tablespoon.
- noun as much as a tablespoon will hold
- foulest2/5
foul
- noun an act that violates the rules of a sport
- verb hit a foul ball
- noun an act that violates the rules of a sport
- wholesomeness2/5
wholesomeness
- noun the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you
- noun the quality of being beneficial and generally good for you
- legalese2/5
legalese
- noun a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law
- noun a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law
- cruelest2/5
cruel
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
savage; barbarous; vicious; brutal; fell; roughshod.
- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- characterless2/5
characterless
- adjective satellite lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
nondescript.
- women dressed in nondescript clothes
- a nondescript novel
- adjective satellite lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
- featureless2/5
featureless
- adjective satellite lacking distinguishing characteristics or features
- the featureless landscape of the steppe
- adjective satellite lacking distinguishing characteristics or features
- sleeveless2/5
sleeveless
- adjective having no sleeves
- sleeveless summer dresses
- adjective satellite unproductive of success
fruitless; vain; bootless; futile.
- a fruitless search
- futile years after her artistic peak
- a sleeveless errand
- a vain attempt
- adjective having no sleeves
- fleshed2/5
flesh
- noun the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
- noun alternative names for the body of a human being
form; figure; soma; frame; physique; material body; anatomy; 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 soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
- soulless2/5
soulless
- adjective satellite lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling
- adjective satellite lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling
- sleeplessness2/5
sleeplessness
- noun a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep
wakefulness.
- accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come
- noun a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep
- meaninglessness2/5
meaninglessness
- noun a message that seems to convey no meaning
bunk; hokum; nonsense; nonsensicality.
- noun the quality of having no value or significance
- he resented the meaninglessness of the tasks they assigned him
- noun a message that seems to convey no meaning
- cobblestone2/5
cobblestone
- noun rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
sett; cobble.
- verb pave with cobblestones
cobble.
- noun rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
- noblesse2/5
noblesse
- noun the state of being of noble birth
nobility.
- noun members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)
- noun the state of being of noble birth
- timelessness2/5
timelessness
- noun a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
eternity; timeless existence.
- noun a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
- artless2/5
artless
- adjective characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
ingenuous.
- an ingenuous admission of responsibility
- adjective simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
- an artless manner
- artless elegance
- adjective characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
- molest2/5
molest
- verb harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
- verb annoy continually or chronically
beset; chivy; chevy; chevvy; harass; hassle; chivvy; harry; plague; provoke.
- He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
- This man harasses his female co-workers
- verb harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
- wordlessly2/5
wordlessly
- adverb without speaking
mutely; taciturnly; silently.
- he sat mutely next to her
- adverb without speaking
- dauntless2/5
dauntless
- adjective satellite invulnerable to fear or intimidation
brave; fearless; audacious; hardy; intrepid; unfearing.
- audacious explorers
- fearless reporters and photographers
- intrepid pioneers
- adjective satellite invulnerable to fear or intimidation
- cheerless2/5
cheerless
- adjective causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
depressing; uncheerful.
- the economic outlook is depressing
- something cheerless about the room
- a moody and uncheerful person
- an uncheerful place
- adjective causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
- thankless2/5
thankless
- adjective not feeling or showing gratitude
ungrateful; unthankful.
- ungrateful heirs
- How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare
- adjective satellite not likely to be rewarded
unappreciated; ungratifying.
- grading papers is a thankless task
- adjective not feeling or showing gratitude
- remorseless2/5
remorseless
- adjective satellite without mercy or pity
ruthless; unpitying; pitiless.
- an act of ruthless ferocity
- a monster of remorseless cruelty
- adjective satellite without mercy or pity
- changeless2/5
changeless
- adjective not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature
immutable.
- the view of that time was that all species were immutable, created by God
- adjective satellite unvarying in nature
constant; unvarying; invariant.
- maintained a constant temperature
- principles of unvarying validity
- adjective not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature
- cobblestones2/5
cobblestone
- noun rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
sett; cobble.
- verb pave with cobblestones
cobble.
- noun rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
- applesauce2/5
applesauce
- noun puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced
apple sauce.
- noun nonsensical talk or writing
codswallop; wish-wash; trumpery; tripe; folderol; rubbish; trash.
- noun puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced
- frictionless2/5
frictionless
- adjective lacking all friction
- a perpetual motion machine would have to be frictionless
- adjective lacking all friction
- gentlest2/5
gentle
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
ennoble; entitle.
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- iglesias2/5
iglesias
- noun Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943)
Julio Iglesias.
- noun Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943)
- rootless2/5
rootless
- adjective satellite wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
vagabond.
- led a vagabond life
- a rootless wanderer
- verb dig with the snout
rout; root; rootle.
- the pig was rooting for truffles
- adjective satellite wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
- brunelleschi2/5
brunelleschi
- noun Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446)
Filippo Brunelleschi.
- noun Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446)
- salespersons2/5
salesperson
- noun a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
sales representative; sales rep.
- noun a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
- odorless2/5
odorless
- adjective having no odor
odourless; inodorous.
- odorless gas
- odorless flowers
- adjective having no odor
- sightless2/5
sightless
- adjective satellite lacking sight
unseeing; eyeless.
- blind as an eyeless beggar
- adjective satellite lacking sight
- riskless2/5
riskless
- adjective satellite thought to be devoid of risk
risk-free; unhazardous.
- adjective satellite thought to be devoid of risk
- mindlessly2/5
mindlessly
- adverb without intellectual involvement
- all day long, he mindlessly filled out forms
- adverb in an unreasonably senseless manner
senselessly.
- these temples were mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards
- adverb without intellectual involvement
- molesters2/5
molester
- noun someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities
- noun someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities
- palestrina2/5
palestrina
- noun Italian composer (1526-1594)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
- noun Italian composer (1526-1594)
- thoughtlessness2/5
thoughtlessness
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
inconsiderateness; inconsideration.
- noun the trait of not thinking carefully before acting
unthoughtfulness.
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
- molesting2/5
molest
- verb harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
- verb annoy continually or chronically
beset; chivy; chevy; chevvy; harass; hassle; chivvy; harry; plague; provoke.
- He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
- This man harasses his female co-workers
- verb harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
- soundlessly2/5
soundlessly
- adverb without a sound
noiselessly.
- he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door
- adverb without a sound
- beardless2/5
beardless
- adjective satellite having no beard
whiskerless.
- adjective satellite lacking hair on the face
smooth-faced.
- a smooth-faced boy of 14 years
- adjective satellite having no beard
- telescoping2/5
telescope
- noun a magnifier of images of distant objects
scope.
- verb crush together or collapse
- In the accident, the cars telescoped
- my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack
- noun a magnifier of images of distant objects
- sexless2/5
sexless
- adjective satellite having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
neuter.
- adjective satellite having no sexual desire
- adjective satellite having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
- feckless2/5
feckless
- adjective satellite not fit to assume responsibility
- adjective satellite generally incompetent and ineffectual
inept.
- feckless attempts to repair the plumbing
- inept handling of the account
- adjective satellite not fit to assume responsibility
- tactless2/5
tactless
- adjective lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
untactful.
- in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age
- adjective satellite revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
inept.
- an inept remark
- it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable
- adjective lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
- hellespont2/5
hellespont
A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles . It connects the Ægean Sea and the sea of Marmora.
- walesa2/5
walesa
- noun Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943)
Lech Walesa.
- noun Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943)
- graceless2/5
graceless
- adjective satellite lacking graciousness
unpleasing.
- a totally graceless hostess
- adjective satellite lacking grace; clumsy
ungraceful.
- a graceless production of the play
- his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott
- adjective satellite lacking graciousness
- comfortless2/5
comfortless
- adjective satellite without comfort
- a comfortless room
- adjective satellite without comfort
- measureless2/5
measureless
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
limitless; illimitable.
- limitless vastness of our solar system
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
- faithlessness2/5
faithlessness
- noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
inconstancy; falseness; fickleness.
- noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
- fruitlessly2/5
fruitlessly
- adverb in an unproductive manner
unproductively; unprofitably.
- adverb in an unproductive manner
- opalescent2/5
opalescent
- adjective satellite having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
nacreous; pearlescent; iridescent; opaline.
- an iridescent oil slick
- nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl
- a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster
- adjective satellite having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
- molester2/5
molester
- noun someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities
- noun someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities
- remorselessly2/5
remorselessly
- adverb without pity; in a merciless manner
pitilessly; mercilessly; unmercifully.
- he was mercilessly trounced by his opponent in the House
- adverb without pity; in a merciless manner
- fleshing2/5
flesh
- noun the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
- noun alternative names for the body of a human being
form; figure; soma; frame; physique; material body; anatomy; 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 soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
- bodiless2/5
bodiless
- adjective satellite not having a material body
disembodied; unbodied; discorporate; unembodied.
- bodiless ghosts
- adjective satellite having no trunk or main part
bodyless.
- a bodiless head
- adjective satellite not having a material body
- eyeless2/5
eyeless
- adjective lacking eyes or eyelike features
- eyeless fish that evolved in dark caves
- an eyeless needle
- adjective satellite lacking sight
sightless; unseeing.
- blind as an eyeless beggar
- adjective lacking eyes or eyelike features
- pitilessly2/5
pitilessly
- adverb without pity; in a merciless manner
mercilessly; remorselessly; unmercifully.
- he was mercilessly trounced by his opponent in the House
- adverb without pity; in a merciless manner
- telescoped2/5
telescoped
- adjective satellite shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
shortened.
- a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars
- years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream
- verb crush together or collapse
telescope.
- In the accident, the cars telescoped
- my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack
- adjective satellite shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
- coalescent2/5
coalescent
- adjective satellite growing together, fusing
coalescing.
- coalescent tradititions
- coalescent bones
- adjective satellite growing together, fusing
- senselessness2/5
senselessness
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
pointlessness; vacuity; mindlessness; inanity.
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
- heartlessness2/5
heartlessness
- noun an absence of concern for the welfare of others
hardheartedness; coldheartedness.
