nc: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of nc
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sync
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
synchronize; synchronise.
- Let's synchronize our efforts
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
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zinc
- noun a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
atomic number 30; Zn.
- verb coat or cover with zinc
- noun a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
- inc4/5
inc
A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one twelfth yards. Written also ink .
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- blanc3/5
blanc
- noun a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
- noun a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
- franc3/5
franc
- noun the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
- noun the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
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- banc3/5
banc
A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
- leblanc3/5
leblanc
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nunc
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- poulenc2/5
poulenc
- noun French pianist and composer (1899-1963)
Francis Poulenc.
- noun French pianist and composer (1899-1963)
- bronc2/5
bronc
- noun an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
bronco; broncho.
- noun an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
- ferenc2/5
ferenc
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- enc2/5
enc
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conc
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- lanfranc2/5
lanfranc
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- async2/5
async
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flnc
- noun a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism
National Liberation Front of Corsica.
- noun a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism
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charabanc
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
coach; omnibus; bus; motorbus; motorcoach; passenger vehicle; jitney; autobus; double-decker.
- he always rode the bus to work
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
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quidnunc
- noun a person who meddles in the affairs of others
nosy-parker; nosey-parker; busybody.
- noun a person who meddles in the affairs of others
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tronc
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- canc1/5
canc
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junc
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- chanc1/5
chanc
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- tinc1/5
tinc
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Suffixes of nc
- ncaa«Word Popularity Bar3/5
- nci3/5
- nco3/5
nco
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- ncdc1/5
ncdc
- noun the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data
National Climatic Data Center.
- noun the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data
Derived words of nc
- province«Word Popularity Bar5/5
province
- noun the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
state.
- his state is in the deep south
- noun the proper sphere or extent of your activities
responsibility.
- it was his province to take care of himself
- noun the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
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province
- noun the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
state.
- his state is in the deep south
- noun the proper sphere or extent of your activities
responsibility.
- it was his province to take care of himself
- noun the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
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provincial
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
- the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
- noun a country person
bucolic; peasant.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
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dependency
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependance; dependence.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
dependance; addiction; habituation; dependence.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- france5/5
france
- noun a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
French Republic.
- noun French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)
Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault; Anatole France.
- noun a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
- independence5/5
independence
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
independency.
- noun the successful ending of the American Revolution
- they maintained close relations with England even after independence
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
- princeton5/5
princeton
- noun a university town in central New Jersey
- noun a university in New Jersey
Princeton University.
- noun a university town in central New Jersey
- lawrence5/5
lawrence
- noun Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
St. Lawrence; Saint Lawrence; Laurentius.
- noun Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)
Thomas Edward Lawrence; T. E. Lawrence; Lawrence of Arabia.
- noun Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
- nancy5/5
nancy
- noun a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
- noun a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
- fence5/5
fence
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
fencing.
- noun a dealer in stolen property
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- florence5/5
florence
An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value. Camden.
- manchester5/5
manchester
- noun largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
- noun a city in northwestern England (30 miles to the east of Liverpool); heart of the most densely populated area of England
- noun largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
- increase5/5
increase
- noun a quantity that is added
addition; gain.
- there was an addition to property taxes this year
- they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks
- noun a change resulting in an increase
- the increase is scheduled for next month
- noun a quantity that is added
- french5/5
french
Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
- increased5/5
increased
- adjective made greater in size or amount or degree
- verb become bigger or greater in amount
increase.
- The amount of work increased
- adjective made greater in size or amount or degree
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increasing
- adjective becoming greater or larger
- increasing prices
- verb become bigger or greater in amount
increase.
- The amount of work increased
- adjective becoming greater or larger
- balance5/5
balance
- noun a state of equilibrium
- noun equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- noun a state of equilibrium
- ancient5/5
ancient
- noun a very old person
antediluvian.
- noun a person who lived in ancient times
- noun a very old person
- cancer5/5
cancer
- noun any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
malignant neoplastic disease.
- noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
Crab.
- noun any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
- increases5/5
increase
- noun a quantity that is added
addition; gain.
- there was an addition to property taxes this year
- they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks
- noun a change resulting in an increase
- the increase is scheduled for next month
- noun a quantity that is added
- lincoln5/5
lincoln
- noun 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
President Abraham Lincoln; President Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln.
- noun capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern Nebraska; site of the University of Nebraska
capital of Nebraska.
- noun 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
- concentrated5/5
concentrated
- adjective gathered together or made less diffuse
- their concentrated efforts
- his concentrated attention
- concentrated study
- a narrow thread of concentrated ore
- verb make denser, stronger, or purer
concentrate.
- concentrate juice
- adjective gathered together or made less diffuse
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concentrate
- noun the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
dressed ore.
- noun a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
- noun the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
- bench5/5
bench
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- noun a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
terrace.
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- enclosed5/5
enclosed
- adjective closed in or surrounded or included within
- an enclosed porch
- an enclosed yard
- the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
wrap; enclose; envelop; enfold; enwrap.
- Fog enveloped the house
- adjective closed in or surrounded or included within
- acquaintance5/5
acquaintance
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
conversance; conversancy; familiarity.
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
acquaintanceship.
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
- providence5/5
providence
- noun the guardianship and control exercised by a deity
- divine providence
- noun the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
capital of Rhode Island.
- noun the guardianship and control exercised by a deity
- experience5/5
experience
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- a man of experience
- experience is the best teacher
- noun the content of direct observation or participation in an event
- he had a religious experience
- he recalled the experience vividly
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- function5/5
function
- noun (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
single-valued function; mathematical function; mapping; map.
- noun what something is used for
use; role; purpose.
- the function of an auger is to bore holes
- ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
- noun (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
- science5/5
science
- noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
scientific discipline.
- the science of genetics
- noun ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
skill.
- the skill of a well-trained boxer
- the sweet science of pugilism
- noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
- influence5/5
influence
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- used her parents' influence to get the job
- noun causing something without any direct or apparent effort
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
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difference
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- there are many differences between jazz and rock
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; divergence; departure.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
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difference
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- there are many differences between jazz and rock
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; divergence; departure.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- concept5/5
concept
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
conception; construct.
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- distance5/5
distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- noun a distant region
- I could see it in the distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- council5/5
council
- noun a body serving in an administrative capacity
- student council
- noun (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
- noun a body serving in an administrative capacity
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function
- noun (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
single-valued function; mathematical function; mapping; map.
- noun what something is used for
use; role; purpose.
- the function of an auger is to bore holes
- ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
- noun (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
- chance5/5
chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunity.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
fortune; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- resistance5/5
resistance
- noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
opposition.
- he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens
- despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
- noun any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- experiences5/5
experience
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- a man of experience
- experience is the best teacher
- noun the content of direct observation or participation in an event
- he had a religious experience
- he recalled the experience vividly
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- conclusion5/5
conclusion
- noun a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
decision; determination.
- a decision unfavorable to the opposition
- his conclusion took the evidence into account
- satisfied with the panel's determination
- noun an intuitive assumption
- jump to a conclusion
- noun a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
- audience5/5
audience
- noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
- the audience applauded
- someone in the audience began to cough
- noun the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment
- every artist needs an audience
- the broadcast reached an audience of millions
- noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
- concepts5/5
concept
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
conception; construct.
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- advanced5/5
advanced
- adjective satellite farther along in physical or mental development
- the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'
- children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average
- verb move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
advance; move on; march on; progress; pass on; go on.
- Time marches on
- adjective satellite farther along in physical or mental development
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consequence
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
effect; result; upshot; outcome; issue; event.
- the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
- his decision had depressing consequences for business
- he acted very wise after the event
- noun the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
aftermath.
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
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concentration
- noun the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume
- noun the spatial property of being crowded together
compactness; tightness; denseness; density.
- noun the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume
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experienced
- adjective having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
experient.
- verb go or live through
see; go through; experience.
- We had many trials to go through
- he saw action in Viet Nam
- adjective having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
- advance5/5
advance
- noun a movement forward
progress; progression.
- he listened for the progress of the troops
- noun a change for the better; progress in development
betterment; improvement.
- noun a movement forward
- dance5/5
dance
- noun an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- noun a party of people assembled for dancing
- noun an artistic form of nonverbal communication
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prince
- noun a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- noun a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- sciences5/5
science
- noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
scientific discipline.
- the science of genetics
- noun ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
skill.
- the skill of a well-trained boxer
- the sweet science of pugilism
- noun a particular branch of scientific knowledge
- branch5/5
branch
- noun a division of some larger or more complex organization
subdivision; arm.
- a branch of Congress
- botany is a branch of biology
- the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages
- noun a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- noun a division of some larger or more complex organization
- consequence5/5
consequence
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
effect; result; upshot; outcome; issue; event.
- the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
- his decision had depressing consequences for business
- he acted very wise after the event
- noun the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
aftermath.
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
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concluded
- adjective satellite having come or been brought to a conclusion
terminated; complete; over; ended; all over.
- the harvesting was complete
- the affair is over, ended, finished
- the abruptly terminated interview
- verb decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
reason; reason out; conclude.
- We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house
- adjective satellite having come or been brought to a conclusion
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encourage
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
- influenced5/5
influence
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- used her parents' influence to get the job
- noun causing something without any direct or apparent effort
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- conclusions5/5
conclusion
- noun a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
decision; determination.
- a decision unfavorable to the opposition
- his conclusion took the evidence into account
- satisfied with the panel's determination
- noun an intuitive assumption
- jump to a conclusion
- noun a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
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encouraged
- adjective satellite inspired with confidence
bucked up.
- felt bucked up by his success
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; encourage; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- adjective satellite inspired with confidence
- entrance5/5
entrance
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
entryway; entree; entranceway; entry.
- they waited at the entrance to the garden
- beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
- noun a movement into or inward
entering.
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
- conception5/5
conception
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
concept; construct.
- noun the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- branches5/5
branch
- noun a division of some larger or more complex organization
subdivision; arm.
- a branch of Congress
- botany is a branch of biology
- the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages
- noun a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- noun a division of some larger or more complex organization
- defence5/5
defence
- noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
defence mechanism; defense reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defence reaction.
- noun (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
defense; defending team.
- his teams are always good on defense
- noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- influences5/5
influence
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- used her parents' influence to get the job
- noun causing something without any direct or apparent effort
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- governance5/5
governance
- noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
governing body; organisation; administration; organization; brass; establishment.
- he claims that the present administration is corrupt
- the governance of an association is responsible to its members
- he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment
- noun the act of governing; exercising authority
administration; government activity; governing; government.
- regulations for the governing of state prisons
- he had considerable experience of government
- noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- dependence5/5
dependence
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependance; dependency.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
dependance; addiction; habituation; dependency.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- concentrations5/5
concentration
- noun the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume
- noun the spatial property of being crowded together
compactness; tightness; denseness; density.
- noun the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume
- residence5/5
residence
- noun any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
abode.
- a person can have several residences
- noun the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
- he refused to live in the governor's residence
- noun any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
- enhance5/5
enhance
- verb increase
heighten; raise.
- This will enhance your enjoyment
- heighten the tension
- verb make better or more attractive
- This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat
- verb increase
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enhanced
- adjective satellite increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality
- her enhanced beauty was the result of a good night's sleep rather than makeup
- careful cleaning was responsible for the enhanced value of the painting
- verb increase
enhance; heighten; raise.
- This will enhance your enjoyment
- heighten the tension
- adjective satellite increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality
- functioning5/5
functioning
- noun process or manner of functioning or operating
performance; operation.
- the power of its engine determines its operation
- the plane's operation in high winds
- they compared the cooking performance of each oven
- the jet's performance conformed to high standards
- verb perform as expected when applied
function; go; work; run; operate.
- The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in
- Does this old car still run well?
- This old radio doesn't work anymore
- noun process or manner of functioning or operating
- correspondence5/5
correspondence
- noun communication by the exchange of letters
- noun compatibility of observations
agreement.
- there was no agreement between theory and measurement
- the results of two tests were in correspondence
- noun communication by the exchange of letters
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conclude
- verb decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
reason; reason out.
- We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house
- verb bring to a close
- The committee concluded the meeting
- verb decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- advances5/5
advance
- noun a movement forward
progress; progression.
- he listened for the progress of the troops
- noun a change for the better; progress in development
betterment; improvement.
- noun a movement forward
- dancing5/5
dancing
- noun taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
dance; terpsichore; saltation.
- verb move in a graceful and rhythmical way
dance.
- The young girl danced into the room
- noun taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- occurrence5/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- launched5/5
launch
- noun a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
- noun the act of propelling with force
launching.
- noun a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
- chances5/5
chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunity.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
fortune; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
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encouraging
- adjective giving courage or confidence or hope
- encouraging advances in medical research
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; encourage; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- adjective giving courage or confidence or hope
- romance5/5
romance
- noun a relationship between two lovers
love affair.
- noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
romanticism.
- noun a relationship between two lovers
- launch5/5
launch
- noun a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
- noun the act of propelling with force
launching.
- noun a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
- ancestors5/5
ancestor
- noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
ascendent; antecedent; ascendant; root.
- noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- audiences5/5
audience
- noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
- the audience applauded
- someone in the audience began to cough
- noun the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment
- every artist needs an audience
- the broadcast reached an audience of millions
- noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
- distances5/5
distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- noun a distant region
- I could see it in the distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- experiencing5/5
experience
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- a man of experience
- experience is the best teacher
- noun the content of direct observation or participation in an event
- he had a religious experience
- he recalled the experience vividly
- noun the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
- uncomfortable5/5
uncomfortable
- adjective conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
- this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable
- the uncomfortable truth
- grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye
- an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest
- the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable
- adjective providing or experiencing physical discomfort
- an uncomfortable chair
- an uncomfortable day in the hot sun
- adjective conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
- concludes5/5
conclude
- verb decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
reason; reason out.
- We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house
- verb bring to a close
- The committee concluded the meeting
- verb decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- anchor5/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- junction5/5
junction
- noun the place where two or more things come together
- noun the state of being joined together
colligation; conjunction; conjugation.
- noun the place where two or more things come together
- presidency5/5
presidency
- noun the tenure of a president
presidential term; administration.
- things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration
- noun the office and function of president
presidentship.
- Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time
- noun the tenure of a president
- sanctions5/5
sanction
- noun formal and explicit approval
indorsement; countenance; endorsement; imprimatur; warrant.
- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
- noun a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
- noun formal and explicit approval
- bunch5/5
bunch
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
clustering; cluster; clump.
- a bunch of trees
- a cluster of admirers
- noun an informal body of friends
gang; crowd; crew.
- he still hangs out with the same crowd
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
- disturbance5/5
disturbance
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
perturbation.
- the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset
- he looked around for the source of the disturbance
- there was a disturbance of neural function
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
perturbation; upset.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
- incurred5/5
incur
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
- People who smoke incur a great danger to their health
- verb receive a specified treatment (abstract)
receive; obtain; find; get.
- These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
- His movie received a good review
- I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
- conceptions5/5
conception
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
concept; construct.
- noun the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- enhancement5/5
enhancement
- noun an improvement that makes something more agreeable
sweetening.
- noun an improvement that makes something more agreeable
- innocence5/5
innocence
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
naturalness; artlessness; ingenuousness.
- noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
whiteness; sinlessness; purity; pureness.
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
- advancing5/5
advancing
- adjective satellite moving forward
forward; forward-moving.
- verb move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
advance; move on; march on; progress; pass on; go on.
- Time marches on
- adjective satellite moving forward
- concluding5/5
concluding
- adjective satellite occurring at or forming an end or termination
terminal; last; final.
- his concluding words came as a surprise
- the final chapter
- the last days of the dinosaurs
- terminal leave
- verb decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
reason; reason out; conclude.
- We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house
- adjective satellite occurring at or forming an end or termination
- enhancing5/5
enhance
- verb increase
heighten; raise.
- This will enhance your enjoyment
- heighten the tension
- verb make better or more attractive
- This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat
- verb increase
- including5/5
include
- verb have as a part, be made up out of
- The list includes the names of many famous writers
- verb consider as part of something
- I include you in the list of culprits
- verb have as a part, be made up out of
- evidence5/5
evidence
- noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
grounds.
- the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
- noun an indication that makes something evident
- his trembling was evidence of his fear
- noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- include5/5
include
- verb have as a part, be made up out of
- The list includes the names of many famous writers
- verb consider as part of something
- I include you in the list of culprits
- verb have as a part, be made up out of
- performance5/5
performance
- noun a dramatic or musical entertainment
public presentation.
- they listened to ten different performances
- the play ran for 100 performances
- the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity
- noun the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
- we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal
- an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto
- noun a dramatic or musical entertainment
- included5/5
included
- adjective satellite enclosed in the same envelope or package
- the included check
- verb have as a part, be made up out of
include.
- The list includes the names of many famous writers
- adjective satellite enclosed in the same envelope or package
- reference5/5
reference
- noun a remark that calls attention to something or someone
mention.
- she made frequent mention of her promotion
- there was no mention of it
- the speaker made several references to his wife
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
acknowledgment; mention; citation; credit; cite; quotation.
- the student's essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
- noun a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- instance5/5
instance
- noun an occurrence of something
case; example.
- it was a case of bad judgment
- another instance occurred yesterday
- but there is always the famous example of the Smiths
- noun an item of information that is typical of a class or group
example; illustration; representative.
- this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
- there is an example on page 10
- noun an occurrence of something
- principles5/5
principle
- noun a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
rule.
- their principles of composition characterized all their works
- noun a rule or standard especially of good behavior
- a man of principle
- he will not violate his principles
- noun a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- principle5/5
principle
- noun a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
rule.
- their principles of composition characterized all their works
- noun a rule or standard especially of good behavior
- a man of principle
- he will not violate his principles
- noun a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- existence5/5
existence
- noun the state or fact of existing
being; beingness.
- a point of view gradually coming into being
- laws in existence for centuries
- noun everything that exists anywhere
universe; creation; macrocosm; world; cosmos.
- they study the evolution of the universe
- the biggest tree in existence
- noun the state or fact of existing
- includes5/5
include
- verb have as a part, be made up out of
- The list includes the names of many famous writers
- verb consider as part of something
- I include you in the list of culprits
- verb have as a part, be made up out of
- violence5/5
violence
- noun an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
force.
- he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
fury; furiousness; wildness; fierceness; vehemence; ferocity.
- the storm's violence
- noun an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- concern5/5
concern
- noun something that interests you because it is important or affects you
- the safety of the ship is the captain's concern
- noun an anxious feeling
fear; care.
- care had aged him
- they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction
- noun something that interests you because it is important or affects you
- conference5/5
conference
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
league.
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- agency5/5
agency
- noun an administrative unit of government
office; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency.
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- noun a business that serves other businesses
- noun an administrative unit of government
- references5/5
reference
- noun a remark that calls attention to something or someone
mention.
- she made frequent mention of her promotion
- there was no mention of it
- the speaker made several references to his wife
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
acknowledgment; mention; citation; credit; cite; quotation.
- the student's essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
- noun a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- insurance5/5
insurance
- noun promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
- noun written contract or certificate of insurance
policy; insurance policy.
- you should have read the small print on your policy
- noun promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
- appearance5/5
appearance
- noun outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
visual aspect.
- noun the event of coming into sight
- noun outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
- concerns5/5
concern
- noun something that interests you because it is important or affects you
- the safety of the ship is the captain's concern
- noun an anxious feeling
fear; care.
- care had aged him
- they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction
- noun something that interests you because it is important or affects you
- principal5/5
principal
- noun the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- noun the educator who has executive authority for a school
head; school principal; head teacher.
- she sent unruly pupils to see the principal
- noun the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- intelligence5/5
intelligence
- noun the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
- noun a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
intelligence service; intelligence agency.
- noun the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
- sequence5/5
sequence
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- the sequence of names was alphabetical
- he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA
- noun a following of one thing after another in time
chronological succession; succession; chronological sequence; successiveness.
- the doctor saw a sequence of patients
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- assistance5/5
assistance
- noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
aid; assist; help.
- he gave me an assist with the housework
- could not walk without assistance
- rescue party went to their aid
- offered his help in unloading
- noun a resource
aid; help.
- visual aids in teaching
- noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- confidence5/5
confidence
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
self-confidence; self-assurance; authority; sureness; assurance.
- his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
- after that failure he lost his confidence
- she spoke with authority
- noun a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
- I have confidence in our team
- confidence is always borrowed, never owned
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- sentence5/5
sentence
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- he always spoke in grammatical sentences
- noun (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
condemnation; judgment of conviction; conviction.
- the conviction came as no surprise
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- significance5/5
significance
- noun the quality of being significant
- do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power
- noun a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
import; implication.
- the significance of his remark became clear only later
- the expectation was spread both by word and by implication
- noun the quality of being significant
- silence5/5
silence
- noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- there was a shocked silence
- he gestured for silence
- noun the absence of sound
quiet.
- he needed silence in order to sleep
- the street was quiet
- noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- functional5/5
functional
- adjective designed for or capable of a particular function or use
- a style of writing in which every word is functional
- functional architecture
- adjective involving or affecting function rather than physiology
- functional deafness
- adjective designed for or capable of a particular function or use
- distinction5/5
distinction
- noun a discrimination between things as different and distinct
differentiation.
- it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
note; eminence; preeminence.
- a scholar of great eminence
- noun a discrimination between things as different and distinct
- agencies5/5
agency
- noun an administrative unit of government
office; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency.
- the Central Intelligence Agency
- the Census Bureau
- Office of Management and Budget
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- noun a business that serves other businesses
- noun an administrative unit of government
- maintenance5/5
maintenance
- noun activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
upkeep; care.
- he wrote the manual on car care
- noun means of maintenance of a family or group
- noun activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
- substance5/5
substance
- noun the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
- DNA is the substance of our genes
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
kernel; center; centre; nitty-gritty; essence; sum; meat; heart; pith; nub; heart and soul; core; inwardness; marrow; gist.
- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
- noun the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
- concrete5/5
concrete
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- verb cover with cement
- concrete the walls
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- finance5/5
finance
- noun the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
- noun the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
- noun the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
- uncle5/5
uncle
- noun the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
- noun a source of help and advice and encouragement
- he played uncle to lonely students
- noun the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
- instances5/5
instance
- noun an occurrence of something
case; example.
- it was a case of bad judgment
- another instance occurred yesterday
- but there is always the famous example of the Smiths
- noun an item of information that is typical of a class or group
example; illustration; representative.
- this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
- there is an example on page 10
- noun an occurrence of something
- incident5/5
incident
- noun a single distinct event
- noun a public disturbance
- the police investigated an incident at the bus station
- noun a single distinct event
- announced5/5
announced
- adjective satellite declared publicly; made widely known
proclaimed.
- their announced intentions
- the newspaper's proclaimed adherence to the government's policy
- verb make known; make an announcement
announce; denote.
- She denoted her feelings clearly
- adjective satellite declared publicly; made widely known
- guidance5/5
guidance
- noun something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
counseling; direction; counsel; counselling.
- noun the act of guiding or showing the way
steering.
- noun something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- lunch5/5
lunch
- noun a midday meal
luncheon; tiffin; dejeuner.
- verb take the midday meal
- At what time are you lunching?
- noun a midday meal
- encounter5/5
encounter
- noun a minor short-term fight
skirmish; brush; clash.
- noun a casual or unexpected convergence
meeting.
- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
- noun a minor short-term fight
- uncertainty5/5
uncertainty
- noun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
precariousness; uncertainness.
- the uncertainty of the outcome
- the precariousness of his income
- noun the state of being unsure of something
dubiousness; doubtfulness; doubt; dubiety; incertitude.
- noun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
- sentences5/5
sentence
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- he always spoke in grammatical sentences
- noun (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
condemnation; judgment of conviction; conviction.
- the conviction came as no surprise
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- alliance5/5
alliance
- noun the state of being allied or confederated
confederation.
- noun a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
bond.
- the shifting alliances within a large family
- their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them
- noun the state of being allied or confederated
- conceptual5/5
conceptual
- adjective satellite being or characterized by concepts or their formation
- conceptual discussions
- the schizophrenic loses ability to abstract or do conceptual thinking
- sex is a notional category, gender is a grammatical category
- adjective satellite being or characterized by concepts or their formation
- compliance5/5
compliance
- noun acting according to certain accepted standards
conformity; conformation; abidance.
- their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
deference; obligingness; complaisance; compliancy.
- noun acting according to certain accepted standards
- emergence5/5
emergence
- noun the gradual beginning or coming forth
outgrowth; growth.
- figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
- noun the becoming visible
egress; issue.
- not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
- noun the gradual beginning or coming forth
- encountered5/5
encounter
- noun a minor short-term fight
skirmish; brush; clash.
- noun a casual or unexpected convergence
meeting.
- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
- noun a minor short-term fight
- incorporated5/5
incorporated
- adjective satellite formed or united into a whole
incorporate; merged; integrated; unified.
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
integrate; incorporate.
- She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal
- adjective satellite formed or united into a whole
- substances5/5
substance
- noun the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
- DNA is the substance of our genes
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
kernel; center; centre; nitty-gritty; essence; sum; meat; heart; pith; nub; heart and soul; core; inwardness; marrow; gist.
- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
- noun the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
- sequences5/5
sequence
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- the sequence of names was alphabetical
- he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA
- noun a following of one thing after another in time
chronological succession; succession; chronological sequence; successiveness.
- the doctor saw a sequence of patients
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- variance5/5
variance
- noun an event that departs from expectations
variant; discrepancy.
- noun discord that splits a group
division.
- noun an event that departs from expectations
- balanced5/5
balanced
- adjective being in a state of proper equilibrium
- the carefully balanced seesaw
- a properly balanced symphony orchestra
- a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history
- a balanced blend of whiskeys
- the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers
- verb bring into balance or equilibrium
equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize; balance.
- She has to balance work and her domestic duties
- balance the two weights
- adjective being in a state of proper equilibrium
- interference5/5
interference
- noun a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
intervention.
- noun the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
hinderance; hindrance.
- noun a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
- financing5/5
financing
- noun the act of financing
funding.
- verb obtain or provide money for
finance.
- Can we finance the addition to our home?
- noun the act of financing
- conceived5/5
conceive
- verb have the idea for
gestate; conceptualize; conceptualise.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb judge or regard; look upon; judge
believe; think; consider.
- I think he is very smart
- I believe her to be very smart
- I think that he is her boyfriend
- The racist conceives such people to be inferior
- verb have the idea for
- inclusion5/5
inclusion
- noun the state of being included
- noun the relation of comprising something
comprehension.
- he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work
- noun the state of being included
- fancy5/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
- princess5/5
princess
- noun a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
- noun a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
- deficiency5/5
deficiency
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
lack; want.
- there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
- water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
- for want of a nail the shoe was lost
- noun lack of an adequate quantity or number
insufficiency; inadequacy.
- the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- pronounced5/5
pronounced
- adjective satellite strongly marked; easily noticeable
marked.
- walked with a marked limp
- a pronounced flavor of cinnamon
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; pronounce; enunciate; articulate; say; enounce.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- adjective satellite strongly marked; easily noticeable
- inclined5/5
inclined
- adjective (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency
- wasn't inclined to believe the excuse
- inclined to be moody
- verb have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
run; incline; lean; be given; tend.
- She tends to be nervous before her lectures
- These dresses run small
- He inclined to corpulence
- adjective (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency
- inheritance5/5
inheritance
- noun hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
heritage.
- noun that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
heritage.
- noun hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
- incentives5/5
incentive
- noun a positive motivational influence
motivator; inducement.
- noun an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
bonus.
- noun a positive motivational influence
- consistency5/5
consistency
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
body; consistence; eubstance.
- wool has more body than rayon
- when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
- noun a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
consistence.
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- abundance5/5
abundance
- noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
copiousness; teemingness.
- an age of abundance
- noun (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
- noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
- conjunction5/5
conjunction
- noun the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
concurrence; co-occurrence; coincidence.
- the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable
- noun the state of being joined together
colligation; junction; conjugation.
- noun the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
- performances5/5
performance
- noun a dramatic or musical entertainment
public presentation.
- they listened to ten different performances
- the play ran for 100 performances
- the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity
- noun the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
- we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal
- an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto
- noun a dramatic or musical entertainment
- incidents5/5
incident
- noun a single distinct event
- noun a public disturbance
- the police investigated an incident at the bus station
- noun a single distinct event
- incentive5/5
incentive
- noun a positive motivational influence
motivator; inducement.
- noun an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
bonus.
- noun a positive motivational influence
- concert5/5
concert
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- verb contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- encouragement5/5
encouragement
- noun the expression of approval and support
- noun the act of giving hope or support to someone
boost.
- noun the expression of approval and support
- stance5/5
stance
- noun standing posture
- noun a rationalized mental attitude
position; posture.
- noun standing posture
- obedience5/5
obedience
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
obeisance.
- noun the trait of being willing to obey
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
- attendance5/5
attendance
- noun the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
attending.
- noun the frequency with which a person is present
- a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade
- noun the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
- incorporate5/5
incorporate
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
integrate.
- She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal
- verb include or contain; have as a component
comprise; contain.
- A totally new idea is comprised in this paper
- The record contains many old songs from the 1930's
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
- excellence5/5
excellence
- noun the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
excellency.
- a center of manufacturing excellence
- the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine
- noun the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
- convergence5/5
convergence
- noun the occurrence of two or more things coming together
- noun the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
convergency.
- noun the occurrence of two or more things coming together
- distinctions5/5
distinction
- noun a discrimination between things as different and distinct
differentiation.
- it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
note; eminence; preeminence.
- a scholar of great eminence
- noun a discrimination between things as different and distinct
- reconciliation5/5
reconciliation
- noun the reestablishing of cordial relations
rapprochement.
- noun getting two things to correspond
balancing.
- the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement
- noun the reestablishing of cordial relations
- conferences5/5
conference
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
league.
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- encounters5/5
encounter
- noun a minor short-term fight
skirmish; brush; clash.
- noun a casual or unexpected convergence
meeting.
- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
- noun a minor short-term fight
- offence5/5
offence
- noun the action of attacking an enemy
offense; offensive.
- noun the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
offense.
- noun the action of attacking an enemy
- convenience5/5
convenience
- noun the state of being suitable or opportune
- chairs arranged for his own convenience
- noun the quality of being useful and convenient
- they offered the convenience of an installment plan
- noun the state of being suitable or opportune
- pencil5/5
pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- noun graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
- the words were scribbled in pencil
- this artist's favorite medium is pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- advancement5/5
advancement
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
promotion; furtherance.
- noun the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
advance; forward motion; progression; procession; onward motion; progress.
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
- uncommon5/5
uncommon
- adjective not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
- uncommon birds
- frost and floods are uncommon during these months
- doing an uncommon amount of business
- an uncommon liking for money
- he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability
- adjective satellite marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
rare.
- what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell
- a rare skill
- an uncommon sense of humor
- she was kind to an uncommon degree
- adjective not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
- balancing5/5
balancing
- noun getting two things to correspond
reconciliation.
- the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement
- verb bring into balance or equilibrium
equilibrate; equilibrise; equilibrize; balance.
- She has to balance work and her domestic duties
- balance the two weights
- noun getting two things to correspond
- concealed5/5
concealed
- adjective satellite not accessible to view
out of sight; hidden.
- concealed (or hidden) damage
- in stormy weather the stars are out of sight
- verb prevent from being seen or discovered
conceal; hide.
- Muslim women hide their faces
- hide the money
- adjective satellite not accessible to view
- appearances5/5
appearance
- noun outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
visual aspect.
- noun the event of coming into sight
- noun outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
- allowance5/5
allowance
- noun an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- travel allowance
- my weekly allowance of two eggs
- a child's allowance should not be too generous
- noun a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
- noun an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- conceive5/5
conceive
- verb have the idea for
gestate; conceptualize; conceptualise.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb judge or regard; look upon; judge
believe; think; consider.
- I think he is very smart
- I believe her to be very smart
- I think that he is her boyfriend
- The racist conceives such people to be inferior
- verb have the idea for
- financial5/5
financial
- adjective involving financial matters
fiscal.
- fiscal responsibility
- adjective involving financial matters
- income5/5
income
- noun the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
- noun the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
- presence5/5
presence
- noun the state of being present; current existence
- he tested for the presence of radon
- noun the immediate proximity of someone or something
front.
- she blushed in his presence
- he sensed the presence of danger
- he was well behaved in front of company
- noun the state of being present; current existence
- importance5/5
importance
- noun the quality of being important and worthy of note
- the importance of a well-balanced diet
- noun a prominent status
grandness.
- a person of importance
- noun the quality of being important and worthy of note
- concerned5/5
concerned
- adjective feeling or showing worry or solicitude
- concerned parents of youthful offenders
- was concerned about the future
- we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand
- greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child
- verb be relevant to
touch on; relate; pertain; have-to doe with; bear on; touch; come to; refer; concern.
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
- adjective feeling or showing worry or solicitude
- circumstances5/5
circumstances
- noun your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
fortune; destiny; fate; portion; lot; luck.
- whatever my fortune may be
- deserved a better fate
- has a happy lot
- the luck of the Irish
- a victim of circumstances
- success that was her portion
- noun a person's financial situation (good or bad)
- he found himself in straitened circumstances
- noun your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- frequency5/5
frequency
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
oftenness; frequence.
- the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second
- the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
- noun the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
relative frequency.
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
- absence5/5
absence
- noun the state of being absent
- he was surprised by the absence of any explanation
- noun failure to be present
- noun the state of being absent
- concerning5/5
concern
- noun something that interests you because it is important or affects you
- the safety of the ship is the captain's concern
- noun an anxious feeling
fear; care.
- care had aged him
- they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction
- noun something that interests you because it is important or affects you
- increasingly5/5
increasingly
- adverb advancing in amount or intensity
more and more; progressively.
- she became increasingly depressed
- adverb advancing in amount or intensity
- efficiency5/5
efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- noun skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort
- she did the work with great efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- tendency5/5
tendency
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
disposition; inclination.
- he had an inclination to give up too easily
- a tendency to be too strict
- noun an inclination to do something
propensity; leaning.
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- emergency5/5
emergency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
pinch; exigency.
- he never knew what to do in an emergency
- noun a state in which martial law applies
- the governor declared a state of emergency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- acceptance5/5
acceptance
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
credence.
- he gave credence to the gossip
- acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
- noun the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
espousal; acceptation; adoption.
- its adoption by society
- the proposal found wide acceptance
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- convinced5/5
convinced
- adjective satellite persuaded of; very sure
positive; confident.
- were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join
- I am positive he is lying
- was confident he would win
- verb make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
convert; win over; convince.
- He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product
- adjective satellite persuaded of; very sure
- pregnancy5/5
pregnancy
- noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
maternity; gestation.
- noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- essence5/5
essence
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
kernel; substance; center; centre; nitty-gritty; sum; meat; heart; pith; nub; heart and soul; core; inwardness; marrow; gist.
- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
- noun any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- inches5/5
inch
- noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
in.
- noun a unit of measurement for advertising space
column inch.
- noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
- inch5/5
inch
- noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
in.
- noun a unit of measurement for advertising space
column inch.
- noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
- accordance5/5
accordance
- noun concurrence of opinion
accord; conformity.
- we are in accord with your proposal
- noun the act of granting rights
accordance of rights.
- the accordance to Canada of rights of access
- noun concurrence of opinion
- currency5/5
currency
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- noun general acceptance or use
- the currency of ideas
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- preference5/5
preference
- noun a strong liking
predilection; taste; penchant.
- my own preference is for good literature
- the Irish have a penchant for blarney
- noun a predisposition in favor of something
predilection; orientation.
- a predilection for expensive cars
- his sexual preferences
- showed a Marxist orientation
- noun a strong liking
- preferences5/5
preference
- noun a strong liking
predilection; taste; penchant.
- my own preference is for good literature
- the Irish have a penchant for blarney
- noun a predisposition in favor of something
predilection; orientation.
- a predilection for expensive cars
- his sexual preferences
- showed a Marxist orientation
- noun a strong liking
- incidence5/5
incidence
- noun the relative frequency of occurrence of something
relative incidence.
- noun the striking of a light beam on a surface
- he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light
- noun the relative frequency of occurrence of something
- glance5/5
glance
- noun a quick look
coup d'oeil; glimpse.
- verb throw a glance at; take a brief look at
peek; glint.
- She only glanced at the paper
- I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting
- noun a quick look
- glanced5/5
glance
- noun a quick look
coup d'oeil; glimpse.
- verb throw a glance at; take a brief look at
peek; glint.
- She only glanced at the paper
- I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting
- noun a quick look
- conscience5/5
conscience
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
scruples; sense of right and wrong; moral sense.
- noun conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
- a person of unflagging conscience
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
- distinctive5/5
distinctive
- adjective satellite of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
typical.
- Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie
- that is typical of you!
- adjective satellite capable of being classified
classifiable.
- adjective satellite of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
- tolerance5/5
tolerance
- noun the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
- noun a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
permissiveness.
- noun the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
- uncertain5/5
uncertain
- adjective lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
incertain; unsure.
- uncertain of his convictions
- unsure of himself and his future
- moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps
- an uncertain smile
- touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers
- adjective not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown
- an uncertain future
- a manuscript of uncertain origin
- plans are still uncertain
- changes of great if uncertain consequences
- without further evidence his story must remain uncertain
- adjective lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
- ignorance5/5
ignorance
- noun the lack of knowledge or education
- noun the lack of knowledge or education
- competence5/5
competence
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
competency.
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
- relevance5/5
relevance
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
relevancy.
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
- frequencies5/5
frequency
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
oftenness; frequence.
- the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second
- the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
- noun the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
relative frequency.
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
- convince5/5
convince
- verb make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
convert; win over.
- He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product
- verb make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
- prevalence5/5
prevalence
- noun the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
- he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future
- noun (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
- noun the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
- assurance5/5
assurance
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
confidence; self-confidence; self-assurance; authority; sureness.
- his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
- after that failure he lost his confidence
- she spoke with authority
- noun a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
pledge.
- an assurance of help when needed
- signed a pledge never to reveal the secret
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- incomplete5/5
incomplete
- adjective not complete or total; not completed
uncomplete.
- an incomplete account of his life
- political consequences of incomplete military success
- an incomplete forward pass
- adjective satellite not yet finished
uncompleted.
- his thesis is still incomplete
- an uncompleted play
- adjective not complete or total; not completed
- dominance5/5
dominance
- noun superior development of one side of the body
laterality.
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
control; ascendance; ascendency; ascendancy; ascendence.
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
- noun superior development of one side of the body
- surveillance5/5
surveillance
- noun close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
- noun close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
- resonance5/5
resonance
- noun an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- noun a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system
- noun an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- reliance5/5
reliance
- noun certainty based on past experience
trust.
- he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists
- he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun
- noun the state of relying on something
- noun certainty based on past experience
- incorrect5/5
incorrect
- adjective not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
wrong.
- an incorrect calculation
- the report in the paper is wrong
- your information is wrong
- the clock showed the wrong time
- found themselves on the wrong road
- based on the wrong assumptions
- adjective satellite not in accord with established usage or procedure
wrong.
- the wrong medicine
- the wrong way to shuck clams
- it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts
- adjective not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
- dysfunction5/5
dysfunction
- noun (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group
disfunction.
- erectile dysfunction
- sexual relationship dysfunction
- noun (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group
- inference5/5
inference
- noun the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
illation.
- noun the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
- convincing5/5
convincing
- adjective causing one to believe the truth of something
- a convincing story
- a convincing manner
- verb make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
convert; win over; convince.
- He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product
- adjective causing one to believe the truth of something
- tendencies5/5
tendency
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
disposition; inclination.
- he had an inclination to give up too easily
- a tendency to be too strict
- noun an inclination to do something
propensity; leaning.
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- circumstance5/5
circumstance
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- noun the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
setting; context.
- the historical context
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- incredible5/5
incredible
- adjective beyond belief or understanding
unbelievable.
- at incredible speed
- the book's plot is simply incredible
- adjective beyond belief or understanding
- inconsistent5/5
inconsistent
- adjective displaying a lack of consistency
- inconsistent statements cannot both be true at the same time
- inconsistent with the roadmap
- adjective satellite not capable of being made consistent or harmonious
- inconsistent accounts
- adjective displaying a lack of consistency
- ranch5/5
ranch
- noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
spread; cattle farm; cattle ranch.
- verb manage or run a ranch
- Her husband is ranching in Arizona
- noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- functionality5/5
functionality
- noun capable of serving a purpose well
- software with greater functionality
- noun capable of serving a purpose well
- transparency5/5
transparency
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
transparence.
- noun the quality of being clear and transparent
transparence; transparentness.
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
- incorporation5/5
incorporation
- noun consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body
- noun learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself
internalisation; internalization.
- noun consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body
- spencer5/5
spencer
One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. Obs. Promptorium Parvulorum.
- sincere5/5
sincere
- adjective open and genuine; not deceitful
- he was a good man, decent and sincere
- felt sincere regret that they were leaving
- sincere friendship
- adjective satellite characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
solemn; earnest.
- both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate
- an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant
- a film with a solemn social message
- adjective open and genuine; not deceitful
- indifference5/5
indifference
- noun unbiased impartial unconcern
- noun apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
stolidity; impassiveness; unemotionality; impassivity; emotionlessness; phlegm.
- noun unbiased impartial unconcern
- persistence5/5
persistence
- noun the property of a continuous and connected period of time
continuity.
- noun persistent determination
perseverance; persistency; tenaciousness; doggedness; tenacity; pertinacity.
- noun the property of a continuous and connected period of time
- announcement5/5
announcement
- noun a formal public statement
declaration; annunciation; proclamation.
- the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war
- a declaration of independence
- noun a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
promulgation.
- the announcement appeared in the local newspaper
- the promulgation was written in English
- noun a formal public statement
- incapable5/5
incapable
- adjective (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability
- incapable of carrying a tune
- he is incapable of understanding the matter
- incapable of doing the work
- adjective satellite not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of')
- incapable of solution
- adjective (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability
- distinct5/5
distinct
- adjective satellite (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
distinguishable.
- plants of several distinct types
- the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses
- gold is distinct from iron
- a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech
- management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees
- adjective easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined
- a distinct flavor
- a distinct odor of turpentine
- a distinct outline
- the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette
- distinct fingerprints
- adjective satellite (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
- unconscious5/5
unconscious
- noun that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
unconscious mind.
- adjective not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
- lay unconscious on the floor
- noun that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
- renaissance5/5
renaissance
A new birth, or revival. Specifically:(a) The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries .(b) The style of art which prevailed at this epoch. The Renaissance was rather the last stage of the Middle Ages, emerging from ecclesiastical and feudal despotism, developing what was original in mediæval ideas by the light of classic arts and letters. J. A. Symonds (Encyc. Brit. ).
- patience5/5
patience
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
longanimity; forbearance.
- noun a card game played by one person
solitaire.
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
- instinct5/5
instinct
- noun inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
inherent aptitude.
- the spawning instinct in salmon
- altruistic instincts in social animals
- adjective satellite (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated
replete.
- imbued with the spirit of the Reformation
- words instinct with love
- it is replete with misery
- noun inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
- unclear5/5
unclear
- adjective poorly stated or described
ill-defined.
- he confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts
- adjective not clear to the mind
- the law itself was unclear on that point
- the reason for their actions is unclear to this day
- adjective poorly stated or described
- avoidance5/5
avoidance
- noun deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
turning away; shunning; dodging.
- noun deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
- inclusive5/5
inclusive
- adjective including much or everything; and especially including stated limits
- an inclusive art form
- an inclusive fee
- his concept of history is modern and inclusive
- from Monday to Friday inclusive
- adjective including much or everything; and especially including stated limits
- distinctly5/5
distinctly
- adverb clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
clearly.
- it's distinctly possible
- I could clearly see myself in his situation
- adverb in a distinct and distinguishable manner
- the subtleties of this distinctly British occasion
- adverb clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
- once5/5
once
- adverb on one occasion
one time; in one case.
- once I ran into her
- adverb as soon as
- once we are home, we can rest
- adverb on one occasion
- hence5/5
hence
- adverb (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
so; thus; therefore; thence.
- therefore X must be true
- the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory
- we were young and thence optimistic
- it is late and thus we must go
- the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted
- adverb from this place
- get thee hence!
- adverb (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- since5/5
since
From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him .since We since become the slaves to one man's lust. B. Jonson.
- francisco5/5
francisco
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- francis5/5
francis
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- vincent5/5
vincent
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- dependencies4/5
dependency
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependance; dependence.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
dependance; addiction; habituation; dependence.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- sanctuary4/5
sanctuary
- noun a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
- noun a shelter from danger or hardship
asylum; refuge.
- noun a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
- frances4/5
france
- noun a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
French Republic.
- noun French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)
Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault; Anatole France.
- noun a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
- cincinnati4/5
cincinnati
- noun a city in southern Ohio on the Ohio river
- noun a city in southern Ohio on the Ohio river
- vancouver4/5
vancouver
- noun English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798)
George Vancouver.
- noun a town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon
- noun English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798)
- lancaster4/5
lancaster
- noun a city in northwestern England
- noun the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose
House of Lancaster; Lancastrian line.
- noun a city in northwestern England
- fences4/5
fence
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
fencing.
- noun a dealer in stolen property
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- winchester4/5
winchester
- noun a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
- noun a shoulder rifle
- noun a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
- concord4/5
concord
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
concordance; harmony.
- noun capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
capital of New Hampshire.
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
- anchorage4/5
anchorage
- noun the condition of being secured to a base
- the plant needs a firm anchorage
- the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family
- noun a fee for anchoring
- noun the condition of being secured to a base
- balances4/5
balance
- noun a state of equilibrium
- noun equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- noun a state of equilibrium
- dancers4/5
dancer
- noun a performer who dances professionally
terpsichorean; professional dancer.
- noun a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)
social dancer.
- noun a performer who dances professionally
- concentrating4/5
concentrate
- noun the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
dressed ore.
- noun a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
- noun the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
- cancers4/5
cancer
- noun any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
malignant neoplastic disease.
- noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
Crab.
- noun any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
- dancer4/5
dancer
- noun a performer who dances professionally
terpsichorean; professional dancer.
- noun a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)
social dancer.
- noun a performer who dances professionally
- acquaintances4/5
acquaintance
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
conversance; conversancy; familiarity.
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
acquaintanceship.
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
- benches4/5
bench
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- noun a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
terrace.
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- concentrates4/5
concentrate
- noun the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
dressed ore.
- noun a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
- noun the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
- frenchman4/5
frenchman
A native or one of the people of France.
- occupancy4/5
occupancy
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
tenancy.
- noun the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
moving in; occupation.
- occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
- ancients4/5
ancients
- noun people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)
- noun a very old person
antediluvian; ancient.
- noun people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)
- synchronized4/5
synchronized
- adjective satellite operating in unison
synchronised.
- the synchronized flapping of a bird's wings
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
synchronize; synchronise; sync.
- Let's synchronize our efforts
- adjective satellite operating in unison
- tenancy4/5
tenancy
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
occupancy.
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
- enclosing4/5
enclosing
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
envelopment; inclosure; enclosure.
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
wrap; enclose; envelop; enfold; enwrap.
- Fog enveloped the house
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
- councils4/5
council
- noun a body serving in an administrative capacity
- student council
- noun (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
- noun a body serving in an administrative capacity
- encourages4/5
encourage
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
- princes4/5
prince
- noun a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- noun a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- disturbances4/5
disturbance
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
perturbation.
- the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset
- he looked around for the source of the disturbance
- there was a disturbance of neural function
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
perturbation; upset.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
- encoding4/5
encoding
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
encryption.
- verb convert information into code
encode.
- encode pictures digitally
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
- cancel4/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- influencing4/5
influence
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- used her parents' influence to get the job
- noun causing something without any direct or apparent effort
- noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
- dances4/5
dance
- noun an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- noun a party of people assembled for dancing
- noun an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- danced4/5
dance
- noun an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- noun a party of people assembled for dancing
- noun an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- infancy4/5
infancy
- noun the early stage of growth or development
early childhood; babyhood.
- noun the earliest state of immaturity
babyhood.
- noun the early stage of growth or development
- sanction4/5
sanction
- noun formal and explicit approval
indorsement; countenance; endorsement; imprimatur; warrant.
- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
- noun a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
- noun formal and explicit approval
- reconcile4/5
reconcile
- verb make (one thing) compatible with (another)
accommodate; conciliate.
- The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories
- verb bring into consonance or accord
harmonize; harmonise.
- harmonize one's goals with one's abilities
- verb make (one thing) compatible with (another)
- enclosure4/5
enclosure
- noun a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
envelopment; inclosure; enclosing.
- noun a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- commencement4/5
commencement
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
outset; get-go; showtime; starting time; kickoff; start; offset; beginning; first.
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
- noun an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
graduation exercise; commencement ceremony; graduation; commencement exercise.
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
- ancestor4/5
ancestor
- noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
ascendent; antecedent; ascendant; root.
- noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- occurrences4/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- incarnation4/5
incarnation
- noun a new personification of a familiar idea
embodiment; avatar.
- the embodiment of hope
- the incarnation of evil
- the very avatar of cunning
- noun (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ
- noun a new personification of a familiar idea
- encoded4/5
encode
- verb convert information into code
- encode pictures digitally
- verb convert information into code
- enhances4/5
enhance
- verb increase
heighten; raise.
- This will enhance your enjoyment
- heighten the tension
- verb make better or more attractive
- This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat
- verb increase
- anchored4/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- launching4/5
launching
- noun the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time
- noun the act of beginning something new
unveiling; introduction; debut; entry; first appearance.
- they looked forward to the debut of their new product line
- noun the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time
- equivalence4/5
equivalence
- noun a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
equation; equality; par.
- on a par with the best
- noun essential equality and interchangeability
- noun a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
- jurisprudence4/5
jurisprudence
- noun the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
legal philosophy; law.
- noun the collection of rules imposed by authority
law.
- civilization presupposes respect for the law
- the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order
- noun the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- synchronization4/5
synchronization
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
synchronisation; synchronicity; synchronizing; synchronism; synchroneity; synchrony.
- the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves
- noun an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison
synchronising; synchronisation; synchronizing.
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
- reconciled4/5
reconciled
- adjective satellite made compatible or consistent
- verb make (one thing) compatible with (another)
accommodate; conciliate; reconcile.
- The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories
- adjective satellite made compatible or consistent
- trance4/5
trance
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
enchantment; spell.
- noun a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
- circumference4/5
circumference
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
perimeter.
- noun the boundary line encompassing an area or object
circuit.
- he had walked the full circumference of his land
- a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
- incompetent4/5
incompetent
- noun someone who is not competent to take effective action
incompetent person.
- adjective legally not qualified or sufficient
unqualified.
- a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband
- incompetent witnesses
- noun someone who is not competent to take effective action
- functioned4/5
function
- noun (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
single-valued function; mathematical function; mapping; map.
- noun what something is used for
use; role; purpose.
- the function of an auger is to bore holes
- ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
- noun (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
- sanchez4/5
sanchez
- noun Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
Ilich Sanchez; Glen Gebhard; Salim; Andres Martinez; Taurus; Carlos the Jackal; Michael Assat; Ilich Ramirez Sanchez; Hector Hevodidbon; Carlos.
- noun Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
- branching4/5
branching
- noun the act of branching out or dividing into branches
fork; forking; ramification.
- verb grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
ramify; branch.
- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
- noun the act of branching out or dividing into branches
- increment4/5
increment
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
increase; growth.
- the increase in unemployment
- the growth of population
- noun the amount by which something increases
increase.
- they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- incur4/5
incur
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
- People who smoke incur a great danger to their health
- verb receive a specified treatment (abstract)
receive; obtain; find; get.
- These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
- His movie received a good review
- I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
- inconvenience4/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
- cancelled4/5
cancelled
- adjective (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
off.
- the wedding is definitely off
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
cancel; scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- adjective (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- defences4/5
defence
- noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
defence mechanism; defense reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defence reaction.
- noun (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
defense; defending team.
- his teams are always good on defense
- noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- residency4/5
residency
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
residence; abidance.
- noun the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship)
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
- increments4/5
increment
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
increase; growth.
- the increase in unemployment
- the growth of population
- noun the amount by which something increases
increase.
- they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- vacancy4/5
vacancy
- noun being unoccupied
- noun an empty area or space
void; emptiness; vacuum.
- the huge desert voids
- the emptiness of outer space
- without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
- noun being unoccupied
- canceled4/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- residences4/5
residence
- noun any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
abode.
- a person can have several residences
- noun the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
- he refused to live in the governor's residence
- noun any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
- enchanted4/5
enchanted
- adjective influenced as by charms or incantations
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enrapture; enchant; transport.
- adjective influenced as by charms or incantations
- romances4/5
romance
- noun a relationship between two lovers
love affair.
- noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
romanticism.
- noun a relationship between two lovers
- anchors4/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- concealment4/5
concealment
- noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
secrecy; privateness; privacy.
- noun a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
covert; screen; cover.
- a screen of trees afforded privacy
- under cover of darkness
- the brush provided a covert for game
- the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
- noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
- uncontrollable4/5
uncontrollable
- adjective satellite difficult to solve or alleviate
unmanageable.
- uncontrollable pain
- adjective satellite of persons
indocile; ungovernable; unruly.
- the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly
- adjective satellite difficult to solve or alleviate
- encapsulated4/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- nuances4/5
nuance
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
nicety; refinement; subtlety; shade.
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- truncated4/5
truncated
- adjective satellite cut short in duration
shortened; abbreviated.
- the abbreviated speech
- her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
- an unsatisfactory truncated conversation
- verb replace a corner by a plane
truncate.
- adjective satellite cut short in duration
- encode4/5
encode
- verb convert information into code
- encode pictures digitally
- verb convert information into code
- junctions4/5
junction
- noun the place where two or more things come together
- noun the state of being joined together
colligation; conjunction; conjugation.
- noun the place where two or more things come together
- freelance4/5
freelance
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
independent; freelancer; free-lance; free lance; self-employed person.
- verb work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- inca4/5
inca
An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun.
- commenced4/5
commence
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
begin; get; start out; set about; start; set out; get down.
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
- verb set in motion, cause to start
lead off; start; begin.
- The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
- The Iraqis began hostilities
- begin a new chapter in your life
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- alliances4/5
alliance
- noun the state of being allied or confederated
confederation.
- noun a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
bond.
- the shifting alliances within a large family
- their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them
- noun the state of being allied or confederated
- negligence4/5
negligence
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
carelessness; nonperformance; neglect.
- noun the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
neglectfulness; neglect.
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
- coherence4/5
coherence
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
cohesion; cohesiveness; coherency.
- noun logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts
coherency.
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
- chancellor4/5
chancellor
- noun the person who is head of state (in several countries)
premier; prime minister.
- noun the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
- noun the person who is head of state (in several countries)
- extinction4/5
extinction
- noun no longer active; extinguished
- the extinction of the volcano
- noun no longer in existence
defunctness.
- the extinction of a species
- noun no longer active; extinguished
- incorporating4/5
incorporate
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
integrate.
- She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal
- verb include or contain; have as a component
comprise; contain.
- A totally new idea is comprised in this paper
- The record contains many old songs from the 1930's
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
- inclination4/5
inclination
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
tendency; disposition.
- he had an inclination to give up too easily
- a tendency to be too strict
- noun (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
inclination of an orbit.
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- coincidence4/5
coincidence
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
happenstance.
- noun the quality of occupying the same position or area in space
- he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
- countenance4/5
countenance
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
visage.
- a pleasant countenance
- a stern visage
- noun formal and explicit approval
sanction; indorsement; endorsement; imprimatur; warrant.
- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
- contingency4/5
contingency
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
eventuality; contingence.
- noun the state of being contingent on something
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
- adherence4/5
adherence
- noun faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
adhesion; attachment.
- attachment to a formal agenda
- adherence to a fat-free diet
- the adhesion of Seville was decisive
- noun the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
adhesiveness; adhesion; bond.
- the mutual adhesiveness of cells
- a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion
- noun faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- ordinance4/5
ordinance
- noun an authoritative rule
regulation.
- noun a statute enacted by a city government
- noun an authoritative rule
- reluctance4/5
reluctance
- noun (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
- noun a certain degree of unwillingness
hesitation; hesitancy; disinclination; indisposition.
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
- noun (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
- conceal4/5
conceal
- verb prevent from being seen or discovered
hide.
- Muslim women hide their faces
- hide the money
- verb hold back; keep from being perceived by others
hold in; hold back.
- She conceals her anger well
- verb prevent from being seen or discovered
- franchise4/5
franchise
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
dealership.
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- reverence4/5
reverence
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
fear; veneration; awe.
- the fear of God
- the Chinese reverence for the dead
- the French treat food with gentle reverence
- his respect for the law bordered on veneration
- noun a reverent mental attitude
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
- disappearance4/5
disappearance
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
disappearing.
- noun the event of passing out of sight
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
- incremental4/5
incremental
- adjective satellite increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
- lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary
- adjective satellite increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
- encryption4/5
encryption
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
encoding.
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
- deficiencies4/5
deficiency
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
lack; want.
- there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
- water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
- for want of a nail the shoe was lost
- noun lack of an adequate quantity or number
insufficiency; inadequacy.
- the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
- noun the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- finances4/5
finances
- noun assets in the form of money
funds; cash in hand; pecuniary resource; monetary resource.
- noun the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
finance.
- noun assets in the form of money
- sentenced4/5
sentence
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- he always spoke in grammatical sentences
- noun (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
condemnation; judgment of conviction; conviction.
- the conviction came as no surprise
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- franco4/5
franco
- noun Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)
Francisco Franco; General Franco; El Caudillo.
- noun Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)
- financed4/5
finance
- noun the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
- noun the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
- noun the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
- expectancy4/5
expectancy
- noun an expectation
anticipation.
- noun something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
anticipation.
- each of them had their own anticipations
- an indicator of expectancy in development
- noun an expectation
- ancestral4/5
ancestral
- adjective satellite inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
patrimonial; transmissible; hereditary.
- ancestral home
- ancestral lore
- hereditary monarchy
- patrimonial estate
- transmissible tradition
- adjective of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
- adjective satellite inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- offences4/5
offence
- noun the action of attacking an enemy
offense; offensive.
- noun the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
offense.
- noun the action of attacking an enemy
- licence4/5
licence
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
license.
- when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant
- the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
- noun freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
license.
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
- uncovered4/5
uncovered
- adjective satellite not covered with clothing
exposed.
- her exposed breast
- verb make visible
bring out; uncover; reveal; unveil.
- Summer brings out bright clothes
- He brings out the best in her
- adjective satellite not covered with clothing
- trench4/5
trench
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- noun a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
oceanic abyss; deep.
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- announce4/5
announce
- verb make known; make an announcement
denote.
- She denoted her feelings clearly
- verb announce publicly or officially
declare.
- The President declared war
- verb make known; make an announcement
- lynch4/5
lynch
- verb kill without legal sanction
- The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child
- verb kill without legal sanction
- injunction4/5
injunction
- noun a formal command or admonition
- noun (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
cease and desist order; enjoining; enjoinment.
- injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order
- noun a formal command or admonition
- evidenced4/5
evidenced
- adjective satellite supported by evidence
- their evidenced friendliness to the US
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; certify; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- adjective satellite supported by evidence
- lance4/5
lance
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
shaft; spear.
- noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
gig; fizgig; fishgig; spear.
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- uncertainties4/5
uncertainty
- noun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
precariousness; uncertainness.
