mb: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of mb
- bomb«Word Popularity Bar5/5
bomb
- noun an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- noun strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
bomb calorimeter.
- noun an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- climb5/5
climb
- noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
acclivity; upgrade; raise; rise; ascent.
- the car couldn't make it up the rise
- noun an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
climbing; mounting.
- noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- thumb5/5
thumb
- noun the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
pollex.
- noun the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
- noun the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
- tomb5/5
tomb
- noun a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
grave.
- he put flowers on his mother's grave
- noun a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
- limb5/5
limb
- noun one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
- noun any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
tree branch.
- noun one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
- lamb5/5
lamb
- noun young sheep
- noun English essayist (1775-1834)
Charles Lamb; Elia.
- noun young sheep
- comb4/5
comb
- noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- noun the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
cockscomb; coxcomb.
- noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- dumb4/5
dumb
- adjective satellite slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
dim; slow; dense; obtuse; dull.
- so dense he never understands anything I say to him
- never met anyone quite so dim
- although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
- dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
- he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
- worked with the slow students
- adjective satellite temporarily incapable of speaking
speechless.
- struck dumb
- speechless with shock
- adjective satellite slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- numb4/5
numb
- verb make numb or insensitive
benumb; blunt; dull.
- The shock numbed her senses
- adjective satellite lacking sensation
benumbed; asleep.
- my foot is asleep
- numb with cold
- verb make numb or insensitive
- womb4/5
womb
- noun a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
uterus.
- noun a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
- coulomb3/5
coulomb
- noun a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
C; ampere-second.
- noun French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806)
Charles Augustin de Coulomb.
- noun a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
- plumb3/5
plumb
- noun the metal bob of a plumb line
plummet; plumb bob.
- verb measure the depth of something
- noun the metal bob of a plumb line
- crumb3/5
crumb
- noun a very small quantity of something
- he gave only a crumb of information about his plans
- there were few crumbs of comfort in the report
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; dirty dog; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun a very small quantity of something
- honeycomb3/5
honeycomb
- noun a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
- noun a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees
- noun a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
- succumb3/5
succumb
- verb consent reluctantly
give in; knuckle under; yield; buckle under.
- verb be fatally overwhelmed
yield.
- verb consent reluctantly
- omb3/5
omb
- noun the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget
Office of Management and Budget.
- noun the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget
- newcomb3/5
newcomb
- noun United States astronomer (1835-1909)
Simon Newcomb.
- noun United States astronomer (1835-1909)
- lipscomb2/5
lipscomb
- noun United States chemist noted for his theories of molecular structure (born in 1919)
William Nunn Lipscom Jr..
- noun United States chemist noted for his theories of molecular structure (born in 1919)
- cmb2/5
cmb
- noun (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
cosmic microwave background radiation; cosmic background radiation; CBR; cosmic microwave background; CMBR.
- noun (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
- jamb2/5
jamb
- noun upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
- noun upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
- aplomb2/5
aplomb
- noun great coolness and composure under strain
sang-froid; cool; poise; assuredness.
- keep your cool
- noun great coolness and composure under strain
- catacomb2/5
catacomb
- noun an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)
- noun an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)
- forelimb2/5
forelimb
- noun the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing)
- noun the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing)
- doorjamb2/5
doorjamb
- noun a jamb for a door
doorpost.
- noun a jamb for a door
- hindlimb2/5
hindlimb
- noun a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals
hind limb.
- noun a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals
- coxcomb2/5
coxcomb
- noun a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
cockscomb.
- noun a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
cockscomb.
- noun a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
- whitcomb2/5
whitcomb
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- holcomb2/5
holcomb
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- amb2/5
- camb2/5
camb
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- colomb2/5
colomb
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- dithyramb1/5
dithyramb
- noun a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
- noun (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
- noun a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
- rhumb1/5
rhumb
- noun a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction
rhumb line; loxodrome.
- noun a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction
- entomb1/5
entomb
- verb place in a grave or tomb
lay to rest; inhume; inter; bury.
- Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square
- The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids
- My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday
- verb place in a grave or tomb
- currycomb1/5
currycomb
- noun a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses
- verb clean (a horse) with a currycomb
- noun a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses
- breadcrumb1/5
breadcrumb
- noun crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
- noun crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
- firebomb1/5
firebomb
- noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
incendiary; incendiary bomb.
- verb attack with incendiary bombs
- The rioters fire-bombed the stores
- noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
- benumb1/5
benumb
- verb make numb or insensitive
blunt; dull; numb.
- The shock numbed her senses
- verb make numb or insensitive
- hecatomb1/5
hecatomb
- noun a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
- noun a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
- cockscomb1/5
cockscomb
- noun garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
Celosia cristata; common cockscomb; Celosia argentea cristata.
- noun a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
coxcomb.
- noun garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
- rhomb1/5
rhomb
- noun a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
diamond; rhombus.
- noun a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
- corymb1/5
corymb
- noun flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first
- noun flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first
- iamb1/5
iamb
- noun a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
iambus.
- noun a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
- plomb1/5
plomb
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- coomb1/5
comb
- noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- noun the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
cockscomb; coxcomb.
- noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- clomb1/5
climb
- noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
acclivity; upgrade; raise; rise; ascent.
- the car couldn't make it up the rise
- noun an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
climbing; mounting.
- noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- recomb1/5
recomb
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- superbomb1/5
- toothcomb1/5
Suffixes of mb
- mba«Word Popularity Bar4/5
mba
- noun a master's degree in business
Master in Business; Master in Business Administration.
- noun a master's degree in business
- mbps3/5
mbps
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- mbit2/5
mbit
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits
megabit; Mb.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits
- mbd2/5
mbd
- noun a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; minimal brain dysfunction; attention deficit disorder; ADD; minimal brain damage; hyperkinetic syndrome; ADHD.
- noun a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- mbundu1/5
mbundu
- noun an ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola
Ovimbundu.
- noun an ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola
- mbeya1/5
mbeya
- noun a city in southwestern Tanzania
- noun a city in southwestern Tanzania
- mbabane1/5
mbabane
- noun capital of Swaziland; located in northwestern Swaziland
capital of Swaziland.
- noun capital of Swaziland; located in northwestern Swaziland
- mbira1/5
- mbaqanga1/5
Derived words of mb
- number«Word Popularity Bar5/5
number
- noun the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
figure.
- he had a number of chores to do
- the number of parameters is small
- the figure was about a thousand
- noun a concept of quantity involving zero and units
- every number has a unique position in the sequence
- noun the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- numbers5/5
numbers
- noun an illegal daily lottery
numbers racket; numbers game; numbers pool.
- noun the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt
Book of Numbers.
- noun an illegal daily lottery
- symbol5/5
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
- symbols5/5
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
- members5/5
member
- noun one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
fellow member.
- only members will be admitted
- a member of the faculty
- she was introduced to all the members of his family
- noun anything that belongs to a set or class
- snakes are members of the class Reptilia
- members of the opposite sex
- noun one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
- member5/5
member
- noun one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
fellow member.
- only members will be admitted
- a member of the faculty
- she was introduced to all the members of his family
- noun anything that belongs to a set or class
- snakes are members of the class Reptilia
- members of the opposite sex
- noun one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
- combination5/5
combination
- noun a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
- noun a coordinated sequence of chess moves
- noun a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
- assembly5/5
assembly
- noun a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
- noun the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
fabrication.
- noun a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
- symbolic5/5
symbolic
- adjective relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
symbolical.
- symbolic logic
- symbolic operations
- symbolic thinking
- adjective satellite serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
symbolical; emblematical; emblematic.
- a crown is emblematic of royalty
- the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
- adjective relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
- combinations5/5
combination
- noun a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
- noun a coordinated sequence of chess moves
- noun a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
- combined5/5
combined
- adjective made or joined or united into one
- verb have or possess in combination
combine; unite.
- she unites charm with a good business sense
- adjective made or joined or united into one
- membership5/5
membership
- noun the body of members of an organization or group
rank.
- they polled their membership
- they found dissension in their own ranks
- he joined the ranks of the unemployed
- noun the state of being a member
- noun the body of members of an organization or group
- embedded5/5
embedded
- adjective satellite enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass
- found pebbles embedded in the silt
- stone containing many embedded fossils
- peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
plant; implant; imbed; embed; engraft.
- He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
- The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
- adjective satellite enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass
- combine5/5
combine
- noun harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
- noun a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
corporate trust; trust; cartel.
- they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly
- noun harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
- assembled5/5
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
- combining5/5
combining
- noun an occurrence that results in things being united
combine.
- noun the act of combining things to form a new whole
compounding; combination.
- noun an occurrence that results in things being united
- embodied5/5
embodied
- adjective satellite possessing or existing in bodily form
corporal; bodied; incarnate; corporate.
- what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare
- an incarnate spirit
- `corporate' is an archaic term
- verb represent in bodily form
embody; substantiate; incarnate; body forth.
- He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
- The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
- adjective satellite possessing or existing in bodily form
- remember5/5
remember
- verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
retrieve; recall; recollect; call back; think; call up.
- I can't remember saying any such thing
- I can't think what her last name was
- can you remember her phone number?
- Do you remember that he once loved you?
- call up memories
- verb keep in mind for attention or consideration
think of.
- Remember the Alamo
- Remember to call your mother every day!
- Think of the starving children in India!
- verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- remembered5/5
remember
- verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
retrieve; recall; recollect; call back; think; call up.
- I can't remember saying any such thing
- I can't think what her last name was
- can you remember her phone number?
- Do you remember that he once loved you?
- call up memories
- verb keep in mind for attention or consideration
think of.
- Remember the Alamo
- Remember to call your mother every day!
- Think of the starving children in India!
- verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- membrane5/5
membrane
- noun a thin pliable sheet of material
- noun a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
tissue layer.
- noun a thin pliable sheet of material
- combat5/5
combat
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
armed combat.
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
scrap; fighting; fight.
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
- embrace5/5
embrace
- noun the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
embracement; embracing.
- noun the state of taking in or encircling
- an island in the embrace of the sea
- noun the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- climbed5/5
climb
- noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
acclivity; upgrade; raise; rise; ascent.
- the car couldn't make it up the rise
- noun an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
climbing; mounting.
- noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- timber5/5
timber
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
lumber.
- noun a beam made of wood
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- humble5/5
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
- remembering5/5
remembering
- noun the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
memory.
- he can do it from memory
- he enjoyed remembering his father
- verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
retrieve; remember; recall; recollect; call back; think; call up.
- I can't remember saying any such thing
- I can't think what her last name was
- can you remember her phone number?
- Do you remember that he once loved you?
- call up memories
- noun the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
- climbing5/5
climbing
- noun an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
climb; mounting.
- verb go upward with gradual or continuous progress
climb up; climb; mount; go up.
- Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
- noun an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
- limbs5/5
limb
- noun one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
- noun any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
tree branch.
- noun one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
- ambiguous5/5
ambiguous
- adjective open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
equivocal.
- an equivocal statement
- the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates
- the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness
- popularity is an equivocal crown
- an equivocal response to an embarrassing question
- adjective having more than one possible meaning
- ambiguous words
- frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy
- adjective open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
- gambling5/5
gambling
- noun the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
play; gaming.
- his gambling cost him a fortune
- there was heavy play at the blackjack table
- verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
risk; take a chance; hazard; take chances; chance; adventure; gamble; run a risk.
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
- noun the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- embassy5/5
embassy
- noun a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work
- noun an ambassador and his entourage collectively
- noun a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work
- membranes5/5
membrane
- noun a thin pliable sheet of material
- noun a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
tissue layer.
- noun a thin pliable sheet of material
- september5/5
september
The ninth month of the year, containing thurty days.
- december5/5
december
The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice.
- november5/5
november
The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days.
- chamber5/5
chamber
- noun a natural or artificial enclosed space
- noun an enclosed volume in the body
- the chambers of his heart were healthy
- noun a natural or artificial enclosed space
- columbia5/5
columbia
America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Dr. T. Dwight.Columbus , the discoverer.
- chambers5/5
chamber
- noun a natural or artificial enclosed space
- noun an enclosed volume in the body
- the chambers of his heart were healthy
- noun a natural or artificial enclosed space
- embraced5/5
embrace
- noun the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
embracement; embracing.
- noun the state of taking in or encircling
- an island in the embrace of the sea
- noun the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- ambiguity5/5
ambiguity
- noun an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
- noun unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
equivocalness.
- noun an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
- embarrassed5/5
embarrassed
- adjective satellite feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
chagrined; abashed.
- felt abashed at the extravagant praise
- chagrined at the poor sales of his book
- was embarrassed by her child's tantrums
- verb cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
embarrass; abash.
- adjective satellite feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
- trembling5/5
trembling
- noun a shaky motion
quiver; quivering; vibration; palpitation; shakiness; shaking.
- the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
- verb move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
tremble.
- His hands were trembling when he signed the document
- noun a shaky motion
- cambridge5/5
cambridge
- noun a university in England
Cambridge University.
- noun a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- noun a university in England
- ambassador5/5
ambassador
- noun a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
embassador.
- noun an informal representative
- an ambassador of good will
- noun a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
- ambition5/5
ambition
- noun a cherished desire
aspiration; dream.
- his ambition is to own his own business
- noun a strong drive for success
ambitiousness.
- noun a cherished desire
- ambitious5/5
ambitious
- adjective having a strong desire for success or achievement
- adjective satellite requiring full use of your abilities or resources
challenging.
- ambitious schedule
- performed the most challenging task without a mistake
- adjective having a strong desire for success or achievement
- columbus5/5
columbus
- noun the state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University
capital of Ohio.
- noun Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
Christopher Columbus; Cristoforo Colombo; Cristobal Colon.
- noun the state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University
- numbered4/5
number
- noun the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
figure.
- he had a number of chores to do
- the number of parameters is small
- the figure was about a thousand
- noun a concept of quantity involving zero and units
- every number has a unique position in the sequence
- noun the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- symbolism4/5
symbolism
- noun a system of symbols and symbolic representations
- noun the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
symbolization; symbolisation.
- noun a system of symbols and symbolic representations
- assemblies4/5
assembly
- noun a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
- noun the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
fabrication.
- noun a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
- numbering4/5
numbering
- noun a numbered list
enumeration.
- verb add up in number or quantity
amount; total; come; number; add up.
- The bills amounted to $2,000
- The bill came to $2,000
- noun a numbered list
- symbolized4/5
symbolize
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
symbolise; typify; represent; stand for.
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
- verb represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
symbolise.
- The poet symbolizes love in this poem
- These painters believed that artists should symbolize
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- symbolize4/5
symbolize
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
symbolise; typify; represent; stand for.
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
- verb represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
symbolise.
- The poet symbolizes love in this poem
- These painters believed that artists should symbolize
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- resemble4/5
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
- 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
- combines4/5
combine
- noun harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
- noun a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
corporate trust; trust; cartel.
- they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly
- noun harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
- assemble4/5
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
- resembled4/5
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
- resembling4/5
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
- imbalance4/5
imbalance
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
instability; unbalance.
- a hormonal imbalance
- noun (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
dissymmetry; asymmetry.
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
- lambert4/5
lambert
- noun a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
L.
- noun English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
Constant Lambert; Leonard Constant Lambert.
- noun a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
- embody4/5
embody
- verb represent in bodily form
substantiate; incarnate; body forth.
- He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
- The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
- verb represent, as of a character on stage
be; personify.
- Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
- verb represent in bodily form
- assemblage4/5
assemblage
- noun a group of persons together in one place
gathering.
- noun a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
hookup.
- noun a group of persons together in one place
- emblem4/5
emblem
- noun special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.
- noun a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
allegory.
- noun special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.
- embodies4/5
embody
- verb represent in bodily form
substantiate; incarnate; body forth.
- He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
- The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
- verb represent, as of a character on stage
be; personify.
- Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
- verb represent in bodily form
- symbolically4/5
symbolically
- adverb in a symbolic manner
- symbolically accepted goals
- adverb by means of symbols
- symbolically expressed
- adverb in a symbolic manner
- mumbled4/5
mumble
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- verb talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
mussitate; maunder; mutter.
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- assembling4/5
assembling
- noun the act of gathering something together
collecting; aggregation; collection.
- verb create by putting components or members together
tack together; set up; tack; assemble; piece; put together.
- She pieced a quilt
- He tacked together some verses
- They set up a committee
- noun the act of gathering something together
- plumbing4/5
plumbing
- noun utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage
plumbing system.
- noun the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)
plumbery.
- noun utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage
- tumbled4/5
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
- embedding4/5
embed
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
plant; implant; imbed; engraft.
- He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
- The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
- verb attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
- The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
- tumbling4/5
tumbling
- noun the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
acrobatics.
- verb fall down, as if collapsing
topple; tumble.
- The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it
- noun the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
- assemblages4/5
assemblage
- noun a group of persons together in one place
gathering.
- noun a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
hookup.
- noun a group of persons together in one place
- crumbling4/5
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
- imbalances4/5
imbalance
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
instability; unbalance.
- a hormonal imbalance
- noun (mathematics) a lack of symmetry
dissymmetry; asymmetry.
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
- crumbs4/5
crumb
- noun a very small quantity of something
- he gave only a crumb of information about his plans
- there were few crumbs of comfort in the report
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; dirty dog; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun a very small quantity of something
- bombing4/5
bombing
- noun an attack by dropping bombs
bombardment.
- noun the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists
- noun an attack by dropping bombs
- resemblance4/5
resemblance
- noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
- noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
- bombs4/5
bomb
- noun an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- noun strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
bomb calorimeter.
- noun an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- embarrassment4/5
embarrassment
- noun the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
- noun the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
- he is currently suffering financial embarrassments
- noun the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
- remembers4/5
remember
- verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
retrieve; recall; recollect; call back; think; call up.
- I can't remember saying any such thing
- I can't think what her last name was
- can you remember her phone number?
- Do you remember that he once loved you?
- call up memories
- verb keep in mind for attention or consideration
think of.
- Remember the Alamo
- Remember to call your mother every day!
- Think of the starving children in India!
- verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- ensemble4/5
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
- umbrella4/5
umbrella
- noun a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
- noun a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets
- an air umbrella over England
- noun a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
- embracing4/5
embracing
- noun the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
embracement; embrace.
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
cover; encompass; embrace; comprehend.
- This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds
- this should cover everyone in the group
- noun the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- stumbled4/5
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
- lumber4/5
lumber
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
timber.
- noun an implement used in baseball by the batter
baseball bat.
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- tombs4/5
tomb
- noun a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
grave.
- he put flowers on his mother's grave
- noun a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
- recombinant4/5
recombinant
- noun a cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred
- adjective of or relating to recombinant DNA
- noun a cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred
- gamble4/5
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
- recombination4/5
recombination
- noun (physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles
- noun (genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents
- noun (physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles
- scrambled4/5
scrambled
- adjective satellite thrown together in a disorderly fashion
- a scrambled plan of action
- verb to move hurriedly
scramble.
- The friend scrambled after them
- adjective satellite thrown together in a disorderly fashion
- bombers4/5
bomber
- noun a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight
- noun a person who plants bombs
- noun a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight
- embraces4/5
embrace
- noun the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
embracement; embracing.
- noun the state of taking in or encircling
- an island in the embrace of the sea
- noun the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- stumbling4/5
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
- bomber4/5
bomber
- noun a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight
- noun a person who plants bombs
- noun a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight
- bombardment4/5
bombardment
- noun the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
outpouring; onslaught; barrage.
- a barrage of questions
- a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
- noun the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
battery; barrage fire; barrage; shelling.
- they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
- the shelling went on for hours without pausing
- noun the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- combatants4/5
combatant
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
scrapper; fighter; belligerent; battler.
- adjective satellite engaging in or ready for combat
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
- thumbs4/5
thumb
- noun the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
pollex.
- noun the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
- noun the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
- semblance4/5
semblance
- noun an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
color; gloss; colour.
- he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
- he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
- the situation soon took on a different color
- noun an erroneous mental representation
illusion.
- noun an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- imbued4/5
imbue
- verb spread or diffuse through
riddle; permeate; interpenetrate; pervade; penetrate; diffuse.
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
- verb fill, soak, or imbue totally
soak.
- soak the bandage with disinfectant
- verb spread or diffuse through
- climbs4/5
climb
- noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
acclivity; upgrade; raise; rise; ascent.
- the car couldn't make it up the rise
- noun an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
climbing; mounting.
- noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- scramble4/5
scramble
- noun an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
scuffle.
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scamper; scurry.
- noun an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
- combustion4/5
combustion
- noun a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
burning.
- noun a state of violent disturbance and excitement
- combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable
- noun a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
- embryo4/5
embryo
- noun (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
- noun an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
conceptus; fertilized egg.
- noun (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
- embodiment4/5
embodiment
- noun a new personification of a familiar idea
incarnation; avatar.
- the embodiment of hope
- the incarnation of evil
- the very avatar of cunning
- noun a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
shape.
- a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life
- noun a new personification of a familiar idea
- amber4/5
amber
- noun a deep yellow color
gold.
- an amber light illuminated the room
- he admired the gold of her hair
- noun a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
- noun a deep yellow color
- remembrance4/5
remembrance
- noun the ability to recall past occurrences
recollection; anamnesis.
- noun a recognition of meritorious service
memorial; commemoration.
