ny: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ny
- colony«Word Popularity Bar5/5
colony
- noun a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
settlement.
- the American colony in Paris
- noun a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
- noun a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
- germany5/5
germany
- noun a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
Deutschland; FRG; Federal Republic of Germany.
- noun a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
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company
- noun an institution created to conduct business
- he only invests in large well-established companies
- he started the company in his garage
- noun small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- noun an institution created to conduct business
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harmony
- noun compatibility in opinion and action
harmoniousness.
- noun the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords
musical harmony.
- noun compatibility in opinion and action
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destiny
- noun an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
fate.
- noun the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
fate.
- we are helpless in the face of destiny
- noun an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- johnny5/5
johnny
A familiar diminutive of John .
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tiny
- adjective satellite very small
bantam; petite; diminutive; midget; flyspeck; lilliputian.
- diminutive in stature
- a lilliputian chest of drawers
- her petite figure
- tiny feet
- the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
- adjective satellite very small
- testimony5/5
testimony
- noun a solemn statement made under oath
- noun an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact
- according to his own testimony he can't do it
- noun a solemn statement made under oath
- deny5/5
deny
- verb declare untrue; contradict
- He denied the allegations
- She denied that she had taken money
- verb refuse to accept or believe
- He denied his fatal illness
- verb declare untrue; contradict
- ceremony5/5
ceremony
- noun a formal event performed on a special occasion
ceremonial occasion; observance; ceremonial.
- a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
- noun any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
- the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine
- he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball
- he disposed of it without ceremony
- noun a formal event performed on a special occasion
- funny5/5
funny
- noun an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
funny story; funny remark; good story.
- she told a funny story
- she made a funny
- adjective satellite arousing or provoking laughter
risible; mirthful; amusing; laughable; comic; comical.
- an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
- an amusing fellow
- a comic hat
- a comical look of surprise
- funny stories that made everybody laugh
- a very funny writer
- it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
- a mirthful experience
- risible courtroom antics
- noun an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
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anthony
- noun Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
Marcus Antonius; Mark Antony; Antonius; Mark Anthony; Antony.
- noun United States suffragist (1820-1906)
Susan Anthony; Susan Brownell Anthony; Susan B. Anthony.
- noun Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
- accompany5/5
accompany
- verb be present or associated with an event or entity
attach to; come with; go with.
- French fries come with the hamburger
- heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue
- fish usually goes with white wine
- this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries
- verb go or travel along with
- The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere
- verb be present or associated with an event or entity
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irony
- noun witty language used to convey insults or scorn
sarcasm; satire; caustic remark.
- he used sarcasm to upset his opponent
- irony is wasted on the stupid
- Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift
- noun incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
- the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated
- noun witty language used to convey insults or scorn
- scrutiny5/5
scrutiny
- noun the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
examination.
- noun a prolonged intense look
- noun the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
- many5/5
many
- adjective a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
- many temptations
- the temptations are many
- a good many
- a great many
- many directions
- take as many apples as you like
- too many clouds to see
- never saw so many people
- adjective a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
- any5/5
any
- adjective satellite one or some or every or all without specification
whatsoever; whatever.
- give me any peaches you don't want
- not any milk is left
- any child would know that
- pick any card
- any day now
- cars can be rented at almost any airport
- at twilight or any other time
- beyond any doubt
- need any help we can get
- give me whatever peaches you don't want
- no milk whatsoever is left
- adverb to any degree or extent
- it isn't any better
- adjective satellite one or some or every or all without specification
- tony5/5
tony
A simpleton. L'Estrange.A pattern and companion fit For all the keeping tonies of the pit. Dryden.
- albany4/5
albany
- noun state capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river
capital of New York.
- noun a town in southwest Georgia; processing center for peanuts and pecans
- noun state capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river
- skinny4/5
skinny
- noun confidential information about a topic or person
- he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner
- adjective satellite being very thin
underweight; boney; scraggy; scrawny; weedy.
- a child with skinny freckled legs
- a long scrawny neck
- noun confidential information about a topic or person
- progeny4/5
progeny
- noun the immediate descendants of a person
issue; offspring.
- she was the mother of many offspring
- he died without issue
- noun the immediate descendants of a person
- jenny4/5
jenny
- noun female donkey
jennet; jenny ass.
- noun United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
William Le Baron Jenny.
- noun female donkey
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agony
- noun intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
torment; torture.
- an agony of doubt
- the torments of the damned
- noun a state of acute pain
excruciation; suffering.
- noun intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- tyranny4/5
tyranny
- noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
absolutism; dictatorship; monocracy; Stalinism; shogunate; authoritarianism; despotism; one-man rule; Caesarism; totalitarianism.
- noun dominance through threat of punishment and violence
absolutism; despotism.
- noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
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balcony
- noun an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
- noun a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet
- noun an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
- antony4/5
antony
- noun Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
Marcus Antonius; Mark Antony; Antonius; Anthony; Mark Anthony.
- noun Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
- botany4/5
botany
- noun all the plant life in a particular region or period
flora; vegetation.
- Pleistocene vegetation
- the flora of southern California
- the botany of China
- noun the branch of biology that studies plants
phytology.
- noun all the plant life in a particular region or period
- sonny4/5
sonny
- noun a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
lad; laddie; cub; sonny boy.
- noun a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
- pliny4/5
pliny
- noun Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
Pliny the Younger; Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus.
- noun Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
Pliny the Elder; Gaius Plinius Secundus.
- noun Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
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hegemony
- noun the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
- the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation
- to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony
- the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system
- noun the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
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shiny
- adjective satellite reflecting light
lustrous; glistening; sheeny; glossy; shining.
- glistening bodies of swimmers
- the horse's glossy coat
- lustrous auburn hair
- saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet
- shining white enamel
- adjective having a shiny surface or coating
glazed.
- glazed fabrics
- glazed doughnuts
- adjective satellite reflecting light
- fanny4/5
fanny
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
bum; seat; stern; keister; tail end; prat; bottom; rear end; buns; tail; tush; rump; ass; behind; tooshie; hind end; posterior; hindquarters; butt; nates; rear; arse; buttocks; backside; derriere; can; fundament.
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
- noun external female sex organs
female genitals; female genitalia; female genital organ.
- in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals
- noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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bony
- adjective satellite very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
pinched; emaciated; cadaverous; gaunt; skeletal; wasted; haggard.
- emaciated bony hands
- a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
- eyes were haggard and cavernous
- small pinched faces
- kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
- adjective composed of or containing bone
osseous; osteal.
- osseous tissue
- adjective satellite very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- benny4/5
benny
- noun East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
sesame; benne; benni; Sesamum indicum.
- noun United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974)
Benjamin Kubelsky; Jack Benny.
- noun East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
- 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
- mutiny4/5
mutiny
- noun open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
- verb engage in a mutiny against an authority
- noun open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
- granny4/5
granny
- noun the mother of your father or mother
grannie; grandma; nan; nanna; grandmother; gran.
- noun an old woman
- noun the mother of your father or mother
- penny4/5
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
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sunny
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
cheery; gay.
- a cheery hello
- a gay sunny room
- a sunny smile
- adjective satellite bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- symphony4/5
symphony
- noun a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
symphonic music.
- noun a large orchestra; can perform symphonies
symphony orchestra; philharmonic.
- we heard the Vienna symphony
- noun a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra
- rainy4/5
rainy
- adjective satellite (of weather) wet by periods of rain
showery.
- showery weather
- rainy days
- adjective satellite (of weather) wet by periods of rain
- pony4/5
pony
- noun a range horse of the western United States
- noun an informal term for a racehorse
- he liked to bet on the ponies
- noun a range horse of the western United States
- stony4/5
stony
- adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
bouldery; rocky; bouldered.
- rocky fields
- stony ground
- bouldery beaches
- adjective satellite showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
obdurate; flint; flinty; granitic.