- noun an absence of concern for the welfare of others
- heedlessness2/5
heedlessness
- noun a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
inattentiveness.
- noun the trait of acting rashly and without prudence
mindlessness; rashness.
- noun a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
- mindlessness2/5
mindlessness
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
pointlessness; vacuity; senselessness; inanity.
- noun the trait of acting rashly and without prudence
heedlessness; rashness.
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
- scoreless2/5
scoreless
- adjective satellite having no points scores
goalless; hitless.
- a scoreless inning
- adjective satellite having no points scores
- senselessly2/5
senselessly
- adverb in a meaningless and purposeless manner
- these innocent bystanders were senselessly killed
- adverb in an unreasonably senseless manner
mindlessly.
- these temples were mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards
- adverb in a meaningless and purposeless manner
- pointlessness2/5
pointlessness
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
vacuity; senselessness; mindlessness; inanity.
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
- tearless2/5
tearless
- adjective free from tears
dry-eyed.
- adjective free from tears
- odourless2/5
odourless
- adjective having no odor
odorless; inodorous.
- odorless gas
- odorless flowers
- adjective having no odor
- burlesques2/5
burlesque
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- 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; parody.
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- tailless2/5
tailless
- adjective satellite not having a tail
anurous.
- anurous toads and frogs
- adjective satellite not having a tail
- ecclesiastics2/5
ecclesiastic
- noun a clergyman or other person in religious orders
cleric; divine; churchman.
- adjective of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
ecclesiastical.
- ecclesiastic history
- noun a clergyman or other person in religious orders
- noiseless2/5
noiseless
- adjective satellite making no sound
- th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time"- Shakespeare
- adjective satellite making no sound
- baseless2/5
baseless
- adjective satellite without a basis in reason or fact
unwarranted; groundless; idle; wild; unfounded.
- baseless gossip
- the allegations proved groundless
- idle fears
- unfounded suspicions
- unwarranted jealousy
- adjective satellite without a basis in reason or fact
- ageless2/5
ageless
- adjective satellite continuing forever or indefinitely
unending; unceasing; perpetual; eternal; eonian; everlasting; aeonian.
- the ageless themes of love and revenge
- eternal truths
- life everlasting
- hell's perpetual fires
- the unending bliss of heaven
- adjective satellite continuing forever or indefinitely
- ecclesiastic2/5
ecclesiastic
- noun a clergyman or other person in religious orders
cleric; divine; churchman.
- adjective of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
ecclesiastical.
- ecclesiastic history
- noun a clergyman or other person in religious orders
- listlessly2/5
listlessly
- adverb in a listless manner
- they shook hands rather listlessly
- adverb in a listless manner
- purposeless2/5
purposeless
- adjective not evidencing any purpose or goal
- adjective satellite serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
pointless; senseless; wasted; otiose; superfluous.
- otiose lines in a play
- advice is wasted words
- a pointless remark
- a life essentially purposeless
- senseless violence
- adjective not evidencing any purpose or goal
- uselessly2/5
uselessly
- adverb in a useless manner
- the furniture was sitting around uselessly
- adverb in a useless manner
- topless2/5
topless
- adjective having no top
- a topless jar
- adjective satellite having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity
braless; bare-breasted.
- topless waitresses
- a topless cabaret
- adjective having no top
- flawlessly2/5
flawlessly
- adverb in an adroit manner
cleanly.
- he bounced it cleanly off the wall
- adverb in an adroit manner
- joyless2/5
joyless
- adjective not experiencing or inspiring joy
- a joyless man
- a joyless occasion
- joyless evenings
- adjective not experiencing or inspiring joy
- salesmanship2/5
salesmanship
- noun skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy
- he read a book on salesmanship but it didn't help
- noun skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy
- anglesey2/5
anglesey
- noun an island to the northwest of Wales
Mona; Anglesea; Anglesey Island; Anglesea Island.
- noun an island to the northwest of Wales
- weightlessness2/5
weightlessness
- noun the property of being comparatively small in weight
lightness.
- the lightness of balsa wood
- noun the property of being comparatively small in weight
- emotionless2/5
emotionless
- adjective satellite unmoved by feeling
passionless.
- he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served
- this passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine"-Margaret Deland
- adjective satellite unmoved by feeling
- passionless2/5
passionless
- adjective not passionate
- passionless observation of human nature
- adjective satellite unmoved by feeling
emotionless.
- he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served
- this passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine"-Margaret Deland
- adjective not passionate
- witless2/5
witless
- adjective satellite (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
senseless; soft-witted; nitwitted.
- adjective satellite (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
- resistless2/5
resistless
- adjective impossible to resist; overpowering
irresistible.
- irresistible (or resistless) impulses
- what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?
- adjective satellite offering no resistance
supine; unresisting.
- resistless hostages
- No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
- adjective impossible to resist; overpowering
- selflessly2/5
selflessly
- adverb in an altruistic manner
altruistically.
- he acted selflessly when he helped the old lady in distress
- adverb in an altruistic manner
- brainless2/5
brainless
- adjective satellite not using intelligence
headless.
- adjective satellite not using intelligence
- coleslaw2/5
coleslaw
- noun basically shredded cabbage
slaw.
- noun basically shredded cabbage
- saleswoman2/5
saleswoman
- noun a woman salesperson
saleslady; salesgirl.
- noun a woman salesperson
- troubleshooter2/5
troubleshooter
- noun a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices)
trouble shooter.
- noun a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices)
- ecclesiasticus2/5
ecclesiasticus
A book of the Apocrypha.
- apostleship2/5
apostleship
- noun the position of apostle
- noun the position of apostle
- shamelessness2/5
shamelessness
- noun behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
brazenness.
- noun behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
- strapless2/5
strapless
- noun a woman's garment that exposes the shoulders and has no shoulder straps
- adjective satellite having no straps
- a strapless evening gown
- noun a woman's garment that exposes the shoulders and has no shoulder straps
- horseflesh2/5
horseflesh
- noun the flesh of horses as food
horsemeat.
- noun the flesh of horses as food
- spotlessly2/5
spotlessly
- adverb in a spotless manner
- spotlessly clean
- adverb in a spotless manner
- causeless2/5
causeless
- adjective satellite having no justifying cause or reason
reasonless.
- a senseless, causeless murder
- a causeless war that never had an aim
- an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change
- adjective satellite having no cause or apparent cause
fortuitous; uncaused.
- a causeless miracle
- fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
- we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
- adjective satellite having no justifying cause or reason
- shitless2/5
shitless
- adjective satellite extremely frightened
- he was scared shitless
- adjective satellite extremely frightened
- propertyless2/5
propertyless
- adjective satellite of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
working-class; wage-earning; blue-collar.
- party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw
- adjective satellite of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
- godlessness2/5
godlessness
- noun the doctrine or belief that there is no God
atheism.
- noun impiety by virtue of not being a godly person
ungodliness.
- noun the doctrine or belief that there is no God
- aimlessness2/5
aimlessness
- noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose
purposelessness.
- noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose
- lightless2/5
lightless
- adjective satellite giving no light
- lightless stars `visible' only to radio antennae
- adjective satellite without illumination
unilluminated; unlighted; unlit.
- came up the lightless stairs
- the unilluminated side of Mars
- through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets
- adjective satellite giving no light
- endlessness2/5
endlessness
- noun the property of being (or seeming to be) without end
- noun the property of being (or seeming to be) without end
- recoilless2/5
recoilless
- adjective of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil
- adjective of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil
- weightless2/5
weightless
- adjective having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light
- floating freely in a weightless condition
- a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth
- jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric
- adjective having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light
- loveless2/5
loveless
- adjective satellite without love
- a loveless marriage
- adjective satellite receiving no love
- a loveless childhood
- adjective satellite without love
- harmlessly2/5
harmlessly
- adverb in a harmless manner
- this is a harmlessly childish game
- adverb in a harmless manner
- deathless2/5
deathless
- adjective satellite never dying
undying.
- his undying fame
- adjective satellite never dying
- guileless2/5
guileless
- adjective satellite free of deceit
transparent.
- adjective satellite free of deceit
- thoughtlessly2/5
thoughtlessly
- adverb in a thoughtless manner
unthinkingly; unthinking.
- he stared thoughtlessly at the picture
- adverb showing thoughtlessness
- he treated his parents thoughtlessly
- adverb in a thoughtless manner
- windless2/5
windless
- adjective satellite without or almost without wind
- he prefers windless days for playing golf
- adjective satellite without or almost without wind
- meddlesome2/5
meddlesome
- adjective satellite intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
busy; officious; meddling; interfering; busybodied.
- an interfering old woman
- bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself
- busy about other people's business
- adjective satellite intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
- heedlessly2/5
heedlessly
- adverb without care or concern
carelessly.
- carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment
- adverb without care or concern
- profitless2/5
profitless
- adjective satellite without profit or reward
- let us have no part in profitless quarrels"- D.D.Eisenhower
- How weary, flat, stale, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world"- Shakespeare
- adjective satellite without profit or reward
- directionless2/5
directionless
- adjective satellite aimlessly drifting
rudderless; adrift; planless; afloat; aimless; undirected.
- adjective satellite aimlessly drifting
- rudderless2/5
rudderless
- adjective satellite aimlessly drifting
directionless; adrift; planless; afloat; aimless; undirected.
- adjective satellite aimlessly drifting
- mirthless2/5
mirthless
- adjective satellite lacking mirth
- adjective satellite lacking mirth
- doublespeak2/5
doublespeak
- noun any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not
- noun any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not
- pointlessly2/5
pointlessly
- adverb in a pointless manner
- he spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery
- adverb in a pointless manner
- tyrolese2/5
tyrolese
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Tyrol or its people
Tyrolean.
- Tyrolean yodeling
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Tyrol or its people
- faultlessly2/5
faultlessly
- adverb without a fault; in a faultless manner
- he solved all the problems faultlessly
- adverb without a fault; in a faultless manner
- masterless2/5
masterless
- adjective satellite having no lord or master
lordless.