- noun the ability to recall past occurrences
- ambulance4/5
ambulance
- noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
- noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
- embarrassing4/5
embarrassing
- adjective satellite hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
unenviable; awkward; sticky.
- awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
- an awkward pause followed his remark
- a sticky question
- in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
- verb cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
embarrass; abash.
- adjective satellite hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
- incumbent4/5
incumbent
- noun the official who holds an office
officeholder.
- adjective satellite lying or leaning on something else
- an incumbent geological formation
- noun the official who holds an office
- embryos4/5
embryo
- noun (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
- noun an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
conceptus; fertilized egg.
- noun (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
- embarked4/5
embark
- verb go on board
ship.
- verb set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
enter.
- she embarked upon a new career
- verb go on board
- embryonic4/5
embryonic
- adjective satellite of an organism prior to birth or hatching
embryonal; embryologic.
- in the embryonic stage
- embryologic development
- adjective satellite in an early stage of development
embryotic.
- the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre
- an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing
- adjective satellite of an organism prior to birth or hatching
- embroidered4/5
embroider
- verb decorate with needlework
broider.
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.
- verb decorate with needlework
- tremble4/5
tremble
- noun a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
shiver; shake.
- verb move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
- His hands were trembling when he signed the document
- noun a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- ambrose4/5
ambrose
A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Turner.Ambrosia , 3.
- cumberland4/5
cumberland
- noun English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
Butcher Cumberland; Duke of Cumberland; William Augustus.
- noun a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky
Cumberland River.
- noun English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
- embark4/5
embark
- verb go on board
ship.
- verb set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
enter.
- she embarked upon a new career
- verb go on board
- ambiguities4/5
ambiguity
- noun an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
- noun unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
equivocalness.
- noun an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
- embroidery4/5
embroidery
- noun elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
embellishment.
- the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
- noun decorative needlework
fancywork.
- noun elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
- combating4/5
combat
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
armed combat.
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
scrap; fighting; fight.
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
- succumbed4/5
succumb
- verb consent reluctantly
give in; knuckle under; yield; buckle under.
- verb be fatally overwhelmed
yield.
- verb consent reluctantly
- lambs4/5
lamb
- noun young sheep
- noun English essayist (1775-1834)
Charles Lamb; Elia.
- noun young sheep
- ambitions4/5
ambition
- noun a cherished desire
aspiration; dream.
- his ambition is to own his own business
- noun a strong drive for success
ambitiousness.
- noun a cherished desire
- chamberlain4/5
chamberlain
- noun the treasurer of a municipal corporation
- noun British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)
Arthur Neville Chamberlain; Neville Chamberlain.
- noun the treasurer of a municipal corporation
- lumbar4/5
lumbar
- adjective of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones
- lumbar vertebrae
- adjective of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones
- ambivalence4/5
ambivalence
- noun mixed feelings or emotions
ambivalency.
- noun mixed feelings or emotions
- trembled4/5
tremble
- noun a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
shiver; shake.
- verb move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
- His hands were trembling when he signed the document
- noun a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- ambivalent4/5
ambivalent
- adjective satellite uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
- was ambivalent about having children
- adjective satellite uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
- reimbursement4/5
reimbursement
- noun compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.
- he received reimbursement for his travel expenses
- noun compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.
- ambassadors4/5
ambassador
- noun a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
embassador.
- noun an informal representative
- an ambassador of good will
- noun a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
- preamble4/5
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)
- unambiguous4/5
unambiguous
- adjective having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning
- As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa
- adjective admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion
unequivocal; univocal.
- unequivocal evidence
- took an unequivocal position
- an unequivocal success
- an unequivocal promise
- an unequivocal (or univocal) statement
- adjective having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning
- ambush4/5
ambush
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
lying in wait; ambuscade; trap.
- verb wait in hiding to attack
scupper; lie in wait; lurk; bushwhack; waylay; ambuscade.
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- cumbersome4/5
cumbersome
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
cumbrous.
- a cumbersome piece of machinery
- cumbrous protective clothing
- adjective satellite not elegant or graceful in expression
awkward; inept; ill-chosen; inapt; clumsy.
- an awkward prose style
- a clumsy apology
- his cumbersome writing style
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
- embargo4/5
embargo
- noun a government order imposing a trade barrier
trade embargo; trade stoppage.
- verb ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons
- embargoed publications
- noun a government order imposing a trade barrier
- umbilical4/5
umbilical
- noun membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
umbilical cord.
- adjective relating to or resembling the umbilicus
- umbilical cord
- noun membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
- humboldt4/5
humboldt
- noun German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835)
Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt; Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt.
- noun German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)
Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt; Baron Alexander von Humboldt.
- noun German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835)
- bombay4/5
bombay
- noun a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
Mumbai.
- noun a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
- colombia4/5
colombia
- noun a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language
Republic of Colombia.
- noun a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language
- ambient4/5
ambient
- adjective satellite completely enveloping
- the ambient air
- ambient sound
- the ambient temperature
- adjective satellite completely enveloping
- hamburg4/5
hamburg
A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe.
- bamboo4/5
bamboo
- noun the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
- noun woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
- noun the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
- cambodia4/5
cambodia
- noun a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946
Kampuchea; Kingdom of Cambodia.
- noun a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946
- zimbabwe4/5
zimbabwe
- noun a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980
Republic of Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia.
- noun a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980
- thrombosis4/5
thrombosis
- noun the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel
- noun the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel
- luxembourg4/5
luxembourg
- noun the capital and largest city of Luxembourg
capital of Luxembourg; Luxembourg City; Luxemburg; Luxembourg-Ville.
- noun a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Luxemburg.
- noun the capital and largest city of Luxembourg
- zambia4/5
zambia
- noun a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964
Republic of Zambia; Northern Rhodesia.
- noun a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964
- mozambique4/5
mozambique
- noun a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975
Mocambique; Republic of Mozambique.
- noun a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975
- humbly4/5
humbly
- adverb in a humble manner
meekly.
- he humbly lowered his head
- adverb in a miserly manner
meanly.
- they lived meanly and without ostentation
- adverb in a humble manner
- nuremberg4/5
nuremberg
- noun a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46)
Nurnberg.
- noun a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46)
- symbolizes3/5
symbolize
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
symbolise; typify; represent; stand for.
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
- verb represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
symbolise.
- The poet symbolizes love in this poem
- These painters believed that artists should symbolize
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- symbolizing3/5
symbolizing
- noun the act of representing something with a symbol
symbolising.
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
symbolise; typify; symbolize; represent; stand for.
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
- noun the act of representing something with a symbol
- assembler3/5
assembler
- noun a program to convert assembly language into machine language
assembly program.
- noun a program to convert assembly language into machine language
- symbolical3/5
symbolical
- adjective relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
symbolic.
- symbolic logic
- symbolic operations
- symbolic thinking
- adjective satellite serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
emblematical; symbolic; emblematic.
- a crown is emblematic of royalty
- the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
- adjective relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
- symbolised3/5
symbolise
- verb represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
symbolize.
- The poet symbolizes love in this poem
- These painters believed that artists should symbolize
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
typify; symbolize; represent; stand for.
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
- verb represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
- tumble3/5
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
- outnumbered3/5
outnumber
- verb be larger in number
- verb be larger in number
- embolism3/5
embolism
- noun an insertion into a calendar
intercalation.
- noun occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
- noun an insertion into a calendar
- embodying3/5
embody
- verb represent in bodily form
substantiate; incarnate; body forth.
- He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
- The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
- verb represent, as of a character on stage
be; personify.
- Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
- verb represent in bodily form
- combinatorial3/5
combinatorial
- adjective satellite relating to or involving combinations
combinatory; combinative.
- adjective satellite relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets
- adjective satellite relating to or involving combinations
- emblems3/5
emblem
- noun special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.
- noun a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
allegory.
- noun special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.
- crumbled3/5
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
- combs3/5
comb
- noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- noun the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
cockscomb; coxcomb.
- noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- fumbled3/5
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
- embed3/5
embed
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
plant; implant; imbed; engraft.
- He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
- The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
- verb attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
- The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
- crumble3/5
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
- memberships3/5
membership
- noun the body of members of an organization or group
rank.
- they polled their membership
- they found dissension in their own ranks
- he joined the ranks of the unemployed
- noun the state of being a member
- noun the body of members of an organization or group
- fumbling3/5
fumbling
- adjective satellite showing lack of skill or aptitude
clumsy; bungling; incompetent.
- a bungling workman
- did a clumsy job
- his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
- verb feel about uncertainly or blindly
grope; fumble.
- She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom
- adjective satellite showing lack of skill or aptitude
- mumbling3/5
mumbling
- noun indistinct enunciation
- noun ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
gumming.
- noun indistinct enunciation
- imbedded3/5
imbed
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
plant; implant; embed; engraft.
- He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
- The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
- embossed3/5
embossed
- adjective satellite embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery
raised; brocaded.
- brocaded silk
- an embossed satin
- embossed leather
- raised needlework
- raised metalwork
- verb raise in a relief
stamp; emboss; boss.
- embossed stationery
- adjective satellite embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery
- outnumber3/5
outnumber
- verb be larger in number
- verb be larger in number
- emblazoned3/5
emblazon
- verb decorate with colors
color; colour.
- color the walls with paint in warm tones
- verb decorate with heraldic arms
blazon.
- verb decorate with colors
- imbibed3/5
imbibe
- verb take in, also metaphorically
draw; take up; absorb; soak up; take in; suck up; suck; sop up.
- The sponge absorbs water well
- She drew strength from the minister's words
- verb take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
assimilate.
- verb take in, also metaphorically
- disembarked3/5
disembark
- verb go ashore
set down; debark.
- The passengers disembarked at Southampton
- verb go ashore
- 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
- mumble3/5
mumble
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- verb talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
mussitate; maunder; mutter.
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- stumble3/5
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
- slumber3/5
slumber
- noun a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
sleep.
- he didn't get enough sleep last night
- calm as a child in dreamless slumber
- noun a dormant or quiescent state
- noun a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
- scrambling3/5
scramble
- noun an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
scuffle.
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scamper; scurry.
- noun an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
- bombings3/5
bombing
- noun an attack by dropping bombs
bombardment.
- noun the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists
- noun an attack by dropping bombs
- timbers3/5
timber
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
lumber.
- noun a beam made of wood
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- symbiotic3/5
symbiotic
- adjective satellite used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each
- adjective satellite used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each
- emblematic3/5
emblematic
- adjective satellite serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
symbolical; emblematical; symbolic.
- a crown is emblematic of royalty
- the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
- adjective satellite being or serving as an illustration of a type;
typic; exemplary.
- the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy
- an action exemplary of his conduct
- adjective satellite serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
- gambler3/5
gambler
- noun a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events
- noun someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement
risk taker.
- noun a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events
- rambling3/5
rambling
- adjective satellite spreading out in different directions
sprawling; straggling; straggly.
- sprawling handwriting
- straggling branches
- straggly hair
- verb continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
ramble on; ramble; jog.
- This novel rambles on and jogs
- adjective satellite spreading out in different directions
- combed3/5
combed
- adjective (of hair) made tidy with a comb
- with hair combed to the side
- verb straighten with a comb
comb.
- comb your hair
- adjective (of hair) made tidy with a comb
- embassies3/5
embassy
- noun a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work
- noun an ambassador and his entourage collectively
- noun a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work
- humbled3/5
humbled
- adjective satellite subdued or brought low in condition or status
low; broken; crushed; humiliated.
- brought low
- a broken man
- his broken spirit
- verb cause to be unpretentious
humble.
- This experience will humble him
- adjective satellite subdued or brought low in condition or status
- gamblers3/5
gambler
- noun a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events
- noun someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement
risk taker.
- noun a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events
- embellished3/5
embellish
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.
- verb be beautiful to look at
deck; beautify; decorate; grace; adorn.
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
- verb add details to
- embers3/5
ember
- noun a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
coal.
- noun a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
- 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
- symbiosis3/5
symbiosis
- noun the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other
mutualism.
- noun the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other
- bombarded3/5
bombard
- noun a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
bombardon.
- verb cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
pelt.
- They pelted each other with snowballs
- noun a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
- limbo3/5
limbo
- noun the state of being disregarded or forgotten
oblivion.
- noun an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
- noun the state of being disregarded or forgotten
- jumble3/5
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
- jumbo3/5
jumbo
- adjective satellite of great mass; huge and bulky
elephantine; giant; gargantuan.
- a jumbo jet
- jumbo shrimp
- adjective satellite of great mass; huge and bulky
- umbrellas3/5
umbrella
- noun a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
- noun a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets
- an air umbrella over England
- noun a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
- combatant3/5
combatant
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
scrapper; fighter; belligerent; battler.
- adjective satellite engaging in or ready for combat
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
- combing3/5
combing
- noun the act of drawing a comb through hair
comb.
- his hair needed a comb
- verb straighten with a comb
comb.
- comb your hair
- noun the act of drawing a comb through hair
- resemblances3/5
resemblance
- noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
- noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
- dumbfounded3/5
dumbfounded
- adjective satellite as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
stupefied; dumbstricken; dumbstruck; thunderstruck; flabbergasted; dumfounded.
- a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident
- the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless
- was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- adjective satellite as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
- embryology3/5
embryology
- noun the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms
- noun the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms
- embattled3/5
embattled
- adjective satellite prepared for battle
- an embattled city
- verb fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense
embattle.
- an embattled castle
- adjective satellite prepared for battle
- jumbled3/5
jumbled
- adjective satellite in utter disorder
topsy-turvy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy; hugger-mugger.
- a disorderly pile of clothes
- verb be all mixed up or jumbled together
jumble; mingle.
- His words jumbled
- adjective satellite in utter disorder
- ramble3/5
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
- embellishment3/5
embellishment
- noun elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
embroidery.
- the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
- noun a superfluous ornament
- noun elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
- humbling3/5
humbling
- adjective satellite causing awareness of your shortcomings
mortifying; humiliating; demeaning.
- golf is a humbling game
- verb cause to be unpretentious
humble.
- This experience will humble him
- adjective satellite causing awareness of your shortcomings
- dismembered3/5
dismember
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- the tiger dismembered the tourist
- verb divide into pieces
discerp; take apart.
- our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
- The Empire was discerped after the war
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- embellishments3/5
embellishment
- noun elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
embroidery.
- the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
- noun a superfluous ornament
- noun elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
- reassembled3/5
reassemble
- verb assemble once again, after taking something apart
- verb assemble once again, after taking something apart
- embellish3/5
embellish
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.
- verb be beautiful to look at
deck; beautify; decorate; grace; adorn.
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
- verb add details to
- 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
- slumbering3/5
slumber
- noun a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
sleep.
- he didn't get enough sleep last night
- calm as a child in dreamless slumber
- noun a dormant or quiescent state
- noun a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
- thumbed3/5
thumbed
- adjective satellite (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning
- well-thumbed pages of the dictionary
- verb travel by getting free rides from motorists
hitchhike; thumb; hitch.
- adjective satellite (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning
- combats3/5
combat
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
armed combat.
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
scrap; fighting; fight.
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
- gambled3/5
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
- bombed3/5
bomb
- noun an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- noun strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
bomb calorimeter.
- noun an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- grumbled3/5
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
- rembrandt3/5
rembrandt
- noun influential Dutch artist (1606-1669)
Rembrandt van Ryn; Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn; Rembrandt van Rijn.
- noun influential Dutch artist (1606-1669)
- embankment3/5
embankment
- noun a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
- noun a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
- rumble3/5
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
- cucumber3/5
cucumber
- noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
Cucumis sativus; cucumber vine.
- noun cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
cuke.
- noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
- numbness3/5
numbness
- noun partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction
- noun the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
spiritlessness; apathy; indifference.
- noun partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction
- embarking3/5
embark
- verb go on board
ship.
- verb set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
enter.
- she embarked upon a new career
- verb go on board
- embarrass3/5
embarrass
- verb cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
abash.
- verb hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
obstruct; hinder; stymie; blockade; stymy; block.
- His brother blocked him at every turn
- verb cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
- climbers3/5
climber
- noun a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants
- noun someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior
social climber.
- noun a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants
- incumbents3/5
incumbent
- noun the official who holds an office
officeholder.
- adjective satellite lying or leaning on something else
- an incumbent geological formation
- noun the official who holds an office
- rumbling3/5
rumbling
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
rumble; grumble; grumbling.
- they heard the rumbling of thunder
- verb make a low noise
rumble; grumble.
- rumbling thunder
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
- ombudsman3/5
ombudsman
- noun a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government
- noun a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government
- combo3/5
combo
- noun a small band of jazz musicians
jazz group; jazz band.
- noun a small band of jazz musicians
- tombstone3/5
tombstone
- noun a stone that is used to mark a grave
gravestone; headstone.
- noun a stone that is used to mark a grave
- grumbling3/5
grumbling
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
rumble; rumbling; grumble.
- they heard the rumbling of thunder
- noun a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
murmuring; grumble; muttering; mutter; murmur.
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
- lambda3/5
lambda
- noun the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
- noun the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull
- noun the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
- rumbled3/5
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
- climber3/5
climber
- noun a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants
- noun someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior
social climber.
- noun a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants
- nimble3/5
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
- combustible3/5
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
- numbing3/5
numbing
- adjective satellite causing numbness or insensitivity
- the numbing effect of grief
- verb make numb or insensitive
benumb; blunt; dull; numb.
- The shock numbed her senses
- adjective satellite causing numbness or insensitivity
- cucumbers3/5
cucumber
- noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
Cucumis sativus; cucumber vine.
- noun cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
cuke.
- noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
- zombie3/5
zombie
- noun a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
zombi; living dead.
- noun (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
zombie spirit; zombi spirit; zombi.
- noun a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
- timbre3/5
timbre
- noun (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
quality; tone; timber.
- the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
- the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
- noun (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- plumber3/5
plumber
- noun a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
pipe fitter.
- noun a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
- lumbering3/5
lumbering
- noun the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
- verb move heavily or clumsily
lumber; pound.
- The heavy man lumbered across the room
- noun the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
- 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
- encumbered3/5
encumbered
- adjective loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
- a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling
- a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack
- an encumbered estate
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain; cumber.
- adjective loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
- trumbull3/5
trumbull
- noun American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785)
Jonathan Trumbull.
- noun American painter of historical scenes (1756-1843)
John Trumbull.
- noun American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785)
- membranous3/5
membranous
- adjective relating to or made of or similar to a membrane
- membranous lining
- adjective satellite characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane)
membrane-forming.
- membranous gastritis
- adjective relating to or made of or similar to a membrane
- tumbler3/5
tumbler
- noun a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
- noun a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
- noun a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
- ambulances3/5
ambulance
- noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
- noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
- succumbing3/5
succumb
- verb consent reluctantly
give in; knuckle under; yield; buckle under.
- verb be fatally overwhelmed
yield.
- verb consent reluctantly
- ambit3/5
ambit
- noun an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
reach; orbit; range; compass; scope.
- a piano has a greater range than the human voice
- the ambit of municipal legislation
- within the compass of this article
- within the scope of an investigation
- outside the reach of the law
- in the political orbit of a world power
- noun an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
- 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
- grumble3/5
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
- disassembly3/5
disassembly
- noun the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
dismantling; dismantlement.
- Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons
- noun the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
- tombstones3/5
tombstone
- noun a stone that is used to mark a grave
gravestone; headstone.
- noun a stone that is used to mark a grave
- zombies3/5
zombie
- noun a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
zombi; living dead.
- noun (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
zombie spirit; zombi spirit; zombi.
- noun a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
- cymbals3/5
cymbal
- noun a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together
- noun a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together
- remembrances3/5
remembrance
- noun the ability to recall past occurrences
recollection; anamnesis.
- noun a recognition of meritorious service
memorial; commemoration.
- noun the ability to recall past occurrences
- ambled3/5
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)
- dumbbell3/5
dumbbell
- noun an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
dummy; booby; dope; pinhead; boob.
- noun an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle
- numbed3/5
numb
- verb make numb or insensitive
benumb; blunt; dull.
- The shock numbed her senses
- adjective satellite lacking sensation
benumbed; asleep.
- my foot is asleep
- numb with cold
- verb make numb or insensitive
- recumbent3/5
recumbent
- adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
accumbent; decumbent.
- adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
- embankments3/5
embankment
- noun a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
- noun a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
- imbecile3/5
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
- humbug3/5
humbug
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
taradiddle; boloney; bilgewater; tarradiddle; tosh; bosh; baloney; drool; tommyrot; twaddle.
- noun communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
snake oil.
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
- 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
- umbilicus3/5
umbilicus
- noun a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
omphalos; navel; omphalus; belly button; bellybutton.
- you were not supposed to show your navel on television
- they argued whether or not Adam had a navel
- she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton
- noun a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
- ambulatory3/5
ambulatory
- noun a covered walkway (as in a cloister)
- it has an ambulatory and seven chapels
- adjective relating to or adapted for walking
- an ambulatory corridor
- noun a covered walkway (as in a cloister)
- hamburger3/5
hamburger
- noun a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
burger; beefburger.
- noun beef that has been ground
ground beef.
- noun a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
- somber3/5
somber
- adjective satellite lacking brightness or color; dull
sober; sombre; drab.