- the uncertainty of the outcome
- the precariousness of his income
- noun the state of being unsure of something
dubiousness; doubtfulness; doubt; dubiety; incertitude.
- noun being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
- sincerity4/5
sincerity
- noun an earnest and sincere feeling
earnestness; seriousness.
- noun the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical
- his sincerity inspired belief
- they demanded some proof of my sincerity
- noun an earnest and sincere feeling
- incorporates4/5
incorporate
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
integrate.
- She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal
- verb include or contain; have as a component
comprise; contain.
- A totally new idea is comprised in this paper
- The record contains many old songs from the 1930's
- verb make into a whole or make part of a whole
- principals4/5
principal
- noun the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- noun the educator who has executive authority for a school
head; school principal; head teacher.
- she sent unruly pupils to see the principal
- noun the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- defiance4/5
defiance
- noun intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
rebelliousness.
- noun a hostile challenge
- noun intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
- interdependence4/5
interdependence
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
mutuality; interdependency.
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
- benchmark4/5
benchmark
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- his painting sets the benchmark of quality
- noun a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
bench mark.
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- sentencing4/5
sentence
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- he always spoke in grammatical sentences
- noun (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
condemnation; judgment of conviction; conviction.
- the conviction came as no surprise
- noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
- 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
- divergence4/5
divergence
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
divergency.
- an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; difference; departure.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
- 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
- precedence4/5
precedence
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
priority; precedency.
- ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
- national independence takes priority over class struggle
- noun preceding in time
antecedency; anteriority; priority; antecedence; precedency.
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
- concerts4/5
concert
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- verb contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- incidental4/5
incidental
- noun (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
incidental expense; minor expense.
- he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses
- noun an item that is incidental
- noun (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
- proficiency4/5
proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- noun skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
technique.
- practice greatly improves proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- denounced4/5
denounce
- verb speak out against
- He denounced the Nazis
- verb to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
stigmatise; brand; stigmatize; mark.
- He denounced the government action
- She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock
- verb speak out against
- sanctioned4/5
sanctioned
- adjective satellite conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
canonic; canonical.
- the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis
- verb give sanction to
O.K.; okay; approve; sanction.
- I approve of his educational policies
- adjective satellite conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
- allowances4/5
allowance
- noun an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- travel allowance
- my weekly allowance of two eggs
- a child's allowance should not be too generous
- noun a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
- noun an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- sequencing4/5
sequence
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- the sequence of names was alphabetical
- he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA
- noun a following of one thing after another in time
chronological succession; succession; chronological sequence; successiveness.
- the doctor saw a sequence of patients
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- conceded4/5
concede
- verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
confess; profess.
- She confessed that she had taken the money
- verb be willing to concede
yield; grant.
- I grant you this much
- verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
- announcing4/5
announce
- verb make known; make an announcement
denote.
- She denoted her feelings clearly
- verb announce publicly or officially
declare.
- The President declared war
- verb make known; make an announcement
- appliances4/5
appliance
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
contraption; gismo; gadget; widget; convenience; contrivance; gizmo.
- noun durable goods for home or office use
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- delinquency4/5
delinquency
- noun nonpayment of a debt when due
- noun a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
dereliction; willful neglect.
- he inherited his delinquency from his father
- his derelictions were not really intended as crimes
- his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities
- noun nonpayment of a debt when due
- constituency4/5
constituency
- noun the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
- noun the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
- ancestry4/5
ancestry
- noun the descendants of one individual
lineage; pedigree; parentage; descent; bloodline; stemma; blood; line; stock; line of descent; origin; blood line.
- his entire lineage has been warriors
- noun inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
lineage; filiation; derivation.
- noun the descendants of one individual
- trenches4/5
trench
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- noun a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
oceanic abyss; deep.
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- pinch4/5
pinch
- noun a painful or straitened circumstance
- the pinch of the recession
- noun an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- noun a painful or straitened circumstance
- sinclair4/5
sinclair
- noun United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
Upton Sinclair; Upton Beall Sinclair.
- noun English electrical engineer who founded a company that introduced many innovative products (born in 1940)
Sir Clive Marles Sinclair; Clive Sinclair.
- noun United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
- encompassing4/5
encompassing
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
wide; across-the-board; broad; blanket; all-encompassing; all-inclusive; all-embracing; extensive; panoptic.
- across-the-board pay increases
- an all-embracing definition
- blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
- an invention with broad applications
- a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
- granted him wide powers
- 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
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
- entrenched4/5
entrenched
- adjective satellite dug in
- verb fix firmly or securely
entrench; intrench.
- adjective satellite dug in
- observance4/5
observance
- noun the act of observing; taking a patient look
observation; watching.
- noun a formal event performed on a special occasion
ceremony; ceremonial occasion; ceremonial.
- a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
- noun the act of observing; taking a patient look
- nuisance4/5
nuisance
- noun (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
- noun a bothersome annoying person
pain in the neck; pain.
- that kid is a terrible pain
- noun (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
- concomitant4/5
concomitant
- noun an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
attendant; accompaniment; co-occurrence.
- adjective satellite following or accompanying as a consequence
accompanying; incidental; consequent; attendant; resultant; sequent; ensuant.
- an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
- snags incidental to the changeover in management
- attendant circumstances
- the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
- the ensuant response to his appeal
- the resultant savings were considerable
- noun an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- redundancy4/5
redundancy
- noun repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
- noun the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
redundance.
- the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers
- noun repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
- synchronous4/5
synchronous
- adjective occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
synchronal; synchronic.
- recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.
- a synchronous set of clocks
- the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight
- synchronous oscillations
- adjective (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions
- adjective occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
- transcendence4/5
transcendence
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
transcendency.
- noun the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
superiority; transcendency.
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
- indulgence4/5
indulgence
- noun an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
self-indulgence.
- noun a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
lenience; leniency.
- too much indulgence spoils a child
- noun an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
- pronunciation4/5
pronunciation
- noun the manner in which someone utters a word
- they are always correcting my pronunciation
- noun the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
orthoepy.
- the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners
- that is the correct pronunciation
- noun the manner in which someone utters a word
- commence4/5
commence
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
begin; get; start out; set about; start; set out; get down.
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
- verb set in motion, cause to start
lead off; start; begin.
- The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
- The Iraqis began hostilities
- begin a new chapter in your life
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- uncover4/5
uncover
- verb make visible
bring out; reveal; unveil.
- Summer brings out bright clothes
- He brings out the best in her
- verb remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
expose.
- uncover your belly
- The man exposed himself in the subway
- verb make visible
- disobedience4/5
disobedience
- noun the failure to obey
noncompliance.
- noun the trait of being unwilling to obey
- noun the failure to obey
- deliverance4/5
deliverance
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
delivery; saving; rescue.
- work is the deliverance of mankind
- a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- sufficiency4/5
sufficiency
- noun sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
- her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency
- noun an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
enough.
- enough is as good as a feast
- there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country
- noun sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
- constituencies4/5
constituency
- noun the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
- noun the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
- incubation4/5
incubation
- noun maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
- noun (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
- noun maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
- elegance4/5
elegance
- noun a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
- she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility
- noun a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)
- the simplicity and elegance of his invention
- noun a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
- transference4/5
transference
- noun (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
- noun transferring ownership
transfer.
- noun (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
- concerted4/5
concerted
- adjective satellite involving the joint activity of two or more
conjunct; cooperative; conjunctive.
- concerted action
- the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind
- the conjunctive focus of political opposition
- a cooperative effort
- a united effort
- joint military activities
- verb contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
concert.
- adjective satellite involving the joint activity of two or more
- announces4/5
announce
- verb make known; make an announcement
denote.
- She denoted her feelings clearly
- verb announce publicly or officially
declare.
- The President declared war
- verb make known; make an announcement
- excellency4/5
excellency
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
excellence.
- a center of manufacturing excellence
- the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine
- noun a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'
- Your Excellency
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
- annoyance4/5
annoyance
- noun the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
botheration; vexation; irritation.
- noun anger produced by some annoying irritation
chafe; vexation.
- noun the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- ordinances4/5
ordinance
- noun an authoritative rule
regulation.
- noun a statute enacted by a city government
- noun an authoritative rule
- pronounce4/5
pronounce
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; enunciate; articulate; say; enounce.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- verb pronounce judgment on
judge; label.
- They labeled him unfit to work here
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- valence4/5
valence
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
valency.
- noun (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
valency.
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
- deterrence4/5
deterrence
- noun a negative motivational influence
disincentive.
- noun a communication that makes you afraid to try something
determent; intimidation.
- noun a negative motivational influence
- conceptualization4/5
conceptualization
- noun inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
conceptualisation; formulation.
- noun an elaborated concept
conceptualisation; conceptuality.
- noun inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
- abstinence4/5
abstinence
- noun the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
abstention.
- noun act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
- noun the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
- silenced4/5
silenced
- adjective reduced to silence
- the silenced crowd waited expectantly
- verb cause to be quiet or not talk
shut up; hush up; hush; quieten; still; silence.
- Please silence the children in the church!
- adjective reduced to silence
- sanctity4/5
sanctity
- noun the quality of being holy
sanctitude; holiness.
- noun the quality of being holy
- variances4/5
variance
- noun an event that departs from expectations
variant; discrepancy.
- noun discord that splits a group
division.
- noun an event that departs from expectations
- adjunct4/5
adjunct
- noun something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
- noun a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
- noun something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
- concede4/5
concede
- verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
confess; profess.
- She confessed that she had taken the money
- verb be willing to concede
yield; grant.
- I grant you this much
- verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
- juncture4/5
juncture
- noun an event that occurs at a critical time
occasion.
- at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave
- it was needed only on special occasions
- noun a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
critical point; crossroads.
- at that juncture he had no idea what to do
- he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point
- noun an event that occurs at a critical time
- bounced4/5
bounce
- noun the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
bounciness.
- noun a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
spring; leaping; bound; leap; saltation.
- noun the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
- bounce4/5
bounce
- noun the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
bounciness.
- noun a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
spring; leaping; bound; leap; saltation.
- noun the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
- contingencies4/5
contingency
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
eventuality; contingence.
- noun the state of being contingent on something
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
- fancied4/5
fancied
- adjective satellite formed or conceived by the imagination
fictitious; fabricated; fictional.
- a fabricated excuse for his absence
- a fancied wrong
- a fictional character
- verb imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
picture; visualize; envision; figure; visualise; image; fancy; project; see.
- I can't see him on horseback!
- I can see what will happen
- I can see a risk in this strategy
- adjective satellite formed or conceived by the imagination
- encrypted4/5
encrypt
- verb convert ordinary language into code
encipher; code; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- continuance4/5
continuance
- noun the act of continuing an activity without interruption
continuation.
- noun the period of time during which something continues
duration.
- noun the act of continuing an activity without interruption
- bouncing4/5
bouncing
- noun rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
bounce.
- verb spring back; spring away from an impact
spring; rebound; bound; bounce; take a hop; reverberate; recoil; resile; ricochet.
- The rubber ball bounced
- These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
- noun rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
- penance4/5
penance
- noun remorse for your past conduct
repentance; penitence.
- noun a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
- noun remorse for your past conduct
- renounce4/5
renounce
- verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
abdicate.
- The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
- verb leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
vacate; give up; resign.
- She vacated the position when she got pregnant
- The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
- verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
- evidences4/5
evidence
- noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
grounds.
- the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
- noun an indication that makes something evident
- his trembling was evidence of his fear
- noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- unclean4/5
unclean
- adjective soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
soiled; dirty.
- dirty unswept sidewalks
- a child in dirty overalls
- dirty slums
- piles of dirty dishes
- put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
- wore an unclean shirt
- mining is a dirty job
- Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
- adjective having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws
impure.
- unclean meat
- and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3
- adjective soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
- encountering4/5
encounter
- noun a minor short-term fight
skirmish; brush; clash.
- noun a casual or unexpected convergence
meeting.
- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
- noun a minor short-term fight
- inclinations4/5
inclination
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
tendency; disposition.
- he had an inclination to give up too easily
- a tendency to be too strict
- noun (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees
inclination of an orbit.
- noun an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
- renunciation4/5
renunciation
- noun rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
repudiation.
- Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated
- noun the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
defection; apostasy.
- noun rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
- impotence4/5
impotence
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
powerlessness; impotency.
- noun an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
impotency.
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
- constancy4/5
constancy
- noun the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
stability.
- early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds
- noun (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
perceptual constancy.
- noun the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
- uncles4/5
uncle
- noun the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
- noun a source of help and advice and encouragement
- he played uncle to lonely students
- noun the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
- appliance4/5
appliance
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
contraption; gismo; gadget; widget; convenience; contrivance; gizmo.
- noun durable goods for home or office use
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- conveyance4/5
conveyance
- noun document effecting a property transfer
- noun the transmission of information
impartation; imparting.
- noun document effecting a property transfer
- puncture4/5
puncture
- noun loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- noun a small hole made by a sharp object
- noun loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- predominance4/5
predominance
- noun the state of being predominant over others
prepotency; predomination.
- noun the quality of being more noticeable than anything else
predomination.
- the predomination of blues gave the painting a quiet tone
- noun the state of being predominant over others
- pencils4/5
pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- noun graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
- the words were scribbled in pencil
- this artist's favorite medium is pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- provenance4/5
provenance
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
birthplace; cradle; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- avalanche4/5
avalanche
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- noun a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
- the program brought an avalanche of mail
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- incline4/5
incline
- noun an elevated geological formation
slope; side.
- he climbed the steep slope
- the house was built on the side of a mountain
- noun an inclined surface connecting two levels
ramp.
- noun an elevated geological formation
- benchmarks4/5
benchmark
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- his painting sets the benchmark of quality
- noun a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
bench mark.
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- incoherent4/5
incoherent
- adjective without logical or meaningful connection
- a turgid incoherent presentation
- adjective (physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation
- adjective without logical or meaningful connection
- confluence4/5
confluence
- noun a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
meeting.
- Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
- noun a flowing together
merging; conflux.
- noun a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
- 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
- commencing4/5
commence
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
begin; get; start out; set about; start; set out; get down.
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
- verb set in motion, cause to start
lead off; start; begin.
- The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
- The Iraqis began hostilities
- begin a new chapter in your life
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- adolescence4/5
adolescence
- noun the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
- noun in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood
- noun the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
- incomes4/5
income
- noun the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
- noun the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
- duncan4/5
duncan
- noun United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927)
Isadora Duncan.
- noun United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927)
- clearance4/5
clearance
- noun the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
- noun vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
headroom; headway.
- noun the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
- punch4/5
punch
- noun (boxing) a blow with the fist
biff; clout; poke; lick; slug.
- I gave him a clout on his nose
- noun an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
- noun (boxing) a blow with the fist
- incoming4/5
incoming
- noun the act of entering
entry; entrance; ingress; entering.
- she made a grand entrance
- adjective arriving at a place or position
- incoming class
- incoming mail
- noun the act of entering
- emancipation4/5
emancipation
- noun freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
- noun freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
- melancholy4/5
melancholy
- noun a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- noun a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
- noun a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- unchanged4/5
unchanged
- adjective not made or become different
- the causes that produced them have remained unchanged
- adjective remaining in an original state
unaltered.
- persisting unaltered through time
- adjective not made or become different
- insistence4/5
insistence
- noun continual and persistent demands
insisting.
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
press; pressure; insistency; imperativeness.
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
- noun continual and persistent demands
- allegiance4/5
allegiance
- noun the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
dedication; loyalty; commitment.
- his long commitment to public service
- they felt no loyalty to a losing team
- noun the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
fealty.
- noun the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
- subsistence4/5
subsistence
- noun minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
- social security provided only a bare subsistence
- noun a means of surviving
- farming is a hard means of subsistence
- noun minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
- concessions4/5
concession
- noun a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
grant.
- he got the beer concession at the ball park
- noun the act of conceding or yielding
conceding; yielding.
- noun a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
- incompatible4/5
incompatible
- adjective not compatible
- incompatible personalities
- incompatible colors
- adjective used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
antagonistic.
- adjective not compatible
- concurrent4/5
concurrent
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
co-occurrent; coinciding; simultaneous; coincident; cooccurring; coincidental.
- a series of coincident events
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
- utterance4/5
utterance
- noun the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
vocalization.
- noun the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
- fluorescence4/5
fluorescence
- noun light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
- noun light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
- prominence4/5
prominence
- noun the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
- noun relative importance
- noun the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
- endurance4/5
endurance
- noun the power to withstand hardship or stress
- the marathon tests a runner's endurance
- noun a state of surviving; remaining alive
survival.
- noun the power to withstand hardship or stress
- recurrence4/5
recurrence
- noun happening again (especially at regular intervals)
return.
- the return of spring
- noun happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- competencies4/5
competency
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
competence.
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
- inferences4/5
inference
- noun the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
illation.
- noun the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
- impedance4/5
impedance
- noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
resistivity; ohmic resistance; electric resistance; resistance; electrical resistance.
- noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- incision4/5
incision
- noun a depression scratched or carved into a surface
scratch; slit; prick; dent.
- noun the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
section; surgical incision.
- noun a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- repentance4/5
repentance
- noun remorse for your past conduct
penance; penitence.
- noun remorse for your past conduct
- concession4/5
concession
- noun a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
grant.
- he got the beer concession at the ball park
- noun the act of conceding or yielding
conceding; yielding.
- noun a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
- ambulance4/5
ambulance
- noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
- noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
- glancing4/5
glance
- noun a quick look
coup d'oeil; glimpse.
- verb throw a glance at; take a brief look at
peek; glint.
- She only glanced at the paper
- I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting
- noun a quick look
- discrepancy4/5
discrepancy
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
divergence; disagreement; variance.
- a growing divergence of opinion
- noun an event that departs from expectations
variance; variant.
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- turbulence4/5
turbulence
- noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas
turbulency.
- noun instability in the atmosphere
- noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas
- coincide4/5
coincide
- verb go with, fall together
co-occur; cooccur.
- verb happen simultaneously
concur.
- The two events coincided
- verb go with, fall together
- ambivalence4/5
ambivalence
- noun mixed feelings or emotions
ambivalency.
- noun mixed feelings or emotions
- competency4/5
competency
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
competence.
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
- referenced4/5
referenced
- adjective satellite supported with written references or citations
- a carefully referenced biography
- verb refer to
cite; reference.
- he referenced his colleagues' work
- adjective satellite supported with written references or citations
- utterances4/5
utterance
- noun the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
vocalization.
- noun the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
- lancet4/5
lancet
- noun an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
lancet arch.
- noun a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
lance.
- noun an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
- grievances4/5
grievance
- noun a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
grudge; score.
- holding a grudge
- settling a score
- noun an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
- noun a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- diligence4/5
diligence
- noun conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
- noun persevering determination to perform a task
industry; industriousness.
- his diligence won him quick promotions
- frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues
- noun conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
- intolerance4/5
intolerance
- noun impatience with annoyances
- his intolerance of interruptions
- noun unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
- noun impatience with annoyances
- deference4/5
deference
- noun a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
respect.
- his deference to her wishes was very flattering
- be sure to give my respects to the dean
- noun courteous regard for people's feelings
respect; respectfulness.
- in deference to your wishes
- out of respect for his privacy
- noun a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
- inception4/5
inception
- noun an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
origin; origination.
- noun an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
- impatience4/5
impatience
- noun a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
restlessness.
- noun a restless desire for change and excitement
- noun a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
- clenched4/5
clenched
- adjective satellite closed or squeezed together tightly
clinched.
- a clenched fist
- his clenched (or clinched) teeth
- verb hold in a tight grasp
clinch; clench.
- clench a steering wheel
- adjective satellite closed or squeezed together tightly
- potency4/5
potency
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
authority; say-so; authorisation; dominance; authorization.
- he has the authority to issue warrants
- deputies are given authorization to make arrests
- a place of potency in the state
- noun capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
strength; effectiveness.
- the toxin's potency
- the strength of the drinks
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- issuance4/5
issuance
- noun the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
issuing; issue.
- a new issue of stamps
- the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago
- noun the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- eloquence4/5
eloquence
- noun powerful and effective language
fluency; smoothness.
- his eloquence attracted a large congregation
- fluency in spoken and written English is essential
- his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police
- noun powerful and effective language
- emergencies4/5
emergency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
pinch; exigency.
- he never knew what to do in an emergency
- noun a state in which martial law applies
- the governor declared a state of emergency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- glances4/5
glance
- noun a quick look
coup d'oeil; glimpse.
- verb throw a glance at; take a brief look at
peek; glint.
- She only glanced at the paper
- I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting
- noun a quick look
- conclusive4/5
conclusive
- adjective forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question
- conclusive proof
- the evidence is conclusive
- adjective forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question
- temperance4/5
temperance
- noun the trait of avoiding excesses
moderation.
- noun abstaining from excess
sobriety.
- noun the trait of avoiding excesses
- latency4/5
latency
- noun (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
rotational latency.
- noun the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
reaction time; latent period; response time.
- noun (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
- currencies4/5
currency
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- noun general acceptance or use
- the currency of ideas
- noun the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- francs4/5
franc
- noun the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
- noun the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
- punctuation4/5
punctuation
- noun something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
- noun the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
punctuation mark.
- noun something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
- incense4/5
incense
- noun a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
- noun the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned
- incense filled the room
- noun a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
- incontinence4/5
incontinence
- noun involuntary urination or defecation
incontinency.
- noun indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
dissoluteness; self-gratification.
- noun involuntary urination or defecation
- inconsistency4/5
inconsistency
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
incompatibility; mutual exclusiveness; repugnance.
- noun the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
- reconnaissance4/5
reconnaissance
- noun the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
reconnaissance mission.
- an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission
- noun the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
- cancellation4/5
cancellation
- noun the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
- noun the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
- noun the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
- insufficiency4/5
insufficiency
- noun a lack of competence
inadequacy.
- pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
- juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
- noun (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
- noun a lack of competence
- constance4/5
constance
- noun a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River
Lake Constance; Bodensee.
- noun the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church
Council of Constance.
- noun a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River
- benevolence4/5
benevolence
- noun disposition to do good
- noun an inclination to do kind or charitable acts
- noun disposition to do good
- uncontrolled4/5
uncontrolled
- adjective not being under control; out of control
- the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS
- uncontrolled growth
- adjective not being under control; out of control
- coincided4/5
coincide
- verb go with, fall together
co-occur; cooccur.
- verb happen simultaneously
concur.
- The two events coincided
- verb go with, fall together
- neuroscience4/5
neuroscience
- noun the scientific study of the nervous system
- noun the scientific study of the nervous system
- punched4/5
punch
- noun (boxing) a blow with the fist
biff; clout; poke; lick; slug.
- I gave him a clout on his nose
- noun an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
- noun (boxing) a blow with the fist
- conceptually4/5
conceptually
- adverb in a conceptual manner
- he can no longer think conceptually
- conceptually, the idea is quite simple
- adverb in a conceptual manner
- vigilance4/5
vigilance
- noun the process of paying close and continuous attention
watchfulness; alertness; wakefulness.
- wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter
- vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue
- noun vigilant attentiveness
watchfulness; weather eye.
- he keeps a weather eye open for trouble
- noun the process of paying close and continuous attention
- discrepancies4/5
discrepancy
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
divergence; disagreement; variance.
- a growing divergence of opinion
- noun an event that departs from expectations
variance; variant.
- noun a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- capacitance4/5
capacitance
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
electrical capacity; capacity.
- noun an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
condenser; capacitor; electrical condenser.
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- asynchronous4/5
asynchronous
- adjective (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself
- adjective not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
- adjective (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself
- perseverance4/5
perseverance
- noun persistent determination
persistency; tenaciousness; doggedness; tenacity; pertinacity; persistence.
- noun the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
perseveration; persistence.
- his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate
- noun persistent determination
- incomprehensible4/5
incomprehensible
- adjective incapable of being explained or accounted for
inexplicable.
- inexplicable errors
- left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons
- adjective difficult to understand
uncomprehensible.
- the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein
- adjective incapable of being explained or accounted for
- fluency4/5
fluency
- noun powerful and effective language
eloquence; smoothness.
- his eloquence attracted a large congregation
- fluency in spoken and written English is essential
- his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police
- noun skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun powerful and effective language
- hancock4/5
hancock
- noun American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress; was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1793)
John Hancock.
- noun American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress; was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1793)
- pregnancies4/5
pregnancy
- noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
maternity; gestation.
- noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- inconsistencies4/5
inconsistency
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
incompatibility; mutual exclusiveness; repugnance.
- noun the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
- reassurance4/5
reassurance
- noun the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence
- noun the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence
- uncanny4/5
uncanny
- adjective satellite suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
weird; eldritch; unearthly.
- an eldritch screech
- the three weird sisters
- stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy
- an unearthly light
- he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
- adjective satellite surpassing the ordinary or normal
preternatural.
- Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will
- his uncanny sense of direction
- adjective satellite suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
- assurances4/5
assurance
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
confidence; self-confidence; self-assurance; authority; sureness.
- his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
- after that failure he lost his confidence
- she spoke with authority
- noun a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
pledge.
- an assurance of help when needed
- signed a pledge never to reveal the secret
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- idiosyncratic4/5
idiosyncratic
- adjective satellite peculiar to the individual
- we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures
- Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting
- adjective satellite peculiar to the individual
- grievance4/5
grievance
- noun a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
grudge; score.
- holding a grudge
- settling a score
- noun an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
- noun a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- coexistence4/5
coexistence
- noun existing peacefully together
- noun existing peacefully together
- incarceration4/5
incarceration
- noun the state of being imprisoned
immurement; imprisonment; captivity.
- he was held in captivity until he died
- the imprisonment of captured soldiers
- his ignominious incarceration in the local jail
- he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
- noun the state of being imprisoned
- oncology4/5
oncology
- noun the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors
- noun the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors
- coincides4/5
coincide
- verb go with, fall together
co-occur; cooccur.
- verb happen simultaneously
concur.
- The two events coincided
- verb go with, fall together
- announcements4/5
announcement
- noun a formal public statement
declaration; annunciation; proclamation.
- the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war
- a declaration of independence
- noun a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
promulgation.
- the announcement appeared in the local newspaper
- the promulgation was written in English
- noun a formal public statement
- concave4/5
concave
- adjective curving inward
- adjective curving inward
- brilliance4/5
brilliance
- noun a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
glare; blaze.
- a glare of sunlight
- noun the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
grandness; splendour; magnificence; grandeur; splendor.
- for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel
- his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects
- it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor
- an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art
- advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
- noun a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
- unconventional4/5
unconventional
- adjective not conforming to accepted rules or standards
- her unconventional dress and hair style
- adjective not conventional or conformist
- unconventional life styles
- adjective not conforming to accepted rules or standards
- deviance4/5
deviance
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
aberrance; aberrancy; aberration.
- noun deviate behavior
deviation.
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- quincy4/5
quincy
- noun American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775)
Josiah Quincy.
- noun American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775)
- ancillary4/5
ancillary
- adjective satellite furnishing added support
auxiliary; accessory; adjunct; adjuvant; appurtenant.
- an ancillary pump
- an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism
- The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
- adjective satellite furnishing added support
- malignancy4/5
malignancy
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
malignance.
- noun quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
malignity; malignance.
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
- radiance4/5
radiance
- noun the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
glowing; glow.
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
shine; effulgence; refulgency; refulgence; radiancy.
- noun the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
- efficiencies4/5
efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- noun skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort
- she did the work with great efficiency
- noun the ratio of the output to the input of any system
- sustenance4/5
sustenance
- noun a source of materials to nourish the body
nutrition; alimentation; aliment; nutriment; nourishment; victuals.
- noun the financial means whereby one lives
living; support; livelihood; bread and butter; keep.
- each child was expected to pay for their keep
- he applied to the state for support
- he could no longer earn his own livelihood
- noun a source of materials to nourish the body
- incompetence4/5
incompetence
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
incompetency.
- noun inability of a part or organ to function properly
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
- luncheon4/5
luncheon
- noun a midday meal
lunch; tiffin; dejeuner.
- noun a midday meal
- 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
- resurgence4/5
resurgence
- noun bringing again into activity and prominence
revivification; revitalisation; revival; revitalization.
- the revival of trade
- a revival of a neglected play by Moliere
- the Gothic revival in architecture
- noun bringing again into activity and prominence
- inefficiency4/5
inefficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- insurgency4/5
insurgency
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
insurgence.
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
- punctuated4/5
punctuate
- verb insert punctuation marks into
mark.
- verb to stress, single out as important
emphasise; accent; stress; accentuate; emphasize.
- Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
- verb insert punctuation marks into
- unbalanced4/5
unbalanced
- adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium
imbalanced.
- verb throw out of balance or equilibrium
unbalance.
- The tax relief unbalanced the budget
- The prima donna unbalances the smooth work in our department
- adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium
- inconvenient4/5
inconvenient
- adjective not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs
- it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen
- the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone
- adjective satellite not conveniently timed
- an early departure is inconvenient for us
- adjective not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs
- franciscan4/5
franciscan
(R. C. Ch.) Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans.
- resemblance4/5
resemblance
- noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
- noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
- financially4/5
financially
- adverb from a financial point of view
- this was financially unattractive
- adverb from a financial point of view
- instincts4/5
instinct
- noun inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
inherent aptitude.
- the spawning instinct in salmon
- altruistic instincts in social animals
- adjective satellite (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated
replete.
- imbued with the spirit of the Reformation
- words instinct with love
- it is replete with misery
- noun inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
- vengeance4/5
vengeance
- noun the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
retribution; payback.
- Vengeance is mine
- For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield
- he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him
- the swiftness of divine retribution
- noun the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
- urgency4/5
urgency
- noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- noun pressing importance requiring speedy action
- the urgency of his need
- noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- sincerely4/5
sincerely
- adverb with sincerity; without pretense
unfeignedly; truly.
- she praised him sincerely for his victory
- was unfeignedly glad to see his old teacher
- we are truly sorry for the inconvenience
- adverb written formula for ending a letter
sincerely yours.
- adverb with sincerity; without pretense
- incredibly4/5
incredibly
- adverb not easy to believe
implausibly; improbably; unbelievably.
- behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains
- adverb exceedingly; extremely
fantastically; fabulously.
- she plays fabulously well
- adverb not easy to believe
- ounces4/5
ounce
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
apothecaries' ounce; troy ounce.
- noun a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
oz..
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
- ounce4/5
ounce
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
apothecaries' ounce; troy ounce.
- noun a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
oz..
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
- 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
- prudence4/5
prudence
- noun discretion in practical affairs
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
circumspection; discretion; discreetness.
- the servants showed great tact and discretion
- noun discretion in practical affairs
- incidentally4/5
incidentally
- adverb introducing a different topic; in point of fact
by the bye; by the way; apropos.
- incidentally, I won't go to the party
- adverb of a minor or subordinate nature
accidentally.
- these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models
- adverb introducing a different topic; in point of fact
- concise4/5
concise
- adjective expressing much in few words
- a concise explanation
- adjective expressing much in few words
- encompasses4/5
encompass
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
cover; embrace; comprehend.
- This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds
- this should cover everyone in the group
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- unconditional4/5
unconditional
- adjective not conditional
unconditioned.
- unconditional surrender
- adjective satellite not modified or restricted by reservations
flat; categoric; categorical.
- a categorical denial
- a flat refusal
- adjective not conditional
- encompass4/5
encompass
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
cover; embrace; comprehend.
- This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds
- this should cover everyone in the group
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- extinct4/5
extinct
- adjective no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
nonextant.
- an extinct species of fish
- an extinct royal family
- extinct laws and customs
- adjective (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
- an extinct volcano
- adjective no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
- conceivable4/5
conceivable
- adjective satellite capable of being imagined
imaginable.
- that is one possible answer
- adjective satellite capable of being imagined
- arrogance4/5
arrogance
- noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
high-handedness; haughtiness; hauteur; lordliness.
- noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
- resilience4/5
resilience
- noun the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
resiliency.
- noun an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
resiliency.
- noun the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
- covariance4/5
covariance
- noun (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
- noun (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
- fragrance4/5
fragrance
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
perfume; scent; aroma.
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
bouquet; redolence; fragrancy; sweetness.
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
- dysfunctional4/5
dysfunctional
- adjective satellite impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ
- adjective satellite (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose
nonadaptive.
- dysfunctional behavior
- adjective satellite impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ
- incorrectly4/5
incorrectly
- adverb in an incorrect manner
falsely.
- to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely
- adverb in an inaccurate manner
wrong; wrongly.
- he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly
- she guessed wrong
- adverb in an incorrect manner
- eminence4/5
eminence
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
note; distinction; preeminence.
- a scholar of great eminence
- noun a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
tubercle; tuberosity.
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
- inexperienced4/5
inexperienced
- adjective lacking practical experience or training
inexperient.
- adjective lacking practical experience or training
- permanence4/5
permanence
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
permanency.
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
- nomenclature4/5
nomenclature
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
language; terminology.
- legal terminology
- biological nomenclature
- the language of sociology
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- acupuncture4/5
acupuncture
- noun treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
stylostixis.
- noun treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
- decency4/5
decency
- noun the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- noun the quality of being polite and respectable
- noun the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- concurrently4/5
concurrently
- adverb overlapping in duration
at the same time.
- concurrently with the conference an exhibition of things associated with Rutherford was held
- going to school and holding a job at the same time
- adverb overlapping in duration
- reminiscences4/5
reminiscence
- noun a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
- noun the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
recall; recollection.
- he has total recall of the episode
- noun a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
- concentric4/5
concentric
- adjective having a common center
concentrical; homocentric.
- concentric rings
- adjective having a common center
- encompassed4/5
encompass
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
cover; embrace; comprehend.
- This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds
- this should cover everyone in the group
- verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- insolvency4/5
insolvency
- noun the lack of financial resources
- noun the lack of financial resources
- sphincter4/5
sphincter
- noun a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening
sphincter muscle; anatomical sphincter.
- noun a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening
- pronouncements4/5
pronouncement
- noun an authoritative declaration
dictum; say-so.
- noun an authoritative declaration
- concerto4/5
concerto
- noun a composition for orchestra and a soloist
- noun a composition for orchestra and a soloist
- encyclopedia4/5
encyclopedia
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
cyclopedia; encyclopaedia; cyclopaedia.
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
- principally4/5
principally
- adverb for the most part
in the main; mainly; chiefly; primarily.
- he is mainly interested in butterflies
- adverb for the most part
- unconsciously4/5
unconsciously
- adverb without awareness
- she jumped up unconsciously when he entered the room
- adverb without awareness
- clarence4/5
clarence
- noun a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers
- noun a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers
- pancreas4/5
pancreas
- noun a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
- noun a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
- functionally4/5
functionally
- adverb with respect to function
- the two units are functionally interdependent
- adverb with respect to function
- instinctive4/5
instinctive
- adjective satellite unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
natural.
- a cat's natural aversion to water
- offering to help was as instinctive as breathing
- adjective satellite unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
- immunodeficiency4/5
immunodeficiency
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- incest4/5
incest
- noun sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child)
- noun sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child)
- incessant4/5
incessant
- adjective satellite uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
ceaseless; constant; unceasing; perpetual; never-ending; unremitting.
- the ceaseless thunder of surf
- in constant pain
- night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city
- the never-ending search for happiness
- the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy
- man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation
- unremitting demands of hunger
- adjective satellite uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- convincingly4/5
convincingly
- adverb in a convincing manner
- he argued convincingly
- adverb in a convincing manner
- inconceivable4/5
inconceivable
- adjective satellite totally unlikely
impossible; unimaginable; out of the question.
- adjective satellite totally unlikely
- pancreatic4/5
pancreatic
- adjective of or involving the pancreas
- pancreatic cancer
- adjective of or involving the pancreas
- instinctively4/5
instinctively
- adverb as a matter of instinct
- he instinctively grabbed the knife
- adverb as a matter of instinct
- whence4/5
whence
- adverb from what place, source, or cause
- adverb from what place, source, or cause
- thence4/5
thence
- adverb from that place or from there
therefrom.
- proceeded thence directly to college
- flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow
- roads that lead therefrom
- adverb from that circumstance or source
therefrom; thereof.
- atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine
- a natural conclusion follows thence
- public interest and a policy deriving therefrom
- typhus fever results therefrom
- adverb from that place or from there
- henceforth4/5
henceforth
- adverb from this time forth; from now on
henceforward.
- henceforth she will be known as Mrs. Smith
- adverb from this time forth; from now on
- unconstitutional4/5
unconstitutional
- adjective not consistent with or according to a constitution; contrary to the U.S. Constitution
- adjective not consistent with or according to a constitution; contrary to the U.S. Constitution
- francois4/5
francois
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- laurence4/5
laurence
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- francesco4/5
francesco
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- blanche4/5
blanch
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blench; pale.
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
parboil.
- Parboil the beans before freezing them
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
- vince4/5
vince
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- vance4/5
vance
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- lancashire3/5
lancashire
- noun a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles
- noun a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles
- manchuria3/5
manchuria
- noun a region in northeastern China
- noun a region in northeastern China
- enclave3/5
enclave
- noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
- noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
- enclaves3/5
enclave
- noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
- noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
- fencing3/5
fencing
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
fence.
- noun material for building fences
fencing material.
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- valencia3/5
valencia
A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton. Written also valentia .
- precinct3/5
precinct
- noun a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
- noun a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
- provence3/5
provence
- noun a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur
- noun a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur
- fenced3/5
fence
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
fencing.
- noun a dealer in stolen property
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
- precincts3/5
precinct
- noun a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
- noun a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
- sanctuaries3/5
sanctuary
- noun a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
- noun a shelter from danger or hardship
asylum; refuge.
- noun a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
- 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
- casablanca3/5
casablanca
- noun a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco
- noun a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco
- principe3/5
principe
- noun an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe
- noun an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe
- 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
- enclose3/5
enclose
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
wrap; envelop; enfold; enwrap.
- Fog enveloped the house
- verb close in; darkness enclosed him"
hold in; confine.
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
- frenchmen3/5
frenchman
- noun a person of French nationality
French person; Frenchwoman.
- noun a person of French nationality
- minced3/5
mince
- noun food chopped into small bits
- a mince of mushrooms
- verb make less severe or harsh
moderate; soften.
- He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears
- noun food chopped into small bits
- panchayat3/5
panchayat
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
panchayet; punchayet.
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
- sanctified3/5
sanctified
- adjective satellite made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
consecrated; sacred.
- a consecrated church
- the sacred mosque
- sacred elephants
- sacred bread and wine
- sanctified wine
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow; sanctify.
- adjective satellite made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
- encampment3/5
encampment
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
bivouac; camping site; campsite; camping area; camping ground; campground.
- noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
bivouac; camp; cantonment.
- wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
- encamped3/5
encamp
- verb live in or as if in a tent
bivouac; camp; camp out; tent.
- Can we go camping again this summer?
- The circus tented near the town
- The houseguests had to camp in the living room
- verb live in or as if in a tent
- synchronize3/5
synchronize
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
synchronise; sync.
- Let's synchronize our efforts
- verb happen at the same time
synchronise; contemporise; contemporize.
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- incapacitated3/5
incapacitated
- adjective satellite lacking in or deprived of strength or power
helpless.
- lying ill and helpless
- helpless with laughter
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; disable; incapacitate.
- disable this command on your computer
- adjective satellite lacking in or deprived of strength or power
- principalities3/5
principality
- noun territory ruled by a prince
princedom.
- noun territory ruled by a prince
- panchayats3/5
panchayat
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
panchayet; punchayet.
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
- principality3/5
principality
- noun territory ruled by a prince
princedom.
- noun territory ruled by a prince
- encloses3/5
enclose
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
wrap; envelop; enfold; enwrap.
- Fog enveloped the house
- verb close in; darkness enclosed him"
hold in; confine.
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
- sanctify3/5
sanctify
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow.
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; purify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
- mince3/5
mince
- noun food chopped into small bits
- a mince of mushrooms
- verb make less severe or harsh
moderate; soften.
- He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears
- noun food chopped into small bits
- synchronizing3/5
synchronizing
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
synchronisation; synchronicity; synchronism; synchronization; synchroneity; synchrony.
- the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves
- noun an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison
synchronising; synchronization; synchronisation.
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
- vacancies3/5
vacancy
- noun being unoccupied
- noun an empty area or space
void; emptiness; vacuum.
- the huge desert voids
- the emptiness of outer space
- without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
- noun being unoccupied
- dissonance3/5
dissonance
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
disagreement; dissension.
- noun the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
racket; noise.
- modern music is just noise to me
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- concealing3/5
concealing
- noun the activity of keeping something secret
concealment; hiding.
- verb prevent from being seen or discovered
conceal; hide.
- Muslim women hide their faces
- hide the money
- noun the activity of keeping something secret
- reconciling3/5
reconciling
- adjective satellite tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony
accommodative.
- verb make (one thing) compatible with (another)
accommodate; conciliate; reconcile.
- The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories
- adjective satellite tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony
- entrances3/5
entrance
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
entryway; entree; entranceway; entry.
- they waited at the entrance to the garden
- beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
- noun a movement into or inward
entering.
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
- drenched3/5
drenched
- adjective satellite abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination
drenched in.
- drenched in moonlight
- moon-drenched meadows
- verb drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
drench; swamp.
- The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
- adjective satellite abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination
- launches3/5
launch
- noun a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
- noun the act of propelling with force
launching.
- noun a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
- incubated3/5
incubate
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- verb sit on (eggs)
brood; cover; hatch.
- Birds brood
- The female covers the eggs
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- enhancements3/5
enhancement
- noun an improvement that makes something more agreeable
sweetening.
- noun an improvement that makes something more agreeable
- encircled3/5
encircled
- adjective satellite confined on all sides
surrounded.
- a camp surrounded by enemies
- the encircled pioneers
- verb form a circle around
encircle; circle.
- encircle the errors
- adjective satellite confined on all sides
- enclosures3/5
enclosure
- noun a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
envelopment; inclosure; enclosing.
- noun a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
- encodes3/5
encode
- verb convert information into code
- encode pictures digitally
- verb convert information into code
- anchoring3/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- encroachment3/5
encroachment
- noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
invasion; intrusion.
- an invasion of tourists
- an invasion of locusts
- noun entry to another's property without right or permission
violation; trespass; usurpation; intrusion.
- noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
- regency3/5
regency
- noun the period of time during which a regent governs
- noun the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity
- noun the period of time during which a regent governs
- correspondences3/5
correspondence
- noun communication by the exchange of letters
- noun compatibility of observations
agreement.
- there was no agreement between theory and measurement
- the results of two tests were in correspondence
- noun communication by the exchange of letters
- concordance3/5
concordance
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
harmony; concord.
- noun agreement of opinions
harmony; concord.
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
- sanctification3/5
sanctification
- noun a religious ceremony in which something is made holy
- noun a religious ceremony in which something is made holy
- resistances3/5
resistance
- noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
opposition.
- he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens
- despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
- noun any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- chanced3/5
chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunity.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
fortune; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- functionaries3/5
functionary
- noun a worker who holds or is invested with an office
official.
- noun a worker who holds or is invested with an office
- incurring3/5
incurring
- noun acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable)
- incurring debts is easier than paying them
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
incur.
- People who smoke incur a great danger to their health
- noun acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable)
- enchanting3/5
enchanting
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
captivating; fascinating; bewitching; entrancing; enthralling.
- bewitching smile
- Roosevelt was a captivating speaker
- enchanting music
- an enthralling book
- antique papers of entrancing design
- a fascinating woman
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enrapture; enchant; transport.
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
- encased3/5
encased
- adjective satellite covered or protected with or as if with a case
incased; cased.
- knights cased in steel
- products encased in leatherette
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
case; encase; incase.
- my feet were encased in mud
- adjective satellite covered or protected with or as if with a case
- disconcerting3/5
disconcerting
- adjective satellite causing an emotional disturbance
upsetting.
- his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen
- an upsetting experience
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
disconcert; flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- adjective satellite causing an emotional disturbance
- quenching3/5
quenching
- noun the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
extinction; extinguishing.
- the extinction of the lights
- verb satisfy (thirst)
quench; allay; slake; assuage.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- noun the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
- quench3/5
quench
- verb satisfy (thirst)
allay; slake; assuage.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- verb put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
snuff out; blow out; extinguish.
- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
- verb satisfy (thirst)
- quenched3/5
quenched
- adjective satellite allayed
slaked; satisfied.
- his thirst quenched he was able to continue
- verb satisfy (thirst)
quench; allay; slake; assuage.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- adjective satellite allayed
- announcer3/5
announcer
- noun someone who proclaims a message publicly
- noun reads news, commercials on radio or television
- noun someone who proclaims a message publicly
- bunches3/5
bunch
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
clustering; cluster; clump.
- a bunch of trees
- a cluster of admirers
- noun an informal body of friends
gang; crowd; crew.
- he still hangs out with the same crowd
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
- encircling3/5
encircling
- adjective satellite being all around the edges; enclosing
skirting.
- his encircling arms
- the room's skirting board needs painting
- verb form a circle around
encircle; circle.
- encircle the errors
- adjective satellite being all around the edges; enclosing
- functionalist3/5
functionalist
- noun an adherent of functionalism
- noun an adherent of functionalism
- incubate3/5
incubate
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- verb sit on (eggs)
brood; cover; hatch.
- Birds brood
- The female covers the eggs
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- incite3/5
incite
- verb give an incentive for action
motivate; prompt; propel; move; actuate.
- This moved me to sacrifice my career
- verb provoke or stir up
set off; instigate; stir up.
- incite a riot
- set off great unrest among the people
- verb give an incentive for action
- financiers3/5
financier
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
moneyman.
- verb conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
- nuance3/5
nuance
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
nicety; refinement; subtlety; shade.
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- financier3/5
financier
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
moneyman.
- verb conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
- tincture3/5
tincture
- noun a substances that colors metals
- noun an indication that something has been present
vestige; shadow; trace.
- there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
- a tincture of condescension
- noun a substances that colors metals
- incarnations3/5
incarnation
- noun a new personification of a familiar idea
embodiment; avatar.
- the embodiment of hope
- the incarnation of evil
- the very avatar of cunning
- noun (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ
- noun a new personification of a familiar idea
- counterbalance3/5
counterbalance
- noun a weight that balances another weight
counterpoise; equalizer; counterweight; equaliser; balance.
- noun equality of distribution
balance; equipoise; equilibrium.
- noun a weight that balances another weight
- inciting3/5
incite
- verb give an incentive for action
motivate; prompt; propel; move; actuate.
- This moved me to sacrifice my career
- verb provoke or stir up
set off; instigate; stir up.
- incite a riot
- set off great unrest among the people
- verb give an incentive for action
- concocted3/5
concoct
- verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
- verb prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
cook up.
- concoct a strange mixture
- verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
- incited3/5
incite
- verb give an incentive for action
motivate; prompt; propel; move; actuate.
- This moved me to sacrifice my career
- verb provoke or stir up
set off; instigate; stir up.
- incite a riot
- set off great unrest among the people
- verb give an incentive for action
- incurs3/5
incur
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
- People who smoke incur a great danger to their health
- verb receive a specified treatment (abstract)
receive; obtain; find; get.
- These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
- His movie received a good review
- I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
- patency3/5
patency
- noun the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
- noun the property of being easy to see and understand
obviousness; noticeability; noticeableness.
- noun the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct
- encapsulates3/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- entranced3/5
entranced
- adjective satellite filled with wonder and delight
charmed; enthralled; captivated; delighted; beguiled.
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enchant; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- adjective satellite filled with wonder and delight
- sanctum3/5
sanctum
- noun a place of inviolable privacy
sanctum sanctorum.
- he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go
- noun a sacred place of pilgrimage
holy place; holy.
- noun a place of inviolable privacy
- concourse3/5
concourse
- noun a large gathering of people
throng; multitude.
- noun a wide hallway in a building where people can walk
- noun a large gathering of people
- 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
- incas3/5
inca
- noun a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)
- noun a member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru
Incan; Inka.
- noun a ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family)
- inconveniences3/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
- encapsulate3/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- uncouth3/5
uncouth
- adjective satellite lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
rough-cut; vulgar; coarse; common.
- he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
- behavior that branded him as common
- an untutored and uncouth human being
- an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy
- appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
- the vulgar display of the newly rich
- adjective satellite lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- encrusted3/5
encrusted
- adjective satellite having a hardened crust as a covering
crusty; crusted; crustlike.
- verb cover or coat with a crust
incrust; encrust.
- adjective satellite having a hardened crust as a covering
- canceling3/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- disconcerted3/5
disconcerted
- adjective satellite having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
discombobulated.
- 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 feel embarrassment
disconcert; flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- adjective satellite having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
- encroachments3/5
encroachment
- noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
invasion; intrusion.
- an invasion of tourists
- an invasion of locusts
- noun entry to another's property without right or permission
violation; trespass; usurpation; intrusion.
- noun any entry into an area not previously occupied
- synchrony3/5
synchrony
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
synchronisation; synchronicity; synchronizing; synchronism; synchronization; synchroneity.
- the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
- uncivilized3/5
uncivilized
- adjective satellite without civilizing influences
savage; barbarian; barbaric; uncivilised; wild.
- barbarian invaders
- barbaric practices
- a savage people
- fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade
- wild tribes
- adjective satellite without civilizing influences
- adjunctive3/5
adjunctive
- adjective satellite joining; forming an adjunct
- adjective satellite joining; forming an adjunct
- encircle3/5
encircle
- verb form a circle around
circle.
- encircle the errors
- verb bind with something round or circular
gird.
- verb form a circle around
- cancels3/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- counterbalanced3/5
counterbalanced
- adjective satellite brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another
counterpoised.
- verb adjust for
even off; make up; compensate; counterbalance; even out; even up; correct.
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
- adjective satellite brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another
- nonconformist3/5
nonconformist
- noun someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
recusant.
- noun a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England
chapelgoer.
- noun someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
- functionary3/5
functionary
- noun a worker who holds or is invested with an office
official.
- noun a worker who holds or is invested with an office
- counterintelligence3/5
counterintelligence
- noun intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
- noun intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
- conceptualized3/5
conceptualize
- verb have the idea for
gestate; conceive; conceptualise.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb have the idea for
- branched3/5
branched
- adjective satellite resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
bifurcate; pronged; forficate; prongy; biramous; fork-like; forked.
- the biramous appendages of an arthropod
- long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects
- a forked river
- a forked tail
- forked lightning
- horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots
- verb grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
ramify; branch.
- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
- adjective satellite resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
- conciliation3/5
conciliation
- noun the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled
- there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed
- noun any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration
- noun the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled
- pinched3/5
pinched
- adjective satellite sounding as if the nose were pinched
nasal; adenoidal.
- a whining nasal voice
- verb squeeze tightly between the fingers
twitch; pinch; tweet; twinge; nip; squeeze.
- He pinched her behind
- She squeezed the bottle
- adjective satellite sounding as if the nose were pinched
- incarnate3/5
incarnate
- verb make concrete and real
- verb represent in bodily form
embody; substantiate; body forth.
- He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
- The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
- verb make concrete and real
- ordnance3/5
ordnance
- noun military supplies
ordnance store; munition.
- noun large but transportable armament
heavy weapon; artillery; gun.
- noun military supplies
- incarcerated3/5
incarcerate
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
jug; remand; lag; immure; gaol; jail; put away; imprison; put behind bars.
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- hindrance3/5
hindrance
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
balk; handicap; baulk; check; impediment; deterrent; hinderance.
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
incumbrance; preventative; encumbrance; interference; hitch; preventive; hinderance.
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- injunctions3/5
injunction
- noun a formal command or admonition
- noun (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
cease and desist order; enjoining; enjoinment.
- injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order
- noun a formal command or admonition
- inclusions3/5
inclusion
- noun the state of being included
- noun the relation of comprising something
comprehension.
- he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work
- noun the state of being included
- planck3/5
plank
- noun a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
board.
- noun an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
- noun a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
- incompatibility3/5
incompatibility
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
mutual exclusiveness; repugnance; inconsistency.
- noun (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
- conceit3/5
conceit
- noun feelings of excessive pride
self-love; amour propre; vanity.
- noun an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
- noun feelings of excessive pride
- distinctiveness3/5
distinctiveness
- noun a distinguishing trait
peculiarity; speciality; specialty; specialness.
- noun utter dissimilarity
disparateness.
- noun a distinguishing trait
- uncompromising3/5
uncompromising
- adjective not making concessions
inflexible; sturdy.
- took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks
- uncompromising honesty
- adjective not making concessions
- princely3/5
princely
- adjective satellite rich and superior in quality
gilded; sumptuous; opulent; luxurious; grand; deluxe.
- a princely sum
- gilded dining rooms
- adjective satellite having the rank of or befitting a prince
- a princely bearing
- princely manner
- adjective satellite rich and superior in quality
- reincarnation3/5
reincarnation
- noun embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)
- his reincarnation as a lion
- noun a second or new birth
rebirth; renascence.
- noun embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)
- licences3/5
licence
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
license.
- when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant
- the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
- noun freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
license.
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
- severance3/5
severance
- noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
rift; falling out; break; breach; rupture.
- they hoped to avoid a break in relations
- noun the act of severing
severing.
- noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- councillors3/5
councillor
- noun a member of a council
council member.
- noun a member of a council
- fancies3/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
- denounce3/5
denounce
- verb speak out against
- He denounced the Nazis
- verb to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
stigmatise; brand; stigmatize; mark.
- He denounced the government action
- She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock
- verb speak out against
- hunched3/5
hunched
- adjective satellite having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
crooked; stooping; stooped; round-shouldered; round-backed.
- a little oldish misshapen stooping woman
- verb round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
hump; hunch forward; hunch; hunch over.
- adjective satellite having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
- lynching3/5
lynching
- noun putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
- verb kill without legal sanction
lynch.
- The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child
- noun putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
- renounced3/5
renounce
- verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
abdicate.
- The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
- verb leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
vacate; give up; resign.
- She vacated the position when she got pregnant
- The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
- verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
- silencing3/5
silence
- noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- there was a shocked silence
- he gestured for silence
- noun the absence of sound
quiet.
- he needed silence in order to sleep
- the street was quiet
- noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- uncovering3/5
uncovering
- noun the removal of covering
stripping; husking; baring; denudation.
- noun the act of discovering something
find; discovery.
- noun the removal of covering
- conceiving3/5
conceive
- verb have the idea for
gestate; conceptualize; conceptualise.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb judge or regard; look upon; judge
believe; think; consider.
- I think he is very smart
- I believe her to be very smart
- I think that he is her boyfriend
- The racist conceives such people to be inferior
- verb have the idea for
- virulence3/5
virulence
- noun extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)
virulency.
- the virulence of the plague
- noun extreme hostility
virulency.
- the virulence of the malicious old man
- noun extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)
- encapsulation3/5
encapsulation
- noun the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths
- noun the process of enclosing (as in a capsule)
- noun the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- wrench3/5
wrench
- noun a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
twist; pull.
- the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell
- he was sidelined with a hamstring pull
- noun a jerky pulling movement
twist.
- noun a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- commences3/5
commence
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
begin; get; start out; set about; start; set out; get down.
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
- verb set in motion, cause to start
lead off; start; begin.
- The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
- The Iraqis began hostilities
- begin a new chapter in your life
- verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- silences3/5
silence
- noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- there was a shocked silence
- he gestured for silence
- noun the absence of sound
quiet.
- he needed silence in order to sleep
- the street was quiet
- noun the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- lunches3/5
lunch
- noun a midday meal
luncheon; tiffin; dejeuner.
- verb take the midday meal
- At what time are you lunching?
- noun a midday meal
- incised3/5
incised
- adjective satellite sharply and deeply indented
- verb make an incision into by carving or cutting
incise.
- adjective satellite sharply and deeply indented
- noncompliance3/5
noncompliance
- noun the failure to obey
disobedience.
- noun the failure to obey
- enchantment3/5
enchantment
- noun a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
fascination; enthrallment; captivation.
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
trance; spell.
- noun a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
- denouncing3/5
denounce
- verb speak out against
- He denounced the Nazis
- verb to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
stigmatise; brand; stigmatize; mark.
- He denounced the government action
- She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock
- verb speak out against
- 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
- conceptualize3/5
conceptualize
- verb have the idea for
gestate; conceive; conceptualise.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb have the idea for
- conciliatory3/5
conciliatory
- adjective making or willing to make concessions
flexible; compromising.
- loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet
- adjective intended to placate
conciliative.
- spoke in a conciliating tone
- a conciliatory visit
- adjective making or willing to make concessions
- franchises3/5
franchise
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
dealership.
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- omnipotence3/5
omnipotence
- noun the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power
- noun the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power
- lancelot3/5
lancelot
- noun (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere
Sir Lancelot.
- noun (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere
- conceives3/5
conceive
- verb have the idea for
gestate; conceptualize; conceptualise.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb judge or regard; look upon; judge
believe; think; consider.
- I think he is very smart
- I believe her to be very smart
- I think that he is her boyfriend
- The racist conceives such people to be inferior
- verb have the idea for
- ranchers3/5
rancher
- noun a person who owns or operates a ranch
- noun a person who owns or operates a ranch
- syncope3/5
syncope
- noun a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
swoon; faint; deliquium.
- noun (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
syncopation.
- noun a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
- incurable3/5
incurable
- noun a person whose disease is incurable
- adjective incapable of being cured
- an incurable disease
- an incurable addiction to smoking
- noun a person whose disease is incurable
- admittance3/5
admittance
- noun the right to enter
access; admission; entree; accession.
- noun the act of admitting someone to enter
admission.
- the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic
- noun the right to enter
- intelligences3/5
intelligence
- noun the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
- noun a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
intelligence service; intelligence agency.
- noun the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
- forbearance3/5
forbearance
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
longanimity; patience.
- noun a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
- his forbearance to reply was alarming
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
- absorbance3/5
absorbance
- noun (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
transmission density; optical density; photographic density.
- noun (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
- emancipated3/5
emancipated
- adjective satellite free from traditional social restraints
liberated.
- an emancipated young woman pursuing her career
- a liberated lifestyle
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
liberate; emancipate.
- adjective satellite free from traditional social restraints
- conjunctions3/5
conjunction
- noun the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
concurrence; co-occurrence; coincidence.
- the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable
- noun the state of being joined together
colligation; junction; conjugation.
- noun the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
- councillor3/5
councillor
- noun a member of a council
council member.
- noun a member of a council
- stances3/5
stance
- noun standing posture
- noun a rationalized mental attitude
position; posture.
- noun standing posture
- sequenced3/5
sequence
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- the sequence of names was alphabetical
- he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA
- noun a following of one thing after another in time
chronological succession; succession; chronological sequence; successiveness.
- the doctor saw a sequence of patients
- noun serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
- disjunction3/5
disjunction
- noun state of being disconnected
disconnection; disconnectedness; disjuncture.
- noun the act of breaking a connection
disconnection.
- noun state of being disconnected
- invariance3/5
invariance
- noun the quality of being resistant to variation
invariableness; invariability.
- noun the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it
- the invariance of the configuration under translation
- noun the quality of being resistant to variation
- concedes3/5
concede
- verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
confess; profess.
- She confessed that she had taken the money
- verb be willing to concede
yield; grant.
- I grant you this much
- verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
- hunch3/5
hunch
- noun an impression that something might be the case
intuition; suspicion.