- harsh punishments for sturdy vagabonds and masterless men
- adjective satellite having no lord or master
- dreamless2/5
dreamless
- adjective satellite untroubled by dreams
- a sound and dreamless sleep
- adjective satellite untroubled by dreams
- trackless2/5
trackless
- adjective having no tracks
- a trackless trolley
- the trackless snowy meadow
- adjective satellite lacking pathways
untrodden; untrod; roadless; pathless; untracked.
- trackless wilderness
- roadless areas
- adjective having no tracks
- painlessly2/5
painlessly
- adverb without pain
- after the surgery, she could move her arms painlessly
- adverb without pain
- shiftless2/5
shiftless
- adjective satellite lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy
- a shiftless student
- studied in a shiftless way
- adjective satellite lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy
- blessedly2/5
blessedly
- adverb in a blessed manner
- adverb in a blessed manner
- roadless2/5
roadless
- adjective satellite lacking pathways
untrodden; trackless; untrod; pathless; untracked.
- trackless wilderness
- roadless areas
- adjective satellite lacking pathways
- pathless2/5
pathless
- adjective satellite lacking pathways
untrodden; trackless; untrod; roadless; untracked.
- trackless wilderness
- roadless areas
- adjective satellite lacking pathways
- costless2/5
costless
- adjective satellite costing nothing
complimentary; gratis; free; gratuitous.
- complimentary tickets
- free admission
- adjective satellite costing nothing
- boneless2/5
boneless
- adjective being without a bone or bones
- jellyfish are boneless
- adjective being without a bone or bones
- smokeless2/5
smokeless
- adjective emitting or containing little or no smoke
- smokeless factory stacks
- smokeless fuel
- a smokeless environment
- adjective emitting or containing little or no smoke
- treeless2/5
treeless
- adjective not wooded
unwooded.
- adjective not wooded
- motherless2/5
motherless
- adjective satellite having no living or known mother
- adjective satellite having no living or known mother
- moonless2/5
moonless
- adjective without a moon or a visible moon
- the dark moonless night
- a moonless planet
- adjective without a moon or a visible moon
- skinless2/5
skinless
- adjective having no skin
- adjective having no skin
- wingless2/5
wingless
- adjective lacking wings
- adjective lacking wings
- seedless2/5
seedless
- adjective lacking seeds
- seedless grapefruit
- adjective lacking seeds
- humorless2/5
humorless
- adjective lacking humor; a wink of warning"- Truman Capote
humourless; unhumorous.
- it was a humorless wink
- adjective lacking humor; a wink of warning"- Truman Capote
- doubtlessly2/5
doubtlessly
- adverb without doubt; certainly
doubtless; undoubtedly.
- it's undoubtedly very beautiful
- adverb without doubt; certainly
- shoeless2/5
shoeless
- adjective satellite without shoes
barefoot; barefooted.
- the barefoot boy
- shoeless Joe Jackson
- adjective satellite without shoes
- flightless2/5
flightless
- adjective satellite incapable of flying
- adjective satellite incapable of flying
- legless2/5
legless
- adjective not having legs
- a legless man in a wheelchair
- adjective not having legs
- meatless2/5
meatless
- adjective lacking meat
- meatless days
- adjective lacking meat
- hatless2/5
hatless
- adjective not wearing a hat
- stood hatless in the rain with water dripping down his neck
- adjective not wearing a hat
- starless2/5
starless
- adjective not starry; having no stars or starlike objects
- dark starless nights
- adjective not starry; having no stars or starlike objects
- armless2/5
armless
- adjective having no arms
- the armless Venus de Milo
- adjective having no arms
- rimless2/5
rimless
- adjective lacking a rim or frame
- rimless glasses
- adjective lacking a rim or frame
- toneless2/5
toneless
- adjective lacking in tone or expression
- his toneless mechanical voice
- adjective lacking in tone or expression
- backless2/5
backless
- adjective lacking a back
- a stool is a backless and armless seat
- adjective lacking a back
- schleswig2/5
schleswig
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- charlesworth2/5
- iglesia2/5
iglesia
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- ecclesiae2/5
ecclesia
(Gr. Antiq.) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
- warrantless2/5
warrantless
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- carnivalesque2/5
- connectionless2/5
- filesystems2/5
- celestine2/5
celestine
(Min.) Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.
- plessis2/5
plessis
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- silesian2/5
silesian
Of or pertaining to Silesia. --n. A native or inhabitant of Silesia.
- borderless2/5
- massless2/5
massless
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- cholesteatoma2/5
cholesteatoma
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- ellesmere2/5
ellesmere
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- joblessness2/5
joblessness
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- eggleston2/5
eggleston
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- celestina2/5
- fathomless2/5
fathomless
Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded. And buckle in a waist most fathomless. Shak.
- shirtless2/5
shirtless
Not having or wearing a shirt. Pope. --Shirt"less*ness , n.
- ecclesiological2/5
ecclesiological
Belonging to ecclesiology.
- paperless2/5
paperless
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- leaderless2/5
leaderless
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- aylesbury2/5
- cholestatic2/5
- formlessness2/5
formlessness
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- cholestyramine2/5
- macclesfield2/5
- wirelessly2/5
wireless
- noun medium for communication
radio; radiocommunication.
- noun transmission by radio waves
- noun medium for communication
- electroless2/5
- landlessness2/5
landlessness
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- rootlessness2/5
rootlessness
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- cholesteryl2/5
- inglese2/5
inglese
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- horseless2/5
horseless
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- milesian2/5
milesian
(Anc. Geog.) Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants.
- appleseed2/5
appleseed
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- victimless2/5
victimless
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- celestials2/5
celestial
- adjective of or relating to the sky
heavenly.
- celestial map
- a heavenly body
- adjective relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
heavenly.
- celestial beings
- heavenly hosts
- adjective of or relating to the sky
- tenseless2/5
tenseless
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- memoryless2/5
- frameless2/5
- beginningless2/5
- riderless2/5
riderless
Having no rider; H. Kingsley.as, a .riderless horse
- cruellest2/5
cruel
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
savage; barbarous; vicious; brutal; fell; roughshod.
- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- structureless2/5
structureless
Without a definite structure, or arrangement of parts; without organization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a .structureless membrane
- statelessness2/5
statelessness
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- harmlessness2/5
harmlessness
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- olestra2/5
- houseless2/5
houseless
Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a .houseless wanderer
- preadolescents2/5
preadolescent
- adjective satellite of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12
preteen.
- a preteen party
- preteen clothing
- adjective satellite of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12
- alessandria2/5
- placeless2/5
placeless
Having no place or office.
- fleshless2/5
fleshless
Destitute of flesh; lean. Carlyle.
- brushless2/5
- cashless2/5
cashless
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- cholesteric2/5
cholesteric
Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; Ure.as, .cholesteric acid
- genderless2/5
genderless
Having no gender.
- marshallese2/5
- hypercholesterolemic2/5
hypercholesterolemic
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- milesians2/5
milesian
(Anc. Geog.) Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants.
- frailest1/5
frail
- noun the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
- noun a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
- noun the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
- convalesce1/5
convalesce
- verb get over an illness or shock
recuperate; recover.
- The patient is recuperating
- verb get over an illness or shock
- voicelessness1/5
voicelessness
- noun a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
aphonia.
- noun speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
whispering; whisper; susurration.
- noun a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
- sapless1/5
sapless
- adjective satellite lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
weakly; weak; feeble; decrepit; infirm; rickety; debile.
- a feeble old woman
- her body looked sapless
- adjective satellite destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry
- the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks"- Norman Mailer
- adjective satellite lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- convalesced1/5
convalesce
- verb get over an illness or shock
recuperate; recover.
- The patient is recuperating
- verb get over an illness or shock
- unwholesomeness1/5
unwholesomeness
- noun the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
morbidness; morbidity.
- noun the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
- obsolescing1/5
obsolesce
- verb become obsolete, fall into disuse
- This word has not obsolesced, although it is rarely used
- verb become obsolete, fall into disuse
- colorlessness1/5
colorlessness
- noun the visual property of being without chromatic color
colourlessness; achromaticity; achromatism.
- noun the visual property of being without chromatic color
- colourlessness1/5
colourlessness
- noun the visual property of being without chromatic color
achromaticity; achromatism; colorlessness.
- noun the visual property of being without chromatic color
- modeless1/5
model
- noun a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
framework; theoretical account.
- the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems
- noun a type of product
- his car was an old model
- noun a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- fleshes1/5
flesh
- noun the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
- noun alternative names for the body of a human being
form; figure; soma; frame; physique; material body; anatomy; 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 soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
- symptomless1/5
symptomless
- adjective satellite having no symptoms of illness or disease
asymptomatic.
- adjective satellite having no symptoms of illness or disease
- stingless1/5
stingless
- adjective without a sting
- adjective without a sting
- stemless1/5
stemless
- adjective not having a stem
- stemless glassware
- adjective (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground
acaulescent.
- adjective not having a stem
- hairlessness1/5
hairlessness
- noun the condition of being void of hair
depilation.
- noun the quality of not having hair
- noun the condition of being void of hair
- heatless1/5
heatless
- adjective satellite without generating heat
- luminescent organisms emit heatless light
- adjective satellite without generating heat
- stalkless1/5
stalkless
- adjective attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk
sessile.
- sessile flowers
- the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate
- adjective attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk
- realest1/5
real
- noun any rational or irrational number
real number.
- noun the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
- noun any rational or irrational number
- mouthless1/5
mouthless
- adjective having no mouth or mouthlike opening
astomatous.
- adjective having no mouth or mouthlike opening
- speckless1/5
speckless
- adjective satellite completely neat and clean
spick; spick-and-span; spic-and-span; spic; spotless; immaculate.
- the apartment was immaculate
- in her immaculate white uniform
- a spick-and-span kitchen
- their spic red-visored caps
- noun a small contrasting part of something
speckle; spot; patch; maculation; fleck; dapple.