- drab faded curtains
- sober Puritan grey
- children in somber brown clothes
- adjective satellite grave or even gloomy in character
melancholy; sombre.
- solemn and mournful music
- a suit of somber black
- a somber mood
- adjective satellite lacking brightness or color; dull
- cambodian3/5
cambodian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Cambodia
Kampuchean.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language
Kampuchean.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Cambodia
- steamboat3/5
steamboat
- noun a boat propelled by a steam engine
- noun a boat propelled by a steam engine
- samba3/5
samba
- noun large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
obeche; arere; Triplochiton scleroxcylon; obechi.
- noun music composed for dancing the samba
- noun large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
- northumberland3/5
northumberland
- noun the northernmost county of England; has many Roman remains (including Hadrian's Wall)
- noun the northernmost county of England; has many Roman remains (including Hadrian's Wall)
- lombard3/5
lombard
Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.
- sombre3/5
sombre
- adjective satellite lacking brightness or color; dull
sober; somber; drab.
- drab faded curtains
- sober Puritan grey
- children in somber brown clothes
- adjective satellite grave or even gloomy in character
melancholy; somber.
- solemn and mournful music
- a suit of somber black
- a somber mood
- adjective satellite lacking brightness or color; dull
- disembodied3/5
disembodied
- adjective satellite not having a material body
unbodied; discorporate; unembodied; bodiless.
- bodiless ghosts
- verb free from a body or physical form or reality
disembody.
- adjective satellite not having a material body
- flamboyant3/5
flamboyant
- noun showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
flame tree; Poinciana regia; royal poinciana; peacock flower; Delonix regia.
- adjective satellite marked by ostentation but often tasteless
splashy; showy.
- a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet
- a splashy half-page ad
- noun showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
- ambience3/5
ambience
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
atmosphere; ambiance.
- there was an atmosphere of excitement
- noun the atmosphere of an environment
ambiance.
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
- thrombus3/5
thrombus
- noun a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin
- noun a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin
- embroiled3/5
embroiled
- adjective satellite deeply involved especially in something complicated
entangled.
- embroiled in the conflict
- felt unwilling entangled in their affairs
- verb force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
embroil; sweep; drag; drag in; sweep up; tangle.
- They were swept up by the events
- don't drag me into this business
- adjective satellite deeply involved especially in something complicated
- cambrian3/5
cambrian
(Geog.) Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.
- reimbursed3/5
reimburse
- verb pay back for some expense incurred
- Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?
- verb reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
recoup.
- verb pay back for some expense incurred
- reimburse3/5
reimburse
- verb pay back for some expense incurred
- Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?
- verb reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
recoup.
- verb pay back for some expense incurred
- thrombin3/5
thrombin
- noun an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot
- noun an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot
- hamburgers3/5
hamburger
- noun a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
burger; beefburger.
- noun beef that has been ground
ground beef.
- noun a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
- clambered3/5
clamber
- noun an awkward climb
- reaching the crest was a real clamber
- verb climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
shin; shinny; skin; sputter; scramble; struggle.
- noun an awkward climb
- emboldened3/5
emboldened
- adjective satellite made bold or courageous
- verb give encouragement to
embolden; cheer; recreate; hearten.
- adjective satellite made bold or courageous
- bedchamber3/5
bedchamber
- noun a room used primarily for sleeping
sleeping accommodation; chamber; sleeping room; bedroom.
- noun a room used primarily for sleeping
- combative3/5
combative
- adjective satellite inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
disputatious; contentious; litigious; disputative.
- a style described as abrasive and contentious
- a disputatious lawyer
- a litigious and acrimonious spirit
- adjective satellite striving to overcome in argument
agonistic; agonistical.
- a dialectical and agonistic approach
- adjective satellite inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
- ambushed3/5
ambush
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
lying in wait; ambuscade; trap.
- verb wait in hiding to attack
scupper; lie in wait; lurk; bushwhack; waylay; ambuscade.
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- hombre3/5
hombre
- noun an informal term for a youth or man
bozo; guy; cat.
- a nice guy
- the guy's only doing it for some doll
- noun an informal term for a youth or man
- emboli3/5
embolus
- noun an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood
- noun an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood
- reimbursements3/5
reimbursement
- noun compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.
- he received reimbursement for his travel expenses
- noun compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.
- dismemberment3/5
dismemberment
- noun the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
taking apart.
- noun the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
- trombone3/5
trombone
- noun a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
- noun a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
- rimbaud3/5
rimbaud
- noun French poet whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-1891)
Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud; Arthur Rimbaud.
- noun French poet whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-1891)
- 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
- ambiance3/5
ambiance
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
ambience; atmosphere.
- there was an atmosphere of excitement
- noun the atmosphere of an environment
ambience.
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
- catacombs3/5
catacomb
- noun an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)
- noun an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)
- steamboats3/5
steamboat
- noun a boat propelled by a steam engine
- noun a boat propelled by a steam engine
- thrombolysis3/5
thrombolysis
- noun the process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots
- noun the process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots
- embarkation3/5
embarkation
- noun the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
boarding; embarkment.
- noun the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
- mumbai3/5
mumbai
- noun a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
Bombay.
- noun a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
- colombian3/5
colombian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Colombia
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Colombia or its people
- Colombian coffee
- noun a native or inhabitant of Colombia
- unambiguously3/5
unambiguously
- adverb in an unambiguous manner
unequivocally.
- she stated her intentions unequivocally
- adverb so as to be unique
uniquely.
- he could determine uniquely the properties of the compound
- adverb in an unambiguous manner
- columbian3/5
columbian
Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America.
- thrombocytopenia3/5
thrombocytopenia
- noun a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood
thrombopenia.
- noun a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood
- limbic3/5
limbic
- adjective of or relating to or forming a limbus
- adjective of or relating to or forming a limbus
- gambia3/5
gambia
- noun a narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa
Republic of The Gambia; The Gambia.
- noun a narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa
- embittered3/5
embitter
- verb cause to be bitter or resentful
acerbate; envenom.
- These injustices embittered her even more
- verb cause to be bitter or resentful
- kimberley3/5
kimberley
- noun city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing
- noun city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing
- columbine3/5
columbine
- noun a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
aquilege; aquilegia.
- noun a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
- embezzlement3/5
embezzlement
- noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
peculation; defalcation; misappropriation; misapplication.
- noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
- prothrombin3/5
prothrombin
- noun a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin
factor II.
- noun a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin
- luxemburg3/5
luxemburg
- noun the capital and largest city of Luxembourg
capital of Luxembourg; Luxembourg City; Luxembourg; Luxembourg-Ville.
- noun a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Luxembourg.
- noun the capital and largest city of Luxembourg
- lombardy3/5
lombardy
- noun a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland
Lombardia.
- noun a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland
- thrombolytic3/5
thrombolytic
- noun a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle
thrombolytic agent; clot buster.
- noun a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle
- thromboembolism3/5
thromboembolism
- noun occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus
- noun occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus
- precambrian3/5
precambrian
- noun the eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phanerozoic eon; from about 3,800 million years ago until 544 million years ago
Precambrian eon; Precambrian period; Precambrian aeon.
- noun the eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phanerozoic eon; from about 3,800 million years ago until 544 million years ago
- wimbledon3/5
wimbledon
- noun a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts
- noun a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts
- colombo3/5
colombo
(Med.) See Calumba .
- pembroke3/5
pembroke
- noun the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail
Pembroke Welsh corgi.
- noun the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail
- thumbnail3/5
thumbnail
- noun the nail of the thumb
- noun the nail of the thumb
- thumbnails3/5
thumbnail
- noun the nail of the thumb
- noun the nail of the thumb
- unencumbered3/5
unencumbered
- adjective free of encumbrance
- inherited an unencumbered estate
- adjective satellite not burdened with cares or responsibilities
- living an unencumbered life
- adjective free of encumbrance
- transmembrane3/5
- kimberly3/5
kimberly
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- embolization3/5
embolization
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- lambeth3/5
lamb
- noun young sheep
- noun English essayist (1775-1834)
Charles Lamb; Elia.
- noun young sheep
- lombardi3/5
lombardi
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- kemble3/5
kemble
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- embryogenesis3/5
- thrombotic3/5
thrombotic
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- coombs3/5
coomb
A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. Written also comb .
- chambre3/5
chambre
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- symbolise2/5
symbolise
- verb represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
symbolize.
- The poet symbolizes love in this poem
- These painters believed that artists should symbolize
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
typify; symbolize; represent; stand for.
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
- verb represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
- symbolises2/5
symbolise
- verb represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
symbolize.
- The poet symbolizes love in this poem
- These painters believed that artists should symbolize
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
typify; symbolize; represent; stand for.
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
- verb represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
- assemblers2/5
assembler
- noun a program to convert assembly language into machine language
assembly program.
- noun a program to convert assembly language into machine language
- symbolising2/5
symbolising
- noun the act of representing something with a symbol
symbolizing.
- verb represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols
symbolise; symbolize.
- The poet symbolizes love in this poem
- These painters believed that artists should symbolize
- noun the act of representing something with a symbol
- coulombs2/5
coulomb
- noun a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
C; ampere-second.
- noun French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806)
Charles Augustin de Coulomb.
- noun a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
- disambiguate2/5
disambiguate
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- Can you disambiguate this statement?
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- symbolisms2/5
symbolism
- noun a system of symbols and symbolic representations
- noun the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
symbolization; symbolisation.
- noun a system of symbols and symbolic representations
- symbolist2/5
symbolist
- noun a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols
- noun someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols
symboliser; symbolizer.
- noun a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols
- fumble2/5
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
- disembark2/5
disembark
- verb go ashore
set down; debark.
- The passengers disembarked at Southampton
- verb go ashore
- symbolization2/5
symbolization
- noun the use of symbols to convey meaning
symbolisation.
- noun something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
symbol; symbolic representation; symbolisation.
- the eagle is a symbol of the United States
- noun the use of symbols to convey meaning
- imbibe2/5
imbibe
- verb take in, also metaphorically
draw; take up; absorb; soak up; take in; suck up; suck; sop up.
- The sponge absorbs water well
- She drew strength from the minister's words
- verb take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
assimilate.
- verb take in, also metaphorically
- membered2/5
membered
- adjective having members; normally used in chemistry in combination with a number
- adjective having members; normally used in chemistry in combination with a number
- 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
- embeds2/5
embed
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
plant; implant; imbed; engraft.
- He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
- The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
- verb attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
- The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
- 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
- embossing2/5
emboss
- verb raise in a relief
stamp; boss.
- embossed stationery
- verb raise in a relief
- mumbles2/5
mumble
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- verb talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
mussitate; maunder; mutter.
- noun a soft indistinct utterance
- drumbeat2/5
drumbeat
- noun the sound made by beating a drum
rub-a-dub; rataplan.
- noun (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
- noun the sound made by beating a drum
- disambiguation2/5
disambiguation
- noun clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity
- noun clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity
- disembarking2/5
disembark
- verb go ashore
set down; debark.
- The passengers disembarked at Southampton
- verb go ashore
- imbibing2/5
imbibing
- noun the act of consuming liquids
drinking; imbibition.
- verb take in, also metaphorically
draw; take up; imbibe; absorb; soak up; take in; suck up; suck; sop up.
- The sponge absorbs water well
- She drew strength from the minister's words
- noun the act of consuming liquids
- plumbed2/5
plumb
- noun the metal bob of a plumb line
plummet; plumb bob.
- verb measure the depth of something
- noun the metal bob of a plumb line
- imbricated2/5
imbricated
- adjective satellite used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
imbricate.
- verb place so as to overlap
imbricate.
- imbricate the roof tiles
- adjective satellite used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
- emboss2/5
emboss
- verb raise in a relief
stamp; boss.
- embossed stationery
- verb raise in a relief
- 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
- symbolists2/5
symbolist
- noun a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols
- noun someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols
symboliser; symbolizer.
- noun a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols
- outnumbering2/5
outnumber
- verb be larger in number
- verb be larger in number
- comber2/5
comber
- noun a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
- noun a long curling sea wave
- noun a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
- combinatory2/5
combinatory
- adjective marked by or relating to or resulting from combination
combinative.
- adjective satellite relating to or involving combinations
combinatorial; combinative.
- adjective marked by or relating to or resulting from combination
- scrambler2/5
scrambler
- noun a rapid mover; someone who scrambles
- their quarterback was a good scrambler
- scramblers can often unnerve a better tennis player
- noun a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground
dirt bike; trail bike.
- noun a rapid mover; someone who scrambles
- imbibition2/5
imbibition
- noun (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel
- noun the act of consuming liquids
drinking; imbibing.
- noun (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel
- lamberts2/5
lambert
- noun a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
L.
- noun English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
Constant Lambert; Leonard Constant Lambert.
- noun a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
- drumbeats2/5
drumbeat
- noun the sound made by beating a drum
rub-a-dub; rataplan.
- noun (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
- noun the sound made by beating a drum
- zamboni2/5
zamboni
- noun the trademark for a machine that smooths the ice in an ice-skating rink
- noun the trademark for a machine that smooths the ice in an ice-skating rink
- ember2/5
ember
- noun a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
coal.
- noun a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
- columba2/5
columba
(Med.) See Calumba .
- slumbers2/5
slumber
- noun a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
sleep.
- he didn't get enough sleep last night
- calm as a child in dreamless slumber
- noun a dormant or quiescent state
- noun a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
- thimble2/5
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
- bombard2/5
bombard
- noun a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
bombardon.
- verb cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
pelt.
- They pelted each other with snowballs
- noun a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
- rambles2/5
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
- reassemble2/5
reassemble
- verb assemble once again, after taking something apart
- verb assemble once again, after taking something apart
- imbue2/5
imbue
- verb spread or diffuse through
riddle; permeate; interpenetrate; pervade; penetrate; diffuse.
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
- verb fill, soak, or imbue totally
soak.
- soak the bandage with disinfectant
- verb spread or diffuse through
- ambrosia2/5
ambrosia
- noun a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
beebread.
- noun any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
bitterweed; ragweed.
- noun a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
- embarrassments2/5
embarrassment
- noun the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
- noun the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
- he is currently suffering financial embarrassments
- noun the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
- rambler2/5
rambler
- noun a person who takes long walks in the country
- noun a person whose speech or writing is not well organized
- noun a person who takes long walks in the country
- rambled2/5
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
- bombarding2/5
bombard
- noun a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
bombardon.
- verb cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
pelt.
- They pelted each other with snowballs
- noun a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
- limber2/5
limber
- noun a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
- verb attach the limber
limber up.
- limber a cannon
- noun a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
- incumbency2/5
incumbency
- noun the term during which some position is held
term of office; tenure.
- noun a duty that is incumbent upon you
- noun the term during which some position is held
- bumble2/5
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
- nonmembers2/5
nonmember
- noun a person who is not a member
- noun a person who is not a member
- entombed2/5
entomb
- verb place in a grave or tomb
lay to rest; inhume; inter; bury.
- Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square
- The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids
- My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday
- verb place in a grave or tomb
- recombine2/5
recombine
- verb undergo genetic recombination
- The DNA can recombine
- verb cause genetic recombination
- should scientists recombine DNA?
- verb undergo genetic recombination
- thumbing2/5
thumb
- noun the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
pollex.
- noun the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
- noun the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
- bumbling2/5
bumbling
- adjective satellite lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
butterfingered; handless; ham-handed; bungling; left-handed; ham-fisted; heavy-handed.
- a bumbling mechanic
- a bungling performance
- ham-handed governmental interference
- could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
- 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; bungle.
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
- adjective satellite lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
- embellishing2/5
embellish
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.
- verb be beautiful to look at
deck; beautify; decorate; grace; adorn.
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
- verb add details to
- recombined2/5
recombine
- verb undergo genetic recombination
- The DNA can recombine
- verb cause genetic recombination
- should scientists recombine DNA?
- verb undergo genetic recombination
- 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
- slumbered2/5
slumber
- noun a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
sleep.
- he didn't get enough sleep last night
- calm as a child in dreamless slumber
- noun a dormant or quiescent state
- noun a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
- timberline2/5
timberline
- noun line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes
timber line; tree line.
- noun line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes
- nonmember2/5
nonmember
- noun a person who is not a member
- noun a person who is not a member
- bombardments2/5
bombardment
- noun the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
outpouring; onslaught; barrage.
- a barrage of questions
- a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
- noun the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
battery; barrage fire; barrage; shelling.
- they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
- the shelling went on for hours without pausing
- noun the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
- symbology2/5
symbology
- noun the study or the use of symbols and symbolism
- noun the study or the use of symbols and symbolism
- ramblings2/5
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
- timberland2/5
timberland
- noun land that is covered with trees and shrubs
woodland; forest; timber.
- noun land that is covered with trees and shrubs
- armbands2/5
armband
- noun worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning
- noun a band worn around the upper arm
- noun worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning
- 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
- reassembling2/5
reassemble
- verb assemble once again, after taking something apart
- verb assemble once again, after taking something apart
- imbues2/5
imbue
- verb spread or diffuse through
riddle; permeate; interpenetrate; pervade; penetrate; diffuse.
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
- verb fill, soak, or imbue totally
soak.
- soak the bandage with disinfectant
- verb spread or diffuse through
- armband2/5
armband
- noun worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning
- noun a band worn around the upper arm
- noun worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning
- recombinants2/5
recombinant
- noun a cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred
- adjective of or relating to recombinant DNA
- noun a cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred
- cambric2/5
cambric
- noun a finely woven white linen
- noun a finely woven white linen
- recombining2/5
recombine
- verb undergo genetic recombination
- The DNA can recombine
- verb cause genetic recombination
- should scientists recombine DNA?
- verb undergo genetic recombination
- ramblers2/5
rambler
- noun a person who takes long walks in the country
- noun a person whose speech or writing is not well organized
- noun a person who takes long walks in the country
- imbuing2/5
imbue
- verb spread or diffuse through
riddle; permeate; interpenetrate; pervade; penetrate; diffuse.
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
- verb fill, soak, or imbue totally
soak.
- soak the bandage with disinfectant
- verb spread or diffuse through
- combes2/5
comb
- noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- noun the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
cockscomb; coxcomb.
- noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- dismember2/5
dismember
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- the tiger dismembered the tourist
- verb divide into pieces
discerp; take apart.
- our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
- The Empire was discerped after the war
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- 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
- disembarkation2/5
disembarkation
- noun the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft
debarkation; disembarkment.
- noun the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft
- honeycombed2/5
honeycombed
- adjective satellite pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)
pitted; cavitied; faveolate; alveolate.
- verb carve a honeycomb pattern into
honeycomb.
- The cliffs were honeycombed
- adjective satellite pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)
- dismembering2/5
dismember
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- the tiger dismembered the tourist
- verb divide into pieces
discerp; take apart.
- our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
- The Empire was discerped after the war
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- embrasure2/5
embrasure
- noun an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
porthole; port.
- noun an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
- imbrication2/5
imbrication
- noun covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
lapping; overlapping.
- noun covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
- embrasures2/5
embrasure
- noun an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
porthole; port.
- noun an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
- unscramble2/5
unscramble
- verb make intelligible
- Can you unscramble the message?
- verb become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
untangle; unpick; unravel; unknot.
- unravel the thread
- verb make intelligible
- 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
- timberlands2/5
timberland
- noun land that is covered with trees and shrubs
woodland; forest; timber.
- noun land that is covered with trees and shrubs
- recombinations2/5
recombination
- noun (physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles
- noun (genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents
- noun (physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles
- gimbal2/5
gimbal
- noun an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
- noun an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
- embayment2/5
embayment
- noun an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
bay.
- noun an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
- bombards2/5
bombard
- noun a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
bombardon.
- verb cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
pelt.
- They pelted each other with snowballs
- noun a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
- embellishes2/5
embellish
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.
- verb be beautiful to look at
deck; beautify; decorate; grace; adorn.
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
- verb add details to
- honeycombs2/5
honeycomb
- noun a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
- noun a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees
- noun a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
- embodiments2/5
embodiment
- noun a new personification of a familiar idea
incarnation; avatar.
- the embodiment of hope
- the incarnation of evil
- the very avatar of cunning
- noun a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept
shape.
- a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life
- noun a new personification of a familiar idea
- plumbers2/5
plumber
- noun a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
pipe fitter.
- noun a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
- unnumbered2/5
unnumbered
- adjective satellite too numerous to be counted
numberless; 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
- zimbabwean2/5
zimbabwean
- noun a native or inhabitant of Zimbabwe
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Zimbabwe or its people
- noun a native or inhabitant of Zimbabwe
- bombshell2/5
bombshell
- noun an entertainer who has a sensational effect
- she was a blonde bombshell
- noun a shocking surprise
thunderclap; thunderbolt.
- news of the attack came like a bombshell
- noun an entertainer who has a sensational effect
- encumbrances2/5
encumbrance
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; incumbrance; onus; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
incumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
- lumbered2/5
lumber
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
timber.
- noun an implement used in baseball by the batter
baseball bat.
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- northumbria2/5
northumbria
- noun an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876
- noun an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876
- encumbrance2/5
encumbrance
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; incumbrance; onus; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
incumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
- zambian2/5
zambian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Zambia
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Zambia or its people
- noun a native or inhabitant of Zambia
- umber2/5
umber
- noun an earth pigment
- noun a medium brown to dark-brown color
coffee; deep brown; burnt umber; chocolate.