- his flinty gaze
- the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
- adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
- felony4/5
felony
- noun a serious crime (such as murder or arson)
- noun a serious crime (such as murder or arson)
- mahogany4/5
mahogany
- noun wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
- noun any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
mahogany tree.
- noun wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
- bunny4/5
bunny
- noun a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
bunny girl.
- noun (usually informal) especially a young rabbit
bunny rabbit.
- noun a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
- danny4/5
danny
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- kenny4/5
kenny
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- sony4/5
sony
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- tuscany3/5
tuscany
- noun a region in central Italy
Toscana.
- noun a region in central Italy
- saxony3/5
saxony
- noun an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons
Saxe; Sachsen.
- noun an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons
- brittany3/5
brittany
- noun a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
Bretagne; Breiz.
- noun a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
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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
- scrawny3/5
scrawny
- adjective satellite being very thin
underweight; boney; scraggy; skinny; weedy.
- a child with skinny freckled legs
- a long scrawny neck
- adjective satellite inferior in size or quality
stunted; scrubby.
- scrawny cattle
- scrubby cut-over pine
- old stunted thorn trees
- adjective satellite being very thin
- tiffany3/5
tiffany
A species of gause, or very silk. The smoke of sulphur . . . is commonly used by women to whiten tiffanies. Sir T. Browne.
- nanny3/5
nanny
- noun a woman who is the custodian of children
nurse; nursemaid.
- noun female goat
she-goat; nanny-goat.
- noun a woman who is the custodian of children
- ebony3/5
ebony
- noun a very dark black
jet black; soot black; sable; coal black; pitch black.
- noun hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
- noun a very dark black
- phylogeny3/5
phylogeny
- noun (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
phylogenesis; evolution; organic evolution.
- noun (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
- matrimony3/5
matrimony
- noun the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
union; spousal relationship; marriage; wedlock.
- a long and happy marriage
- God bless this union
- noun the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
- noun the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- allegheny3/5
allegheny
- noun a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River
Allegheny River.
- noun a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River
- puny3/5
puny
- adjective satellite inferior in strength or significance
- a puny physique
- puny excuses
- adjective satellite (used especially of persons) of inferior size
shrimpy; runty.
- adjective satellite inferior in strength or significance
- miscellany3/5
miscellany
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
mixture; smorgasbord; variety; motley; miscellanea; mixed bag; salmagundi; assortment; potpourri.
- a great assortment of cars was on display
- he had a variety of disorders
- a veritable smorgasbord of religions
- noun an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
garland; florilegium.
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- cacophony3/5
cacophony
- noun a loud harsh or strident noise
clamor; din; blare; blaring.
- noun loud confusing disagreeable sounds
- noun a loud harsh or strident noise
- downy3/5
downy
- adjective satellite like down or as soft as down
flossy; downlike; fluffy.
- adjective satellite covered with fine soft hairs or down
pubescent; puberulent; sericeous.
- downy milkweed seeds
- adjective satellite like down or as soft as down
- ontogeny3/5
ontogeny
- noun (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
development; ontogenesis; maturation; growth; growing.
- he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
- noun (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- disharmony3/5
disharmony
- noun a lack of harmony
inharmoniousness.
- noun a lack of harmony
- runny3/5
runny
- adjective satellite characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape
fluid.
- adjective satellite characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape
- telephony3/5
telephony
- noun transmitting speech at a distance
telephone.
- noun transmitting speech at a distance
- epiphany3/5
epiphany
- noun a divine manifestation
- noun twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
January 6; Epiphany of Our Lord; Twelfth day; Three Kings' Day.
- noun a divine manifestation
- phony3/5
phony
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
hypocrite; phoney; dissembler; dissimulator; pretender.
- adjective satellite fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
bastard; phoney; bogus; fake.
- noun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
- patrimony3/5
patrimony
- noun a church endowment
- noun an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
birthright.
- noun a church endowment
- tawny3/5
tawny
- adjective satellite of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather
tawny-brown.
- adjective satellite of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather
- antimony3/5
antimony
- noun a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite
Sb; atomic number 51.
- noun a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite
- horny3/5
horny
- adjective satellite feeling great sexual desire
turned on; randy; ruttish; steamy; aroused.
- feeling horny
- adjective satellite having horns or hornlike projections
- horny coral
- horny (or horned) frog
- adjective satellite feeling great sexual desire
- parsimony3/5
parsimony
- noun extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
parsimoniousness; penny-pinching; thrift.
- noun extreme stinginess
tightfistedness; parsimoniousness; minginess; niggardliness; meanness; closeness; niggardness; tightness.
- noun extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
- bonny3/5
bonny
- adjective satellite very pleasing to the eye
sightly; comely; bonnie; fair.
- my bonny lass
- there's a bonny bay beyond
- a comely face
- young fair maidens
- adjective satellite very pleasing to the eye
- misogyny3/5
misogyny
- noun hatred of women
misogynism.
- noun hatred of women
- tammany3/5
tammany
- noun a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
Tammany Hall; Tammany Society.
- noun a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
- calumny3/5
calumny
- noun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
obloquy; defamation; hatchet job; calumniation; traducement.
- noun an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
defamation; denigration; slander; aspersion.
- noun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
- monotony3/5
monotony
- noun the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
humdrum; sameness.
- he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
- he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
- he hated the sameness of the food the college served
- noun constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
- noun the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
- thorny3/5
thorny
- adjective satellite bristling with perplexities
- the thorny question of states' rights
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
barbed; burry; briary; bristly; briery; setaceous; barbellate; prickly; spiny; burred; setose; bristled.
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
- adjective satellite bristling with perplexities
- litany3/5
litany
- noun any long and tedious address or recital
- the patient recited a litany of complaints
- a litany of failures
- noun a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
- noun any long and tedious address or recital
- larceny3/5
larceny
- noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
thieving; thievery; theft; stealing.
- the thieving is awful at Kennedy International
- noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
- spiny3/5
spiny
- adjective having spines
spinous.
- the dorsal fin is spinous
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
barbed; burry; briary; bristly; briery; setaceous; thorny; barbellate; prickly; burred; setose; bristled.
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
- adjective having spines
- gluttony3/5
gluttony
- noun habitual eating to excess
- noun eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
gula; overeating.
- noun habitual eating to excess
- grainy3/5
grainy
- adjective satellite composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
gritty; granular; farinaceous; mealy; coarse-grained; granulose.
- granular sugar
- the photographs were grainy and indistinct
- it left a mealy residue
- adjective satellite composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
- alimony3/5
alimony
- noun court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
maintenance.
- noun court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
- canny3/5
canny
- adjective satellite showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
cagy; clever; cagey.
- a cagey lawyer
- too clever to be sound
- adjective satellite showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
- denny3/5
denny
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- manny3/5
many
- adjective a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
- many temptations
- the temptations are many
- a good many
- a great many
- many directions
- take as many apples as you like
- too many clouds to see
- never saw so many people
- adjective a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
- bethany3/5
bethany
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- lenny3/5
lenny
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- ginny3/5
ginny
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- donny3/5
donny
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- cluny3/5
- grozny2/5
grozny
- noun the capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields
Groznyy.
- noun the capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields
- gascony2/5
gascony
- noun a region of southwestern France
Gascogne.
- noun a region of southwestern France
- barony2/5
barony
- noun the estate of a baron
- noun the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness
baronetcy.
- noun the estate of a baron
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- crony2/5
crony
- noun a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
sidekick; buddy; chum; brother; pal.
- noun a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- ninny2/5
ninny
- noun a stupid foolish person
nincompoop; poop.
- noun a stupid foolish person
- polyphony2/5
polyphony
- noun music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
polyphonic music; concerted music.
- noun music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
- cranny2/5
cranny
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
crevice; chap; fissure; crack.
- noun a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
- loony2/5
loony
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
weirdo; crazy; looney; nutcase.