- he had an intuition that something had gone wrong
- noun the act of bending yourself into a humped position
- noun an impression that something might be the case
- subsidence3/5
subsidence
- noun an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
remittal; remission.
- his cancer is in remission
- noun a gradual sinking to a lower level
settling; subsiding.
- noun an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
- conceals3/5
conceal
- verb prevent from being seen or discovered
hide.
- Muslim women hide their faces
- hide the money
- verb hold back; keep from being perceived by others
hold in; hold back.
- She conceals her anger well
- verb prevent from being seen or discovered
- incursions3/5
incursion
- noun the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
- the incursion of television into the American living room
- noun an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
penetration.
- noun the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
- conceptualizing3/5
conceptualize
- verb have the idea for
gestate; conceive; conceptualise.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb have the idea for
- evinced3/5
evince
- verb give expression to
express; show.
- She showed her disappointment
- verb give expression to
- enunciated3/5
enunciate
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; pronounce; articulate; say; enounce.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- verb express or state clearly
vocalize; vocalise; articulate.
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- malfunction3/5
malfunction
- noun a failure to function normally
- verb fail to function or function improperly
misfunction.
- the coffee maker malfunctioned
- noun a failure to function normally
- luminance3/5
luminance
- noun the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
brightness; luminosity; luminousness; light; brightness level.
- its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun
- noun the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- wrenched3/5
wrench
- noun a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
twist; pull.
- the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell
- he was sidelined with a hamstring pull
- noun a jerky pulling movement
twist.
- noun a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- wrenching3/5
wrenching
- adjective satellite causing great physical or mental suffering
racking.
- a wrenching pain
- verb twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
twist; wrench.
- wrench a window off its hinges
- wrench oneself free from somebody's grip
- a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest
- adjective satellite causing great physical or mental suffering
- princesses3/5
princess
- noun a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
- noun a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
- incandescent3/5
incandescent
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
candent.
- an incandescent bulb
- adjective satellite characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
- an incandescent performance
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
- functionalism3/5
functionalism
- noun a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment
- noun any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose
- noun a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment
- fiance3/5
fiance
- noun a man who is engaged to be married
groom-to-be.
- noun a man who is engaged to be married
- pronouncing3/5
pronounce
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; enunciate; articulate; say; enounce.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- verb pronounce judgment on
judge; label.
- They labeled him unfit to work here
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- clemency3/5
clemency
- noun good weather with comfortable temperatures
mildness.
- noun leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
mercy; mercifulness.
- he threw himself on the mercy of the court
- noun good weather with comfortable temperatures
- observances3/5
observance
- noun the act of observing; taking a patient look
observation; watching.
- noun a formal event performed on a special occasion
ceremony; ceremonial occasion; ceremonial.
- a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
- noun the act of observing; taking a patient look
- conservancy3/5
conservancy
- noun a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
- noun the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.
- noun a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
- pursuance3/5
pursuance
- noun a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
quest; pursuit.
- the pursuit of love
- life is more than the pursuance of fame
- a quest for wealth
- noun the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
prosecution.
- noun a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
- encrypt3/5
encrypt
- verb convert ordinary language into code
encipher; code; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- obsolescence3/5
obsolescence
- noun the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date
- a policy of planned obsolescence
- noun the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date
- incriminating3/5
incriminating
- adjective satellite charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
criminatory; criminative; incriminatory.
- incriminatory testimony
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
incriminate; imply; inculpate.
- adjective satellite charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
- vehemence3/5
vehemence
- noun intensity or forcefulness of expression
emphasis.
- the vehemence of his denial
- his emphasis on civil rights
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
fury; violence; furiousness; wildness; fierceness; ferocity.
- the storm's violence
- noun intensity or forcefulness of expression
- fiancee3/5
fiancee
- noun a woman who is engaged to be married
bride-to-be.
- noun a woman who is engaged to be married
- coincidences3/5
coincidence
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
happenstance.
- noun the quality of occupying the same position or area in space
- he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
- manchu3/5
manchu
Of or pertaining to Manchuria or its inhabitants. --n. A native or inhabitant of Manchuria; also, the language spoken by the Manchus.
- furtherance3/5
furtherance
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
promotion; advancement.
- noun the advancement of some enterprise
promotion; forwarding.
- his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
- pinching3/5
pinch
- noun a painful or straitened circumstance
- the pinch of the recession
- noun an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- noun a painful or straitened circumstance
- indulgences3/5
indulgence
- noun an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
self-indulgence.
- noun a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
lenience; leniency.
- too much indulgence spoils a child
- noun an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
- rancher3/5
rancher
- noun a person who owns or operates a ranch
- noun a person who owns or operates a ranch
- franchising3/5
franchise
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
dealership.
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- conveniences3/5
conveniences
- noun things that make you comfortable and at ease
creature comforts; amenities; comforts.
- all the comforts of home
- noun the state of being suitable or opportune
convenience.
- chairs arranged for his own convenience
- noun things that make you comfortable and at ease
- contrivance3/5
contrivance
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
contraption; gismo; gadget; appliance; widget; convenience; gizmo.
- noun the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- incubator3/5
incubator
- noun apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
brooder.
- noun apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
- truncation3/5
truncation
- noun the property of being truncated or short
shortness.
- noun the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
- noun the property of being truncated or short
- advancements3/5
advancement
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
promotion; furtherance.
- noun the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
advance; forward motion; progression; procession; onward motion; progress.
- noun encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
- ponce3/5
ponce
- noun a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
pander; procurer; pimp; fancy man; pandar; panderer.
- noun a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses
- confidences3/5
confidence
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
self-confidence; self-assurance; authority; sureness; assurance.
- his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
- after that failure he lost his confidence
- she spoke with authority
- noun a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
- I have confidence in our team
- confidence is always borrowed, never owned
- noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- lincolnshire3/5
lincolnshire
- noun an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea
- noun an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea
- conceptualizations3/5
conceptualization
- noun inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
conceptualisation; formulation.
- noun an elaborated concept
conceptualisation; conceptuality.
- noun inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
- encroaching3/5
encroaching
- adjective satellite gradually intrusive without right or permission
invasive; trespassing.
- we moved back from the encroaching tide
- invasive tourists
- trespassing hunters
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; impinge; encroach.
- adjective satellite gradually intrusive without right or permission
- abundances3/5
abundance
- noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
copiousness; teemingness.
- an age of abundance
- noun (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
- noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
- incendiary3/5
incendiary
- noun a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
arsonist; firebug.
- noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
firebomb; incendiary bomb.
- noun a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
- incursion3/5
incursion
- noun the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
- the incursion of television into the American living room
- noun an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
penetration.
- noun the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
- perfunctory3/5
perfunctory
- adjective satellite hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
passing; cursory; casual.
- a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws
- a passing glance
- perfunctory courtesy
- adjective satellite as a formality only
pro forma.
- a one-candidate pro forma election
- adjective satellite hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- expectancies3/5
expectancy
- noun an expectation
anticipation.
- noun something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
anticipation.
- each of them had their own anticipations
- an indicator of expectancy in development
- noun an expectation
- accountancy3/5
accountancy
- noun the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
accounting.
- noun the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
- coalescence3/5
coalescence
- noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
conglutination; concretion; coalition; coalescency.
- noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
- renouncing3/5
renounce
- verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
abdicate.
- The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
- verb leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
vacate; give up; resign.
- She vacated the position when she got pregnant
- The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
- verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
- lances3/5
lance
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
shaft; spear.
- noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
gig; fizgig; fishgig; spear.
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- cognizance3/5
cognizance
- noun having knowledge of
cognisance; knowingness; consciousness; awareness.
- he had no awareness of his mistakes
- his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
- their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
- noun range of what one can know or understand
ken.
- beyond my ken
- noun having knowledge of
- conceding3/5
conceding
- noun the act of conceding or yielding
concession; yielding.
- verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
confess; profess; concede.
- She confessed that she had taken the money
- noun the act of conceding or yielding
- ensconced3/5
ensconce
- verb fix firmly
settle.
- He ensconced himself in the chair
- verb fix firmly
- adjuncts3/5
adjunct
- noun something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
- noun a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
- noun something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
- interferences3/5
interference
- noun a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
intervention.
- noun the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
hinderance; hindrance.
- noun a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
- remonstrance3/5
remonstrance
- noun the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
expostulation; objection; remonstration.
- noun the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
- abhorrence3/5
abhorrence
- noun hate coupled with disgust
odium; execration; abomination; detestation; loathing.
- noun hate coupled with disgust
- launcher3/5
launcher
- noun armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket
rocket launcher.
- noun a device that launches aircraft from a warship
catapult.
- noun armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket
- noncommercial3/5
noncommercial
- adjective not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises
- adjective not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises
- sanctioning3/5
sanctioning
- adjective satellite implying sanction or serving to sanction
sanctionative.
- the guardian's duties were primarily sanctionative rather than administrative
- verb give sanction to
O.K.; okay; approve; sanction.
- I approve of his educational policies
- adjective satellite implying sanction or serving to sanction
- franck3/5
franck
- noun French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)
Cesar Franck.
- noun United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964)
James Franck.
- noun French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)
- divergences3/5
divergence
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
divergency.
- an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; difference; departure.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
- enhancer3/5
enhancer
- noun anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
foil.
- pretty girls like plain friends as foils
- noun anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- extinctions3/5
extinction
- noun no longer active; extinguished
- the extinction of the volcano
- noun no longer in existence
defunctness.
- the extinction of a species
- noun no longer active; extinguished
- punctured3/5
punctured
- adjective satellite having a hole cut through
perforated; perforate; pierced.
- pierced ears
- a perforated eardrum
- a punctured balloon
- verb pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
puncture.
- puncture a tire
- adjective satellite having a hole cut through
- omniscience3/5
omniscience
- noun the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
- noun the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
- disjunctive3/5
disjunctive
- adjective serving or tending to divide or separate
- adjective serving or tending to divide or separate
- synchronic3/5
synchronic
- adjective occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
synchronal; synchronous.
- recovery was synchronous with therapy"- Jour.A.M.A.
- a synchronous set of clocks
- the synchronous action of a bird's wings in flight
- synchronous oscillations
- adjective concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents
- synchronic linguistics
- adjective occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
- incineration3/5
incineration
- noun the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes
- noun the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes
- incitement3/5
incitement
- noun an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
incitation.
- the incitement of mutiny
- noun needed encouragement
provocation.
- the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation
- noun an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
- nance3/5
nance
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
poove; fairy; queen; fagot; pansy; poof; queer; pouf; faggot; fag.
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- bunched3/5
bunch
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
clustering; cluster; clump.
- a bunch of trees
- a cluster of admirers
- noun an informal body of friends
gang; crowd; crew.
- he still hangs out with the same crowd
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
- concoction3/5
concoction
- noun any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
mixture; intermixture.
- he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
- he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade
- noun an occurrence of an unusual mixture
- it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction
- noun any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
- blanched3/5
blanched
- adjective satellite anemic looking from illness or emotion
bloodless; ashen; white; livid.
- a face turned ashen
- the invalid's blanched cheeks
- tried to speak with bloodless lips
- a face livid with shock
- lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley
- lips white with terror
- a face white with rage
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blanch; blench; pale.
- adjective satellite anemic looking from illness or emotion
- uncooperative3/5
uncooperative
- adjective unwilling to cooperate
- an uncooperative witness
- adjective satellite intentionally unaccommodating
disobliging.
- the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging
- adjective unwilling to cooperate
- bounces3/5
bounce
- noun the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
bounciness.
- noun a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
spring; leaping; bound; leap; saltation.
- noun the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
- conjunctive3/5
conjunctive
- noun an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
continuative; conjunction; connective.
- adjective serving or tending to connect
- noun an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
- interdependencies3/5
interdependency
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
mutuality; interdependence.
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
- subservience3/5
subservience
- noun the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
- all his actions were in subservience to the general plan
- noun in a subservient state
subservientness.
- noun the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
- franchisees3/5
franchise
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
dealership.
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- existences3/5
existence
- noun the state or fact of existing
being; beingness.
- a point of view gradually coming into being
- laws in existence for centuries
- noun everything that exists anywhere
universe; creation; macrocosm; world; cosmos.
- they study the evolution of the universe
- the biggest tree in existence
- noun the state or fact of existing
- pronounces3/5
pronounce
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; enunciate; articulate; say; enounce.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- verb pronounce judgment on
judge; label.
- They labeled him unfit to work here
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- defenceless3/5
defenceless
- adjective satellite lacking protection or support
defenseless.
- a defenseless child
- adjective satellite lacking weapons for self-defense
defenseless.
- adjective satellite lacking protection or support
- incorrigible3/5
incorrigible
- adjective impervious to correction by punishment
- adjective impervious to correction by punishment
- inclines3/5
incline
- noun an elevated geological formation
slope; side.
- he climbed the steep slope
- the house was built on the side of a mountain
- noun an inclined surface connecting two levels
ramp.
- noun an elevated geological formation
- obeisance3/5
obeisance
- noun bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
bowing; bow.
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
obedience.
- noun bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- conceptualisation3/5
conceptualisation
- noun an elaborated concept
conceptualization; conceptuality.
- noun inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
conceptualization; formulation.
- noun an elaborated concept
- eysenck3/5
eysenck
- noun a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis
Hans Jurgen Eysenck; Hans Eysenck; H. J. Eysenck.
- noun a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis
- hindrances3/5
hindrance
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
balk; handicap; baulk; check; impediment; deterrent; hinderance.
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
incumbrance; preventative; encumbrance; interference; hitch; preventive; hinderance.
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- uncovers3/5
uncover
- verb make visible
bring out; reveal; unveil.
- Summer brings out bright clothes
- He brings out the best in her
- verb remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
expose.
- uncover your belly
- The man exposed himself in the subway
- verb make visible
- evince3/5
evince
- verb give expression to
express; show.
- She showed her disappointment
- verb give expression to
- launchers3/5
launcher
- noun armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket
rocket launcher.
- noun a device that launches aircraft from a warship
catapult.
- noun armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket
- uncleanness3/5
uncleanness
- noun the state of being unsanitary
dirtiness.
- noun the state of being unsanitary
- malfunctioning3/5
malfunctioning
- adjective not performing or able to perform its regular function
nonfunctional.
- a malfunctioning valve
- verb fail to function or function improperly
malfunction; misfunction.
- the coffee maker malfunctioned
- adjective not performing or able to perform its regular function
- nonconformity3/5
nonconformity
- noun lack of harmony or correspondence
- noun a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
nonconformance; nonconformism.
- noun lack of harmony or correspondence
- avalanches3/5
avalanche
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- noun a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
- the program brought an avalanche of mail
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- encroach3/5
encroach
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; impinge.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; entrench.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
- clinch3/5
clinch
- noun (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
clench.
- noun (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- denounces3/5
denounce
- verb speak out against
- He denounced the Nazis
- verb to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
stigmatise; brand; stigmatize; mark.
- He denounced the government action
- She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock
- verb speak out against
- countenances3/5
countenance
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
visage.
- a pleasant countenance
- a stern visage
- noun formal and explicit approval
sanction; indorsement; endorsement; imprimatur; warrant.
- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
- redundancies3/5
redundancy
- noun repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
- noun the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
redundance.
- the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers
- noun repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
- conclave3/5
conclave
- noun a confidential or secret meeting
- noun a confidential or secret meeting
- incarnated3/5
incarnate
- verb make concrete and real
- verb represent in bodily form
embody; substantiate; body forth.
- He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
- The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
- verb make concrete and real
- disinclined3/5
disinclined
- adjective unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval
- disinclined to say anything to anybody
- verb make unwilling
indispose; disincline.
- adjective unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval
- disappearances3/5
disappearance
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
disappearing.
- noun the event of passing out of sight
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
- ironclad3/5
ironclad
- noun a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor
- adjective satellite sheathed in iron plates for protection
- noun a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor
- impermanence3/5
impermanence
- noun the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
impermanency.
- noun the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
- enfranchisement3/5
enfranchisement
- noun freedom from political subjugation or servitude
- noun a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
franchise.
- noun freedom from political subjugation or servitude
- preponderance3/5
preponderance
- noun superiority in power or influence
- the preponderance of good over evil
- the preponderance of wealth and power
- noun a superiority in numbers or amount
prevalence.
- a preponderance of evidence against the defendant
- noun superiority in power or influence
- fanciful3/5
fanciful
- adjective satellite indulging in or influenced by fancy
notional.
- a fanciful mind
- all the notional vagaries of childhood
- adjective satellite not based on fact; unreal
notional; imaginary.
- the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt
- a small child's imaginary friends
- to create a notional world for oneself
- adjective satellite indulging in or influenced by fancy
- pretence3/5
pretence
- noun a false or unsupportable quality
pretension; pretense.
- noun an artful or simulated semblance
guise; pretense; pretext.
- under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
- noun a false or unsupportable quality
- unchanging3/5
unchanging
- adjective satellite conforming to the same principles or course of action over time
- adjective satellite showing little if any change
static; stable.
- a static population
- adjective satellite conforming to the same principles or course of action over time
- pancreatitis3/5
pancreatitis
- noun inflammation of the pancreas; usually marked by abdominal pain
- noun inflammation of the pancreas; usually marked by abdominal pain
- ascendancy3/5
ascendancy
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
control; ascendance; ascendency; ascendence; dominance.
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- terence3/5
terence
- noun dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC)
Publius Terentius Afer.
- noun dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC)
- misconceptions3/5
misconception
- noun an incorrect conception
- noun an incorrect conception
- conductance3/5
conductance
- noun a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
- noun a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
- concur3/5
concur
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; agree; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- verb happen simultaneously
coincide.
- The two events coincided
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
- credence3/5
credence
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
acceptance.
- he gave credence to the gossip
- acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
- noun a kind of sideboard or buffet
credenza.
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- incipient3/5
incipient
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
inchoate.
- incipient civil disorder
- an incipient tumor
- a vague inchoate idea
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
- extravagance3/5
extravagance
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
extravagancy.
- we were surprised by the extravagance of his description
- noun the trait of spending extravagantly
prodigality; profligacy.
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
- magnificence3/5
magnificence
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
impressiveness; grandness; richness.
- the grandness of the architecture
- impressed by the richness of the flora
- noun the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
grandness; brilliance; splendour; grandeur; splendor.
- for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel
- his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects
- it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor
- an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art
- advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
- winced3/5
wince
- noun the facial expression of sudden pain
- noun a reflex response to sudden pain
flinch.
- noun the facial expression of sudden pain
- consultancy3/5
consultancy
- noun the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
- a business management consultancy
- noun the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
- chancery3/5
chancery
- noun a court with jurisdiction in equity
court of chancery.
- noun an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
- noun a court with jurisdiction in equity
- affluence3/5
affluence
- noun abundant wealth
richness.
- they studied forerunners of richness or poverty
- the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty
- noun abundant wealth
- referencing3/5
reference
- noun a remark that calls attention to something or someone
mention.
- she made frequent mention of her promotion
- there was no mention of it
- the speaker made several references to his wife
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
acknowledgment; mention; citation; credit; cite; quotation.
- the student's essay failed to list several important citations
- the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
- the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
- noun a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- crunch3/5
crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
- noun a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- an end-of-the year crunch
- a financial crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- concurrence3/5
concurrence
- noun agreement of results or opinions
concurrency.
- noun acting together, as agents or circumstances or events
concurrency.
- noun agreement of results or opinions
- concurring3/5
concurring
- adjective satellite being of the same opinion
concordant.
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; concur; agree; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- adjective satellite being of the same opinion
- distancing3/5
distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- noun a distant region
- I could see it in the distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- concurred3/5
concur
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; agree; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- verb happen simultaneously
coincide.
- The two events coincided
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
- distanced3/5
distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- noun a distant region
- I could see it in the distance
- noun the property created by the space between two objects or points
- encore3/5
encore
- noun an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- verb request an encore, from a performer
- noun an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- decadence3/5
decadence
- noun the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
degeneration; decadency; degeneracy.
- noun the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
- encephalitis3/5
encephalitis
- noun inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
phrenitis; cephalitis.
- noun inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
- misconception3/5
misconception
- noun an incorrect conception
- noun an incorrect conception
- coincidental3/5
coincidental
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
concurrent; co-occurrent; coinciding; simultaneous; coincident; cooccurring.
- a series of coincident events
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
- resonances3/5
resonance
- noun an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- noun a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system
- noun an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- punching3/5
punch
- noun (boxing) a blow with the fist
biff; clout; poke; lick; slug.
- I gave him a clout on his nose
- noun an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
- noun (boxing) a blow with the fist
- inductance3/5
inductance
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
induction.
- noun an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit
inductor.
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
- essences3/5
essence
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
kernel; substance; center; centre; nitty-gritty; sum; meat; heart; pith; nub; heart and soul; core; inwardness; marrow; gist.
- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
- noun any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
- noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- indistinct3/5
indistinct
- adjective not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
- indistinct shapes in the gloom
- an indistinct memory
- only indistinct notions of what to do
- adjective not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
- pancakes3/5
pancake
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
flapjack; flannel-cake; hot cake; hotcake; griddlecake; flapcake; battercake; flannel cake.
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
- buoyancy3/5
buoyancy
- noun cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
perkiness.
- noun the property of something weightless and insubstantial
airiness.
- noun cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
- absences3/5
absence
- noun the state of being absent
- he was surprised by the absence of any explanation
- noun failure to be present
- noun the state of being absent
- uncomplicated3/5
uncomplicated
- adjective satellite lacking complexity
unsophisticated.
- small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring
- an unsophisticated machine
- adjective satellite easy and not involved or complicated
elementary; simple; unproblematic.
- an elementary problem in statistics
- elementary, my dear Watson
- a simple game
- found an uncomplicated solution to the problem
- adjective satellite lacking complexity
- unconsciousness3/5
unconsciousness
- noun a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
- noun a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
- incredulous3/5
incredulous
- adjective not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
- adjective not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
- militancy3/5
militancy
- noun a militant aggressiveness
militance; combativeness.
- noun a militant aggressiveness
- malignancies3/5
malignancy
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
malignance.
- noun quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
malignity; malignance.
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
- punches3/5
punch
- noun (boxing) a blow with the fist
biff; clout; poke; lick; slug.
- I gave him a clout on his nose
- noun an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
- noun (boxing) a blow with the fist
- exuberance3/5
exuberance
- noun joyful enthusiasm
- noun overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
enthusiasm; ebullience.
- noun joyful enthusiasm
- preconceived3/5
preconceived
- adjective (of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand; especially without evidence or through prejudice
- certain preconceived notions
- verb conceive beforehand
preconceive.
- a preconceived notion
- adjective (of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand; especially without evidence or through prejudice
- unconnected3/5
unconnected
- adjective not joined or linked together
- adjective satellite not connected by birth or family
- adjective not joined or linked together
- consciences3/5
conscience
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
scruples; sense of right and wrong; moral sense.
- noun conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
- a person of unflagging conscience
- noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
- parenchyma3/5
parenchyma
- noun animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels
- noun the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems
- noun animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels
- tolerances3/5
tolerance
- noun the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
- noun a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
permissiveness.
- noun the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
- competences3/5
competence
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
competency.
- noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
- pestilence3/5
pestilence
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
plague; pestis; pest.
- noun any epidemic disease with a high death rate
plague; pest.
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- incisions3/5
incision
- noun a depression scratched or carved into a surface
scratch; slit; prick; dent.
- noun the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
section; surgical incision.
- noun a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- subjunctive3/5
subjunctive
- noun a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
subjunctive mood.
- adjective relating to a mood of verbs
- subjunctive verb endings
- noun a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
- coincident3/5
coincident
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
concurrent; co-occurrent; coinciding; simultaneous; cooccurring; coincidental.
- a series of coincident events
- adjective satellite matching point for point
- coincident circles
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
- insolence3/5
insolence
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
impertinence; freshness; crust; impudence; cheekiness; gall.
- noun an offensive disrespectful impudent act
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- reticence3/5
reticence
- noun the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
taciturnity; reserve.
- noun the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
- ranches3/5
ranch
- noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
spread; cattle farm; cattle ranch.
- verb manage or run a ranch
- Her husband is ranching in Arizona
- noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- defunct3/5
defunct
- adjective satellite no longer in force or use; inactive
- a defunct law
- a defunct organization
- adjective satellite having ceased to exist or live
- the will of a defunct aunt
- a defunct Indian tribe
- adjective satellite no longer in force or use; inactive
- parlance3/5
parlance
- noun a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
idiom.
- noun a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
- winch3/5
winch
- noun lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
windlass.
- verb pull or lift up with or as if with a winch
- winch up the slack line
- noun lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
- oncoming3/5
oncoming
- noun the beginning or early stages
onset.
- the onset of pneumonia
- adjective satellite moving toward one
- noun the beginning or early stages
- luminescence3/5
luminescence
- noun light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures
- noun light from nonthermal sources
glow.
- noun light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures
- franciscans3/5
franciscan
- noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
Grey Friar.
- adjective of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him
- Franciscan monks
- noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
- concurrency3/5
concurrency
- noun agreement of results or opinions
concurrence.
- noun acting together, as agents or circumstances or events
concurrence.
- noun agreement of results or opinions
- inefficiencies3/5
inefficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
- flinched3/5
flinch
- noun a reflex response to sudden pain
wince.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; recoil; wince; quail; cringe; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- noun a reflex response to sudden pain
- preconceptions3/5
preconception
- noun an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
preconceived notion; prepossession; preconceived opinion; preconceived idea; parti pris.
- he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions
- noun a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
bias; prejudice.
- noun an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
- ranching3/5
ranching
- noun farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)
- verb manage or run a ranch
ranch.
- Her husband is ranching in Arizona
- noun farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)
- incisive3/5
incisive
- adjective satellite having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
acute; penetrating; penetrative; piercing; discriminating; keen; sharp; knifelike.
- an acute observer of politics and politicians
- incisive comments
- icy knifelike reasoning
- as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
- penetrating insight
- frequent penetrative observations
- adjective satellite suitable for cutting or piercing
- incisive teeth
- adjective satellite having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- munch3/5
munch
- noun a large bite
- he tried to talk between munches on the sandwich
- noun Norwegian painter (1863-1944)
Edvard Munch.
- noun a large bite
- unchangeable3/5
unchangeable
- adjective not changeable or subject to change
- a fixed and unchangeable part of the germ plasm"-Ashley Montagu
- the unchangeable seasons
- one of the unchangeable facts of life
- adjective not changeable or subject to change
- incompleteness3/5
incompleteness
- noun the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect
rawness.
- the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research
- the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable
- noun the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect
- disenfranchised3/5
disenfranchised
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
voiceless; disfranchised; voteless.
- labor was voiceless
- disenfrenchised masses took to the streets
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise; disenfranchise.
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- conjunctivitis3/5
conjunctivitis
- noun inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye
pinkeye.
- noun inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye
- comanche3/5
comanche
- noun a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma
- noun the Shoshonean language spoken by the Comanche
- noun a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma
- incongruity3/5
incongruity
- noun the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
incongruousness.
- noun the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
- stencil3/5
stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- verb mark or print with a stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- allegiances3/5
allegiance
- noun the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
dedication; loyalty; commitment.
- his long commitment to public service
- they felt no loyalty to a losing team
- noun the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
fealty.
- noun the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
- retrenchment3/5
retrenchment
- noun entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
- noun the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
downsizing; curtailment.
- noun entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
- senescence3/5
senescence
- noun the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
aging; ageing.
- noun the property characteristic of old age
agedness.
- noun the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
- chancel3/5
chancel
- noun area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
bema; sanctuary.
- noun area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
- reactance3/5
reactance
- noun opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
- noun opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
- indolence3/5
indolence
- noun inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
laziness.
- noun inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
- reinsurance3/5
reinsurance
- noun sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured
- reinsurance enables a client to get coverage that would be too great for any one company to assume
- noun sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured
- continence3/5
continence
- noun the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
continency.
- noun voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge
- noun the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
- concatenation3/5
concatenation
- noun the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series
- noun the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc
- it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances
- noun the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series
- pancake3/5
pancake
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
flapjack; flannel-cake; hot cake; hotcake; griddlecake; flapcake; battercake; flannel cake.
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
- incredulity3/5
incredulity
- noun doubt about the truth of something
skepticism; mental rejection; disbelief.
- noun doubt about the truth of something
- irrelevance3/5
irrelevance
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
irrelevancy.
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
- idiosyncrasies3/5
idiosyncrasy
- noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
mannerism; foible.
- noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- coinciding3/5
coinciding
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
concurrent; co-occurrent; simultaneous; coincident; cooccurring; coincidental.
- a series of coincident events
- verb go with, fall together
co-occur; coincide; cooccur.
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
- inched3/5
inch
- noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
in.
- noun a unit of measurement for advertising space
column inch.
- noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
- flinch3/5
flinch
- noun a reflex response to sudden pain
wince.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; recoil; wince; quail; cringe; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- noun a reflex response to sudden pain
- transparencies3/5
transparency
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
transparence.
- noun the quality of being clear and transparent
transparence; transparentness.
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
- penitence3/5
penitence
- noun remorse for your past conduct
repentance; penance.
- noun remorse for your past conduct
- inconspicuous3/5
inconspicuous
- adjective not prominent or readily noticeable
invisible.
- he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole
- the invisible man
- adjective not prominent or readily noticeable
- inculcate3/5
inculcate
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
infuse; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- annunciation3/5
annunciation
- noun a formal public statement
announcement; declaration; proclamation.
- the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war
- a declaration of independence
- noun a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Annunciation Day; Lady Day; March 25.
- noun a formal public statement
- clearances3/5
clearance
- noun the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
- noun vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
headroom; headway.
- noun the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them
- conceited3/5
conceited
- adjective satellite characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
swollen-headed; egotistic; swollen; self-conceited; vain; egotistical.
- a conceited fool
- an attitude of self-conceited arrogance
- an egotistical disregard of others
- so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty
- growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary
- vain about her clothes
- adjective satellite characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
- incredulously3/5
incredulously
- adverb in an incredulous manner
disbelievingly; unbelievingly.
- the woman looked up at her incredulously
- adverb in an incredulous manner
- functionalities3/5
functionality
- noun capable of serving a purpose well
- software with greater functionality
- noun capable of serving a purpose well
- syncretism3/5
syncretism
- noun the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)
- a syncretism of material and immaterial theories
- noun the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
- noun the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)
- concierge3/5
concierge
- noun a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
- noun a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
- distinctness3/5
distinctness
- noun the quality of being sharp and clear
sharpness.
- noun the state of being several and distinct
discreteness; severalty; separateness.
- noun the quality of being sharp and clear
- crunching3/5
crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
- noun a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- an end-of-the year crunch
- a financial crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- concubine3/5
concubine
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
courtesan; doxy; paramour.
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
- recurrences3/5
recurrence
- noun happening again (especially at regular intervals)
return.
- the return of spring
- noun happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- melancholic3/5
melancholic
- noun someone subject to melancholia
melancholiac.
- adjective satellite characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
melancholy.
- growing more melancholy every hour
- her melancholic smile
- we acquainted him with the melancholy truth
- noun someone subject to melancholia
- leniency3/5
leniency
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
mildness; lenience; lenity.
- noun a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
lenience; indulgence.
- too much indulgence spoils a child
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
- inculcated3/5
inculcate
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
infuse; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- brilliancy3/5
brilliancy
- noun a quality that outshines the usual
splendour; lustre; splendor; luster.
- noun a quality that outshines the usual
- brunch3/5
brunch
- noun combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning
- verb eat a meal in the late morning
- We brunch in Sundays
- noun combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning
- dysfunctions3/5
dysfunction
- noun (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group
disfunction.
- erectile dysfunction
- sexual relationship dysfunction
- noun (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group
- opulence3/5
opulence
- noun wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
sumptuousness; luxury; luxuriousness.
- noun wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
- ambulances3/5
ambulance
- noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
- noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
- enunciation3/5
enunciation
- noun the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
diction.
- noun the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
- convinces3/5
convince
- verb make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
convert; win over.
- He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product
- verb make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
- pounce3/5
pounce
- noun the act of pouncing
- verb move down on as if in an attack
swoop.
- The raptor swooped down on its prey
- The teacher swooped down upon the new students
- noun the act of pouncing
- incantations3/5
incantation
- noun a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
conjuration.
- noun a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
- concubines3/5
concubine
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
courtesan; doxy; paramour.
- noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
- reappearance3/5
reappearance
- noun the event of something appearing again
- the reappearance of Halley's comet
- noun the act of someone appearing again
return.
- his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited
- noun the event of something appearing again
- repugnance3/5
repugnance
- noun intense aversion
horror; repulsion; revulsion.
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
incompatibility; mutual exclusiveness; inconsistency.
- noun intense aversion
- haunches3/5
haunch
- noun the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
- noun the loin and leg of a quadruped
- noun the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
- uncultivated3/5
uncultivated
- adjective (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops
- uncultivated land
- adjective satellite (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
uncultured; artless.
- adjective (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops
- impudence3/5
impudence
- noun an impudent statement
cheek; impertinence.
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
impertinence; freshness; crust; cheekiness; gall; insolence.
- noun an impudent statement
- unconscionable3/5
unconscionable
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
conscienceless.
- a conscienceless villain
- brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless
- an unconscionable liar
- adjective satellite greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
extortionate; usurious; outrageous; exorbitant; steep.
- exorbitant rent
- extortionate prices
- spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
- usurious interest rate
- unconscionable spending
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
- consonance3/5
consonance
- noun the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
consonant rhyme.
- noun the property of sounding harmonious
harmoniousness.
- noun the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
- dormancy3/5
dormancy
- noun a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
quiescency; quiescence.
- the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy
- noun quiet and inactive restfulness
quiescence; sleeping; quiescency.
- noun a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
- hesitancy3/5
hesitancy
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
hesitance.
- noun a certain degree of unwillingness
hesitation; reluctance; disinclination; indisposition.
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
- insincere3/5
insincere
- adjective lacking sincerity
- a charming but thoroughly insincere woman
- their praise was extravagant and insincere
- adjective lacking sincerity
- pounced3/5
pounce
- noun the act of pouncing
- verb move down on as if in an attack
swoop.
- The raptor swooped down on its prey
- The teacher swooped down upon the new students
- noun the act of pouncing
- clenching3/5
clench
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
clinch.
- noun the act of grasping
grip; clutches; clutch; grasp; hold; clasp.
- he released his clasp on my arm
- he has a strong grip for an old man
- she kept a firm hold on the railing
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
- wince3/5
wince
- noun the facial expression of sudden pain
- noun a reflex response to sudden pain
flinch.
- noun the facial expression of sudden pain
- incantation3/5
incantation
- noun a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
conjuration.
- noun a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect
- incidences3/5
incidence
- noun the relative frequency of occurrence of something
relative incidence.
- noun the striking of a light beam on a surface
- he measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light
- noun the relative frequency of occurrence of something
- mencken3/5
mencken
- noun United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)
H. L. Mencken; Henry Louis Mencken.
- noun United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956)
- inchoate3/5
inchoate
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
incipient.
- incipient civil disorder
- an incipient tumor
- a vague inchoate idea
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
- wench3/5
wench
- noun informal terms for a (young) woman
doll; chick; skirt; bird; dame.
- verb frequent prostitutes
- noun informal terms for a (young) woman
- counterinsurgency3/5
counterinsurgency
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
pacification.
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- comanches3/5
comanche
- noun a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma
- noun the Shoshonean language spoken by the Comanche
- noun a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma
- concurs3/5
concur
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; agree; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- verb happen simultaneously
coincide.
- The two events coincided
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
- intemperance3/5
intemperance
- noun the quality of being intemperate
- noun consumption of alcoholic drinks
intemperateness.
- noun the quality of being intemperate
- presences3/5
presence
- noun the state of being present; current existence
- he tested for the presence of radon
- noun the immediate proximity of someone or something
front.
- she blushed in his presence
- he sensed the presence of danger
- he was well behaved in front of company
- noun the state of being present; current existence
- incrimination3/5
incrimination
- noun an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
blame; inculpation.
- his incrimination was based on my testimony
- the police laid the blame on the driver
- noun an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- intransigence3/5
intransigence
- noun the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise
intransigency.
- noun the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise
- unction3/5
unction
- noun excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
fulsomeness; smarm.
- noun smug self-serving earnestness
oleaginousness; fulsomeness; oiliness; smarminess; unctuousness.
- noun excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
- uncoordinated3/5
uncoordinated
- adjective satellite lacking in cooperative planning and organization
- uncoordinated scheduling often resulted in conflicting games
- adjective satellite lacking the skillful and effective interaction of muscle movements
- his movements are uncoordinated
- an uncoordinated toddler
- adjective satellite lacking in cooperative planning and organization
- contradistinction3/5
contradistinction
- noun a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast
- sculpture in contradistinction to painting
- noun a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast
- uncut3/5
uncut
- adjective not trimmed
untrimmed.
- shaggy untrimmed locks
- adjective (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine
unmown.
- uncut grass
- an unmown lawn
- adjective not trimmed
- impertinence3/5
impertinence
- noun an impudent statement
cheek; impudence.
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
freshness; crust; impudence; cheekiness; gall; insolence.
- noun an impudent statement
- condolences3/5
condolence
- noun an expression of sympathy with another's grief
commiseration.
- they sent their condolences
- noun an expression of sympathy with another's grief
- abeyance3/5
abeyance
- noun temporary cessation or suspension
suspension.
- noun temporary cessation or suspension
- convalescence3/5
convalescence
- noun gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
recuperation; recovery.
- noun gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
- relevancy3/5
relevancy
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
relevance.
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
- seance3/5
seance
- noun a meeting of spiritualists
session; sitting.
- the seance was held in the medium's parlor
- noun a meeting of spiritualists
- nonconforming3/5
nonconforming
- adjective satellite not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion
nonconformist.
- adjective satellite not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion
- trenchant3/5
trenchant
- adjective satellite having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
searching.
- searching insights
- trenchant criticism
- adjective satellite characterized by or full of force and vigor
hard-hitting.
- a hard-hitting expose
- a trenchant argument
- adjective satellite having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
- nonexistence3/5
nonexistence
- noun the state of not existing
nonentity.
- noun the state of not existing
- latencies3/5
latency
- noun (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
rotational latency.
- noun the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
reaction time; latent period; response time.
- noun (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
- rancid3/5
rancid
- adjective satellite (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition
- rancid butter
- rancid bacon
- adjective satellite smelling of fermentation or staleness
sour.
- adjective satellite (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition
- incapacity3/5
incapacity
- noun lack of intellectual power
- noun lack of physical or natural qualifications
- noun lack of intellectual power
- stench3/5
stench
- noun a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
foetor; stink; fetor; malodor; mephitis; malodour; reek.
- noun a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
- acquiescence3/5
acquiescence
- noun acceptance without protest
- noun agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
assent.
- he gave his assent eagerly
- a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly
- noun acceptance without protest
- cadence3/5
cadence
- noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
beat; metre; meter; measure.
- noun the close of a musical section
- noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- staunch3/5
staunch
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
stanch; halt; stem.
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
- adjective satellite firm and dependable especially in loyalty
unswerving; steadfast.
- a steadfast ally
- a staunch defender of free speech
- unswerving devotion
- unswerving allegiance
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- distinctively3/5
distinctively
- adverb in an identifiably distinctive manner
- the distinctively conservative district of the county
- adverb in an identifiably distinctive manner
- remittances3/5
remittance
- noun a payment of money sent to a person in another place
remitment; remission; remittal.
- noun a payment of money sent to a person in another place
- conclusively3/5
conclusively
- adverb in a conclusive way
once and for all.
- we settled the problem conclusively
- adverb in a conclusive way
- congruence3/5
congruence
- noun the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
congruity; congruousness.
- noun the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
- inconclusive3/5
inconclusive
- adjective not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question
- an inconclusive reply
- inconclusive evidence
- the inconclusive committee vote
- adjective not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question
- reflectance3/5
reflectance
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
coefficient of reflection; reflection factor; reflectivity.
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
- denunciation3/5
denunciation
- noun a public act of denouncing
denouncement.
- noun a public act of denouncing
- expediency3/5
expediency
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
expedience.
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
- pence3/5
penny
- noun a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
- noun a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
centime; cent.
- noun a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
- bronchitis3/5
bronchitis
- noun inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes
- noun inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes
- exigencies3/5
exigency
- noun a pressing or urgent situation
- the health-care exigency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
pinch; emergency.
- he never knew what to do in an emergency
- noun a pressing or urgent situation
- penchant3/5
penchant
- noun a strong liking
predilection; taste; preference.
- my own preference is for good literature
- the Irish have a penchant for blarney
- noun a strong liking
- encephalopathy3/5
encephalopathy
- noun any disorder or disease of the brain
brain disorder; brain disease.
- noun any disorder or disease of the brain
- incomparable3/5
incomparable
- adjective such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared
uncomparable.
- an incomparable week of rest and pleasure
- the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency
- this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data
- adjective such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared
- incongruous3/5
incongruous
- adjective lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
- a plan incongruous with reason
- incongruous behavior
- a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation
- adjective lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
- succinct3/5
succinct
- adjective satellite briefly giving the gist of something
compact; summary; compendious.
- a short and compendious book
- a compact style is brief and pithy
- succinct comparisons
- a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
- adjective satellite briefly giving the gist of something
- pronouncement3/5
pronouncement
- noun an authoritative declaration
dictum; say-so.
- noun an authoritative declaration
- unconcerned3/5
unconcerned
- adjective lacking in interest or care or feeling
- the average American...is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions...beyond the normal citizen's comprehension and control
- blithely unconcerned about his friend's plight
- adjective satellite easy in mind; not worried
- the prisoner seems entirely unconcerned as to the outcome of the examination
- adjective lacking in interest or care or feeling
- incensed3/5
incensed
- adjective satellite angered at something unjust or wrong
umbrageous; outraged; indignant.
- an indignant denial
- incensed at the judges' unfairness
- a look of outraged disbelief
- umbrageous at the loss of their territory
- verb perfume especially with a censer
thurify; incense; cense.
- adjective satellite angered at something unjust or wrong
- nonviolence3/5
nonviolence
- noun peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
nonviolent resistance; passive resistance.
- noun peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
- inconsequential3/5
inconsequential
- adjective satellite lacking worth or importance
inconsequent.
- his work seems trivial and inconsequential
- the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet
- adjective satellite not following logically as a consequence
- adjective satellite lacking worth or importance
- concretely3/5
concretely
- adverb in concrete terms
- concretely, this meant that he was broke
- adverb in concrete terms
- concussion3/5
concussion
- noun injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness
- noun any violent blow
- noun injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness
- coincidentally3/5
coincidentally
- adverb happening at the same time
coincidently.
- adverb happening at the same time
- reminiscence3/5
reminiscence
- noun a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
- noun the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
recall; recollection.
- he has total recall of the episode
- noun a mental impression retained and recalled from the past
- incalculable3/5
incalculable
- adjective not capable of being computed or enumerated
- adjective not capable of being computed or enumerated
- unconstrained3/5
unconstrained
- adjective satellite free from constraint
- he was unconstrained by any of the sanctions of polite society
- the dog was unconstrained
- idle, unconstrained gossip
- adjective satellite free from constraint
- beneficence3/5
beneficence
- noun doing good; feeling beneficent
- noun the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
- noun doing good; feeling beneficent
- oncogene3/5
oncogene
- noun a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells
transforming gene.
- noun a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells
- uncontrollably3/5
uncontrollably
- adverb in an uncontrolled manner
- she laughed uncontrollably
- adverb in an uncontrolled manner
- inexperience3/5
inexperience
- noun lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
rawness.
- procedural inexperience created difficulties
- their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops
- noun lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
- immanence3/5
immanence
- noun the state of being within or not going beyond a given domain
immanency.
- noun the state of being within or not going beyond a given domain
- cancerous3/5
cancerous
- adjective satellite relating to or affected with cancer
- a cancerous growth
- adjective satellite like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads
- remorse was cancerous within him
- pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children
- adjective satellite relating to or affected with cancer
- insignificance3/5
insignificance
- noun the quality of having little or no significance
- noun the quality of having little or no significance
- downcast3/5
downcast
- noun a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
- adjective satellite directed downward
- a downcast glance
- noun a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
- conformance3/5
conformance
- noun correspondence in form or appearance
conformity.
- noun correspondence in form or appearance
- solvency3/5
solvency
- noun the ability to meet maturing obligations as they come due
- noun the ability to meet maturing obligations as they come due
- resemblances3/5
resemblance
- noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
- noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
- unceasing3/5
unceasing
- adjective satellite continuing forever or indefinitely
unending; perpetual; eternal; ageless; eonian; everlasting; aeonian.
- the ageless themes of love and revenge
- eternal truths
- life everlasting
- hell's perpetual fires
- the unending bliss of heaven
- adjective satellite uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
ceaseless; constant; perpetual; never-ending; incessant; unremitting.
- the ceaseless thunder of surf
- in constant pain
- night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city
- the never-ending search for happiness
- the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy
- man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation
- unremitting demands of hunger
- adjective satellite continuing forever or indefinitely
- disenchantment3/5
disenchantment
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
disillusion; disillusionment.
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
- incestuous3/5
incestuous
- adjective resembling incest as by excessive intimacy
- adjective relating to or involving incest
- adjective resembling incest as by excessive intimacy
- resiliency3/5
resiliency
- noun an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
resilience.
- noun the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
resilience.
- noun an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
- uncertainly3/5
uncertainly
- adverb in an unsteady manner
unsteadily; falteringly.
- he walked unsteadily toward the exit
- The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs
- adverb showing lack of certainty
- he paused uncertainly
- adverb in an unsteady manner
- melancholia3/5
melancholia
- noun extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears
- noun extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears
- despondency3/5
despondency
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
disconsolateness; heartsickness; despondence.
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
- unconditioned3/5
unconditioned
- adjective not established by conditioning or learning
unlearned; innate.
- an unconditioned reflex
- adjective not conditional
unconditional.
- unconditional surrender
- adjective not established by conditioning or learning
- incoherence3/5
incoherence
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
incoherency.
- noun nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
incoherency; unintelligibility.
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
- uncharted3/5
uncharted
- adjective satellite (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated
unmapped; chartless.
- uncharted seas
- adjective satellite (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated
- remittance3/5
remittance
- noun a payment of money sent to a person in another place
remitment; remission; remittal.
- noun a payment of money sent to a person in another place
- denunciations3/5
denunciation
- noun a public act of denouncing
denouncement.
- noun a public act of denouncing
- preeminence3/5
preeminence
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
note; distinction; eminence.
- a scholar of great eminence
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
- incompletely3/5
incompletely
- adverb not to a full degree or extent
- words incompletely understood
- a form filled out incompletely
- adverb not to a full degree or extent
- disenchanted3/5
disenchanted
- adjective freed from enchantment
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion; disenchant.
- adjective freed from enchantment
- unconvincing3/5
unconvincing
- adjective not convincing
flimsy.
- unconvincing argument
- as unconvincing as a forced smile
- adjective satellite having a probability too low to inspire belief
improbable; unbelievable; unlikely.
- adjective not convincing
- adjacency3/5
adjacency
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
contiguity; contiguousness.
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
- raincoat3/5
raincoat
- noun a water-resistant coat
waterproof.
- noun a water-resistant coat
- punctuality3/5
punctuality
- noun the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time
promptness.
- noun the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time
- unconvinced3/5
unconvinced
- adjective lacking conviction
- I remain unconvinced
- adjective lacking conviction
- uncharacteristic3/5
uncharacteristic
- adjective distinctive and not typical
- a book uncharacteristic of its author
- adjective distinctive and not typical
- quintessence3/5
quintessence
- noun the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
ether.
- noun the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- noun the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- refinancing3/5
refinance
- verb renew the financing of
- verb renew the financing of
- transmittance3/5
transmittance
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
transmission.
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
- clairvoyance3/5
clairvoyance
- noun apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
second sight; ESP; extrasensory perception; E.S.P..
- noun apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- munching3/5
munch
- noun Norwegian painter (1863-1944)
Edvard Munch.
- noun a large bite
- he tried to talk between munches on the sandwich
- noun Norwegian painter (1863-1944)
- 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
- uncaring3/5
uncaring
- adjective satellite lacking affection or warm feeling
detached; unaffectionate.
- an uncaring person
- adjective satellite without care or thought for others; `Let them eat cake'"
thoughtless; unthinking.
- the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread
- adjective satellite lacking affection or warm feeling
- oncogenes3/5
oncogene
- noun a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells
transforming gene.
- noun a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells
- cadences3/5
cadence
- noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
beat; metre; meter; measure.
- noun the close of a musical section
- noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- unprincipled3/5
unprincipled
- adjective lacking principles or moral scruples
- freedom from coarse unprincipled calumny"- A.E.Stevenson
- adjective satellite having little or no integrity
- adjective lacking principles or moral scruples
- indecency3/5
indecency
- noun the quality of being indecent
- noun an indecent or improper act
impropriety.
- noun the quality of being indecent
- compunction3/5
compunction
- noun a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
remorse; self-reproach.
- noun a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
- permanency3/5
permanency
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
permanence.
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
- unflinching3/5
unflinching
- adjective satellite not shrinking from danger
unintimidated; unblinking; unshrinking.
- adjective satellite not shrinking from danger
- askance3/5
askance
- adjective satellite (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
askant; sidelong; asquint; squinty; squint; squint-eyed.
- her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen
- sidelong glances
- adverb with suspicion or disapproval
- he looked askance at the offer
- adjective satellite (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
- nonchalant3/5
nonchalant
- adjective satellite marked by blithe unconcern
casual; insouciant.
- an ability to interest casual students
- showed a casual disregard for cold weather
- an utterly insouciant financial policy
- an elegantly insouciant manner
- drove his car with nonchalant abandon
- was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner
- adjective satellite marked by blithe unconcern
- fragrances3/5
fragrance
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
perfume; scent; aroma.
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
bouquet; redolence; fragrancy; sweetness.
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
- sacrosanct3/5
sacrosanct
- adjective satellite must be kept sacred
inviolate; inviolable.
- adjective satellite must be kept sacred
- finch3/5
finch
- noun any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
- noun any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
- salience3/5
salience
- noun the state of being salient
saliency; strikingness.
- noun the state of being salient
- invincible3/5
invincible
- adjective satellite incapable of being overcome or subdued
unvanquishable; unbeatable.
- an invincible army
- her invincible spirit
- adjective satellite incapable of being overcome or subdued
- encyclopaedia3/5
encyclopaedia
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
cyclopedia; encyclopedia; cyclopaedia.
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
- incessantly3/5
incessantly
- adverb with unflagging resolve
ceaselessly; unceasingly; continuously; endlessly; unendingly.
- dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste
- adverb without interruption
always; forever; constantly; perpetually.
- the world is constantly changing
- adverb with unflagging resolve
- complacency3/5
complacency
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
complacence; self-complacency; self-satisfaction.
- his complacency was absolutely disgusting
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
- succinctly3/5
succinctly
- adverb with concise and precise brevity; to the point
compactly.
- Please state your case as succinctly as possible
- he wrote compactly but clearly
- adverb with concise and precise brevity; to the point
- conceivably3/5
conceivably
- adverb within the realm of possibility
- the weather may conceivably change
- adverb within the realm of possibility
- unchecked3/5
unchecked
- adjective satellite not restrained or controlled
ungoverned; uncurbed; unbridled.
- unbridled rage
- an unchecked temper
- ungoverned rage
- adjective satellite not restrained or controlled
- uncomfortably3/5
uncomfortably
- adverb in physical discomfort
- she lay on the couch, her body uncomfortably twisted
- adverb in physical discomfort
- lunchtime3/5
lunchtime
- noun the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch
lunch period.
- he observed a regular lunchtime
- noun the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch
- uncommonly3/5
uncommonly
- adverb exceptionally
- a common remedy is uncommonly difficult to find
- adverb exceptionally
- incisors3/5
incisor
- noun a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws
- noun a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws
- countertransference3/5
countertransference
- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
- sixpence3/5
sixpence
- noun a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
tanner.
- noun a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
- unannounced3/5
unannounced
- adjective satellite without warning or announcement
unheralded; unpredicted.
- they arrived unannounced
- a totally unheralded telegram that his daughter...died last night"- M.A.D.Howe
- adjective satellite without warning or announcement
- anticancer3/5
anticancer
- adjective used in the treatment of cancer
antineoplastic; antitumor; antitumour.
- anticancer drug
- an antineoplastic effect
- adjective used in the treatment of cancer
- encyclopedic3/5
encyclopedic
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
encyclopaedic.
- encyclopedic knowledge
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
- punctual3/5
punctual
- adjective acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed
- she expected guests to be punctual at meals
- he is not a particularly punctual person
- punctual payment
- adjective acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed
- vancomycin3/5
vancomycin
- noun an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections
Vancocin.
- noun an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections
- conch3/5
conch
- noun any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
- noun any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
- conjunctiva3/5
conjunctiva
- noun a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid
- noun a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid
- encyclopedias3/5
encyclopedia
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
cyclopedia; encyclopaedia; cyclopaedia.
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
- uncorrelated3/5
uncorrelated
- adjective satellite not varying together
- adjective satellite not varying together
- unincorporated3/5
unincorporated
- adjective satellite not organized and maintained as a legal corporation
- adjective satellite not organized and maintained as a legal corporation
- concisely3/5
concisely
- adverb in a concise manner; in a few words
in brief; shortly; briefly; in short.
- the history is summed up concisely in this book
- she replied briefly
- briefly, we have a problem
- to put it shortly
- adverb in a concise manner; in a few words
- encyclical3/5
encyclical
- noun a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
encyclical letter.
- adjective satellite intended for wide distribution
- an encyclical letter
- noun a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
- bronchi3/5
bronchus
- noun either of the two main branches of the trachea
bronchial tube.
- noun either of the two main branches of the trachea
- incompressible3/5
incompressible
- adjective incapable of being compressed; resisting compression
- mounds of incompressible garbage
- adjective incapable of being compressed; resisting compression
- incisor3/5
incisor
- noun a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws
- noun a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws
- nonchalantly3/5
nonchalantly
- adverb in a composed and unconcerned manner
coolly; nervelessly.
- without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher
- adverb in an unconcerned manner
casually.
- glanced casually at the headlines
- adverb in a composed and unconcerned manner
- incontrovertible3/5
incontrovertible
- adjective satellite impossible to deny or disprove
irrefutable; positive.
- incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence
- proof positive
- an irrefutable argument
- adjective satellite necessarily or demonstrably true
demonstrable.
- demonstrable truths
- adjective satellite impossible to deny or disprove
- incorruptible3/5
incorruptible
- adjective satellite incapable of being morally corrupted
- incorruptible judges are the backbone of the society
- adjective satellite incapable of being morally corrupted
- uncharacteristically3/5
uncharacteristically
- adverb in uncharacteristic manner
- he was uncharacteristically cool
- adverb in uncharacteristic manner
- finches3/5
finch
- noun any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
- noun any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
- incomparably3/5
incomparably
- adverb in an incomparable manner or to an incomparable degree
uncomparably.
- she is incomparably gifted
- adverb in an incomparable manner or to an incomparable degree
- bronchus3/5
bronchus
- noun either of the two main branches of the trachea
bronchial tube.
- noun either of the two main branches of the trachea
- quince3/5
quince
- noun small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated
quince bush; Cydonia oblonga.
- noun aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves
- noun small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated
- incommensurable3/5
incommensurable
- adjective satellite impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence
- adjective satellite not having a common factor
- adjective satellite impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence
- bronchial3/5
bronchial
- adjective relating to or associated with the bronchi
- bronchial tubes
- bronchial pneumonia
- adjective relating to or associated with the bronchi
- principled3/5
principled
- adjective based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality
- principled pragmatism and unprincipled expediency
- a principled person
- adjective based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality
- unconditionally3/5
unconditionally
- adverb not subject to a condition
- he accepted the offer unconditionally
- adverb in an unqualified manner
categorically; flatly.
- he flatly denied the charges
- adverb not subject to a condition
- unchallenged3/5
unchallenged
- adjective satellite generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute
unquestioned; undisputed.
- the undisputed fact
- adjective satellite generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute
- uncritical3/5
uncritical
- adjective marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures
noncritical.
- news sources reflected uncritical estimates of the number of juvenile addicts
- adjective not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors
- a devoted and almost uncritical admirer
- adjective marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures
- synchrotron3/5
synchrotron
- noun cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency
- noun cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency
- conjunctival3/5
conjunctival
- adjective of or relating to the conjunctiva
- adjective of or relating to the conjunctiva
- workbench3/5
workbench
- noun a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
work bench; bench.
- noun a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
- staunchly3/5
staunchly
- adverb in a staunch manner
stanchly.
- he staunchly defended his principles
- adverb in a staunch manner
- unceremoniously3/5
unceremoniously
- adverb in an unceremonious manner
- he was dismissed unceremoniously
- adverb in an unceremonious manner
- irreconcilable3/5
irreconcilable
- adjective impossible to reconcile
unreconcilable.
- irreconcilable differences
- adjective impossible to reconcile
- perchance3/5
perchance
- adverb through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.."
by chance.
- adverb by chance
perhaps; maybe; possibly; peradventure; mayhap.
- perhaps she will call tomorrow
- we may possibly run into them at the concert
- it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time
- adverb through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.."
- uncritically3/5
uncritically
- adverb in an uncritical manner
- he accepted her decisions uncritically
- adverb in an uncritical manner
- inconsiderable3/5
inconsiderable
- adjective too small or unimportant to merit attention
- passed his life in an inconsiderable village
- their duties were inconsiderable
- had no inconsiderable influence
- adjective too small or unimportant to merit attention
- 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
- uncontested3/5
uncontested
- adjective not disputed and not made the object of contention or competition
- uncontested authority
- adjective not disputed and not made the object of contention or competition
- uncorrected3/5
uncorrected
- adjective left faulty or wrong
- uncorrected astigmatism
- adjective satellite not subjected to correction or discipline
undisciplined.
- let her children grow up uncorrected
- adjective left faulty or wrong
- unclassified3/5
unclassified
- adjective not subject to a security classification
- adjective not arranged in any specific grouping
- adjective not subject to a security classification
- thenceforth3/5
thenceforth
- adverb from that time on
thereafter.
- thereafter he never called again
- adverb from that time on
- benchmarking3/5
benchmark
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- his painting sets the benchmark of quality
- noun a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
bench mark.
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- spence3/5
spence
A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. Chiefly Brit. dial. [MW10] In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered. Sir W. Scott.
Bluff Harry broke into the spence, And turned the cowls adrift. Tennyson.
- nuanced3/5
nuance
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
nicety; refinement; subtlety; shade.
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- vinci3/5
vinci
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- francesca3/5
francesca
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- blanchard3/5
blanchard
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- bancroft3/5
bancroft
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- encoder3/5
encode
- verb convert information into code
- encode pictures digitally
- verb convert information into code
- conferencing3/5
conference
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
league.
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- blanco3/5
blanco
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- sancho3/5
sancho
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- banco3/5
banco
A bank, especially that of Venice. ✍ This term is used in some parts of Europe to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money, when this last has become depreciated.
- francophone3/5
francophone
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- ancien3/5
ancient
- noun a very old person
antediluvian.
- noun a person who lived in ancient times
- noun a very old person
- rancho3/5
rancho
A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night.
- emancipatory3/5
emancipatory
Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation. "Emancipatory laws." G. Eliot.