- noun an earth pigment
- bombardier2/5
bombardier
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
- noun the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
- zambezi2/5
zambezi
- noun an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean
Zambezi River.
- noun an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean
- disassembled2/5
disassemble
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; dismantle; break apart.
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
- gumbo2/5
gumbo
- noun any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
gumbo soil.
- noun tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
okra; Abelmoschus esculentus; Hibiscus esculentus; lady's-finger; okra plant.
- noun any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
- succumbs2/5
succumb
- verb consent reluctantly
give in; knuckle under; yield; buckle under.
- verb be fatally overwhelmed
yield.
- verb consent reluctantly
- humber2/5
humber
- noun an estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River
- noun an estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River
- chambered2/5
chambered
- adjective satellite having compartmental chambers
- a spiral chambered seashell
- verb place in a chamber
chamber.
- adjective satellite having compartmental chambers
- nimbus2/5
nimbus
- noun a dark grey cloud bearing rain
nimbus cloud; rain cloud.
- noun an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
glory; gloriole; aura; aureole; halo.
- noun a dark grey cloud bearing rain
- combinational2/5
combinational
- adjective satellite able to or tending to combine
combinatory; combinable.
- adjective satellite able to or tending to combine
- imbecility2/5
imbecility
- noun retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot
- noun a stupid mistake
betise; stupidity; folly; foolishness.
- noun retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot
- tumblers2/5
tumbler
- noun a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
- noun a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom
- noun a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
- embarks2/5
embark
- verb go on board
ship.
- verb set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
enter.
- she embarked upon a new career
- verb go on board
- rumblings2/5
rumbling
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
rumble; grumble; grumbling.
- they heard the rumbling of thunder
- verb make a low noise
rumble; grumble.
- rumbling thunder
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
- cumbria2/5
cumbria
- noun a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines
- noun a county of northwestern England
- noun a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines
- mozambican2/5
mozambican
- noun a native or inhabitant of Mozambique
- adjective of or relating to or located in Mozambique
- Mozambican towns
- noun a native or inhabitant of Mozambique
- combated2/5
combat
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
armed combat.
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
scrap; fighting; fight.
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
- dumbbells2/5
dumbbell
- noun an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
dummy; booby; dope; pinhead; boob.
- noun an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle
- breadcrumbs2/5
breadcrumb
- noun crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
- noun crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
- cymbal2/5
cymbal
- noun a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together
- noun a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together
- camber2/5
camber
- noun a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
- noun a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
cant; bank.
- noun a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
- sombrero2/5
sombrero
- noun a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico
- noun one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis
- noun a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico
- noncombatants2/5
noncombatant
- noun a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
- adjective satellite used of civilians in time of war
- noun a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
- disassemble2/5
disassemble
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; dismantle; break apart.
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
- cambium2/5
cambium
- noun a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth
- noun the inner layer of the periosteum
- noun a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth
- crumbly2/5
crumbly
- adjective satellite easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
friable.
- friable sandstone
- friable carcinomatous tissue
- friable curds formed in the stomach
- crumbly cookies
- adjective satellite easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
- bombast2/5
bombast
- noun pompous or pretentious talk or writing
blah; fustian; claptrap; rant.
- noun pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- dissembling2/5
dissembling
- noun pretending with intention to deceive
pretence; pretense; feigning.
- noun the act of deceiving
deceit; dissimulation; deception.
- noun pretending with intention to deceive
- embroider2/5
embroider
- verb decorate with needlework
broider.
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.
- verb decorate with needlework
- ambling2/5
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)
- tamburlaine2/5
tamburlaine
- noun Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405)
Tamerlane; Timur Lenk; Timur.
- noun Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405)
- embryonal2/5
embryonal
- adjective satellite of an organism prior to birth or hatching
embryologic; embryonic.
- in the embryonic stage
- embryologic development
- adjective satellite of an organism prior to birth or hatching
- amble2/5
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)
- 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
- dissemble2/5
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
- lambasted2/5
lambast
- verb beat with a cane
cane; flog; lambaste.
- verb censure severely or angrily
call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- verb beat with a cane
- adumbrated2/5
adumbrate
- verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
sketch; outline.
- sketch the outline of the book
- outline his ideas
- verb give to understand
insinuate; intimate.
- I insinuated that I did not like his wife
- verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
- embroideries2/5
embroidery
- noun elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
embellishment.
- the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
- noun decorative needlework
fancywork.
- noun elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
- embroidering2/5
embroider
- verb decorate with needlework
broider.
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.
- verb decorate with needlework
- 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
- rochambeau2/5
rochambeau
- noun French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807)
Comte de Rochambeau; Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur.
- noun French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807)
- encumber2/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- benumbed2/5
benumbed
- adjective satellite lacking sensation
asleep; numb.
- my foot is asleep
- numb with cold
- verb make numb or insensitive
benumb; blunt; dull; numb.
- The shock numbed her senses
- adjective satellite lacking sensation
- ombudsmen2/5
ombudsman
- noun a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government
- noun a government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government
- imbeciles2/5
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
- lumberjack2/5
lumberjack
- noun a person who fells trees
faller; lumberman; logger; feller.
- noun a short warm outer jacket
lumber jacket.
- noun a person who fells trees
- marimba2/5
marimba
- noun a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
xylophone.
- noun a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
- timbres2/5
timbre
- noun (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
quality; tone; timber.
- the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
- the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
- noun (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- dumber2/5
dumb
- adjective satellite slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
dim; slow; dense; obtuse; dull.
- so dense he never understands anything I say to him
- never met anyone quite so dim
- although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
- dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
- he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
- worked with the slow students
- adjective satellite temporarily incapable of speaking
speechless.
- struck dumb
- speechless with shock
- adjective satellite slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- shambling2/5
shambling
- noun walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
shuffle; shamble; shuffling.
- from his shambling I assumed he was very old
- verb walk by dragging one's feet
shuffle; scuffle; shamble.
- he shuffled out of the room
- We heard his feet shuffling down the hall
- noun walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
- dumbest2/5
dumb
- adjective satellite slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
dim; slow; dense; obtuse; dull.
- so dense he never understands anything I say to him
- never met anyone quite so dim
- although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
- dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
- he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
- worked with the slow students
- adjective satellite temporarily incapable of speaking
speechless.
- struck dumb
- speechless with shock
- adjective satellite slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- noncombatant2/5
noncombatant
- noun a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
- adjective satellite used of civilians in time of war
- noun a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
- combust2/5
combust
- verb cause to burn or combust
burn.
- The sun burned off the fog
- We combust coal and other fossil fuels
- verb start to burn or burst into flames
ignite; catch fire; take fire; erupt; conflagrate.
- Marsh gases ignited suddenly
- The oily rags combusted spontaneously
- verb cause to burn or combust
- humbleness2/5
humbleness
- noun the state of being humble and unimportant
obscureness; unimportance; lowliness.
- noun a humble feeling
humility.
- he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope
- noun the state of being humble and unimportant
- lumbermen2/5
lumberman
- noun a person who fells trees
faller; logger; feller; lumberjack.
- noun a person who fells trees
- entombment2/5
entombment
- noun the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
burial; interment; sepulture; inhumation.
- noun the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
- nimby2/5
nimby
- noun someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
- noun someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
- combatting2/5
combat
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
armed combat.
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
scrap; fighting; fight.
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
- gambian2/5
gambian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Gambia
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Gambia or its inhabitants
- Gambian game parks
- noun a native or inhabitant of Gambia
- combos2/5
combo
- noun a small band of jazz musicians
jazz group; jazz band.
- noun a small band of jazz musicians
- embarrasses2/5
embarrass
- verb cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
abash.
- verb hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
obstruct; hinder; stymie; blockade; stymy; block.
- His brother blocked him at every turn
- verb cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
- disassembling2/5
disassemble
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; dismantle; break apart.
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
- zimbabweans2/5
zimbabwean
- noun a native or inhabitant of Zimbabwe
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Zimbabwe or its people
- noun a native or inhabitant of Zimbabwe
- ambulate2/5
ambulate
- verb walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
- verb walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
- trombonist2/5
trombonist
- noun a musician who plays the trombone
trombone player.
- noun a musician who plays the trombone
- lumberman2/5
lumberman
- noun a person who fells trees
faller; logger; feller; lumberjack.
- noun a person who fells trees
- thrombosed2/5
thrombosed
- adjective satellite affected with or obstructed by a clot of coagulated blood
- verb become blocked by a thrombus
thrombose.
- the blood vessel thrombosed
- adjective satellite affected with or obstructed by a clot of coagulated blood
- lumberjacks2/5
lumberjack
- noun a person who fells trees
faller; lumberman; logger; feller.
- noun a short warm outer jacket
lumber jacket.
- noun a person who fells trees
- thrombocytosis2/5
thrombocytosis
- noun increase in the number of platelets in the blood which tends to cause clots to form; associated with many neoplasms and chronic infections and other diseases
- noun increase in the number of platelets in the blood which tends to cause clots to form; associated with many neoplasms and chronic infections and other diseases
- dissembled2/5
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
- rhombohedral2/5
rhombohedral
- adjective satellite having threefold symmetry
trigonal.
- adjective satellite having threefold symmetry
- embouchure2/5
embouchure
- noun the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
mouthpiece.
- noun the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
- cumulonimbus2/5
cumulonimbus
- noun a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms
thundercloud; cumulonimbus cloud.
- noun a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms
- encumbering2/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- gambols2/5
gambol
- noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
caper; play; frolic; romp.
- it was all done in play
- their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- shambled2/5
shamble
- noun walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
shambling; shuffle; shuffling.
- from his shambling I assumed he was very old
- verb walk by dragging one's feet
shuffle; scuffle.
- he shuffled out of the room
- We heard his feet shuffling down the hall
- noun walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
- ambrosial2/5
ambrosial
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant
ambrosian; nectarous.
- a nectarous drink
- ambrosial food
- adjective satellite worthy of the gods
ambrosian.
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant
- cumber2/5
cumber
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain.
- verb hold back
- combusted2/5
combust
- verb cause to burn or combust
burn.
- The sun burned off the fog
- We combust coal and other fossil fuels
- verb start to burn or burst into flames
ignite; catch fire; take fire; erupt; conflagrate.
- Marsh gases ignited suddenly
- The oily rags combusted spontaneously
- verb cause to burn or combust
- incumbrance2/5
incumbrance
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
encumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; onus; encumbrance; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
- embryologic2/5
embryologic
- adjective satellite of an organism prior to birth or hatching
embryonal; embryonic.
- in the embryonic stage
- embryologic development
- adjective satellite of an organism prior to birth or hatching
- jambalaya2/5
jambalaya
- noun spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery
- noun spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery
- thromboses2/5
thrombose
- verb become blocked by a thrombus
- the blood vessel thrombosed
- verb become blocked by a thrombus
- plumbago2/5
plumbago
- noun used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
black lead; graphite.
- noun any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago
- noun used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
- disemboweled2/5
disembowel
- verb remove the entrails of
eviscerate; draw.
- draw a chicken
- verb remove the entrails of
- sambar2/5
sambar
- noun a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines
sambur; Cervus unicolor.
- noun a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines
- perambulator2/5
perambulator
- noun a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
baby carriage; pusher; baby buggy; pushchair; carriage; pram; stroller; go-cart.
- noun a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
- alhambra2/5
alhambra
The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.
- gambit2/5
gambit
- noun an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
ploy.
- noun a maneuver in a game or conversation
ploy; stratagem.
- noun an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
- ambulation2/5
ambulation
- noun walking about
- the hospital encouraged early ambulation
- noun walking about
- iambic2/5
iambic
- noun a verse line consisting of iambs
- adjective of or consisting of iambs
- iambic pentameter
- noun a verse line consisting of iambs
- humbler2/5
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
- embalming2/5
embalm
- verb preserve a dead body
- verb preserve a dead body
- cambodians2/5
cambodian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Cambodia
Kampuchean.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language
Kampuchean.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Cambodia
- embalmed2/5
embalm
- verb preserve a dead body
- verb preserve a dead body
- embolus2/5
embolus
- noun an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood
- noun an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood
- antechamber2/5
antechamber
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
entrance hall; anteroom; hall; vestibule; foyer; lobby.
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
- tambourine2/5
tambourine
- noun a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
- noun a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
- lombards2/5
lombard
- noun a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century
Langobard.
- noun a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century
- ambushes2/5
ambush
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
lying in wait; ambuscade; trap.
- verb wait in hiding to attack
scupper; lie in wait; lurk; bushwhack; waylay; ambuscade.
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- ambler2/5
ambler
- noun someone who walks at a leisurely pace
saunterer; stroller.
- noun someone who walks at a leisurely pace
- clambering2/5
clamber
- noun an awkward climb
- reaching the crest was a real clamber
- verb climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
shin; shinny; skin; sputter; scramble; struggle.
- noun an awkward climb
- mambo2/5
mambo
- noun a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba
- verb dance a mambo
- noun a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba
- nimbly2/5
nimbly
- adverb in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease
agilely.
- nimbly scaling an iron gate"- Charles Dickens
- leaped agilely from roof to roof
- adverb in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease
- thrombi2/5
thrombus
- noun a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin
- noun a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin
- hombres2/5
hombre
- noun an informal term for a youth or man
bozo; guy; cat.
- a nice guy
- the guy's only doing it for some doll
- noun an informal term for a youth or man
- clamber2/5
clamber
- noun an awkward climb
- reaching the crest was a real clamber
- verb climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
shin; shinny; skin; sputter; scramble; struggle.
- noun an awkward climb
- tomboy2/5
tomboy
- noun a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
romp; hoyden.
- noun a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
- bombastic2/5
bombastic
- adjective satellite ostentatiously lofty in style
tumid; orotund; large; turgid; declamatory.
- a man given to large talk
- tumid political prose
- adjective satellite ostentatiously lofty in style
- limbus2/5
limbus
- noun a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure
- noun a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure
- umbrage2/5
umbrage
- noun a feeling of anger caused by being offended
offense; offence.
- he took offence at my question
- noun a feeling of anger caused by being offended
- reassembly2/5
reassembly
- noun assembling again
refabrication.
- noun assembling again
- dumbly2/5
dumbly
- adverb in a stupid manner
obtusely; densely.
- he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone
- adverb in an inarticulate manner
- I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope
- adverb in a stupid manner
- romberg2/5
romberg
- noun United States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operettas (1887-1951)
Sigmund Romberg.
- noun United States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operettas (1887-1951)
- wombs2/5
womb
- noun a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
uterus.
- noun a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
- embargoes2/5
embargo
- noun a government order imposing a trade barrier
trade embargo; trade stoppage.
- verb ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons
- embargoed publications
- noun a government order imposing a trade barrier
- bimbo2/5
bimbo
- noun a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men
- noun a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men
- trombones2/5
trombone
- noun a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
- noun a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
- jambs2/5
jamb
- noun upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
- noun upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
- homburg2/5
homburg
- noun a hat made of felt with a creased crown
Stetson; fedora; trilby; felt hat.
- noun a hat made of felt with a creased crown
- rumba2/5
rumba
- noun syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
rhumba.
- noun a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement
rhumba.
- noun syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
- streambed2/5
streambed
- noun a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream
creek bed.
- noun a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream
- somnambulism2/5
somnambulism
- noun walking by a person who is asleep
noctambulism; noctambulation; sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- noun walking by a person who is asleep
- akimbo2/5
akimbo
- adjective satellite (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body
- a tailor sitting with legs akimbo
- stood with arms akimbo
- adverb with hands on hips and elbows extending outward
- she stood there akimbo
- adjective satellite (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body
- flambeau2/5
flambeau
- noun a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
- noun a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
- ambivalences2/5
ambivalence
- noun mixed feelings or emotions
ambivalency.
- noun mixed feelings or emotions
- ambitiously2/5
ambitiously
- adverb with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner
determinedly.
- she pursued her goals ambitiously
- adverb with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner
- assemblyman2/5
assemblyman
- noun someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
- noun someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
- lambing2/5
lamb
- noun young sheep
- noun English essayist (1775-1834)
Charles Lamb; Elia.
- noun young sheep
- combustibles2/5
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
- tambourines2/5
tambourine
- noun a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
- noun a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
- bambino2/5
bambino
- noun a young child
toddler; yearling; tot.
- noun a young child
- chamberlains2/5
chamberlain
- noun British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)
Arthur Neville Chamberlain; Neville Chamberlain.
- noun the treasurer of a municipal corporation
- noun British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)
- ambuscade2/5
ambuscade
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
lying in wait; ambush; trap.
- verb wait in hiding to attack
scupper; lie in wait; lurk; bushwhack; ambush; waylay.
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- flamboyance2/5
flamboyance
- noun extravagant elaborateness
showiness; floridness; floridity.
- he wrote with great flamboyance
- noun extravagant elaborateness
- ambo2/5
ambo
- noun a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
soapbox; stump; podium; pulpit; dais; rostrum.
- noun a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
- lumberyard2/5
lumberyard
- noun a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale
- noun a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale
- fimbriae2/5
fimbria
- noun thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
- noun thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
- ambos2/5
ambo
- noun a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
soapbox; stump; podium; pulpit; dais; rostrum.
- noun a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
- thumbprint2/5
thumbprint
- noun fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)
- noun fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)
- zimbalist2/5
zimbalist
- noun United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985)
Efrem Zimbalist.
- noun United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985)
- reimbursing2/5
reimburse
- verb pay back for some expense incurred
- Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?
- verb reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
recoup.
- verb pay back for some expense incurred
- 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)
- camembert2/5
camembert
- noun rich soft creamy French cheese
- noun rich soft creamy French cheese
- embolden2/5
embolden
- verb give encouragement to
cheer; recreate; hearten.
- verb give encouragement to
- reimburses2/5
reimburse
- verb pay back for some expense incurred
- Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?
- verb reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
recoup.
- verb pay back for some expense incurred
- ambidextrous2/5
ambidextrous
- adjective equally skillful with each hand
two-handed.
- an ambidextrous surgeon
- adjective satellite marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
double-dealing; two-faced; duplicitous; deceitful; double-faced; Janus-faced; double-tongued.
- she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
- a double-dealing double agent
- a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
- adjective equally skillful with each hand
- lambent2/5
lambent
- adjective satellite softly bright or radiant
lucent; luminous; aglow.
- a house aglow with lights
- glowing embers
- lambent tongues of flame
- the lucent moon
- a sky luminous with stars
- adjective satellite softly bright or radiant
- embroil2/5
embroil
- verb force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
sweep; drag; drag in; sweep up; tangle.
- They were swept up by the events
- don't drag me into this business
- verb force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- bamboozled2/5
bamboozle
- verb conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
lead by the nose; play false; snow; hoodwink; pull the wool over someone's eyes.
- He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well
- verb conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
- ambushing2/5
ambush
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
lying in wait; ambuscade; trap.
- verb wait in hiding to attack
scupper; lie in wait; lurk; bushwhack; waylay; ambuscade.
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- somnambulist2/5
somnambulist
- noun someone who walks about in their sleep
sleepwalker; noctambulist.
- noun someone who walks about in their sleep
- dumbness2/5
dumbness
- noun the quality of being mentally slow and limited
denseness; slow-wittedness.
- noun the quality of being mentally slow and limited
- tambour2/5
tambour
- noun a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering
embroidery hoop; embroidery frame.
- noun a drum
- noun a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering
- beachcomber2/5
beachcomber
- noun a vagrant living on a beach
- noun a vagrant living on a beach
- assemblymen2/5
assemblyman
- noun someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
- noun someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
- buncombe2/5
buncombe
- noun unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
hogwash; bunk; guff; bunkum; rot.
- noun unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- chimborazo2/5
chimborazo
- noun a mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high)
- noun a mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high)
- gambits2/5
gambit
- noun an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
ploy.
- noun a maneuver in a game or conversation
ploy; stratagem.
- noun an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
- embowered2/5
embower
- verb enclose in a bower
bower.
- verb enclose in a bower
- embargoed2/5
embargo
- noun a government order imposing a trade barrier
trade embargo; trade stoppage.
- verb ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons
- embargoed publications
- noun a government order imposing a trade barrier
- embalm2/5
embalm
- verb preserve a dead body
- verb preserve a dead body
- bombyx2/5
bombyx
(Zoöl.) A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm .
- nimbleness2/5
nimbleness
- noun intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind
mental dexterity.
- nimbleness of wit and imagination
- noun the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
lightsomeness; agility; lightness; legerity.
- noun intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind
- lumbosacral2/5
lumbosacral
- adjective of or relating to or near the small of the back and the back part of the pelvis between the hips
- adjective of or relating to or near the small of the back and the back part of the pelvis between the hips
- bramble2/5
bramble
- noun any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
- noun any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
- ambiguously2/5
ambiguously
- adverb in an ambiguous manner
equivocally.