- adjective satellite informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
loco; wacky; loopy; bats; haywire; nuts; balmy; kooky; nutty; barmy; around the bend; buggy; kookie; whacky; crackers; round the bend; daft; dotty; batty; cracked; fruity; bonkers.
- it used to drive my husband balmy
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
- tinny2/5
tinny
- adjective of or containing tin
- adjective satellite of very poor quality; flimsy
cheap; punk; crummy; bum; sleazy; chintzy; cheesy.
- adjective of or containing tin
- zany2/5
zany
- noun a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; cuckoo; fathead; goose; bozo; twat; jackass; goofball.
- noun a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
- meany2/5
meany
- noun a person of mean disposition
unkind person; meanie.
- noun United States labor leader who was the first president of the AFL-CIO (1894-1980)
George Meany.
- noun a person of mean disposition
- brainy2/5
brainy
- adjective satellite having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
brilliant; smart as a whip.
- some men dislike brainy women
- a brilliant mind
- a brilliant solution to the problem
- adjective satellite having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
- monopsony2/5
monopsony
- noun (economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyer
- noun (economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyer
- lemony2/5
lemony
- adjective satellite tasting sour like a lemon
tangy; lemonlike; sourish; tart.
- adjective satellite tasting sour like a lemon
- villainy2/5
villainy
- noun the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior
villainousness.
- noun a criminal or vicious act
- noun the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior
- brawny2/5
brawny
- adjective satellite (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
hefty; powerful; muscular; sinewy.
- a hefty athlete
- a muscular boxer
- powerful arms
- adjective satellite (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
- acrimony2/5
acrimony
- noun a rough and bitter manner
tartness; bitterness; acerbity; thorniness; jaundice.
- noun a rough and bitter manner
- cosmogony2/5
cosmogony
- noun the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
cosmogeny; cosmology.
- noun the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
- theogony2/5
theogony
- noun the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods
- noun the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods
- whiny2/5
whiny
- adjective satellite habitually complaining
fretful; whiney; querulous.
- a whiny child
- adjective satellite habitually complaining
- briny2/5
briny
- noun any very large body of (salt) water
main.
- adjective satellite slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
brackish.
- a brackish lagoon
- the briny deep
- noun any very large body of (salt) water
- simony2/5
simony
- noun traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
barratry.
- noun traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments
- whinny2/5
whinny
- noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse
nicker; neigh; whicker.
- verb make a characteristic sound, of a horse
nicker; neigh; whicker.
- noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse
- 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
- cottony2/5
cottony
- adjective satellite resembling cotton; as soft as cotton
- adjective satellite resembling cotton; as soft as cotton
- diachrony2/5
diachrony
- noun the study of linguistic change
historical linguistics; diachronic linguistics.
- the synchrony and diachrony of language
- noun the study of linguistic change
- atony2/5
atony
- noun lack of normal muscular tension or tonus
atonia; atonicity; amyotonia.
- noun lack of normal muscular tension or tonus
- euphony2/5
euphony
- noun any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
music.
- he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes
- noun any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
- shinny2/5
shinny
- noun a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
shinney.
- verb climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
shin; skin; sputter; clamber; scramble; struggle.
- noun a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
- corny2/5
corny
- adjective satellite dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
bromidic; platitudinous; platitudinal.
- bromidic sermons
- adjective satellite dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
- ignominy2/5
ignominy
- noun a state of dishonor
shame; disgrace.
- one mistake brought shame to all his family
- suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison
- noun a state of dishonor
- polygyny2/5
polygyny
- noun having more than one wife at a time
- noun having more than one wife at a time
- androgyny2/5
androgyny
- noun showing characteristics of both sexes
bisexuality; hermaphroditism.
- noun showing characteristics of both sexes
- peony2/5
peony
- noun any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
paeony.
- noun any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
- teeny2/5
teeny
- adjective satellite (used informally) very small
itsy-bitsy; bitty; teensy; itty-bitty; weensy; wee; teensy-weensy; teentsy; teeny-weeny; weeny; bittie.
- a wee tot
- adjective satellite (used informally) very small
- theophany2/5
theophany
- noun a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person
- noun a visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person
- orogeny2/5
orogeny
- noun the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)
- noun the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)
- chalcedony2/5
chalcedony
- noun a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz
calcedony.
- noun a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz
- satiny2/5
satiny
- adjective satellite having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
silken; silky; silklike; slick; sleek.
- glossy auburn hair
- satiny gardenia petals
- sleek black fur
- silken eyelashes
- silky skin
- a silklike fabric
- slick seals and otters
- adjective satellite having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light
- czerny2/5
czerny
- noun Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857)
Karl Czerny.
- noun Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857)
- bryony2/5
bryony
- noun a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
briony.
- noun a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
- briony2/5
briony
- noun a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
bryony.
- noun a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
- cony2/5
cony
- noun any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
das; hyrax; dassie; coney.
- noun small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
mouse hare; rock rabbit; pika; coney.
- noun any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
- gunny2/5
gunny
- noun coarse jute fabric
burlap.
- noun coarse jute fabric
- halfpenny2/5
halfpenny
- noun an English coin worth half a penny
ha'penny.
- noun an English coin worth half a penny
- hominy2/5
hominy
- noun hulled corn with the bran and germ removed
- noun hulled corn with the bran and germ removed
- tetany2/5
tetany
- noun clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
intermittent tetanus; intermittent cramp; tetanilla; apyretic tetanus.
- noun clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis
- tunny2/5
tunny
- noun important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
tuna; tuna fish.
- noun any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
tuna.
- noun important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
- threepenny2/5
threepenny
- adjective satellite used of nail size; 1 1/8 in long
- adjective satellite of trifling worth
twopenny-halfpenny; two-a-penny; twopenny; tuppeny; sixpenny.
- adjective satellite used of nail size; 1 1/8 in long
- sixpenny2/5
sixpenny
- adjective satellite of trifling worth
twopenny-halfpenny; two-a-penny; twopenny; tuppeny; threepenny.
- adjective satellite of trifling worth
- kilkenny2/5
- intercompany2/5
intercompany
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- vinny2/5
vinny
Vinnewed. Obs. or Prov. Eng.
- lanny2/5
lanny
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- franny2/5
franny
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- mony2/5
money
- noun the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
- we tried to collect the money he owed us
- noun wealth reckoned in terms of money
- all his money is in real estate
- noun the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
- cany2/5
cany
Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes. Milton.
- henny2/5
henny
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- ronny2/5
ronny
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- ony2/5
on
- adjective in operation or operational
- left the oven on
- the switch is in the on position
- adjective (of events) planned or scheduled
- the picnic is on, rain or shine
- we have nothing on for Friday night
- adjective in operation or operational
- jinny2/5
jinny
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- coligny2/5
- alleghany2/5
alleghany
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- sweeny2/5
sweeny
(Far.) An atrophy of the muscles of the shoulder in horses; also, atrophy of any muscle in horses. Written also swinney .
- ethnobotany2/5
ethnobotany
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- finny2/5
finny
(Zoöl.) Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes; pertaining to fishes.
- villany2/5
villainy
- noun the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior
villainousness.
- noun a criminal or vicious act
- noun the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior
- sunshiny2/5
sunshiny
Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a .sunshiny day
- pozsony1/5
pozsony
- noun capital and largest city of Slovakia
capital of Slovakia; Pressburg; Bratislava.
- noun capital and largest city of Slovakia
- rommany1/5
rommany
- noun a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
Gipsy; Romani; Gypsy; Bohemian; Roma; Romany.
- noun a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
- sheeny1/5
sheeny
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
kike; hymie; yid.
- adjective satellite reflecting light
lustrous; glistening; glossy; shiny; shining.