- interagency3/5
interagency
Intermediate agency.
- bianca3/5
bianca
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- francine3/5
francine
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- franca3/5
franca
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- clancy3/5
clancy
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- incrementally3/5
incremental
- adjective satellite increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
- lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary
- adjective satellite increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
- injunctive3/5
injunctive
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- franchisee3/5
franchisee
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- instinctual3/5
instinctual
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- irradiance3/5
irradiance
The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
- franchisor3/5
franchisor
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- poincare3/5
poincare
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- torrance3/5
torrance
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- mesenchymal3/5
- principia3/5
principia
First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton's Principia.
- inclusiveness3/5
inclusiveness
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- parenchymal3/5
parenchymal
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma.
- salamanca3/5
- blanca3/5
blanca
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- francoise3/5
francoise
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- radiofrequency3/5
- mencius3/5
mencius
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- glencoe3/5
- pinckney3/5
pinckney
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- quincey3/5
quincey
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- chauncey3/5
chauncey
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- pancho3/5
pancho
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- vincenzo3/5
vincenzo
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- terrence3/5
terrence
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- concomitantly3/5
concomitant
- noun an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
attendant; accompaniment; co-occurrence.
- adjective satellite following or accompanying as a consequence
accompanying; incidental; consequent; attendant; resultant; sequent; ensuant.
- an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
- snags incidental to the changeover in management
- attendant circumstances
- the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
- the ensuant response to his appeal
- the resultant savings were considerable
- noun an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- multifunctional3/5
multifunctional
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- ance3/5
once
- adverb on one occasion
one time; in one case.
- once I ran into her
- adverb as soon as
- once we are home, we can rest
- adverb on one occasion
- videoconferencing3/5
videoconferencing
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- fluence3/5
fluence
Fluency. Obs. Milton.
- junctional3/5
junctional
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- vincennes3/5
- intelligencer3/5
intelligencer
One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a messenger. All the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies, and all the intelligencers . . . acted solely upon that principle. Burke.
- concorde3/5
concord
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
concordance; harmony.
- noun capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
capital of New Hampshire.
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
- jouissance3/5
jouissance
Jollity; merriment. Obs. Spenser.
- provincially2/5
provincially
- adverb by the province; through the province
- provincially controlled
- adverb by the province; through the province
- manchurian2/5
manchurian
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Manchuria or its people or their culture
- the Manchurian invasion
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Manchuria or its people or their culture
- cancun2/5
cancun
- noun a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula
- noun a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula
- lynchburg2/5
lynchburg
- noun a city in central Virginia
- noun a city in central Virginia
- principes2/5
principe
- noun an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe
- noun an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe
- concepcion2/5
conception
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
concept; construct.
- noun the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- muncie2/5
muncie
- noun a town in east central Indiana
- noun a town in east central Indiana
- inchon2/5
inchon
- noun a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea
Chemulpo; Incheon.
- noun a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon
- noun a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea
- anchorages2/5
anchorage
- noun the condition of being secured to a base
- the plant needs a firm anchorage
- the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family
- noun a fee for anchoring
- noun the condition of being secured to a base
- valenciennes2/5
valenciennes
- noun a town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry
- noun a type of bobbin lace with floral patterns
Valenciennes lace.
- noun a town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry
- nanchang2/5
nanchang
- noun a walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang
Nan-chang.
- noun a walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang
- inclosed2/5
inclose
- verb surround completely
shut in; enclose; close in.
- Darkness enclosed him
- They closed in the porch with a fence
- verb introduce
insert; put in; stick in; introduce; enclose.
- Insert your ticket here
- verb surround completely
- provencal2/5
provencal
- adjective of or relating to Provence or its people or their culture
- noun the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)
Occitan.
- adjective of or relating to Provence or its people or their culture
- sanctifying2/5
sanctify
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow.
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; purify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
- chancellorsville2/5
chancellorsville
- noun a village in northeastern Virginia
- noun a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker
- noun a village in northeastern Virginia
- encampments2/5
encampment
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
bivouac; camping site; campsite; camping area; camping ground; campground.
- noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
bivouac; camp; cantonment.
- wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
- tenancies2/5
tenancy
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
occupancy.
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
- uncluttered2/5
uncluttered
- adjective satellite having nothing extraneous
unlittered.
- an uncluttered room
- the unlittered shoulders of the road
- verb rid of obstructions
unclutter; clear.
- Clear your desk
- adjective satellite having nothing extraneous
- provincials2/5
provincial
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
- the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
- noun a country person
bucolic; peasant.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
- asuncion2/5
asuncion
- noun the capital and chief port of Paraguay
capital of Paraguay.
- noun the capital and chief port of Paraguay
- incapacitating2/5
incapacitating
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
disabling; crippling.
- a crippling injury
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; disable; incapacitate.
- disable this command on your computer
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
- mincing2/5
mincing
- adjective satellite affectedly dainty or refined
twee; prim; niminy-piminy; dainty.
- verb make less severe or harsh
moderate; mince; soften.
- He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears
- adjective satellite affectedly dainty or refined
- noncompliant2/5
noncompliant
- noun a person who refuses to comply
balker; baulker.
- adjective boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
defiant.
- brought up to be aggressive and defiant
- a defiant attitude
- noun a person who refuses to comply
- lancastrian2/5
lancastrian
- noun a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster
- noun a resident of Lancaster
- noun a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster
- synchronised2/5
synchronised
- adjective satellite operating in unison
synchronized.
- the synchronized flapping of a bird's wings
- verb happen at the same time
synchronize; synchronise; contemporise; contemporize.
- adjective satellite operating in unison
- frenchwoman2/5
frenchwoman
- noun a person of French nationality
French person; Frenchman.
- noun a person of French nationality
- homunculus2/5
homunculus
- noun a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
manikin; mannikin.
- noun a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
- noun a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
- occupancies2/5
occupancy
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
tenancy.
- noun the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
moving in; occupation.
- occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
- sanctifies2/5
sanctify
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow.
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; purify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
- incapacitate2/5
incapacitate
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; disable.
- disable this command on your computer
- verb injure permanently
handicap; disable; invalid.
- He was disabled in a car accident
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
- encamp2/5
encamp
- verb live in or as if in a tent
bivouac; camp; camp out; tent.
- Can we go camping again this summer?
- The circus tented near the town
- The houseguests had to camp in the living room
- verb live in or as if in a tent
- synchronizes2/5
synchronize
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
synchronise; sync.
- Let's synchronize our efforts
- verb happen at the same time
synchronise; contemporise; contemporize.
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- inclose2/5
inclose
- verb surround completely
shut in; enclose; close in.
- Darkness enclosed him
- They closed in the porch with a fence
- verb introduce
insert; put in; stick in; introduce; enclose.
- Insert your ticket here
- verb surround completely
- lincolns2/5
lincoln
- noun 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
President Abraham Lincoln; President Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln.
- noun capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern Nebraska; site of the University of Nebraska
capital of Nebraska.
- noun 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
- inclosing2/5
inclose
- verb surround completely
shut in; enclose; close in.
- Darkness enclosed him
- They closed in the porch with a fence
- verb introduce
insert; put in; stick in; introduce; enclose.
- Insert your ticket here
- verb surround completely
- providences2/5
providence
- noun the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
capital of Rhode Island.
- noun the guardianship and control exercised by a deity
- divine providence
- noun the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
- synchronise2/5
synchronise
- verb happen at the same time
synchronize; contemporise; contemporize.
- verb make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
synchronize.
- synchronize this film
- verb happen at the same time
- synchronicity2/5
synchronicity
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
synchronisation; synchronizing; synchronism; synchronization; synchroneity; synchrony.
- the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
- encapsulating2/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- hunchback2/5
hunchback
- noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
kyphosis; humpback.
- noun a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
humpback; crookback.
- noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
- cancelling2/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- dependences2/5
dependence
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependance; dependency.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
dependance; addiction; habituation; dependency.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- nonconformists2/5
nonconformist
- noun a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England
chapelgoer.
- noun someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
recusant.
- noun a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England
- drenching2/5
drenching
- noun the act of making something completely wet
soaking; souse; sousing.
- he gave it a good drenching
- verb drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
drench; swamp.
- The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
- noun the act of making something completely wet
- freelancers2/5
freelancer
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
independent; freelance; free-lance; free lance; self-employed person.
- adjective working for yourself
freelance; free-lance; self-employed.
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- 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
- reconciles2/5
reconcile
- verb make (one thing) compatible with (another)
accommodate; conciliate.
- The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories
- verb bring into consonance or accord
harmonize; harmonise.
- harmonize one's goals with one's abilities
- verb make (one thing) compatible with (another)
- encirclement2/5
encirclement
- noun a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
blockade.
- noun a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- incubating2/5
incubate
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- verb sit on (eggs)
brood; cover; hatch.
- Birds brood
- The female covers the eggs
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- synchronisation2/5
synchronisation
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
synchronicity; synchronizing; synchronism; synchronization; synchroneity; synchrony.
- the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves
- noun an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison
synchronising; synchronization; synchronizing.
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
- truncate2/5
truncate
- verb replace a corner by a plane
- verb approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
- truncate a series
- verb replace a corner by a plane
- presidencies2/5
presidency
- noun the tenure of a president
presidential term; administration.
- things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration
- noun the office and function of president
presidentship.
- Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time
- noun the tenure of a president
- encircles2/5
encircle
- verb form a circle around
circle.
- encircle the errors
- verb bind with something round or circular
gird.
- verb form a circle around
- concoct2/5
concoct
- verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
- verb prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
cook up.
- concoct a strange mixture
- verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
- incinerated2/5
incinerate
- verb become reduced to ashes
- The paper incinerated quickly
- verb cause to undergo combustion
burn.
- burn garbage
- The car burns only Diesel oil
- verb become reduced to ashes
- incites2/5
incite
- verb give an incentive for action
motivate; prompt; propel; move; actuate.
- This moved me to sacrifice my career
- verb provoke or stir up
set off; instigate; stir up.
- incite a riot
- set off great unrest among the people
- verb give an incentive for action
- announcers2/5
announcer
- noun someone who proclaims a message publicly
- noun reads news, commercials on radio or television
- noun someone who proclaims a message publicly
- counterbalancing2/5
counterbalance
- noun a weight that balances another weight
counterpoise; equalizer; counterweight; equaliser; balance.
- noun equality of distribution
balance; equipoise; equilibrium.
- noun a weight that balances another weight
- sancta2/5
sanctum
- noun a place of inviolable privacy
sanctum sanctorum.
- he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go
- noun a sacred place of pilgrimage
holy place; holy.
- noun a place of inviolable privacy
- encodings2/5
encoding
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
encryption.
- verb convert information into code
encode.
- encode pictures digitally
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
- sentience2/5
sentience
- noun state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
awareness.
- the crash intruded on his awareness
- noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
sentiency; sensory faculty; sensation; sense.
- in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
- noun state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
- trances2/5
trance
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
enchantment; spell.
- noun a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
- equivalences2/5
equivalence
- noun a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
equation; equality; par.
- on a par with the best
- noun essential equality and interchangeability
- noun a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
- noncitizens2/5
noncitizen
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
alien; foreigner; outlander.
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- uncongenial2/5
uncongenial
- adjective not suitable to your tastes or needs
incompatible.
- the uncongenial roommates were always fighting
- the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs
- adjective satellite very unfavorable to life or growth
unfriendly; hostile.
- a hostile climate
- an uncongenial atmosphere
- an uncongenial soil
- the unfriendly environment at high altitudes
- adjective not suitable to your tastes or needs
- chieftaincy2/5
chieftaincy
- noun the position of chieftain
chieftainship.
- noun the position of chieftain
- inclosure2/5
inclosure
- noun something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
enclosure.
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
envelopment; enclosure; enclosing.
- noun something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
- enculturation2/5
enculturation
- noun the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
socialisation; acculturation; socialization.
- the socialization of children to the norms of their culture
- noun the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
- enchantress2/5
enchantress
- noun a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
temptress; Delilah; femme fatale; siren.
- noun a female sorcerer or magician
witch.
- noun a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
- entrancing2/5
entrancing
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
captivating; fascinating; bewitching; enthralling; enchanting.
- bewitching smile
- Roosevelt was a captivating speaker
- enchanting music
- an enthralling book
- antique papers of entrancing design
- a fascinating woman
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enchant; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
- inconvenienced2/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
- chaplaincy2/5
chaplaincy
- noun the position of chaplain
chaplainship.
- noun the position of chaplain
- residencies2/5
residency
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
residence; abidance.
- noun the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship)
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
- functionalists2/5
functionalist
- noun an adherent of functionalism
- noun an adherent of functionalism
- captaincy2/5
captaincy
- noun the post of captain
captainship.
- noun the post of captain
- drench2/5
drench
- verb drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
swamp.
- The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
- verb force to drink
- verb drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
- tinctures2/5
tincture
- noun a substances that colors metals
- noun an indication that something has been present
vestige; shadow; trace.
- there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
- a tincture of condescension
- noun a substances that colors metals
- enchant2/5
enchant
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enrapture; transport.
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- verb hold spellbound
- encumber2/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- dissonances2/5
dissonance
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
disagreement; dissension.
- noun the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
racket; noise.
- modern music is just noise to me
- noun a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- concocting2/5
concoct
- verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
- verb prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
cook up.
- concoct a strange mixture
- verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
- necromancer2/5
necromancer
- noun one who practices magic or sorcery
wizard; thaumaturgist; thaumaturge; magician; sorcerer.
- noun one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead
- noun one who practices magic or sorcery
- punctum2/5
punctum
- noun (anatomy) a point or small area
- noun (anatomy) a point or small area
- encase2/5
encase
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
case; incase.
- my feet were encased in mud
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
- adjunction2/5
adjunction
- noun an act of joining or adjoining things
junction.
- noun an act of joining or adjoining things
- freelancer2/5
freelancer
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
independent; freelance; free-lance; free lance; self-employed person.
- adjective working for yourself
freelance; free-lance; self-employed.
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- encasing2/5
encase
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
case; incase.
- my feet were encased in mud
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
- acquaintanceship2/5
acquaintanceship
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
acquaintance.
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
- uncivilised2/5
uncivilised
- adjective satellite without civilizing influences
savage; barbarian; barbaric; uncivilized; wild.
- barbarian invaders
- barbaric practices
- a savage people
- fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade
- wild tribes
- adjective satellite without civilizing influences
- truncating2/5
truncate
- verb replace a corner by a plane
- verb approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
- truncate a series
- verb replace a corner by a plane
- concordances2/5
concordance
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
harmony; concord.
- noun agreement of opinions
harmony; concord.
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
- synchronism2/5
synchronism
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
synchronisation; synchronicity; synchronizing; synchronization; synchroneity; synchrony.
- the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
- incandescence2/5
incandescence
- noun the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
glow.
- noun light from heat
- noun the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
- principalship2/5
principalship
- noun the post of principal
- noun the post of principal
- concretized2/5
concretize
- verb make something concrete
- verb become specific
concretise.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb make something concrete
- chancellorship2/5
chancellorship
- noun the office of chancellor
- noun the office of chancellor
- turncoat2/5
turncoat
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
ratter; renegade; deserter; recreant; apostate.
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- noncitizen2/5
noncitizen
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
alien; foreigner; outlander.
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- incompetents2/5
incompetent
- noun someone who is not competent to take effective action
incompetent person.
- adjective legally not qualified or sufficient
unqualified.
- a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband
- incompetent witnesses
- noun someone who is not competent to take effective action
- circumferences2/5
circumference
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
perimeter.
- noun the boundary line encompassing an area or object
circuit.
- he had walked the full circumference of his land
- a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
- dependance2/5
dependance
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
addiction; habituation; dependence; dependency.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependence; dependency.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- chancing2/5
chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunity.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
fortune; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- fencer2/5
fencer
- noun someone skilled at fencing
swordsman.
- noun someone skilled at fencing
- tinctured2/5
tincture
- noun a substances that colors metals
- noun an indication that something has been present
vestige; shadow; trace.
- there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
- a tincture of condescension
- noun a substances that colors metals
- quenches2/5
quench
- verb satisfy (thirst)
allay; slake; assuage.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- verb put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
snuff out; blow out; extinguish.
- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
- verb satisfy (thirst)
- encumbering2/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- encrusting2/5
encrust
- verb cover or coat with a crust
incrust.
- verb decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
beset; incrust.
- verb cover or coat with a crust
- concretize2/5
concretize
- verb make something concrete
- verb become specific
concretise.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb make something concrete
- disconcert2/5
disconcert
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; discompose; upset; discomfit.
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
- syncing2/5
sync
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
synchronize; synchronise.
- Let's synchronize our efforts
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- counterbalances2/5
counterbalance
- noun a weight that balances another weight
counterpoise; equalizer; counterweight; equaliser; balance.
- noun equality of distribution
balance; equipoise; equilibrium.
- noun a weight that balances another weight
- incinerate2/5
incinerate
- verb become reduced to ashes
- The paper incinerated quickly
- verb cause to undergo combustion
burn.
- burn garbage
- The car burns only Diesel oil
- verb become reduced to ashes
- lieutenancy2/5
lieutenancy
- noun the position of a lieutenant
- noun the position of a lieutenant
- francophile2/5
francophile
- noun an admirer of France and everything French
Francophil.
- noun an admirer of France and everything French
- truncates2/5
truncate
- verb replace a corner by a plane
- verb approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
- truncate a series
- verb replace a corner by a plane
- superintendence2/5
superintendence
- noun management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
oversight; supervising; supervision.
- noun management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
- entrenchment2/5
entrenchment
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
intrenchment.
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
- tranche2/5
tranche
- noun a portion of something (especially money)
- noun a portion of something (especially money)
- contrivances2/5
contrivance
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
contraption; gismo; gadget; appliance; widget; convenience; gizmo.
- noun the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
- noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- lynchings2/5
lynching
- noun putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
- verb kill without legal sanction
lynch.
- The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child
- noun putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
- prance2/5
prance
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
swagger; strut.
- verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
sashay; ruffle; tittup; strut; swagger; cock.
- He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
- encrypting2/5
encrypt
- verb convert ordinary language into code
encipher; code; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- incinerator2/5
incinerator
- noun a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse)
- noun a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse)
- bioscience2/5
bioscience
- noun any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
life science.
- noun any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
- conveyances2/5
conveyance
- noun document effecting a property transfer
- noun the transmission of information
impartation; imparting.
- noun document effecting a property transfer
- lynched2/5
lynch
- verb kill without legal sanction
- The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child
- verb kill without legal sanction
- cancellous2/5
cancellous
- adjective satellite having an open or latticed or porous structure
cancellate; cancellated.
- adjective satellite having an open or latticed or porous structure
- interdependency2/5
interdependency
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
mutuality; interdependence.
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
- connivance2/5
connivance
- noun agreement on a secret plot
collusion.
- noun (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
secret approval; tacit consent.
- noun agreement on a secret plot
- prancing2/5
prance
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
swagger; strut.
- verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
sashay; ruffle; tittup; strut; swagger; cock.
- He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
- nonfunctional2/5
nonfunctional
- adjective not having or performing a function
- adjective not performing or able to perform its regular function
malfunctioning.
- a malfunctioning valve
- adjective not having or performing a function
- poignancy2/5
poignancy
- noun a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
poignance.
- a moment of extraordinary poignancy
- noun a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
pathos.
- the film captured all the pathos of their situation
- noun a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
- concha2/5
concha
- noun (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
- noun (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
- malfunctions2/5
malfunction
- noun a failure to function normally
- verb fail to function or function improperly
misfunction.
- the coffee maker malfunctioned
- noun a failure to function normally
- emancipate2/5
emancipate
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
liberate.
- verb free from slavery or servitude
manumit.
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- junctures2/5
juncture
- noun an event that occurs at a critical time
occasion.
- at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave
- it was needed only on special occasions
- noun a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
critical point; crossroads.
- at that juncture he had no idea what to do
- he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point
- noun an event that occurs at a critical time
- franchised2/5
franchise
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
dealership.
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- remonstrances2/5
remonstrance
- noun the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
expostulation; objection; remonstration.
- noun the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
- pynchon2/5
pynchon
- noun United States writer of pessimistic novels about life in a technologically advanced society (born in 1937)
Thomas Pynchon.
- noun United States writer of pessimistic novels about life in a technologically advanced society (born in 1937)
- encroached2/5
encroach
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; impinge.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; entrench.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
- clinched2/5
clinched
- adjective satellite closed or squeezed together tightly
clenched.
- a clenched fist
- his clenched (or clinched) teeth
- verb secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
clinch.
- The girder was clinched into the wall
- adjective satellite closed or squeezed together tightly
- disenfranchisement2/5
disenfranchisement
- noun the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise
- noun the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise
- enhancers2/5
enhancer
- noun anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
foil.
- pretty girls like plain friends as foils
- noun anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- conceptualised2/5
conceptualise
- verb have the idea for
gestate; conceive; conceptualize.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb have the idea for
- annoyances2/5
annoyance
- noun the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
botheration; vexation; irritation.
- noun anger produced by some annoying irritation
chafe; vexation.
- noun the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- hunches2/5
hunch
- noun an impression that something might be the case
intuition; suspicion.
- he had an intuition that something had gone wrong
- noun the act of bending yourself into a humped position
- noun an impression that something might be the case
- inclining2/5
inclining
- noun the act of inclining; bending forward
inclination.
- an inclination of his head indicated his agreement
- verb have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
run; incline; lean; be given; tend.
- She tends to be nervous before her lectures
- These dresses run small
- He inclined to corpulence
- noun the act of inclining; bending forward
- inheritances2/5
inheritance
- noun hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
heritage.
- noun that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
heritage.
- noun hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
- punctures2/5
puncture
- noun loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- noun a small hole made by a sharp object
- noun loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- nuisances2/5
nuisance
- noun (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
- noun a bothersome annoying person
pain in the neck; pain.
- that kid is a terrible pain
- noun (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
- concavity2/5
concavity
- noun a shape that curves or bends inward
concave shape; incurvature; incurvation.
- noun the property possessed by a concave shape
concaveness.
- noun a shape that curves or bends inward
- blanch2/5
blanch
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blench; pale.
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
parboil.
- Parboil the beans before freezing them
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
- imminence2/5
imminence
- noun the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
imminentness; forthcomingness; impendence; imminency; impendency.
- noun the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
- conceits2/5
conceit
- noun feelings of excessive pride
self-love; amour propre; vanity.
- noun an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
- noun feelings of excessive pride
- conjunct2/5
conjunct
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals of a second
- conjunct motion of an ascending scale
- adjective satellite bound in close association
- conjunct influences
- conjunct ideas
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals of a second
- lunched2/5
lunch
- noun a midday meal
luncheon; tiffin; dejeuner.
- verb take the midday meal
- At what time are you lunching?
- noun a midday meal
- pinches2/5
pinch
- noun a painful or straitened circumstance
- the pinch of the recession
- noun an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- noun a painful or straitened circumstance
- incubators2/5
incubator
- noun apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
brooder.
- noun apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants
- incompatibilities2/5
incompatibility
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
mutual exclusiveness; repugnance; inconsistency.
- noun (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
- pronunciations2/5
pronunciation
- noun the manner in which someone utters a word
- they are always correcting my pronunciation
- noun the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
orthoepy.
- the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners
- that is the correct pronunciation
- noun the manner in which someone utters a word
- evinces2/5
evince
- verb give expression to
express; show.
- She showed her disappointment
- verb give expression to
- reincarnated2/5
reincarnate
- verb be born anew in another body after death
transmigrate.
- Hindus believe that we transmigrate
- verb cause to appear in a new form
renew.
- the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market
- verb be born anew in another body after death
- renounces2/5
renounce
- verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
abdicate.
- The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
- verb leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
vacate; give up; resign.
- She vacated the position when she got pregnant
- The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
- verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
- inconstant2/5
inconstant
- adjective likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable
- inconstant affections
- an inconstant lover
- swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare
- adjective likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable
- discontinuance2/5
discontinuance
- noun the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
discontinuation.
- noun the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
- evidencing2/5
evidence
- noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
grounds.
- the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
- noun an indication that makes something evident
- his trembling was evidence of his fear
- noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
- cinch2/5
cinch
- noun any undertaking that is easy to do
picnic; walkover; duck soup; piece of cake; breeze; child's play; snap; pushover.
- marketing this product will be no picnic
- noun stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
girth.
- noun any undertaking that is easy to do
- chancellors2/5
chancellor
- noun the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
- noun the person who is head of state (in several countries)
premier; prime minister.
- noun the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
- countenanced2/5
countenance
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
visage.
- a pleasant countenance
- a stern visage
- noun formal and explicit approval
sanction; indorsement; endorsement; imprimatur; warrant.
- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
- fancier2/5
fancier
- noun a person having a strong liking for something
enthusiast.
- adjective not plain; decorative or ornamented
fancy.
- fancy handwriting
- fancy clothes
- noun a person having a strong liking for something
- syncopated2/5
syncopated
- adjective satellite stressing a normally weak beat
- verb omit a sound or letter in a word
syncopate.
- syncopate a word
- adjective satellite stressing a normally weak beat
- entrench2/5
entrench
- verb fix firmly or securely
intrench.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; encroach.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb fix firmly or securely
- balanchine2/5
balanchine
- noun United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)
George Balanchine.
- noun United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)
- valency2/5
valency
- noun the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
valence.
- noun the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- uncharged2/5
uncharged
- adjective of a particle or body or system; having no charge
- an uncharged particle
- an uncharged battery
- adjective of a particle or body or system; having no charge
- biosciences2/5
bioscience
- noun any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
life science.
- noun any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
- manchus2/5
manchu
- noun a member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century
- noun the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu
Ch'ing; Qing; Manchu dynasty; Ch'ing dynasty; Qing dynasty.
- noun a member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century
- dehiscence2/5
dehiscence
- noun (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
- noun (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
- wrenches2/5
wrench
- noun a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
twist; pull.
- the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell
- he was sidelined with a hamstring pull
- noun a jerky pulling movement
twist.
- noun a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- tancred2/5
tancred
- noun Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112)
- noun Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112)
- uncompleted2/5
uncompleted
- adjective satellite not yet finished
incomplete.
- his thesis is still incomplete
- an uncompleted play
- adjective satellite not caught or not caught within bounds
- an uncompleted pass
- adjective satellite not yet finished
- incinerators2/5
incinerator
- noun a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse)
- noun a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse)
- concubinage2/5
concubinage
- noun cohabitation without being legally married
- noun cohabitation without being legally married
- fancying2/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
- incriminate2/5
incriminate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
imply; inculpate.
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
impeach; accuse; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- tranches2/5
tranche
- noun a portion of something (especially money)
- noun a portion of something (especially money)
- anciently2/5
anciently
- adverb in ancient times; long ago
- a concern with what may have happened anciently
- adverb in ancient times; long ago
- dissidence2/5
dissidence
- noun disagreement; especially disagreement with the government
- noun disagreement; especially disagreement with the government
- bouncy2/5
bouncy
- adjective satellite elastic; rebounds readily
resilient; springy; live; lively.
- clean bouncy hair
- a lively tennis ball
- as resilient as seasoned hickory
- springy turf
- adjective satellite marked by lively action
spirited; bouncing; peppy; zippy.
- a bouncing gait
- bouncy tunes
- the peppy and interesting talk
- a spirited dance
- adjective satellite elastic; rebounds readily
- 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)
- excellences2/5
excellence
- noun the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
excellency.
- a center of manufacturing excellence
- the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine
- noun the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
- entrenchments2/5
entrenchment
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
intrenchment.
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
- belligerence2/5
belligerence
- noun hostile or warlike attitude or nature
belligerency.
- noun a natural disposition to be hostile
pugnacity; aggressiveness.
- noun hostile or warlike attitude or nature
- coherency2/5
coherency
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
cohesion; cohesiveness; coherence.
- noun logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts
coherence.
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
- dalliance2/5
dalliance
- noun the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
dawdling; trifling.
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
coquetry; flirting; flirt; flirtation; toying.
- noun the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
- discordance2/5
discordance
- noun a harsh mixture of sounds
discord.
- noun strife resulting from a lack of agreement
discord.
- noun a harsh mixture of sounds
- excellencies2/5
excellency
- noun a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'
- Your Excellency
- noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
excellence.
- a center of manufacturing excellence
- the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine
- noun a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'
- enchantments2/5
enchantment
- noun a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
fascination; enthrallment; captivation.
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
trance; spell.
- noun a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
- puncturing2/5
puncture
- noun loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- noun a small hole made by a sharp object
- noun loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- concoctions2/5
concoction
- noun any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
mixture; intermixture.
- he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
- he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade
- noun an occurrence of an unusual mixture
- it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction
- noun any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
- pranced2/5
prance
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
swagger; strut.
- verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
sashay; ruffle; tittup; strut; swagger; cock.
- He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
- concupiscence2/5
concupiscence
- noun a desire for sexual intimacy
physical attraction; sexual desire; eros.
- noun a desire for sexual intimacy
- penciled2/5
penciled
- adjective drawn or written with a pencil
pencilled.
- a penciled sketch
- the penciled message
- verb write, draw, or trace with a pencil
pencil.
- he penciled a figure
- adjective drawn or written with a pencil
- bunching2/5
bunch
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
clustering; cluster; clump.
- a bunch of trees
- a cluster of admirers
- noun an informal body of friends
gang; crowd; crew.
- he still hangs out with the same crowd
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
- riddance2/5
riddance
- noun the act of removing or getting rid of something
elimination.
- noun the act of forcing out someone or something
expulsion; ejection; exclusion.
- the ejection of troublemakers by the police
- the child's expulsion from school
- noun the act of removing or getting rid of something
- paunch2/5
paunch
- noun a protruding abdomen
belly.
- noun a protruding abdomen
- penances2/5
penance
- noun remorse for your past conduct
repentance; penitence.
- noun a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
- noun remorse for your past conduct
- encrypts2/5
encrypt
- verb convert ordinary language into code
encipher; code; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- blanching2/5
blanch
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blench; pale.
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
parboil.
- Parboil the beans before freezing them
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
- diencephalon2/5
diencephalon
- noun the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
interbrain; thalmencephalon; betweenbrain.
- noun the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
- conceptualising2/5
conceptualise
- verb have the idea for
gestate; conceive; conceptualize.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb have the idea for
- dunce2/5
dunce
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- concomitants2/5
concomitant
- noun an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
attendant; accompaniment; co-occurrence.
- adjective satellite following or accompanying as a consequence
accompanying; incidental; consequent; attendant; resultant; sequent; ensuant.
- an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
- snags incidental to the changeover in management
- attendant circumstances
- the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
- the ensuant response to his appeal
- the resultant savings were considerable
- noun an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- enunciate2/5
enunciate
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; pronounce; articulate; say; enounce.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- verb express or state clearly
vocalize; vocalise; articulate.
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- conceptualise2/5
conceptualise
- verb have the idea for
gestate; conceive; conceptualize.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb have the idea for
- disjunct2/5
disjunct
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- adjective satellite having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- disjunctions2/5
disjunction
- noun state of being disconnected
disconnection; disconnectedness; disjuncture.
- noun the act of breaking a connection
disconnection.
- noun state of being disconnected
- conceptualizes2/5
conceptualize
- verb have the idea for
gestate; conceive; conceptualise.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb have the idea for
- incubus2/5
incubus
- noun a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
- noun a situation resembling a terrifying dream
nightmare.
- noun a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
- bunce2/5
bunce
- noun a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
gravy; windfall; bonanza; boom; manna from heaven; gold rush; godsend.
- the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line
- noun a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- emancipating2/5
emancipate
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
liberate.
- verb free from slavery or servitude
manumit.
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- reverenced2/5
reverence
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
fear; veneration; awe.
- the fear of God
- the Chinese reverence for the dead
- the French treat food with gentle reverence
- his respect for the law bordered on veneration
- noun a reverent mental attitude
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
- bioluminescence2/5
bioluminescence
- noun luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly)
- noun luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly)
- syncopation2/5
syncopation
- noun (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
syncope.
- noun a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
- noun (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
- evincing2/5
evince
- verb give expression to
express; show.
- She showed her disappointment
- verb give expression to
- enchanter2/5
enchanter
- noun a sorcerer or magician
- noun a sorcerer or magician
- convergences2/5
convergence
- noun the occurrence of two or more things coming together
- noun the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
convergency.
- noun the occurrence of two or more things coming together
- entrenching2/5
entrench
- verb fix firmly or securely
intrench.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; encroach.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb fix firmly or securely
- consistencies2/5
consistency
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
body; consistence; eubstance.
- wool has more body than rayon
- when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
- noun a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
consistence.
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- cognisance2/5
cognisance
- noun having knowledge of
knowingness; consciousness; awareness; cognizance.
- he had no awareness of his mistakes
- his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
- their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
- noun having knowledge of
- necromancy2/5
necromancy
- noun the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
black art; sorcery; black magic.
- noun conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying
- noun the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
- romancing2/5
romance
- noun a relationship between two lovers
love affair.
- noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
romanticism.
- noun a relationship between two lovers
- lunching2/5
lunching
- noun the act of eating lunch
- verb take the midday meal
lunch.
- At what time are you lunching?
- noun the act of eating lunch
- ironclads2/5
ironclad
- noun a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor
- adjective satellite sheathed in iron plates for protection
- noun a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor
- concretes2/5
concrete
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- verb cover with cement
- concrete the walls
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- concretions2/5
concretion
- noun the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
- noun a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
calculus.
- renal calculi can be very painful
- noun the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
- insurances2/5
insurance
- noun promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
- noun written contract or certificate of insurance
policy; insurance policy.
- you should have read the small print on your policy
- noun promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company
- recalcitrance2/5
recalcitrance
- noun the trait of being unmanageable
recalcitrancy; refractoriness; unmanageableness.
- noun the trait of being unmanageable
- cinched2/5
cinch
- noun any undertaking that is easy to do
picnic; walkover; duck soup; piece of cake; breeze; child's play; snap; pushover.
- marketing this product will be no picnic
- noun stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
girth.
- noun any undertaking that is easy to do
- tangency2/5
tangency
- noun the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
- noun (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
contact.
- they forget to solder the contacts
- noun the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
- sconces2/5
sconce
- noun a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
- noun a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
- noun a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
- attendances2/5
attendance
- noun the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
attending.
- noun the frequency with which a person is present
- a student's attendance is an important factor in her grade
- noun the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
- unclothed2/5
unclothed
- adjective not wearing clothing
- verb strip
unclothe.
- unclothe your heart of envy
- adjective not wearing clothing
- pseudoscience2/5
pseudoscience
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- consistence2/5
consistence
- noun a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
consistency.
- noun the property of holding together and retaining its shape
body; eubstance; consistency.
- wool has more body than rayon
- when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
- noun a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
- enunciating2/5
enunciate
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; pronounce; articulate; say; enounce.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- verb express or state clearly
vocalize; vocalise; articulate.
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- chancy2/5
chancy
- adjective satellite of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
dodgy; chanceful; dicey.
- an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
- adjective satellite subject to accident or chance or change
iffy; flukey; fluky.
- a chancy appeal at best
- getting that job was definitely fluky
- a fluky wind
- an iffy proposition
- adjective satellite of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
- goncourt2/5
goncourt
- noun French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870)
Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt; Jules de Goncourt.
- noun French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896)
Edmond de Goncourt; Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt.
- noun French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870)
- pencilled2/5
pencilled
- adjective drawn or written with a pencil
penciled.
- a penciled sketch
- the penciled message
- verb write, draw, or trace with a pencil
pencil.
- he penciled a figure
- adjective drawn or written with a pencil
- reconciliations2/5
reconciliation
- noun the reestablishing of cordial relations
rapprochement.
- noun getting two things to correspond
balancing.
- the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement
- noun the reestablishing of cordial relations
- recognizance2/5
recognizance
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
recognisance.
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
- valences2/5
valence
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
valency.
- noun (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent)
valency.
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
- trenching2/5
trench
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- noun a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
oceanic abyss; deep.
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- encouragements2/5
encouragement
- noun the expression of approval and support
- noun the act of giving hope or support to someone
boost.
- noun the expression of approval and support
- impotency2/5
impotency
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
powerlessness; impotence.
- noun an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate
impotence.
- noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
- significances2/5
significance
- noun the quality of being significant
- do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power
- noun a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
import; implication.
- the significance of his remark became clear only later
- the expectation was spread both by word and by implication
- noun the quality of being significant
- incomprehensibility2/5
incomprehensibility
- noun the quality of being incomprehensible
- noun the quality of being incomprehensible
- clinching2/5
clinch
- noun (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
clench.
- noun (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- delinquencies2/5
delinquency
- noun nonpayment of a debt when due
- noun a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
dereliction; willful neglect.
- he inherited his delinquency from his father
- his derelictions were not really intended as crimes
- his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities
- noun nonpayment of a debt when due
- nonperformance2/5
nonperformance
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
carelessness; negligence; neglect.
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
- noncritical2/5
noncritical
- adjective not critical; not at a point of abrupt change
- adjective not in a state of crisis or emergency
noncrucial.
- adjective not critical; not at a point of abrupt change
- conciliator2/5
conciliator
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
peacemaker; reconciler; make-peace; pacifier.
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
- intrenched2/5
intrench
- verb fix firmly or securely
entrench.
- verb fix firmly or securely
- intrenchments2/5
intrenchment
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
entrenchment.
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
- incarnates2/5
incarnate
- verb make concrete and real
- verb represent in bodily form
embody; substantiate; body forth.
- He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
- The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
- verb make concrete and real
- conceptualisations2/5
conceptualisation
- noun an elaborated concept
conceptualization; conceptuality.
- noun inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
conceptualization; formulation.
- noun an elaborated concept
- 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)
- unchained2/5
unchained
- adjective satellite not bound by shackles and chains
unshackled; untied; unfettered.
- verb remove the chains from
unchain.
- adjective satellite not bound by shackles and chains
- retrenched2/5
retrench
- verb tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- verb make a reduction, as in one's workforce
- The company had to retrench
- verb tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- telencephalon2/5
telencephalon
- noun the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus
- noun the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus
- violoncello2/5
violoncello
- noun a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
cello.
- noun a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
- raunchy2/5
raunchy
- adjective satellite earthy and sexually explicit
- a raunchy novel
- adjective satellite suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
lewd; salacious; obscene.
- lewd whisperings of a dirty old man
- an indecent gesture
- obscene telephone calls
- salacious limericks
- adjective satellite earthy and sexually explicit
- deliverances2/5
deliverance
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
delivery; saving; rescue.
- work is the deliverance of mankind
- a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
- noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- conceptus2/5
conceptus
- 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
embryo; fertilized egg.
- 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
- pungency2/5
pungency
- noun wit having a sharp and caustic quality
bite.
- he commented with typical pungency
- the bite of satire
- noun a strong odor or taste property
bite; sharpness; raciness.
- the pungency of mustard
- the sulfurous bite of garlic
- the sharpness of strange spices
- the raciness of the wine
- noun wit having a sharp and caustic quality
- renascence2/5
renascence
- noun a second or new birth
reincarnation; rebirth.
- noun the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
Renaissance.
- noun a second or new birth
- fanciers2/5
fancier
- noun a person having a strong liking for something
enthusiast.
- adjective not plain; decorative or ornamented
fancy.
- fancy handwriting
- fancy clothes
- noun a person having a strong liking for something
- lanced2/5
lance
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
shaft; spear.
- noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
gig; fizgig; fishgig; spear.
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- uncorked2/5
uncork
- verb release
- uncork his anger
- verb draw the cork from (bottles)
- uncork the French wine
- verb release
- incriminated2/5
incriminate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
imply; inculpate.
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
impeach; accuse; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- incarcerate2/5
incarcerate
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
jug; remand; lag; immure; gaol; jail; put away; imprison; put behind bars.
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- violences2/5
violence
- noun an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
force.
- he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
- noun the property of being wild or turbulent
fury; furiousness; wildness; fierceness; vehemence; ferocity.
- the storm's violence
- noun an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- lancing2/5
lance
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
shaft; spear.
- noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
gig; fizgig; fishgig; spear.
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- benchley2/5
benchley
- noun United States humorist (1889-1945)
Robert Benchley; Robert Charles Benchley.
- noun United States humorist (1889-1945)
- incise2/5
incise
- verb make an incision into by carving or cutting
- verb make an incision into by carving or cutting
- incising2/5
incise
- verb make an incision into by carving or cutting
- verb make an incision into by carving or cutting
- freelancing2/5
freelance
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
independent; freelancer; free-lance; free lance; self-employed person.
- verb work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- concretion2/5
concretion
- noun the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
- noun a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
calculus.
- renal calculi can be very painful
- noun the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
- honcho2/5
honcho
- noun a person who exercises control over workers
foreman; chief; gaffer; boss.
- if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman
- noun a person who exercises control over workers
- provenience2/5
provenience
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; cradle; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- encroaches2/5
encroach
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
infringe; impinge.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; entrench.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
- belligerency2/5
belligerency
- noun hostile or warlike attitude or nature
belligerence.
- noun fighting; acts of overt warfare
hostilities.
- the outbreak of hostilities
- noun hostile or warlike attitude or nature
- hunching2/5
hunch
- noun an impression that something might be the case
intuition; suspicion.
- he had an intuition that something had gone wrong
- noun the act of bending yourself into a humped position
- noun an impression that something might be the case
- proficiencies2/5
proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- noun skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity
technique.
- practice greatly improves proficiency
- noun the quality of having great facility and competence
- trounced2/5
trounce
- verb beat severely with a whip or rod
strap; welt; whip; slash; lash; flog; lather.
- The teacher often flogged the students
- The children were severely trounced
- verb come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
shell; beat; crush; beat out; vanquish.
- Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
- We beat the competition
- Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
- verb beat severely with a whip or rod
- malfunctioned2/5
malfunction
- noun a failure to function normally
- verb fail to function or function improperly
misfunction.
- the coffee maker malfunctioned
- noun a failure to function normally
- incorrectness2/5
incorrectness
- noun lack of conformity to social expectations
- noun the quality of not conforming to fact or truth
wrongness.
- noun lack of conformity to social expectations
- transferences2/5
transference
- noun (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
- noun transferring ownership
transfer.
- noun (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
- incubations2/5
incubation
- noun maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
- noun (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear
- noun maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development
- reincarnate2/5
reincarnate
- verb be born anew in another body after death
transmigrate.
- Hindus believe that we transmigrate
- verb cause to appear in a new form
renew.
- the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market
- verb be born anew in another body after death
- exceedance2/5
exceedance
- noun (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time
- the concept of exceedance can be applied to any type of environmental risk modeling
- noun (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time
- puncher2/5
puncher
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
cowherd; cowboy; cowpuncher; cowpoke; cattleman; cowman; cowhand.
- noun someone who delivers punches
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
- sconce2/5
sconce
- noun a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
- noun a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
- noun a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
- reincarnations2/5
reincarnation
- noun embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)
- his reincarnation as a lion
- noun a second or new birth
rebirth; renascence.
- noun embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)
- piquancy2/5
piquancy
- noun a tart spicy quality
piquantness; tanginess; zest; piquance; tang; nip.
- noun the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting
piquantness; piquance.
- noun a tart spicy quality
- enunciates2/5
enunciate
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; pronounce; articulate; say; enounce.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- verb express or state clearly
vocalize; vocalise; articulate.
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- mesencephalon2/5
mesencephalon
- noun the middle portion of the brain
midbrain.
- noun the middle portion of the brain
- unci2/5
uncus
- noun (biology) any hook-shaped process or part
- noun (biology) any hook-shaped process or part
- retrench2/5
retrench
- verb tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- verb make a reduction, as in one's workforce
- The company had to retrench
- verb tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- ancestress2/5
ancestress
- noun a woman ancestor
- noun a woman ancestor
- auchincloss2/5
auchincloss
- noun United States writer (born in 1917)
Louis Stanton Auchincloss; Louis Auchincloss.
- noun United States writer (born in 1917)
- synchronizer2/5
synchronizer
- noun an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)
synchronoscope; synchroniser; synchroscope.
- noun an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)
- nonresistance2/5
nonresistance
- noun group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence
- noun group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence
- incarnating2/5
incarnate
- verb make concrete and real
- verb represent in bodily form
embody; substantiate; body forth.
- He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
- The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
- verb make concrete and real
- conceptuality2/5
conceptuality
- noun an elaborated concept
conceptualisation; conceptualization.
- noun an elaborated concept
- provenances2/5
provenance
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
birthplace; cradle; provenience; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- encasement2/5
encasement
- noun the act of enclosing something in a case
incasement.
- noun the act of enclosing something in a case
- incarcerating2/5
incarcerate
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
jug; remand; lag; immure; gaol; jail; put away; imprison; put behind bars.
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- incitements2/5
incitement
- noun an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
incitation.
- the incitement of mutiny
- noun needed encouragement
provocation.
- the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation
- noun an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
- hunchbacked2/5
hunchbacked
- adjective satellite characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
kyphotic; humped; crookback; crookbacked; humpbacked; gibbous.
- adjective satellite characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
- financings2/5
financing
- noun the act of financing
funding.
- verb obtain or provide money for
finance.
- Can we finance the addition to our home?
- noun the act of financing
- uncleanliness2/5
uncleanliness
- noun lack of cleanly habits
- noun lack of cleanly habits
- dunces2/5
dunce
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; numskull; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- enchained2/5
enchained
- adjective satellite bound with chains
chained.
- enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones
- prisoners in chains
- verb restrain or bind with chains
enchain.
- adjective satellite bound with chains
- coherences2/5
coherence
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
cohesion; cohesiveness; coherency.
- noun logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts
coherency.
- noun the state of cohering or sticking together
- uncurled2/5
uncurled
- adjective satellite not curled
- lay uncurled on the bed
- verb move out of a curled position
uncurl.
- He uncurled himself
- adjective satellite not curled
- enchanters2/5
enchanter
- noun a sorcerer or magician
- noun a sorcerer or magician
- confluences2/5
confluence
- noun a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
meeting.
- Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
- noun a flowing together
merging; conflux.
- noun a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
- blanches2/5
blanch
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blench; pale.
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
parboil.
- Parboil the beans before freezing them
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
- compliances2/5
compliance
- noun acting according to certain accepted standards
conformity; conformation; abidance.
- their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
deference; obligingness; complaisance; compliancy.
- noun acting according to certain accepted standards
- romancer2/5
romance
- noun a relationship between two lovers
love affair.
- noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
romanticism.
- noun a relationship between two lovers
- inconsequence2/5
inconsequence
- noun having no important effects or influence
- noun invalid or incorrect reasoning
illogicalness; illogic; illogicality.
- noun having no important effects or influence
- concreting2/5
concrete
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- verb cover with cement
- concrete the walls
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- melanchthon2/5
melanchthon
- noun German theologian and Luther's successor as leader of the Reformation in Germany (1497-1560)
Philipp Schwarzerd; Philipp Melanchthon.
- noun German theologian and Luther's successor as leader of the Reformation in Germany (1497-1560)
- crunched2/5
crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
- noun a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- an end-of-the year crunch
- a financial crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- nurturance2/5
nurturance
- noun physical and emotional care and nourishment
- noun physical and emotional care and nourishment
- incorporeal2/5
incorporeal
- adjective without material form or substance
immaterial.
- an incorporeal spirit
- adjective without material form or substance
- concreteness2/5
concreteness
- noun the quality of being concrete (not abstract)
- noun the quality of being concrete (not abstract)
- immunofluorescence2/5
immunofluorescence
- noun (immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue
- noun (immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue
- nonfinancial2/5
nonfinancial
- adjective not involving financial matters
- adjective not involving financial matters
- inconsiderate2/5
inconsiderate
- adjective lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others
- shockingly inconsiderate behavior
- adjective satellite without proper consideration or reflection
unconsidered.
- slovenly inconsiderate reasoning
- unconsidered words
- prejudice is the holding of unconsidered opinions
- adjective lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others
- lancers2/5
lancers
- noun a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples
- noun (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
lancer.
- noun a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples
- inflorescence2/5
inflorescence
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
efflorescence; blossoming; florescence; anthesis; flowering.
- noun the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
- wincing2/5
wince
- noun the facial expression of sudden pain
- noun a reflex response to sudden pain
flinch.
- noun the facial expression of sudden pain
- unclaimed2/5
unclaimed
- adjective satellite not claimed or called for by an owner or assignee
- unclaimed luggage
- adjective satellite not claimed or called for by an owner or assignee
- truancy2/5
truancy
- noun failure to attend (especially school)
hooky.
- noun failure to attend (especially school)
- punctuate2/5
punctuate
- verb insert punctuation marks into
mark.
- verb to stress, single out as important
emphasise; accent; stress; accentuate; emphasize.
- Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
- verb insert punctuation marks into
- conciliate2/5
conciliate
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; assuage; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb come to terms
make up; patch up; settle; reconcile.
- After some discussion we finally made up
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- vagrancy2/5
vagrancy
- noun the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood
- noun the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood
- clemenceau2/5
clemenceau
- noun French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929)
Georges Eugene Benjamin Clemenceau; Georges Clemenceau.
- noun French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929)
- clench2/5
clench
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
clinch.
- noun the act of grasping
grip; clutches; clutch; grasp; hold; clasp.
- he released his clasp on my arm
- he has a strong grip for an old man
- she kept a firm hold on the railing
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
- malevolence2/5
malevolence
- noun wishing evil to others
malignity.
- noun the quality of threatening evil
malevolency; malice.
- noun wishing evil to others
- incongruent2/5
incongruent
- adjective not congruent
- adjective not congruent
- 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
- flatulence2/5
flatulence
- noun a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
flatulency; gas.
- noun pompously embellished language
turgidness; turgidity.
- noun a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- rancor2/5
rancor
- noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
gall; rancour; bitterness; resentment.
- noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- stringency2/5
stringency
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
tightness.
- noun conscientious attention to rules and details
strictness.
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
- transience2/5
transience
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
transitoriness; transiency.
- noun the attribute of being brief or fleeting
briefness; brevity.
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
- quiescence2/5
quiescence
- noun a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
dormancy; quiescency.
- the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy
- noun quiet and inactive restfulness
sleeping; quiescency; dormancy.
- noun a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
- 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
- concordant2/5
concordant
- adjective satellite in keeping
agreeable; consonant; accordant; conformable.
- salaries agreeable with current trends
- plans conformable with your wishes
- expressed views concordant with his background
- adjective satellite being of the same opinion
concurring.
- adjective satellite in keeping
- condolence2/5
condolence
- noun an expression of sympathy with another's grief
commiseration.
- they sent their condolences
- noun an expression of sympathy with another's grief
- flamenco2/5
flamenco
- noun guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco
- noun a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet
gypsy dancing.
- noun guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco
- conjuncture2/5
conjuncture
- noun a critical combination of events or circumstances
- noun a critical combination of events or circumstances
- inching2/5
inch
- noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
in.
- noun a unit of measurement for advertising space
column inch.
- noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
- concatenated2/5
concatenate
- verb combine two strings to form a single one
- verb add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series
- concatenate terms
- concatenate characters
- verb combine two strings to form a single one
- malebranche2/5
malebranche
- noun French philosopher (1638-1715)
Nicolas de Malebranche.
- noun French philosopher (1638-1715)
- pincus2/5
pincus
- noun United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)
Gregory Goodwin Pincus; Gregory Pincus.
- noun United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)
- bouncer2/5
bouncer
- noun a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting
chucker-out.
- noun a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting
- impedances2/5
impedance
- noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
resistivity; ohmic resistance; electric resistance; resistance; electrical resistance.
- noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- concordat2/5
concordat
- noun a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
covenant; compact.
- noun a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- nuncio2/5
nuncio
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
papal nuncio.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
- disinclination2/5
disinclination
- noun that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike
- his disinclination for modesty is well known
- noun a certain degree of unwillingness
hesitation; hesitancy; reluctance; indisposition.
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
- noun that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike
- neurosciences2/5
neuroscience
- noun the scientific study of the nervous system
- noun the scientific study of the nervous system
- sequencer2/5
sequencer
- noun (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer
sequenator.
- noun computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence
- noun (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer
- irreverence2/5
irreverence
- noun an irreverent mental attitude
- noun a disrespectful act
violation.
- noun an irreverent mental attitude
- scrunched2/5
scrunch
- noun a crunching noise
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
thud; crump.
- noun a crunching noise
- malfeasance2/5
malfeasance
- noun wrongful conduct by a public official
- noun wrongful conduct by a public official
- ascendency2/5
ascendency
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
control; ascendance; ascendancy; ascendence; dominance.
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- councilman2/5
councilman
- noun a man who is a council member
- noun a man who is a council member
- happenstance2/5
happenstance
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
coincidence.
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
- inculcating2/5
inculcate
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
infuse; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- enfranchised2/5
enfranchised
- adjective endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- verb grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
affranchise; enfranchise.
- Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century
- adjective endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- synchronously2/5
synchronously
- adverb in synchrony; in a synchronous manner
- in four-chambered hearts, the two auricles move synchronously
- adverb in synchrony; in a synchronous manner
- seances2/5
seance
- noun a meeting of spiritualists
session; sitting.
- the seance was held in the medium's parlor
- noun a meeting of spiritualists
- cancellations2/5
cancellation
- noun the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
- noun the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
- noun the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
- brainchild2/5
brainchild
- noun a product of your creative thinking and work
inspiration.
- he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists
- after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality
- noun a product of your creative thinking and work
- potencies2/5
potency
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
authority; say-so; authorisation; dominance; authorization.
- he has the authority to issue warrants
- deputies are given authorization to make arrests
- a place of potency in the state
- noun capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
strength; effectiveness.
- the toxin's potency
- the strength of the drinks
- noun the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- vibrancy2/5
vibrancy
- noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
ringing; sonorousness; plangency; reverberance; resonance; sonority.
- noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
- winckelmann2/5
winckelmann
- noun German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768)
Johann Joachim Winckelmann; Johann Winckelmann.
- noun German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768)
- flinching2/5
flinch
- noun a reflex response to sudden pain
wince.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; recoil; wince; quail; cringe; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- noun a reflex response to sudden pain
- somnolence2/5
somnolence
- noun a very sleepy state
drowsiness; sleepiness.
- sleepiness causes many driving accidents
- noun a very sleepy state
- idiosyncrasy2/5
idiosyncrasy
- noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
mannerism; foible.
- noun a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- pretences2/5
pretence
- noun a false or unsupportable quality
pretension; pretense.
- noun an artful or simulated semblance
guise; pretense; pretext.
- under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
- noun a false or unsupportable quality
- appurtenances2/5
appurtenance
- noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
gear; paraphernalia.
- noun a supplementary component that improves capability
add-on; supplement; accessory.
- noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- disjuncture2/5
disjuncture
- noun state of being disconnected
disconnection; disjunction; disconnectedness.
- noun state of being disconnected
- acceptances2/5
acceptance
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
credence.
- he gave credence to the gossip
- acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
- noun the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
espousal; acceptation; adoption.
- its adoption by society
- the proposal found wide acceptance
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- insurgencies2/5
insurgency
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
insurgence.
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
- linchpin2/5
linchpin
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; lynchpin; keystone; anchor.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on
lynchpin.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
- encephalomyelitis2/5
encephalomyelitis
- noun inflammation of the brain and spinal cord
- noun inflammation of the brain and spinal cord
- stencils2/5
stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- verb mark or print with a stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- capacitances2/5
capacitance
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
electrical capacity; capacity.
- noun an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
condenser; capacitor; electrical condenser.
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- extravagances2/5
extravagance
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
extravagancy.
- we were surprised by the extravagance of his description
- noun the trait of spending extravagantly
prodigality; profligacy.
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
- reassurances2/5
reassurance
- noun the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence
- noun the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence
- silencer2/5
silencer
- noun short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
- noun a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
muffler.
- noun short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
- preconception2/5
preconception
- noun an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
preconceived notion; prepossession; preconceived opinion; preconceived idea; parti pris.
- he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions
- noun a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
bias; prejudice.
- noun an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
- incongruities2/5
incongruity
- noun the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
incongruousness.
- noun the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
- provincialism2/5
provincialism
- noun a lack of sophistication
- noun a partiality for some particular place
localism; sectionalism.
- noun a lack of sophistication
- sufferance2/5
sufferance
- noun patient endurance especially of pain or distress
- noun a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
toleration; acceptance.
- all people should practice toleration and live together in peace
- noun patient endurance especially of pain or distress
- puissance2/5
puissance
- noun power to influence or coerce
- the puissance of the labor vote
- noun power to influence or coerce
- venipuncture2/5
venipuncture
- noun (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye
- noun (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye
- cogency2/5
cogency
- noun persuasive relevance
- noun the quality of being valid and rigorous
rigor; rigour; validity.
- noun persuasive relevance
- agincourt2/5
agincourt
- noun a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
- noun a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
- rancour2/5
rancour
- noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
gall; rancor; bitterness; resentment.
- noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- unconcern2/5
unconcern
- noun the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
nonchalance; indifference.
- noun a feeling of lack of concern
- noun the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
- prominences2/5
prominence
- noun the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
- noun relative importance
- noun the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
- consultancies2/5
consultancy
- noun the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
- a business management consultancy
- noun the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
- uncorrupted2/5
uncorrupted
- adjective satellite (of language) not having its purity or excellence debased
undefiled.
- uncorrupted English
- learn to speak pure English undefiled"- Van Wyck Brooks
- adjective satellite not decayed or decomposed
unspoiled.
- adjective satellite (of language) not having its purity or excellence debased
- ascendance2/5
ascendance
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
control; ascendency; ascendancy; ascendence; dominance.
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- sanctimonious2/5
sanctimonious
- adjective satellite excessively or hypocritically pious
pharisaic; self-righteous; holier-than-thou; pietistic; pharisaical; pietistical.
- a sickening sanctimonious smile
- adjective satellite excessively or hypocritically pious
- effervescence2/5
effervescence
- noun the process of bubbling as gas escapes
- noun the property of giving off bubbles
bubbliness; frothiness.
- noun the process of bubbling as gas escapes
- punctuating2/5
punctuate
- verb insert punctuation marks into
mark.
- verb to stress, single out as important
emphasise; accent; stress; accentuate; emphasize.
- Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
- verb insert punctuation marks into
- inconstancy2/5
inconstancy
- noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
faithlessness; falseness; fickleness.
- noun the quality of being changeable and variable
changefulness.
- noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
- stenciled2/5
stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- verb mark or print with a stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- recommenced2/5
recommence
- verb cause to start anew
- The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet
- verb begin again
- we recommenced his reading after a short nap
- verb cause to start anew
- persistency2/5
persistency
- noun persistent determination
perseverance; tenaciousness; doggedness; tenacity; pertinacity; persistence.
- noun persistent determination
- luxuriance2/5
luxuriance
- noun the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses
lushness; voluptuousness.
- noun the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses
- uncounted2/5
uncounted
- adjective satellite too numerous to be counted
unnumbered; numberless; unnumerable; innumerable; unnumberable; 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
- balancer2/5
balancer
- noun an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
- noun either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
haltere; halter.
- noun an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
- lancer2/5
lancer
- noun (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
- noun (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
- 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
- sincerest2/5
sincere
- adjective open and genuine; not deceitful
- he was a good man, decent and sincere
- felt sincere regret that they were leaving
- sincere friendship
- adjective satellite characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
solemn; earnest.
- both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate
- an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant
- a film with a solemn social message
- adjective open and genuine; not deceitful
- uncultured2/5
uncultured
- adjective satellite (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
uncultivated; artless.