- this letter is worded ambiguously
- adverb in an ambiguous manner
- brambles2/5
bramble
- noun any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
- noun any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
- mombasa2/5
mombasa
- noun a port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean
- noun a port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean
- timbered2/5
timbered
- adjective furnished with or made of wood or timbers
- timbered walls
- adjective satellite covered with growing timber
- thickly timbered ridges clothed with loblolly pine and holly
- hills timbered up to their summits
- adjective furnished with or made of wood or timbers
- penumbra2/5
penumbra
- noun a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra
- noun a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra
- embolic2/5
embolic
- adjective of or relating to an embolism or embolus
- adjective of or relating to an embolism or embolus
- embarrassingly2/5
embarrassingly
- adverb causing embarrassment
- the great man was embarrassingly humble and self-effacing
- adverb causing embarrassment
- bamboos2/5
bamboo
- noun the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
- noun woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
- noun the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
- timbuktu2/5
timbuktu
- noun a city in central Mali near the Niger river; formerly famous for its gold trade
- noun a city in central Mali near the Niger river; formerly famous for its gold trade
- thrombophlebitis2/5
thrombophlebitis
- noun phlebitis in conjunction with the formation of a blood clot (thrombus)
- noun phlebitis in conjunction with the formation of a blood clot (thrombus)
- colombians2/5
colombian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Colombia
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Colombia or its people
- Colombian coffee
- noun a native or inhabitant of Colombia
- thromboplastin2/5
thromboplastin
- noun an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot
thrombokinase; factor III.
- noun an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot
- amblyopia2/5
amblyopia
- noun visual impairment without apparent organic pathology
- noun visual impairment without apparent organic pathology
- umbria2/5
umbria
- noun a mountainous region in central Italy
- noun a mountainous region in central Italy
- pernambuco2/5
pernambuco
- noun a port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic
Recife.
- noun a port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic
- wembley2/5
wembley
- noun a southeastern part of Greater London that is the site of the English national soccer stadium
- noun a southeastern part of Greater London that is the site of the English national soccer stadium
- rambunctious2/5
rambunctious
- adjective satellite noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
rumbustious; robustious; unruly; boisterous.
- a boisterous crowd
- a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand
- a robustious group of teenagers
- beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings
- an unruly class
- adjective satellite noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
- rambouillet2/5
rambouillet
- noun hardy sheep developed from the merino producing both good mutton and fine wool
- noun hardy sheep developed from the merino producing both good mutton and fine wool
- numbly2/5
numbly
- adverb in a numb manner; without feeling
insensibly.
- I stared at him numbly
- adverb in a numb manner; without feeling
- cambria2/5
cambria
The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.
- somberly2/5
somberly
- adverb in a somber manner
sombrely.
- `That's sure bad news,' said Dowd, somberly
- adverb in a somber manner
- umbra2/5
umbra
- noun a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
- noun a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
- rhombus2/5
rhombus
- noun a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
rhomb; diamond.
- noun a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
- embezzled2/5
embezzled
- adjective satellite taken for your own use in violation of a trust
misappropriated.
- the banker absconded with embezzled funds
- verb appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
embezzle; misappropriate; defalcate; malversate; peculate.
- The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
- adjective satellite taken for your own use in violation of a trust
- gamba2/5
gamba
- noun viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
viola da gamba; bass viol.
- noun viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
- ambassadorial2/5
ambassadorial
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors
- imbroglio2/5
imbroglio
- noun an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
embroilment.
- noun a very embarrassing misunderstanding
- noun an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
- cumbrous2/5
cumbrous
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
cumbersome.
- a cumbersome piece of machinery
- cumbrous protective clothing
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
- ambergris2/5
ambergris
- noun waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume
- noun waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume
- bromberg2/5
bromberg
- noun an industrial city and river port in northern Poland
Bydgoszcz.
- noun an industrial city and river port in northern Poland
- jamboree2/5
jamboree
- noun a gay festivity
gala affair; blowout; gala.
- noun a gay festivity
- rhomboid2/5
rhomboid
- noun a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
- noun any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade
rhomboid muscle.
- noun a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
- columbo2/5
columbo
- noun any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
American columbo; American gentian; deer's-ear; deer's-ears; pyramid plant.
- noun any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
- forelimbs2/5
forelimb
- noun the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing)
- noun the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing)
- trumbo2/5
trumbo
- noun United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976)
Dalton Trumbo.
- noun United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976)
- embezzling2/5
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
- combativeness2/5
combativeness
- noun a militant aggressiveness
militance; militancy.
- noun a militant aggressiveness
- thrombectomy2/5
thrombectomy
- noun surgical removal of a blood clot (thrombus) from a blood vessel
- noun surgical removal of a blood clot (thrombus) from a blood vessel
- zomba2/5
zomba
- noun a city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971
- noun a city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971
- tumbleweed2/5
tumbleweed
- noun any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass
- noun prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States
Russian tumbleweed; Russian thistle; Russian cactus; Salsola kali tenuifolia.
- noun any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass
- unambitious2/5
unambitious
- adjective having little desire for success or achievement
ambitionless.
- adjective having little desire for success or achievement
- flamboyantly2/5
flamboyantly
- adverb in a fancy colorful manner
showily; flashily.
- he dresses rather flamboyantly
- adverb in a fancy colorful manner
- embitter2/5
embitter
- verb cause to be bitter or resentful
acerbate; envenom.
- These injustices embittered her even more
- verb cause to be bitter or resentful
- sambucus2/5
sambucus
(Bot.) A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder.
- stamboul2/5
stamboul
- noun the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Constantinople; Stambul; Istanbul.
- noun the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
- rhomboids2/5
rhomboid
- noun a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
- noun any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade
rhomboid muscle.
- noun a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
- alembic2/5
alembic
- noun an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube
- noun an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube
- thrombolytics2/5
thrombolytic
- noun a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle
thrombolytic agent; clot buster.
- noun a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle
- tumbleweeds2/5
tumbleweed
- noun any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass
- noun prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States
Russian tumbleweed; Russian thistle; Russian cactus; Salsola kali tenuifolia.
- noun any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass
- chambermaid2/5
chambermaid
- noun a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)
fille de chambre.
- noun a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)
- rhombic2/5
rhombic
- adjective resembling a rhombus
- adjective resembling a rhombus
- wombat2/5
wombat
- noun burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger
- noun burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger
- unembarrassed2/5
unembarrassed
- adjective satellite not embarrassed
unabashed.
- a tinseled charm and unabashed sentimentality"- Jerome Stone
- an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened
- adjective satellite not embarrassed
- mamba2/5
mamba
- noun arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
- noun arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
- lumbago2/5
lumbago
- noun backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc
lumbar pain.
- noun backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc
- umbrian2/5
umbrian
- noun an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy
- noun an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy
- kimberlite2/5
kimberlite
- noun a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia
- noun a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia
- chambermaids2/5
chambermaid
- noun a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)
fille de chambre.
- noun a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)
- kamba2/5
kamba
- noun a Bantu language spoken by the Kamba in Kenya
- noun a Bantu language spoken by the Kamba in Kenya
- penumbral2/5
penumbral
- adjective of or pertaining to the region of partial shadow around an umbra
- adjective of or pertaining to the region of partial shadow around an umbra
- bumblebee2/5
bumblebee
- noun robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
humblebee.
- noun robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
- bumblebees2/5
bumblebee
- noun robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
humblebee.
- noun robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
- uncombed2/5
uncombed
- adjective (of hair) not combed
- he was unwashed and uncombed with his clothes half buttoned
- wild unkempt hair
- adjective (of hair) not combed
- chlorambucil2/5
chlorambucil
- noun an alkalating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer
Leukeran.
- noun an alkalating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer
- imbalanced2/5
imbalanced
- adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium
unbalanced.
- adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium
- limbed2/5
limbed
- adjective having or as if having limbs, especially limbs of a specified kind (usually used in combination)
- strong-limbed
- adjective having or as if having limbs, especially limbs of a specified kind (usually used in combination)
- dumbstruck2/5
dumbstruck
- adjective satellite as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
stupefied; dumbstricken; thunderstruck; flabbergasted; dumbfounded; dumfounded.
- a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident
- the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless
- was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion
- adjective satellite as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
- wavenumber2/5
wavenumber
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- dumbarton2/5
dumbarton
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- lumumba2/5
- combe2/5
comb
- noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- noun the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
cockscomb; coxcomb.
- noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
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- lombroso2/5
- cambridgeshire2/5
- camberwell2/5
camberwell
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- rambo2/5
rambo
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- alembert2/5
alembert
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- cambio2/5
cambio
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- semble2/5
semble
To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. Obs.Where sembling art may carve the fair effect. Prior.
- coimbra2/5
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- limbaugh2/5
limbaugh
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- thrombocytopenic2/5
thrombocytopenic
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- bambi2/5
bambi
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- bamberg2/5
bamberg
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- antithrombin2/5
- cambrai2/5
- sambo2/5
sambo
A colloquial or humorous appelation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo. deprecatory and impolite
- cymbeline2/5
cymbeline
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- bambara2/5
- humberto2/5
humberto
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- thromboxane2/5
thromboxane
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- tambo2/5
tambo
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- orthorhombic2/5
orthorhombic
(Crystallog.) Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See Crystallization .
- combustor2/5
combustor
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- gambetta2/5
- mumbo2/5
mumbo
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- northumbrian2/5
northumbrian
Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. --n. A native or inhabitant of Northumberland.
- limburg2/5
limburg
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- giambattista2/5
giambattista
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- cochabamba2/5
cochabamba
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- coombe2/5
comb
- noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- noun the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
cockscomb; coxcomb.
- noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- embryological2/5
embryological
(Biol.) Of or pertaining to embryology.
- renumbered2/5
renumbered
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- coimbatore2/5
coimbatore
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- jimbo2/5
jimbo
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- ambrogio2/5
ambrogio
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- cambyses2/5
- symbionts2/5
symbionts
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- reimbursable2/5
reimbursable
Capable of being repaid; repayable. A loan has been made of two millions of dollars, reimbursable in ten years. A. Hamilton.
- embrittlement2/5
- candomble2/5
candomble
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- subassemblies2/5
subassemblies
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- simba2/5
simba
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- zamboanga2/5
- subassembly2/5
subassembly
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- ombre2/5
ombre
(Zoöl.) A large Mediterranean food fish ( Umbrina cirrhosa ): -- called alsoumbra , andumbrine .
- gambier2/5
gambier
The inspissated juice of a plant ( Uncaria Gambir ) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name ofTerra Japonica , is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing.
- combiner2/5
combine
- noun harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
- noun a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
corporate trust; trust; cartel.
- they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly
- noun harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
- ambon2/5
ambon
Same as Ambo .
- lombok2/5
lombok
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- tombe2/5
tomb
- noun a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
grave.
- he put flowers on his mother's grave
- noun a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
- crombie2/5
crombie
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- amba2/5
amba
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- pombe2/5
- gumbel2/5
gumbel
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- lemberg2/5
lemberg
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- bomba2/5
bomba
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- limbal2/5
limbal
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- pemba2/5
pemba
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- amboise2/5
amboise
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- coombes2/5
coombe
A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. Written also comb .
- sombra2/5
sombra
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- palembang2/5
palembang
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- embryogenic2/5
embryogenic
(Biol.) Pertaining to the development of an embryo.
- dumbing2/5
dumb
- adjective satellite slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
dim; slow; dense; obtuse; dull.
- so dense he never understands anything I say to him
- never met anyone quite so dim
- although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
- dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
- he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
- worked with the slow students
- adjective satellite temporarily incapable of speaking
speechless.
- struck dumb
- speechless with shock
- adjective satellite slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- pseudomembranous2/5
- ambivalently2/5
ambivalent
- adjective satellite uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
- was ambivalent about having children
- adjective satellite uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
- dumbledore2/5
dumbledore
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- zambesi2/5
- symbiont2/5
symbiont
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- bemba2/5
bemba
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- combinatorics2/5
- imber2/5
imber
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- scumbag2/5
scumbag
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- tremblingly2/5
trembling
- noun a shaky motion
quiver; quivering; vibration; palpitation; shakiness; shaking.
- the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
- verb move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
tremble.
- His hands were trembling when he signed the document
- noun a shaky motion
- dumbo2/5
dumbo
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- tumbledown2/5
tumbledown
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- combi2/5
combi
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- disembodiment2/5
disembodiment
The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied.
- yohimbine2/5
- embedment2/5
embedment
The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded.
- senegambia2/5
senegambia
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- recumbency2/5
recumbency
Recumbence.
- ambala2/5
ambala
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- thrombophilia2/5
thrombophilia
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- extraembryonic2/5
- symbioses2/5
symbioses
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- assemblee2/5
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
- symbole2/5
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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- semimembranosus2/5
- sumba2/5
sumba
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- timbral2/5
- timbering2/5
timber
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
lumber.
- noun a beam made of wood
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- lamborghini2/5
lamborghini
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- nuremburg2/5
- bombe2/5
bombe
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- embeddings2/5
embed
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
plant; implant; imbed; engraft.
- He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
- The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
- verb attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
- The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
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- unremembered2/5
unremembered
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- circumambulation2/5
circumambulation
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- stromboli2/5
stromboli
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- embryol2/5
embryol
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- asamblea2/5
asamblea
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- lumbee2/5
lumbee
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- intermembrane2/5
- pembina2/5
pembina
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- remembrancer2/5
remembrancer
One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder. Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow. Goldsmith.
Ye that are the lord's remembrancers. Isa. lxii. 6. (Rev. Ver. ).
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- disambiguating1/5
disambiguate
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- Can you disambiguate this statement?
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- disambiguated1/5
disambiguate
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- Can you disambiguate this statement?
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- numberings1/5
numbering
- noun a numbered list
enumeration.
- verb add up in number or quantity
amount; total; come; number; add up.
- The bills amounted to $2,000
- The bill came to $2,000
- noun a numbered list
- disambiguates1/5
disambiguate
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- Can you disambiguate this statement?
- verb state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
- tambala1/5
tambala
- noun 100 tambala equal 1 kwacha in Malawi
- noun 100 tambala equal 1 kwacha in Malawi
- imbricate1/5
imbricate
- verb place so as to overlap
- imbricate the roof tiles
- verb overlap
- The roof tiles imbricate
- verb place so as to overlap
- symbolisation1/5
symbolisation
- noun the use of symbols to convey meaning
symbolization.
- noun something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
symbolization; symbol; symbolic representation.
- the eagle is a symbol of the United States
- noun the use of symbols to convey meaning
- imbibes1/5
imbibe
- verb take in, also metaphorically
draw; take up; absorb; soak up; take in; suck up; suck; sop up.
- The sponge absorbs water well
- She drew strength from the minister's words
- verb take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
assimilate.
- verb take in, also metaphorically
- outnumbers1/5
outnumber
- verb be larger in number
- verb be larger in number
- imbedding1/5
imbed
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
plant; implant; embed; engraft.
- He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
- The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
- combers1/5
comber
- noun a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
- noun a long curling sea wave
- noun a person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool
- plumbs1/5
plumb
- noun the metal bob of a plumb line
plummet; plumb bob.
- verb measure the depth of something
- noun the metal bob of a plumb line
- scramblers1/5
scrambler
- noun a rapid mover; someone who scrambles
- their quarterback was a good scrambler
- scramblers can often unnerve a better tennis player
- noun a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground
dirt bike; trail bike.
- noun a rapid mover; someone who scrambles
- mumblings1/5
mumbling
- noun indistinct enunciation
- noun ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
gumming.
- noun indistinct enunciation
- combinative1/5
combinative
- adjective marked by or relating to or resulting from combination
combinatory.
- adjective satellite relating to or involving combinations
combinatory; combinatorial.
- adjective marked by or relating to or resulting from combination
- imbed1/5
imbed
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
plant; implant; embed; engraft.
- He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
- The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
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symbolization
- noun the use of symbols to convey meaning
symbolisation.
- noun something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
symbol; symbolic representation; symbolisation.
- the eagle is a symbol of the United States
- noun the use of symbols to convey meaning
- disembarks1/5
disembark
- verb go ashore
set down; debark.
- The passengers disembarked at Southampton
- verb go ashore
- embolisms1/5
embolism
- noun an insertion into a calendar
intercalation.
- noun occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
- noun an insertion into a calendar
- emblazon1/5
emblazon
- verb decorate with colors
color; colour.
- color the walls with paint in warm tones
- verb decorate with heraldic arms
blazon.
- verb decorate with colors
- crumbed1/5
crumb
- noun a very small quantity of something
- he gave only a crumb of information about his plans
- there were few crumbs of comfort in the report
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; dirty dog; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun a very small quantity of something
- imbricating1/5
imbricate
- verb place so as to overlap
- imbricate the roof tiles
- verb overlap
- The roof tiles imbricate
- verb place so as to overlap
- emblazoning1/5
emblazon
- verb decorate with colors
color; colour.
- color the walls with paint in warm tones
- verb decorate with heraldic arms
blazon.
- verb decorate with colors
- imbeds1/5
imbed
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
plant; implant; embed; engraft.
- He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
- The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
- imbricates1/5
imbricate
- verb place so as to overlap
- imbricate the roof tiles
- verb overlap
- The roof tiles imbricate
- verb place so as to overlap
- symbiotically1/5
symbiotically
- adverb in a symbiotic manner
- adverb in a symbiotic manner
- semblances1/5
semblance
- noun an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
color; gloss; colour.
- he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
- he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
- the situation soon took on a different color
- noun an erroneous mental representation
illusion.
- noun an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- emblematical1/5
emblematical
- adjective satellite serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
symbolical; symbolic; emblematic.
- a crown is emblematic of royalty
- the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
- adjective satellite serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
- chambray1/5
chambray
- noun a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp
- noun a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp
- reassembles1/5
reassemble
- verb assemble once again, after taking something apart
- verb assemble once again, after taking something apart
- lumbers1/5
lumber
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
timber.
- noun an implement used in baseball by the batter
baseball bat.
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- embayments1/5
embayment
- noun an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
bay.
- noun an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
- recombines1/5
recombine
- verb undergo genetic recombination
- The DNA can recombine
- verb cause genetic recombination
- should scientists recombine DNA?
- verb undergo genetic recombination
- honeycombing1/5
honeycomb
- noun a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
- noun a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees
- noun a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
- 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
- limbers1/5
limbers
- noun a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well
- noun a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
limber.
- noun a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well
- embryologist1/5
embryologist
- noun a physician who specializes in embryology
- noun a physician who specializes in embryology
- preassembled1/5
preassemble
- verb to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings
prefabricate.
- verb to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings
- combustibility1/5
combustibility
- noun the quality of being capable of igniting and burning
burnability; combustibleness.
- noun the quality of being capable of igniting and burning
- thimbleful1/5
thimbleful
- noun as much as a thimble will hold
thimble.
- noun as much as a thimble will hold
- limbering1/5
limber
- noun a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
- verb attach the limber
limber up.
- limber a cannon
- noun a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
- embryologists1/5
embryologist
- noun a physician who specializes in embryology
- noun a physician who specializes in embryology
- jumbling1/5
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
- discombobulated1/5
discombobulated
- adjective satellite having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
disconcerted.
- the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand
- looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw
- verb cause to be confused emotionally
bemuse; throw; bewilder; discombobulate.
- adjective satellite having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
- bumbled1/5
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
- unscrambled1/5
unscramble
- verb make intelligible
- Can you unscramble the message?
- verb become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
untangle; unpick; unravel; unknot.
- unravel the thread
- verb make intelligible
- limbered1/5
limber
- noun a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
- verb attach the limber
limber up.
- limber a cannon
- noun a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
- unscrambling1/5
unscramble
- verb make intelligible
- Can you unscramble the message?
- verb become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
untangle; unpick; unravel; unknot.
- unravel the thread
- verb make intelligible
- gimbals1/5
gimbal
- noun an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
- noun an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
- bombazine1/5
bombazine
- noun a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted
- black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments
- noun a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted
- embracement1/5
embracement
- noun the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
embrace; embracing.
- noun the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- dithyrambs1/5
dithyramb
- noun a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
- noun (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
- noun a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
- 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
- entombing1/5
entomb
- verb place in a grave or tomb
lay to rest; inhume; inter; bury.
- Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square
- The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids
- My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday
- verb place in a grave or tomb
- dismembers1/5
dismember
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- the tiger dismembered the tourist
- verb divide into pieces
discerp; take apart.
- our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
- The Empire was discerped after the war
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- imbrications1/5
imbrication
- noun covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
lapping; overlapping.
- noun covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
- combings1/5
combing
- noun the act of drawing a comb through hair
comb.
- his hair needed a comb
- verb straighten with a comb
comb.
- comb your hair
- noun the act of drawing a comb through hair
- embrowned1/5
embrown
- verb cause to darken
- verb make brown in color
brown.
- the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard
- verb cause to darken
- dumbfounding1/5
dumbfounding
- adjective satellite bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
astounding; dumfounding.
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- adjective satellite bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
- embrittled1/5
- imbiber1/5
imbiber
- noun a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
drinker; juicer; toper.
- noun a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
- symbologies1/5
symbology
- noun the study or the use of symbols and symbolism
- noun the study or the use of symbols and symbolism
- embrittling1/5
- imbibers1/5
imbiber
- noun a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
drinker; juicer; toper.
- noun a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
- cambrics1/5
cambric
- noun a finely woven white linen
- noun a finely woven white linen
- incumbencies1/5
incumbency
- noun the term during which some position is held
term of office; tenure.