- a bald spot
- a leopard's spots
- a patch of clouds
- patches of thin ice
- a fleck of red
- adjective satellite completely neat and clean
- wholesomer1/5
wholesome
- adjective conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
- wholesome attitude
- wholesome appearance
- wholesome food
- adjective satellite sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind
- exercise develops wholesome appetites
- a grin on his ugly wholesome face
- adjective conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
- furless1/5
furl
- verb form into a cylinder by rolling
roll up.
- Roll up the cloth
- verb form into a cylinder by rolling
- boundlessness1/5
boundlessness
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
limitlessness; infinitude; unboundedness; infiniteness.
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
- lifelessness1/5
lifelessness
- noun a state of no motion or movement
motionlessness; stillness.
- the utter motionlessness of a marble statue
- noun not having life
inanimateness.
- noun a state of no motion or movement
- moleskin1/5
moleskin
- noun a durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap
- noun a durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap
- limitlessness1/5
limitlessness
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
infinitude; unboundedness; infiniteness; boundlessness.
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
- togolese1/5
togolese
- noun a native or inhabitant of Togo
- adjective of or relating to the African country of Togo or its people
- the Togolese capital
- noun a native or inhabitant of Togo
- lustreless1/5
lustreless
- adjective satellite lacking brilliance or vitality
lackluster; lusterless; lacklustre.
- a dull lackluster life
- a lusterless performance
- adjective satellite lacking luster or shine
lackluster; lusterless; lacklustre.
- staring with lackluster eyes
- lusterless hair
- adjective satellite lacking brilliance or vitality
- wholesomely1/5
wholesomely
- adverb in a wholesome manner
- the papers we found shed some valuable light on this question, wholesomely contradicting all lies
- adverb in a wholesome manner
- changelessness1/5
changelessness
- noun the property of remaining unchanged
- noun the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
unchangeableness; unchangeability; unchangingness.
- noun the property of remaining unchanged
- nettlesome1/5
nettlesome
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
pestering; plaguey; plaguy; galling; teasing; vexing; pesky; bothersome; vexatious; annoying; pestiferous; irritating.
- tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
- aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
- found it galling to have to ask permission
- an irritating delay
- nettlesome paperwork
- a pesky mosquito
- swarms of pestering gnats
- a plaguey newfangled safety catch
- a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
- a vexatious child
- it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
- adjective satellite easily irritated or annoyed
peckish; testy; tetchy; petulant; cranky; techy; fractious; irritable; scratchy; pettish; peevish.
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
- lusterless1/5
lusterless
- adjective satellite lacking brilliance or vitality
lackluster; lacklustre; lustreless.
- a dull lackluster life
- a lusterless performance
- adjective satellite lacking luster or shine
lackluster; lacklustre; lustreless.
- staring with lackluster eyes
- lusterless hair
- adjective satellite lacking brilliance or vitality
- blamelessness1/5
blamelessness
- noun a state of innocence
inculpableness; inculpability; guiltlessness.
- noun a state of innocence
- handless1/5
handless
- adjective without a hand or hands
- a handless war veteran
- noun the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
grip; hold; handgrip; handle.
- he grabbed the hammer by the handle
- it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip
- adjective without a hand or hands
- footless1/5
footless
- adjective having no feet or analogous appendages
- verb be about
loaf; footle; mess about; lallygag; linger; lollygag; lurk; tarry; 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?
- adjective having no feet or analogous appendages
- fruitlessness1/5
fruitlessness
- noun a lack of creative imagination
- noun the quality of yielding nothing of value
aridity; barrenness.
- noun a lack of creative imagination
- tastelessness1/5
tastelessness
- noun the property of having no flavor
flavorlessness; savourlessness; flavourlessness; savorlessness.
- noun inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste
- noun the property of having no flavor
- motionlessness1/5
motionlessness
- noun a state of no motion or movement
lifelessness; stillness.
- the utter motionlessness of a marble statue
- noun a state of no motion or movement
- casteless1/5
casteless
- adjective satellite not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society
outcaste.
- the foreigner was a casteless person
- adjective satellite not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society
- tongueless1/5
tongueless
- adjective lacking a tongue
- tongueless moccasins
- adjective satellite expressed without speech
wordless; unspoken; mute.
- a mute appeal
- a silent curse
- best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson
- the words stopped at her lips unsounded
- unspoken grief
- choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
- adjective lacking a tongue
- stillest1/5
still
- noun a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
- he wanted some stills for a magazine ad
- noun (poetic) tranquil silence
hush; stillness.
- the still of the night
- noun a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
- journalese1/5
journalese
- noun the style in which newspapers are written
- noun the style in which newspapers are written
- fleshiness1/5
fleshiness
- noun more than average fatness
corpulency; obesity.
- noun more than average fatness
- drugless1/5
drugless
- adjective satellite without the use of drugs
- drugless therapy
- adjective satellite without the use of drugs
- reasonless1/5
reasonless
- adjective satellite not marked by the use of reason
mindless; senseless.
- mindless violence
- reasonless hostility
- a senseless act
- adjective satellite not endowed with the capacity to reason
- a reasonless brute
- adjective satellite not marked by the use of reason
- officialese1/5
officialese
- noun the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure
- noun the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure
- spinelessness1/5
spinelessness
- noun the quality of lacking a strong character; an irresolute disposition
- noun the quality of lacking a strong character; an irresolute disposition
- flawlessness1/5
flawlessness
- noun the state of being without a flaw or defect
ne plus ultra; perfection.
- noun the state of being without a flaw or defect
- powerlessly1/5
powerlessly
- adverb in a powerless manner
- adverb in a powerless manner
- guiltlessness1/5
guiltlessness
- noun a state of innocence
inculpableness; inculpability; blamelessness.
- noun a state of innocence
- nimblest1/5
nimble
- adjective satellite moving quickly and lightly
quick; agile; spry.
- sleek and agile as a gymnast
- as nimble as a deer
- nimble fingers
- quick of foot
- the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it
- adjective satellite mentally quick
agile.
- an agile mind
- nimble wits
- adjective satellite moving quickly and lightly
- gracelessness1/5
gracelessness
- noun an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
ungracefulness.
- noun the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
clumsiness; stiffness; awkwardness.
- noun an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
- sightlessness1/5
sightlessness
- noun the state of being blind or lacking sight
blindness; cecity.
- noun the state of being blind or lacking sight
- wattless1/5
wattle
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
lappet.
- noun framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
- wholesaled1/5
wholesale
- noun the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
- verb sell in large quantities
- noun the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers
- coalescences1/5
coalescence
- noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
conglutination; concretion; coalition; coalescency.
- noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
- troubleshoots1/5
troubleshoot
- verb solve problems
trouble-shoot.
- He is known to be good at trouble-shooting
- verb solve problems
- hueless1/5
hueless
- adjective satellite of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue
- adjective satellite of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue
- moleskins1/5
moleskin
- noun a durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap
- noun a durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap
- bootless1/5
bootless
- adjective satellite unproductive of success
fruitless; sleeveless; vain; futile.
- a fruitless search
- futile years after her artistic peak
- a sleeveless errand
- a vain attempt
- adjective satellite unproductive of success
- speechlessness1/5
speechlessness
- noun the property of being speechless
- noun the property of being speechless
- artlessness1/5
artlessness
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
naturalness; ingenuousness; innocence.
- noun ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
- rainless1/5
rainless
- adjective satellite lacking rain
- a rainless month
- rainless skies
- adjective satellite lacking rain
- singhalese1/5
singhalese
(Ethnol.) Same as Cingalese .
- groundlessness1/5
groundlessness
- noun the quality of lacking substance or value
idleness.
- the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized
- noun the quality of lacking substance or value
- ductless1/5
ductless
- adjective not having a duct
- ductless glands
- adjective not having a duct
- weaponless1/5
weaponless
- adjective satellite without a weapon
- adjective satellite without a weapon
- ecclesiasticism1/5
ecclesiasticism
- noun excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities
- their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion
- noun religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices
- noun excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities
- effortlessness1/5
effortlessness
- noun the quality of requiring little effort
- such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice
- noun the quality of requiring little effort
- cobblestoned1/5
cobblestone
- noun rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
sett; cobble.
- verb pave with cobblestones
cobble.
- noun rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
- pearlescent1/5
pearlescent
- adjective satellite having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
nacreous; opalescent; iridescent; opaline.
- an iridescent oil slick
- nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl
- a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster
- adjective satellite having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
- amplest1/5
ample
- adjective more than enough in size or scope or capacity
- had ample food for the party
- an ample supply
- adjective satellite affording an abundant supply
plenteous; plentiful; rich; copious.
- had ample food for the party
- copious provisions
- food is plentiful
- a plenteous grape harvest
- a rich supply
- adjective more than enough in size or scope or capacity
- opalescence1/5
opalescence
- noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
iridescence.
- noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
- fecklessness1/5
fecklessness
- noun worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual
- noun worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual
- hitless1/5
hitless
- adjective satellite (of a batter) without a hit
- he went hitless for three innings
- adjective satellite having no points scores
scoreless; goalless.
- a scoreless inning
- adjective satellite (of a batter) without a hit
- motionlessly1/5
motionlessly
- adverb without moving; in a motionless manner
- he saw the black-haired man waiting motionlessly behind the opposite side of the platform
- adverb without moving; in a motionless manner
- defenselessness1/5
defenselessness
- noun the property of being helpless in the face of attack
unprotectedness; defencelessness.
- noun the property of being helpless in the face of attack
- mettlesome1/5
mettlesome
- adjective satellite having a proud and unbroken spirit
- adjective satellite willing to face danger
gritty; spunky; gamy; spirited; game; gamey.
- adjective satellite having a proud and unbroken spirit
- supperless1/5
supperless
- adjective satellite without supper
- went to bed supperless
- adjective satellite without supper
- shapelessness1/5
shapelessness
- noun an amorphous or indefinite shape
- a shapeless mass
- noun the quality of lacking an esthetically pleasing shape
- noun an amorphous or indefinite shape
- moneyless1/5
moneyless
- adjective not based on the possession of money
- a moneyless economy
- adjective satellite having no money
- virtually moneyless rural regions
- adjective not based on the possession of money
- idlest1/5
idle
- noun the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- the car engine was running at idle
- verb run disconnected or idle
tick over.