- glistening bodies of swimmers
- the horse's glossy coat
- lustrous auburn hair
- saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet
- shining white enamel
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
- pickaninny1/5
pickaninny
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
piccaninny; picaninny.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
- piccaninny1/5
piccaninny
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
pickaninny; picaninny.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
- antiphony1/5
antiphony
- noun alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts
- noun a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
antiphon.
- noun alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts
- monophony1/5
monophony
- noun music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
monophonic music; monody.
- noun music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
- homogeny1/5
homogeny
- noun (biology) similarity because of common evolution
- noun (biology) similarity because of common evolution
- homophony1/5
homophony
- noun the same pronunciation for words of different origins
- noun part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style)
- noun the same pronunciation for words of different origins
- moony1/5
moony
- adjective lighted by moonlight
moonlit.
- the moonlit landscape
- adjective satellite dreamy in mood or nature
dreamy; woolgathering.
- a woolgathering moment
- adjective lighted by moonlight
- barany1/5
barany
- noun Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936)
Robert Barany.
- noun Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936)
- autochthony1/5
autochthony
- noun nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place)
endemism; indigenousness.
- noun nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place)
- lysogeny1/5
lysogeny
- noun the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material
lysogenicity.
- when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny
- noun the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material
- cushiony1/5
cushiony
- adjective satellite softened by the addition of cushions or padding
padded; cushioned.
- adjective satellite softened by the addition of cushions or padding
- paleobotany1/5
paleobotany
- noun the study of fossil plants
palaeobotany.
- noun the study of fossil plants
- palaeobotany1/5
palaeobotany
- noun the study of fossil plants
paleobotany.
- noun the study of fossil plants
- winy1/5
winy
- adjective satellite having the taste of wine
winey.
- a rich winy taste
- adjective satellite having the taste of wine
- pyrotechny1/5
pyrotechny
- noun the craft of making fireworks
pyrotechnics.
- noun the craft of making fireworks
- neoteny1/5
neoteny
- noun an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species
- noun an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species
- weeny1/5
weeny
- adjective satellite (used informally) very small
itsy-bitsy; bitty; teensy; itty-bitty; weensy; wee; teensy-weensy; teentsy; teeny; teeny-weeny; bittie.
- a wee tot
- adjective satellite (used informally) very small
- agrimony1/5
agrimony
- noun a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers
agrimonia.
- noun a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers
- sanctimony1/5
sanctimony
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
sanctimoniousness.
- noun the quality of being hypocritically devout
- dittany1/5
dittany
- noun Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather
gas plant; Dictamnus alba; burning bush; fraxinella.
- noun Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather
- amphictyony1/5
amphictyony
- noun an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center
- noun an association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center
- ferny1/5
ferny
- adjective abounding in or covered with ferns
ferned.
- the ferny undergrowth
- adjective satellite resembling ferns especially in leaf shape
fernlike.
- the ferny shadows of locust leaves
- adjective abounding in or covered with ferns
- ha'penny1/5
ha'penny
- noun an English coin worth half a penny
halfpenny.
- noun an English coin worth half a penny
- pinny1/5
pinny
- noun a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
pinafore; jumper.
- noun a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
- colophony1/5
colophony
- noun translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments
- noun translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments
- hinny1/5
hinny
- noun hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile
- a hinny has a gentler disposition than a mule
- noun hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile
- palimony1/5
palimony
- noun support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends
- noun support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends
- schizogony1/5
schizogony
- noun asexual reproduction by multiple fission; characteristic of many sporozoan protozoans
- noun asexual reproduction by multiple fission; characteristic of many sporozoan protozoans
- mulligatawny1/5
mulligatawny
- noun a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base
- noun a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base
- scammony1/5
scammony
- noun tropical American morning glory
Ipomoea orizabensis.
- noun resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia
- noun tropical American morning glory
- radiotelephony1/5
radiotelephony
- noun telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire
radiotelephone; wireless telephone.
- noun telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire
- beany1/5
beany
- noun a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
beanie.
- noun a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
- twopenny1/5
twopenny
- adjective satellite of trifling worth
twopenny-halfpenny; two-a-penny; tuppeny; threepenny; sixpenny.
- adjective satellite of trifling worth
- catchpenny1/5
catchpenny
- adjective satellite designed to sell quickly without concern for quality
- catchpenny ornaments
- adjective satellite designed to sell quickly without concern for quality
- polony1/5
polony
- noun another name for Bologna sausage
- noun another name for Bologna sausage
- blenny1/5
blenny
- noun small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks
combtooth blenny.
- noun small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks
- goony1/5
goony
- noun a variety of albatross with black feet
Diomedea nigripes; goonie; gooney; gooney bird; black-footed albatross.
- noun a variety of albatross with black feet
- shanny1/5
shanny
- noun European scaleless blenny
Blennius pholis.
- noun European scaleless blenny
- unfunny1/5
unfunny
- adjective satellite not funny; especially failing to achieve the intended humor
- a very unfunny joke
- adjective satellite not funny; especially failing to achieve the intended humor
- fourpenny1/5
fourpenny
- adjective satellite used of nail size; 1 3/8 in or 3.8 cm long
- adjective satellite used of nail size; 1 3/8 in or 3.8 cm long
- dunsany1/5
- conny1/5
conny
Brave; fine; canny. Prov. Eng. Grose.
- tenny1/5
tenny
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- oriskany1/5
oriskany
(Geol.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.
- minny1/5
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- fenny1/5
fenny
Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy; boggy. "Fenny snake." Shak.
- synteny1/5
- greeny1/5
greeny
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- meny1/5
many
- adjective a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
- many temptations
- the temptations are many
- a good many
- a great many
- many directions
- take as many apples as you like
- too many clouds to see
- never saw so many people
- adjective a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
- heterochrony1/5
heterochrony
(Biol.) In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.
- intracompany1/5
- betony1/5
betony
(Bot.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.).✍ The purple or wood betony ( B. officinalis , Linn.) is common in Europe, being formerly used in medicine, and (according to Loudon) in dyeing wool a yellow color.
- jiminy1/5
jiminy
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- nonny1/5
- dunny1/5
dunny
Deaf; stupid. Prov. Eng.My old dame Joan is something dunny, and will scarce know how to manage. Sir W. Scott.
- barny1/5
barny
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- matriliny1/5
matriliny
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- carny1/5
carny
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- binny1/5
binny
(Zoöl.) A large species of barbel ( Barbus bynni ), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food.
- tympany1/5
tympany
(Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. Fuller.
- phytogeny1/5
phytogeny
The doctrine of the generation of plants.
- piny1/5
piny
Abounding with pines. Written also "The piny wood." Longfellow.piney .
- daubigny1/5
- tranny1/5
tranny
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- inharmony1/5
inharmony
Want of harmony.
- veiny1/5
veiny
Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, .veiny marble
- linny1/5
- ranny1/5
ranny
(Zoöl.) The erd shrew. Scot.
- cunny1/5
- monny1/5
- hootenanny1/5
hootenanny
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- sny1/5
sny
An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.
- browny1/5
browny
Brown or, somewhat brown. "Browny locks." Shak.
- tanny1/5
tanny
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- queeny1/5
- patriliny1/5
patriliny
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- cartoony1/5
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- miny1/5
miny
Abounding with mines; like a mine. "Miny caverns." Thomson.
- metallogeny1/5
- heterophony1/5
heterophony
(Med.) An abnormal state of the voice. Mayne.
- tenpenny1/5
tenpenny
Valued or sold at ten pence; as, a . See 2dtenpenny cakePenny , n.
- strany1/5
strany
(Zoöl.) The guillemot. Prov. Eng.
- liny1/5
liny
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- oligopsony1/5
- viny1/5
viny
Of or pertaining to vines; producing, or abounding in, vines. P. Fletcher.
- polyembryony1/5
polyembryony
(Bot.) The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.
- tweeny1/5
- coigny1/5
coigny
A quoin. See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone? Shak.
- deeny1/5
- egophony1/5
egophony
(Med.) The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion.