- noun a duty that is incumbent upon you
- noun the term during which some position is held
- dumbfound1/5
dumbfound
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
- entombs1/5
entomb
- verb place in a grave or tomb
lay to rest; inhume; inter; bury.
- Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square
- The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids
- My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday
- verb place in a grave or tomb
- nonsymbiotic1/5
nonsymbiotic
- adjective satellite not parasitic on another organism
nonparasitic; free-living.
- adjective satellite not parasitic on another organism
- embrittle1/5
embrittle
- verb make brittle
- verb make brittle
- incumbrances1/5
incumbrance
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
encumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; onus; encumbrance; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
- cambial1/5
cambial
- adjective of or relating to or functioning as a cambium
- adjective of or relating to or functioning as a cambium
- gambol1/5
gambol
- noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
caper; play; frolic; romp.
- it was all done in play
- their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- zambians1/5
zambian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Zambia
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Zambia or its people
- noun a native or inhabitant of Zambia
- sombreros1/5
sombrero
- noun one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis
- noun a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico
- noun one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis
- mozambicans1/5
mozambican
- noun a native or inhabitant of Mozambique
- adjective of or relating to or located in Mozambique
- Mozambican towns
- noun a native or inhabitant of Mozambique
- ambrosian1/5
ambrosian
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant
ambrosial; nectarous.
- a nectarous drink
- ambrosial food
- adjective of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose
- Ambrosian chants
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant
- lambasting1/5
lambast
- verb beat with a cane
cane; flog; lambaste.
- verb censure severely or angrily
call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- verb beat with a cane
- humbugs1/5
humbug
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
taradiddle; boloney; bilgewater; tarradiddle; tosh; bosh; baloney; drool; tommyrot; twaddle.
- noun communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
snake oil.
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
- grumblings1/5
grumbling
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
rumble; rumbling; grumble.
- they heard the rumbling of thunder
- noun a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
murmuring; grumble; muttering; mutter; murmur.
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
- cumbered1/5
cumber
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain.
- verb hold back
- numbs1/5
numb
- verb make numb or insensitive
benumb; blunt; dull.
- The shock numbed her senses
- adjective satellite lacking sensation
benumbed; asleep.
- my foot is asleep
- numb with cold
- verb make numb or insensitive
- ambulating1/5
ambulate
- verb walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
- verb walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
- tombigbee1/5
tombigbee
- noun a river that rises in northeastern Mississippi and flows southward through western Alabama to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River
Tombigbee River.
- noun a river that rises in northeastern Mississippi and flows southward through western Alabama to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River
- thrombocytes1/5
thrombocyte
- noun tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting
blood platelet; platelet.
- noun tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting
- adumbration1/5
adumbration
- noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
foreshadowing; prefiguration.
- noun a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation
- noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
- sambre1/5
sambre
- noun a river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Meuse at Namur
Sambre River.
- noun a river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Meuse at Namur
- 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)
- gombrowicz1/5
gombrowicz
- noun Polish author (1904-1969)
Witold Gombrowicz.
- noun Polish author (1904-1969)
- dumbwaiter1/5
dumbwaiter
- noun a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another
food elevator.
- noun a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another
- disembowelled1/5
disembowel
- verb remove the entrails of
eviscerate; draw.
- draw a chicken
- verb remove the entrails of
- adumbrate1/5
adumbrate
- verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
sketch; outline.
- sketch the outline of the book
- outline his ideas
- verb give to understand
insinuate; intimate.
- I insinuated that I did not like his wife
- verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
- adumbrates1/5
adumbrate
- verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
sketch; outline.
- sketch the outline of the book
- outline his ideas
- verb give to understand
insinuate; intimate.
- I insinuated that I did not like his wife
- verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
- thumbtacks1/5
thumbtack
- noun a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
drawing pin; pushpin.
- verb fasten with thumbtacks
- The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board
- noun a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
- trembler1/5
trembler
- noun one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear
quaker.
- noun one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear
- dithyrambic1/5
dithyrambic
- adjective of or in the manner of a dithyramb
- adjective of or in the manner of a dithyramb
- columbarium1/5
columbarium
- noun a birdhouse for pigeons
columbary; dovecote.
- noun a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
cinerarium.
- noun a birdhouse for pigeons
- gamboge1/5
gamboge
- noun a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative
- noun a strong yellow color
lemon yellow; maize; lemon.
- noun a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative
- bombardiers1/5
bombardier
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
- noun the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
- noun a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
- cambia1/5
cambium
- noun a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth
- noun the inner layer of the periosteum
- noun a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth
- perambulating1/5
perambulating
- adjective satellite strolling or walking around
- perambulating nursemaids with their charges
- verb make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
perambulate.
- Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years
- adjective satellite strolling or walking around
- thumbtack1/5
thumbtack
- noun a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
drawing pin; pushpin.
- verb fasten with thumbtacks
- The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board
- noun a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
- bomblets1/5
bomblet
- noun one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb
cluster bomblet.
- noun one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb
- benumbing1/5
benumb
- verb make numb or insensitive
blunt; dull; numb.
- The shock numbed her senses
- verb make numb or insensitive
- 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
- combatted1/5
combat
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
armed combat.
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
scrap; fighting; fight.
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
- noun an engagement fought between two military forces
- grumbler1/5
grumbler
- noun a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
squawker; moaner; sniveller; crybaby; complainer; whiner; bellyacher.
- noun a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
- grumblers1/5
grumbler
- noun a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
squawker; moaner; sniveller; crybaby; complainer; whiner; bellyacher.
- noun a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
- disembowel1/5
disembowel
- verb remove the entrails of
eviscerate; draw.
- draw a chicken
- verb remove the entrails of
- bombshells1/5
bombshell
- noun an entertainer who has a sensational effect
- she was a blonde bombshell
- noun a shocking surprise
thunderclap; thunderbolt.
- news of the attack came like a bombshell
- noun an entertainer who has a sensational effect
- murrumbidgee1/5
murrumbidgee
- noun a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River
Murrumbidgee River.
- noun a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River
- temblor1/5
temblor
- noun shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
seism; earthquake; quake.
- noun shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
- tremblings1/5
trembling
- noun a shaky motion
quiver; quivering; vibration; palpitation; shakiness; shaking.
- the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
- verb move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
tremble.
- His hands were trembling when he signed the document
- noun a shaky motion
- ambers1/5
amber
- noun a deep yellow color
gold.
- an amber light illuminated the room
- he admired the gold of her hair
- noun a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
- noun a deep yellow color
- gamboling1/5
gambol
- noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
caper; play; frolic; romp.
- it was all done in play
- their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- gambolling1/5
gambol
- noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
caper; play; frolic; romp.
- it was all done in play
- their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- ambulacral1/5
ambulacral
- adjective pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms
- adjective pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms
- ovimbundu1/5
ovimbundu
- noun an ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola
Mbundu.
- noun an ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola
- circumambulate1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- lambaste1/5
lambaste
- verb beat with a cane
cane; flog; lambast.
- verb censure severely or angrily
call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; lambast; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out.
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- verb beat with a cane
- firebombs1/5
firebomb
- noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
incendiary; incendiary bomb.
- verb attack with incendiary bombs
- The rioters fire-bombed the stores
- noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
- shamble1/5
shamble
- noun walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
shambling; shuffle; shuffling.
- from his shambling I assumed he was very old
- verb walk by dragging one's feet
shuffle; scuffle.
- he shuffled out of the room
- We heard his feet shuffling down the hall
- noun walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
- rambutan1/5
rambutan
- noun Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
rambotan; Nephelium lappaceum; rambutan tree.
- noun pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines
rambotan.
- noun Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
- adumbrations1/5
adumbration
- noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
foreshadowing; prefiguration.
- noun a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation
- noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
- encumbers1/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- combusting1/5
combust
- verb cause to burn or combust
burn.
- The sun burned off the fog
- We combust coal and other fossil fuels
- verb start to burn or burst into flames
ignite; catch fire; take fire; erupt; conflagrate.
- Marsh gases ignited suddenly
- The oily rags combusted spontaneously
- verb cause to burn or combust
- carambola1/5
carambola
- noun East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit
Averrhoa carambola; carambola tree.
- noun deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert
star fruit.
- noun East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit
- combinable1/5
combinable
- adjective satellite able to or tending to combine
combinatory; combinational.
- adjective satellite able to or tending to combine
- scumble1/5
scumble
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- embroiders1/5
embroider
- verb decorate with needlework
broider.
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.
- verb decorate with needlework
- bombes1/5
bomb
- noun an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- noun strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
bomb calorimeter.
- noun an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- chambering1/5
chamber
- noun a natural or artificial enclosed space
- noun an enclosed volume in the body
- the chambers of his heart were healthy
- noun a natural or artificial enclosed space
- circumambulating1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- nimbler1/5
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
- zombi1/5
zombi
- noun (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
zombie; zombie spirit; zombi spirit.
- noun a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
zombie; snake god.
- noun (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
- gambolled1/5
gambol
- noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
caper; play; frolic; romp.
- it was all done in play
- their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- perambulate1/5
perambulate
- verb make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
- Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years
- verb walk with no particular goal
walk about; walk around.
- we were walking around in the garden
- after breakfast, she walked about in the park
- verb make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
- disemboweling1/5
disembowel
- verb remove the entrails of
eviscerate; draw.
- draw a chicken
- verb remove the entrails of
- disassembles1/5
disassemble
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; dismantle; break apart.
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
- humbugged1/5
humbug
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
taradiddle; boloney; bilgewater; tarradiddle; tosh; bosh; baloney; drool; tommyrot; twaddle.
- noun communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
snake oil.
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
- umbers1/5
umber
- noun an earth pigment
- noun a medium brown to dark-brown color
coffee; deep brown; burnt umber; chocolate.
- noun an earth pigment
- timbale1/5
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
- perambulators1/5
perambulator
- noun a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
baby carriage; pusher; baby buggy; pushchair; carriage; pram; stroller; go-cart.
- noun a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
- humbugging1/5
humbug
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
taradiddle; boloney; bilgewater; tarradiddle; tosh; bosh; baloney; drool; tommyrot; twaddle.
- noun communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
snake oil.
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
- thrombocyte1/5
thrombocyte
- noun tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting
blood platelet; platelet.
- noun tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting
- adumbrating1/5
adumbrate
- verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
sketch; outline.
- sketch the outline of the book
- outline his ideas
- verb give to understand
insinuate; intimate.
- I insinuated that I did not like his wife
- verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
- decembers1/5
december
- noun the last (12th) month of the year
Dec.
- noun the last (12th) month of the year
- disembowelment1/5
disembowelment
- noun the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
evisceration.
- noun the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
- columbaria1/5
columbarium
- noun a birdhouse for pigeons
columbary; dovecote.
- noun a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
cinerarium.
- noun a birdhouse for pigeons
- circumambulated1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- gamboled1/5
gambol
- noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
caper; play; frolic; romp.
- it was all done in play
- their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- perambulated1/5
perambulate
- verb make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
- Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years
- verb walk with no particular goal
walk about; walk around.
- we were walking around in the garden
- after breakfast, she walked about in the park
- verb make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
- trombonists1/5
trombonist
- noun a musician who plays the trombone
trombone player.
- noun a musician who plays the trombone
- marimbas1/5
marimba
- noun a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
xylophone.
- noun a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
- ambidexterity1/5
ambidexterity
- noun the property of being equally skillful with each hand
ambidextrousness.
- noun the property of being equally skillful with each hand
- septembers1/5
september
- noun the month following August and preceding October
Sept; Sep.
- noun the month following August and preceding October
- unambiguity1/5
unambiguity
- noun clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity
unequivocalness.
- noun clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity
- lambdas1/5
lambda
- noun the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
- noun the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull
- noun the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
- gambians1/5
gambian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Gambia
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Gambia or its inhabitants
- Gambian game parks
- noun a native or inhabitant of Gambia
- disembowelling1/5
disembowel
- verb remove the entrails of
eviscerate; draw.
- draw a chicken
- verb remove the entrails of
- imbecilities1/5
imbecility
- noun retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot
- noun a stupid mistake
betise; stupidity; folly; foolishness.
- noun retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot
- 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
- cmbr1/5
cmbr
- noun (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
cosmic microwave background radiation; CMB; cosmic background radiation; CBR; cosmic microwave background.
- noun (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
- timberman1/5
timberman
- noun an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering
- noun an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering
- combusts1/5
combust
- verb cause to burn or combust
burn.
- The sun burned off the fog
- We combust coal and other fossil fuels
- verb start to burn or burst into flames
ignite; catch fire; take fire; erupt; conflagrate.
- Marsh gases ignited suddenly
- The oily rags combusted spontaneously
- verb cause to burn or combust
- gimbaled1/5
gimbaled
- adjective satellite supported on gimbals and remaining steady or level when the base tips
- adjective satellite supported on gimbals and remaining steady or level when the base tips
- climbable1/5
climbable
- adjective satellite capable of being ascended
ascendible; ascendable.
- adjective satellite capable of being surmounted
surmountable.
- adjective satellite capable of being ascended
- decumbent1/5
decumbent
- adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
accumbent; recumbent.
- adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
- embrocation1/5
embrocation
- noun a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain
liniment.
- noun a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain
- ambulacra1/5
ambulacrum
- noun one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located
- noun one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located
- novembers1/5
november
- noun the month following October and preceding December
Nov.
- noun the month following October and preceding December
- thrombose1/5
thrombose
- verb become blocked by a thrombus
- the blood vessel thrombosed
- verb become blocked by a thrombus
- combustions1/5
combustion
- noun a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
burning.
- noun a state of violent disturbance and excitement
- combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable
- noun a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
- imbrued1/5
imbrue
- verb permeate or impregnate
drench.
- The war drenched the country in blood
- verb permeate or impregnate
- cumbers1/5
cumber
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain.
- verb hold back
- lambastes1/5
lambast
- verb beat with a cane
cane; flog; lambaste.
- verb censure severely or angrily
call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- verb beat with a cane
- umbelliferous1/5
umbelliferous
- adjective relating to or belonging to plants of the family Umbelliferae
- adjective relating to or belonging to plants of the family Umbelliferae
- embalmment1/5
embalmment
- noun preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals
- noun preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals
- thumbtacked1/5
thumbtack
- noun a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
drawing pin; pushpin.
- verb fasten with thumbtacks
- The teacher thumbtacked the notice on the bulletin board
- noun a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board
- slumberer1/5
slumberer
- noun a rester who is sleeping
sleeper.
- noun a rester who is sleeping
- sambur1/5
sambur
- noun a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines
Cervus unicolor; sambar.
- noun a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines
- cumbering1/5
cumber
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain.
- verb hold back
- stumbler1/5
stumbler
- noun a walker or runner who trips and almost falls
tripper.
- noun someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
bumbler; sad sack; bungler; fumbler; blunderer; butcher; botcher; fuckup.
- noun a walker or runner who trips and almost falls
- lambast1/5
lambast
- verb beat with a cane
cane; flog; lambaste.
- verb censure severely or angrily
call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- verb beat with a cane
- 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
- benumbs1/5
benumb
- verb make numb or insensitive
blunt; dull; numb.
- The shock numbed her senses
- verb make numb or insensitive
- ambulates1/5
ambulate
- verb walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
- verb walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
- tremblers1/5
trembler
- noun one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear
quaker.
- noun one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear
- dumbwaiters1/5
dumbwaiter
- noun a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another
food elevator.
- noun a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another
- ambits1/5
ambit
- noun an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
reach; orbit; range; compass; scope.
- a piano has a greater range than the human voice
- the ambit of municipal legislation
- within the compass of this article
- within the scope of an investigation
- outside the reach of the law
- in the political orbit of a world power
- noun an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
- nimbys1/5
nimby
- noun someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
- noun someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard
- ambulated1/5
ambulate
- verb walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
- verb walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
- nimbi1/5
nimbus
- noun a dark grey cloud bearing rain
nimbus cloud; rain cloud.
- noun an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
glory; gloriole; aura; aureole; halo.
- noun a dark grey cloud bearing rain
- cambers1/5
camber
- noun a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
- noun a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
cant; bank.
- noun a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
- gumbos1/5
gumbo
- noun any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
gumbo soil.
- noun tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
okra; Abelmoschus esculentus; Hibiscus esculentus; lady's-finger; okra plant.
- noun any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
- timbermen1/5
timberman
- noun an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering
- noun an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering
- slumberers1/5
slumberer
- noun a rester who is sleeping
sleeper.
- noun a rester who is sleeping
- mombin1/5
mombin
- noun common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit
mombin tree; jocote; Spondias purpurea.
- noun purplish tropical fruit
- noun common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit
- lambasts1/5
lambast
- verb beat with a cane
cane; flog; lambaste.
- verb censure severely or angrily
call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- verb beat with a cane
- imbrue1/5
imbrue
- verb permeate or impregnate
drench.
- The war drenched the country in blood
- verb permeate or impregnate
- ambulacrum1/5
ambulacrum
- noun one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located
- noun one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located
- lambrequin1/5
lambrequin
- noun a scarf that covers a knight's helmet
- noun short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing
- noun a scarf that covers a knight's helmet
- bomblet1/5
bomblet
- noun one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb
cluster bomblet.
- noun one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb
- tombak1/5
tombak
- noun an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding
tambac; tombac.
- noun an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding
- mumbler1/5
mumbler
- noun a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
murmurer; mutterer.
- noun a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
- temblors1/5
temblor
- noun shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
seism; earthquake; quake.
- noun shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
- circumambulates1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- collembola1/5
collembola
(Zoöl.) The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and allied forms.
- ambulant1/5
ambulant
- adjective satellite able to walk about
ambulatory.
- the patient is ambulatory
- adjective satellite able to walk about
- bambini1/5
- firebombing1/5
firebomb
- noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
incendiary; incendiary bomb.
- verb attack with incendiary bombs
- The rioters fire-bombed the stores
- noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
- embalmers1/5
embalmer
- noun a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives
- noun a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives
- gambrel1/5
gambrel
- noun a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper
gambrel roof.
- noun a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper
- embroiderers1/5
embroiderer
- noun someone who ornaments with needlework
- noun someone who ornaments with needlework
- umbels1/5
umbel
- noun flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center
- noun flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center
- embezzler1/5
embezzler
- noun someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
defalcator; peculator.
- noun someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
- ambystoma1/5
ambystoma
- noun type genus of the Ambystomatidae
genus Ambystoma.
- noun type genus of the Ambystomatidae
- fimbria1/5
fimbria
- noun thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
- noun thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
- embalmer1/5
embalmer
- noun a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives
- noun a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives
- ambassadorship1/5
ambassadorship
- noun the post of ambassador
- noun the post of ambassador
- perambulation1/5
perambulation
- noun a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries
- noun a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
promenade; amble; saunter; stroll.
- noun a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries
- bedchambers1/5
bedchamber
- noun a room used primarily for sleeping
sleeping accommodation; chamber; sleeping room; bedroom.
- noun a room used primarily for sleeping
- enjambment1/5
enjambment
- noun the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
enjambement.
- noun the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
- umbo1/5
umbo
- noun a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum
- noun a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum
- perambulations1/5
perambulation
- noun a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries
- noun a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
promenade; amble; saunter; stroll.
- noun a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries
- umbel1/5
umbel
- noun flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center
- noun flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center
- beachcombers1/5
beachcomber
- noun a vagrant living on a beach
- noun a vagrant living on a beach
- clambake1/5
clambake
- noun a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed
- noun a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed
- sambas1/5
samba
- noun large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
obeche; arere; Triplochiton scleroxcylon; obechi.
- noun music composed for dancing the samba
- noun large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
- umbelliferae1/5
umbelliferae
- noun plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill
carrot family; Apiaceae; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae.
- noun plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill
- tomboys1/5
tomboy
- noun a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
romp; hoyden.
- noun a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
- streambeds1/5
streambed
- noun a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream
creek bed.
- noun a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream
- tombaugh1/5
tombaugh
- noun United States astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto (1906-1997)
Clyde William Tombaugh; Clyde Tombaugh.
- noun United States astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto (1906-1997)
- firebombed1/5
firebomb
- noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
incendiary; incendiary bomb.
- verb attack with incendiary bombs
- The rioters fire-bombed the stores
- noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
- bombus1/5
bombus
- noun bumblebees
genus Bombus.
- noun bumblebees
- dissembler1/5
dissembler
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
hypocrite; phoney; phony; dissimulator; pretender.
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
- bamboozle1/5
bamboozle
- verb conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
lead by the nose; play false; snow; hoodwink; pull the wool over someone's eyes.
- He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well
- verb conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
- bombsight1/5
bombsight
- noun a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
- noun a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
- amboyna1/5
amboyna
- noun mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
Andaman redwood.
- noun tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
Pterocarpus indicus; padouk; padauk.
- noun mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
- embroiderer1/5
embroiderer
- noun someone who ornaments with needlework
- noun someone who ornaments with needlework
- dumbass1/5
dumbass
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- flambeaux1/5
flambeau
- noun a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
- noun a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
- cambered1/5
camber
- noun a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
- noun a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
cant; bank.
- noun a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
- slumberous1/5
slumberous
- adjective satellite quiet and tranquil
slumbrous.