- adjective satellite (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
- incompetency2/5
incompetency
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
incompetence.
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
- disfranchisement2/5
disfranchisement
- noun the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote
- noun the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote
- unclouded2/5
unclouded
- adjective satellite (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
light; clear; clean.
- efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings
- clear laughter like a waterfall
- clear reds and blues
- a light lilting voice like a silver bell
- adjective satellite free from clouds
cloudless.
- under a cloudless sky
- adjective satellite (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- uncompromisingly2/5
uncompromisingly
- adverb in an uncompromising manner
- adverb in an uncompromising manner
- luncheons2/5
luncheon
- noun a midday meal
lunch; tiffin; dejeuner.
- noun a midday meal
- protuberance2/5
protuberance
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; swelling; excrescence; jut; gibbosity.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- noun the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
- the protuberance of his belly
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- efflorescence2/5
efflorescence
- noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
prime; flower; blossom; peak; flush; bloom; heyday.
- noun any red eruption of the skin
skin rash; roseola; rash.
- noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- noncurrent2/5
noncurrent
- adjective not current or belonging to the present time
- adjective not current or belonging to the present time
- maeterlinck2/5
maeterlinck
- noun Belgian playwright (1862-1949)
Count Maurice Maeterlinck.
- noun Belgian playwright (1862-1949)
- coinsurance2/5
coinsurance
- noun insurance issued jointly by two or more underwriters
- noun insurance issued jointly by two or more underwriters
- illuminance2/5
illuminance
- noun the luminous flux incident on a unit area
illumination.
- noun the luminous flux incident on a unit area
- inerrancy2/5
inerrancy
- noun (Christianity) exemption from error
- biblical inerrancy
- noun (Christianity) exemption from error
- independency2/5
independency
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
independence.
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
- petulance2/5
petulance
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
irritability; choler; crossness; fretfulness; peevishness; fussiness.
- noun an irritable petulant feeling
- indigence2/5
indigence
- noun a state of extreme poverty or destitution
need; pauperization; penury; pauperism.
- their indigence appalled him
- a general state of need exists among the homeless
- noun a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- conveyancing2/5
conveyancing
- noun act of transferring property title from one person to another
conveyance of title; conveyance; conveying.
- noun act of transferring property title from one person to another
- entranceway2/5
entranceway
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
entryway; entrance; entree; entry.
- they waited at the entrance to the garden
- beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
- brancusi2/5
brancusi
- noun Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957)
Constantin Brancusi.
- noun Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957)
- translucency2/5
translucency
- noun the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely
semitransparency; translucence.
- noun the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely
- bunche2/5
bunch
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
clustering; cluster; clump.
- a bunch of trees
- a cluster of admirers
- noun an informal body of friends
gang; crowd; crew.
- he still hangs out with the same crowd
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
- inflorescences2/5
inflorescence
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
efflorescence; blossoming; florescence; anthesis; flowering.
- noun the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
- concatenate2/5
concatenate
- verb combine two strings to form a single one
- verb add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series
- concatenate terms
- concatenate characters
- verb combine two strings to form a single one
- crunches2/5
crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
- noun a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- an end-of-the year crunch
- a financial crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- unchurched2/5
unchurch
- verb exclude from a church or a religious community
curse; excommunicate.
- The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
- verb exclude from a church or a religious community
- cranch2/5
cranch
- verb press or grind with a crushing noise
crunch; grind; craunch.
- verb press or grind with a crushing noise
- instanced2/5
instance
- noun an occurrence of something
case; example.
- it was a case of bad judgment
- another instance occurred yesterday
- but there is always the famous example of the Smiths
- noun an item of information that is typical of a class or group
example; illustration; representative.
- this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
- there is an example on page 10
- noun an occurrence of something
- haunch2/5
haunch
- noun the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
- noun the loin and leg of a quadruped
- noun the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
- mischance2/5
mischance
- noun an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
mishap; bad luck.
- if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all
- noun an instance of misfortune
mishap; misadventure.
- noun an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
- bouncers2/5
bouncer
- noun a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting
chucker-out.
- noun a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting
- inadvertence2/5
inadvertence
- noun an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
oversight.
- noun the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
unmindfulness; heedlessness; inadvertency.
- noun an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
- effulgence2/5
effulgence
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
shine; radiance; refulgency; refulgence; radiancy.
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
- ambivalences2/5
ambivalence
- noun mixed feelings or emotions
ambivalency.
- noun mixed feelings or emotions
- insouciance2/5
insouciance
- noun the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
lightsomeness; lightheartedness; carefreeness.
- noun the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
- blancs2/5
blanc
- noun a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
- noun a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
- councilmen2/5
councilman
- noun a man who is a council member
- noun a man who is a council member
- wenches2/5
wench
- noun informal terms for a (young) woman
doll; chick; skirt; bird; dame.
- verb frequent prostitutes
- noun informal terms for a (young) woman
- incautious2/5
incautious
- adjective lacking in caution
- an incautious remark
- incautious talk
- adjective satellite carelessly failing to exercise proper caution
- an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs
- adjective lacking in caution
- incendiaries2/5
incendiary
- noun a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
arsonist; firebug.
- noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
firebomb; incendiary bomb.
- noun a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
- incan2/5
incan
Of or pertaining to the Incas.
- unconcealed2/5
unconcealed
- adjective not concealed or hidden
- her unconcealed hostility poisoned the atmosphere
- watched with unconcealed curiosity
- adjective not concealed or hidden
- keratoconjunctivitis2/5
keratoconjunctivitis
- noun inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva
- noun inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva
- uncommunicative2/5
uncommunicative
- adjective not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
incommunicative.
- adjective not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
- protuberances2/5
protuberance
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; swelling; excrescence; jut; gibbosity.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- noun the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
- the protuberance of his belly
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- disfranchised2/5
disfranchised
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
voiceless; disenfranchised; voteless.
- labor was voiceless
- disenfrenchised masses took to the streets
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise; disenfranchise.
- adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- conciliating2/5
conciliate
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; assuage; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb come to terms
make up; patch up; settle; reconcile.
- After some discussion we finally made up
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- avuncular2/5
avuncular
- adjective resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence
- adjective being or relating to an uncle
- adjective resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence
- winches2/5
winch
- noun lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
windlass.
- verb pull or lift up with or as if with a winch
- winch up the slack line
- noun lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
- pouncing2/5
pounce
- noun the act of pouncing
- verb move down on as if in an attack
swoop.
- The raptor swooped down on its prey
- The teacher swooped down upon the new students
- noun the act of pouncing
- concatenating2/5
concatenate
- verb combine two strings to form a single one
- verb add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series
- concatenate terms
- concatenate characters
- verb combine two strings to form a single one
- overindulgence2/5
overindulgence
- noun excessive indulgence
excess.
- the child was spoiled by overindulgence
- noun excessive indulgence
- recommence2/5
recommence
- verb cause to start anew
- The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet
- verb begin again
- we recommenced his reading after a short nap
- verb cause to start anew
- flounced2/5
flounce
- noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
ruffle; frill; furbelow.
- noun the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
- noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- incoordination2/5
incoordination
- noun a lack of coordination of movements
- noun a lack of coordination of movements
- clincher2/5
clincher
- noun an argument that is conclusive
determiner; determining factor.
- noun a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively
decisive factor.
- noun an argument that is conclusive
- unimportance2/5
unimportance
- noun the state of being humble and unimportant
obscureness; humbleness; lowliness.
- noun the quality of not being important or worthy of note
- noun the state of being humble and unimportant
- unchaste2/5
unchaste
- adjective not chaste
- unchaste conduct
- adjective not chaste
- conductances2/5
conductance
- noun a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
- noun a material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance
- inculcates2/5
inculcate
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
infuse; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- stanchions2/5
stanchion
- noun any vertical post or rod used as a support
- noun any vertical post or rod used as a support
- flamboyance2/5
flamboyance
- noun extravagant elaborateness
showiness; floridness; floridity.
- he wrote with great flamboyance
- noun extravagant elaborateness
- nonclassical2/5
nonclassical
- adjective not classical
- adjective not classical
- excrescences2/5
excrescence
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; swelling; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- noun (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- anchorite2/5
anchorite
- noun one retired from society for religious reasons
hermit.
- noun one retired from society for religious reasons
- recrudescence2/5
recrudescence
- noun a return of something after a period of abatement
- a recrudescence of racism
- a recrudescence of the symptoms
- noun a return of something after a period of abatement
- cincinnatus2/5
cincinnatus
- noun Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue; he twice was called to assume dictatorship of Rome and each time retired to his farm (519-438 BC)
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus.
- noun Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue; he twice was called to assume dictatorship of Rome and each time retired to his farm (519-438 BC)
- backbenchers2/5
backbencher
- noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
- noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
- asynchrony2/5
asynchrony
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
desynchronization; desynchronizing; desynchronisation; asynchronism.
- the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
- stanchion2/5
stanchion
- noun any vertical post or rod used as a support
- noun any vertical post or rod used as a support
- preexistence2/5
preexistence
- noun existing in a former state or previous to something else
- noun existing in a former state or previous to something else
- mincemeat2/5
mincemeat
- noun spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat
- noun spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat
- chancroid2/5
chancroid
- noun infectious venereal ulcer
- noun infectious venereal ulcer
- evanescence2/5
evanescence
- noun the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight
- the evanescence of the morning mist
- noun the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight
- inductances2/5
inductance
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
induction.
- noun an electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit
inductor.
- noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
- uncool2/5
uncool
- adjective satellite (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring
- adjective satellite (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring
- emancipator2/5
emancipator
- noun someone who frees others from bondage
manumitter.
- Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator
- noun someone who frees others from bondage
- conceptualism2/5
conceptualism
- noun the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application
- noun the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application
- issuances2/5
issuance
- noun the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
issuing; issue.
- a new issue of stamps
- the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago
- noun the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
- intermittency2/5
intermittency
- noun the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
intermittence.
- noun the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
- punctuates2/5
punctuate
- verb insert punctuation marks into
mark.
- verb to stress, single out as important
emphasise; accent; stress; accentuate; emphasize.
- Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
- verb insert punctuation marks into
- stenciling2/5
stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- verb mark or print with a stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- conciliated2/5
conciliate
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; assuage; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb come to terms
make up; patch up; settle; reconcile.
- After some discussion we finally made up
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- excrescence2/5
excrescence
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; swelling; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- noun (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- conjunctures2/5
conjuncture
- noun a critical combination of events or circumstances
- noun a critical combination of events or circumstances
- anchorman2/5
anchorman
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
anchorperson; anchor.
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- encores2/5
encore
- noun an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- verb request an encore, from a performer
- noun an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- trencher2/5
trencher
- noun someone who digs trenches
- noun a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved
- noun someone who digs trenches
- flounces2/5
flounce
- noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
ruffle; frill; furbelow.
- noun the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
- noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- silencers2/5
silencer
- noun short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
- noun a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
muffler.
- noun short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
- incorporations2/5
incorporation
- noun consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body
- noun learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself
internalisation; internalization.
- noun consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body
- enceinte2/5
enceinte
- adjective satellite in an advanced stage of pregnancy
heavy; great; with child; gravid; big; expectant; large.
- was big with child
- was great with child
- adjective satellite in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- prevalences2/5
prevalence
- noun the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
- he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future
- noun (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
- noun the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
- winces2/5
wince
- noun the facial expression of sudden pain
- noun a reflex response to sudden pain
flinch.
- noun the facial expression of sudden pain
- incapability2/5
incapability
- noun lack of potential for development
incapableness.
- noun the quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
incapableness.
- noun lack of potential for development
- sycophancy2/5
sycophancy
- noun fawning obsequiousness
- noun fawning obsequiousness
- sequencers2/5
sequencer
- noun (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer
sequenator.
- noun computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence
- noun (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer
- insufficiencies2/5
insufficiency
- noun a lack of competence
inadequacy.
- pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
- juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
- noun (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
- noun a lack of competence
- irrelevancy2/5
irrelevancy
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
irrelevance.
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
- concessive2/5
concessive
- adjective of or pertaining to concession
- adjective of or pertaining to concession
- concomitance2/5
concomitance
- noun occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another
- noun occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another
- rancidity2/5
rancidity
- noun the state of being rancid; having a rancid scent or flavor (as of old cooking oil)
- noun the state of being rancid; having a rancid scent or flavor (as of old cooking oil)
- intolerances2/5
intolerance
- noun impatience with annoyances
- his intolerance of interruptions
- noun unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
- noun impatience with annoyances
- disenfranchise2/5
disenfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- disinheritance2/5
disinheritance
- noun the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
- noun the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
- mispronounced2/5
mispronounce
- verb pronounce a word incorrectly
misspeak.
- She mispronounces many Latinate words
- verb pronounce a word incorrectly
- enfranchise2/5
enfranchise
- verb grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
affranchise.
- Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century
- verb grant voting rights
- verb grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
- 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)
- paunchy2/5
paunchy
- adjective satellite having a large belly
potbellied; abdominous.
- adjective satellite having a large belly
- pubescence2/5
pubescence
- noun the time of life when sex glands become functional
puberty.
- noun the time of life when sex glands become functional
- stencilled2/5
stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- verb mark or print with a stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- anchorites2/5
anchorite
- noun one retired from society for religious reasons
hermit.
- noun one retired from society for religious reasons
- lancets2/5
lancet
- noun an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
lancet arch.
- noun a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
lance.
- noun an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
- ebullience2/5
ebullience
- noun overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
enthusiasm; exuberance.
- noun overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
- misfeasance2/5
misfeasance
- noun doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner
- noun doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner
- corncob2/5
corncob
- noun the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
corn cob.
- noun the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
- scrunch2/5
scrunch
- noun a crunching noise
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
thud; crump.
- noun a crunching noise
- flounce2/5
flounce
- noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
ruffle; frill; furbelow.
- noun the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
- noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- retrenchments2/5
retrenchment
- noun entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
- noun the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
downsizing; curtailment.
- noun entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
- disjunctures2/5
disjuncture
- noun state of being disconnected
disconnection; disjunction; disconnectedness.
- noun state of being disconnected
- spencers2/5
spencer
- noun English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
Herbert Spencer.
- noun English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
- inconel2/5
inconel
- noun a nickel-base alloy with chromium and iron; used in gas-turbine blades
- noun a nickel-base alloy with chromium and iron; used in gas-turbine blades
- corpulence2/5
corpulence
- noun the property of excessive fatness
stoutness; overweight; adiposis.
- noun the property of excessive fatness
- clenches2/5
clench
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
clinch.
- noun the act of grasping
grip; clutches; clutch; grasp; hold; clasp.
- he released his clasp on my arm
- he has a strong grip for an old man
- she kept a firm hold on the railing
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
- opencast2/5
opencast
- adjective satellite (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface
opencut.
- opencast mining
- an opencut iron mine
- adjective satellite (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface
- inclemency2/5
inclemency
- noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
bad weather; inclementness.
- noun excessive sternness
harshness; stiffness; severity; severeness; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; hardness; rigourousness.
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp
- noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
- pounces2/5
pounce
- noun the act of pouncing
- verb move down on as if in an attack
swoop.
- The raptor swooped down on its prey
- The teacher swooped down upon the new students
- noun the act of pouncing
- lynchpin2/5
lynchpin
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; keystone; anchor.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on
linchpin.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
- stridency2/5
stridency
- noun having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
stridence; shrillness.
- noun having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
- monstrance2/5
monstrance
- noun proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
demonstration.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
ostensorium.
- noun proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
- translucence2/5
translucence
- noun the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely
translucency; semitransparency.
- noun the quality of allowing light to pass diffusely
- irrelevancies2/5
irrelevancy
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
irrelevance.
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
- indistinctness2/5
indistinctness
- noun the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
softness; blurriness; fogginess; fuzziness.
- noun the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
- henchmen2/5
henchman
- noun someone who assists in a plot
collaborator; partner in crime; confederate.
- noun someone who assists in a plot
- oncologist2/5
oncologist
- noun a specialist in oncology
- noun a specialist in oncology
- concertos2/5
concerto
- noun a composition for orchestra and a soloist
- noun a composition for orchestra and a soloist
- birefringence2/5
birefringence
- noun splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly
double refraction.
- noun splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly
- diffidence2/5
diffidence
- noun lack of self-confidence
self-distrust; self-doubt.
- noun lack of self-confidence
- omnipresence2/5
omnipresence
- noun the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
ubiquity; ubiquitousness.
- noun the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
- inclement2/5
inclement
- adjective (of weather or climate) severe
- adjective used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy
- the harsh sentence of an inclement judge
- adjective (of weather or climate) severe
- bronchospasm2/5
bronchospasm
- noun a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis
- noun a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis
- syncretic2/5
syncretic
- adjective relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
syncretical; syncretistical; syncretistic.
- modern English is a syncretic language
- adjective of or characterized by syncretism
syncretical; syncretistical; syncretistic.
- adjective relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
- uncommitted2/5
uncommitted
- adjective not bound or pledged
- adjective not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
unattached.
- adjective not bound or pledged
- pittance2/5
pittance
- noun an inadequate payment
- they work all day for a mere pittance
- noun an inadequate payment
- incontestable2/5
incontestable
- adjective incapable of being contested or disputed
incontestible.
- adjective satellite not open to question; obviously true
undisputable; indisputable.
- undeniable guilt
- indisputable evidence of a witness
- adjective incapable of being contested or disputed
- refinance2/5
refinance
- verb renew the financing of
- verb renew the financing of
- frankincense2/5
frankincense
- noun an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
gum olibanum; thus; olibanum.
- noun an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
- disincentives2/5
disincentive
- noun a negative motivational influence
deterrence.
- noun a negative motivational influence
- insincerity2/5
insincerity
- noun the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
falseness; hollowness.
- noun the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
- unconquerable2/5
unconquerable
- adjective not capable of being conquered or vanquished or overcome
- a tribute to his courage...and his unconquerable will"- R.E.Danielson
- faced unconquerable difficulties
- adjective satellite incapable of being surmounted or excelled
insuperable.
- insuperable odds
- insuperable heroes
- adjective not capable of being conquered or vanquished or overcome
- uncollectible2/5
uncollectible
- adjective satellite not capable of being collected
bad.
- a bad (or uncollectible) debt
- adjective satellite not capable of being collected
- incomprehension2/5
incomprehension
- noun an inability to understand
- his incomprehension of the consequences
- noun an inability to understand
- inconsistently2/5
inconsistently
- adverb without showing consistency
- he acted inconsistently when he bought these stocks
- adverb without showing consistency
- uncontaminated2/5
uncontaminated
- adjective not corrupted by contact or association
- there is no culture uncontaminated by contact with the outside world
- adjective satellite free from admixture with noxious elements; clean
unpolluted.
- unpolluted streams
- a contaminated lake
- adjective not corrupted by contact or association
- incontinent2/5
incontinent
- adjective not having control over urination and defecation
- adjective not having control over urination and defecation
- disincentive2/5
disincentive
- noun a negative motivational influence
deterrence.
- noun a negative motivational influence
- noncompetitive2/5
noncompetitive
- adjective not involving competition or competitiveness
- noncompetitive positions
- noncompetitive interest in games
- adjective not involving competition or competitiveness
- encouragingly2/5
encouragingly
- adverb in an encouraging manner
- `Go on,' he said encouragingly to his student
- adverb in an encouraging manner
- exigency2/5
exigency
- noun a pressing or urgent situation
- the health-care exigency
- noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
pinch; emergency.
- he never knew what to do in an emergency
- noun a pressing or urgent situation
- chancellery2/5
chancellery
- noun a government building housing the office of a chancellor
- noun a government building housing the office of a chancellor
- unconfined2/5
unconfined
- adjective not confined
- adjective satellite free from confinement or physical restraint
unimprisoned.
- adjective not confined
- covariances2/5
covariance
- noun (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
- noun (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
- prescience2/5
prescience
- noun the power to foresee the future
prevision.
- noun the power to foresee the future
- overconfidence2/5
overconfidence
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
certitude; cocksureness.
- noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
- uncannily2/5
uncannily
- adverb in an uncanny manner
- uncannily human robots
- adverb in an uncanny manner
- recency2/5
recency
- noun a time immediately before the present
recentness.
- noun the property of having happened or appeared not long ago
recentness.
- noun a time immediately before the present
- peduncle2/5
peduncle
- noun the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body
- noun stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
- noun the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body
- bronchioles2/5
bronchiole
- noun any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli
- noun any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli
- uncoupled2/5
uncoupled
- adjective satellite having the coupling undone
- the uncoupled caboose rolled down the incline
- verb disconnect or separate
uncouple; decouple.
- uncouple the hounds
- adjective satellite having the coupling undone
- inculcation2/5
inculcation
- noun teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
ingraining; instilling.
- noun teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
- uncompressed2/5
uncompress
- verb restore to its uncompressed form
decompress.
- decompress data
- verb restore to its uncompressed form
- electroencephalogram2/5
electroencephalogram
- noun a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
EEG; encephalogram.
- noun a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
- uncivil2/5
uncivil
- adjective lacking civility or good manners
rude.
- want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather
- adjective lacking civility or good manners
- lunchroom2/5
lunchroom
- noun a restaurant (in a facility) where lunch can be purchased
- noun a restaurant (in a facility) where lunch can be purchased
- unbalance2/5
unbalance
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
instability; imbalance.
- a hormonal imbalance
- noun a state of mental disturbance and disorientation
mental unsoundness; derangement.
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
- pincers2/5
pincer
- noun a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping
pair of tweezers; tweezer; pair of pincers.
- noun a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
nipper; claw; chela.
- noun a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping
- pertinence2/5
pertinence
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
pertinency; applicability.
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
- uncoupling2/5
uncouple
- verb disconnect or separate
decouple.
- uncouple the hounds
- verb disconnect or separate
- encomium2/5
encomium
- noun a formal expression of praise
pean; paean; eulogy; panegyric.
- noun a formal expression of praise
- bronchodilators2/5
bronchodilator
- noun a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs
- noun a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs
- submergence2/5
submergence
- noun sinking until covered completely with water
immersion; submersion; submerging.
- noun sinking until covered completely with water
- bronchodilator2/5
bronchodilator
- noun a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs
- noun a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs
- invincibility2/5
invincibility
- noun the property being difficult or impossible to defeat
indomitability.
- noun the property being difficult or impossible to defeat
- misconceived2/5
misconceive
- verb interpret in the wrong way
misinterpret; misunderstand; be amiss; misconstrue; misapprehend.
- Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism
- She misconstrued my remarks
- verb interpret in the wrong way
- phosphorescence2/5
phosphorescence
- noun a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased
- noun a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased
- munched2/5
munch
- noun Norwegian painter (1863-1944)
Edvard Munch.
- noun a large bite
- he tried to talk between munches on the sandwich
- noun Norwegian painter (1863-1944)
- henchman2/5
henchman
- noun someone who assists in a plot
collaborator; partner in crime; confederate.
- noun someone who assists in a plot
- lanceolate2/5
lanceolate
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex
lancelike.
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex
- loincloth2/5
loincloth
- noun a garment that provides covering for the loins
breechclout; breechcloth.
- noun a garment that provides covering for the loins
- uncharitable2/5
uncharitable
- adjective lacking love and generosity
- all pious words and uncharitable deeds"- Charles Reade
- adjective lacking love and generosity
- teleconferencing2/5
teleconferencing
- noun a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
teleconference.
- noun a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
- chemiluminescence2/5
chemiluminescence
- noun luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies
- noun luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies
- oncologists2/5
oncologist
- noun a specialist in oncology
- noun a specialist in oncology
- conciseness2/5
conciseness
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
pithiness; concision; succinctness.
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
- overabundance2/5
overabundance
- noun the state of being more than full
surfeit; excess.
- noun a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
overmuchness; overmuch; superabundance.
- four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy
- we received an inundation of email
- noun the state of being more than full
- indistinctly2/5
indistinctly
- adverb in a dim indistinct manner
dimly.
- we perceived the change only dimly
- adverb in a dim indistinct manner
- pincer2/5
pincer
- noun a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping
pair of tweezers; tweezer; pair of pincers.
- noun a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
nipper; claw; chela.
- noun a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping
- oncorhynchus2/5
oncorhynchus
- noun Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon
genus Oncorhynchus.
- noun Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon
- unctuous2/5
unctuous
- adjective satellite unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
fulsome; buttery; soapy; oleaginous; smarmy; oily.
- buttery praise
- gave him a fulsome introduction
- an oily sycophantic press agent
- oleaginous hypocrisy
- smarmy self-importance
- the unctuous Uriah Heep
- soapy compliments
- adjective satellite unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
- valance2/5
valance
- noun a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
valance board; pelmet; cornice.
- noun a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
- incommensurate2/5
incommensurate
- adjective not corresponding in size or degree or extent
- a reward incommensurate with his effort
- adjective not corresponding in size or degree or extent
- cinchona2/5
cinchona
- noun medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
Jesuit's bark; cinchona bark; Peruvian bark.
- noun any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
chinchona.
- noun medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
- superabundance2/5
superabundance
- noun a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
overmuchness; overmuch; overabundance.
- four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy
- we received an inundation of email
- noun a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
- unconquered2/5
unconquered
- adjective satellite not conquered
unbeaten; unvanquished.
- adjective satellite not conquered
- rancorous2/5
rancorous
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- subsequence2/5
subsequence
- noun something that follows something else
sequel.
- noun following in time
posteriority; subsequentness.
- noun something that follows something else
- noninterference2/5
noninterference
- noun a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes
nonintervention.
- noun a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes
- concertina2/5
concertina
- noun coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
- noun free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
- noun coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
- vinca2/5
vinca
- noun periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials
genus Vinca.
- noun periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials
- stanch2/5
stanch
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
staunch; halt; stem.
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- incivility2/5
incivility
- noun deliberate discourtesy
- noun deliberate discourtesy
- complaisance2/5
complaisance
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
deference; obligingness; compliance; compliancy.
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
- enchiladas2/5
enchilada
- noun tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili
- noun tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili
- sphincters2/5
sphincter
- noun a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening
sphincter muscle; anatomical sphincter.
- noun a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening
- uncrossed2/5
uncrossed
- adjective (of a check) not crossed
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
uncross.
- She uncrossed her legs
- adjective (of a check) not crossed
- carbuncle2/5
carbuncle
- noun deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
- noun an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus
- noun deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
- assonance2/5
assonance
- noun the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
vowel rhyme.
- noun the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
- inconspicuously2/5
inconspicuously
- adverb in a manner intended to avoid attracting attention
- he had entered the room inconspicuously
- adverb in a manner intended to avoid attracting attention
- incurably2/5
incurably
- adverb to an incurable degree
- she was incurably optimistic
- adverb in a manner impossible to cure
- he is incurably ill
- adverb to an incurable degree
- syncretistic2/5
syncretistic
- adjective relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
syncretical; syncretic; syncretistical.
- modern English is a syncretic language
- adjective of or characterized by syncretism
syncretical; syncretic; syncretistical.
- adjective relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
- chinchilla2/5
chinchilla
- noun the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla
- noun a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton
- noun the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla
- inconveniently2/5
inconveniently
- adverb in an inconvenient manner
- he arrived at an inconveniently late hour
- adverb in an inconvenient manner
- eminences2/5
eminence
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
note; distinction; preeminence.
- a scholar of great eminence
- noun a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
tubercle; tuberosity.
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
- concussions2/5
concussion
- noun injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness
- noun any violent blow
- noun injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness
- incommunicado2/5
incommunicado
- adjective satellite without the means or right to communicate
- a prisoner held incommunicado
- incommunicado political detainees
- adjective satellite without the means or right to communicate
- unconsidered2/5
unconsidered
- adjective satellite without proper consideration or reflection
inconsiderate.
- slovenly inconsiderate reasoning
- unconsidered words
- prejudice is the holding of unconsidered opinions
- adjective satellite without proper consideration or reflection
- geosynchronous2/5
geosynchronous
- adjective satellite of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth)
- adjective satellite of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth)
- pincushion2/5
pincushion
- noun a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use
- noun a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use
- expedience2/5
expedience
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
expediency.
- noun taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
opportunism; self-interest; self-seeking.
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
- bronchoscope2/5
bronchoscope
- noun a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes
- noun a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes
- autofluorescence2/5
autofluorescence
- noun self-induced fluorescence
- noun self-induced fluorescence
- meningoencephalitis2/5
meningoencephalitis
- noun inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
cerebromeningitis; encephalomeningitis.
- noun inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
- geomancy2/5
geomancy
- noun divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)
- noun divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)
- anencephaly2/5
anencephaly
- noun a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres
anencephalia.
- noun a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres
- teleconference2/5
teleconference
- noun a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
teleconferencing.
- noun a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
- raincoats2/5
raincoat
- noun a water-resistant coat
waterproof.
- noun a water-resistant coat
- oncologic2/5
oncologic
- adjective of or relating to or practicing oncology
oncological.
- oncological nurse
- adjective of or relating to or practicing oncology
- concessionaires2/5
concessionaire
- noun someone who holds or operates a concession
concessioner.
- noun someone who holds or operates a concession
- durance2/5
durance
- noun imprisonment (especially for a long time)
- noun imprisonment (especially for a long time)
- uncaused2/5
uncaused
- adjective satellite having no cause or apparent cause
causeless; fortuitous.
- a causeless miracle
- fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
- we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
- adjective satellite having no cause or apparent cause
- flippancy2/5
flippancy
- noun inappropriate levity
light-mindedness.
- her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy
- noun inappropriate levity
- uncoiled2/5
uncoiled
- adjective no longer coiled
straight.
- verb unwind or untwist
uncoil.
- adjective no longer coiled
- inherence2/5
inherence
- noun the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic
inherency.
- the inherence of polysemy in human language
- noun the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic
- concessionaire2/5
concessionaire
- noun someone who holds or operates a concession
concessioner.
- noun someone who holds or operates a concession
- iridescence2/5
iridescence
- noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
opalescence.
- noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
- peduncles2/5
peduncle
- noun the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body
- noun stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower
- noun the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body
- coreference2/5
coreference
- noun the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent
- noun the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent
- truncheon2/5
truncheon
- noun a short stout club used primarily by policemen
nightstick; billy club; billystick; baton; billy.
- noun a short stout club used primarily by policemen
- affianced2/5
affiance
- verb give to in marriage
plight; betroth; engage.
- verb give to in marriage
- encomiums2/5
encomium
- noun a formal expression of praise
pean; paean; eulogy; panegyric.
- noun a formal expression of praise
- refinanced2/5
refinance
- verb renew the financing of
- verb renew the financing of
- encopresis2/5
encopresis
- noun involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness
- noun involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness
- mincer2/5
mincer
- noun a kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces
mincing machine.
- noun a kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces
- unceremonious2/5
unceremonious
- adjective satellite without ceremony or formality
unceremonial.
- an unceremonious speech
- adjective satellite without due formalities
- unceremonious dismissal from office
- adjective satellite without ceremony or formality
- encephalopathies2/5
encephalopathy
- noun any disorder or disease of the brain
brain disorder; brain disease.
- noun any disorder or disease of the brain
- incidentals2/5
incidental
- noun (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
incidental expense; minor expense.
- he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses
- noun an item that is incidental
- noun (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
- onchocerciasis2/5
onchocerciasis
- noun infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
river blindness.
- noun infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
- fancifully2/5
fancifully
- adverb in a fanciful manner
whimsically.
- the Christmas tree was fancifully decorated
- adverb in a fanciful manner
- unreconciled2/5
unreconciled
- adjective satellite not made consistent or compatible
- two unreconciled accountings
- adjective satellite not made consistent or compatible
- uncomplimentary2/5
uncomplimentary
- adjective showing or representing unfavorably
unflattering.
- an unflattering portrait
- an uncomplimentary dress
- adjective tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage
- adjective showing or representing unfavorably
- improvidence2/5
improvidence
- noun a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
shortsightedness.
- noun a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
- subsequences2/5
subsequence
- noun something that follows something else
sequel.
- noun following in time
posteriority; subsequentness.
- noun something that follows something else
- enchilada2/5
enchilada
- noun tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili
- noun tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili
- decencies2/5
decency
- noun the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- noun the quality of being polite and respectable
- noun the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- nondisjunction2/5
nondisjunction
- noun meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells
- noun meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells
- incautiously2/5
incautiously
- adverb without caution or prudence
carelessly.
- one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands
- adverb without caution or prudence
- carbuncles2/5
carbuncle
- noun deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
- noun an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus
- noun deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
- fervency2/5
fervency
- noun feelings of great warmth and intensity
fervor; fervidness; fire; ardor; fervour; ardour.
- he spoke with great ardor
- noun feelings of great warmth and intensity
- trancelike2/5
trancelike
- adjective satellite as if in a trance
- adjective satellite as if in a trance
- adjacencies2/5
adjacency
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
contiguity; contiguousness.
- noun the attribute of being so near as to be touching
- nescience2/5
nescience
- noun ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
ignorantness; unknowingness; unknowing.
- noun ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
- unpronounceable2/5
unpronounceable
- adjective impossible or difficult to pronounce correctly
- adjective satellite very difficult to pronounce correctly
unutterable.
- an unpronounceable foreign word
- unutterable consonant clusters
- adjective impossible or difficult to pronounce correctly
- tumescence2/5
tumescence
- noun tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues
- noun tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues
- incontrovertibly2/5
incontrovertibly
- adverb in an obvious and provable manner
demonstrably; provably.
- his documentary sources are demonstrably wrong
- adverb in an obvious and provable manner
- concision2/5
concision
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
conciseness; pithiness; succinctness.
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
- oncological2/5
oncological
- adjective of or relating to or practicing oncology
oncologic.
- oncological nurse
- adjective of or relating to or practicing oncology
- pancreatectomy2/5
pancreatectomy
- noun surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas
- noun surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas
- unclasped2/5
unclasp
- verb release from a clasp
- She clasped and unclasped her hands
- verb release from a clasp
- uncrowned2/5
uncrowned
- adjective not having an (artificial) crown on a tooth; used especially of molars and bicuspids
- uncrowned teeth badly in need of attention
- adjective not (especially not yet) provided with a crown
crownless.
- the uncrowned king
- adjective not having an (artificial) crown on a tooth; used especially of molars and bicuspids
- eurocurrency2/5
eurocurrency
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- encaustic2/5
encaustic
- noun a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application
- noun a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application
- backbench2/5
backbench
- noun any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
- noun any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
- loincloths2/5
loincloth
- noun a garment that provides covering for the loins
breechclout; breechcloth.
- noun a garment that provides covering for the loins
- outdistanced2/5
outdistance
- verb go far ahead of
distance; outstrip.
- He outdistanced the other runners
- verb go far ahead of
- fanciest2/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
- urgencies2/5
urgency
- noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- noun pressing importance requiring speedy action
- the urgency of his need
- noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- innocency2/5
innocency
- noun an innocent quality or thing or act
- the innocencies of childhood
- noun an innocent quality or thing or act
- branchlets2/5
branchlet
- noun a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
twig; sprig.
- noun a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
- conceivability2/5
conceivability
- noun the state of being conceivable
conceivableness.
- noun the state of being conceivable
- synchro2/5
synchro
- noun a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized
selsyn.
- noun a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized
- uncoiling2/5
uncoil
- verb unwind or untwist
- verb unwind or untwist
- unenclosed2/5
unenclosed
- adjective not closed in our surrounded or included
- an unenclosed porch
- unenclosed common land
- adjective not closed in our surrounded or included
- planchette2/5
planchette
- noun a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages
- noun a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages
- mispronunciation2/5
mispronunciation
- noun incorrect pronunciation
- noun incorrect pronunciation
- absorbency2/5
absorbency
- noun the property of being absorbent
- noun the property of being absorbent
- discountenanced2/5
discountenance
- verb look with disfavor on
- The republic soon discountenanced its few friends
- verb show disapproval by discouraging
- any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced
- verb look with disfavor on
- trenchantly2/5
trenchantly
- adverb in a vigorous and effective manner
- he defended his client's civil rights trenchantly
- adverb in a vigorous and effective manner
- incapacities2/5
incapacity
- noun lack of intellectual power
- noun lack of physical or natural qualifications
- noun lack of intellectual power
- uncial2/5
uncial
- noun a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
- adjective relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals)
- uncial letters
- noun a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
- incompressibility2/5
incompressibility
- noun the property of being incompressible
- noun the property of being incompressible
- truncheons2/5
truncheon
- noun a short stout club used primarily by policemen
nightstick; billy club; billystick; baton; billy.
- noun a short stout club used primarily by policemen
- bronchiole2/5
bronchiole
- noun any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli
- noun any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli
- unceasingly2/5
unceasingly
- adverb with unflagging resolve
incessantly; ceaselessly; continuously; endlessly; unendingly.
- dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste
- adverb with unflagging resolve
- uncontroversial2/5
uncontroversial
- adjective not likely to arouse controversy
noncontroversial.
- adjective not likely to arouse controversy
- incognito2/5
incognito
- adjective satellite with your identity concealed
- adverb without revealing one's identity
- in Holland he lived incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East India company
- adjective satellite with your identity concealed
- nonchalance2/5
nonchalance
- noun the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
indifference; unconcern.
- noun the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
- imprudence2/5
imprudence
- noun a lack of caution in practical affairs
- noun a lack of caution in practical affairs
- bronchiolitis2/5
bronchiolitis
- noun inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles
- noun inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles
- anchovies2/5
anchovy
- noun tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
- noun small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
- noun tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
- poncho2/5
poncho
- noun a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head
- noun a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head
- noncommittal2/5
noncommittal
- adjective satellite refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like
- her boyfriend was noncommittal about their future together
- adjective satellite refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like
- inconsolable2/5
inconsolable
- adjective sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
unconsolable; disconsolate.
- inconsolable when her son died
- adjective sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
- anchovy2/5
anchovy
- noun tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
- noun small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
- noun tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
- splanchnic2/5
splanchnic
- adjective relating to or affecting the viscera
visceral.
- visceral bleeding
- a splanchnic nerve
- adjective relating to or affecting the viscera
- mesenchyme2/5
mesenchyme
- noun mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles
- noun mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles
- nonce2/5
nonce
- noun the present occasion
time being.
- for the nonce
- noun the present occasion
- munificence2/5
munificence
- noun liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
largess; largesse; magnanimity; openhandedness.
- noun liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
- saliency2/5
saliency
- noun the state of being salient
strikingness; salience.
- noun the state of being salient
- encyclopaedic2/5
encyclopaedic
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
encyclopedic.
- encyclopedic knowledge
- adjective satellite broad in scope or content
- unconverted2/5
unconverted
- adjective satellite not converted
unpersuaded.
- adjective satellite not converted
- incongruously2/5
incongruously
- adverb in an incongruous manner
- his shirttails stuck out from his tuxedo pants somewhat incongruously
- adverb in an incongruous manner
- incoherently2/5
incoherently
- adverb in an incoherent manner
- he talked incoherently when he drank too much
- adverb in an incoherent manner
- punctilious2/5
punctilious
- adjective satellite marked by precise accordance with details
meticulous.
- meticulous research
- punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette
- adjective satellite marked by precise accordance with details
- uncompetitive2/5
uncompetitive
- adjective satellite not inclined to compete
- adjective satellite not inclined to compete
- staunchest2/5
staunch
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
stanch; halt; stem.
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
- adjective satellite firm and dependable especially in loyalty
unswerving; steadfast.
- a steadfast ally
- a staunch defender of free speech
- unswerving devotion
- unswerving allegiance
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- munchausen2/5
munchausen
- noun German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)
Baron Munchausen; Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen; Munchhausen.
- noun German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)
- uninfluenced2/5
uninfluenced
- adjective satellite not influenced or affected
untouched; unswayed.
- stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world"- V.L.Parrington
- unswayed by personal considerations
- adjective satellite not influenced or affected
- phencyclidine2/5
phencyclidine
- noun a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen
angel dust; PCP; phencyclidine hydrochloride.
- noun a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen
- electroencephalographic2/5
electroencephalographic
- adjective of or relating to an electroencephalograph
- adjective of or relating to an electroencephalograph
- twopence2/5
twopence
- noun a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
tuppence.
- noun a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
- nonconscious2/5
nonconscious
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- nonconscious psychic processes
- adjective satellite relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- infrequency2/5
infrequency
- noun noteworthy scarcity
rareness; rarity.
- noun noteworthy scarcity
- ponca2/5
ponca
- noun a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
Ponka.
- noun the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca
Ponka.
- noun a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
- encyclicals2/5
encyclical
- noun a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
encyclical letter.
- adjective satellite intended for wide distribution
- an encyclical letter
- noun a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
- disconcertingly2/5
disconcertingly
- adverb in a disturbing or embarrassing manner
- he drank some sherry, his eyes disconcertingly keen as he watched her
- adverb in a disturbing or embarrassing manner
- chancre2/5
chancre
- noun a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
- noun a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
- perfunctorily2/5
perfunctorily
- adverb in a set manner without serious attention
pro forma; as a formality.
- they answered my letter pro forma
- he kissed her cheek perfunctorily
- adverb in a set manner without serious attention
- ranunculus2/5
ranunculus
(Bot.) A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi ( R. Asiaticus ,R. aconitifolius , etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors.
- ponchos2/5
poncho
- noun a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head
- noun a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head
- encyclopaedias2/5
encyclopaedia
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
cyclopedia; encyclopedia; cyclopaedia.
- noun a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
- unconvincingly2/5
unconvincingly
- adverb in an unconvincing manner
- he argued unconvincingly
- adverb in an unconvincing manner
- enchiridion2/5
enchiridion
- noun a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
vade mecum; handbook.
- noun a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
- 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
- tuppence2/5
tuppence
- noun a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
twopence.
- noun a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
- unsanctioned2/5
unsanctioned
- adjective satellite without explicit official permission
- unsanctioned use of company cars
- adjective satellite without explicit official permission
- unco2/5
unco
- adverb to a remarkable degree or extent
unusually; remarkably; outstandingly.
- she was unusually tall
- adverb to a remarkable degree or extent
- uncapped2/5
uncapped
- adjective satellite used especially of front teeth
- natural uncapped teeth
- adjective satellite used especially of front teeth
- comeuppance2/5
comeuppance
- noun an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
comeupance; deserts.
- noun an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
- threepence2/5
threepence
- noun former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies
- noun former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies
- planchet2/5
planchet
- noun a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
coin blank.
- noun a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
- unconcernedly2/5
unconcernedly
- adverb in an unconcerned manner
- war was breaking out in Europe, but she unconcernedly planned for a holiday
- adverb in an unconcerned manner
- fourpence2/5
fourpence
- noun a former English silver coin worth four pennies
groat.
- noun a former English silver coin worth four pennies
- quinces2/5
quince
- noun small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated
quince bush; Cydonia oblonga.
- noun aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves
- noun small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated
- conches2/5
conch
- noun any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
- noun any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
- incorruptibility2/5
incorruptibility
- noun the incapability of being corrupted
- noun the incapability of being corrupted
- unfenced2/5
unfenced
- adjective satellite not enclosed by a fence
- adjective satellite not enclosed by a fence
- incisively2/5
incisively
- adverb in an incisive manner
- he was incisively critical
- adverb in a precise manner
exactly; precisely.
- she always expressed herself precisely
- adverb in an incisive manner
- halfpence2/5
halfpenny
- noun an English coin worth half a penny
ha'penny.
- noun an English coin worth half a penny
- noncontroversial2/5
noncontroversial
- adjective not likely to arouse controversy
uncontroversial.
- adjective not likely to arouse controversy
- bronchopneumonia2/5
bronchopneumonia
- noun pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles
bronchial pneumonia.
- noun pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles
- incorruption2/5
incorruption
- noun characterized by integrity or probity
incorruptness.
- noun characterized by integrity or probity
- buncombe2/5
buncombe
- noun unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
hogwash; bunk; guff; bunkum; rot.
- noun unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- bronchoscopic2/5
bronchoscopic
- adjective of or relating to an instrument for examining the interior of the bronchi
- adjective of or relating to an instrument for examining the interior of the bronchi
- immunodeficiencies2/5
immunodeficiency
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- noun immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced
- bronchiolar2/5
bronchiolar
- adjective of or relating to or involving bronchioles
- adjective of or relating to or involving bronchioles
- uncleared2/5
uncleared
- adjective not cleared; not rid of objects or obstructions
- uncleared land
- many cars were stuck in the snow on uncleared streets
- adjective not cleared; not rid of objects or obstructions
- bronco2/5
bronco
- noun an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
broncho; bronc.
- noun an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
- branchial2/5
branchial
- adjective of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills)
- adjective of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills)
- punctually2/5
punctually
- adverb at the proper time
duly.
- she was duly apprised of the raise
- adverb at the proper time
- uncompensated2/5
uncompensated
- adjective satellite not paying a salary
unsalaried.
- an uncompensated federal post
- adjective satellite not paying a salary
- unconsolidated2/5
unconsolidated
- adjective satellite loose and unstratified
- unconsolidated soil
- adjective satellite loose and unstratified
- faience2/5
faience
- noun glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
- noun glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
- uncomprehending2/5
uncomprehending
- adjective satellite lacking understanding
- tried to explain to her uncomprehending husband
- adjective satellite lacking understanding
- incus2/5
incus
- noun the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
anvil.
- noun the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
- broncos2/5
bronco
- noun an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
broncho; bronc.
- noun an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
- precancerous2/5
precancerous
- adjective of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated
- adjective of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated
- inconceivably2/5
inconceivably
- adverb to an inconceivable degree
- inconceivably small
- adverb to an inconceivable degree
- uncomplaining2/5
uncomplaining
- adjective not complaining
- uncomplaining courage
- adjective not complaining
- goldfinch2/5
goldfinch
- noun American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
New World goldfinch; yellowbird; Spinus tristis.
- noun small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings
Carduelis carduelis.
- noun American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
- unchallengeable2/5
unchallengeable
- adjective satellite not open to challenge
- unchallengeable facts
- a position of unchallengeable supremacy
- adjective satellite not open to challenge
- broncho2/5
broncho
- noun an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
bronco; bronc.
- noun an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
- unclassifiable2/5
unclassifiable
- adjective satellite not possible to classify
- adjective satellite not possible to classify
- junco2/5
junco
- noun small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
snowbird.
- noun small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
- uncorroborated2/5
uncorroborated
- adjective satellite unsupported by other evidence
unsubstantiated.
- adjective satellite unsupported by other evidence
- vincristine2/5
vincristine
- noun periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system
Oncovin.
- noun periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system
- tench2/5
tench
- noun freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
Tinca tinca.
- noun freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
- pancytopenia2/5
pancytopenia
- noun an abnormal deficiency in all blood cells (red blood cells and white blood cells and platelets); usually associated with bone marrow tumor or with aplastic anemia
- noun an abnormal deficiency in all blood cells (red blood cells and white blood cells and platelets); usually associated with bone marrow tumor or with aplastic anemia
- uncooked2/5
uncooked
- adjective satellite not cooked
- adjective satellite not cooked
- henceforward2/5
henceforward
- adverb from this time forth; from now on
henceforth.
- henceforth she will be known as Mrs. Smith
- adverb from this time forth; from now on
- unquenchable2/5
unquenchable
- adjective satellite impossible to quench
quenchless.
- unquenchable thirst
- adjective satellite impossible to quench
- imbalanced2/5
imbalanced
- adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium
unbalanced.
- adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium
- noncommissioned2/5
noncommissioned
- adjective (of military officers) appointed from enlisted personnel
- adjective (of military officers) appointed from enlisted personnel
- uncoated2/5
uncoated
- adjective not having a coating
- uncoated paper
- adjective not having a coating
- unconfirmed2/5
unconfirmed
- adjective not finally established or settled
- an unconfirmed letter of credit
- unconfirmed rumors
- adjective not finally established or settled
- uncollected2/5
uncollected
- adjective not brought together in one place
ungathered.
- uncollected garbage in the streets
- adjective not brought together in one place
- unconstitutionally2/5
unconstitutionally
- adverb in an unconstitutional manner
- the president acted unconstitutionally
- adverb in an unconstitutional manner
- uncensored2/5
uncensored
- adjective not subject to censorship
- uncensored news reports
- adjective not subject to censorship
- unchristian2/5
unchristian
- adjective not of a Christian faith
- adjective not of a Christian faith
- reconcilable2/5
reconcilable
- adjective capable of being reconciled
- her way of thinking is reconcilable with mine
- adjective capable of being reconciled
- unbranched2/5
unbranched
- adjective satellite without branches
unbranching.
- a tree with an unbranched trunk
- adjective satellite without branches
- nonchristian2/5
nonchristian
- adjective satellite not believing in Christ
christless.
- adjective satellite not believing in Christ
- uncrowded2/5
uncrowded
- adjective having or allowing sufficient room
- an uncrowded train
- an uncrowded view
- adjective having or allowing sufficient room
- uncured2/5
uncured
- adjective satellite not seasoned
- uncured pelts
- adjective satellite not seasoned
- uncertified2/5
uncertified
- adjective lacking requisite official documentation or endorsement
- adjective lacking requisite official documentation or endorsement
- incremented2/5
increment
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
increase; growth.
- the increase in unemployment
- the growth of population
- noun the amount by which something increases
increase.
- they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- bianco2/5
bianco
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- crunchy2/5
crunchy
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- francia2/5
francia
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- equivalency2/5
equivalency
Same as Equivalence .
- incommensurability2/5
incommensurability
The quality or state of being incommensurable. Reid.
- mancini2/5
mancini
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- bronchoscopy2/5
bronchoscopy
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- interscience2/5
interscience
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- audiencia2/5
audiencia
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- ancona2/5
ancona
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- provincetown2/5
- councilors2/5
councilor
A member of a council. Written also councillor .✍ The distinction between councilor, a member of a council, and counselor, one who gives councel, was not formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and observed.
- cinco2/5
cinco
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- includible2/5
includible
Capable of being included.
- noncash2/5
- functionalized2/5
functionalize
To assign to some function or office. R.
- councilor2/5
councilor
A member of a council. Written also councillor .✍ The distinction between councilor, a member of a council, and counselor, one who gives councel, was not formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and observed.
- conciliar2/5
conciliar
Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council. Jer. Taylor.
- sanctorum2/5
sanctorum
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- uncreated2/5
uncreated
Deprived of existence; annihilated. Beau. & Fl.
- bronchiectasis2/5
- concentrator2/5
concentrator
(Mining) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air. Knight.
- princeps2/5
princeps
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- incapacitation2/5
incapacitation
The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification. Burke.
- incognita2/5
incognita
A woman who is unknown or in disguise.
- supervenience2/5
- princesse2/5
prince
- noun a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- noun a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- rebalancing2/5
- syncytial2/5
syncytial
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- montmorency2/5
- travancore2/5
- fiancé2/5
- synch2/5
synch
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- uncircumcised2/5
uncircumcised
Not circumcised; hence, not of the Israelites. "This uncircumcised Philistine." 1 Sam. xvii. 26.
- oncogenic2/5
oncogenic
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- naissance2/5
naissance
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- reemergence2/5
reemergence
Act of remerging.
- photoluminescence2/5
photoluminescence
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- anciens2/5
ancient
- noun a very old person
antediluvian.
- noun a person who lived in ancient times
- noun a very old person
- ancora2/5
- terrance2/5
terrance
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- ince2/5
ince
(Zoöl.) The ounce.
- reconceptualization2/5
reconceptualization
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- asynchronously2/5
asynchronous
- adjective (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself
- adjective not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
- adjective (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself
- penetrance2/5
penetrance
The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the .penetrancy of subtile effluvia
- uncheck2/5
uncheck
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- incl2/5
incl
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- pendency2/5
pendency
The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.
- uncalled2/5
uncalled
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- cuenca2/5
cuenca
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- bentinck2/5
- sanctus2/5
sanctus
(Eccl.) A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus .
- francisca2/5
francisca
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- eigenfunctions2/5
- banca2/5
banca
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- doncaster2/5
- electroencephalography2/5
electroencephalography
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- experiencer2/5
experiencer
One who experiences.
- winchell2/5
winchell
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- thenceforward2/5
thenceforward
From that time onward; thenceforth.
- geoscience2/5
geoscience
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- noncustodial2/5
noncustodial
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- malinche2/5
- fiancée2/5
- uncountable2/5
uncountable
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- concessional2/5
concessional
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- trenchard2/5
- disallowance2/5
disallowance
The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection. Syn. -- Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.
- bronchopulmonary2/5
bronchopulmonary
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- differencing2/5
difference
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- there are many differences between jazz and rock
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; divergence; departure.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- nonclinical2/5
nonclinical
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- punctate2/5
punctate
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- tracheobronchial2/5
tracheobronchial
(Zoöl.) Pertaining both to the tracheal and bronchial tubes, or to their junction; -- said of the syrinx of certain birds.
- unconformity2/5
unconformity
Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency. South.
- francophones2/5
- rencontre2/5
rencontre
Same as Rencounter , n.
- encomienda2/5
encomienda
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- encoders2/5
encoders
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- rincon2/5
rincon
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- franconia2/5
franconia
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- decoherence2/5
- incongruence2/5
incongruence
Want of congruence; incongruity. Boyle.
- noncardiac2/5
- vergence2/5
vergence
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- plainclothes2/5
plainclothes
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- penzance2/5
- unconscionability2/5
unconscionability
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- transconductance2/5
transconductance
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- unflinchingly2/5
unflinching
- adjective satellite not shrinking from danger
unintimidated; unblinking; unshrinking.
- adjective satellite not shrinking from danger
- postindependence2/5
- functionals2/5
functional
- adjective designed for or capable of a particular function or use
- a style of writing in which every word is functional
- functional architecture
- adjective involving or affecting function rather than physiology
- functional deafness
- adjective designed for or capable of a particular function or use
- reconceptualizing2/5
reconceptualizing
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- panchen2/5
panchen
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- bronchoconstriction2/5
bronchoconstriction
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- incarnational2/5
- bronchoalveolar2/5
- principate2/5
principate
Principality; supreme rule. Obs. Barrow.
- rance2/5
rance
A prop or shore. Scot.
- deviancy2/5
deviancy
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- manchukuo2/5
- geosciences2/5
- noncoding2/5
noncoding
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- congruency2/5
- monck2/5
monck
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- selfsufficiency2/5
- concilium2/5
- rebalance2/5
rebalance
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- franchisors2/5
franchisors
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- finca2/5
finca
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- incrementing2/5
increment
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
increase; growth.
- the increase in unemployment
- the growth of population
- noun the amount by which something increases
increase.
- they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- incrementalism2/5
incrementalism
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- inclusionary2/5
- emittance2/5
emittance
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- noncontact2/5
noncontact
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- principium2/5
- nonconventional2/5
nonconventional
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- sence2/5
sence
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- dancy2/5
dancy
(Her.) Same as Dancetté .
- unconjugated2/5
- clemence2/5
clemence
Clemency. Obs. Spenser.
- frenchy2/5
- incipit2/5
incipit
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- functor2/5
functor
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- incisal2/5
incisal
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- superintendency2/5
superintendency
The act of superintending; superintendence. Boyle.
- noncooperative2/5
noncooperative
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- esperance2/5
esperance
Hope. Obs. Shak.
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- influencers2/5
- incommunicable2/5
incommunicable
Not communicable; incapable of being communicated, shared, told, or imparted, to others. Health and understanding are incommunicable. Southey.
Those incommunicable relations of the divine love. South.
--In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness , n. --In`com*mu"ni*ca*bly , adv.
- bronchogenic2/5
- estancia2/5
estancia
A grazing; a country house. Spanish America
- alencon2/5
alencon
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- magnetoresistance2/5
magnetoresistance
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- bioequivalence2/5
- unencrypted2/5
- bifunctional2/5
bifunctional
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- deconcentration2/5
deconcentration
Act of deconcentrating. R.
- circumstanced2/5
circumstance
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- noun the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
setting; context.
- the historical context
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- ranchos2/5
rancho
A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night.
- preconcentration2/5
- noncommunist2/5
noncommunist
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- poincaré2/5
- concessionary2/5
concessionary
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- truncal2/5
truncal
Of or pertaining to the trunk, or body.
- sphincterotomy2/5
- unconstitutionality2/5
unconstitutionality
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- multifunction2/5
multifunction
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- videoconference2/5
videoconference
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- presentence2/5
presentence
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- endobronchial2/5
- concentrators2/5
concentrator
(Mining) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air. Knight.
- bulfinch2/5
bulfinch
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- chrominance2/5
- incorporators2/5
incorporator
One of a number of persons who gets a company incorporated; one of the original members of a corporation.
- mesencephalic2/5
mesencephalic
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon or midbrain.
- concours2/5
concours
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- overreliance2/5
- benchmarked2/5
benchmark
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- his painting sets the benchmark of quality
- noun a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
bench mark.
- noun a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- noncooperation2/5
noncooperation
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- inferencing2/5
inference
- noun the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
illation.
- noun the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
- inclusively2/5
inclusive
- adjective including much or everything; and especially including stated limits
- an inclusive art form
- an inclusive fee
- his concept of history is modern and inclusive
- from Monday to Friday inclusive
- adjective including much or everything; and especially including stated limits
- uncredited2/5
uncredit
To cause to be disbelieved; to discredit. Obs. Fuller.
- encourager2/5
encourage
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; promote; boost; further.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
- reconceptualize2/5
reconceptualize
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- acupuncturist2/5
acupuncturist
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- encarta2/5
encarta
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- noncontiguous2/5
noncontiguous
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- incontestably2/5
incontestable
- adjective incapable of being contested or disputed
incontestible.
- adjective satellite not open to question; obviously true
undisputable; indisputable.
- undeniable guilt
- indisputable evidence of a witness
- adjective incapable of being contested or disputed
- relaunch2/5
relaunch
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- moncton2/5
- resynchronization2/5
resynchronization
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- desistance2/5
desistance
The act or state of desisting; cessation. R. Boyle.If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. H. Spencer.
- dunciad2/5
- uncared2/5
uncared
Not cared for; not heeded; -- with for.
- anchises2/5
anchises
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- noncognitive2/5
- quencher2/5
quench
- verb satisfy (thirst)
allay; slake; assuage.
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- verb put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
snuff out; blow out; extinguish.
- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
- verb satisfy (thirst)
- includable2/5
- ordonnance2/5
ordonnance
(Fine Arts) The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole. Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts. Coleridge.
- nonadherence2/5
- manche2/5
manche
A sleeve. Obs.
- conjuncts2/5
conjunct
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals of a second
- conjunct motion of an ascending scale
- adjective satellite bound in close association
- conjunct influences
- conjunct ideas
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals of a second
- reconceptualized2/5
- concertation2/5
concertation
Strife; contention. Obs. Bailey.
- telepresence2/5
- concentrically2/5
concentrical
- adjective having a common center
concentric; homocentric.
- concentric rings
- adjective having a common center
- uncinate2/5
uncinate
Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an .uncinate process
- consilience2/5
consilience
Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence. The consilience of inductions takes place when one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from another different class. Whewell.
- equidistance2/5
equidistance
Equal distance.
- midsentence2/5
- mayence2/5
- codependency2/5
codependency
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- synchronically2/5
synchronical
Happening at the same time; synchronous. Boyle. --Syn*chron"ic*al*ly , adv.
- occurence2/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- hypervigilance2/5
- eigenfunction2/5
eigenfunction
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- reconceived2/5
reconceived
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- punchy2/5
- oncotic2/5
- subconjunctival2/5
subconjunctival
(Anat.) Situated under the conjunctiva.