- tuppenny1/5
tuppenny
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- embryogeny1/5
embryogeny
(Biol.) The production and development of an embryo.
- burny1/5
burny
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- dodecaphony1/5
- reny1/5
reny
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- sporogony1/5
sporogony
(Zoöl.) The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ.
- gyronny1/5
gyronny
(Her.) Covered with gyrons, or divided so as to form several gyrons; -- said of an escutcheon.
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christophany
An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion.
- wenny1/5
wenny
Having the nature of a wen; resembling a wen; as, a .wennish excrescence
- castellany1/5
castellany
The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.
- britany1/5
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- sanny1/5
sanny
The sandpiper. prov. Eng.
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swanny
Swanlike; Richardson.as, a .swanny glossiness of the neck
- 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.
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palaeoethnobotany
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punny
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prytany
(Gr. Antiq.) The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.
- branny1/5
branny
Having the appearance of bran; consisting of or containing bran. Wiseman.
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- compony1/5
company
- noun an institution created to conduct business
- he only invests in large well-established companies
- he started the company in his garage
- noun small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- noun an institution created to conduct business
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- polygeny1/5
polygeny
(Biol.) The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis.
- veny1/5
veny
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Suffixes of ny
- nylon«Word Popularity Bar4/5
nylon
- noun a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers
- noun a synthetic fabric
- noun a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers
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nymph
- noun (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
- the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water
- noun a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
- noun (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
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nymph
- noun (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
- the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water
- noun a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
- noun (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
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nystagmus
- noun involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders
- noun involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders
- nyse3/5
nyse
- noun a stock exchange in New York
New York Stock Exchange; big board; N. Y. Stock Exchange.
- noun a stock exchange in New York
- nye3/5
nigh
- adjective not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
close; near.
- near neighbors
- in the near future
- they are near equals
- his nearest approach to success
- a very near thing
- a near hit by the bomb
- she was near tears
- she was close to tears
- had a close call
- adjective satellite being on the left side
near.
- the near or nigh horse is the one on the left
- the animal's left side is its near or nigh side
- adjective not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- nyc3/5
nyc
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- nyquist3/5
nyquist
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- nys2/5
ny
- noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
New York; Empire State; New York State.
- noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
- nyasaland2/5
nyasaland
- noun a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
Malawi; Republic of Malawi.
- noun a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
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nystatin
- noun an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes
Mycostatin; Nystan.
- noun an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes
- nyssa2/5
nyssa
- noun tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds
genus Nyssa.
- noun tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds
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nylons
- noun women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)
rayons; nylon stocking; silk stocking; rayon stocking.
- noun a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers
nylon.
- noun women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)
- nyerere2/5
nyerere
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- nyaya2/5
- nyanza2/5
nyanza
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- nyasa2/5
nyasa
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- nymphal2/5
nymphal
Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs; nymphean.
- nyala1/5
nyala
- noun spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck
Tragelaphus angasi.
- noun city in Sudan
- noun spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck
- nyx1/5
nyx
- noun (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of Chaos; counterpart of Roman Nox
- noun (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of Chaos; counterpart of Roman Nox
- nyiragongo1/5
nyiragongo
- noun an active volcano in eastern Congo
- noun an active volcano in eastern Congo
- nymphomaniac1/5
nymphomaniac
- noun a woman with abnormal sexual desires
nympho.
- adjective satellite (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire
nymphomaniacal.
- noun a woman with abnormal sexual desires
- nymphet1/5
nymphet
- noun a sexually attractive young woman
- noun a sexually attractive young woman
- nympho1/5
nympho
- noun a woman with abnormal sexual desires
nymphomaniac.
- noun a woman with abnormal sexual desires
- nymphomaniacs1/5
nymphomaniac
- noun a woman with abnormal sexual desires
nympho.
- adjective satellite (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire
nymphomaniacal.
- noun a woman with abnormal sexual desires
- nymphets1/5
nymphet
- noun a sexually attractive young woman
- noun a sexually attractive young woman
- nymphomania1/5
nymphomania
- noun abnormally intense sexual desire in women
- noun abnormally intense sexual desire in women
- nyamwezi1/5
nyamwezi
- noun a Bantu language spoken in central Tanzania
- noun a Bantu language spoken in central Tanzania
- nynorsk1/5
nynorsk
- noun one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects
Landsmal; New Norwegian; Landsmaal.
- noun one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects
- nyctalopia1/5
nyctalopia
- noun inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder
night blindness; moon blindness.
- noun inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder
- nybble1/5
- nymphalidae1/5
nymphalidae
- noun large beautifully colored butterflies
family Nymphalidae.
- noun large beautifully colored butterflies
- nycticorax1/5
nycticorax
- noun Old World night herons
genus Nycticorax.
- noun Old World night herons
- nypa1/5
nypa
- noun monotypic genus of palms of Australasia
genus Nipa; Nipa; genus Nypa.
- noun monotypic genus of palms of Australasia
- nycticebus1/5
nycticebus
- noun a genus of Lorisidae
genus Nycticebus.
- noun a genus of Lorisidae
- nymphaea1/5
nymphaea
(Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white, blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily and the Egyptia lotus. ✍ Recent critics have endeavored to show that this genus should be called Castalia , and the nameNymphæa transferred to what is now known asNuphar .
- nymphaeaceae1/5
nymphaeaceae
- noun dicot aquatic plants
water-lily family; family Nymphaeaceae.
- noun dicot aquatic plants
- nyctaginaceae1/5
nyctaginaceae
- noun a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
Allioniaceae; four-o'clock family; family Nyctaginaceae; family Allioniaceae.
- noun a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
- nymphaeum1/5
- nyet1/5
- nympha1/5
nympha
(Zoöl.) Same as Nymph , 3.
- nyquil1/5
nyquil
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- nying1/5
nying
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- nymphae1/5
nympha
(Zoöl.) Same as Nymph , 3.
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Derived words of ny
- accompanying«Word Popularity Bar5/5
accompanying
- adjective satellite following or accompanying as a consequence
concomitant; 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
- verb be present or associated with an event or entity
attach to; come with; accompany; go with.
- French fries come with the hamburger
- heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue
- fish usually goes with white wine
- this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries
- adjective satellite following or accompanying as a consequence
- denying5/5
deny
- verb declare untrue; contradict
- He denied the allegations
- She denied that she had taken money
- verb refuse to accept or believe
- He denied his fatal illness
- verb declare untrue; contradict
- canyon5/5
canyon
- noun a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
canon.
- noun a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
- anonymous5/5
anonymous
- adjective having no known name or identity or known source
anon..
- anonymous authors
- anonymous donors
- an anonymous gift
- adjective satellite not known or lacking marked individuality
- brown anonymous houses
- anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service
- adjective having no known name or identity or known source
- anyway5/5
anyway
- adverb used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"
at any rate; in any event; anyways; anyhow; in any case.
- Anyhow, he is dead now
- I think they're asleep
- I don't know what happened to it
- anyway, there is another factor to consider
- I don't know how it started
- in any event, the government faced a serious protest
- but at any rate he got a knighthood for it
- adverb in any way whatsoever
anyhow.
- they came anyhow they could
- get it done anyway you can
- adverb used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"
- anywhere5/5
anywhere
- adverb at or in or to any place; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')
anyplace.
- you can find this food anywhere
- adverb at or in or to any place; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')
- anymore5/5
anymore
- adverb at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative
any longer.
- Alice doesn't live here anymore
- the children promised not to quarrel any more
- adverb at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative
- anything5/5
anything
Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for .anything Did you ever know of anything so unlucky? A. Trollope.
They do not know that anything is amiss with them. W. G. Sumner.
- anyone5/5
anyone
One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. Commonly written as two words.
- anybody5/5
anybody
Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person. His Majesty could not keep any secret from anybody. Macaulay.