- the engine is idling
- noun the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- molestations1/5
molestation
- noun the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)
- noun the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
harassment.
- noun the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)
- mercilessness1/5
mercilessness
- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
pitilessness; cruelty; ruthlessness.
- noun inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving
unmercifulness.
- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
- molests1/5
molest
- verb harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
- verb annoy continually or chronically
beset; chivy; chevy; chevvy; harass; hassle; chivvy; harry; plague; provoke.
- He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
- This man harasses his female co-workers
- verb harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
- 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
- winless1/5
winless
- adjective satellite having no wins
- the team had a very disappointing winless season
- adjective satellite having no wins
- defencelessness1/5
defencelessness
- noun the property of being helpless in the face of attack
defenselessness; unprotectedness.
- noun the property of being helpless in the face of attack
- celestite1/5
celestite
- noun a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate
- noun a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate
- lawlessly1/5
lawlessly
- adverb in an illegal manner
illegally; illicitly.
- they dumped the waste illegally
- adverb in an illegal manner
- shrillest1/5
shrill
- verb utter a shrill cry
pipe; pipe up; shriek.
- adjective satellite having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
sharp.
- a shrill whistle
- a shrill gaiety
- verb utter a shrill cry
- 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
- dalesmen1/5
dalesman
- noun a person who lives in the dales of northern England
- noun a person who lives in the dales of northern England
- friendlessness1/5
friendlessness
- noun being without friends
- noun being without friends
- cholesterin1/5
cholesterin
- noun an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues
cholesterol.
- noun an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues
- sexlessness1/5
sexlessness
- noun having no evident sex or sex organs
asexuality.
- noun having no evident sex or sex organs
- whistlestop1/5
whistlestop
- verb tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election
- verb tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election
- pitilessness1/5
pitilessness
- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
mercilessness; cruelty; ruthlessness.
- noun mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity
ruthlessness.
- noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
- goalless1/5
goalless
- adjective satellite having no points scores
scoreless; hitless.
- a scoreless inning
- adjective satellite having no points scores
- spotlessness1/5
spotlessness
- noun the state of being spotlessly clean
immaculateness.
- noun the state of being spotlessly clean
- valuelessness1/5
valuelessness
- noun having none of the properties that endow something with value
- noun having none of the properties that endow something with value
- cholesterols1/5
cholesterol
- noun an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues
cholesterin.
- noun an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues
- soundlessness1/5
soundlessness
- noun the property of making no sound
quietness.
- noun the property of making no sound
- cheerlessness1/5
cheerlessness
- noun a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness
uncheerfulness.
- noun a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness
- dalesman1/5
dalesman
- noun a person who lives in the dales of northern England
- noun a person who lives in the dales of northern England
- swellest1/5
swell
- noun the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
crestless wave.
- noun a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
- noun the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- tensionless1/5
tensionless
- adjective satellite free from tension
- adjective satellite free from tension
- napless1/5
naples
- noun a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region
Napoli.
- noun a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region
- cobblestoning1/5
cobblestone
- noun rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
sett; cobble.
- verb pave with cobblestones
cobble.
- noun rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
- arbalest1/5
arbalest
- noun an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
catapult; mangonel; trebuchet; trebucket; arbalist; bricole; onager; ballista.
- noun an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
- milkless1/5
milkless
- adjective satellite having no milk
- milkless breasts
- adjective satellite having no milk
- halesia1/5
halesia
(Bot.) A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.
- salesgirl1/5
salesgirl
- noun a woman salesperson
saleslady; saleswoman.
- noun a woman salesperson
- saleswomen1/5
saleswoman
- noun a woman salesperson
saleslady; salesgirl.
- noun a woman salesperson
- relentlessness1/5
relentlessness
- noun mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up
inexorableness; inexorability.
- the relentlessness or their pursuit
- noun mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up
- saleslady1/5
saleslady
- noun a woman salesperson
saleswoman; salesgirl.
- noun a woman salesperson
- lifelessly1/5
lifelessly
- adverb without animation or vitality
- lifelessly he performed the song
- adverb in a lifeless manner
- the girl lay in her arms lifelessly
- adverb without animation or vitality
- salesclerk1/5
salesclerk
- noun a salesperson in a store
shop clerk; clerk; shop assistant.
- noun a salesperson in a store
- artlessly1/5
artlessly
- adverb in a crude and unskilled manner
inexpertly; crudely.
- an inexpertly constructed lean-to
- adverb in an ingenuous manner
ingenuously.
- she answered the judge's questions artlessly
- adverb in a crude and unskilled manner
- celesta1/5
celesta
- noun a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard
- noun a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard
- errorless1/5
errorless
- adjective satellite free from error
- an errorless baseball game
- adjective satellite free from error
- purposelessness1/5
purposelessness
- noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose
aimlessness.
- noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose
- troubleshooters1/5
troubleshooter
- noun a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices)
trouble shooter.
- noun a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices)
- dateless1/5
dateless
- adjective satellite having no known beginning and presumably no end
endless; sempiternal.
- the dateless rise and fall of the tides
- time is endless
- sempiternal truth
- adjective satellite of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date
- dateless customs
- adjective satellite having no known beginning and presumably no end
- scentless1/5
scentless
- adjective lacking the sense of smell
- adjective satellite emitting or holding no odor
- scentless wisps of straw
- a scentless stretch of rocky ground
- adjective lacking the sense of smell
- boundlessly1/5
boundlessly
- adverb without bounds
immeasurably; infinitely.
- he is infinitely wealthy
- adverb without bounds
- anglesea1/5
anglesea
- noun an island to the northwest of Wales
Mona; Anglesey Island; Anglesey; Anglesea Island.
- noun an island to the northwest of Wales
- meritless1/5
meritless
- adjective satellite without merit
no-good; no-account; good-for-naught; no-count; sorry; good-for-nothing.
- a sorry horse
- a sorry excuse
- a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick
- the car was a no-good piece of junk
- adjective satellite without merit
- tactlessness1/5
tactlessness
- noun the quality of lacking tact
- noun the quality of lacking tact
- lidless1/5
lidless
- adjective not having or covered with a lid or lids
- a lidless container
- adjective satellite having no lid
- a lidless container
- adjective not having or covered with a lid or lids
- burlesqued1/5
burlesque
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- 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; parody.
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- flavorless1/5
flavorless
- adjective satellite lacking taste or flavor or tang
flat; vapid; insipid; savorless; savourless; bland; flavourless.
- a bland diet
- insipid hospital food
- flavorless supermarket tomatoes
- vapid beer
- vapid tea
- adjective satellite lacking taste or flavor or tang
- speechlessly1/5
speechlessly
- adverb without speaking
- he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door
- adverb without speaking
- 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
- tactlessly1/5
tactlessly
- adverb without tact; in a tactless manner
- at the moment of the murder, he is standing in front of television cameras and talking tactlessly
- adverb without tact; in a tactless manner
- braless1/5
braless
- adjective satellite having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity
bare-breasted; topless.
- topless waitresses
- a topless cabaret
- adjective satellite having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity
- salesclerks1/5
salesclerk
- noun a salesperson in a store
shop clerk; clerk; shop assistant.
- noun a salesperson in a store
- blamelessly1/5
blamelessly
- adverb in an irreproachable and blameless manner
irreproachably.
- she had lived blamelessly until she met this man
- adverb in an irreproachable and blameless manner
- gracelessly1/5
gracelessly
- adverb without grace; rigidly
woodenly; ungraciously; ungracefully.
- they moved woodenly
- adverb in a graceless manner
- she moves rather gracelessly
- adverb without grace; rigidly
- salesgirls1/5
salesgirl
- noun a woman salesperson
saleslady; saleswoman.
- noun a woman salesperson
- salesroom1/5
salesroom
- noun an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed
showroom; saleroom.
- in Britain a showroom is called a salesroom
- noun an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed
- edgeless1/5
edgeless
- adjective satellite lacking a cutting edge
- adjective satellite lacking a cutting edge
- gormless1/5
gormless
- adjective satellite (British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality
gaumless.
- adjective satellite (British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality
- burlesquing1/5
burlesque
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- 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; parody.
- noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- joylessness1/5
joylessness
- noun a feeling of dismal cheerlessness
- noun a feeling of dismal cheerlessness
- dauntlessly1/5
dauntlessly
- adverb without fear
intrepidly; fearlessly.
- fearlessly, he led the troops into combat
- adverb without fear
- drollest1/5
droll
- adjective satellite comical in an odd or whimsical manner
- a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor
- adjective satellite comical in an odd or whimsical manner
- voteless1/5
voteless
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
voiceless; disenfranchised; disfranchised.
- labor was voiceless
- disenfrenchised masses took to the streets
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- agelessness1/5
agelessness
- noun the quality of being timeless and eternal
- noun the quality of being timeless and eternal
- tastelessly1/5
tastelessly
- adverb without taste or in poor taste; in a tasteless manner
- the house was tastelessly decorated
- adverb without taste or in poor taste; in a tasteless manner
- flavourless1/5
flavourless
- adjective satellite lacking taste or flavor or tang
flat; vapid; flavorless; insipid; savorless; savourless; bland.
- a bland diet
- insipid hospital food
- flavorless supermarket tomatoes
- vapid beer
- vapid tea
- adjective satellite lacking taste or flavor or tang
- forceless1/5
forceless
- adjective lacking force; feeble
unforceful.
- a forceless argument
- adjective lacking force; feeble
- noiselessness1/5
noiselessness
- noun the property of making no noise
- noun the property of making no noise
- faithlessly1/5
faithlessly
- adverb in a disloyal and faithless manner
false; treacherously; treasonably; traitorously.