- principi2/5
principi
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- francoist2/5
francoist
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- sarpanch2/5
sarpanch
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- pinchas2/5
pinchas
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- transhumance2/5
- fluences2/5
fluence
Fluency. Obs. Milton.
- nonfunctioning2/5
- conclusory2/5
conclusory
Conclusive. R.
- pedunculated2/5
pedunculate
- adjective having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk
stalked.
- a pedunculate flower
- a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk
- adjective having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk
- concretization2/5
concretization
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- noncanonical2/5
- noncriminal2/5
noncriminal
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- recumbency2/5
recumbency
Recumbence.
- rancheria2/5
rancheria
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- truncus2/5
truncus
(Zoöl.) The thorax of an insect. See Trunk , n., 5.
- ranchero2/5
ranchero
A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
- rancheros2/5
ranchero
A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
- revanche2/5
- pincher2/5
pinch
- noun a painful or straitened circumstance
- the pinch of the recession
- noun an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- noun a painful or straitened circumstance
- unenhanced2/5
- noncontrolling2/5
- interprovincial2/5
- antilynching2/5
- differenced2/5
difference
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- there are many differences between jazz and rock
- noun a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
deviation; divergence; departure.
- the deviation from the mean
- noun the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- sanctae2/5
- incomers2/5
incomer
One who comes in. Outgoers and incomers. Lew Wallace.
- encomiendas2/5
- séance2/5
séance
A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.
- concho2/5
concho
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- avance2/5
avance
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- panch2/5
paunch
- noun a protruding abdomen
belly.
- noun a protruding abdomen
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- encomenderos2/5
- panchromatic2/5
panchromatic
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- noncorporate2/5
- trincomalee2/5
- incomprehensibly2/5
incomprehensible
- adjective incapable of being explained or accounted for
inexplicable.
- inexplicable errors
- left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons
- adjective difficult to understand
uncomprehensible.
- the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein
- adjective incapable of being explained or accounted for
- unchastity2/5
unchastity
The quality or state of being unchaste; lewdness; incontinence.
- nonconsensual2/5
- residencia2/5
residencia
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- affirmance2/5
affirmance
Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act. This statute . . . in affirmance of the common law. Bacon.
- unclosed2/5
unclosed
Not separated by inclosures; open. Clarendon.
- noncompetition2/5
- tendance2/5
tendance
The act of attending or waiting; attendance. Archaic Spenser.The breath Of her sweet tendance hovering over him. Tennyson.
- relaunched2/5
relaunched
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- functors2/5
- reoccurrence2/5
reoccurrence
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- reexperiencing2/5
reexperience
A renewed or repeated experience.
- exigence2/5
exigence
Exigency. Hooker.
- nonconceptual2/5
- electroluminescence2/5
electroluminescence
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- acupuncturists2/5
acupuncturists
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- incontinently2/5
incontinent
- adjective not having control over urination and defecation
- adjective not having control over urination and defecation
- conjunctural2/5
- thermoluminescence2/5
thermoluminescence
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- concepción2/5
- cruncher2/5
crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
- noun a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- an end-of-the year crunch
- a financial crunch
- noun the sound of something crunching
- remanence2/5
remanence
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- noncontingent2/5
- incalculably2/5
incalculable
- adjective not capable of being computed or enumerated
- adjective not capable of being computed or enumerated
- uncoded2/5
- concealer2/5
concealer
One who conceals.
- ancho2/5
ancho
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- inconnu2/5
inconnu
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- syncline2/5
syncline
(Geol.) A synclinal fold.
- punchline2/5
punchline
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- lunchbox2/5
lunchbox
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- punctata2/5
punctata
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- hance2/5
hance
To raise; to elevate. Obs. Lydgate.
- plaisance2/5
plaisance
See Pleasance .
- unclenched2/5
unclench
Same as Unclinch .
- idiosyncracies2/5
idiosyncracies
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- franchiser2/5
franchise
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
dealership.
- noun an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place
- planche2/5
planche
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- sanct2/5
sanct
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- nonconfrontational2/5
nonconfrontational
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- munchies2/5
munchies
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- hench2/5
hench
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- influencer2/5
influencer
One who, or that which, influences.
- lanceolata2/5
lanceolata
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- radiolucency2/5
radiolucency
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- noncommittally2/5
noncommittal
- adjective satellite refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like
- her boyfriend was noncommittal about their future together
- adjective satellite refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like
- uncontradicted2/5
uncontradicted
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- enclitic2/5
enclitic
(Gram.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.
- noncoercive2/5
- punctatus2/5
punctatus
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- incompletion2/5
incompletion
Want of completion; incompleteness. Smart.
- microencapsulation2/5
microencapsulation
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- ancillaries2/5
ancillary
- adjective satellite furnishing added support
auxiliary; accessory; adjunct; adjuvant; appurtenant.
- an ancillary pump
- an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism
- The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
- adjective satellite furnishing added support
- pnce2/5
pnce
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- ballance2/5
balance
- noun a state of equilibrium
- noun equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- noun a state of equilibrium
- grinch2/5
grinch
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- equivalencies2/5
equivalency
Same as Equivalence .
- unconformities2/5
unconformity
Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency. South.
- dilatancy2/5
- renouncer2/5
renouncer
One who renounces.
- itinerancy2/5
itinerancy
A passing from place to place. Dr. H. More.
- concetto2/5
concetto
Affected wit; a conceit. Chesterfield.
- encrease2/5
increase
- noun a quantity that is added
addition; gain.
- there was an addition to property taxes this year
- they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks
- noun a change resulting in an increase
- the increase is scheduled for next month
- noun a quantity that is added
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- subserviency2/5
subserviency
The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. Bentley.
There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. Cheyne.
- ancilla2/5
ancilla
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- asunción2/5
- multifrequency2/5
- ronco2/5
ronco
(Zoöl.) See TexasCroaker , n., 2.(a) .
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- ency2/5
ency
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- estancias2/5
estancia
A grazing; a country house. Spanish America
- reconciliatory2/5
reconciliatory
Serving or tending to reconcile. Bp. Hall.
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- incorrigibly2/5
incorrigible
- adjective impervious to correction by punishment
- adjective impervious to correction by punishment
- hypofunction2/5
hypofunction
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- idiosyncratically2/5
idiosyncratical
Of peculiar temper or disposition; belonging to one's peculiar and individual character.
- noncapital2/5
noncapital
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- reincorporation2/5
reincorporation
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- incantatory2/5
incantatory
Dealing by enchantment; magical. Sir T. Browne.
- incunabula2/5
incunabula
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- concertmaster2/5
concertmaster
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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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- lancashires1/5
lancashire
- noun a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles
- noun a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles
- lancasters1/5
lancaster
- noun a city in northwestern England
- noun the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose
House of Lancaster; Lancastrian line.
- noun a city in northwestern England
- concords1/5
concord
- noun capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
capital of New Hampshire.
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
concordance; harmony.
- noun capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
- incheon1/5
incheon
- noun a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea
Inchon; Chemulpo.
- noun a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea
- winchesters1/5
winchester
- noun a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
- noun a shoulder rifle
- noun a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
- muenchen1/5
muenchen
- noun the capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany
Munich.
- noun the capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany
- nancys1/5
- 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
- independences1/5
independence
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
independency.
- noun the successful ending of the American Revolution
- they maintained close relations with England even after independence
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
- lanchow1/5
lanchow
- noun the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River
Lanzhou; Lanchou.
- noun the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River
- frenchwomen1/5
frenchwoman
- noun a person of French nationality
French person; Frenchman.
- noun a person of French nationality
- encamping1/5
encamp
- verb live in or as if in a tent
bivouac; camp; camp out; tent.
- Can we go camping again this summer?
- The circus tented near the town
- The houseguests had to camp in the living room
- verb live in or as if in a tent
- synchronising1/5
synchronising
- noun an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison
synchronization; synchronisation; synchronizing.
- verb happen at the same time
synchronize; synchronise; contemporise; contemporize.
- noun an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison
- frenchified1/5
frenchify
- verb make French in appearance or character
- let's Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money
- verb become French in appearance or character
- This restaurant has Frenchified
- verb make French in appearance or character
- homunculi1/5
homunculus
- noun a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
manikin; mannikin.
- noun a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
- noun a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
- minces1/5
mince
- noun food chopped into small bits
- a mince of mushrooms
- verb make less severe or harsh
moderate; soften.
- He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears
- noun food chopped into small bits
- incapacitates1/5
incapacitate
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; disable.
- disable this command on your computer
- verb injure permanently
handicap; disable; invalid.
- He was disabled in a car accident
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
- princedom1/5
princedom
- noun the dignity or rank or position of a prince
- noun territory ruled by a prince
principality.
- noun the dignity or rank or position of a prince
- princedoms1/5
princedom
- noun the dignity or rank or position of a prince
- noun territory ruled by a prince
principality.
- noun the dignity or rank or position of a prince
- deconcentrated1/5
deconcentrate
- verb make less central
decentralise; decentralize.
- After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized
- verb make less central
- mancunian1/5
mancunian
- noun a native or resident of Manchester
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the English city of Manchester or its residents
- Mancunian merchants
- noun a native or resident of Manchester
- inelegance1/5
inelegance
- noun the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
- noun the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
- encamps1/5
encamp
- verb live in or as if in a tent
bivouac; camp; camp out; tent.
- Can we go camping again this summer?
- The circus tented near the town
- The houseguests had to camp in the living room
- verb live in or as if in a tent
- incloses1/5
inclose
- verb surround completely
shut in; enclose; close in.
- Darkness enclosed him
- They closed in the porch with a fence
- verb introduce
insert; put in; stick in; introduce; enclose.
- Insert your ticket here
- verb surround completely
- punchayet1/5
punchayet
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
panchayet; panchayat.
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
- synchronises1/5
synchronise
- verb happen at the same time
synchronize; contemporise; contemporize.
- verb make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
synchronize.
- synchronize this film
- verb happen at the same time
- unclutter1/5
unclutter
- verb rid of obstructions
clear.
- Clear your desk
- verb rid of obstructions
- panchayet1/5
panchayet
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
punchayet; panchayat.
- noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
- inhabitancy1/5
inhabitancy
- noun the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
inhabitation; habitation.
- he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony
- noun the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
- deconcentrate1/5
deconcentrate
- verb make less central
decentralise; decentralize.
- After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized
- verb make less central
- deconcentrating1/5
deconcentrate
- verb make less central
decentralise; decentralize.
- After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized
- verb make less central
- enchants1/5
enchant
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enrapture; transport.
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- verb hold spellbound
- necromancers1/5
necromancer
- noun one who practices magic or sorcery
wizard; thaumaturgist; thaumaturge; magician; sorcerer.
- noun one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead
- noun one who practices magic or sorcery
- incinerating1/5
incinerate
- verb become reduced to ashes
- The paper incinerated quickly
- verb cause to undergo combustion
burn.
- burn garbage
- The car burns only Diesel oil
- verb become reduced to ashes
- concealments1/5
concealment
- noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
secrecy; privateness; privacy.
- noun a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
covert; screen; cover.
- a screen of trees afforded privacy
- under cover of darkness
- the brush provided a covert for game
- the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
- noun the condition of being concealed or hidden
- encases1/5
encase
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
case; incase.
- my feet were encased in mud
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
- inclosures1/5
inclosure
- noun something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
enclosure.
- noun the act of enclosing something inside something else
envelopment; enclosure; enclosing.
- noun something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter
- incrusted1/5
incrust
- verb decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
beset; encrust.
- verb cover or coat with a crust
encrust.
- verb decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
- pleasance1/5
pleasance
- noun a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion
- noun a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
pleasure.
- he was tingling with pleasure
- noun a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion
- tinct1/5
tinct
- verb color lightly
touch; tint; tinge.
- her greying hair was tinged blond
- the leaves were tinged red in November
- verb color lightly
- regencies1/5
regency
- noun the period of time during which a regent governs
- noun the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity
- noun the period of time during which a regent governs
- fencers1/5
fencer
- noun someone skilled at fencing
swordsman.
- noun someone skilled at fencing
- incommoded1/5
incommode
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
disoblige; bother; inconvenience; discommode; trouble; put out.
- Sorry to trouble you, but...
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
- anchoress1/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- incase1/5
incase
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
case; encase.
- my feet were encased in mud
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
- turncoats1/5
turncoat
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
ratter; renegade; deserter; recreant; apostate.
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- incubates1/5
incubate
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- verb sit on (eggs)
brood; cover; hatch.
- Birds brood
- The female covers the eggs
- verb grow under conditions that promote development
- synchronicities1/5
synchronicity
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
synchronisation; synchronizing; synchronism; synchronization; synchroneity; synchrony.
- the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
- branchings1/5
branching
- noun the act of branching out or dividing into branches
fork; forking; ramification.
- verb grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
ramify; branch.
- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
- noun the act of branching out or dividing into branches
- nincompoop1/5
nincompoop
- noun a stupid foolish person
poop; ninny.
- noun a stupid foolish person
- commencements1/5
commencement
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
outset; get-go; showtime; starting time; kickoff; start; offset; beginning; first.
- they got an early start
- she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
- noun an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
graduation exercise; commencement ceremony; graduation; commencement exercise.
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
- noncoms1/5
noncom
- noun a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
enlisted officer; noncommissioned officer.
- noun a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
- inconveniencing1/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
- concourses1/5
concourse
- noun a large gathering of people
throng; multitude.
- noun a wide hallway in a building where people can walk
- noun a large gathering of people
- concocts1/5
concoct
- verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
- verb prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
cook up.
- concoct a strange mixture
- verb make a concoction (of) by mixing
- concretizing1/5
concretize
- verb make something concrete
- verb become specific
concretise.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb make something concrete
- drenches1/5
drench
- verb drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
swamp.
- The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
- verb force to drink
- verb drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
- noncom1/5
noncom
- noun a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
enlisted officer; noncommissioned officer.
- noun a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
- synced1/5
sync
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
synchronize; synchronise.
- Let's synchronize our efforts
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- synchronizations1/5
synchronization
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
synchronisation; synchronicity; synchronizing; synchronism; synchroneity; synchrony.
- the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves
- noun an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison
synchronising; synchronisation; synchronizing.
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
- tranced1/5
trance
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
enchantment; spell.
- noun a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
- concretizes1/5
concretize
- verb make something concrete
- verb become specific
concretise.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb make something concrete
- incommode1/5
incommode
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
disoblige; bother; inconvenience; discommode; trouble; put out.
- Sorry to trouble you, but...
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
- resplendence1/5
resplendence
- noun brilliant radiant beauty
resplendency; glory.
- the glory of the sunrise
- noun brilliant radiant beauty
- chieftaincies1/5
chieftaincy
- noun the position of chieftain
chieftainship.
- noun the position of chieftain
- uncouthness1/5
uncouthness
- noun inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor
boorishness.
- noun inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor
- encumbers1/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- concretised1/5
concretise
- verb become specific
concretize.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb become specific
- freelances1/5
freelance
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
independent; freelancer; free-lance; free lance; self-employed person.
- verb work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- launchings1/5
launching
- noun the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time
- noun the act of beginning something new
unveiling; introduction; debut; entry; first appearance.
- they looked forward to the debut of their new product line
- noun the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time
- hunchbacks1/5
hunchback
- noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
kyphosis; humpback.
- noun a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
humpback; crookback.
- noun an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
- sanctums1/5
sanctum
- noun a place of inviolable privacy
sanctum sanctorum.
- he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go
- noun a sacred place of pilgrimage
holy place; holy.
- noun a place of inviolable privacy
- captaincies1/5
captaincy
- noun the post of captain
captainship.
- noun the post of captain
- squinched1/5
squinched
- adjective satellite having eyes half closed in order to see better
squinting.
- squinched eyes
- verb crouch down
squinch.
- adjective satellite having eyes half closed in order to see better
- anchoresses1/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- incased1/5
incased
- adjective satellite covered or protected with or as if with a case
encased; cased.
- knights cased in steel
- products encased in leatherette
- verb enclose in, or as if in, a case
case; encase; incase.
- my feet were encased in mud
- adjective satellite covered or protected with or as if with a case
- chaplaincies1/5
chaplaincy
- noun the position of chaplain
chaplainship.
- noun the position of chaplain
- synchronisms1/5
synchronism
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
synchronisation; synchronicity; synchronizing; synchronization; synchroneity; synchrony.
- the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
- squinches1/5
squinch
- noun a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
- verb crouch down
- noun a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
- disconcerts1/5
disconcert
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
- verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; discompose; upset; discomfit.
- verb cause to feel embarrassment
- syncs1/5
sync
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
synchronize; synchronise.
- Let's synchronize our efforts
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- raunch1/5
raunch
- noun the quality of lacking taste and refinement
coarseness; commonness; vulgarity; vulgarism; grossness.
- noun the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- incarnadine1/5
incarnadine
- verb make flesh-colored
- verb make flesh-colored
- squinch1/5
squinch
- noun a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
- verb crouch down
- noun a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
- enchantresses1/5
enchantress
- noun a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
temptress; Delilah; femme fatale; siren.
- noun a female sorcerer or magician
witch.
- noun a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
- concretise1/5
concretise
- verb become specific
concretize.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb become specific
- nincompoops1/5
nincompoop
- noun a stupid foolish person
poop; ninny.
- noun a stupid foolish person
- abidance1/5
abidance
- noun acting according to certain accepted standards
compliance; conformity; conformation.
- their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices
- noun the act of dwelling in a place
residence; residency.
- noun acting according to certain accepted standards
- sentiency1/5
sentiency
- noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
sensory faculty; sentience; sensation; sense.
- in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
- noun the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
- acquaintanceships1/5
acquaintanceship
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
acquaintance.
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
- encrust1/5
encrust
- verb cover or coat with a crust
incrust.
- verb decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
beset; incrust.
- verb cover or coat with a crust
- disincarnate1/5
disincarnate
- verb make immaterial; remove the real essence of
- verb make immaterial; remove the real essence of
- encirclements1/5
encirclement
- noun a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
blockade.
- noun a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- francophiles1/5
francophile
- noun an admirer of France and everything French
Francophil.
- noun an admirer of France and everything French
- trancing1/5
trance
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
enchantment; spell.
- noun a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep
- noun a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
- uncomfortableness1/5
uncomfortableness
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
discomfort.
- noun embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
self-consciousness; uneasiness.
- noun the state of being tense and feeling pain
- conceiver1/5
conceiver
- noun someone who creates new things
originator; mastermind.
- noun someone who creates new things
- nascence1/5
nascence
- noun the event of being born
nativity; nascency; birth.
- they celebrated the birth of their first child
- noun the event of being born
- nonconductor1/5
nonconductor
- noun a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
dielectric; insulator.
- noun a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
- nonconductors1/5
nonconductor
- noun a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
dielectric; insulator.
- noun a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
- cunctator1/5
cunctator
- noun someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
procrastinator; postponer.
- noun someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
- frenches1/5
french
- noun the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
- noun the people of France
French people.
- noun the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
- incinerates1/5
incinerate
- verb become reduced to ashes
- The paper incinerated quickly
- verb cause to undergo combustion
burn.
- burn garbage
- The car burns only Diesel oil
- verb become reduced to ashes
- adjunctions1/5
adjunction
- noun an act of joining or adjoining things
junction.
- noun an act of joining or adjoining things
- voidance1/5
voidance
- noun the act of removing the contents of something
evacuation; emptying.
- noun the act of removing the contents of something
- conchologist1/5
conchologist
- noun a collector and student of mollusc shells
- noun a collector and student of mollusc shells
- dancings1/5
dancing
- noun taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
dance; terpsichore; saltation.
- verb move in a graceful and rhythmical way
dance.
- The young girl danced into the room
- noun taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- 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
- concretising1/5
concretise
- verb become specific
concretize.
- the idea concretized in her mind
- verb become specific
- principalships1/5
- infancies1/5
infancy
- noun the early stage of growth or development
early childhood; babyhood.
- noun the earliest state of immaturity
babyhood.
- noun the early stage of growth or development
- incommoding1/5
incommode
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
disoblige; bother; inconvenience; discommode; trouble; put out.
- Sorry to trouble you, but...
- verb to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
- governances1/5
governance
- noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
governing body; organisation; administration; organization; brass; establishment.
- he claims that the present administration is corrupt
- the governance of an association is responsible to its members
- he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment
- noun the act of governing; exercising authority
administration; government activity; governing; government.
- regulations for the governing of state prisons
- he had considerable experience of government
- noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- synchroneity1/5
synchroneity
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
synchronisation; synchronicity; synchronizing; synchronism; synchronization; synchrony.
- the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
- lieutenancies1/5
lieutenancy
- noun the position of a lieutenant
- noun the position of a lieutenant
- mancunians1/5
mancunian
- noun a native or resident of Manchester
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the English city of Manchester or its residents
- Mancunian merchants
- noun a native or resident of Manchester
- incertitude1/5
incertitude
- noun the state of being unsure of something
uncertainty; dubiousness; doubtfulness; doubt; dubiety.
- noun the state of being unsure of something
- incrustation1/5
incrustation
- noun the formation of a crust
encrustation.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
encrustation; crust.
- noun the formation of a crust
- countenancing1/5
countenance
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
visage.
- a pleasant countenance
- a stern visage
- noun formal and explicit approval
sanction; indorsement; endorsement; imprimatur; warrant.
- a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
- noun the appearance conveyed by a person's face
- lancastrians1/5
lancastrian
- noun a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster
- noun a resident of Lancaster
- noun a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster
- encrustation1/5
encrustation
- noun the formation of a crust
incrustation.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
crust; incrustation.
- noun the formation of a crust
- dalliances1/5
dalliance
- noun the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
dawdling; trifling.
- noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
coquetry; flirting; flirt; flirtation; toying.
- noun the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
- clinches1/5
clinch
- noun (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- noun a small slip noose made with seizing
clench.
- noun (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- nonconformance1/5
nonconformance
- noun a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
nonconformity; nonconformism.
- noun failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior
nonconformity.
- noun a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
- bullfinch1/5
bullfinch
- noun common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast
Pyrrhula pyrrhula.
- noun United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)
Charles Bullfinch.
- noun common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast
- trenched1/5
trench
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- noun a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
oceanic abyss; deep.
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- truncations1/5
truncation
- noun the property of being truncated or short
shortness.
- noun the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
- noun the property of being truncated or short
- divergencies1/5
divergency
- noun an infinite series that has no limit
divergence.
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
divergence.
- an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines
- noun an infinite series that has no limit
- aconcagua1/5
aconcagua
- noun the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high)
- noun the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high)
- nonconformities1/5
nonconformity
- noun lack of harmony or correspondence
- noun a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
nonconformance; nonconformism.
- noun lack of harmony or correspondence
- reconciler1/5
reconciler
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
peacemaker; conciliator; make-peace; pacifier.
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
- renunciations1/5
renunciation
- noun rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
repudiation.
- Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated
- noun the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
defection; apostasy.
- noun rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
- conclaves1/5
conclave
- noun a confidential or secret meeting
- noun a confidential or secret meeting
- reverences1/5
reverence
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
fear; veneration; awe.
- the fear of God
- the Chinese reverence for the dead
- the French treat food with gentle reverence
- his respect for the law bordered on veneration
- noun a reverent mental attitude
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
- unconfessed1/5
unconfessed
- noun people who have not confessed
- the unconfessed cannot be forgiven
- adjective satellite not admitted
- unconfessed sins
- noun people who have not confessed
- enciphered1/5
encipher
- verb convert ordinary language into code
code; encrypt; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- uncolored1/5
uncolored
- adjective without color
uncoloured.
- pure water is uncolored
- adjective satellite not artificially colored or bleached
unbleached; undyed.
- unbleached blonde hair
- her hair is uncolored
- undyed cotton
- adjective without color
- punchers1/5
puncher
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
cowherd; cowboy; cowpuncher; cowpoke; cattleman; cowman; cowhand.
- noun someone who delivers punches
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
- fraudulence1/5
fraudulence
- noun a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
duplicity.
- noun the quality of being fraudulent
deceit.
- noun a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
- concreted1/5
concrete
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- verb cover with cement
- concrete the walls
- noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
- blench1/5
blench
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blanch; pale.
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
- ancestries1/5
ancestry
- noun the descendants of one individual
lineage; pedigree; parentage; descent; bloodline; stemma; blood; line; stock; line of descent; origin; blood line.
- his entire lineage has been warriors
- noun inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
lineage; filiation; derivation.
- noun the descendants of one individual
- concavities1/5
concavity
- noun a shape that curves or bends inward
concave shape; incurvature; incurvation.
- noun the property possessed by a concave shape
concaveness.
- noun a shape that curves or bends inward
- conciliators1/5
conciliator
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
peacemaker; reconciler; make-peace; pacifier.
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
- hinderance1/5
hinderance
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
balk; handicap; baulk; check; impediment; hindrance; deterrent.
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
incumbrance; preventative; encumbrance; interference; hitch; hindrance; preventive.
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- nonacceptance1/5
nonacceptance
- noun the act of refusing an offer
turndown.
- the turndown was polite but very firm
- noun the act of refusing an offer
- sanctities1/5
sanctity
- noun the quality of being holy
sanctitude; holiness.
- noun the quality of being holy
- uncus1/5
uncus
- noun (biology) any hook-shaped process or part
- noun (biology) any hook-shaped process or part
- entrenches1/5
entrench
- verb fix firmly or securely
intrench.
- verb impinge or infringe upon
impinge; trench; encroach.
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
- verb fix firmly or securely
- interdependences1/5
interdependence
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
mutuality; interdependency.
- noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
- syncopations1/5
syncopation
- noun (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
syncope.
- noun a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
- noun (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
- absorbances1/5
absorbance
- noun (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
transmission density; optical density; photographic density.
- noun (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
- encrustations1/5
encrustation
- noun the formation of a crust
incrustation.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
crust; incrustation.
- noun the formation of a crust
- conveyancer1/5
conveyancer
- noun a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties
- noun a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties
- incurables1/5
incurable
- noun a person whose disease is incurable
- adjective incapable of being cured
- an incurable disease
- an incurable addiction to smoking
- noun a person whose disease is incurable
- continuances1/5
continuance
- noun the act of continuing an activity without interruption
continuation.
- noun the period of time during which something continues
duration.
- noun the act of continuing an activity without interruption
- conservancies1/5
conservancy
- noun a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
- noun the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.
- noun a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
- exceedances1/5
exceedance
- noun (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time
- the concept of exceedance can be applied to any type of environmental risk modeling
- noun (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time
- incubi1/5
incubus
- noun a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
- noun a situation resembling a terrifying dream
nightmare.
- noun a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
- incrustations1/5
incrustation
- noun the formation of a crust
encrustation.
- noun a hard outer layer that covers something
encrustation; crust.
- noun the formation of a crust
- romanced1/5
romance
- noun a relationship between two lovers
love affair.
- noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
romanticism.
- noun a relationship between two lovers
- polyvalence1/5
polyvalence
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
polyvalency; multivalency; multivalence.
- noun (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism
polyvalency.
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
- retrenching1/5
retrench
- verb tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- verb make a reduction, as in one's workforce
- The company had to retrench
- verb tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- balenciaga1/5
balenciaga
- noun Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972)
Cristobal Balenciaga.
- noun Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972)
- encryptions1/5
encryption
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
encoding.
- noun the activity of converting data or information into code
- trouncing1/5
trouncing
- noun a sound defeat
drubbing; whipping; thrashing; slaughter; debacle; walloping.
- noun the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
whacking; drubbing; thrashing; licking; lacing; beating.
- noun a sound defeat
- emergences1/5
emergence
- noun the gradual beginning or coming forth
outgrowth; growth.
- figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
- noun the becoming visible
egress; issue.
- not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
- noun the gradual beginning or coming forth
- trounce1/5
trounce
- verb beat severely with a whip or rod
strap; welt; whip; slash; lash; flog; lather.
- The teacher often flogged the students
- The children were severely trounced
- verb come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
shell; beat; crush; beat out; vanquish.
- Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
- We beat the competition
- Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
- verb beat severely with a whip or rod
- prances1/5
prance
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
swagger; strut.
- verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
sashay; ruffle; tittup; strut; swagger; cock.
- He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
- noun a proud stiff pompous gait
- conchae1/5
concha
- noun (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
- noun (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
- fiances1/5
fiance
- noun a man who is engaged to be married
groom-to-be.
- noun a man who is engaged to be married
- precedency1/5
precedency
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
priority; precedence.
- ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
- national independence takes priority over class struggle
- noun preceding in time
antecedency; precedence; anteriority; priority; antecedence.
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
- constancies1/5
constancy
- noun the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
stability.
- early mariners relied on the constancy of the trade winds
- noun (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
perceptual constancy.
- noun the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
- emancipates1/5
emancipate
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
liberate.
- verb free from slavery or servitude
manumit.
- verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- reverencing1/5
reverence
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
fear; veneration; awe.
- the fear of God
- the Chinese reverence for the dead
- the French treat food with gentle reverence
- his respect for the law bordered on veneration
- noun a reverent mental attitude
- noun a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
- princeling1/5
princeling
- noun a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality
- noun a young prince
- noun a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality
- obeisances1/5
obeisance
- noun bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
bowing; bow.
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
obedience.
- noun bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
- valencies1/5
valency
- noun the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- noun (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate
valence.
- noun the phenomenon of forming chemical bonds
- invariances1/5
invariance
- noun the quality of being resistant to variation
invariableness; invariability.
- noun the nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it
- the invariance of the configuration under translation
- noun the quality of being resistant to variation
- conceptional1/5
conceptional
- adjective satellite being of the nature of a notion or concept
ideational; notional.
- a plan abstract and conceptional
- to improve notional comprehension
- a notional response to the question
- adjective satellite being of the nature of a notion or concept
- concerting1/5
concert
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- verb contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
- noun a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
- conceptualises1/5
conceptualise
- verb have the idea for
gestate; conceive; conceptualize.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb have the idea for
- stagnancy1/5
stagnancy
- noun inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation
stagnation.
- noun a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
doldrums; stagnation.
- economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation
- noun inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation
- honchos1/5
honcho
- noun a person who exercises control over workers
foreman; chief; gaffer; boss.
- if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman
- noun a person who exercises control over workers
- recognizances1/5
recognizance
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
recognisance.
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
- cinching1/5
cinch
- noun any undertaking that is easy to do
picnic; walkover; duck soup; piece of cake; breeze; child's play; snap; pushover.
- marketing this product will be no picnic
- noun stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
girth.
- noun any undertaking that is easy to do
- admittances1/5
admittance
- noun the right to enter
access; admission; entree; accession.
- noun the act of admitting someone to enter
admission.
- the surgery was performed on his second admission to the clinic
- noun the right to enter
- guidances1/5
guidance
- noun something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
counseling; direction; counsel; counselling.
- noun the act of guiding or showing the way
steering.
- noun something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- uncork1/5
uncork
- verb release
- uncork his anger
- verb draw the cork from (bottles)
- uncork the French wine
- verb release
- reincarnating1/5
reincarnate
- verb be born anew in another body after death
transmigrate.
- Hindus believe that we transmigrate
- verb cause to appear in a new form
renew.
- the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market
- verb be born anew in another body after death
- conchas1/5
concha
- noun (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
- noun (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
- assistances1/5
assistance
- noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
aid; assist; help.
- he gave me an assist with the housework
- could not walk without assistance
- rescue party went to their aid
- offered his help in unloading
- noun a resource
aid; help.
- visual aids in teaching
- noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- princelings1/5
princeling
- noun a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality
- noun a young prince
- noun a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality
- nonattendance1/5
nonattendance
- noun the failure to attend
- noun the failure to attend
- penciling1/5
pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- noun graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
- the words were scribbled in pencil
- this artist's favorite medium is pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- uncurl1/5
uncurl
- verb move out of a curled position
- He uncurled himself
- verb move out of a curled position
- cinches1/5
cinch
- noun any undertaking that is easy to do
picnic; walkover; duck soup; piece of cake; breeze; child's play; snap; pushover.
- marketing this product will be no picnic
- noun stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
girth.
- noun any undertaking that is easy to do
- fiancees1/5
fiancee
- noun a woman who is engaged to be married
bride-to-be.
- noun a woman who is engaged to be married
- uncorking1/5
uncork
- verb release
- uncork his anger
- verb draw the cork from (bottles)
- uncork the French wine
- verb release
- uncoloured1/5
uncoloured
- adjective without color
uncolored.
- pure water is uncolored
- adjective without color
- enciphering1/5
encipher
- verb convert ordinary language into code
code; encrypt; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- jouncing1/5
jounce
- noun a sudden jarring impact
shock; jar; jolt.
- the door closed with a jolt
- all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers
- verb move up and down repeatedly
bounce.
- noun a sudden jarring impact
- 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
- unchangeableness1/5
unchangeableness
- noun the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
changelessness; unchangeability; unchangingness.
- noun the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
- intrenchment1/5
intrenchment
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
entrenchment.
- noun an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
- uncurling1/5
uncurl
- verb move out of a curled position
- He uncurled himself
- verb move out of a curled position
- prosencephalon1/5
prosencephalon
- noun the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube
forebrain.
- noun the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube
- redundance1/5
redundance
- noun the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
redundancy.
- the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers
- noun the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
- multivalence1/5
multivalence
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
polyvalency; multivalency; polyvalence.
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
- freelanced1/5
freelance
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
independent; freelancer; free-lance; free lance; self-employed person.
- verb work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer
- noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
- transcendency1/5
transcendency
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
transcendence.
- noun the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
transcendence; superiority.
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
- intrench1/5
intrench
- verb fix firmly or securely
entrench.
- verb fix firmly or securely
- incredibility1/5
incredibility
- noun the quality of being incredible
incredibleness.
- noun the quality of being incredible
- jounced1/5
jounce
- noun a sudden jarring impact
shock; jar; jolt.
- the door closed with a jolt
- all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers
- verb move up and down repeatedly
bounce.
- noun a sudden jarring impact
- encapsulations1/5
encapsulation
- noun the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths
- noun the process of enclosing (as in a capsule)
- noun the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- contingence1/5
contingence
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
contingency; eventuality.
- noun a possible event or occurrence or result
- encroachers1/5
encroacher
- noun someone who enters by force in order to conquer
invader.
- noun someone who enters by force in order to conquer
- unchain1/5
unchain
- verb remove the chains from
- verb make free
- verb remove the chains from
- luminances1/5
luminance
- noun the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
brightness; luminosity; luminousness; light; brightness level.
- its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun
- noun the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- incorporeality1/5
incorporeality
- noun the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter
immateriality.
- noun the quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter
- kanchenjunga1/5
kanchenjunga
- noun a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high)
Kinchinjunga; Kanchanjanga; Mount Kanchenjunga.
- noun a mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high)
- syncretized1/5
syncretize
- verb become fused
syncretise.
- verb unite (beliefs or conflicting principles)
syncretise.
- verb become fused
- enchain1/5
enchain
- verb restrain or bind with chains
- verb restrain or bind with chains
- nonconformism1/5
nonconformism
- noun a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
nonconformity; nonconformance.
- noun the practice of nonconformity
- noun a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
- recommencement1/5
recommencement
- noun beginning again
resumption.
- noun beginning again
- pencilling1/5
pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- noun graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
- the words were scribbled in pencil
- this artist's favorite medium is pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- ensconce1/5
ensconce
- verb fix firmly
settle.
- He ensconced himself in the chair
- verb fix firmly
- intrenching1/5
intrench
- verb fix firmly or securely
entrench.
- verb fix firmly or securely
- inciter1/5
inciter
- noun someone who deliberately foments trouble
firebrand; instigator; instigant; provoker.
- she was the instigator of their quarrel
- noun someone who deliberately foments trouble
- entrancement1/5
entrancement
- noun a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment
ravishment.
- noun a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment
- synchronizers1/5
synchronizer
- noun an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)
synchronoscope; synchroniser; synchroscope.
- noun an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)
- encipher1/5
encipher
- verb convert ordinary language into code
code; encrypt; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- conveyancers1/5
conveyancer
- noun a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties
- noun a lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties
- usance1/5
usance
- noun the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
- noun (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
use of goods and services; use; economic consumption; consumption.
- the consumption of energy has increased steadily
- noun the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
- discordances1/5
discordance
- noun a harsh mixture of sounds
discord.
- noun strife resulting from a lack of agreement
discord.
- noun a harsh mixture of sounds
- conceptuses1/5
conceptus
- 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
embryo; fertilized egg.
- 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
- myelencephalon1/5
myelencephalon
- noun the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults
- noun the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults
- incisura1/5
incisura
- noun (anatomy) a notch or small hollow
incisure.
- noun (anatomy) a notch or small hollow
- emancipationist1/5
emancipationist
- noun a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
abolitionist.
- noun a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
- nances1/5
nance
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
poove; fairy; queen; fagot; pansy; poof; queer; pouf; faggot; fag.
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- acquittance1/5
acquittance
- noun a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
release.
- noun a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
- conchology1/5
conchology
- noun the collection and study of mollusc shells
shell collecting.
- noun the collection and study of mollusc shells
- corpulency1/5
corpulency
- noun more than average fatness
obesity; fleshiness.
- noun more than average fatness
- ancientness1/5
ancientness
- noun extreme oldness
antiquity.
- noun extreme oldness
- reincarnates1/5
reincarnate
- verb be born anew in another body after death
transmigrate.
- Hindus believe that we transmigrate
- verb cause to appear in a new form
renew.
- the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market
- verb be born anew in another body after death
- pedunculate1/5
pedunculate
- adjective having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk
stalked.
- a pedunculate flower
- a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk
- adjective having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk
- incitation1/5
incitation
- noun something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
incitement; provocation.
- noun an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
incitement.
- the incitement of mutiny
- noun something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
- divergency1/5
divergency
- noun an infinite series that has no limit
divergence.
- noun the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
divergence.
- an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines
- noun an infinite series that has no limit
- paunches1/5
paunch
- noun a protruding abdomen
belly.
- noun a protruding abdomen
- encephalon1/5
encephalon
- noun that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
brain.
- noun that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- incriminates1/5
incriminate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
imply; inculpate.
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
impeach; accuse; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- lynches1/5
lynch
- verb kill without legal sanction
- The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child
- verb kill without legal sanction
- jounce1/5
jounce
- noun a sudden jarring impact
shock; jar; jolt.
- the door closed with a jolt
- all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers
- verb move up and down repeatedly
bounce.
- noun a sudden jarring impact
- recognisance1/5
recognisance
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
recognizance.
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
- negligences1/5
negligence
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
carelessness; nonperformance; neglect.
- noun the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
neglectfulness; neglect.
- noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
- obediences1/5
obedience
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
obeisance.
- noun the trait of being willing to obey
- noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
- unchangeability1/5
unchangeability
- noun the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
unchangeableness; changelessness; unchangingness.
- noun the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
- nonconformances1/5
nonconformance
- noun a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
nonconformity; nonconformism.
- noun failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior
nonconformity.
- noun a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
- enounced1/5
enounce
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; pronounce; enunciate; articulate; say.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- syncarpous1/5
syncarpous
- adjective (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels
- adjective (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels
- elegances1/5
elegance
- noun a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
- she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility
- noun a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)
- the simplicity and elegance of his invention
- noun a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
- financiering1/5
financier
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
moneyman.
- verb conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
- blenched1/5
blench
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blanch; pale.
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
- bullfinches1/5
bullfinch
- noun United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)
Charles Bullfinch.
- noun common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast
Pyrrhula pyrrhula.
- noun United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)
- abstinences1/5
abstinence
- noun the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
abstention.
- noun act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
- noun the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
- precedences1/5
precedence
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
priority; precedency.
- ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
- national independence takes priority over class struggle
- noun preceding in time
antecedency; anteriority; priority; antecedence; precedency.
- noun status established in order of importance or urgency
- apparency1/5
apparency
- noun the property of being apparent
apparentness.
- noun the property of being apparent
- multivalency1/5
multivalency
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
polyvalency; polyvalence; multivalence.
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
- subsidences1/5
subsidence
- noun an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
remittal; remission.
- his cancer is in remission
- noun a gradual sinking to a lower level
settling; subsiding.
- noun an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
- unchaining1/5
unchain
- verb remove the chains from
- verb make free
- verb remove the chains from
- ancestresses1/5
ancestress
- noun a woman ancestor
- noun a woman ancestor
- fancywork1/5
fancywork
- noun decorative needlework
embroidery.
- noun decorative needlework
- pronunciamento1/5
pronunciamento
- noun a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)
manifesto.
- noun a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)
- advancer1/5
advancer
- noun someone who advances
- adjective satellite being ahead of time or need
advance; beforehand.
- gave advance warning
- was beforehand with her report
- noun someone who advances
- incarcerates1/5
incarcerate
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
jug; remand; lag; immure; gaol; jail; put away; imprison; put behind bars.
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- violoncellos1/5
violoncello
- noun a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
cello.
- noun a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
- convergency1/5
convergency
- noun the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
convergence.
- noun the act of converging (coming closer)
convergence; converging.
- noun the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
- hinderances1/5
hinderance
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
balk; handicap; baulk; check; impediment; hindrance; deterrent.
- noun any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
incumbrance; preventative; encumbrance; interference; hitch; hindrance; preventive.
- noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- reconcilers1/5
reconciler
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
peacemaker; conciliator; make-peace; pacifier.
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
- incurability1/5
incurability
- noun incapability of being cured or healed
incurableness.
- noun incapability of being altered in disposition or habits
- the incurability of his optimism
- noun incapability of being cured or healed
- concupiscences1/5
concupiscence
- noun a desire for sexual intimacy
physical attraction; sexual desire; eros.
- noun a desire for sexual intimacy
- incertitudes1/5
incertitude
- noun the state of being unsure of something
uncertainty; dubiousness; doubtfulness; doubt; dubiety.
- noun the state of being unsure of something
- pseudosciences1/5
pseudoscience
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- reluctances1/5
reluctance
- noun (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
- noun a certain degree of unwillingness
hesitation; hesitancy; disinclination; indisposition.
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
- noun (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
- defervescence1/5
defervescence
- noun abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature
- noun abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature
- incises1/5
incise
- verb make an incision into by carving or cutting
- verb make an incision into by carving or cutting
- proveniences1/5
provenience
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
provenance; birthplace; cradle; place of origin.
- the birthplace of civilization
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- defiances1/5
defiance
- noun intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
rebelliousness.
- noun a hostile challenge
- noun intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
- blatancy1/5
blatancy
- noun the property of being both obvious and offensive
- the blatancy of his attempt to whitewash the crime was unforgivable
- noun the property of being both obvious and offensive
- tangencies1/5
tangency
- noun the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
- noun (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
contact.
- they forget to solder the contacts
- noun the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing
- adherences1/5
adherence
- noun faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
adhesion; attachment.
- attachment to a formal agenda
- adherence to a fat-free diet
- the adhesion of Seville was decisive
- noun the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
adhesiveness; adhesion; bond.
- the mutual adhesiveness of cells
- a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion
- noun faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- forbearances1/5
forbearance
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
longanimity; patience.
- noun a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
- his forbearance to reply was alarming
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
- ensconcing1/5
ensconce
- verb fix firmly
settle.
- He ensconced himself in the chair
- verb fix firmly
- recognisances1/5
recognisance
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
recognizance.
- noun (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
- emancipationists1/5
emancipationist
- noun a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
abolitionist.
- noun a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
- uncouthly1/5
uncouthly
- adverb in an uncouth manner
- uncouthly, he told stories that made everybody at the table wince
- adverb in an uncouth manner
- inciters1/5
inciter
- noun someone who deliberately foments trouble
firebrand; instigator; instigant; provoker.
- she was the instigator of their quarrel
- noun someone who deliberately foments trouble
- dehiscences1/5
dehiscence
- noun (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
- noun (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
- encyclopedism1/5
encyclopedism
- noun profound scholarly knowledge
eruditeness; encyclopaedism; learnedness; learning; erudition; scholarship.
- noun profound scholarly knowledge
- transcendences1/5
transcendence
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
transcendency.
- noun the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
superiority; transcendency.
- noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
- impermanency1/5
impermanency
- noun the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
impermanence.
- noun the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
- enchaining1/5
enchain
- verb restrain or bind with chains
- verb restrain or bind with chains
- concordes1/5
concord
- noun capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
capital of New Hampshire.
- noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
concordance; harmony.
- noun capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
- enchains1/5
enchain
- verb restrain or bind with chains
- verb restrain or bind with chains
- encasements1/5
encasement
- noun the act of enclosing something in a case
incasement.
- noun the act of enclosing something in a case
- incisure1/5
incisure
- noun (anatomy) a notch or small hollow
incisura.
- noun (anatomy) a notch or small hollow
- conciliations1/5
conciliation
- noun the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled
- there was a brief period of conciliation but the fighting soon resumed
- noun any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration
- noun the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled
- imminency1/5
imminency
- noun the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
imminentness; forthcomingness; impendence; imminence; impendency.
- noun the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
- severances1/5
severance
- noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
rift; falling out; break; breach; rupture.
- they hoped to avoid a break in relations
- noun the act of severing
severing.
- noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- syncopes1/5
syncope
- noun a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
swoon; faint; deliquium.
- noun (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
syncopation.
- noun a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
- frenched1/5
french
- noun the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
- noun the people of France
French people.
- noun the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
- uncorks1/5
uncork
- verb release
- uncork his anger
- verb draw the cork from (bottles)
- uncork the French wine
- verb release
- syncopating1/5
syncopate
- verb omit a sound or letter in a word
- syncopate a word
- verb modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
- verb omit a sound or letter in a word
- obstinance1/5
obstinance
- noun the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
stubbornness; obstinacy; mulishness.
- noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
pigheadedness; self-will; stubbornness; obstinacy; bullheadedness.
- noun the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
- uncurls1/5
uncurl
- verb move out of a curled position
- He uncurled himself
- verb move out of a curled position
- polyvalency1/5
polyvalency
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
multivalency; polyvalence; multivalence.
- noun (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism
polyvalence.
- noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
- encroacher1/5
encroacher
- noun someone who enters by force in order to conquer
invader.
- noun someone who enters by force in order to conquer
- coalescences1/5
coalescence
- noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
conglutination; concretion; coalition; coalescency.
- noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
- pronunciamentos1/5
pronunciamento
- noun a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)
manifesto.
- noun a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)
- raunchier1/5
raunchy
- adjective satellite earthy and sexually explicit
- a raunchy novel
- adjective satellite suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
lewd; salacious; obscene.
- lewd whisperings of a dirty old man
- an indecent gesture
- obscene telephone calls
- salacious limericks
- adjective satellite earthy and sexually explicit
- syncopate1/5
syncopate
- verb omit a sound or letter in a word
- syncopate a word
- verb modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
- verb omit a sound or letter in a word
- renascences1/5
renascence
- noun the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
Renaissance.
- noun a second or new birth
reincarnation; rebirth.
- noun the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
- forbiddance1/5
forbiddance
- noun an official prohibition or edict against something
ban; forbidding; banning.
- noun the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
inhibition; prohibition.
- they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
- a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
- he ignored his parents' forbiddance
- noun an official prohibition or edict against something
- ponces1/5
ponce
- noun a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
pander; procurer; pimp; fancy man; pandar; panderer.
- noun a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses
- incitations1/5
incitation
- noun something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
incitement; provocation.
- noun an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
incitement.
- the incitement of mutiny
- noun something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
- advancers1/5
advancer
- noun someone who advances
- adjective satellite being ahead of time or need
advance; beforehand.
- gave advance warning
- was beforehand with her report
- noun someone who advances
- conceitedness1/5
conceitedness
- noun the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
conceit; vanity.
- noun the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
- maintenances1/5
maintenance
- noun activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
upkeep; care.
- he wrote the manual on car care
- noun means of maintenance of a family or group
- noun activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
- noncandidate1/5
noncandidate
- noun someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office
- noun someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office
- disincline1/5
disincline
- verb make unwilling
indispose.
- verb make unwilling
- synchroniser1/5
synchroniser
- noun an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)
synchronizer; synchronoscope; synchroscope.
- noun an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines)
- charabancs1/5
charabanc
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
coach; omnibus; bus; motorbus; motorcoach; passenger vehicle; jitney; autobus; double-decker.
- he always rode the bus to work
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
- quidnuncs1/5
quidnunc
- noun a person who meddles in the affairs of others
nosy-parker; nosey-parker; busybody.
- noun a person who meddles in the affairs of others
- incisures1/5
incisure
- noun (anatomy) a notch or small hollow
incisura.
- noun (anatomy) a notch or small hollow
- 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)
- overbalanced1/5
overbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb cause to be off balance
- It is not desirable to overbalance the budget
- verb weigh more heavily
- pestilences1/5
pestilence
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
plague; pestis; pest.
- noun any epidemic disease with a high death rate
plague; pest.
- noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- scrunching1/5
scrunch
- noun a crunching noise
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
thud; crump.
- noun a crunching noise
- reactances1/5
reactance
- noun opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
- noun opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
- transparence1/5
transparence
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
transparency.
- noun the quality of being clear and transparent
transparentness; transparency.
- noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
- immunocompetence1/5
immunocompetence
- noun the ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen
- noun the ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen
- pinchbeck1/5
pinchbeck
- noun an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
- adjective satellite serving as an imitation or substitute
- pinchbeck heroism
- noun an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
- radiances1/5
radiance
- noun the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
glowing; glow.
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
shine; effulgence; refulgency; refulgence; radiancy.
- noun the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
- conclusiveness1/5
conclusiveness
- noun the quality of being final or definitely settled
decisiveness; finality.
- the finality of death
- noun the quality of being final or definitely settled
- balancers1/5
balancer
- noun an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
- noun either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
haltere; halter.
- noun an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
- florescence1/5
florescence
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
efflorescence; blossoming; anthesis; flowering; inflorescence.
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
- flinches1/5
flinch
- noun a reflex response to sudden pain
wince.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; recoil; wince; quail; cringe; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- noun a reflex response to sudden pain
- benched1/5
bench
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- noun a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
terrace.
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- uncoerced1/5
uncoerced
- adjective satellite not brought about by coercion or force
willing; unforced.
- the confession was uncoerced
- adjective satellite not brought about by coercion or force
- subjunctives1/5
subjunctive
- noun a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
subjunctive mood.
- adjective relating to a mood of verbs
- subjunctive verb endings
- noun a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
- overbalance1/5
overbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb cause to be off balance
- It is not desirable to overbalance the budget
- verb weigh more heavily
- concatenates1/5
concatenate
- verb combine two strings to form a single one
- verb add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series
- concatenate terms
- concatenate characters
- verb combine two strings to form a single one
- inclinometer1/5
inclinometer
- noun an instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane)
dip circle.
- noun an instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon
- truculence1/5
truculence
- noun obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
truculency.
- noun obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
- 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
- winched1/5
winch
- noun lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
windlass.
- verb pull or lift up with or as if with a winch
- winch up the slack line
- noun lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
- astringency1/5
astringency
- noun a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
astringence.
- noun the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
stypsis.
- noun a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
- desynchronization1/5
desynchronization
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
asynchrony; desynchronizing; desynchronisation; asynchronism.
- the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
- consonances1/5
consonance
- noun the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
consonant rhyme.
- noun the property of sounding harmonious
harmoniousness.
- noun the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
- recusancy1/5
recusancy
- noun refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England
- noun refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England
- prurience1/5
prurience
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
pruriency; lasciviousness; lubricity; carnality.
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
- puissances1/5
puissance
- noun power to influence or coerce
- the puissance of the labor vote
- noun power to influence or coerce
- incurrence1/5
incurrence
- noun the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable)
- noun the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable)
- instancing1/5
instance
- noun an occurrence of something
case; example.
- it was a case of bad judgment
- another instance occurred yesterday
- but there is always the famous example of the Smiths
- noun an item of information that is typical of a class or group
example; illustration; representative.
- this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
- there is an example on page 10
- noun an occurrence of something
- francisella1/5
francisella
- noun a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)
genus Francisella.
- noun a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)
- enfranchising1/5
enfranchise
- verb grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
affranchise.
- Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century
- verb grant voting rights
- verb grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
- encyclopedists1/5
encyclopedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopaedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- precipitancy1/5
precipitancy
- noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
precipitateness; abruptness; suddenness; precipitance; precipitousness.
- noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
- enunciations1/5
enunciation
- noun the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
diction.
- noun the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
- skincare1/5
skincare
- noun care for the skin
skin care.
- noun care for the skin
- licenced1/5
licenced
- adjective satellite given official approval to act
commissioned; accredited; licensed.
- an accredited college
- commissioned broker
- licensed pharmacist
- authorized representative
- verb authorize officially
certify; licence; license.
- I am licensed to practice law in this state
- adjective satellite given official approval to act
- disfluencies1/5
disfluency
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- disenfranchising1/5
disenfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- concatenations1/5
concatenation
- noun the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series
- noun the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc
- it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances
- noun the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series
- appurtenance1/5
appurtenance
- noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
gear; paraphernalia.
- noun a supplementary component that improves capability
add-on; supplement; accessory.
- noun equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- punctuations1/5
punctuation
- noun something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
- noun the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
punctuation mark.
- noun something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
- insurgence1/5
insurgence
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
insurgency.
- noun an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
- unctions1/5
unction
- noun excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
fulsomeness; smarm.
- noun smug self-serving earnestness
oleaginousness; fulsomeness; oiliness; smarminess; unctuousness.
- noun excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
- trenchers1/5
trencher
- noun someone who digs trenches
- noun a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved
- noun someone who digs trenches
- militance1/5
militance
- noun a militant aggressiveness
combativeness; militancy.
- noun a militant aggressiveness
- incendiarism1/5
incendiarism
- noun malicious burning to destroy property
arson; fire-raising.
- the British term for arson is fire-raising
- noun malicious burning to destroy property
- corncobs1/5
corncob
- noun the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
corn cob.
- noun the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
- incarcerations1/5
incarceration
- noun the state of being imprisoned
immurement; imprisonment; captivity.
- he was held in captivity until he died
- the imprisonment of captured soldiers
- his ignominious incarceration in the local jail
- he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
- noun the state of being imprisoned
- uncommercial1/5
uncommercial
- adjective satellite not conducive to commercial success
- might prove arty and hence uncommercial"- H.E.Clurman
- adjective satellite not conducive to commercial success
- disfranchise1/5
disfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disenfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- concordats1/5
concordat
- noun a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
covenant; compact.
- noun a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- disfluency1/5
disfluency
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing
- grandiloquence1/5
grandiloquence
- noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
grandiosity; rhetoric; ornateness; magniloquence.
- the grandiosity of his prose
- an excessive ornateness of language
- noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
- backbencher1/5
backbencher
- noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
- noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
- misalliance1/5
misalliance
- noun an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
- noun an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
- transiency1/5
transiency
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
transience; transitoriness.
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
- elastance1/5
elastance
- noun the reciprocal of capacitance
electrical elastance.
- noun the reciprocal of capacitance
- reconnaissances1/5
reconnaissance
- noun the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
reconnaissance mission.
- an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission
- noun the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
- errancy1/5
errancy
- noun (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility
- he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church
- noun fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err
- noun (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility
- concussed1/5
concuss
- verb shake violently
- verb injure the brain; sustain a concussion
- verb shake violently
- turbulences1/5
turbulence
- noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas
turbulency.
- noun instability in the atmosphere
- noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas
- brunches1/5
brunch
- noun combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning
- verb eat a meal in the late morning
- We brunch in Sundays
- noun combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning
- concierges1/5
concierge
- noun a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
- noun a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
- unclad1/5
unclad
- adjective satellite having removed clothing
unappareled; ungarbed; unattired; undressed; ungarmented.
- verb strip
unclothe.
- unclothe your heart of envy
- adjective satellite having removed clothing
- incorporative1/5
incorporative
- adjective satellite growing by taking over and incorporating adjacent territories
- the Russian Empire was a typical incorporative state
- adjective satellite growing by taking over and incorporating adjacent territories
- renouncement1/5
renouncement
- noun an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
renunciation.
- noun an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
- antecedence1/5
antecedence
- noun preceding in time
antecedency; precedence; anteriority; priority; precedency.
- noun preceding in time
- stencilling1/5
stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- verb mark or print with a stencil
- noun a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- nuncios1/5
nuncio
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
papal nuncio.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
- incenses1/5
incense
- noun a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
- noun the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned
- incense filled the room
- noun a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
- concentricity1/5
concentricity
- noun the quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another)
- noun the quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another)
- lenience1/5
lenience
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
mildness; lenity; leniency.
- noun a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
indulgence; leniency.
- too much indulgence spoils a child
- noun mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
- benching1/5
bench
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- noun a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
terrace.
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- granduncle1/5
granduncle
- noun an uncle of your father or mother
great-uncle.
- noun an uncle of your father or mother
- councilwoman1/5
councilwoman
- noun a woman who is a council member
- noun a woman who is a council member
- purveyance1/5
purveyance
- noun the act of supplying something
- noun the act of supplying something
- vlaminck1/5
vlaminck
- noun French painter and exponent of fauvism (1876-1958)
Maurice de Vlaminck.
- noun French painter and exponent of fauvism (1876-1958)
- licencing1/5
licence
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
license.
- when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant
- the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
- noun freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
license.
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
- concurrences1/5
concurrence
- noun agreement of results or opinions
concurrency.
- noun acting together, as agents or circumstances or events
concurrency.
- noun agreement of results or opinions
- tracheobronchitis1/5
tracheobronchitis
- noun common respiratory infection characterized by inflammation of the trachea and the bronchi
- noun common respiratory infection characterized by inflammation of the trachea and the bronchi
- uncorrectable1/5
uncorrectable
- adjective satellite incapable of being controlled or managed
unmanageable; uncontrollable.
- uncontrollable children
- an uncorrectable habit
- adjective satellite incapable of being controlled or managed
- flouncing1/5
flounce
- noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
ruffle; frill; furbelow.
- noun the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
- noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- recommences1/5
recommence
- verb cause to start anew
- The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet
- verb begin again
- we recommenced his reading after a short nap
- verb cause to start anew
- mispronounce1/5
mispronounce
- verb pronounce a word incorrectly
misspeak.
- She mispronounces many Latinate words
- verb pronounce a word incorrectly
- benevolences1/5
benevolence
- noun disposition to do good
- noun an inclination to do kind or charitable acts
- noun disposition to do good
- guncotton1/5
guncotton
- noun a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives
cellulose nitrate; nitrocotton; nitrocellulose.
- noun a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives
- linchpins1/5
linchpin
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; lynchpin; keystone; anchor.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on
lynchpin.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
- impenitence1/5
impenitence
- noun the trait of refusing to repent
impenitency.
- noun the trait of refusing to repent
- bunco1/5
bunco
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; confidence game; gyp; hustle; confidence trick; con.
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- impertinences1/5
impertinence
- noun an impudent statement
cheek; impudence.
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
freshness; crust; impudence; cheekiness; gall; insolence.
- noun an impudent statement
- encyclopedist1/5
encyclopedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopaedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- detergency1/5
detergency
- noun detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power
detergence.
- noun detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power
- mispronouncing1/5
mispronounce
- verb pronounce a word incorrectly
misspeak.