- kenya4/5
kenya
- noun a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya
Republic of Kenya.
- noun a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya
- vinyl4/5
vinyl
- noun a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene
vinyl radical; vinyl group.
- noun shiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings
- noun a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene
- tennyson4/5
tennyson
- noun Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
First Baron Tennyson; Alfred Tennyson; Alfred Lord Tennyson.
- noun Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
- synonyms4/5
synonym
- noun two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
equivalent word.
- noun two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
- synonym4/5
synonym
- noun two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
equivalent word.
- noun two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
- synonymous4/5
synonymous
- adjective (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same
- adjective (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same
- anonymity4/5
anonymity
- noun the state of being anonymous
namelessness.
- noun the state of being anonymous
- anyhow4/5
anyhow
- adverb used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"
anyway; at any rate; in any event; anyways; in any case.
- Anyhow, he is dead now
- I think they're asleep
- I don't know what happened to it
- anyway, there is another factor to consider
- I don't know how it started
- in any event, the government faced a serious protest
- but at any rate he got a knighthood for it
- adverb in any way whatsoever
anyway.
- they came anyhow they could
- get it done anyway you can
- adverb used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"
- anytime4/5
anytime
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- snyder4/5
snyder
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- chechnya3/5
chechnya
- noun an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic
Chechen Republic; Chechenia.
- noun an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic
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tanganyika
- noun the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley
Lake Tanganyika.
- noun a former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania
- noun the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley
- dionysus3/5
dionysus
- noun (Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus
- noun (Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus
- kenyan3/5
kenyan
- noun a native or inhabitant of Kenya
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Kenya or its people
- Kenyan mountains
- noun a native or inhabitant of Kenya
- dionysian3/5
dionysian
Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the .Dionysian , or Christian, era
- dionysius3/5
dionysius
- noun the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC)
Dionysius the Elder.
- noun the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC)
- bunyan3/5
bunyan
- noun English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)
John Bunyan.
- noun a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada
Paul Bunyan.
- Paul Bunyan had a blue ox named Babe
- the lakes of Minnesota began when Paul Bunyan and Babe's footprints filled with water
- noun English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)
- unyielding3/5
unyielding
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
tenacious; dour; dogged; persistent; pertinacious.
- dogged persistence
- dour determination
- the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
- a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
- men tenacious of opinion
- adjective satellite resistant to physical force or pressure
- an unyielding head support
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
- carbonyl3/5
carbonyl
- noun a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide
- adjective relating to or containing the carbonyl group
carbonylic.
- noun a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide
- pseudonym3/5
pseudonym
- noun a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
nom de guerre; anonym.
- noun a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
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pseudonym
- noun a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
nom de guerre; anonym.
- noun a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
- acronym3/5
acronym
- noun a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
- noun a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
- acronyms3/5
acronym
- noun a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
- noun a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
- ponytail3/5
ponytail
- noun a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail
- noun a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail
- eponymous3/5
eponymous
- adjective being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
eponymic.
- adjective being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
- metonymy3/5
metonymy
- noun substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
- noun substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
- fentanyl3/5
fentanyl
- noun trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug
Sublimaze.
- noun trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug
- canyons3/5
canyon
- noun a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
canon.
- noun a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
- onyx3/5
onyx
- noun a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos
- noun a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos
- phenytoin3/5
phenytoin
- noun an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative
diphenylhydantoin; Dilantin.
- noun an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative
- phenylalanine3/5
phenylalanine
- noun an essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body
- noun an essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body
- anonymously3/5
anonymously
- adverb without giving a name
- she wrote these letters anonymously
- adverb without giving a name
- tanya3/5
tanya
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- kenyon3/5
kenyon
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- sonya3/5
sonya
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- phenyl3/5
phenyl
(Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical ( C6H5 ) regarded as the essential residue of benzene, and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives.
- polyvinyl3/5
polyvinyl
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- shenyang2/5
shenyang
- noun a city in northeastern China
Fengtien; Mukden; Moukden.
- noun a city in northeastern China
- ganymede2/5
ganymede
- noun (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods
- noun the largest of Jupiter's satellites
- noun (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods
- kenyans2/5
kenyan
- noun a native or inhabitant of Kenya
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Kenya or its people
- Kenyan mountains
- noun a native or inhabitant of Kenya
- denys2/5
deny
- verb declare untrue; contradict
- He denied the allegations
- She denied that she had taken money
- verb refuse to accept or believe
- He denied his fatal illness
- verb declare untrue; contradict
- runyon2/5
runyon
- noun United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946)
Damon Runyon; Alfred Damon Runyon.
- noun United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946)
- cronyism2/5
cronyism
- noun favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)
- noun favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)
- minyan2/5
minyan
- noun the quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age)
- noun the quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age)
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hieronymus
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Eusebius Hieronymus; Jerome; St. Jerome; Saint Jerome.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
- lanyard2/5
lanyard
- noun a cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon
laniard.
- noun a cord worn around the neck to hold a knife or whistle
laniard.
- noun a cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon
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patronymic
- noun a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
patronym.
- adjective of or derived from a personal or family name
- noun a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
- toponyms2/5
toponym
- noun the name by which a geographical place is known
place name.
- noun the name by which a geographical place is known
- uranyl2/5
uranyl
- noun the bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids
uranyl group; uranyl radical.
- noun the bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids
- homonymy2/5
homonymy
- noun the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning
- noun the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning
- whinnying2/5
whinny
- noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse
nicker; neigh; whicker.
- verb make a characteristic sound, of a horse
nicker; neigh; whicker.
- noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse
- eponym2/5
eponym
- noun the person for whom something is named
- Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople
- noun the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)
- Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down
- noun the person for whom something is named
- toponym2/5
toponym
- noun the name by which a geographical place is known
place name.
- noun the name by which a geographical place is known
- antonyms2/5
antonym
- noun a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
opposite word; opposite.
- to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'
- noun a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
- synonymy2/5
synonymy
- noun the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning
synonymousness; synonymity.
- noun the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning
- pseudonymous2/5
pseudonymous
- adjective satellite bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name
- the writings of Mark Twain are pseudonymous
- adjective satellite bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name
- succinylcholine2/5
succinylcholine
- noun a muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures
- noun a muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures
- phenylephrine2/5
phenylephrine
- noun a powerful vasoconstrictor used to dilate the pupils and relieve nasal congestion
- noun a powerful vasoconstrictor used to dilate the pupils and relieve nasal congestion
- antonym2/5
antonym
- noun a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
opposite word; opposite.
- to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'
- noun a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
- homonyms2/5
homonym
- noun two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
- noun two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
- sulfonylureas2/5
sulfonylurea
- noun antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus
- noun antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus
- sulfonylurea2/5
sulfonylurea
- noun antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus
- noun antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus
- pennyroyal2/5
pennyroyal
- noun Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil
Mentha pulegium.
- noun erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine
American pennyroyal; Hedeoma pulegioides.
- noun Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil
- dionysia2/5
dionysia
- noun an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
Bacchanalia.
- noun an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
- metonym2/5
metonym
- noun a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing
- Washington is a metonym for the United States government
- plastic is a metonym for credit card
- noun a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing
- homonym2/5
homonym
- noun two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
- noun two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
- phenylpropanolamine2/5
phenylpropanolamine
- noun an adrenergic drug used in many preparations to relieve allergic reactions or respiratory infections
- drugs containing phenylpropanolamine are being recalled
- noun an adrenergic drug used in many preparations to relieve allergic reactions or respiratory infections
- paronychia2/5
paronychia
- noun infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe
- noun low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts
genus Paronychia.
- noun infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe
- banyan2/5
banyan
- noun East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
East Indian fig tree; Indian banyan; banyan tree; banian tree; banian; Ficus bengalensis.
- noun a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
banian.