- he behaved treacherously
- his wife played him false
- adverb in a disloyal and faithless manner
- salesrooms1/5
salesroom
- noun an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed
showroom; saleroom.
- in Britain a showroom is called a salesroom
- noun an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed
- thriftlessness1/5
thriftlessness
- noun the trait of wasting resources
wastefulness; waste.
- a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
- the wastefulness of missed opportunities
- noun the trait of wasting resources
- michelangelesque1/5
michelangelesque
- adjective in the manner of Michelangelo
- adjective in the manner of Michelangelo
- genteelest1/5
genteel
- adjective satellite marked by refinement in taste and manners
civilised; polite; cultured; civilized; cultivated.
- cultivated speech
- cultured Bostonians
- cultured tastes
- a genteel old lady
- polite society
- adjective satellite marked by refinement in taste and manners
- salesladies1/5
saleslady
- noun a woman salesperson
saleswoman; salesgirl.
- noun a woman salesperson
- bodyless1/5
bodyless
- adjective satellite having no trunk or main part
bodiless.
- a bodiless head
- adjective satellite having no trunk or main part
- tirelessness1/5
tirelessness
- noun tireless determination
indefatigableness; indefatigability.
- noun tireless determination
- styleless1/5
styleless
- adjective lacking in style or elegance
unstylish.
- a styleless way of dressing
- expensive but styleless country tweeds
- wearing unstylish clothes
- adjective lacking in style or elegance
- dauntlessness1/5
dauntlessness
- noun resolute courageousness
intrepidity.
- noun resolute courageousness
- sugarless1/5
sugarless
- adjective not containing sugar
nonsweet.
- adjective not containing sugar
- collarless1/5
collarless
- adjective without a collar
- adjective without a collar
- heartlessly1/5
heartlessly
- adverb in a heartless manner
- she behaves rather heartlessly toward her admirers
- adverb in a heartless manner
- mcalester1/5
mcalester
- noun a town in southeastern Oklahoma
- noun a town in southeastern Oklahoma
- polestar1/5
polestar
- noun the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it
pole star; Polaris; polar star; North Star.
- noun the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it
- bartlesville1/5
bartlesville
- noun a town in northeastern Oklahoma
- noun a town in northeastern Oklahoma
- fiddlesticks1/5
fiddlestick
- noun a bow used in playing the violin
violin bow.
- noun a bow used in playing the violin
- thriftless1/5
thriftless
- adjective satellite careless of the future
- adjective satellite careless of the future
- plesiosaurs1/5
plesiosaur
- noun extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
plesiosaurus.
- noun extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
- shiftlessness1/5
shiftlessness
- noun a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition
- noun a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition
- plesiosaur1/5
plesiosaur
- noun extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
plesiosaurus.
- noun extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
- namelessness1/5
namelessness
- noun the state of being anonymous
anonymity.
- noun the state of being anonymous
- talentless1/5
talentless
- adjective devoid of talent; not gifted
untalented.
- adjective devoid of talent; not gifted
- cockleshell1/5
cockleshell
- noun a small light flimsy boat
- noun a small light flimsy boat
- palestra1/5
palestra
- noun a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes
palaestra.
- noun a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes
- springless1/5
springless
- adjective satellite lacking in elasticity or vitality
- went off with springless steps
- adjective satellite lacking in elasticity or vitality
- plesiosaurus1/5
plesiosaurus
- noun extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
plesiosaur.
- noun extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
- resourceless1/5
resourceless
- adjective satellite lacking or deficient in natural resources
- adjective satellite lacking or deficient in natural resources
- fiddlestick1/5
fiddlestick
- noun a bow used in playing the violin
violin bow.
- noun a bow used in playing the violin
- planless1/5
planless
- adjective satellite aimlessly drifting
directionless; rudderless; adrift; afloat; aimless; undirected.
- adjective satellite aimlessly drifting
- sleeplessly1/5
sleeplessly
- adverb without sleep; in a sleepless manner
- he was lying in bed sleeplessly
- adverb without sleep; in a sleepless manner
- brimless1/5
brimless
- adjective without a brim
- a brimless hat
- adjective without a brim
- futureless1/5
futureless
- adjective satellite having no prospect or hope of a future
- adjective satellite having no prospect or hope of a future
- joylessly1/5
joylessly
- adverb in a joyless manner; without joy
- she greeted her guests joylessly
- adverb in a joyless manner; without joy
- telescopically1/5
telescopically
- adverb in a telescopic manner
- each of the four legs contains a simple screw jack with a thrust bearing that is operated telescopically inside of two tubes
- adverb in a telescopic manner
- faultlessness1/5
faultlessness
- noun the quality of being without an error or fault
impeccability.
- noun the quality of being without an error or fault
- meddlesomeness1/5
meddlesomeness
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
officiousness; intrusiveness.
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
- juiceless1/5
juiceless
- adjective lacking juice
- adjective satellite lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
dry.
- a dry book
- a dry lecture filled with trivial details
- dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown
- adjective lacking juice
- cockleshells1/5
cockleshell
- noun a small light flimsy boat
- noun a small light flimsy boat
- ecclesiastically1/5
ecclesiastically
- adverb in an ecclesiastic manner
- the candidate was ecclesiastically endorsed
- adverb in an ecclesiastic manner
- conscienceless1/5
conscienceless
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
unconscionable.
- a conscienceless villain
- brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless
- an unconscionable liar
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
- motiveless1/5
motiveless
- adjective satellite occurring without motivation or provocation
wanton; unprovoked.
- motiveless malignity
- unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt
- adjective satellite occurring without motivation or provocation
- purposelessly1/5
purposelessly
- adverb without a clear purpose
- let's not purposelessly dispense the aid
- adverb without a clear purpose
- shapelessly1/5
shapelessly
- adverb in a shapeless manner
- the dress hung shapelessly on her thin body
- adverb in a shapeless manner
- tubeless1/5
tubeless
- noun pneumatic tire not needing an inner tube to be airtight
tubeless tire.
- adjective of a tire; not needing an inner tube
- noun pneumatic tire not needing an inner tube to be airtight
- rayless1/5
rayless
- adjective having no parts resembling rays; not having ray flowers
- adjective having no parts resembling rays; not having ray flowers
- bloodlessly1/5
bloodlessly
- adverb without bloodshed; in a bloodless manner; without shedding blood
- the coup disposed of the dictator bloodlessly
- adverb without bloodshed; in a bloodless manner; without shedding blood
- tuneless1/5
tuneless
- adjective not having a musical sound or pleasing tune
untuneful; unmelodious.
- adjective not having a musical sound or pleasing tune
- humourless1/5
humourless
- adjective lacking humor; a wink of warning"- Truman Capote
humorless; unhumorous.
- it was a humorless wink
- adjective lacking humor; a wink of warning"- Truman Capote
- keyless1/5
keyless
- adjective lacking or not requiring a key
- a keyless lock operated by a series of pushbuttons
- adjective lacking or not requiring a key
- viewless1/5
viewless
- adjective satellite not having or expressing opinions or views
- adjective satellite not having or expressing opinions or views
- limbless1/5
limbless
- adjective having no limbs
- a snake is a limbless reptile
- adjective having no limbs
- tonelessly1/5
tonelessly
- adverb in a monotone
- `Come in,' she said tonelessly
- adverb in a monotone
- featherless1/5
featherless
- adjective having no feathers
unfeathered.
- a featherless biped
- the unfeathered legs of an Orpington
- adjective having no feathers
- irregardless1/5
irregardless
- adverb regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously
- adverb regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously
- unblessed1/5
unblessed
- adjective satellite not provided with something desirable
- a hovel unblessed with electricity or running water
- adjective satellite not provided with something desirable
- jawless1/5
jawless
- adjective of animals having no jaw
- adjective of animals having no jaw
- parentless1/5
parentless
- adjective having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates
unparented.
- adjective having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates
- hornless1/5
hornless
- adjective having no horns
- hornless cattle
- adjective having no horns
- earless1/5
earless
- adjective lacking external ears
- earless seals
- adjective lacking external ears
- ownerless1/5
ownerless
- adjective having no owner
unowned.
- adjective having no owner
- thornless1/5
thornless
- adjective satellite lacking thorns
spineless.
- adjective satellite lacking thorns
- pilotless1/5
pilotless
- adjective satellite lacking a pilot
- a drone is a pilotless aircraft
- adjective satellite lacking a pilot
- fingerless1/5
fingerless
- adjective not having or having lost fingers
- adjective not having or having lost fingers
- lipless1/5
lipless
- adjective without a lip or lips
unlipped.
- adjective without a lip or lips
- quenchless1/5
quenchless
- adjective satellite impossible to quench
unquenchable.
- unquenchable thirst
- adjective satellite impossible to quench
- tunelessly1/5
tunelessly
- adverb in a tuneless fashion
- he whistled tunelessly
- adverb in a tuneless fashion
- flowerless1/5
flowerless
- adjective without flower or bloom and not producing seeds
nonflowering.
- a flowerless plant
- adjective without flower or bloom and not producing seeds
- chinless1/5
chinless
- adjective satellite having a receding chin
- adjective satellite having a receding chin
- glassless1/5
glassless
- adjective not furnished with glass
unglazed.
- windows were unglazed to admit as much light and air as possible
- adjective not furnished with glass
- branchless1/5
branchless
- adjective having no branches
- adjective having no branches
- humorlessly1/5
humorlessly
- adverb in a humorless manner
humourlessly.
- he reacted rather humorlessly to these rumors
- adverb in a humorless manner
- curtainless1/5
curtainless
- adjective not provided with curtains
uncurtained.
- blank, curtainless windows stared back at her
- adjective not provided with curtains
- noseless1/5
noseless
- adjective having no nose
- adjective having no nose
- scaleless1/5
scaleless
- adjective satellite destitute of scales
- adjective satellite destitute of scales
- grassless1/5
grassless
- adjective lacking grass
- adjective lacking grass
- leadless1/5
leadless
- adjective not treated with lead
unleaded.