- a slumberous June morning
- adjective satellite inclined to or marked by drowsiness
slumbery; somnolent; slumbrous.
- slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes
- `slumbery' is archaic
- the sound had a somnolent effect
- adjective satellite quiet and tranquil
- imbecilic1/5
imbecilic
- adjective satellite having a mental age of three to seven years
imbecile; idiotic.
- adjective satellite having a mental age of three to seven years
- clambers1/5
clamber
- noun an awkward climb
- reaching the crest was a real clamber
- verb climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
shin; shinny; skin; sputter; scramble; struggle.
- noun an awkward climb
- emboldens1/5
embolden
- verb give encouragement to
cheer; recreate; hearten.
- verb give encouragement to
- bimbos1/5
bimbo
- noun a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men
- noun a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men
- unembellished1/5
unembellished
- adjective satellite lacking embellishment or ornamentation
spare; plain; unornamented; bare.
- a plain hair style
- unembellished white walls
- functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
- adjective satellite lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- embassador1/5
embassador
- noun a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
ambassador.
- noun a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
- timbrel1/5
timbrel
- noun small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers
- noun small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers
- antechambers1/5
antechamber
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
entrance hall; anteroom; hall; vestibule; foyer; lobby.
- noun a large entrance or reception room or area
- iambics1/5
iambic
- noun a verse line consisting of iambs
- adjective of or consisting of iambs
- iambic pentameter
- noun a verse line consisting of iambs
- thumbscrews1/5
thumbscrew
- noun instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
- noun screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers
- noun instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
- bambusa1/5
bambusa
- noun tall tender clumping bamboos
genus Bambusa.
- noun tall tender clumping bamboos
- embezzlers1/5
embezzler
- noun someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
defalcator; peculator.
- noun someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use
- bombproof1/5
bombproof
- noun a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids
bomb shelter; air-raid shelter.
- verb make safe against bombings
- noun a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids
- limburger1/5
limburger
- noun a soft white cheese with a very strong pungent odor and flavor
- noun a soft white cheese with a very strong pungent odor and flavor
- embanked1/5
embank
- verb enclose with banks, as for support or protection
- The river was embanked with a dyke
- verb enclose with banks, as for support or protection
- thumbscrew1/5
thumbscrew
- noun instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
- noun screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers
- noun instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
- hecatombs1/5
hecatomb
- noun a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
- noun a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
- embroiling1/5
embroil
- verb force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
sweep; drag; drag in; sweep up; tangle.
- They were swept up by the events
- don't drag me into this business
- verb force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- somnambulists1/5
somnambulist
- noun someone who walks about in their sleep
sleepwalker; noctambulist.
- noun someone who walks about in their sleep
- lumberyards1/5
lumberyard
- noun a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale
- noun a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale
- thumbprints1/5
thumbprint
- noun fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)
- noun fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)
- rhumba1/5
rhumba
- noun syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
rumba.
- noun a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement
rumba.
- noun syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
- liquidambar1/5
liquidambar
- noun aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree
sweet gum.
- noun any tree of the genus Liquidambar
- noun aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree
- ambuscades1/5
ambuscade
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
lying in wait; ambush; trap.
- verb wait in hiding to attack
scupper; lie in wait; lurk; bushwhack; ambush; waylay.
- noun the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- gambusia1/5
gambusia
- noun mosquitofish
genus Gambusia.
- noun mosquitofish
- misremembered1/5
misremember
- verb remember incorrectly
- I misremembered the date
- verb remember incorrectly
- timbrels1/5
timbrel
- noun small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers
- noun small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers
- macumba1/5
macumba
- noun (Brazil) followers of a religious cult of African origin
- noun popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult
- noun (Brazil) followers of a religious cult of African origin
- emboldening1/5
embolden
- verb give encouragement to
cheer; recreate; hearten.
- verb give encouragement to
- ambitiousness1/5
ambitiousness
- noun a strong drive for success
ambition.
- noun a strong drive for success
- strombus1/5
strombus
(Zoöl.) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells , orconchs . SeeConch .
- somberness1/5
somberness
- noun a state of partial or total darkness
gloom; sombreness.
- he struck a match to dispel the gloom
- noun a feeling of melancholy apprehension
gloom; gloominess; sombreness.
- noun a state of partial or total darkness
- cerambycidae1/5
cerambycidae
- noun long-horned beetles
family Cerambycidae.
- noun long-horned beetles
- flambe1/5
flambe
- verb pour liquor over and ignite (a dish)
- verb pour liquor over and ignite (a dish)
- cembalo1/5
cembalo
- noun a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
harpsichord.
- noun a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
- procumbent1/5
procumbent
- adjective satellite having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots
- adjective satellite having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots
- disencumbered1/5
disencumber
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; extricate; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- embonpoint1/5
embonpoint
- noun the bodily property of being well rounded
roundness; plumpness.
- adjective satellite sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;
chubby; plump.
- a chubby child
- pleasingly plump
- noun the bodily property of being well rounded
- unplumbed1/5
unplumbed
- adjective satellite situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
unsounded; unfathomed; profound.
- the profound depths of the sea
- the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray
- unplumbed depths of the sea
- remote and unsounded caverns
- adjective satellite situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
- embassadors1/5
embassador
- noun a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
ambassador.
- noun a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
- unembodied1/5
unembodied
- adjective satellite not having a material body
disembodied; unbodied; discorporate; bodiless.
- bodiless ghosts
- adjective satellite not having a material body
- wimble1/5
wimble
- noun hand tool for boring holes
auger; gimlet; screw auger.
- noun hand tool for boring holes
- emberiza1/5
emberiza
- noun Old World buntings
genus Emberiza.
- noun Old World buntings
- scomber1/5
scomber
(Zoöl.) A genus of acanthopterygious fishes which includes the common mackerel.
- bumbler1/5
bumbler
- noun someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
sad sack; bungler; fumbler; blunderer; butcher; stumbler; botcher; fuckup.
- noun someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
- embargos1/5
embargo
- noun a government order imposing a trade barrier
trade embargo; trade stoppage.
- verb ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons
- embargoed publications
- noun a government order imposing a trade barrier
- dissemblers1/5
dissembler
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
hypocrite; phoney; phony; dissimulator; pretender.
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
- combretaceae1/5
combretaceae
- noun a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales
family Combretaceae; combretum family.
- noun a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales
- slumbrous1/5
slumbrous
- adjective satellite quiet and tranquil
slumberous.
- a slumberous June morning
- adjective satellite inclined to or marked by drowsiness
slumbery; somnolent; slumberous.
- slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes
- `slumbery' is archaic
- the sound had a somnolent effect
- adjective satellite quiet and tranquil
- sombreness1/5
sombreness
- noun a state of partial or total darkness
gloom; somberness.
- he struck a match to dispel the gloom
- noun a feeling of melancholy apprehension
gloom; gloominess; somberness.
- noun a state of partial or total darkness
- tambours1/5
tambour
- noun a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering
embroidery hoop; embroidery frame.
- noun a drum
- noun a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering
- columbite1/5
columbite
- noun a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum
niobite.
- noun a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum
- lambchop1/5
lambchop
- noun chop cut from a lamb
lamb-chop; lamb chop.
- noun chop cut from a lamb
- misremembering1/5
misremember
- verb remember incorrectly
- I misremembered the date
- verb remember incorrectly
- assemblywoman1/5
assemblywoman
- noun a woman assemblyman
- noun a woman assemblyman
- misremember1/5
misremember
- verb remember incorrectly
- I misremembered the date
- verb remember incorrectly
- enjambement1/5
enjambement
- noun the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
enjambment.
- noun the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
- bombina1/5
bombina
- noun fire-bellied toads
genus Bombina.
- noun fire-bellied toads
- chamberpot1/5
chamberpot
- noun a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
potty; thunder mug.
- noun a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
- ambiences1/5
ambience
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
atmosphere; ambiance.
- there was an atmosphere of excitement
- noun the atmosphere of an environment
ambiance.
- noun a particular environment or surrounding influence
- tombola1/5
tombola
- noun a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum
- noun a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum
- disencumber1/5
disencumber
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; extricate; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- bamboozling1/5
bamboozle
- verb conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
lead by the nose; play false; snow; hoodwink; pull the wool over someone's eyes.
- He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well
- verb conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
- luxembourgers1/5
luxembourger
- noun a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg
Luxemburger.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg
- embanking1/5
embank
- verb enclose with banks, as for support or protection
- The river was embanked with a dyke
- verb enclose with banks, as for support or protection
- rhombohedron1/5
rhombohedron
- noun a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)
- noun a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)
- mambos1/5
mambo
- noun a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba
- verb dance a mambo
- noun a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba
- embowering1/5
embower
- verb enclose in a bower
bower.
- verb enclose in a bower
- ambassadorships1/5
ambassadorship
- noun the post of ambassador
- noun the post of ambassador
- columbidae1/5
columbidae
- noun doves and pigeons
family Columbidae.
- noun doves and pigeons
- embalms1/5
embalm
- verb preserve a dead body
- verb preserve a dead body
- rumbas1/5
rumba
- noun syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
rhumba.
- noun a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement
rhumba.
- noun syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
- embroils1/5
embroil
- verb force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
sweep; drag; drag in; sweep up; tangle.
- They were swept up by the events
- don't drag me into this business
- verb force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- lambis1/5
lambis
- noun scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere
genus Lambis.
- noun scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere
- ambulatories1/5
ambulatory
- noun a covered walkway (as in a cloister)
- it has an ambulatory and seven chapels
- adjective relating to or adapted for walking
- an ambulatory corridor
- noun a covered walkway (as in a cloister)
- luxemburger1/5
luxemburger
- noun a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg
Luxembourger.
- adjective of or relating to the capital city of Luxemburg
- Luxemburger streets
- noun a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg
- bombsights1/5
bombsight
- noun a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
- noun a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
- clambakes1/5
clambake
- noun a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed
- noun a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed
- dismemberments1/5
dismemberment
- noun the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
taking apart.
- noun the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
- umbilicals1/5
umbilical
- noun membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
umbilical cord.
- adjective relating to or resembling the umbilicus
- umbilical cord
- noun membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
- scombridae1/5
scombridae
- noun marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna
family Scombridae.
- noun marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna
- disembarrass1/5
disembarrass
- verb relieve from
rid; free.
- Rid the house of pests
- verb relieve from
- cumbersomeness1/5
cumbersomeness
- noun trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
unwieldiness; awkwardness.
- the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano
- noun trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
- bumboat1/5
bumboat
- noun a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor
- noun a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor
- enjambments1/5
enjambment
- noun the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
enjambement.
- noun the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
- emberizidae1/5
emberizidae
- noun buntings and some New World sparrows
subfamily Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizinae.
- noun buntings and some New World sparrows
- firebombings1/5
firebomb
- noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
incendiary; incendiary bomb.
- verb attack with incendiary bombs
- The rioters fire-bombed the stores
- noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
- embarkations1/5
embarkation
- noun the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
boarding; embarkment.
- noun the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
- disembarrassed1/5
disembarrass
- verb relieve from
rid; free.
- Rid the house of pests
- verb relieve from
- flambeed1/5
flambe
- verb pour liquor over and ignite (a dish)
- verb pour liquor over and ignite (a dish)
- columbiformes1/5
columbiformes
- noun sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires
order Columbiformes.
- noun sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires
- combustive1/5
combustive
- adjective satellite supporting combustion
comburent; comburant.
- adjective satellite supporting combustion
- bumblers1/5
bumbler
- noun someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
sad sack; bungler; fumbler; blunderer; butcher; stumbler; botcher; fuckup.
- noun someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
- bombie1/5
bombie
- noun an unexploded bomblet
- unexploded bomblets known in Laos as `bombies' caused farmers to fear cultivating their fields
- noun an unexploded bomblet
- fimbriate1/5
fimbriate
- adjective satellite having a fringe of slender processes
- adjective satellite having a fringe of slender processes
- embank1/5
embank
- verb enclose with banks, as for support or protection
- The river was embanked with a dyke
- verb enclose with banks, as for support or protection
- membracidae1/5
membracidae
- noun plant hoppers: treehoppers
family Membracidae.
- noun plant hoppers: treehoppers
- plumbaginaceae1/5
plumbaginaceae
- noun perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas
sea-lavender family; family Plumbaginaceae; leadwort family.
- noun perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas
- assemblywomen1/5
assemblywoman
- noun a woman assemblyman
- noun a woman assemblyman
- embargoing1/5
embargo
- noun a government order imposing a trade barrier
trade embargo; trade stoppage.
- verb ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons
- embargoed publications
- noun a government order imposing a trade barrier
- ambages1/5
ambages
- noun (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
periphrasis; circumlocution; ambage.
- noun (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
- scomberomorus1/5
scomberomorus
- noun Spanish mackerels
genus Scomberomorus.
- noun Spanish mackerels
- tupinambis1/5
tupinambis
- noun tejus
genus Tupinambis.
- noun tejus
- rembrandtesque1/5
rembrandtesque
- adjective in the manner of Rembrandt
- adjective in the manner of Rembrandt
- embarkment1/5
embarkment
- noun the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
boarding; embarkation.
- noun the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
- chamberpots1/5
chamberpot
- noun a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
potty; thunder mug.
- noun a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
- embolectomy1/5
embolectomy
- noun surgical removal of an embolus (usually from an artery)
- noun surgical removal of an embolus (usually from an artery)
- lombardia1/5
lombardia
- noun a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland
Lombardy.
- noun a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland
- embezzle1/5
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
- sombrely1/5
sombrely
- adverb in a somber manner
somberly.
- `That's sure bad news,' said Dowd, somberly
- adverb in a somber manner
- overambitious1/5
overambitious
- adjective satellite excessively ambitious
- adjective satellite excessively ambitious
- columbines1/5
columbine
- noun a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
aquilege; aquilegia.
- noun a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
- superincumbent1/5
superincumbent
- adjective satellite lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else
- superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition
- adjective satellite lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else
- umbrageous1/5
umbrageous
- adjective satellite filled with shade
shady; shadowy; shadowed.
- the shady side of the street
- the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed
- we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove
- cool umbrageous woodlands
- adjective satellite angered at something unjust or wrong
outraged; incensed; indignant.
- an indignant denial
- incensed at the judges' unfairness
- a look of outraged disbelief
- umbrageous at the loss of their territory
- adjective satellite filled with shade
- ambassadress1/5
ambassadress
- noun a woman ambassador
- noun a woman ambassador
- huambo1/5
huambo
- noun a city in the mountains in western Angola
Nova Lisboa.
- noun a city in the mountains in western Angola
- tomboyish1/5
tomboyish
- adjective satellite used of girls; wild and boisterous
hoydenish.
- adjective satellite used of girls; wild and boisterous
- embittering1/5
embitter
- verb cause to be bitter or resentful
acerbate; envenom.
- These injustices embittered her even more
- verb cause to be bitter or resentful
- ambushers1/5
ambusher
- noun an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack
- noun an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack
- lubumbashi1/5
lubumbashi
- noun a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville
Elisabethville.
- noun a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville
- coxcombs1/5
coxcomb
- noun a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
cockscomb.
- noun a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
cockscomb.
- noun a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
- mocambique1/5
mocambique
- noun a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975
Mozambique; Republic of Mozambique.
- noun a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975
- rhombencephalon1/5
rhombencephalon
- noun the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem
hindbrain.
- noun the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem
- sambuca1/5
sambuca
- noun an Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice
- noun an Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice
- stambul1/5
stambul
- noun the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Constantinople; Stamboul; Istanbul.
- noun the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
- combretum1/5
combretum
- noun any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers
- noun any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers
- penumbras1/5
penumbra
- noun a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra
- noun a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra
- bombax1/5
bombax
(Bot.) A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree ; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.
- nelumbo1/5
nelumbo
(Bot.) A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea , the Asiatic is the sacred lotus,N. speciosa .Written also Nelumbium .
- shambolic1/5
shambolic
- adjective (British slang) disorderly or chaotic
- it's a shambolic system
- adjective (British slang) disorderly or chaotic
- rhombuses1/5
rhombus
- noun a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
rhomb; diamond.
- noun a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
- embroilment1/5
embroilment
- noun an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
imbroglio.
- noun an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
- rumbustious1/5
rumbustious
- adjective satellite noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
rambunctious; robustious; unruly; boisterous.
- a boisterous crowd
- a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand
- a robustious group of teenagers
- beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings
- an unruly class
- adjective satellite noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
- rhombs1/5
rhomb
- noun a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
diamond; rhombus.
- noun a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
- embezzlements1/5
embezzlement
- noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
peculation; defalcation; misappropriation; misapplication.
- noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
- mesembryanthemum1/5
mesembryanthemum
(Bot.) A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and feshy. The flowers usually open about midday, whence the name.
- doorjambs1/5
doorjamb
- noun a jamb for a door
doorpost.
- noun a jamb for a door
- prothrombinase1/5
prothrombinase
- noun coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors
factor X.
- noun coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors
- drambuie1/5
drambuie
- noun a sweet Scotch whisky liqueur
- noun a sweet Scotch whisky liqueur
- crambe1/5
crambe
A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme. I saw in one corner . . . a cluster of men and women,diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I heard several double rhymes . . . which raised a great deal of mirth. Addison.
- columbium1/5
columbium
- noun a former name for niobium
- noun a former name for niobium
- umbrae1/5
umbra
- noun a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
- noun a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
- embitters1/5
embitter
- verb cause to be bitter or resentful
acerbate; envenom.
- These injustices embittered her even more
- verb cause to be bitter or resentful
- imbroglios1/5
imbroglio
- noun an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
embroilment.
- noun a very embarrassing misunderstanding
- noun an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation
- brambly1/5
brambly
- adjective satellite covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth
braky.
- adjective satellite covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth
- hamburgs1/5
hamburg
- noun a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League
- noun a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League
- alembics1/5
alembic
- noun an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube
- noun an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube
- plumbism1/5
plumbism
- noun toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
saturnism; lead poisoning.
- noun toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
- jamborees1/5
jamboree
- noun a gay festivity
gala affair; blowout; gala.
- noun a gay festivity
- corymbs1/5
corymb
- noun flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first
- noun flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first
- rhombi1/5
rhombus
- noun a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
rhomb; diamond.
- noun a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
- combatively1/5
combatively
- adverb in a bellicose contentious manner
scrappily.
- `Don't trespass onto my property,' the neighbor shouted combatively
- adverb in a bellicose contentious manner
- gambas1/5
gamba
- noun viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
viola da gamba; bass viol.
- noun viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
- bombacaceae1/5
bombacaceae
- noun tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds
family Bombacaceae.
- noun tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds
- 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
- disembodying1/5
disembody
- verb free from a body or physical form or reality
- verb free from a body or physical form or reality
- umbras1/5
umbra
- noun a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
- noun a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
- bombastically1/5
bombastically
- adverb in a turgid manner
turgidly.
- he lectured bombastically about his theories
- adverb in a grandiose manner
grandiosely.
- the building was bombastically spacious
- adverb in a turgid manner
- lamblike1/5
lamblike
- adjective satellite like a lamb in meekness and gentleness
- adjective satellite like a lamb in meekness and gentleness
- thrombocytopenias1/5
thrombocytopenia
- noun a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood
thrombopenia.
- noun a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood
- disembody1/5
disembody
- verb free from a body or physical form or reality
- verb free from a body or physical form or reality
- ambusher1/5
ambusher
- noun an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack
- noun an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack
- collembolan1/5
collembolan
- noun any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water
springtail.
- noun any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water
- tambocor1/5
tambocor
- noun oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
flecainide.
- noun oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
- umbellate1/5
umbellate
- adjective bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels
umbellar.
- adjective satellite resembling an umbel in form
umbel-like.
- adjective bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels
- collembolans1/5
collembolan
- noun any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water
springtail.
- noun any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water
- cabomba1/5
cabomba
- noun alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants
genus Cabomba.
- noun alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants
- cockscombs1/5
cockscomb
- noun garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
Celosia cristata; common cockscomb; Celosia argentea cristata.
- noun a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
coxcomb.
- noun garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
- bujumbura1/5
bujumbura
- noun the capital and largest city of Burundi
capital of Burundi; Usumbura.
- Usumbura was renamed Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962
- noun the capital and largest city of Burundi
- wombats1/5
wombat
- noun burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger
- noun burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger
- kimberlites1/5
kimberlite
- noun a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia
- noun a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia
- lambskin1/5
lambskin
- noun the skin of a lamb with the wool still on
- noun skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
sheepskin; parchment.
- noun the skin of a lamb with the wool still on
- cymbidium1/5
cymbidium
- noun any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers
cymbid.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers
- iambs1/5
iamb
- noun a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
iambus.
- noun a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
- lambkin1/5
lambkin
- noun a very young lamb
- noun a very young lamb
- rhomboidal1/5
rhomboidal
- adjective shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid
rhomboid.
- rhomboidal shapes
- adjective shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid
- amblyopic1/5
amblyopic
- adjective pertaining to a kind of visual impairment without apparent organic pathology
- adjective pertaining to a kind of visual impairment without apparent organic pathology
- amberjack1/5
amberjack
- noun any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes
amberfish.