- noun East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
- barnyard2/5
barnyard
- noun a yard adjoining a barn
- noun a yard adjoining a barn
- metonymic2/5
metonymic
- adjective satellite using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated
metonymical.
- to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works
- adjective satellite using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated
- phenylketonuria2/5
phenylketonuria
- noun a genetic disorder of metabolism; lack of the enzyme needed to turn phenylalanine into tyrosine results in an accumulation of phenylalanine in the body fluids which causes various degrees of mental deficiency
PKU.
- noun a genetic disorder of metabolism; lack of the enzyme needed to turn phenylalanine into tyrosine results in an accumulation of phenylalanine in the body fluids which causes various degrees of mental deficiency
- homonymous2/5
homonymous
- adjective of or related to or being homonyms
homonymic.
- adjective of or related to or being homonyms
- phenylbutazone2/5
phenylbutazone
- noun anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Butazolidin)
Butazolidin.
- noun anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Butazolidin)
- synonymously2/5
synonymously
- adverb in a synonymous manner
- the two terms are used synonymously
- adverb in a synonymous manner
- pinyon2/5
pinyon
- noun any of several low-growing pines of western North America
pinon.
- noun any of several low-growing pines of western North America
- metonymically2/5
metonymically
- adverb in a metonymic manner
- adverb in a metonymic manner
- tranylcypromine2/5
tranylcypromine
- noun an antidepressant drug that is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor; administered as a sulfate
- noun an antidepressant drug that is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor; administered as a sulfate
- anyplace2/5
anyplace
- adverb at or in or to any place; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')
anywhere.
- you can find this food anywhere
- adverb at or in or to any place; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')
- anyways2/5
anyways
- adverb used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"
anyway; at any rate; in any event; anyhow; in any case.
- Anyhow, he is dead now
- I think they're asleep
- I don't know what happened to it
- anyway, there is another factor to consider
- I don't know how it started
- in any event, the government faced a serious protest
- but at any rate he got a knighthood for it
- adverb used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"
- kenyatta2/5
kenyatta
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- tonya2/5
tonya
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- biphenyls2/5
biphenyls
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- chaitanya2/5
chaitanya
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- sunnyvale2/5
sunnyvale
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- dionysiac2/5
dionysiac
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- biphenyl2/5
biphenyl
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- konya2/5
konya
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- diphenyl2/5
diphenyl
(Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C6H5.C6H5 , obtained by leading benzene through a heated iron tube. It consists of two benzene or phenyl radicals united.
- ethinyl2/5
ethinyl
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- pinyin2/5
pinyin
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- phenylene2/5
phenylene
(Chem.) A hypothetic radical ( C6H4 ) occurring in certain derivatives of benzene;as, .phenylene diamine
- runnymede2/5
runnymede
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- anonyme2/5
anonyme
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- onychomycosis2/5
- sunyata2/5
- malonyl2/5
malonyl
(Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, CH2.(CO)2 , from malonic acid.divalent, a diacyl radical
- lanyer2/5
- succinyl2/5
succinyl
(Chem.) A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its derivatives.
- canyonlands2/5
canyonlands
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- anyon2/5
anyon
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- groznyy1/5
groznyy
- noun the capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields
Grozny.
- noun the capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields
- ganymedes1/5
ganymede
- noun (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods
- noun the largest of Jupiter's satellites
- noun (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods
- erinyes1/5
erinyes
- noun (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
Fury; Eumenides.
- noun (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
- sannyasi1/5
sannyasi
- noun a Hindu religious mendicant
sannyasin; sanyasi.
- noun a Hindu religious mendicant
- sanyasi1/5
sanyasi
- noun a Hindu religious mendicant
sannyasin; sannyasi.
- noun a Hindu religious mendicant
- sannyasin1/5
sannyasin
- noun a Hindu religious mendicant
sannyasi; sanyasi.
- noun a Hindu religious mendicant
- aranyaka1/5
aranyaka
- noun a treatise resembling a Brahmana but to be read or expounded by anchorites in the quiet of the forest
- noun a treatise resembling a Brahmana but to be read or expounded by anchorites in the quiet of the forest
- sannyasins1/5
sannyasin
- noun a Hindu religious mendicant
sannyasi; sanyasi.
- noun a Hindu religious mendicant
- sannyasis1/5
sannyasi
- noun a Hindu religious mendicant
sannyasin; sanyasi.
- noun a Hindu religious mendicant
- minyans1/5
minyan
- noun the quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age)
- noun the quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age)
- companying1/5
company
- noun an institution created to conduct business
- he only invests in large well-established companies
- he started the company in his garage
- noun small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- noun an institution created to conduct business
- minyanim1/5
minyan
- noun the quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age)
- noun the quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age)
- carbonyls1/5
carbonyl
- noun a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide
- adjective relating to or containing the carbonyl group
carbonylic.
- noun a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide
- eponyms1/5
eponym
- noun the person for whom something is named
- Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople
- noun the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)
- Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down
- noun the person for whom something is named
- kinyarwanda1/5
kinyarwanda
- noun a Bantu language
- noun a Bantu language
- lanyards1/5
lanyard
- noun a cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon
laniard.
- noun a cord worn around the neck to hold a knife or whistle
laniard.
- noun a cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon
- polynya1/5
polynya
- noun a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas)
- noun a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas)
- cronyn1/5
cronyn
- noun Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003)
Hume Cronyn; Hume Blake Cronyn.
- noun Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003)
- patronymics1/5
patronymic
- noun a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
patronym.
- adjective of or derived from a personal or family name
- noun a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
- polynyas1/5
polynya
- noun a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas)
- noun a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas)
- patronym1/5
patronym
- noun a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
patronymic.
- noun a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
- vinyls1/5
vinyl
- noun a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene
vinyl radical; vinyl group.
- noun shiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings
- noun a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene
- dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane1/5
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
- noun an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972
DDT.
- noun an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972
- anonym1/5
anonym
- noun a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
nom de guerre; pseudonym.
- noun a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
- parjanya1/5
parjanya
- noun Hindu god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra
- noun Hindu god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra
- onychophora1/5
onychophora
(Zoöl.) Malacopoda.
- rajanya1/5
rajanya
- noun the second highest of the four varnas: the noble or warrior category
- noun the second highest of the four varnas: the noble or warrior category
- mutinying1/5
mutiny
- noun open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
- verb engage in a mutiny against an authority
- noun open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
- shinnying1/5
shinny
- noun a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
shinney.
- verb climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
shin; skin; sputter; clamber; scramble; struggle.
- noun a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
- ponytails1/5
ponytail
- noun a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail
- noun a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail
- metonymies1/5
metonymy
- noun substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
- noun substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
- euonymus1/5
euonymus
(Bot.) A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.
- pennyworth1/5
pennyworth
- noun the amount that can be bought for a penny
penn'orth.
- noun the amount that can be bought for a penny
- metonyms1/5
metonym
- noun a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing
- Washington is a metonym for the United States government
- plastic is a metonym for credit card
- noun a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing
- gunnysack1/5
gunnysack
- noun a bag made of burlap
gunny sack; burlap bag.
- noun a bag made of burlap
- onycholysis1/5
onycholysis
- noun separation of a nail from its normal attachment to the nail bed
- noun separation of a nail from its normal attachment to the nail bed
- hyponymy1/5
hyponymy
- noun the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
subordination.
- noun the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
- antonymy1/5
antonymy
- noun the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings
- noun the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings
- toponymy1/5
toponymy
- noun the nomenclature of regional anatomy
toponomy.
- noun the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language
toponomy.
- noun the nomenclature of regional anatomy
- hyponyms1/5
hyponym
- noun a word that is more specific than a given word
subordinate; subordinate word.
- noun a word that is more specific than a given word
- hyponym1/5
hyponym
- noun a word that is more specific than a given word
subordinate; subordinate word.