- unleaded gasoline
- adjective not treated with lead
- neckless1/5
neckless
- adjective lacking or apparently lacking a neck
- adjective lacking or apparently lacking a neck
- weedless1/5
weedless
- adjective free from weeds
- a weedless garden
- adjective free from weeds
- foodless1/5
foodless
- adjective satellite being without food
- adjective satellite being without food
- christless1/5
christless
- adjective satellite not believing in Christ
nonchristian.
- adjective satellite not believing in Christ
- handleless1/5
handleless
- adjective having no handle
- sleek cabinets with apparently handleless doors
- adjective having no handle
- briefless1/5
briefless
- adjective satellite (of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients
- adjective satellite (of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients
- gloveless1/5
gloveless
- adjective devoid of gloves
- adjective devoid of gloves
- cheerlessly1/5
cheerlessly
- adverb in an unhappy manner
- he cheerlessly set out to do the task
- adverb in an unhappy manner
- awnless1/5
awnless
- adjective lacking or having only very short awns
- awnless bromegrass
- adjective lacking or having only very short awns
- echoless1/5
echoless
- adjective satellite having or producing no echo
- the echoless darkness
- adjective satellite having or producing no echo
- crownless1/5
crownless
- adjective not (especially not yet) provided with a crown
uncrowned.
- the uncrowned king
- adjective not (especially not yet) provided with a crown
- dowerless1/5
dowerless
- adjective satellite lacking a dowry
- adjective satellite lacking a dowry
- toeless1/5
toeless
- adjective lacking a toe or toes
- a toeless shoe
- adjective lacking a toe or toes
- beltless1/5
beltless
- adjective lacking a belt
unbelted.
- unbelted jackets are in this season
- adjective lacking a belt
- breastless1/5
breastless
- adjective without a breast
- adjective without a breast
- stoneless1/5
stoneless
- adjective satellite (of fruits having stones) having the stone removed
- stoneless dried dates
- adjective satellite (of fruits having stones) having the stone removed
- rhymeless1/5
rhymeless
- adjective not having rhyme
unrhymed; rimeless; unrimed.
- writing unrhymed blank verse is like playing tennis without a net
- adjective not having rhyme
- cohesionless1/5
- needlestick1/5
needlestick
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- objectless1/5
objectless
Having no object; purposeless.
- timelessly1/5
timeless
- adjective satellite unaffected by time
dateless.
- few characters are so dateless as Hamlet
- Helen's timeless beauty
- adjective satellite unaffected by time
- hypercholesterolaemia1/5
hypercholesterolaemia
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- exhaustless1/5
exhaustless
Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an .exhaustless fund or store
- shadowless1/5
shadowless
Having no shadow.
- salesian1/5
salesian
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- epiclesis1/5
- cementless1/5
- exceptionless1/5
exceptionless
Without exception. A universal, . . . exceptionless disqualification. Bancroft.
- diskless1/5
diskless
Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope.
- preadolescence1/5
preadolescence
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- imageless1/5
imageless
Having no image. Shelley.
- seamlessness1/5
- flesher1/5
flesh
- noun the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
- noun alternative names for the body of a human being
form; figure; soma; frame; physique; material body; anatomy; 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 soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
- ingleside1/5
- plesiomorphic1/5
- fleshpots1/5
fleshpot
A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked ; hence(pl.), plenty; high living. In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the fleshpots, and . . . did eat bread to the full. Ex. xvi. 3.
- realestate1/5
- soilless1/5
soilless
Destitute of soil or mold.
- depthless1/5
depthless
Having no depth; shallow.
- blesse1/5
blesse
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- inglesa1/5
inglesa
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- functionless1/5
functionless
Destitute of function, or of an appropriate organ. Darwin.
- egoless1/5
egoless
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- caerulescens1/5
caerulescens
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- shoreless1/5
shoreless
Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; Young.as, a .shoreless ocean
- pergolesi1/5
- charlestonians1/5
- subjectless1/5
subjectless
Having no subject.
- doorless1/5
- workless1/5
workless
Without work; not laboring; as, many people were still .workless
- costlessly1/5
costless
- adjective satellite costing nothing
complimentary; gratis; free; gratuitous.
- complimentary tickets
- free admission
- adjective satellite costing nothing
- charmless1/5
charmless
Destitute of charms. Swift.
- glesne1/5
glesne
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- spaceless1/5
spaceless
Without space. Coleridge.
- contentless1/5
contentless
Discontented; dissatisfied. R. Shak.
- fireless1/5
fireless
Destitute of fire.
- suspicionless1/5
suspicionless
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- coatless1/5
coatless
Not wearing a coat; also, not possessing a coat.
- sublessee1/5
sublessee
A holder of a sublease.
- traceless1/5
- sightlessly1/5
sightless
- adjective satellite lacking sight
unseeing; eyeless.
- blind as an eyeless beggar
- adjective satellite lacking sight
- meaninglessly1/5
meaningless
- adjective having no meaning or direction or purpose
nonmeaningful.
- a meaningless endeavor
- a meaningless life
- a verbose but meaningless explanation
- adjective having no meaning or direction or purpose
- mirthlessly1/5
mirthless
- adjective satellite lacking mirth
- adjective satellite lacking mirth
- verbless1/5
verbless
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- classlessness1/5
classlessness
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- salesians1/5
- teleservices1/5
- whaleship1/5
whaleship
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- plotless1/5
plotless
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- teleseismic1/5
- lovelessness1/5
lovelessness
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- fatherlessness1/5
fatherlessness
The state of being without a father.
- gapless1/5
gapless
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- copplestone1/5
copplestone
A cobblestone. Obs.
- tenantless1/5
tenantless
Having no tenants; unoccupied; Shak.as, a .tenantless mansion
- moveless1/5
moveless
Motionless; fixed. "Moveless as a tower." Pope.
- guilelessness1/5
guilelessness
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- shelterless1/5
shelterless
Destitute of shelter or protection. Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe.
- telesis1/5
telesis
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- radiationless1/5
- parameterless1/5
- carless1/5
carless
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- silesians1/5
silesian
Of or pertaining to Silesia. --n. A native or inhabitant of Silesia.
- desireless1/5
desireless
Free from desire. Donne.
- enfleshed1/5
enflesh
To clothe with flesh. Obs.Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him. Florio.
- centerless1/5
centerless
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- driftless1/5
driftless
Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
- expressionlessly1/5
expressionless
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
deadpan; unexpressive; impassive; poker-faced.
- deadpan humor
- his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read
- adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
- limitlessly1/5
limitless
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
measureless; illimitable.
- limitless vastness of our solar system
- adjective having no limits in range or scope
unlimited.
- to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism"- Philip Rahv
- the limitless reaches of outer space
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
- guilelessly1/5
guileless
- adjective satellite free of deceit
transparent.
- adjective satellite free of deceit
- partless1/5
- teleshopping1/5
- shadeless1/5
shadeless
Being without shade; not shaded.
- unblest1/5
unblest
Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed; wretched. "Unblessed enchanter." Milton.
- haplessly1/5
hapless
- adjective satellite deserving or inciting pity
poor; wretched; pathetic; pitiable; piteous; misfortunate; miserable; pitiful.
- a hapless victim
- miserable victims of war
- the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
- piteous appeals for help
- pitiable homeless children
- a pitiful fate
- Oh, you poor thing
- his poor distorted limbs
- a wretched life
- adjective satellite deserving or inciting pity
- matless1/5
matless
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- standardless1/5
standardless
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- ecclesias1/5
ecclesia
(Gr. Antiq.) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
- spinless1/5
spinless
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- fadeless1/5
fadeless
Not liable to fade; unfading.
- driverless1/5
driverless
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- telesurgery1/5
telesurgery
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- hammerless1/5
hammerless
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- tideless1/5
- waveless1/5
waveless
Free from waves; undisturbed; not agitated; as, the .waveless sea
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- weightlessly1/5
weightless
- adjective having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light
- floating freely in a weightless condition
- a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth
- jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric
- adjective having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light
- flameless1/5
flameless
Destitute of flame. Sandys.
- balestra1/5
- deathlessness1/5
deathlessness
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- pressureless1/5
- sublessor1/5
sublessor
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- cingalese1/5
cingalese
A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitants;
- affectless1/5
affectless
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- husbandless1/5
husbandless
Destitute of a husband. Shak.
- actionless1/5
actionless
Void of action.
- presuppositionless1/5
presuppositionless
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- gasless1/5
gasless
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- gateless1/5
- passionlessness1/5
- auslese1/5
auslese
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- valveless1/5
valveless
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- fretless1/5
fretless
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- heirless1/5
heirless
Destitute of an heir. Shak.
- barbless1/5
barbless
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- eventless1/5
eventless
Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.
- crustless1/5
- ringless1/5
ringless
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- facelessness1/5
facelessness
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- worklessness1/5
- desirelessness1/5
- rafflesia1/5
rafflesia
(Bot.) A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species ( Rafflesia Arnoldi ) having a diameter of two or three feet.
- carbonless1/5
carbonless
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- dustless1/5
dustless
Without dust; as a dustless path.
- fishless1/5
fishless
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- companionless1/5
companionless
Without a companion.
- partyless1/5
- blesser1/5
bless
- verb give a benediction to
- The dying man blessed his son
- verb confer prosperity or happiness on
- verb give a benediction to
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- prayerless1/5
prayerless
Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without prayer. "The next time you go prayerless to bed." Baxter. --Prayer"less*ly , adv. --Prayer"less*ness , n.
- religionless1/5
religionless
Destitute of religion.
- issueless1/5
issueless
Having no issue or progeny; childless. "The heavens . . . have left me issueless." Shak.
- remediless1/5
remediless
Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; "Chains remedilesse." Spenser.as, a .remediless mistake or lossHopeless are all my evils, all remediless. Milton.
- eaglestone1/5
eaglestone
(Min.) A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aëtites.
- wordlessness1/5
- sockless1/5
sockless
Destitute of socks or shoes. B. & Fl.
- sonless1/5
sonless
Being without a son. Marston.As no baron who was sonless could give a husband to his daughter, save with his lord's consent. J. R. Green.