- She mispronounces many Latinate words
- verb pronounce a word incorrectly
- encored1/5
encore
- noun an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- verb request an encore, from a performer
- noun an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- nonappearance1/5
nonappearance
- noun failure to appear (especially as at court)
- noun failure to appear (especially as at court)
- disfranchising1/5
disfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disenfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- recommencing1/5
recommence
- verb cause to start anew
- The enemy recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet
- verb begin again
- we recommenced his reading after a short nap
- verb cause to start anew
- anchoritic1/5
anchoritic
- adjective satellite characterized by ascetic solitude
hermitical; eremitical; eremitic; hermitic.
- the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony
- his hermitic existence
- adjective satellite characterized by ascetic solitude
- purulence1/5
purulence
- noun symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus)
purulency.
- noun a fluid product of inflammation
festering; sanies; suppuration; ichor; pus.
- noun symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus)
- encyclopaedists1/5
encyclopaedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- mischances1/5
mischance
- noun an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
mishap; bad luck.
- if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all
- noun an instance of misfortune
mishap; misadventure.
- noun an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
- synclinal1/5
synclinal
- adjective sloping downward toward each other to create a trough
- adjective sloping downward toward each other to create a trough
- stringencies1/5
stringency
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
tightness.
- noun conscientious attention to rules and details
strictness.
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
- ignorances1/5
- inclinometers1/5
inclinometer
- noun an instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon
- noun a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane)
dip circle.
- noun an instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon
- deviances1/5
deviance
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
aberrance; aberrancy; aberration.
- noun deviate behavior
deviation.
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- chanceries1/5
chancery
- noun a court with jurisdiction in equity
court of chancery.
- noun an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
- noun a court with jurisdiction in equity
- concupiscent1/5
concupiscent
- adjective satellite vigorously passionate
lusty; lustful.
- adjective satellite vigorously passionate
- intermittence1/5
intermittence
- noun the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
intermittency.
- noun the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping
- munches1/5
munch
- noun Norwegian painter (1863-1944)
Edvard Munch.
- noun a large bite
- he tried to talk between munches on the sandwich
- noun Norwegian painter (1863-1944)
- frequence1/5
frequence
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
oftenness; frequency.
- the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second
- the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
- credences1/5
credence
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
acceptance.
- he gave credence to the gossip
- acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
- noun a kind of sideboard or buffet
credenza.
- noun the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- laryngotracheobronchitis1/5
laryngotracheobronchitis
- noun inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways
- noun inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways
- geomancer1/5
geomancer
- noun one who practices geomancy
- noun one who practices geomancy
- putrescence1/5
putrescence
- noun in a state of progressive putrefaction
rottenness; corruption; putridness.
- noun the quality of rotting and becoming putrid
rottenness.
- noun in a state of progressive putrefaction
- totipotency1/5
totipotency
- noun the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part
totipotence.
- animal cells lose their totipotency at an early stage in embryonic development
- noun the ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part
- metencephalon1/5
metencephalon
- noun the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
- noun the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
- ranched1/5
ranch
- noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
spread; cattle farm; cattle ranch.
- verb manage or run a ranch
- Her husband is ranching in Arizona
- noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- winching1/5
winch
- noun lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
windlass.
- verb pull or lift up with or as if with a winch
- winch up the slack line
- noun lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
- inclemencies1/5
inclemency
- noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
bad weather; inclementness.
- noun excessive sternness
harshness; stiffness; severity; severeness; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; hardness; rigourousness.
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp
- noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
- emancipations1/5
emancipation
- noun freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
- noun freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
- avalanching1/5
avalanche
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- noun a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
- the program brought an avalanche of mail
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- surveillances1/5
surveillance
- noun close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
- noun close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
- reappearances1/5
reappearance
- noun the event of something appearing again
- the reappearance of Halley's comet
- noun the act of someone appearing again
return.
- his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited
- noun the event of something appearing again
- entranceways1/5
entranceway
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
entryway; entrance; entree; entry.
- they waited at the entrance to the garden
- beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
- noun something that provides access (to get in or get out)
- syncretisms1/5
syncretism
- noun the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)
- a syncretism of material and immaterial theories
- noun the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
- noun the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)
- melancholies1/5
melancholy
- noun a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- noun a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
- noun a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- syncategorematic1/5
syncategorematic
- adjective of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms
- `or' is a syncategorematic term
- adjective of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms
- aberrancy1/5
aberrancy
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
aberrance; deviance; aberration.
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- inadvertency1/5
inadvertency
- noun the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
unmindfulness; heedlessness; inadvertence.
- noun the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
- francium1/5
francium
- noun a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium
Fr; atomic number 87.
- noun a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium
- refulgence1/5
refulgence
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
shine; effulgence; radiance; refulgency; radiancy.
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
- uncleanly1/5
uncleanly
- adjective satellite habitually unclean
- adjective satellite habitually unclean
- conceptive1/5
conceptive
- adjective satellite capable of conceiving
impregnable.
- adjective satellite capable of conceiving
- covalency1/5
covalency
- noun valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share
covalence.
- noun valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share
- potence1/5
potence
- noun the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
potency.
- noun the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
- reticences1/5
reticence
- noun the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
taciturnity; reserve.
- noun the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
- unclip1/5
unclip
- verb remove the clip from
- verb remove the clip from
- diligences1/5
diligence
- noun conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
- noun persevering determination to perform a task
industry; industriousness.
- his diligence won him quick promotions
- frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues
- noun conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
- incommodious1/5
incommodious
- adjective uncomfortably or inconveniently small
- incommodious hotel accommodations
- adjective uncomfortably or inconveniently small
- geomancers1/5
- importances1/5
importance
- noun the quality of being important and worthy of note
- the importance of a well-balanced diet
- noun a prominent status
grandness.
- a person of importance
- noun the quality of being important and worthy of note
- relevances1/5
relevance
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
relevancy.
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
- provincialisms1/5
provincialism
- noun a lack of sophistication
- noun a partiality for some particular place
localism; sectionalism.
- noun a lack of sophistication
- incertain1/5
incertain
- adjective lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
unsure; uncertain.
- uncertain of his convictions
- unsure of himself and his future
- moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps
- an uncertain smile
- touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers
- adjective lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
- overbalancing1/5
overbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb cause to be off balance
- It is not desirable to overbalance the budget
- verb weigh more heavily
- uncased1/5
uncase
- verb get undressed
peel; strip down; undress; strip; unclothe; disrobe; discase.
- please don't undress in front of everybody!
- She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
- verb get undressed
- defencelessness1/5
defencelessness
- noun the property of being helpless in the face of attack
defenselessness; unprotectedness.
- noun the property of being helpless in the face of attack
- independencies1/5
independency
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
independence.
- noun freedom from control or influence of another or others
- encephalitides1/5
encephalitis
- noun inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
phrenitis; cephalitis.
- noun inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
- anchorperson1/5
anchorperson
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
anchorman; anchor.
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- chancels1/5
chancel
- noun area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
bema; sanctuary.
- noun area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
- relevancies1/5
relevancy
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
relevance.
- noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
- scrunches1/5
scrunch
- noun a crunching noise
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
thud; crump.
- noun a crunching noise
- impuissance1/5
impuissance
- noun powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
weakness; helplessness.
- in spite of their weakness the group remains active
- noun powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
- annunciations1/5
annunciation
- noun a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Annunciation Day; Lady Day; March 25.
- noun (Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ
- noun a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
- hesitancies1/5
hesitancy
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
hesitance.
- noun a certain degree of unwillingness
hesitation; reluctance; disinclination; indisposition.
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
- incriminatory1/5
incriminatory
- adjective satellite charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
criminatory; incriminating; criminative.
- incriminatory testimony
- adjective satellite charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
- radiancy1/5
radiancy
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
shine; effulgence; radiance; refulgency; refulgence.
- noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
- indifferences1/5
indifference
- noun unbiased impartial unconcern
- noun apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
stolidity; impassiveness; unemotionality; impassivity; emotionlessness; phlegm.
- noun unbiased impartial unconcern
- incomings1/5
incoming
- noun the act of entering
entry; entrance; ingress; entering.
- she made a grand entrance
- adjective arriving at a place or position
- incoming class
- incoming mail
- noun the act of entering
- unclogged1/5
unclogged
- adjective satellite freed of obstructions
- an unclogged drain
- verb become or cause to become unobstructed
unclog.
- The chemical that we poured down the drain unclogged it
- adjective satellite freed of obstructions
- melancholics1/5
melancholic
- noun someone subject to melancholia
melancholiac.
- adjective satellite characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
melancholy.
- growing more melancholy every hour
- her melancholic smile
- we acquainted him with the melancholy truth
- noun someone subject to melancholia
- disfunction1/5
disfunction
- noun (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group
dysfunction.
- erectile dysfunction
- sexual relationship dysfunction
- noun (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group
- concentred1/5
concentre
- verb bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
focalise; focalize; focus; concenter.
- verb bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
- disenfranchises1/5
disenfranchise
- verb deprive of voting rights
disfranchise.
- verb deprive of voting rights
- incursive1/5
incursive
- adjective satellite involving invasion or aggressive attack
invasive; invading.
- invasive war
- adjective satellite involving invasion or aggressive attack
- branchy1/5
branchy
- adjective having many branches
- a branchy tree trunk
- adjective having many branches
- emancipators1/5
emancipator
- noun someone who frees others from bondage
manumitter.
- Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator
- noun someone who frees others from bondage
- encyclopaedist1/5
encyclopaedist
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
encyclopedist.
- noun a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- concentre1/5
concentre
- verb bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
focalise; focalize; focus; concenter.
- verb bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
- anchormen1/5
anchorman
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
anchorperson; anchor.
- noun a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- resurgences1/5
resurgence
- noun bringing again into activity and prominence
revivification; revitalisation; revival; revitalization.
- the revival of trade
- a revival of a neglected play by Moliere
- the Gothic revival in architecture
- noun bringing again into activity and prominence
- aberrance1/5
aberrance
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
deviance; aberrancy; aberration.
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- muncher1/5
muncher
- noun a chewer who makes a munching noise
- noun a chewer who makes a munching noise
- illuminances1/5
illuminance
- noun the luminous flux incident on a unit area
illumination.
- noun the luminous flux incident on a unit area
- venipunctures1/5
venipuncture
- noun (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye
- noun (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye
- incontinency1/5
incontinency
- noun involuntary urination or defecation
incontinence.
- noun involuntary urination or defecation
- insistences1/5
insistence
- noun continual and persistent demands
insisting.
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
press; pressure; insistency; imperativeness.
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
- noun continual and persistent demands
- repentances1/5
repentance
- noun remorse for your past conduct
penance; penitence.
- noun remorse for your past conduct
- insistency1/5
insistency
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
press; pressure; imperativeness; insistence.
- the insistence of their hunger
- the press of business matters
- noun the act of insisting on something
insistence.
- insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position
- noun the state of demanding notice or attention
- efflorescences1/5
efflorescence
- noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
prime; flower; blossom; peak; flush; bloom; heyday.
- noun any red eruption of the skin
skin rash; roseola; rash.
- noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- intumescence1/5
intumescence
- noun swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
intumescency.
- noun the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
intumescency; swelling.
- noun swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
- continency1/5
continency
- noun the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
continence.
- noun the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
- conciliates1/5
conciliate
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; assuage; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb come to terms
make up; patch up; settle; reconcile.
- After some discussion we finally made up
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- concertizing1/5
concertize
- verb give concerts; perform in concerts
concertise.
- My niece is off concertizing in Europe
- verb give concerts; perform in concerts
- branchiopoda1/5
branchiopoda
(Zoöl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda ,Cladocera . It is sometimes used in a broader sense.
- syncopators1/5
syncopator
- noun a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band)
- they called themselves the Dixie Syncopators
- noun a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band)
- mispronounces1/5
mispronounce
- verb pronounce a word incorrectly
misspeak.
- She mispronounces many Latinate words
- verb pronounce a word incorrectly
- subsistences1/5
subsistence
- noun minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
- social security provided only a bare subsistence
- noun a means of surviving
- farming is a hard means of subsistence
- noun minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
- flamencos1/5
flamenco
- noun guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco
- noun a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet
gypsy dancing.
- noun guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco
- lawrencium1/5
lawrencium
- noun a radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium
Lr; atomic number 103.
- noun a radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium
- advertence1/5
advertence
- noun the process of being heedful
advertency.
- noun the process of being heedful
- overbalances1/5
overbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb cause to be off balance
- It is not desirable to overbalance the budget
- verb weigh more heavily
- inceptions1/5
inception
- noun an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
origin; origination.
- noun an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
- coexistences1/5
- monstrances1/5
monstrance
- noun proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
demonstration.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
ostensorium.
- noun proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
- endurances1/5
endurance
- noun the power to withstand hardship or stress
- the marathon tests a runner's endurance
- noun a state of surviving; remaining alive
survival.
- noun the power to withstand hardship or stress
- avalanched1/5
avalanche
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- noun a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things
- the program brought an avalanche of mail
- noun a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- opisthobranchia1/5
opisthobranchia
(Zoöl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs.
- uncrated1/5
uncrate
- verb remove from the crate
- uncrate the glassed carefully!
- verb remove from the crate
- flatulency1/5
flatulency
- noun a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
gas; flatulence.
- noun a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- concretism1/5
concretism
- noun a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms
concrete representation.
- noun a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms
- zincs1/5
zinc
- noun a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
atomic number 30; Zn.
- verb coat or cover with zinc
- noun a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
- magniloquence1/5
magniloquence
- noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
grandiosity; grandiloquence; rhetoric; ornateness.
- the grandiosity of his prose
- an excessive ornateness of language
- noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
- trencherman1/5
trencherman
- noun a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
gourmandizer; glutton; gourmand.
- noun a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
- incommunicative1/5
incommunicative
- adjective not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
uncommunicative.
- adjective not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
- insolences1/5
insolence
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
impertinence; freshness; crust; impudence; cheekiness; gall.
- noun an offensive disrespectful impudent act
- noun the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- sincerer1/5
sincere
- adjective open and genuine; not deceitful
- he was a good man, decent and sincere
- felt sincere regret that they were leaving
- sincere friendship
- adjective satellite characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
solemn; earnest.
- both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate
- an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant
- a film with a solemn social message
- adjective open and genuine; not deceitful
- hencoop1/5
hencoop
- noun a farm building for housing poultry
coop; chicken coop; henhouse.
- noun a farm building for housing poultry
- brainchildren1/5
brainchild
- noun a product of your creative thinking and work
inspiration.
- he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists
- after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality
- noun a product of your creative thinking and work
- rhinencephalon1/5
rhinencephalon
- noun a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior
olfactory brain.
- noun a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior
- ascendence1/5
ascendence
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
control; ascendance; ascendency; ascendancy; dominance.
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- malignance1/5
malignance
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
malignancy.
- noun quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
malignity; malignancy.
- noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
- incompetencies1/5
incompetency
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
incompetence.
- noun lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
- asynchronies1/5
asynchrony
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
desynchronization; desynchronizing; desynchronisation; asynchronism.
- the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
- licencees1/5
licence
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
license.
- when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant
- the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
- noun freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
license.
- noun excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
- asynchronism1/5
asynchronism
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
asynchrony; desynchronization; desynchronizing; desynchronisation.
- the stimulus produced a desynchronizing of the brain waves
- noun the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
- inunction1/5
inunction
- noun anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
unction.
- noun anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
- incriminations1/5
incrimination
- noun an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
blame; inculpation.
- his incrimination was based on my testimony
- the police laid the blame on the driver
- noun an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- exuberances1/5
exuberance
- noun joyful enthusiasm
- noun overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
enthusiasm; ebullience.
- noun joyful enthusiasm
- dominances1/5
dominance
- noun superior development of one side of the body
laterality.
- noun the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
control; ascendance; ascendency; ascendancy; ascendence.
- her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
- noun superior development of one side of the body
- pruriency1/5
pruriency
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
lasciviousness; lubricity; prurience; carnality.
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
- elasmobranchii1/5
elasmobranchii
(Zoöl.) A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimæra. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.
- bounciness1/5
bounciness
- noun the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
bounce.
- noun the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
- covalence1/5
covalence
- noun valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share
covalency.
- noun valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share
- frequences1/5
frequence
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
oftenness; frequency.
- the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second
- the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older
- noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
- inculpation1/5
inculpation
- noun an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
blame; incrimination.
- his incrimination was based on my testimony
- the police laid the blame on the driver
- noun an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
- incs1/5
inc
- noun a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government
Iraqi National Congress.
- noun a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government
- munchers1/5
muncher
- noun a chewer who makes a munching noise
- noun a chewer who makes a munching noise
- magnificences1/5
magnificence
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
impressiveness; grandness; richness.
- the grandness of the architecture
- impressed by the richness of the flora
- noun the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
grandness; brilliance; splendour; grandeur; splendor.
- for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel
- his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects
- it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor
- an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art
- advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
- violoncellist1/5
violoncellist
- noun someone who plays a violoncello
cellist.
- noun someone who plays a violoncello
- repugnances1/5
repugnance
- noun intense aversion
horror; repulsion; revulsion.
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
incompatibility; mutual exclusiveness; inconsistency.
- noun intense aversion
- misalliances1/5
misalliance
- noun an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
- noun an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
- lunchers1/5
luncher
- noun someone who is eating lunch
- noun someone who is eating lunch
- happenstances1/5
happenstance
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
coincidence.
- noun an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
- incognizant1/5
incognizant
- adjective (often followed by `of') not aware
unaware.
- seemed unaware of the scrutiny
- unaware of the danger they were in
- unaware of the newborn hope
- the most unaware person I've known
- adjective (often followed by `of') not aware
- reliances1/5
reliance
- noun certainty based on past experience
trust.
- he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists
- he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun
- noun the state of relying on something
- noun certainty based on past experience
- lynchpins1/5
lynchpin
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; keystone; anchor.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on
linchpin.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
- conversance1/5
conversance
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
conversancy; acquaintance; familiarity.
- noun personal knowledge or information about someone or something
- irrelevances1/5
irrelevance
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
irrelevancy.
- noun the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
- internuncio1/5
internuncio
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio
- clunch1/5
- fluencies1/5
fluency
- noun powerful and effective language
eloquence; smoothness.
- his eloquence attracted a large congregation
- fluency in spoken and written English is essential
- his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police
- noun skillfulness in speaking or writing
- noun powerful and effective language
- precipitance1/5
precipitance
- noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
precipitateness; abruptness; suddenness; precipitancy; precipitousness.
- noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
- counterinsurgencies1/5
counterinsurgency
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
pacification.
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- concentered1/5
concenter
- verb bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
focalise; focalize; concentre; focus.
- verb bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
- sipuncula1/5
sipuncula
- noun peanut worms
phylum Sipuncula.
- noun peanut worms
- uncommonness1/5
uncommonness
- noun extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality
- noun extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered
- noun extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality
- rhonchi1/5
rhonchus
- noun a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels
- noun a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels
- compunctions1/5
compunction
- noun a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
remorse; self-reproach.
- noun a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
- plainchant1/5
plainchant
- noun a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
Gregorian chant; plainsong.
- noun a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church
- uncouple1/5
uncouple
- verb disconnect or separate
decouple.
- uncouple the hounds
- verb disconnect or separate
- juncus1/5
juncus
- noun type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes
genus Juncus.
- noun type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes
- uncreative1/5
uncreative
- adjective not creative
- an uncreative imagination
- adjective not creative
- nomenclatures1/5
nomenclature
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
language; terminology.
- legal terminology
- biological nomenclature
- the language of sociology
- noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- encephalocele1/5
encephalocele
- noun protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull
- noun protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull
- hesitance1/5
hesitance
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
hesitancy.
- noun a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
- inchoative1/5
inchoative
- noun aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb
inchoative aspect.
- adjective satellite beginning to develop
- inchoative stages
- noun aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb
- nonoccurrence1/5
nonoccurrence
- noun absence by virtue of not occurring
- noun absence by virtue of not occurring
- unconsecrated1/5
unconsecrated
- adjective satellite not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
profane; unsanctified.
- adjective satellite not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- inconsequent1/5
inconsequent
- adjective satellite lacking worth or importance
inconsequential.
- his work seems trivial and inconsequential
- the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet
- adjective satellite lacking worth or importance
- reflectances1/5
reflectance
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
coefficient of reflection; reflection factor; reflectivity.
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
- unconventionality1/5
unconventionality
- noun originality by virtue of being unconventional
- noun unorthodoxy by virtue of being unconventional
- noun originality by virtue of being unconventional
- incivilities1/5
incivility
- noun deliberate discourtesy
- noun deliberate discourtesy
- pliancy1/5
pliancy
- noun the property of being pliant and flexible
suppleness; pliantness.
- noun adaptability of mind or character
suppleness; pliability; pliantness.
- he was valued for his reliability and pliability
- he increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization
- noun the property of being pliant and flexible
- discountenance1/5
discountenance
- verb look with disfavor on
- The republic soon discountenanced its few friends
- verb show disapproval by discouraging
- any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced
- verb look with disfavor on
- effluence1/5
effluence
- noun the process of flowing out
efflux; outflow.
- noun the process of flowing out
- coincidently1/5
coincidently
- adverb happening at the same time
coincidentally.
- adverb happening at the same time
- concerti1/5
concerto
- noun a composition for orchestra and a soloist
- noun a composition for orchestra and a soloist
- inconvertible1/5
inconvertible
- adjective used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value
unconvertible; unexchangeable.
- adjective satellite not capable of being changed into something else
untransmutable.
- the alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals
- adjective used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value
- uncoil1/5
uncoil
- verb unwind or untwist
- verb unwind or untwist
- maleficence1/5
maleficence
- noun doing or causing evil
- noun the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
mischief; balefulness.
- noun doing or causing evil
- denouncement1/5
denouncement
- noun a public act of denouncing
denunciation.
- noun a public act of denouncing
- insolvencies1/5
insolvency
- noun the lack of financial resources
- noun the lack of financial resources
- inconsiderately1/5
inconsiderately
- adverb without consideration; in an inconsiderate manner
- inconsiderately, he asked to be invited for dinner
- adverb without consideration; in an inconsiderate manner
- uncompress1/5
uncompress
- verb restore to its uncompressed form
decompress.
- decompress data
- verb restore to its uncompressed form
- inculpatory1/5
inculpatory
- adjective causing blame to be imputed to
inculpative.
- adjective causing blame to be imputed to
- mendicancy1/5
mendicancy
- noun the state of being a beggar or mendicant
mendicity; beggary.
- they were reduced to mendicancy
- noun a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
begging; beggary.
- noun the state of being a beggar or mendicant
- denunciatory1/5
denunciatory
- adjective satellite containing warning of punishment
comminatory; denunciative.
- adjective satellite containing warning of punishment
- teleconferences1/5
teleconference
- noun a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
teleconferencing.
- noun a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
- fincen1/5
fincen
- noun a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
- noun a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering
- congruences1/5
congruence
- noun the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
congruity; congruousness.
- noun the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
- outdistance1/5
outdistance
- verb go far ahead of
distance; outstrip.
- He outdistanced the other runners
- verb go far ahead of
- inconclusiveness1/5
inconclusiveness
- noun the quality of being inconclusive
- noun the quality of being inconclusive
- panencephalitis1/5
panencephalitis
- noun diffuse inflammation of the entire brain
- noun diffuse inflammation of the entire brain
- electroencephalograph1/5
electroencephalograph
- noun medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain
- noun medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain
- punctilio1/5
punctilio
- noun a fine point of etiquette or petty formality
- noun strict observance of formalities
- noun a fine point of etiquette or petty formality
- furunculosis1/5
furunculosis
- noun acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles
- noun acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles
- cancan1/5
cancan
- noun a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
- noun a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
- unsynchronized1/5
unsynchronized
- adjective satellite not occurring together
unsynchronised; unsynchronous; nonsynchronous.
- adjective satellite not occurring together
- counterpunch1/5
counterpunch
- noun a return punch (especially by a boxer)
counter; parry.
- noun a return punch (especially by a boxer)
- insincerely1/5
insincerely
- adverb without sincerity
- she congratulated him somewhat insincerely
- adverb without sincerity
- biconcave1/5
biconcave
- adjective satellite concave on both sides
concavo-concave.
- adjective satellite concave on both sides
- indecencies1/5
indecency
- noun the quality of being indecent
- noun an indecent or improper act
impropriety.
- noun the quality of being indecent
- incisiveness1/5
incisiveness
- noun keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
trenchancy.
- noun keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
- avoidances1/5
avoidance
- noun deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
turning away; shunning; dodging.
- noun deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
- unsanctified1/5
unsanctified
- adjective satellite not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
unconsecrated; profane.
- adjective satellite not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
- bunchy1/5
bunchy
- adjective satellite occurring close together in bunches or clusters
- adjective satellite occurring close together in bunches or clusters
- humperdinck1/5
humperdinck
- noun German composer of six operas and other incidental music (1854-1921)
Engelbert Humperdinck.
- noun German composer of six operas and other incidental music (1854-1921)
- noncontinuous1/5
noncontinuous
- adjective not continuing without interruption in time or space
discontinuous.
- discontinuous applause
- the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas
- he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling
- adjective not continuing without interruption in time or space
- absorptance1/5
absorptance
- noun a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber
absorption coefficient; coefficient of absorption.
- absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance
- noun a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber
- incorrupt1/5
incorrupt
- adjective free of corruption or immorality
- a policeman who was incorrupt and incorruptible
- adjective satellite free of corruption or immorality
- adjective free of corruption or immorality
- valances1/5
valance
- noun a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
valance board; pelmet; cornice.
- noun a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
- chinchillas1/5
chinchilla
- noun the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla
- noun a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton
- noun the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla
- unchangeably1/5
unchangeably
- adverb in an unalterable and unchangeable manner
unassailably; unalterably; immutably.
- his views were unchangeably fixed
- adverb in an unalterable and unchangeable manner
- sapience1/5
sapience
- noun ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
wisdom.
- noun ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
- noncyclic1/5
noncyclic
- adjective not cyclic
noncyclical.
- adjective satellite not having repeated cycles
- adjective not cyclic
- succinctness1/5
succinctness
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
conciseness; pithiness; concision.
- noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
- encomia1/5
encomium
- noun a formal expression of praise
pean; paean; eulogy; panegyric.
- noun a formal expression of praise
- poinciana1/5
poinciana
- noun a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
bird of paradise; Poinciana gilliesii; Caesalpinia gilliesii.
- noun small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications
subgenus Poinciana.
- noun a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
- extravagancies1/5
extravagancy
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
extravagance.
- we were surprised by the extravagance of his description
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
- nonfeasance1/5
nonfeasance
- noun a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do
- noun a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do
- renunciant1/5
renunciant
- adjective satellite used especially of behavior
renunciative; self-abnegating; self-denying.
- adjective satellite used especially of behavior
- despondence1/5
despondence
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
despondency; disconsolateness; heartsickness.
- noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
- chancelleries1/5
chancellery
- noun a government building housing the office of a chancellor
- noun a government building housing the office of a chancellor
- caruncle1/5
caruncle
- noun an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
caruncula.
- noun an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
- accidence1/5
accidence
- noun the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words
inflectional morphology.
- noun the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words
- inchworm1/5
inchworm
- noun small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
measuring worm; looper.
- noun small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
- electroencephalograms1/5
electroencephalogram
- noun a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
EEG; encephalogram.
- noun a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
- opalescence1/5
opalescence
- noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
iridescence.
- noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
- pancreatin1/5
pancreatin
- noun extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions
- noun extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions
- encompassment1/5
encompassment
- noun including entirely
- noun including entirely
- bunchgrass1/5
bunchgrass
- noun any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States
bunch grass.
- noun any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States
- disenchanting1/5
disenchanting
- adjective satellite freeing from illusion or false belief
disillusioning.
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion; disenchant.
- adjective satellite freeing from illusion or false belief
- misconceive1/5
misconceive
- verb interpret in the wrong way
misinterpret; misunderstand; be amiss; misconstrue; misapprehend.
- Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism
- She misconstrued my remarks
- verb interpret in the wrong way
- uncross1/5
uncross
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
- She uncrossed her legs
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
- sanctimony1/5
sanctimony
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
sanctimoniousness.
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
- annunciator1/5
annunciator
- noun an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard)
- noun an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard)
- uncrossing1/5
uncross
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
- She uncrossed her legs
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
- detumescence1/5
detumescence
- noun diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen
- noun diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen
- unbalances1/5
unbalance
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
instability; imbalance.
- a hormonal imbalance
- noun a state of mental disturbance and disorientation
mental unsoundness; derangement.
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
- quincentenary1/5
quincentenary
- noun the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
quincentennial.
- adjective of or relating to a 500th anniversary
quincentennial.
- the quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city
- noun the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- unclasping1/5
unclasp
- verb release from a clasp
- She clasped and unclasped her hands
- verb release from a clasp
- incoherences1/5
incoherence
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
incoherency.
- noun nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
incoherency; unintelligibility.
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
- lunchrooms1/5
lunchroom
- noun a restaurant (in a facility) where lunch can be purchased
- noun a restaurant (in a facility) where lunch can be purchased
- expediencies1/5
expediency
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
expedience.
- noun the quality of being suited to the end in view
- stanched1/5
stanch
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
staunch; halt; stem.
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- stenches1/5
stench
- noun a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
foetor; stink; fetor; malodor; mephitis; malodour; reek.
- noun a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
- nonsynchronous1/5
nonsynchronous
- adjective satellite not occurring together
unsynchronized; unsynchronised; unsynchronous.
- adjective satellite not occurring together
- quittance1/5
quittance
- noun a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt
- noun payment of a debt or obligation
repayment.
- noun a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt
- unclog1/5
unclog
- verb become or cause to become unobstructed
- The chemical that we poured down the drain unclogged it
- verb become or cause to become unobstructed
- mispronunciations1/5
mispronunciation
- noun incorrect pronunciation
- noun incorrect pronunciation
- unclasp1/5
unclasp
- verb release from a clasp
- She clasped and unclasped her hands
- verb release from a clasp
- quincentennial1/5
quincentennial
- noun the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
quincentenary.
- adjective of or relating to a 500th anniversary
quincentenary.
- the quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city
- noun the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
- munchener1/5
munchener
- noun a dark lager produced in Munich since the 10th century; has a distinctive taste of malt
Munich beer.
- noun a dark lager produced in Munich since the 10th century; has a distinctive taste of malt
- dracunculus1/5
dracunculus
(Zoöl.) (a) A fish; the dragonet .(b) The Guinea worm ( Filaria medinensis ).
- pincushions1/5
pincushion
- noun a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use
- noun a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use
- staunched1/5
staunch
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
stanch; halt; stem.
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
- adjective satellite firm and dependable especially in loyalty
unswerving; steadfast.
- a steadfast ally
- a staunch defender of free speech
- unswerving devotion
- unswerving allegiance
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- incoherencies1/5
incoherency
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
incoherence.
- noun nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
unintelligibility; incoherence.
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
- outdistancing1/5
outdistance
- verb go far ahead of
distance; outstrip.
- He outdistanced the other runners
- verb go far ahead of
- pinctada1/5
pinctada
- noun pearl oysters
genus Pinctada.
- noun pearl oysters
- disenchant1/5
disenchant
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion.
- verb free from enchantment
- mesalliance1/5
mesalliance
- noun a marriage with a person of inferior social status
- noun a marriage with a person of inferior social status
- inexpediency1/5
inexpediency
- noun the quality of being unsuited to the end in view
inexpedience.
- noun the quality of being unsuited to the end in view
- 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
- incoherency1/5
incoherency
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
incoherence.
- noun nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
unintelligibility; incoherence.
- noun lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
- unconstructive1/5
unconstructive
- adjective satellite not constructive
- adjective satellite not constructive
- encephaloceles1/5
encephalocele
- noun protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull
- noun protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull
- sanctimoniously1/5
sanctimoniously
- adverb in a sanctimonious manner
self-righteously.
- she was sanctimoniously criticizing everybody
- adverb in a sanctimonious manner
- refinancings1/5
- cenchrus1/5
cenchrus
- noun a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs
genus Cenchrus.
- noun a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs
- uncials1/5
uncial
- noun a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
- adjective relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals)
- uncial letters
- noun a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
- chiromancy1/5
chiromancy
- noun telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
palmistry; palm reading; chirology.
- noun telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
- inconvertibility1/5
inconvertibility
- noun the quality of not being exchangeable
- the inconvertibility of their currency made international trade impossible
- noun the quality of not being exchangeable
- inherency1/5
inherency
- noun the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic
inherence.
- the inherence of polysemy in human language
- noun the state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic
- misconceives1/5
misconceive
- verb interpret in the wrong way
misinterpret; misunderstand; be amiss; misconstrue; misapprehend.
- Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism
- She misconstrued my remarks
- verb interpret in the wrong way
- penchants1/5
penchant
- noun a strong liking
predilection; taste; preference.
- my own preference is for good literature
- the Irish have a penchant for blarney
- noun a strong liking
- divulgence1/5
divulgence
- noun the act of disclosing something that was secret or private
divulgement.
- noun the act of disclosing something that was secret or private
- renaissances1/5
renaissance
- noun the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
Renascence.
- noun the revival of learning and culture
rebirth; Renascence.
- noun the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
- uncouples1/5
uncouple
- verb disconnect or separate
decouple.
- uncouple the hounds
- verb disconnect or separate
- incipiency1/5
incipiency
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
incipience.
- he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850
- it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
- redolence1/5
redolence
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
bouquet; fragrancy; sweetness; fragrance.
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
- prepotency1/5
prepotency
- noun the state of being predominant over others
predominance; predomination.
- noun the state of being predominant over others
- unconformable1/5
unconformable
- adjective satellite not correspondent
- a description unconformable to previous accounts
- adjective satellite not correspondent
- inculpate1/5
inculpate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
incriminate; imply.
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- lancelet1/5
lancelet
- noun small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
amphioxus.
- noun small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
- nonobservance1/5
nonobservance
- noun a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
- noun a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
- uncoils1/5
- nonequivalence1/5
nonequivalence
- noun not interchangeable
- noun not interchangeable
- pertinency1/5
pertinency
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
pertinence; applicability.
- noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
- jubilance1/5
jubilance
- noun a feeling of extreme joy
jubilancy; jubilation; exultation.
- noun a feeling of extreme joy
- staunchness1/5
staunchness
- noun loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty
steadfastness.
- noun loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty
- prancer1/5
prancer
- noun a mettlesome or fiery horse
- noun a mettlesome or fiery horse
- ornithorhynchus1/5
ornithorhynchus
(Zoöl.) See Duck mole , underDuck .
- dracunculiasis1/5
dracunculiasis
- noun a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
Guinea worm disease; Guinea worm.
- noun a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
- incensing1/5
incense
- noun a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
- noun the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned
- incense filled the room
- noun a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
- noncaloric1/5
noncaloric
- adjective of food have no (or few) calories
- a noncaloric drink
- adjective of food have no (or few) calories
- transmittances1/5
transmittance
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
transmission.
- noun the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance
- oblanceolate1/5
oblanceolate
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base
- stanching1/5
stanch
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
staunch; halt; stem.
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- denouncements1/5
denouncement
- noun a public act of denouncing
denunciation.
- noun a public act of denouncing
- staunching1/5
staunch
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
stanch; halt; stem.
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
- adjective satellite firm and dependable especially in loyalty
unswerving; steadfast.
- a steadfast ally
- a staunch defender of free speech
- unswerving devotion
- unswerving allegiance
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- sanctimoniousness1/5
sanctimoniousness
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
sanctimony.
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
- assonances1/5
assonance
- noun the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
vowel rhyme.
- noun the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
- backbenches1/5
backbench
- noun any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
- noun any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
- inconsideration1/5
inconsideration
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
inconsiderateness; thoughtlessness.
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
- incipience1/5
incipience
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
incipiency.
- he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850
- it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency
- noun beginning to exist or to be apparent
- affiance1/5
affiance
- verb give to in marriage
plight; betroth; engage.
- verb give to in marriage
- synchromesh1/5
synchromesh
- noun an automotive system for shifting gears in which the gears revolve at the same speed and so shift smoothly
- noun an automotive system for shifting gears in which the gears revolve at the same speed and so shift smoothly
- poignance1/5
poignance
- noun a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
poignancy.
- a moment of extraordinary poignancy
- noun a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
- lancelets1/5
lancelet
- noun small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
amphioxus.
- noun small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
- compliancy1/5
compliancy
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
deference; obligingness; compliance; complaisance.
- noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
- inconsiderateness1/5
inconsiderateness
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
inconsideration; thoughtlessness.
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
- vincas1/5
vinca
- noun periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials
genus Vinca.
- noun periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials
- wenching1/5
wench
- noun informal terms for a (young) woman
doll; chick; skirt; bird; dame.
- verb frequent prostitutes
- noun informal terms for a (young) woman
- provencals1/5
provencal
- noun the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)
Occitan.
- adjective of or relating to Provence or its people or their culture
- noun the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)
- unclogging1/5
unclog
- verb become or cause to become unobstructed
- The chemical that we poured down the drain unclogged it
- verb become or cause to become unobstructed
- conceitedly1/5
conceitedly
- adverb with conceit; in a conceited manner
self-conceitedly.
- he always acts so conceitedly!
- adverb with conceit; in a conceited manner
- discountenancing1/5
discountenance
- verb look with disfavor on
- The republic soon discountenanced its few friends
- verb show disapproval by discouraging
- any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced
- verb look with disfavor on
- refinances1/5
refinance
- verb renew the financing of
- verb renew the financing of
- disenchantments1/5
disenchantment
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
disillusion; disillusionment.
- noun freeing from false belief or illusions
- misconceiving1/5
misconceive
- verb interpret in the wrong way
misinterpret; misunderstand; be amiss; misconstrue; misapprehend.
- Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism
- She misconstrued my remarks
- verb interpret in the wrong way
- pittances1/5
pittance
- noun an inadequate payment
- they work all day for a mere pittance
- noun an inadequate payment
- 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
- bronchoscopes1/5
bronchoscope
- noun a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes
- noun a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes
- convincingness1/5
convincingness
- noun the power of argument or evidence to cause belief
- noun the power of argument or evidence to cause belief
- anchusa1/5
anchusa
- noun any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers
- noun any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers
- bunchgrasses1/5
bunchgrass
- noun any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States
bunch grass.
- noun any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States
- scincidae1/5
scincidae
- noun skinks
family Scincidae.
- noun skinks
- encyclia1/5
encyclia
- noun large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum
genus Encyclia.
- noun large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum
- encephalography1/5
encephalography
- noun roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram
- noun roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram
- annunciate1/5
annunciate
- verb foreshadow or presage
herald; announce; foretell; harbinger.
- verb foreshadow or presage
- inconspicuousness1/5
inconspicuousness
- noun the quality of being not easily seen
- noun the quality of being not easily seen
- punctilios1/5
punctilio
- noun a fine point of etiquette or petty formality
- noun strict observance of formalities
- noun a fine point of etiquette or petty formality
- noncyclical1/5
noncyclical
- adjective not cyclic
noncyclic.
- adjective not cyclic
- insincerities1/5
insincerity
- noun the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
falseness; hollowness.
- noun the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
- appetency1/5
appetency
- noun a feeling of craving something
appetite; appetence.
- an appetite for life
- the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks
- noun a feeling of craving something
- concertinas1/5
concertina
- noun coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
- noun free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
- noun coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
- lincolnian1/5
lincolnian
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Abraham Lincoln
Lincolnesque.
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Abraham Lincoln
- exorbitance1/5
exorbitance
- noun excessive excess
outrageousness.
- noun excessive excess
- inculpated1/5
inculpate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
incriminate; imply.
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- cinclus1/5
cinclus
- noun type genus of the family Cinclidae
genus Cinclus.
- noun type genus of the family Cinclidae
- inculpating1/5
inculpate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
incriminate; imply.
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
- bronchitic1/5
bronchitic
- adjective satellite suffering from or prone to bronchitis
- adjective satellite suffering from or prone to bronchitis
- lincolnesque1/5
lincolnesque
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Abraham Lincoln
Lincolnian.
- adjective of or relating to or in the manner of Abraham Lincoln
- juncaceae1/5
juncaceae
- noun tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
family Juncaceae; rush family.
- noun tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
- bronchospasms1/5
bronchospasm
- noun a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis
- noun a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis
- vengeances1/5
vengeance
- noun the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
retribution; payback.
- Vengeance is mine
- For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield
- he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him
- the swiftness of divine retribution
- noun the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19
- tinca1/5
tinca
- noun tench
genus Tinca.
- noun tench
- eurocurrencies1/5
eurocurrency
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- noun currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing
- caruncles1/5
caruncle
- noun an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
caruncula.
- noun an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
- ferroconcrete1/5
ferroconcrete
- noun concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses
reinforced concrete.
- noun concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses
- branchlet1/5
branchlet
- noun a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
twig; sprig.
- noun a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
- incompatibly1/5
incompatibly
- adverb without compatibility
- adverb without compatibility
- encephalogram1/5
encephalogram
- noun a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
electroencephalogram; EEG.
- noun an X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast
pneumoencephalogram.
- noun a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph
- annunciators1/5
annunciator
- noun an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard)
- noun an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard)
- permanences1/5
permanence
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
permanency.
- noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
- uncloaked1/5
uncloak
- verb reveal the true nature of
unmask.
- The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician
- verb remove a cloak from
- verb reveal the true nature of
- ancylus1/5
ancylus
- noun type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet
genus Ancylus.
- noun type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet
- anchylosis1/5
anchylosis
- noun abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint
ankylosis.
- noun abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint
- inchworms1/5
inchworm
- noun small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
measuring worm; looper.
- noun small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
- oneiromancy1/5
oneiromancy
- noun divination through the interpretation of dreams
- noun divination through the interpretation of dreams
- outdistances1/5
outdistance
- verb go far ahead of
distance; outstrip.
- He outdistanced the other runners
- verb go far ahead of
- trenchancy1/5
trenchancy
- noun keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
incisiveness.
- noun keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
- cadency1/5
cadency
- noun a recurrent rhythmical series
cadence.
- noun a recurrent rhythmical series
- verdancy1/5
verdancy
- noun the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
verdure; greenness.
- noun the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
- cinchonine1/5
cinchonine
- noun an alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial drug
- noun an alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial drug
- concessioners1/5
concessioner
- noun someone who holds or operates a concession
concessionaire.
- noun someone who holds or operates a concession
- extravagancy1/5
extravagancy
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
extravagance.
- we were surprised by the extravagance of his description
- noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
- annunciated1/5
annunciate
- verb foreshadow or presage
herald; announce; foretell; harbinger.
- verb foreshadow or presage
- effluences1/5
effluence
- noun the process of flowing out
efflux; outflow.
- noun the process of flowing out
- outbalance1/5
outbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; overbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb weigh more heavily
- fragrancy1/5
fragrancy
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
bouquet; redolence; sweetness; fragrance.
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
- bonce1/5
bonce
- noun informal terms for a human head
noodle; attic; dome; bean; noggin.
- noun informal terms for a human head
- outbalanced1/5
outbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; overbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb weigh more heavily
- unlicenced1/5
unlicenced
- adjective satellite lacking official approval
unaccredited; unlicensed.
- adjective satellite lacking official approval
- vincible1/5
vincible
- adjective satellite susceptible to being defeated
vanquishable; beatable.
- adjective satellite susceptible to being defeated
- leukoencephalitis1/5
leukoencephalitis
- noun inflammation of the white matter of the brain
- noun inflammation of the white matter of the brain
- quintessences1/5
quintessence
- noun the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
ether.
- noun the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- noun the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- disenchants1/5
disenchant
- verb free from enchantment
disillusion.
- verb free from enchantment
- concessioner1/5
concessioner
- noun someone who holds or operates a concession
concessionaire.
- noun someone who holds or operates a concession
- synchros1/5
synchro
- noun a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized
selsyn.
- noun a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized
- inculcations1/5
inculcation
- noun teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
ingraining; instilling.
- noun teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
- unconstraint1/5
unconstraint
- noun the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
abandon; wantonness.
- she danced with abandon
- noun the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
- orobanchaceae1/5
orobanchaceae
- noun brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
broomrape family; family Orobanchaceae.
- noun brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
- instancy1/5
instancy
- noun the quickness of action or occurrence
immediacy; immediateness; instantaneousness.
- the immediacy of their response
- the instancy of modern communication
- noun the quality of being insistent
imperativeness.
- he pressed his demand with considerable instancy
- noun the quickness of action or occurrence
- conformances1/5
conformance
- noun correspondence in form or appearance
conformity.
- noun correspondence in form or appearance
- uncloak1/5
uncloak
- verb reveal the true nature of
unmask.
- The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician
- verb remove a cloak from
- verb reveal the true nature of
- uncrosses1/5
uncross
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
- She uncrossed her legs
- verb change from a crossed to an uncrossed position
- complacence1/5
complacence
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
self-complacency; complacency; self-satisfaction.
- his complacency was absolutely disgusting
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
- inconclusively1/5
inconclusively
- adverb not conclusively
- the meeting ended inconclusively
- adverb not conclusively
- syncytium1/5
syncytium
- noun a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers)
- noun a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers)
- elasmobranchs1/5
elasmobranch
- noun any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates
selachian.
- noun any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates
- encysted1/5
encysted
- adjective enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst
- adjective enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst
- braincase1/5
braincase
- noun the part of the skull that encloses the brain
cranium; brainpan.
- noun the part of the skull that encloses the brain
- ninepence1/5
ninepence
- noun a coin worth nine pennies
- noun a coin worth nine pennies
- unconventionally1/5
unconventionally
- adverb in an unconventional manner
- she always behaves rather unconventionally
- adverb in an unconventional manner
- anencephalic1/5
anencephalic
- adjective characterized by partial or total absence of a brain
anencephalous.
- adjective characterized by partial or total absence of a brain
- preconcerted1/5
preconcerted
- adjective satellite previously arranged or agreed on
- following preconcerted plans
- adjective satellite previously arranged or agreed on
- conjunctivae1/5
conjunctiva
- noun a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid
- noun a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid
- ranunculaceae1/5
ranunculaceae
- noun a family of Ranunculaceae
family Ranunculaceae; crowfoot family; buttercup family.
- noun a family of Ranunculaceae
- incurved1/5
incurved
- adjective satellite bent into or having an inward curve
incurvate.
- adjective satellite bent into or having an inward curve
- sixpences1/5
sixpence
- noun a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
tanner.
- noun a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
- lancinating1/5
lancinating
- adjective satellite painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
lancinate; piercing; keen; cutting; stabbing; knifelike.
- a cutting wind
- keen winds
- knifelike cold
- piercing knifelike pains
- piercing cold
- piercing criticism
- a stabbing pain
- lancinating pain
- adjective satellite painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- poncas1/5
ponca
- noun a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
Ponka.
- noun the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca
Ponka.
- noun a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
- cowpuncher1/5
cowpuncher
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
puncher; cowherd; cowboy; cowpoke; cattleman; cowman; cowhand.
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
- enchantingly1/5
enchantingly
- adverb in a bewitching manner
enthrallingly; bewitchingly; captivatingly.
- she was bewitchingly beautiful
- adverb in a bewitching manner
- chinch1/5
chinch
- noun bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
bed bug; Cimex lectularius; bedbug.
- noun bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
- 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
- cadenced1/5
cadenced
- adjective satellite marked by a rhythmical cadence
cadent.
- the cadenced crunch of marching feet
- adjective satellite marked by a rhythmical cadence
- eightpence1/5
eightpence
- noun a coin worth eight pennies
- noun a coin worth eight pennies
- elasmobranch1/5
elasmobranch
- noun any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates
selachian.
- noun any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates
- nonces1/5
nonce
- noun the present occasion
time being.
- for the nonce
- noun the present occasion
- succulence1/5
succulence
- noun a juicy appetizingness
juiciness; succulency.
- noun a juicy appetizingness
- launchpad1/5
launchpad
- noun a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
launching pad; launch pad; pad; launch area.
- noun a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
- lincomycin1/5
lincomycin
- noun antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections
Lincocin.
- noun antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections
- danceable1/5
danceable
- adjective satellite suitable for dancing
- adjective satellite suitable for dancing
- incompetently1/5
incompetently
- adverb in an incompetent manner
displaying incompetence.
- he did the job rather incompetently
- adverb in an incompetent manner
- uncomely1/5
uncomely
- adjective satellite not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
unbecoming; indecorous; unseemly; untoward; indecent.
- was buried with indecent haste
- indecorous behavior
- language unbecoming to a lady
- unseemly to use profanity
- moved to curb their untoward ribaldry
- adjective satellite not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
- lunchtimes1/5
lunchtime
- noun the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch
lunch period.
- he observed a regular lunchtime
- noun the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch
- chancer1/5
chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunity.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
fortune; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- conchs1/5
conch
- noun any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
- noun any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
- amelanchier1/5
amelanchier
- noun North American deciduous trees or shrubs
genus Amelanchier.
- noun North American deciduous trees or shrubs
- furuncles1/5
furuncle
- noun a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
boil.
- noun a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
- cincture1/5
cincture
- noun a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
girdle; waistband; sash; waistcloth.
- noun a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
- nudibranchs1/5
nudibranch
- noun any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
sea slug.
- noun any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
- syncytia1/5
syncytium
- noun a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers)
- noun a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers)
- unctuously1/5
unctuously
- adverb in an unctuous manner
fulsomely; smarmily.
- adverb in an unctuous manner
- inconceivability1/5
inconceivability
- noun the state of being impossible to conceive
inconceivableness.
- noun the state of being impossible to conceive
- furuncle1/5
furuncle
- noun a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
boil.
- noun a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
- corncrib1/5
corncrib
- noun a crib for storing and drying ears of corn
- noun a crib for storing and drying ears of corn
- chancres1/5
chancre
- noun a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
- noun a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
- uncontrived1/5
uncontrived
- adjective not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu
unstudied.
- an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved
- simple unstudied charm
- adjective not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu
- encomiastic1/5
encomiastic
- adjective satellite formally expressing praise
panegyrical; eulogistic; panegyric.
- adjective satellite formally expressing praise
- punctiliousness1/5
punctiliousness
- noun strict attention to minute details
scrupulousness; meticulosity; meticulousness.
- noun strict attention to minute details
- nudibranch1/5
nudibranch
- noun any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
sea slug.
- noun any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
- cowpunchers1/5
cowpuncher
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
puncher; cowherd; cowboy; cowpoke; cattleman; cowman; cowhand.
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
- oncidium1/5
oncidium
- noun any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
dancing lady orchid; butterfly plant; butterfly orchid.
- noun any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
- encainide1/5
encainide
- noun antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
Enkaid.
- noun antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
- unclearly1/5
unclearly
- adverb in a manner that is unclear
- adverb in a manner that is unclear
- inconsequentially1/5
inconsequentially
- adverb lacking consequence
inconsequently.
- `You're so beautifully dressed,' she said and added quite inconsequentially, `Can you stay the night?'
- adverb lacking consequence
- tenpence1/5
tenpence
- noun a decimal coin worth ten pennies
- noun a decimal coin worth ten pennies
- unpunctual1/5
unpunctual
- adjective not punctual; after the appointed time
- adjective not punctual; after the appointed time
- fivepence1/5
fivepence
- noun a coin worth five cents
- noun a coin worth five cents
- sonchus1/5
sonchus
- noun sow thistles
genus Sonchus.
- noun sow thistles
- uncurbed1/5
uncurbed
- adjective satellite not restrained or controlled
ungoverned; unbridled; unchecked.
- unbridled rage
- an unchecked temper
- ungoverned rage
- adjective satellite not restrained or controlled
- munchhausen1/5
munchhausen
- noun German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)
Baron Munchausen; Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen; Munchausen.
- noun German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)
- complacencies1/5
complacency
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
complacence; self-complacency; self-satisfaction.
- his complacency was absolutely disgusting
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
- plainclothesmen1/5
plainclothesman
- noun a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty
- noun a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty
- unconscientious1/5
unconscientious
- adjective not conscientious;
- adjective not conscientious;
- branchiae1/5
branchia
- noun respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water
gill.
- noun respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water
- inconsequently1/5
inconsequently
- adverb lacking consequence
inconsequentially.
- `You're so beautifully dressed,' she said and added quite inconsequentially, `Can you stay the night?'
- adverb lacking consequence
- pancreases1/5
pancreas
- noun a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
- noun a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
- emancipative1/5
emancipative
- adjective satellite tending to set free
- adjective satellite tending to set free
- incontestible1/5
incontestible
- adjective incapable of being contested or disputed
incontestable.
- adjective incapable of being contested or disputed
- uncompassionate1/5
uncompassionate
- adjective lacking compassion or feeling for others
- nor silver-shedding tears could penetrate her uncompassionate sire"- Shakespeare
- adjective lacking compassion or feeling for others
- imprudences1/5
imprudence
- noun a lack of caution in practical affairs
- noun a lack of caution in practical affairs
- planchets1/5
planchet
- noun a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
coin blank.
- noun a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
- unctuousness1/5
unctuousness
- noun smug self-serving earnestness
oleaginousness; fulsomeness; unction; oiliness; smarminess.
- noun smug self-serving earnestness
- uncivilly1/5
uncivilly
- adverb in an uncivil manner
- he treats his former wife uncivilly
- adverb in an uncivil manner
- plainclothesman1/5
plainclothesman
- noun a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty
- noun a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty
- sisyrinchium1/5
sisyrinchium
- noun chiefly North American grasslike herbs
genus Sisyrinchium.
- noun chiefly North American grasslike herbs
- valiance1/5
valiance
- noun the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
valiancy; gallantry; valorousness; valour; heroism; valor.
- he showed great heroism in battle
- he received a medal for valor
- noun the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
- vancocin1/5
vancocin
- noun an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections
vancomycin.
- noun an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections
- uncastrated1/5
uncastrated
- adjective not castrated
- adjective not castrated
- countertransferences1/5
countertransference
- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
- saliences1/5
salience
- noun the state of being salient
saliency; strikingness.
- noun the state of being salient
- poncirus1/5
poncirus
- noun one species: trifoliate orange
genus Poncirus.
- noun one species: trifoliate orange
- mincingly1/5
mincingly
- adverb in a mincing manner
- she stepped mincingly over the puddles
- adverb in a mincing manner
- saliencies1/5
saliency
- noun the state of being salient
strikingness; salience.
- noun the state of being salient
- lancewood1/5
lancewood
- noun durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools
- noun source of most of the lancewood of commerce
lancewood tree; Oxandra lanceolata.
- noun durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools
- lonchocarpus1/5
lonchocarpus
- noun genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers
genus Lonchocarpus.
- noun genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers
- noncompetitively1/5
noncompetitively
- adverb in a noncompetitive manner
- the scholarships will be awarded noncompetitively
- adverb in a noncompetitive manner
- uncreased1/5
uncreased
- adjective satellite used especially of fabrics
creaseless.
- uncreased trousers
- adjective satellite used especially of fabrics
- stauncher1/5
staunch
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
stanch; halt; stem.
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
- adjective satellite firm and dependable especially in loyalty
unswerving; steadfast.
- a steadfast ally
- a staunch defender of free speech
- unswerving devotion
- unswerving allegiance
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- inculpable1/5
inculpable
- adjective satellite free of guilt; not subject to blame
irreproachable; unimpeachable; blameless.
- has lived a blameless life
- of irreproachable character
- an unimpeachable reputation
- adjective satellite free of guilt; not subject to blame
- valiancy1/5
valiancy
- noun the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
gallantry; valorousness; valour; heroism; valor; valiance.
- he showed great heroism in battle
- he received a medal for valor
- noun the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
- corncribs1/5
corncrib
- noun a crib for storing and drying ears of corn
- noun a crib for storing and drying ears of corn
- chinchona1/5
chinchona
- noun any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
cinchona.
- noun any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
- sinciput1/5
sinciput
- noun the front part of the head or skull (including the forehead)
- noun the front part of the head or skull (including the forehead)
- encelia1/5
encelia
- noun genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush
genus Encelia.
- noun genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush
- inchoatives1/5
inchoative
- noun aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb
inchoative aspect.
- adjective satellite beginning to develop
- inchoative stages
- noun aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb
- conjunctives1/5
conjunctive
- noun an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
continuative; conjunction; connective.
- adjective serving or tending to connect
- noun an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
- incomputable1/5
incomputable
- adjective satellite beyond calculation or measure
inestimable; immeasurable.
- of incalculable value
- an incomputable amount
- jewels of inestimable value
- immeasurable wealth
- adjective satellite beyond calculation or measure
- microbalance1/5
microbalance
- noun balance for weighing very small objects
- noun balance for weighing very small objects
- goldfinches1/5
goldfinch
- noun American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
New World goldfinch; yellowbird; Spinus tristis.
- noun small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings
Carduelis carduelis.
- noun American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
- chaffinch1/5
chaffinch
- noun small European finch with a cheerful song
Fringilla coelebs.
- noun small European finch with a cheerful song
- punctiliously1/5
punctiliously
- adverb in a punctilious manner
- he launched into a long history of the birth of communism, giving credit punctiliously to the work of Marx and Engels
- adverb in a punctilious manner
- unbalancing1/5
unbalance
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
instability; imbalance.
- a hormonal imbalance
- noun a state of mental disturbance and disorientation
mental unsoundness; derangement.
- noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
- workbenches1/5
workbench
- noun a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
work bench; bench.
- noun a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
- conscienceless1/5
conscienceless
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
unconscionable.
- a conscienceless villain
- brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless
- an unconscionable liar
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
- juncos1/5
junco
- noun small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
snowbird.
- noun small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
- invincibly1/5
invincibly
- adverb in an invincible manner
- invincibly, the troops moved forward
- adverb in an invincible manner
- uncontroversially1/5
uncontroversially
- adverb not involving any controversy
- adverb not involving any controversy
- blancmange1/5
blancmange
- noun sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded
- noun sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded
- enchondroma1/5
enchondroma
- noun benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet)
- noun benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet)
- chaffinches1/5
chaffinch
- noun small European finch with a cheerful song
Fringilla coelebs.
- noun small European finch with a cheerful song
- broncs1/5
bronc
- noun an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
bronco; broncho.
- noun an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
- synchrotrons1/5
synchrotron
- noun cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency
- noun cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency
- unchivalrous1/5
unchivalrous
- adjective satellite offensively discourteous
ungallant; caddish.
- adjective satellite offensively discourteous
- encephalartos1/5
encephalartos
- noun any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves
- noun any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves
- enchondromas1/5
enchondroma
- noun benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet)
- noun benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet)
- bronchos1/5
broncho
- noun an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
bronco; bronc.
- noun an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
- chlorenchyma1/5
chlorenchyma
- noun parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts
- noun parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts
- stanchly1/5
stanchly
- adverb in a staunch manner
staunchly.
- he staunchly defended his principles
- adverb in a staunch manner
- pratincole1/5
pratincole
- noun Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers
glareole.
- noun Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers
- unconstricted1/5
unconstricted
- adjective not constricted physically or by extension psychologically
- healthy unconstricted arteries
- adjective not constricted physically or by extension psychologically
- uncomplainingly1/5
uncomplainingly
- adverb without complaining
- an equally gallant little wife and mother uncomplainingly keeping up the production of tasty and nourishing meals
- adverb without complaining
- launce1/5
launce
- noun very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
sand lance; sand eel; sand launce.
- noun very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
- oncovin1/5
oncovin
- noun periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system
vincristine.