- noun any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes
- jambon1/5
jambon
- noun meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
ham; gammon.
- noun meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
- embitterment1/5
embitterment
- noun the state of being embittered
- the embitterment that resulted from the loss of his job never left him
- noun the state of being embittered
- tumbril1/5
tumbril
- noun a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
tumbrel.
- noun a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
- tumbrils1/5
tumbril
- noun a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
tumbrel.
- noun a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
- mambas1/5
mamba
- noun arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
- noun arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
- iambus1/5
iambus
- noun a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
iamb.
- noun a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
- scombroid1/5
scombroid
- noun important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
scombroid fish.
- noun important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
- iambi1/5
iamb
- noun a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
iambus.
- noun a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
- umbrians1/5
umbrian
- noun an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy
- noun an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy
- tumbrel1/5
tumbrel
- noun a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
tumbril.
- noun a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
- lambkins1/5
lambkin
- noun a very young lamb
- noun a very young lamb
- umbundu1/5
umbundu
- noun a Bantu language spoken in Angola
- noun a Bantu language spoken in Angola
- cymbidiums1/5
cymbidium
- noun any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers
cymbid.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers
- pembrokes1/5
pembroke
- noun the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail
Pembroke Welsh corgi.
- noun the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail
- corymbose1/5
corymbose
- adjective resembling a corymb
- adjective resembling a corymb
- ombu1/5
ombu
- noun fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves
Phytolacca dioica; bella sombra.
- noun fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves
- brambling1/5
brambling
- noun Eurasian finch
Fringilla montifringilla.
- noun Eurasian finch
- tumbrels1/5
tumbrel
- noun a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
tumbril.
- noun a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
- nembutal1/5
nembutal
- noun a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
pentobarbital; yellow jacket; pentobarbital sodium.
- noun a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
- thrombasthenia1/5
thrombasthenia
- noun a rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage results
- noun a rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage results
- clumber1/5
clumber
- noun a thickset spaniel with longish silky hair
clumber spaniel.
- noun a thickset spaniel with longish silky hair
- numbat1/5
numbat
- noun small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
Myrmecobius fasciatus; banded anteater; anteater.
- noun small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
- rocambole1/5
rocambole
- noun European leek cultivated and used like leeks
sand leek; Spanish garlic; giant garlic; Allium scorodoprasum.
- noun European leek cultivated and used like leeks
- thimbleberry1/5
thimbleberry
- noun shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit
Rubus odoratus; flowering raspberry; purple-flowering raspberry.
- noun white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries
Rubus parviflorus; salmonberry; salmon berry.
- noun shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit
- framboise1/5
framboise
- noun the common European raspberry; fruit red or orange
wild raspberry; Rubus idaeus; European raspberry.
- noun the common European raspberry; fruit red or orange
- noncombustible1/5
noncombustible
- adjective not capable of igniting and burning
incombustible.
- adjective not capable of igniting and burning
- limbless1/5
limbless
- adjective having no limbs
- a snake is a limbless reptile
- adjective having no limbs
- uncombined1/5
uncombined
- adjective not joined or united into one
- adjective not joined or united into one
- incombustible1/5
incombustible
- adjective not capable of igniting and burning
noncombustible.
- adjective not capable of igniting and burning
- unclimbable1/5
unclimbable
- adjective incapable of being ascended
unscalable.
- adjective satellite incapable of being surmounted or climbed
unsurmountable.
- adjective incapable of being ascended
- renumbering1/5
renumbering
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- semblable1/5
semblable
Like; similar; resembling. Obs. Chaucer.
- formby1/5
- cumbrian1/5
cumbrian
Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there.
- rambla1/5
rambla
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- ambas1/5
ambas
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- combustors1/5
- noncombat1/5
noncombat
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- ovambo1/5
ovambo
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- dumbed1/5
dumb
- adjective satellite slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
dim; slow; dense; obtuse; dull.
- so dense he never understands anything I say to him
- never met anyone quite so dim
- although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
- dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
- he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
- worked with the slow students
- adjective satellite temporarily incapable of speaking
speechless.
- struck dumb
- speechless with shock
- adjective satellite slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- cimbri1/5
cimbri
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- intramembranous1/5
- endosymbiotic1/5
- columbians1/5
columbian
- adjective of or relating to Christopher Columbus
- adjective of or relating to Christopher Columbus
- lamba1/5
lamba
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- thrombogenic1/5
thrombogenic
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- alembert's1/5
alembert's
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- lumbricoides1/5
lumbricoides
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- tambor1/5
tambor
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- ombudsperson1/5
ombudsperson
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- limba1/5
limba
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- procumbens1/5
procumbens
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- chambertin1/5
chambertin
A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy.
- columbiad1/5
columbiad
(Mil.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation. ✍ Since the War of 1812 the Columbiad has been much modified form now used in seacoast defense is often called the Rodman gun.
- shamba1/5
shamba
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- pombo1/5
- lambeau1/5
lambeau
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- lambdoid1/5
lambdoid
Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (Λ); as, the .lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull
- kombu1/5
kombu
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- emblemata1/5
- endosymbiosis1/5
- decembrists1/5
- symbolics1/5
symbolic
- adjective relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
symbolical.
- symbolic logic
- symbolic operations
- symbolic thinking
- adjective satellite serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
symbolical; emblematical; emblematic.
- a crown is emblematic of royalty
- the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
- adjective relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
- bombesin1/5
- embolisation1/5
- emblematically1/5
emblematical
- adjective satellite serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
symbolical; symbolic; emblematic.
- a crown is emblematic of royalty
- the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
- adjective satellite serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
- cumbia1/5
cumbia
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- namby1/5
- ignimbrite1/5
ignimbrite
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- somnambulistic1/5
somnambulistic
Of or pertaining to a somnambulist or somnambulism; affected by somnambulism; appropriate to the state of a somnambulist. Whether this was an intentional and waking departure, or a somnambulistic leave-taking and waking in her sleep, may remain a subject of contention. Dickens.
- ombres1/5
ombre
(Zoöl.) A large Mediterranean food fish ( Umbrina cirrhosa ): -- called alsoumbra , andumbrine .
- northumbrians1/5
northumbrian
Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. --n. A native or inhabitant of Northumberland.
- decembrist1/5
decembrist
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- sambhogakaya1/5
- jambu1/5
jambu
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- ambar1/5
ambar
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- periumbilical1/5
- disassembler1/5
disassemble
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; dismantle; break apart.
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
- lambie1/5
lambie
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- harambee1/5
- numbingly1/5
numbing
- adjective satellite causing numbness or insensitivity
- the numbing effect of grief
- verb make numb or insensitive
benumb; blunt; dull; numb.
- The shock numbed her senses
- adjective satellite causing numbness or insensitivity
- endosymbionts1/5
- gimble1/5
gimble
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- renumber1/5
renumber
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- scumbags1/5
scumbags
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- embden1/5
- thromboxanes1/5
- brumby1/5
- colombier1/5
colombier
A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper .
- symboles1/5
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
- sumbawa1/5
sumbawa
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- embase1/5
embase
To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate. Obs.Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills. Sylvester.
Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. Bacon.
Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity. South.
- toowoomba1/5
- lumbrical1/5
lumbrical
(Anat.) Resembling a worm; --as, the .lumbrical muscles of the hands of the hands and feetn. A lumbrical muscle.
- unassembled1/5
- yohimbe1/5
- embosomed1/5
embosomed
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- combinator1/5
combinator
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- embourgeoisement1/5
- beachcombing1/5
- unlimbered1/5
unlimber
(Mil.) To detach the limber from; as, to .unlimber a gun
- sambal1/5
sambal
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- combiners1/5
combiner
One who, or that which, combines.
- cumbre1/5
cumbre
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- semblables1/5
semblable
Like; similar; resembling. Obs. Chaucer.
- preambular1/5
- circumambient1/5
circumambient
Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." J. Armstrong.
- embryoid1/5
embryoid
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- endosymbiont1/5
endosymbiont
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- columbiana1/5
columbiana
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- cambs1/5
cambs
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- umbral1/5
umbral
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- membrana1/5
membrana
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- trembly1/5
tremble
- noun a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
shiver; shake.
- verb move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
- His hands were trembling when he signed the document
- noun a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
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- gumball1/5
gumball
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- miombo1/5
- ambigua1/5
ambigua
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- ambonese1/5
- hambro1/5
hambro
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- lumbricals1/5
lumbrical
(Anat.) Resembling a worm; --as, the .lumbrical muscles of the hands of the hands and feetn. A lumbrical muscle.
- combattants1/5
combatant
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
scrapper; fighter; belligerent; battler.
- adjective satellite engaging in or ready for combat
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
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- ambients1/5
ambient
- adjective satellite completely enveloping
- the ambient air
- ambient sound
- the ambient temperature
- adjective satellite completely enveloping
- ambassade1/5
ambassade
The mission of an ambassador. Obs. Carew.
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- vallombrosa1/5
- jambo1/5
jambo
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- rememberer1/5
rememberer
One who remembers.
- nonsymbolic1/5
nonsymbolic
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- embryologically1/5
embryological
(Biol.) Of or pertaining to embryology.
- imbrium1/5
imbrium
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- ramblas1/5
- scambler1/5
scambler
1. One who scambles.
- ambitus1/5
ambitus
The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.
- jambe1/5
jamb
- noun upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
- noun upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
- tromba1/5
tromba
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- caramba1/5
- lumbricus1/5
lumbricus
(Zoöl.) A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligochæta, and including the common earthworms. See Earthworm .
- zembla1/5
zembla
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- embryonated1/5
embryonated
(Biol.) In the state of, or having, an embryonal.
- lambers1/5
lambers
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- vraisemblance1/5
vraisemblance
The appearance of truth; verisimilitude.
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emblematize
To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize. Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiate figure. Bp. Hurd.
- zambo1/5
zambo
The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.
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womble
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- rumbo1/5
rumbo
grog. Obs. Sir W. Scott.
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- umble1/5
umble
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iliolumbar
(Anat.) Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions; as, the .iliolumbar artery
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embolize
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bombo
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imbricata
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amban
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- jambes1/5
jamb
- noun upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
- noun upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
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ambigu
An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time.
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dissemblance
Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. R. Osborne.
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semblant
Like; resembling. Obs. Prior.
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dreamboat
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gumboots
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embarras
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kimberlin
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amboina
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umbellata
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fimbriate
- adjective satellite having a fringe of slender processes
- adjective satellite having a fringe of slender processes
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pseudomembrane
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warmblooded
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plumbum
(Chem.) The technical name of lead. See Lead .
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szymborska
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hamba
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trombe
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numbskull
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- gambo1/5
gambo
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- steamboating1/5
steamboat
- noun a boat propelled by a steam engine
- noun a boat propelled by a steam engine
- embayed1/5
embay
To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing. Obs. Spenser.
- embar1/5
embar
To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars. Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. Spenser.
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- tembe1/5
tembe
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- jumbos1/5
jumbo
- adjective satellite of great mass; huge and bulky
elephantine; giant; gargantuan.
- a jumbo jet
- jumbo shrimp
- adjective satellite of great mass; huge and bulky
- thrombophilias1/5
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- emblema1/5
emblema
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hamber
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ambrotype
(Photog.) A picture taken on a place of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.
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lambertini
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tambura
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gumballs
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warmblood
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combinatorial
- adjective satellite relating to or involving combinations
combinatory; combinative.
- adjective satellite relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets
- adjective satellite relating to or involving combinations
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lombardic
Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.
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boombox
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kimbo
Crooked; arched; bent. Written also Dryden.kimbow .
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nonmembership
State of not being a member.
- hamble1/5
hamble
To hamstring. Obs.
- lambada1/5
lambada
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- embedder1/5
embed
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
plant; implant; imbed; engraft.
- He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
- The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
- verb attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war
- The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division
- verb fix or set securely or deeply
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emblematize
To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize. Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiate figure. Bp. Hurd.
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embraceable
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- incumbered1/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
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whimbrel
(Zoöl) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius phæopus), called also Jack curlew ,half curlew ,stone curlew , andtang whaup . See Illustration inAppendix .
- encumbrancer1/5
encumbrancer
(Law) Same as Incumbrancer .
- ambe1/5
ambe
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- embarrassedly1/5
embarrassed
- adjective satellite feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
chagrined; abashed.
- felt abashed at the extravagant praise
- chagrined at the poor sales of his book
- was embarrassed by her child's tantrums
- verb cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
embarrass; abash.
- adjective satellite feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
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fimbriata
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umbilicate
- adjective satellite depressed like a navel
- adjective satellite depressed like a navel
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ambach
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unambivalent
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- membraneous1/5
membraneous
See Membranous .
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somnambulant
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symblepharon
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- combattant1/5
combatant
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
scrapper; fighter; belligerent; battler.
- adjective satellite engaging in or ready for combat
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
- tomblike1/5
- lamb's1/5
lamb
- noun young sheep
- noun English essayist (1775-1834)
Charles Lamb; Elia.
- noun young sheep
- comble1/5
comble
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- embassage1/5
embassage
An embassy. "He sent a solemn embassage." Bacon.Except your embassages have better success. Motley.
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tumblerful
As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.
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lambdoidal
Same as Lambdoid .
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corymbosa
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somnambulic
Somnambulistic.
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lambswool
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procambium
(Bot.) The young tissue of a fibrovascular bundle before its component cells have begun to be differentiated. Sachs.
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columbae
(Zoöl.) An order of birds, including the pigeons.
- combinatoric1/5
combinatoric
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- gambe1/5
gambe
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sambo
A colloquial or humorous appelation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo. deprecatory and impolite
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rhomboideus
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tremblement
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dumba
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ambrotype
(Photog.) A picture taken on a place of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.
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- kumbi1/5
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polyembryony
(Bot.) The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.
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circumambulations
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- comblike1/5
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unincumbered
Not incumbered; not burdened.
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emblematize
To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize. Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiate figure. Bp. Hurd.
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disremember
To fail to remember; to forget. Obs. or Archaic
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rememberer
One who remembers.
- pseudomembranes1/5
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paraumbilical
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- scumbling1/5
scumble
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
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gumboot
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bombastus
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columbianus
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- somnambule1/5
somnambule
A somnambulist.
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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
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domba
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umbriel
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cembra
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- reembarked1/5
reembark
To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again.
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lambrusco
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atremble
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- grumblingly1/5
grumbling
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
rumble; rumbling; grumble.
- they heard the rumbling of thunder
- noun a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
murmuring; grumble; muttering; mutter; murmur.
- noun a loud low dull continuous noise
- zambos1/5
zambo
The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.
- timbal1/5
timbal
A kettledrum. See Tymbal .
- unlimber1/5
unlimber
(Mil.) To detach the limber from; as, to .unlimber a gun
- gombo1/5
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crumby
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sombre
- adjective satellite lacking brightness or color; dull
sober; somber; drab.
- drab faded curtains
- sober Puritan grey
- children in somber brown clothes
- adjective satellite grave or even gloomy in character
melancholy; somber.
- solemn and mournful music
- a suit of somber black
- a somber mood
- adjective satellite lacking brightness or color; dull
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embryogeny
(Biol.) The production and development of an embryo.
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corymbosum
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imbitter
To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant. Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame? South.
Imbittered against each other by former contests. Bancroft.
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symbiote
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- scumbled1/5
scumble
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
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jembe
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cimbrian
Of or pertaining to the Cimbri. --n. One of the Cimbri. See Cimbric .
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jumbie
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umbellatum
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cambogia
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- ambulator1/5
ambulator
One who walks about; a walker.
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ambulante
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plumbeus
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zambra
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embarcation
Same as Embarkation .
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semble
To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. Obs.Where sembling art may carve the fair effect. Prior.
- embarque1/5
embark
- verb go on board
ship.
- verb set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)
enter.
- she embarked upon a new career
- verb go on board
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sisymbrium
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- humbuggery1/5
humbuggery
The practice of imposition.
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dumble
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embattlement
An intended parapet; a battlement.
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coxcombry
The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.
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symbolistic
Characterized by the use of symbols; as, .symbolistic poetry
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lumberer
One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman. U.S.Lumberers have a notion that he (the woodpecker) is harmful to timber. Lowell.
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tambourin
A tambourine. Obs.
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symbiotes
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cumbersome
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
cumbrous.
- a cumbersome piece of machinery
- cumbrous protective clothing
- adjective satellite not elegant or graceful in expression
awkward; inept; ill-chosen; inapt; clumsy.
- an awkward prose style
- a clumsy apology
- his cumbersome writing style
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
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polyembryonic
(Bot.) Polyembryonate.
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remembrancer
One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder. Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow. Goldsmith.
Ye that are the lord's remembrancers. Isa. lxii. 6. (Rev. Ver. ).
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timberwork
Work made of timbers.
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ambiguousness
Ambiguity.
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umbilical
- noun membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
umbilical cord.
- adjective relating to or resembling the umbilicus
- umbilical cord
- noun membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
- proembryo1/5
proembryo
(Bot.) (a) The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo. (b) The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the .proembryo , or protonema, of mosses
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mambu
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nonincumbent
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reassemblage
Assemblage a second time or again.
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tamboura
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umbelliferone
(Chem.) A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3 , found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum ), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from theUmbelliferæ , as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called alsohydroxy-coumarin .its strong fluorescence makes it useful in analytical biochemistry.
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ambisyllabic
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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
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- misnumbered1/5
misnumber
To number wrongly.
- lamber1/5
lamb
- noun young sheep
- noun English essayist (1775-1834)
Charles Lamb; Elia.
- noun young sheep
- assembl1/5
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
- embosser1/5
emboss
- verb raise in a relief
stamp; boss.
- embossed stationery
- verb raise in a relief
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plumbeous
Consisting of, or resembling, lead. J. Ellis.
- bombarde1/5
bombard
- noun a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
bombardon.
- verb cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
pelt.
- They pelted each other with snowballs
- noun a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
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columbianum
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renumbers
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ambans
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preassemble
- verb to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings
prefabricate.
- verb to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings
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emblement
(Law) The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; -- used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees, and the like, is not emblement. Wharton's Law Dict.
- grumbly1/5
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
- rememberable1/5
rememberable
Capable or worthy of being remembered. --Re*mem"ber*a*bly , adv.= memorable The whole vale of Keswick is so rememberable. Coleridge.
- chambellan1/5
- fumblingly1/5
fumbling
- adjective satellite showing lack of skill or aptitude
clumsy; bungling; incompetent.
- a bungling workman
- did a clumsy job
- his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
- verb feel about uncertainly or blindly
grope; fumble.
- She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom
- adjective satellite showing lack of skill or aptitude
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umbilication
A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body; as, the ; also, the condition of being umbilicated.umbilication of a smallpox vesicle
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kombe
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kamboh
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limbatus
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unlimber
(Mil.) To detach the limber from; as, to .unlimber a gun
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cimbric
Pertaining to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe inhabiting Northern Germany. --n. The language of the Cimbri.
- jumba1/5
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membranaceous
Same as Arbuthnot.Membranous .
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numbskulls
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limbeck
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limb
- noun one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
- noun any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
tree branch.
- noun one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper
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tambur
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imbe
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umbellus
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disembed
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rhombifolia
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bombsite
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alumbrado
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ambrosioides
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sumbul
The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, Ferula Sumbul . It is used in medicine as a stimulant.Written also --sumbal .Sum*bul"ic , a.
- ambry1/5
ambry
In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc.
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wombles
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kalimba
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rhomboid
- noun a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
- noun any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade
rhomboid muscle.
- noun a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
- asymbolia1/5
- scombrus1/5
scombrus
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- disremembered1/5
disremember
To fail to remember; to forget. Obs. or Archaic
- ambisexual1/5
- dorsolumbar1/5
- chimbley1/5
chimbley
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gimbal
- noun an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
- noun an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
- embolizations1/5
- formboard1/5
- thumbling1/5
- procambial1/5
- unambivalently1/5
- sambhur1/5
- imbruted1/5
imbrute
To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal. And mixed with bestial slime, THis essence to incarnate and imbrute. Milton.
- tumblehome1/5
- tomboyism1/5
tomboyism
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- ambidexter1/5
ambidexter
Using both hands with equal ease. Smollett.
- tremblements1/5
- sambac1/5
sambac
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- thumbkin1/5
thumbkin
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
- combinant1/5
combinant
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- nonambiguous1/5
- columbi1/5
columbi
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- perambulatory1/5
- reembark1/5
reembark
To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again.
- jambolana1/5
jambolana
(Bot.) A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical America ( Calyptranthes Jambolana ), with astringent bark, used for dyeing. It bears an edible fruit.
- kembo1/5
- comby1/5
- embarquement1/5
- zambezian1/5
- ambulators1/5
ambulator
One who walks about; a walker.
- imbodied1/5
imbody
To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See Embody .The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes. Milton.
- embryons1/5
- amboceptor1/5
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dumb
- adjective satellite slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
dim; slow; dense; obtuse; dull.
- so dense he never understands anything I say to him
- never met anyone quite so dim
- although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
- dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
- he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
- worked with the slow students
- adjective satellite temporarily incapable of speaking
speechless.
- struck dumb
- speechless with shock
- adjective satellite slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- adambulacral1/5
adambulacral
(Zoöl.) Next to the ambulacra; as, the .adambulacral ossicles of the starfish
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