- flourless1/5
- portionless1/5
portionless
Having no portion.
- authorless1/5
authorless
Without an author; without authority; anonymous.
- dreamlessly1/5
dreamless
- adjective satellite untroubled by dreams
- a sound and dreamless sleep
- adjective satellite untroubled by dreams
- distortionless1/5
- wifeless1/5
wifeless
Without a wife; unmarried. Chaucer.
- ticketless1/5
- soullessness1/5
soullessness
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- tankless1/5
- scatheless1/5
- patternless1/5
patternless
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- celestes1/5
celestes
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- ecclesiologist1/5
ecclesiologist
One versed in ecclesiology.
- solderless1/5
- pulselessness1/5
pulselessness
The state of being pulseless.
- bengalese1/5
bengalese
Of or pertaining to Bengal. --n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bengal.
- celestially1/5
celestial
- adjective of or relating to the sky
heavenly.
- celestial map
- a heavenly body
- adjective relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
heavenly.
- celestial beings
- heavenly hosts
- adjective of or relating to the sky
- causelessly1/5
causeless
- adjective satellite having no justifying cause or reason
reasonless.
- a senseless, causeless murder
- a causeless war that never had an aim
- an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change
- adjective satellite having no cause or apparent cause
fortuitous; uncaused.
- a causeless miracle
- fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
- we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
- adjective satellite having no justifying cause or reason
- ashless1/5
ashless
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- cultureless1/5
cultureless
Having no culture.
- bookless1/5
bookless
Without books; unlearned. Shenstone.
- hoodless1/5
- textless1/5
textless
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- clawless1/5
clawless
Destitute of claws.
- birthless1/5
birthless
Of mean extraction. R. Sir W. Scott.
- painlessness1/5
painlessness
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- caseless1/5
- telestial1/5
- resistlessly1/5
resistless
- adjective impossible to resist; overpowering
irresistible.
- irresistible (or resistless) impulses
- what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?
- adjective satellite offering no resistance
supine; unresisting.
- resistless hostages
- No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
- adjective impossible to resist; overpowering
- stringless1/5
stringless
Having no strings. His tongue is now a stringless instrument. Shak.
- sourceless1/5
sourceless
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- groundlessly1/5
groundless
- adjective satellite without a basis in reason or fact
baseless; unwarranted; idle; wild; unfounded.
- baseless gossip
- the allegations proved groundless
- idle fears
- unfounded suspicions
- unwarranted jealousy
- adjective satellite without a basis in reason or fact
- depthlessness1/5
- aedileship1/5
aedileship
The office of an ædile. T. Arnold.
- songless1/5
songless
Destitute of the power of song; without song; as, .songless birds;songless woods
- womanless1/5
womanless
Without a woman or women.
- charlestonian1/5
charlestonian
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- contextless1/5
- snowless1/5
snowless
Destitute of snow.
- questionless1/5
questionless
Unquestioning; incurious. R.
- spatlese1/5
- worldless1/5
- strengthless1/5
strengthless
Destitute of strength. Boyle.
- visionless1/5
visionless
Destitute of vision; sightless.
- scarless1/5
scarless
Free from scar. Drummond.
- solventless1/5
- kinless1/5
kinless
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- stockless1/5
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- coverless1/5
- crotchless1/5
- kingless1/5
kingless
Having no king. F. Lieber.
- knotless1/5
knotless
Free from knots; without knots. "Silver firs with knotless trunks." Congreve.
- coreless1/5
coreless
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- signless1/5
- warless1/5
warless
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- manless1/5
manless
Destitute of men. Bakon.
- electrodeless1/5
- blesbok1/5
blesbok
(Zoöl.) A South African antelope ( Alcelaphus albifrons ), having a large white spot on the forehead.
- stressless1/5
- emotionlessly1/5
emotionless
- adjective satellite unmoved by feeling
passionless.
- he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served
- this passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine"-Margaret Deland
- adjective satellite unmoved by feeling
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- finless1/5
finless
(Zoöl.) destitute of fins.
- substanceless1/5
substanceless
Having no substance; unsubstantial. R. Coleridge.
- onless1/5
onless
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- filespec1/5
filespec
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- aisleless1/5
- fenceless1/5
fenceless
Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless. Milton.
- accentless1/5
accentless
Without accent.
- telesterion1/5
- bridgeless1/5
bridgeless
Having no bridge; not bridged.
- bonelessly1/5
boneless
- adjective being without a bone or bones
- jellyfish are boneless
- adjective being without a bone or bones
- guiltlessly1/5
guiltless
- adjective free from evil or guilt
clean-handed; innocent.
- an innocent child
- the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
- adjective free from evil or guilt
- saltless1/5
saltless
Destitute of salt; insipid.
- gearless1/5
gearless
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- breezeless1/5
breezeless
Motionless; destitute of breezes. A stagnant, breezeless air becalms my soul. Shenstone.
- jointless1/5
jointless
Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
- baselessness1/5
baselessness
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- tameless1/5
tameless
Incapable of being tamed; wild; untamed; untamable. Bp. Hall. --Tame"less*ness , n.
- natheless1/5
- antlerless1/5
- flesus1/5
flesus
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- queenless1/5
- nathless1/5
nathless
Nevertheless. Archaic Chaucer. Milton. E. Arnold.
- neutrinoless1/5
- buttonless1/5
- muleskinner1/5
muleskinner
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- extensionless1/5
- supercelestial1/5
supercelestial
Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven. Waterland.
- ecclesiologists1/5
ecclesiologist
One versed in ecclesiology.
- typeless1/5
- nationless1/5
nationless
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- rightless1/5
rightless
Destitute of right. Sylvester.
- nepaulese1/5
nepaulese
Of or pertaining to Nepaul, a kingdom in Northern Hindostan. --n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Nepaul. now = Nepalese
- scathless1/5
scathless
Unharmed. R. L. Stevenson.He, too, . . . is to be dismissed scathless. Sir W. Scott.
- foundationless1/5
foundationless
Having no foundation.
- ecclesiast1/5
ecclesiast
An ecclesiastic. Chaucer.
- trunkless1/5
- tieless1/5
- hingeless1/5
hingeless
Without a hinge or joint.
- gentilesse1/5
gentilesse
Gentleness; courtesy; kindness; nobility. Obs. Chaucer.
- stepless1/5
- molestie1/5
molestie
Molestation. Obs. Chaucer.
- toothlessly1/5
toothless
- adjective lacking teeth
- most birds are toothless
- a toothless old crone
- adjective satellite lacking necessary force for effectiveness
- a toothless piece of legislation
- adjective lacking teeth
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- priestless1/5
priestless
Without a priest. Pope.
- paintless1/5
paintless
Not capable of being painted or described. "In paintless patience." Savage.
- remorselessness1/5
remorselessness
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- centreless1/5
- mannerless1/5
mannerless
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- lungless1/5
lungless
Being without lungs.
- chainless1/5
chainless
Having no chain; not restrained or fettered. "The chainless mind." Byron.
- raphaelesque1/5
raphaelesque
Like Raphael's works; in Raphael's manner of painting.
- simplesse1/5
- affectionless1/5
affectionless
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- needlessness1/5
needlessness
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- witlessly1/5
witless
- adjective satellite (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
senseless; soft-witted; nitwitted.
- adjective satellite (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
- horizonless1/5
- prayerlessness1/5
- threadless1/5
- carpetless1/5
carpetless
Without a carpet.
- cholestanol1/5
- vaneless1/5
- structurelessness1/5
structurelessness
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- epiklesis1/5
- floorless1/5
floorless
Having no floor.
- recalescence1/5
- hellespontine1/5
hellespontine
Of or pertaining to the Hellespont. Mitford.
- thanklessness1/5
thanklessness
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- churchless1/5
churchless
Without a church. T. Fuller.
- hypocholesterolemia1/5
hypocholesterolemia
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- barkless1/5
barkless
Destitute of bark.
- feelingless1/5
- heelless1/5
- tablespoonsful1/5
tablespoonsful
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- blemishless1/5
blemishless
Without blemish; spotless. A life in all so blemishless. Feltham.
- ecclesiologically1/5
ecclesiological
Belonging to ecclesiology.
- voicelessly1/5
voiceless
- adjective produced without vibration of the vocal cords
surd; unvoiced; hard.
- unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
disenfranchised; disfranchised; voteless.
- labor was voiceless
- disenfrenchised masses took to the streets
- adjective produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- lashless1/5
- humorlessness1/5
humorlessness
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- sorrowless1/5
sorrowless
Free from sorrow.
- anchorless1/5
anchorless
Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
- calesa1/5
- taintless1/5
taintless
Free from taint or infection; pure.
- fleshliness1/5
fleshliness
The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites. Spenser.
- birdless1/5
- airlessness1/5
airlessness
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- wheatless1/5
- stockingless1/5
- qualityless1/5
- klesha1/5
klesha
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- tapeless1/5
- filterless1/5
- dinnerless1/5
dinnerless
Having no dinner. Fuller.
- sheathless1/5
sheathless
Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed.
- anglesite1/5
anglesite
(Min.) A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.
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- brotherless1/5
- zipless1/5
- languageless1/5
languageless
Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent. Shak.
- capless1/5
capless
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- unfleshed1/5
unflesh
To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. "Unfleshed humanity." Wordsworth.
- clientless1/5
clientless
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- cureless1/5
cureless
Incapable of cure; incurable. With patience undergo A cureless ill, since fate will have it so. Dryden.
- normless1/5
normless
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- awfullest1/5
awfullest
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- woodless1/5
woodless
Having no wood; destitute of wood. Mitford. --Wood"less*ness , n.
- compassionless1/5
- bloodlessness1/5
bloodlessness
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- haplessness1/5
haplessness
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- smileless1/5
smileless
Not having a smile.
- guideless1/5
guideless
Without a guide. Dryden.
- orderless1/5
orderless
Being without order or regularity; disorderly; out of rule.
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- textureless1/5
- greaseless1/5
- pulpless1/5
- pleasureless1/5
pleasureless
Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot.
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