- noun periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system
- corncrake1/5
corncrake
- noun common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
Crex crex; land rail.
- noun common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
- incestuously1/5
incestuously
- adverb by incest
- incestuously conceived
- adverb by incest
- bunchberry1/5
bunchberry
- noun creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska
Cornus canadensis; dwarf cornel; pudding berry; crackerberry.
- noun creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska
- hawfinch1/5
hawfinch
- noun a common large finch of Eurasia
Coccothraustes coccothraustes.
- noun a common large finch of Eurasia
- corncrakes1/5
corncrake
- noun common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
Crex crex; land rail.
- noun common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
- whinchat1/5
whinchat
- noun brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows
Saxicola rubetra.
- noun brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows
- pinche1/5
pinche
- noun South American tamarin with a tufted head
Leontocebus oedipus.
- noun South American tamarin with a tufted head
- incurious1/5
incurious
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- nonconducting1/5
nonconducting
- adjective not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound
non-conducting; nonconductive.
- adjective not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound
- noncombustible1/5
noncombustible
- adjective not capable of igniting and burning
incombustible.
- adjective not capable of igniting and burning
- noncrystalline1/5
noncrystalline
- adjective not crystalline
- adjective not crystalline
- unconsummated1/5
unconsummated
- adjective not consummated (especially of a marriage)
- an unconsummated marriage can be annulled
- adjective not consummated (especially of a marriage)
- unconsumed1/5
unconsumed
- adjective satellite not consumed
- adjective satellite not consumed
- nonconductive1/5
nonconductive
- adjective not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound
nonconducting; non-conducting.
- adjective not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound
- noncausal1/5
noncausal
- adjective not causative
noncausative.
- adjective not causative
- noncommunicable1/5
noncommunicable
- adjective satellite (of disease) not capable of being passed on
noncontagious; nontransmissible.
- adjective satellite (of disease) not capable of being passed on
- uncarpeted1/5
uncarpeted
- adjective not carpeted
- bare uncarpeted floors
- adjective not carpeted
- uncurtained1/5
uncurtained
- adjective not provided with curtains
curtainless.
- blank, curtainless windows stared back at her
- adjective not provided with curtains
- uncombined1/5
uncombined
- adjective not joined or united into one
- adjective not joined or united into one
- uncompounded1/5
uncompounded
- adjective satellite not constituting a compound
unmixed.
- adjective satellite not constituting a compound
- incombustible1/5
incombustible
- adjective not capable of igniting and burning
noncombustible.
- adjective not capable of igniting and burning
- pronounceable1/5
pronounceable
- adjective capable of being uttered or pronounced
- a pronounceable group of letters
- adjective capable of being uttered or pronounced
- unchartered1/5
unchartered
- adjective not chartered
- adjective not chartered
- uncomprehended1/5
uncomprehended
- adjective satellite not fully understood
- an uncomprehended mystery
- adjective satellite not fully understood
- unclipped1/5
unclipped
- adjective satellite not clipped
- unclipped rosebushes
- unclipped hair
- adjective satellite not clipped
- quenchless1/5
quenchless
- adjective satellite impossible to quench
unquenchable.
- unquenchable thirst
- adjective satellite impossible to quench
- uncarved1/5
uncarved
- adjective not carved
- adjective not carved
- uncategorized1/5
uncategorized
- adjective satellite not categorized or sorted
uncategorised; unsorted.
- adjective satellite not categorized or sorted
- noncellular1/5
noncellular
- adjective not made up of or divided into cells
acellular.
- adjective not made up of or divided into cells
- uncultivable1/5
uncultivable
- adjective satellite not suitable for cultivation or tilling
uncultivatable.
- thickets of indigenous trees...on uncultivable land"- C.B.Palmer
- adjective satellite not suitable for cultivation or tilling
- branchless1/5
branchless
- adjective having no branches
- adjective having no branches
- unconfused1/5
unconfused
- adjective satellite not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements
unbaffled.
- adjective satellite not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements
- uncropped1/5
uncropped
- adjective satellite not used for growing crops
- uncropped soil
- adjective satellite not used for growing crops
- unclimbable1/5
unclimbable
- adjective incapable of being ascended
unscalable.
- adjective satellite incapable of being surmounted or climbed
unsurmountable.
- adjective incapable of being ascended
- noncarbonated1/5
noncarbonated
- adjective satellite not having carbonation
uncarbonated.
- adjective satellite not having carbonation
- noncontagious1/5
noncontagious
- adjective satellite (of disease) not capable of being passed on
nontransmissible; noncommunicable.
- adjective satellite (of disease) not capable of being passed on
- concernedly1/5
concernedly
- adverb in a manner showing concern
- `Are you all right,' he asked concernedly
- adverb in a manner showing concern
- unreconcilable1/5
unreconcilable
- adjective impossible to reconcile
irreconcilable.
- irreconcilable differences
- adjective impossible to reconcile
- noncontentious1/5
noncontentious
- adjective satellite of persons; not given to controversy
- adjective satellite of persons; not given to controversy
- uncrystallized1/5
uncrystallized
- adjective not finally or definitely formed
uncrystallised.
- uncrystallized ideas
- adjective satellite without real or apparent crystalline form
amorphous; uncrystallised.
- an amorphous mineral
- amorphous structure
- adjective not finally or definitely formed
- incomprehensive1/5
incomprehensive
- adjective not comprehensive
noncomprehensive.
- adjective not comprehensive
- juncea1/5
juncea
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- munchkin1/5
munchkin
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- resistence1/5
resistance
- noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
opposition.
- he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens
- despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
- noun any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- uncanniness1/5
- noncontributory1/5
noncontributory
Not contributing.
- vacances1/5
vacancy
- noun being unoccupied
- noun an empty area or space
void; emptiness; vacuum.
- the huge desert voids
- the emptiness of outer space
- without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
- noun being unoccupied
- leoncavallo1/5
leoncavallo
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- nonconservative1/5
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- puncta1/5
puncta
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- recompence1/5
recompense
- noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- noun the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
compensation.
- noun payment or reward (as for service rendered)
- benchers1/5
bencher
(Eng. Law) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.
- concolor1/5
concolor
Of the same color; of uniform color. R. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne.
- roncalli1/5
roncalli
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- uncomprehendingly1/5
uncomprehending
- adjective satellite lacking understanding
- tried to explain to her uncomprehending husband
- adjective satellite lacking understanding
- bivalence1/5
bivalence
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- parenchymatous1/5
parenchymatous
Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma of a tissue or an organ; as, .parenchymatous degeneration
- repellency1/5
repellency
The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
- franconian1/5
- multiagency1/5
- uncontainable1/5
- uncertificated1/5
- funchal1/5
- unconcealment1/5
- coresidence1/5
- sancerre1/5
- preclearance1/5
- poncelet1/5
- uncircumcision1/5
uncircumcision
The absence or want of circumcision.
- truncatus1/5
truncatus
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- concededly1/5
concede
- verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
confess; profess.
- She confessed that she had taken the money
- verb be willing to concede
yield; grant.
- I grant you this much
- verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
- enunciative1/5
enunciative
Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation; declarative. Ayliffe. --E*nun"ci*a*tive*ly , adv.
- disjuncts1/5
disjunct
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- adjective satellite having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- reconnoissance1/5
reconnoissance
The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey. Specifically:(a) (Geol.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character .(b) (Engin.) An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work .(c) (Mil.) An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition.
- conveniency1/5
conveniency
The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak.
With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. Shak.
- barranca1/5
barranca
A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse. Texas & N. Mex.
- syncopal1/5
syncopal
Of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope.
- incorporator1/5
incorporator
One of a number of persons who gets a company incorporated; one of the original members of a corporation.
- quincunx1/5
quincunx
An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions.
- overdependence1/5
overdependence
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- uncemented1/5
- spencerian1/5
spencerian
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- reexperience1/5
reexperience
A renewed or repeated experience.
- exigences1/5
exigence
Exigency. Hooker.
- elenchus1/5
elenchus
Same as Elench .
- uncirculated1/5
- nonconstant1/5
- ranchman1/5
ranchman
An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman. Western U. S.
- sphincteric1/5
sphincteric
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- noncombat1/5
noncombat
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- concetta1/5
concetta
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- reincorporated1/5
reincorporate
To incorporate again.
- incr1/5
incr
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- oncolytic1/5
- punchbowl1/5
- unchosen1/5
unchosen
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- synchronistic1/5
synchronistic
Of or pertaining to synchronism; arranged according to correspondence in time; as, .synchronistic tables
- permeance1/5
- uncatalogued1/5
uncatalogued
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- concanavalin1/5
- inconsolably1/5
inconsolable
- adjective sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
unconsolable; disconsolate.
- inconsolable when her son died
- adjective sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
- tinctoria1/5
tinctoria
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- unconformably1/5
unconformable
- adjective satellite not correspondent
- a description unconformable to previous accounts
- adjective satellite not correspondent
- séances1/5
séance
A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.
- concile1/5
concile
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- encreased1/5
- reconceive1/5
reconceive
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- synching1/5
synching
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- repugnancy1/5
repugnancy
The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like. That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. Dryden.
Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. Shak.
Syn. -- Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See Dislike .
- principii1/5
principii
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- telencephalic1/5
- luncheonette1/5
luncheonette
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- presidencia1/5
presidencia
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- noncumulative1/5
noncumulative
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- lynchers1/5
lyncher
One who assists in lynching.
- cofinancing1/5
- unanchored1/5
unanchor
To loose from the anchor, as a ship. De Quincey.
- concussive1/5
concussive
Having the power or quality of shaking or agitating. Johnson.
- noncontradiction1/5
- manca1/5
- irreconcilably1/5
irreconcilable
- adjective impossible to reconcile
unreconcilable.
- irreconcilable differences
- adjective impossible to reconcile
- susceptance1/5
- chancey1/5
chancy
- adjective satellite of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
dodgy; chanceful; dicey.
- an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
- adjective satellite subject to accident or chance or change
iffy; flukey; fluky.
- a chancy appeal at best
- getting that job was definitely fluky
- a fluky wind
- an iffy proposition
- adjective satellite of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
- barranco1/5
barranco
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- dereference1/5
dereference
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- uncontained1/5
- tendances1/5
tendance
The act of attending or waiting; attendance. Archaic Spenser.The breath Of her sweet tendance hovering over him. Tennyson.
- uncracked1/5
- noncommutative1/5
- rebalanced1/5
- enculturated1/5
- noncredit1/5
noncredit
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- immittance1/5
- unchaperoned1/5
unchaperoned
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- avirulence1/5
- noncircular1/5
- uncooled1/5
uncool
- adjective satellite (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring
- adjective satellite (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring
- wenceslaus1/5
- defeasance1/5
defeasance
A defeat; an overthrow. Obs.After his foes' defeasance. Spenser.
- instinctually1/5
- unconscionably1/5
unconscionable
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
conscienceless.
- a conscienceless villain
- brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless
- an unconscionable liar
- adjective satellite greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
extortionate; usurious; outrageous; exorbitant; steep.
- exorbitant rent
- extortionate prices
- spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
- usurious interest rate
- unconscionable spending
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
- subfunctions1/5
subfunctions
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- noncompensatory1/5
- unclenching1/5
unclench
Same as Unclinch .
- noncapitalist1/5
- ancre1/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- incomparability1/5
incomparability
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- canceller1/5
canceller
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- hyperfunction1/5
hyperfunction
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- distinctives1/5
distinctive
- adjective satellite of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
typical.
- Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie
- that is typical of you!
- adjective satellite capable of being classified
classifiable.
- adjective satellite of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
- barrancas1/5
barranca
A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse. Texas & N. Mex.
- cathodoluminescence1/5
cathodoluminescence
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- quinctius1/5
quinctius
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- encomendero1/5
encomendero
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- ordonnances1/5
ordonnance
(Fine Arts) The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole. Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts. Coleridge.
- preadolescence1/5
preadolescence
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- noncancerous1/5
noncancerous
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- conceptualist1/5
conceptualist
(Metaph.) One who maintains the theory of conceptualism. Stewart.
- romancers1/5
romance
- noun a relationship between two lovers
love affair.
- noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
romanticism.
- noun a relationship between two lovers
- canciones1/5
- concertante1/5
concertante
(Mus.) A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, .concertante parts
- incorrigibility1/5
incorrigibility
The state or quality of being incorrigible. The ingratitude, the incorrigibility, the strange perverseness . . . of mankind. Barrow.
- pronouncedly1/5
pronounced
- adjective satellite strongly marked; easily noticeable
marked.
- walked with a marked limp
- a pronounced flavor of cinnamon
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; pronounce; enunciate; articulate; say; enounce.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- adjective satellite strongly marked; easily noticeable
- cancion1/5
cancion
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- preconceptual1/5
- codependence1/5
- uncontrollability1/5
uncontrollability
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- roncesvalles1/5
- renouncers1/5
renouncer
One who renounces.
- enceladus1/5
- uncodified1/5
- encl1/5
encl
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- ancon1/5
ancon
(Anat.) The olecranon, or the elbow.
- fincas1/5
fincas
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- lucency1/5
lucency
The quality of being lucent.
- irradiances1/5
irradiance
The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
- copresence1/5
- concrescence1/5
concrescence
Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles. R. Sir W. Raleigh.
- financiere1/5
financiere
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- concannon1/5
- uncoating1/5
- munchkins1/5
munchkins
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- survivance1/5
survivance
Survivorship. R.His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership. Bp. Burnet.
- uncompahgre1/5
uncompahgre
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microencapsulated
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- apparence1/5
appearance
- noun outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
visual aspect.
- noun the event of coming into sight
- noun outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
- dereferencing1/5
- unexperienced1/5
unexperienced
Not experienced; being without experience; inexperienced. Swift.
- uncontroverted1/5
- vicariance1/5
- unquenched1/5
unquenched
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- uncontentious1/5
- reconceptualisation1/5
reconceptualisation
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- noncentral1/5
noncentral
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- fonctionnaires1/5
- encina1/5
encina
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- encouragers1/5
encourager
One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
- nonconsenting1/5
nonconsenting
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- ancor1/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- videoconferences1/5
- counterevidence1/5
- kinch1/5
kinch
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- hemoconcentration1/5
hemoconcentration
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- elegancies1/5
elegancy
The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc. That grace that elegance affords. Drayton.
The endearing elegance of female friendship. Johnson.
A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. Hawthorne.
- peripancreatic1/5
- functionless1/5
functionless
Destitute of function, or of an appropriate organ. Darwin.
- rancherias1/5
- cancionero1/5
cancionero
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- uncharitableness1/5
uncharitableness
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- peribronchial1/5
- irreconcilability1/5
irreconcilability
The quality or state of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness.
- conchal1/5
conchal
(Anat.) Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the .conchal cartilage
- concernment1/5
concernment
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- idence1/5
idence
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- reconception1/5
reconception
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- irritancy1/5
irritancy
(Scots Law) The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity; forfeiture. Burrill.
- hinch1/5
hinch
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- downcomer1/5
downcome
Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow. Milton.
- nonconvertible1/5
nonconvertible
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- antiviolence1/5
- principalis1/5
principalis
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- ranche1/5
ranche
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- provinciality1/5
provinciality
The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a province. T. Warton.
- concentrative1/5
concentrative
Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration. A discrimination is only possible by a concentrative act, or act of attention. Sir W. Hamilton.
- unclarity1/5
- subjacency1/5
- uncharitably1/5
uncharitable
- adjective lacking love and generosity
- all pious words and uncharitable deeds"- Charles Reade
- adjective lacking love and generosity
- pancreaticoduodenal1/5
pancreaticoduodenal
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- nonconsecutive1/5
nonconsecutive
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- cancelation1/5
cancelation
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- occurences1/5
occurrence
- noun an event that happens
occurrent; natural event; happening.
- noun an instance of something occurring
- a disease of frequent occurrence
- the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets
- noun an event that happens
- concertino1/5
concertino
(Mus.) A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; -- more concise than the concerto.
- pendence1/5
pendence
Slope; inclination. Obs. Sir H. Wotton.
- commencer1/5
commencer
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- kincardine1/5
kincardine
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- sclerenchyma1/5
sclerenchyma
(Bot.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic .✍ By recent german writers and their English translation, this term is used for liber cells. Goodale.
- anconeus1/5
anconeus
(Anat.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
- reconcilement1/5
reconcilement
Reconciliation. Milton.
- portance1/5
portance
See Obs. Spenser. Shak.Port , carriage, demeanor.
- inconveniencies1/5
inconvenience
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
incommodiousness.
- noun a difficulty that causes anxiety
worriment; troublesomeness.
- noun an inconvenient discomfort
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- conchoidal1/5
conchoidal
(Min.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.
- vinculum1/5
vinculum
A bond of union; a tie.
- fencibles1/5
fencible
(Mil.) A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the pl.
- revanchist1/5
- annonce1/5
annonce
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- urgence1/5
urgence
Urgency. Obs.
- nonscience1/5
- puncheon1/5
puncheon
A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
- sanctifier1/5
sanctify
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow.
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; purify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
- synchondrosis1/5
synchondrosis
(Anat.) An immovable articulation in which the union is formed by cartilage. --Syn`chon*dro"si*al , a.
- inconscient1/5
inconscient
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- unchecking1/5
- bencher1/5
bench
- noun a long seat for more than one person
- noun a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
terrace.
- noun a long seat for more than one person
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- uncaught1/5
uncaught
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- subfunction1/5
subfunction
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- relaunching1/5
relaunching
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- indistinction1/5
indistinction
Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Sir T. Browne.
An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being agreeable to the will of God. Sprat.
- nuncius1/5
nuncius
(Roman & Old Eng. Law) (a) A messenger. (b) The information communicated.
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anchorwoman
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- nomenclatural1/5
nomenclatural
Pertaining or according to a nomenclature.
- irreconcilables1/5
irreconcilable
- adjective impossible to reconcile
unreconcilable.
- irreconcilable differences
- adjective impossible to reconcile
- inexistence1/5
inexistence
Inherence; subsistence . Bp. Hall.
- conchobar1/5
- cancelable1/5
cancelable
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- vincentian1/5
vincentian
Of or pertaining to Saint Vincent de Paul, or founded by him. R.
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- distinctio1/5
distinctio
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- incipiently1/5
incipient
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
inchoate.
- incipient civil disorder
- an incipient tumor
- a vague inchoate idea
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
- ponceau1/5
ponceau
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- reconveyance1/5
reconveyance
Act of reconveying.
- bancos1/5
banco
A bank, especially that of Venice. ✍ This term is used in some parts of Europe to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money, when this last has become depreciated.
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- unclench1/5
unclench
Same as Unclinch .
- incana1/5
incana
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- noncompeting1/5
noncompeting
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- postemergence1/5
- quenchers1/5
quencher
One who, or that which, quenches. Hammond.
- interpeduncular1/5
- inceptive1/5
inceptive
Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; --as, an ; -- called alsoinceptive proposition; aninceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of actioninchoative .In*cep"tive*ly , adv.
- chincha1/5
chincha
(Zoöl.) A south American rodent of the genus Lagotis .
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contestable
- adjective capable of being contested
- adjective capable of being contested
- ancle1/5
ankle
- noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
mortise joint; articulatio talocruralis; ankle joint.
- noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
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- incor1/5
incor
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- preemergence1/5
- ranchmen1/5
ranchman
An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman. Western U. S.
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- mincio1/5
- planches1/5
- inconnue1/5
inconnue
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- incompatibles1/5
incompatible
- adjective not compatible
- incompatible personalities
- incompatible colors
- adjective used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
antagonistic.
- adjective not compatible
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unconditionality
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- incontestability1/5
incontestability
The quality or state of being incontestable.
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- quaintance1/5
quaintance
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- synched1/5
synched
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- goncalo1/5
goncalo
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- provincializing1/5
provincialize
To render provincial. M. Arnold.
- linch1/5
linch
A ledge; a right-angled projection.
- capablanca1/5
capablanca
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- lancs1/5
lancs
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- sentencer1/5
sentencer
One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation.
- pinchers1/5
pinchers
An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc. ✍ This spelling is preferable to pincers, both on account of its derivation from the English pinch, and because it represents the common pronunciation.
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foncier
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reconcentration
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- vraisemblance1/5
vraisemblance
The appearance of truth; verisimilitude.
- incarnata1/5
incarnata
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franchisers
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plancus
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reconceptualising
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- puncheons1/5
puncheon
A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
- incidently1/5
incident
- noun a single distinct event
- noun a public disturbance
- the police investigated an incident at the bus station
- noun a single distinct event
- reincorporate1/5
reincorporate
To incorporate again.
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resentencing
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- sibilance1/5
sibilance
The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation. Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote . . . verses that hiss like Medusa's head in wrath. Lowell.
- persistance1/5
persistence
- noun the property of a continuous and connected period of time
continuity.
- noun persistent determination
perseverance; persistency; tenaciousness; doggedness; tenacity; pertinacity.
- noun the property of a continuous and connected period of time
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noncommunicative
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- concupiscible1/5
concupiscible
Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires. Shak.
- nonchemical1/5
- conciliarism1/5
- maintainance1/5
maintenance
- noun activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
upkeep; care.
- he wrote the manual on car care
- noun means of maintenance of a family or group
- noun activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
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crunchers
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- collenchyma1/5
collenchyma
(Bot.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.
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overinclusive
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idiosyncracy
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incrementalist
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noncorrosive
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- encycl1/5
encycl
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renunciate
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- sentencers1/5
sentencer
One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation.
- audiencias1/5
- concurso1/5
- recipiency1/5
recipiency
The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.
- dissemblance1/5
dissemblance
Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. R. Osborne.
- incipits1/5
- noncallable1/5
noncallable
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concertgoers
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syncline
(Geol.) A synclinal fold.
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elenchi
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- concetti1/5
- tinctorius1/5
tinctorius
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conjunctive
- noun an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
continuative; conjunction; connective.
- adjective serving or tending to connect
- noun an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
- uncorrupt1/5
- conceptualizer1/5
conceptualize
- verb have the idea for
gestate; conceive; conceptualise.
- He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients
- This library was well conceived
- verb have the idea for
- uncollectibles1/5
uncollectible
- adjective satellite not capable of being collected
bad.
- a bad (or uncollectible) debt
- adjective satellite not capable of being collected
- financer1/5
financer
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- efference1/5
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- concent1/5
concent
Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; Archaic. Bacon.as, a .concent of notesThat undisturbed song of pure concent. Milton.
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- disjunctively1/5
disjunctive
- adjective serving or tending to divide or separate
- adjective serving or tending to divide or separate
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oncet
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- punchinello1/5
punchinello
A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked. Spectator.
- uncleaned1/5
unclean
- adjective soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
soiled; dirty.
- dirty unswept sidewalks
- a child in dirty overalls
- dirty slums
- piles of dirty dishes
- put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
- wore an unclean shirt
- mining is a dirty job
- Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
- adjective having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws
impure.
- unclean meat
- and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3
- adjective soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
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unpronounced
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- unca1/5
unca
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interbranch
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enclitics
(Gram.) The art of declining and conjugating words.
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incentivize
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- ancestrally1/5
ancestral
- adjective satellite inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
patrimonial; transmissible; hereditary.
- ancestral home
- ancestral lore
- hereditary monarchy
- patrimonial estate
- transmissible tradition
- adjective of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
- adjective satellite inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- tinction1/5
tinction
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- unconfident1/5
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nonconstitutional
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- intendancy1/5
intendancy
The office or employment of an intendant.
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- francas1/5
francas
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underfinanced
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- manciple1/5
manciple
A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court. Chaucer.
- indigency1/5
indigency
Indigence. New indigencies founded upon new desires. South.
- nonconsumptive1/5
- noncomplying1/5
noncomplying
Neglecting or refusing to comply.
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- incisa1/5
incisa
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platyrhynchos
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- inconveniency1/5
inconveniency
Inconvenience.
- buncher1/5
bunch
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
clustering; cluster; clump.
- a bunch of trees
- a cluster of admirers
- noun an informal body of friends
gang; crowd; crew.
- he still hangs out with the same crowd
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
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unemancipated
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syncretist
One who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance; specifically(Eccl. Hist.) ,an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church.
- prononce1/5
pronounce
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
sound out; enunciate; articulate; say; enounce.
- She pronounces French words in a funny way
- I cannot say `zip wire'
- Can the child sound out this complicated word?
- verb pronounce judgment on
judge; label.
- They labeled him unfit to work here
- verb speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
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radiolucencies
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- runcible1/5
runcible
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- subagency1/5
subagency
A subordinate agency.
- minchah1/5
- afunctional1/5
afunctional
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incommunicability
The quality or state of being incommunicable, or incapable of being imparted.
- vinculo1/5
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- onca1/5
onca
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- dysfunctioning1/5
dysfunction
- noun (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group
disfunction.
- erectile dysfunction
- sexual relationship dysfunction
- noun (medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group
- misguidance1/5
misguidance
Wrong guidance.
- uncaptured1/5
- reexperienced1/5
reexperience
A renewed or repeated experience.
- fencepost1/5
fencepost
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unclarified
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banchi
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- incomer1/5
income
- noun the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
- noun the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
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- incentivized1/5
- intendencia1/5
intendencia
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- denouncer1/5
denouncer
One who denounces, or declares, as a menace. Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden.
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- noncertified1/5
- encreasing1/5
- lunchboxes1/5
lunchboxes
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- inertance1/5
- enunciator1/5
enunciator
One who enunciates or proclaims.
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- uncrossable1/5
- perdurance1/5
perdurance
Long continuance. Archaic
- punctation1/5
punctation
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- sistence1/5
sistence
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uncustomary
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uncelebrated
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encephalitic
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conveniency
The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak.
With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. Shak.
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- surance1/5
surance
Assurance. Obs. Shak.
- concealable1/5
concealable
Capable of being concealed.
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- difunctional1/5
- manches1/5
- outrance1/5
outrance
The utmost or last extremity.
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cancellable
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encyc
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- lucencies1/5
lucency
The quality of being lucent.
- incrementation1/5
- uncreate1/5
uncreate
To deprive of existence; to annihilate. Who can uncreate thee, thou shalt know. Milton.
- unclimbed1/5
- subconcepts1/5
- nuncupative1/5
nuncupative
Publicly or solemnly declaratory. Obs.
- dereferenced1/5
- geulincx1/5
- unclose1/5
unclose
To open; to separate the parts of; as, to .unclose a letter; tounclose one's eyes
- uncongested1/5
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nonconfidential
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- encipherment1/5
encipherment
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- nuancing1/5
nuance
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
nicety; refinement; subtlety; shade.
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- ancles1/5
ankle
- noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
mortise joint; articulatio talocruralis; ankle joint.
- noun a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
- nonclass1/5
nonclass
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uncourteous
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resynchronize
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- incertum1/5
incertum
Doubtful; not of definite form.
- afunction1/5
afunction
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nonconsent
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- convenance1/5
convenance
That which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient. And they missed Their wonted convenance, cheerly hid the loss. Emerson.
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denouncer
One who denounces, or declares, as a menace. Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden.
- unconstructed1/5
- rencounter1/5
rencounter
To meet unexpectedly; to encounter.
- uncovenanted1/5
uncovenanted
Not covenanted; not granted or entered into under a covenant, agreement, or contract. Bp. Horsley.
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- mergence1/5
mergence
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- autoincrement1/5
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flouncy
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- nonindependence1/5
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- vibrance1/5
vibrance
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- encyst1/5
encyst
To inclose in a cyst.
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ranchland
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- nunciature1/5
nunciature
The office of a nuncio. Clarendon.
- incra1/5
- uncontracted1/5
- uncapping1/5
uncap
To remove a cap or cover from.
- greenfinch1/5
greenfinch
A European finch ( Ligurinus chloris ); -- called alsogreen bird ,green linnet ,green grosbeak ,green olf ,greeny , andpeasweep .
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cancellers
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- incommensurables1/5
incommensurable
- adjective satellite impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence
- adjective satellite not having a common factor
- adjective satellite impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence
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noncohesive
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francolin
(Zoöl.) A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris ) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia.
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deliquescence
The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.
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conceptualist
(Metaph.) One who maintains the theory of conceptualism. Stewart.
- incumbered1/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- fencerows1/5
- encumbrancer1/5
encumbrancer
(Law) Same as Incumbrancer .
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- bancs1/5
banc
A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
- elenctic1/5
elenctic
(Logic) Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.
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concinna
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indifferency
Absence of interest in, or influence from, anything; unconcernedness; equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference. Gladstone.To give ourselves to a detestable indifferency or neutrality in this cause. Fuller.
Moral liberty . . . does not, after all, consist in a power of indifferency, or in a power of choosing without regard to motives. Hazlitt.
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encystment
(Biol.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. ✍ The animal (a) first contracts its body to a globular mass (b) and then secretes a transparent cyst (c), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e), each of which attains freedom by the bursting of the cyst, and becomes an individual animal.
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principial
Elementary. Obs. Bacon.
- noncoverage1/5
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concerted
- adjective satellite involving the joint activity of two or more
conjunct; cooperative; conjunctive.
- concerted action
- the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind
- the conjunctive focus of political opposition
- a cooperative effort
- a united effort
- joint military activities
- verb contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
concert.
- adjective satellite involving the joint activity of two or more
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incroyable
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noncomparable
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noncontradictory
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- noncontributing1/5
noncontributing
Not contributing.
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reconceptualizations
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canceler
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fonctionnaire
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incapable
- adjective (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability
- incapable of carrying a tune
- he is incapable of understanding the matter
- incapable of doing the work
- adjective satellite not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of')
- incapable of solution
- adjective (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability
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- incorrigibles1/5
incorrigible
- adjective impervious to correction by punishment
- adjective impervious to correction by punishment
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provencale
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unconsoled
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preannounce
To announce beforehand. Coleridge.
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functionalistic
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overconcern
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inclinable
Leaning; tending. Likely and inclinable to fall. Bentley.
- inconnus1/5
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keypunch
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suspense
- noun apprehension about what is going to happen
- noun an uncertain cognitive state
- the matter remained in suspense for several years
- noun apprehension about what is going to happen
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tinctorial
Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; Ure.as, .tinctorial matter
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concretionary
Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions.
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villancico
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uncooperativeness
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postconception
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truncata
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incomplete
- adjective not complete or total; not completed
uncomplete.
- an incomplete account of his life
- political consequences of incomplete military success
- an incomplete forward pass
- adjective satellite not yet finished
uncompleted.
- his thesis is still incomplete
- an uncompleted play
- adjective not complete or total; not completed
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geosyncline
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leclanche
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unconsenting
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reencounter
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enchainment
The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.
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disaffirmance
The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.
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plancher
A floor of wood; also, a plank. Obs. Bacon.
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inch
- noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
in.
- noun a unit of measurement for advertising space
column inch.
- noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
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inchers
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encashment
(Eng. Banking) The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.
- encyclopædia1/5
encyclopædia
The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.
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joyance
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renunciatory
Pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as, .renunciatory vows
- incog1/5
incog
Incognito. Colloq.Depend upon it -- he'll remain incog. Addison.
- noncareer1/5
- encaged1/5
encage
To confine in a cage; to coop up. Shak.
- eminency1/5
eminency
State of being eminent; eminence. "Eminency of estate." Tillotson.
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nonclassic
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incurve
To bend; to curve; to make crooked.
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prononcé
Strongly marked; decided, as in manners, etc.
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- concernments1/5
- significancy1/5
significancy
The quality or state of being significant.
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noncontrollable
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deficience
Same as Deficiency .Thou in thyself art perfect, and in thee Is no deficience found. Milton.
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punctiform
Having the form of a point.
- chaunce1/5
chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunity.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
fortune; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
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vincentian
Of or pertaining to Saint Vincent de Paul, or founded by him. R.
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unclamp
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wrenching
- adjective satellite causing great physical or mental suffering
racking.
- a wrenching pain
- verb twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
twist; wrench.
- wrench a window off its hinges
- wrench oneself free from somebody's grip
- a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest
- adjective satellite causing great physical or mental suffering
- inconsequentiality1/5
inconsequentiality
The state of being inconsequential.
- uncia1/5
uncia
(Rom. Antiq.) A twelfth part, as of the Roman as; an ounce.
- peduncular1/5
peduncular
Of or pertaining to a peduncle; growing from a peduncle; as, a .peduncular tendril
- uncited1/5
- uncashed1/5
uncashed
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- pronunciamiento1/5
pronunciamiento
See Pronunciamento .
- descendance1/5
descendance
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- noncomputer1/5
noncomputer
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- connoissance1/5
connoissance
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noncreative
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- emancipists1/5
- overconcentration1/5
overconcentration
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- enclaved1/5
enclave
- noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
- noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
- encephalomyocarditis1/5
encephalomyocarditis
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- uncataloged1/5
- bronchospastic1/5
- incurrent1/5
incurrent
(Zoöl.) Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the .incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca
- scrunchie1/5
scrunchie
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- opponency1/5
opponency
The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree. Eng. Todd.
- mincy1/5
mincy
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- subprovince1/5
subprovince
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- unenfranchised1/5
unenfranchised
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- percipience1/5
percipience
The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception. Mrs. Browning.
- cancha1/5
cancha
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- uncapable1/5
uncapable
Incapable. Obs. "Uncapable of conviction." Locke.
- uncircumscribed1/5
- expectance1/5
expectance
The act of expecting ; expectation. Milton.
- rainclouds1/5
- sundrenched1/5
- nonconsumable1/5
- defenceman1/5
- noncoital1/5
- reincorporating1/5
reincorporate
To incorporate again.
- noncriminals1/5
noncriminals
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- uncolonized1/5
- ardency1/5
ardency
Heat. R. Sir T. Herbert.
- noncorporeal1/5
- correspondency1/5
correspondency
Same as Correspondence , 3.The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be very reasonable confirmations. S. Clarke.
- punctus1/5
punctus
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- pancaked1/5
pancake
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
flapjack; flannel-cake; hot cake; hotcake; griddlecake; flapcake; battercake; flannel cake.
- noun a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
- zincum1/5
- photoreconnaissance1/5
photoreconnaissance
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- encinal1/5
- counterviolence1/5
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- bancassurance1/5
- bronchodilatation1/5
bronchodilatation
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- nomenclator1/5
nomenclator
One who calls persons or things by their names. ✍ In Rome, candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator, who informed the candidate of the names of the persons whom they met and whose votes it was desirable to solicit.
- inappetence1/5
inappetence
Want of appetency; want of desire.
- enclisis1/5
- concealers1/5
concealer
One who conceals.
- glancingly1/5
glance
- noun a quick look
coup d'oeil; glimpse.
- verb throw a glance at; take a brief look at
peek; glint.
- She only glanced at the paper
- I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting
- noun a quick look
- uncrushed1/5
- inconsistence1/5
inconsistence
Inconsistency.
- uncomforted1/5
uncomforted
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- trinchera1/5
trinchera
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- unclassical1/5
- noncrisis1/5
- punct1/5
punct
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- compunctious1/5
compunctious
Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction. That no compunctious vistings of nature Shake my fell purpose. Shak.
- incommensurabilities1/5
incommensurability
The quality or state of being incommensurable. Reid.
- nonpresence1/5
- occupance1/5
occupance
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- uncap1/5
uncap
To remove a cap or cover from.
- nonconservation1/5
- lancha1/5
lancha
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- uncouplers1/5
- bronchoconstrictor1/5
bronchoconstrictor
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- fencerow1/5
fencerow
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- ultimobranchial1/5
- punctations1/5
- readvance1/5
readvance
To advance again.
- unceded1/5
- puncto1/5
puncto
A nice point of form or ceremony. Bacon.
- pancreatoduodenectomy1/5
pancreatoduodenectomy
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- vicegerency1/5
vicegerency
The office of a vicegerent. South.
- doncella1/5
doncella
(Zoöl.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies ( Platyglossus radiatus ). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa ) of the same region.
- bipunctata1/5
bipunctata
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- hyperfunctional1/5
- unclustered1/5
- alliancing1/5
alliance
- noun the state of being allied or confederated
confederation.
- noun a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
bond.
- the shifting alliances within a large family
- their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them
- noun the state of being allied or confederated
- reconceptualizes1/5
- anchoveta1/5
- uncoined1/5
uncoined
Not coined, or minted; Locke.as, .uncoined silver
- unincumbered1/5
unincumbered
Not incumbered; not burdened.
- unchastened1/5
unchastened
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- preincorporation1/5
- nonciliated1/5
- congruencies1/5
- fancifulness1/5
fancifulness
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- elegancy1/5
elegancy
The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc. That grace that elegance affords. Drayton.
The endearing elegance of female friendship. Johnson.
A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. Hawthorne.
- fencible1/5
fencible
(Mil.) A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the pl.
- functionalize1/5
functionalize
To assign to some function or office. R.
- tranchant1/5
- countersurveillance1/5
countersurveillance
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- noncarriers1/5
- arborescence1/5
arborescence
The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the .arborescence produced by precipitating silver
- renunciates1/5
- unconfounded1/5
unconfounded
Not confounded. Bp. Warburton.
- nonconstructive1/5
nonconstructive
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- rejuvenescence1/5
rejuvenescence
A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.
- punctated1/5
punctated
Pointed; ending in a point or points.
- bronchography1/5
- noncustomers1/5
- syncom1/5
syncom
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- discordancy1/5
discordancy
State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency. There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion. I. Taylor.
- cancerian1/5
cancerian
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- dysfunctionally1/5
dysfunctional
- adjective satellite impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ
- adjective satellite (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose
nonadaptive.
- dysfunctional behavior
- adjective satellite impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ
- scrunchy1/5
scrunchy
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- uncondensed1/5
uncondensed
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- querencia1/5
- punctatum1/5
punctatum
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- clairsentience1/5
- reentrance1/5
reentrance
The act entereing again; rentry. Hooker.
- uncriticized1/5
- nonconsciously1/5
nonconscious
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- nonconscious psychic processes
- adjective satellite relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- lunchmeat1/5
- increaser1/5
increaser
One who, or that, increases.
- lowance1/5
lowance
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- uncancelled1/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- mancala1/5
- reperformance1/5
reperformance
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- linctus1/5
linctus
Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
- ganancias1/5
- subconcept1/5
subconcept
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- punchlines1/5
punchlines
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- kremenchug1/5
- nonacquiescence1/5
nonacquiescence
Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.
- chancers1/5
chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
opportunity.
- the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
- now is your chance
- noun an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
fortune; hazard; luck.
- bad luck caused his downfall
- we ran into each other by pure chance
- noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
- fragranced1/5
fragrance
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
perfume; scent; aroma.
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
bouquet; redolence; fragrancy; sweetness.
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
- uncharred1/5
- noncommunists1/5
noncommunists
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- incudostapedial1/5
- panchama1/5
panchama
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- cotenancy1/5
- noncompletion1/5
noncompletion
Lack of completion; failure to complete.
- concelebrated1/5
concelebrate
To celebrate together. Obs. Holland.
- fulgence1/5
fulgence
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- surgency1/5
surgency
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manchurians
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- nonconcurrent1/5
nonconcurrent
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- respondence1/5
respondence
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- honeybunch1/5
- bronchia1/5
bronchia
(Anat.) The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi. Dunglison.
- nonsignificance1/5
- convincement1/5
convincement
Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction. R.The fear of a convincement. Milton.
- francophilia1/5
- epibranchial1/5
epibranchial
(Anat.) Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch. --n. An epibranchial cartilage or bone.
- reconvergence1/5
- misgovernance1/5
misgovernance
Misgovernment; misconduct; misbehavior. Obs. Chaucer. Spenser.
- noncoincidence1/5
noncoincidence
Lack of coincidence.
- noncommitment1/5
- arrogancy1/5
arrogance
- noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
high-handedness; haughtiness; hauteur; lordliness.
- noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
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- coanchor1/5
- punctuational1/5
punctuational
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- manchineel1/5
manchineel
(Bot.) A euphorbiaceous tree ( Hippomane Mancinella ) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple.
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- uncourtly1/5
- incuriously1/5
incurious
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them
- adjective showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity
- incent1/5
incent
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- inhabitance1/5
inhabitant
- noun a person who inhabits a particular place
indweller; habitant; dweller; denizen.
- noun a person who inhabits a particular place
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dezincification
The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the removal of zinc.
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subbranches
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- inchoately1/5
inchoate
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
incipient.
- incipient civil disorder
- an incipient tumor
- a vague inchoate idea
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
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preannouncement
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- nonclassroom1/5
- muttonchop1/5
muttonchop
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- noncredible1/5
- functionalizing1/5
functionalize
To assign to some function or office. R.
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- semienclosed1/5
- intelligencers1/5
intelligencer
One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a messenger. All the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies, and all the intelligencers . . . acted solely upon that principle. Burke.
- noncomplementary1/5
- concessit1/5
- encierro1/5
- convenances1/5
convenance
That which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient. And they missed Their wonted convenance, cheerly hid the loss. Emerson.
- concordantly1/5
concordant
- adjective satellite in keeping
agreeable; consonant; accordant; conformable.
- salaries agreeable with current trends
- plans conformable with your wishes
- expressed views concordant with his background
- adjective satellite being of the same opinion
concurring.
- adjective satellite in keeping
- nonchurch1/5
- poncy1/5
poncy
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- uncommunicated1/5
- unconstant1/5
unconstant
Not constant; inconstant; fickle; changeable. Obs. Shak. --Un*con"stant*ly , adv. Obs. --Un*con"stant*ness , n. Obs.
- multibranched1/5
- mooncalf1/5
mooncalf
A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter, generated in the uterus.
- cancelli1/5
cancelli
An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the have of a church, or in a window.
- incentivizing1/5
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noncompulsory
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- comanchero1/5
comanchero
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muttonchops
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- nonchronological1/5
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lanceolatus
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- haunched1/5
haunch
- noun the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
- noun the loin and leg of a quadruped
- noun the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
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- estancieros1/5
- unconceivable1/5
unconceivable
Inconceivable. Obs. Locke. --Un`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness , n. Obs. --Un`con*ceiv"a*bly , adv. Obs.
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presidence
See Obs.Presidency .
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dominancy
Predominance; ascendency; authority.
- encephalic1/5
encephalic
(Anat.) Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.
- francophobia1/5
- concelebration1/5
concelebration
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- idempotency1/5
- concavo1/5
concavo
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- incaic1/5
- prevalency1/5
prevalency
See Prevalence .
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- unconcealing1/5
- substanceless1/5
substanceless
Having no substance; unsubstantial. R. Coleridge.
- unconservative1/5
- repellence1/5
repellence
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- semence1/5
semence
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incandescent
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
candent.
- an incandescent bulb
- adjective satellite characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
- an incandescent performance
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
- conferenced1/5
conference
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- noun an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
league.
- noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
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- intendance1/5
intendance
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- unchangingly1/5
unchanging
- adjective satellite conforming to the same principles or course of action over time
- adjective satellite showing little if any change
static; stable.
- a static population
- adjective satellite conforming to the same principles or course of action over time
- planch1/5
planch
A plank. Obs. Ld. Berners.
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- relance1/5
- incrementer1/5
increment
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
increase; growth.
- the increase in unemployment
- the growth of population
- noun the amount by which something increases
increase.
- they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare
- noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- chanco1/5
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fenceless
Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless. Milton.
- sithence1/5
sithence
Since. See Obs. Piers Plowman.Sith , andSithen .
- uncoupler1/5
uncouple
- verb disconnect or separate
decouple.
- uncouple the hounds
- verb disconnect or separate
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emittances
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- noncommitted1/5
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- nonconsumption1/5
nonconsumption
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- subbranch1/5
subbranch
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lanceolatum
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- antiresonance1/5
- unclosing1/5
unclose
To open; to separate the parts of; as, to .unclose a letter; tounclose one's eyes
- uncharismatic1/5
- incuse1/5
incuse
(Numismatics) Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving. "Irregular incuse square." Dr. W. Smith.
- stanchest1/5
stanch
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
staunch; halt; stem.
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
- verb stop the flow of a liquid
- uncondemned1/5
- crunchiness1/5
crunchiness
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- reconnoissances1/5
reconnoissance
The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey. Specifically:(a) (Geol.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character .(b) (Engin.) An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work .(c) (Mil.) An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition.
- noncontextual1/5
- unclipping1/5
- pedunculata1/5
pedunculata
(Zoöl.) A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles.
- cancerization1/5
- tinnunculus1/5
tinnunculus
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- hypobranchial1/5
hypobranchial
(Anat.) Pertaining to the segment between the basibranchial and the ceratobranchial in a branchial arch. --n. A hypobranchial bone or cartilage.
- encreases1/5
increase
- noun a quantity that is added
addition; gain.
- there was an addition to property taxes this year
- they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks
- noun a change resulting in an increase
- the increase is scheduled for next month
- noun a quantity that is added
- adjunctively1/5
adjunctive
- adjective satellite joining; forming an adjunct
- adjective satellite joining; forming an adjunct
- inclusa1/5
inclusa
(Zoöl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer ( Teredo navalis ) is an example.
- unculturable1/5
- protoconch1/5
protoconch
(Zoöl.) The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods.
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melancholically
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- entrancingly1/5
entrancing
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
captivating; fascinating; bewitching; enthralling; enchanting.
- bewitching smile
- Roosevelt was a captivating speaker
- enchanting music
- an enthralling book
- antique papers of entrancing design
- a fascinating woman
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; beguile; charm; catch; becharm; enchant; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
- adjective satellite capturing interest as if by a spell
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- nonconvergence1/5
- vehemency1/5
vehemency
Vehemence. R.The vehemency of your affection. Shak.
- rebalances1/5
- bancha1/5
bancha
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- readmittance1/5
readmittance
Allowance to enter again; a second admission.
- garance1/5
- lench1/5
lench
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- incongruently1/5
incongruent
- adjective not congruent
- adjective not congruent
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- nonconsumer1/5
- geosynclinal1/5
geosynclinal
(Geol.) the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal.
- disallowances1/5
disallowance
The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection. Syn. -- Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.
- encratite1/5
encratite
(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent .
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geosynclines
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- flagrancy1/5
flagrancy
A burning; great heat; inflammation. Obs.Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. Bacon.
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- fiancés1/5
- conching1/5
conch
- noun any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
- noun any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
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incalculability
The quality or state of being incalculable.
- superintendencies1/5
superintendency
The act of superintending; superintendence. Boyle.
- noninclusive1/5
noninclusive
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nonconflicting
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- raincheck1/5
- branchiostegal1/5
branchiostegal
(Anat.) Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes. --n. (Anat.) A branchiostegal ray. See Illustration of Branchial arches in Appendix.✍ This term was formerly applied to a group of fishes having boneless branchiæ. But the arrangement was artificial, and has been rejected.
- blepharoconjunctivitis1/5
blepharoconjunctivitis
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- noncommital1/5
- uncinata1/5
uncinata
(Zoöl.) A division of marine chætopod annelids which are furnished with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas.
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conjunctional
Relating to a conjunction.
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- conche1/5
conch
- noun any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
- noun any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
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pencraft
Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.
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reluctancy
The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against. "Tempering the severity of his looks with a reluctance to the action." Dryden.He had some reluctance to obey the summons. Sir W. Scott.
Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy Her helpless innocence I doom to die. Dryden.
- equipollence1/5
equipollence
Equality of power, force, signification, or application. Boyle.
- noncongruent1/5
- pencillings1/5
pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- noun graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
- the words were scribbled in pencil
- this artist's favorite medium is pencil
- noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
- nunchaku1/5
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- emancipist1/5
emancipist
A freed convict. Australia
- unchronicled1/5
- fancily1/5
fancy
- noun something many people believe that is false
phantasy; fantasy; illusion.
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- noun something many people believe that is false
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incompossible
Not capable of joint existence; incompatible; inconsistent. Obs.Ambition and faith . . . are . . . incompossible. Jer. Taylor.
--In`com*pos`si*bil"i*ty n. Obs.
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- frontbench1/5
frontbench
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- rancer1/5
rancer
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- penche1/5
penche
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reacquaintance
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- enceintes1/5
enceinte
- adjective satellite in an advanced stage of pregnancy
heavy; great; with child; gravid; big; expectant; large.
- was big with child
- was great with child
- adjective satellite in an advanced stage of pregnancy
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suppliance
That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction. R.The perfume and suppliance of a minute. Shak.
- elance1/5
elance
To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart. R.While thy unerring hand elanced . . . a dart. Prior.
- unconducive1/5
- omnipotency1/5
omnipotency
The state of being omnipotent; almighty power; hence, one who is omnipotent; the Deity. Will Omnipotence neglect to save The suffering virtue of the wise and brave? Pope.
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- concedo1/5
- anticoincidence1/5
- manchette1/5
- nonclassified1/5
- tranchet1/5
- resentenced1/5
- branchiostoma1/5
branchiostoma
(Zoöl.) The lancelet. See Amphioxus .
- pancratium1/5
pancratium
(Gr. Antiq.) An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.
- mancipation1/5
mancipation
Slavery; involuntary servitude. Obs. Johnson.
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- dereferences1/5
- unce1/5
unce
A claw. Obs.
- sacrosanctity1/5
- parafunction1/5
parafunction
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- preperformance1/5
- uncopyrighted1/5
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- uncapitalized1/5
uncapitalized
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- enculturate1/5
enculturate
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- creance1/5
creance
Faith; belief; creed. Obs. Chaucer.
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greenfinch
A European finch ( Ligurinus chloris ); -- called alsogreen bird ,green linnet ,green grosbeak ,green olf ,greeny , andpeasweep .
- blancher1/5
blanch
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
blench; pale.
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
parboil.
- Parboil the beans before freezing them
- verb turn pale, as if in fear
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incorp
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- signficance1/5
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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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noncancellable
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- incomposite1/5
incomposite
Not composite; uncompounded; simple.
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enunciatory
Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation or utterance.
- noncontent1/5
noncontent
(British House of Lords) One who gives a negative vote; -- sometimes abridged into noncon. or non con.
- encashed1/5
encash
(Eng. Banking) To turn into cash; to cash. Sat. Rev.
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- inconjunct1/5
- roncador1/5
roncador
(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of California sciænoid food fishes, especially Roncador Stearnsi , which is an excellent market fish, and the red roncador (Corvina, ∨ Johnius, saturna ).
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- nonconjugated1/5
- cinctus1/5
cinctus
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- conceder1/5
concede
- verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
confess; profess.
- She confessed that she had taken the money
- verb be willing to concede
yield; grant.
- I grant you this much
- verb admit (to a wrongdoing)
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synclinorium
(Geol.) A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning. Dana.
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- uncomfort1/5
uncomfort
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- cadencing1/5
cadence
- noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
beat; metre; meter; measure.
- noun the close of a musical section
- noun (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
- uncowed1/5
- preannouncements1/5
preannouncements
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- incommensurably1/5
incommensurable
- adjective satellite impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence
- adjective satellite not having a common factor
- adjective satellite impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence
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- triconch1/5
- noncirculating1/5
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nonincumbent
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- prosencephalic1/5
prosencephalic
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.
- cancrum1/5
- concentratedly1/5
concentrated
- adjective gathered together or made less diffuse
- their concentrated efforts
- his concentrated attention
- concentrated study
- a narrow thread of concentrated ore
- verb make denser, stronger, or purer
concentrate.
- concentrate juice
- adjective gathered together or made less diffuse
- manchet1/5
manchet
Fine white bread; a loaf of fine bread. Archaic Bacon. Tennyson.
- vancouverites1/5
- concelebrants1/5
- nonresidence1/5
nonresidence
The state or condition of being nonresident, Swift.
- encheiridion1/5
- uncommanded1/5
- presentencing1/5
- whencesoever1/5
whencesoever
From what place soever; from what cause or source soever. Any idea, whencesoever we have it. Locke.
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provincialization
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prosobranch
(Zoöl.) One of the Prosobranchiata.
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nonclerical
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- unchristened1/5
unchristened
Not christened; as, an .unchristened child
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incunable
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- frenchification1/5
- blanchisseuse1/5
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- villafranchian1/5
- noncutting1/5
- unintelligence1/5
unintelligence
Absence or lack of intelligence; unwisdom; ignorance. Bp. Hall.
- spences1/5
spence
A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. Chiefly Brit. dial. [MW10] In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered. Sir W. Scott.
Bluff Harry broke into the spence, And turned the cowls adrift. Tennyson.
- enculturating1/5
- bronchophony1/5
bronchophony
A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease.
- desinence1/5
desinence
Termination; ending. Bp. Hall.
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oncost
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- concio1/5
concio
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concomitant
- noun an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
attendant; accompaniment; co-occurrence.
- adjective satellite following or accompanying as a consequence
accompanying; incidental; consequent; attendant; resultant; sequent; ensuant.
- an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
- snags incidental to the changeover in management
- attendant circumstances
- the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
- the ensuant response to his appeal
- the resultant savings were considerable
- noun an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- subprovincial1/5
- punchin1/5
punchin
See Puncheon .
- preincarnate1/5
- nuncle1/5
nuncle
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- hanced1/5
hance
To raise; to elevate. Obs. Lydgate.
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cincinnatian
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- uncloistered1/5
uncloister
To release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion; to set free; to liberate.
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omnicompetence
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internuncial
Of or pertaining to an internuncio.
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- inconscience1/5
- raincloud1/5
raincloud
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lincoln's
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- dunch1/5
dunch
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inclusionist
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unct
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dependency
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
dependance; dependence.
- noun being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
dependance; addiction; habituation; dependence.
- noun the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
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- indulgencies1/5
- correspondencies1/5
correspondency
Same as Correspondence , 3.The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be very reasonable confirmations. S. Clarke.
- overconcerned1/5
- uncinatum1/5
uncinatum
(Anat.) The unciform bone.
- incunabulum1/5
incunabulum
A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before A. D. 1500.
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- incluse1/5
- noncommutativity1/5
- preconcert1/5
preconcert
To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement.
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concurrent
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
co-occurrent; coinciding; simultaneous; coincident; cooccurring; coincidental.
- a series of coincident events
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
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- concolorous1/5
concolorous
(Zoöl.) Of the same color throughout.
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francolin
(Zoöl.) A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris ) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia.
- encash1/5
encash
(Eng. Banking) To turn into cash; to cash. Sat. Rev.
- crance1/5
crance
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- concaves1/5
concave
- adjective curving inward
- adjective curving inward
- adamancy1/5
adamancy
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noncondensing
(Steam Engine) Not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.
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anchorless
Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
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- unconceptualized1/5
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scrunchies
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novemcinctus
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- princelet1/5
princelet
A petty prince. R.
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unclerical
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archchancellor
A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.
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incrementalists
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reconceptions
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- nonpreference1/5
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- rancorously1/5
rancorous
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley
- adjective satellite showing deep-seated resentment
- heritance1/5
heritance
Heritage; inheritance. R.Robbing their children of the heritance Their fathers handed down Southey.
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zincate
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cinchonism
(Med.) A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.
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cardunculus
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syncretist
One who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance; specifically(Eccl. Hist.) ,an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church.
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- concaved1/5
concave
- adjective curving inward
- adjective curving inward
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- downcourt1/5
downcourt
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noncarbonate
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meningoencephalocele
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conchological
(Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology.
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- sistency1/5
sistency
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rinceau
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intendancy
The office or employment of an intendant.
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acquiesence
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unchilled
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- incide1/5
incide
To cut; to separate and remove; to resolve or break up, as by medicines. Obs. Arbuthnot.
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haemoconcentration
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inconsonant
Not consonant or agreeing; inconsistent; discordant. --In*con"so*nant*ly , adv.
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- blancard1/5
blancard
A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanches before it is woven.
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- incuriosity1/5
incuriosity
Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference. Sir H. Wotton.
- tinctorum1/5
tinctorum
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- lyncher1/5
lynch
- verb kill without legal sanction
- The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child
- verb kill without legal sanction
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clarenceux
(Her.) See King-at-arms .
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incredulousness
Incredulity.
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feasance
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increaser
One who, or that, increases.
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uncoffined
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disjunctive
- adjective serving or tending to divide or separate
- adjective serving or tending to divide or separate
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turgescence
The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent. Sir T. Browne.
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- unsequenced1/5
- nuncheon1/5
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- predominancy1/5
predominancy
Predominance. Bacon.
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- noncarbon1/5
noncarbon
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convincer
One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof.
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- subordinance1/5
subordinance
Subordinacy; subordination. Obs. Dr. H. More. Sir W. Temple.
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kench
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efficience
The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency. The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us. Hooker.
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- noncomputerized1/5
- resentence1/5
resentence
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incandescent
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
candent.
- an incandescent bulb
- adjective satellite characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
- an incandescent performance
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
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relaunches
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- increate1/5
increate
To create within. R.
- cartomancy1/5
cartomancy
The act of telling fortunes with cards.
- nonconference1/5
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concinnity
Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse. R.An exact concinnity and eveness of fancy. Howell.
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sclerenchymatous
(Bot. & Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma.
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noncorrespondence
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vergences
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indignance
Indignation. Obs. Spenser.
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uncorruptible
Incorruptible. "The glory of the uncorruptible God." Rom. i. 23.
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encomiast
One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke.
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preconcentrate
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- inconstance1/5
inconstance
Inconstancy. Chaucer.
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encephalomyelopathy
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unincorporate
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recreancy
The quality or state of being recreant.
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pance
(Bot.) The pansy. Also paunce .
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opisthobranch
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anconeal
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.
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punchy
Short and thick, or fat.
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enchase
To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn. Enchased with a wanton ivy twine. Spenser.
An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced. Mickle.
- indistinctive1/5
indistinctive
Having nothing distinctive; common. --In`dis*tinc"tive*ness , n.
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incompletion
Want of completion; incompleteness. Smart.
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countertendencies
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synchronistically
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sonance
A sound; a tune; Obs. Shak.as, to sound the tucket .sonance
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zincite
(Min.) Native zinc oxide; a brittle, translucent mineral, of an orange-red color; -- called also red zinc ore , andred oxide of zinc .
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uncensured
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sequency
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pinchcock
A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.
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conjunct
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals of a second
- conjunct motion of an ascending scale
- adjective satellite bound in close association
- conjunct influences
- conjunct ideas
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals of a second
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conceptacle
That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. Obs. Woodward.
- mancus1/5
mancus
An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money.
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noncon
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anchoret
One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. Written by some authors anachoret .Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.
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deviancies
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rhamphorhynchus
(Paleon.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.
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reexperience
A renewed or repeated experience.
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siphuncle
(Zoöl.) The tube which runs through the partitions of chambered cephalopod shells.
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conchoid
(Geom.) A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.
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uncontrol
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incorruptible
- adjective satellite incapable of being morally corrupted
- incorruptible judges are the backbone of the society
- adjective satellite incapable of being morally corrupted
- noncontract1/5
noncontract
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- reoccurrences1/5
reoccurrences
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- uninclosed1/5
uninclosed
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- unconsulted1/5
- uncanceled1/5
cancel
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
natural.
- verb postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
scratch; scrub; call off.
- Call off the engagement
- cancel the dinner party
- we had to scrub our vacation plans
- scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
- noun a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- uncentralized1/5
- incompossibility1/5
- incept1/5
incept
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- inceptor1/5
inceptor
A beginner; one in the rudiments. Johnson.
- ceratobranchial1/5
ceratobranchial
(Anat.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial in a branchial arch. --n. A ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage.
- tunca1/5
tunca
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- recommencer1/5
- incontrollable1/5
incontrollable
Not controllable; uncontrollable. -- South.In`con*trol"la*bly , adv.
- concessionaries1/5
- uncivic1/5
- encratism1/5
- canoncito1/5
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