- noun a word that is more specific than a given word
- synonymity1/5
synonymity
- noun the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning
synonymy; synonymousness.
- noun the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning
- unyoked1/5
unyoke
- verb remove the yoke from
- unyoke the cow
- verb remove the yoke from
- hypernym1/5
hypernym
- noun a word that is more generic than a given word
superordinate; superordinate word.
- noun a word that is more generic than a given word
- bunyaviridae1/5
bunyaviridae
- noun a large family of arboviruses that affect a wide range of hosts (mainly vertebrates and arthropods)
- noun a large family of arboviruses that affect a wide range of hosts (mainly vertebrates and arthropods)
- gunnysacks1/5
gunnysack
- noun a bag made of burlap
gunny sack; burlap bag.
- noun a bag made of burlap
- pennyweight1/5
pennyweight
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
- antonymous1/5
antonymous
- adjective of words: having opposite meanings
- adjective of words: having opposite meanings
- heteronyms1/5
heteronym
- noun two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
- the word `bow' is an example of a heteronym
- noun two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
- meronymy1/5
meronymy
- noun the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole
part to whole relation.
- noun the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole
- tetranychidae1/5
tetranychidae
- noun plant-feeding mites
family Tetranychidae.
- noun plant-feeding mites
- acinonyx1/5
acinonyx
- noun cheetahs
genus Acinonyx.
- noun cheetahs
- pennyweights1/5
pennyweight
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
- noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
- menyanthes1/5
menyanthes
- noun the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans
genus Menyanthes.
- noun the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans
- hypernyms1/5
hypernym
- noun a word that is more generic than a given word
superordinate; superordinate word.
- noun a word that is more generic than a given word
- synonymies1/5
synonymy
- noun the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning
synonymousness; synonymity.
- noun the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning
- bunyavirus1/5
bunyavirus
- noun an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon
- noun an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon
- trionyx1/5
trionyx
(Zoöl.) A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise ,soft-shell tortoise , andmud turtle .✍ The common American species ( Trionyx, ∨ Aspidonectus, ferox ) becomes over a foot in length and is very voracious. Similar species are found in Asia and Africa.
- kenyapithecus1/5
kenyapithecus
- noun extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya
genus Kenyapithecus.
- noun extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya
- pennyworths1/5
pennyworth
- noun the amount that can be bought for a penny
penn'orth.
- noun the amount that can be bought for a penny
- unyoke1/5
unyoke
- verb remove the yoke from
- unyoke the cow
- verb remove the yoke from
- eponymic1/5
eponymic
- adjective being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
eponymous.
- adjective being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
- onychophorans1/5
onychophoran
- noun any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
peripatus; velvet worm.
- noun any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
- heteronym1/5
heteronym
- noun two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
- the word `bow' is an example of a heteronym
- noun two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation
- metonymical1/5
metonymical
- adjective satellite using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated
metonymic.
- to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works
- adjective satellite using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated
- mephenytoin1/5
mephenytoin
- noun a toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective
Mesantoin.
- noun a toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective
- banyans1/5
banyan
- noun East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
East Indian fig tree; Indian banyan; banyan tree; banian tree; banian; Ficus bengalensis.
- noun a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
banian.
- noun East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
- dihydroxyphenylalanine1/5
dihydroxyphenylalanine
- noun amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain
dopa.
- noun amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain
- barnyards1/5
barnyard
- noun a yard adjoining a barn
- noun a yard adjoining a barn
- homonymic1/5
homonymic
- adjective of or related to or being homonyms
homonymous.
- adjective of or related to or being homonyms
- acronymic1/5
acronymic
- adjective characterized by the use of acronyms
acronymous.
- adjective characterized by the use of acronyms
- conyza1/5
conyza
- noun common American weed or wildflower
genus Conyza.
- noun common American weed or wildflower
- eponymy1/5
eponymy
- noun the derivation of a general name from that of a famous person
- noun the derivation of a general name from that of a famous person
- norinyl1/5
norinyl
- noun trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol
- noun trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol
- sardonyx1/5
sardonyx
- noun an onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral
- noun an onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral
- diphenylhydantoin1/5
diphenylhydantoin
- noun an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative
phenytoin; Dilantin.
- noun an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative
- johnnycake1/5
johnnycake
- noun cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England)
johnny cake; journey cake.
- noun cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England)
- pennywhistle1/5
pennywhistle
- noun an inexpensive fipple flute
tin whistle; whistle.
- noun an inexpensive fipple flute
- johnnycakes1/5
johnnycake
- noun cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England)
johnny cake; journey cake.
- noun cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England)
- pinyons1/5
pinyon
- noun any of several low-growing pines of western North America
pinon.
- noun any of several low-growing pines of western North America
- deinonychus1/5
deinonychus
- noun swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous
- noun swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous
- vinylidene1/5
vinylidene
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- nonsynonymous1/5
- donnybrook1/5
donnybrook
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- hunyadi1/5
- anywise1/5
anywise
In any wise or way; at all. "Anywise essential." Burke.
- hanyang1/5
- polyvinylidene1/5
- phenylenediamine1/5
phenylenediamine
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- knysna1/5
- tigrinya1/5
tigrinya
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- pseudonymity1/5
- sulphonylureas1/5
- propionyl1/5
propionyl
(Chem.) The hypothetical radical C3H5O , regarded as the essential residue of propionic acid and certain related compounds.
- anywheres1/5
anywhere
- adverb at or in or to any place; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')
anyplace.
- you can find this food anywhere
- adverb at or in or to any place; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')
- banya1/5
banya
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- anonymized1/5
- sulfonyl1/5
sulfonyl
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- phenylethylamine1/5
- carbonylation1/5
- polyvinylpyrrolidone1/5
polyvinylpyrrolidone
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- bunyip1/5
- adenyl1/5
adenyl
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- ethnonym1/5
ethnonym
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- pnyx1/5
pnyx
(Gr. Antiq.) The place at Athens where the meetings of the people were held for making decrees, etc.
- diphenylamine1/5
- snying1/5
snying
(Naut.) A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel. R. H. Dana, Jr.
- denyer1/5
deny
- verb declare untrue; contradict
- He denied the allegations
- She denied that she had taken money
- verb refuse to accept or believe
- He denied his fatal illness
- verb declare untrue; contradict
- toponymic1/5
- manyfold1/5
manifold
- noun a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes
- noun a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies
manifold paper.
- an original and two manifolds
- noun a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes
- pseudonymously1/5
pseudonymous
- adjective satellite bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name
- the writings of Mark Twain are pseudonymous
- adjective satellite bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name
- ponytailed1/5
ponytail
- noun a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail
- noun a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail
- vinylene1/5
vinylene
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- anonymised1/5
- thionyl1/5
thionyl
(Chem.) The hypothetical radical SO , regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds;as, .thionyl chloride
- geranyl1/5
geranyl
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- tanganyikan1/5
- tonys1/5
tony
A simpleton. L'Estrange.A pattern and companion fit For all the keeping tonies of the pit. Dryden.
- alanyl1/5
alanyl
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- divinyl1/5
divinyl
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- synonyme1/5
synonyme
Same as Synonym .
- sulphonylurea1/5
sulphonylurea
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- phenylacetic1/5
phenylacetic
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- triphenylphosphine1/5
triphenylphosphine
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heteronymous
Having different names or designations; standing in opposite relations. J. Le Conte. --Het"er*on"y*mous*ly , adv.
- triphenyl1/5
triphenyl
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electronystagmography
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bunya
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latonya
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nonyl
(Chem.) The hydrocarbon radical, C9H19 , derived from nonane and forming many compounds. Used also adjectively;as, .nonyl alcohol
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- phenylhydrazine1/5
phenylhydrazine
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teenybopper
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- tanyard1/5
tanyard
An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.
- erinys1/5
erinys
(Class. Myth.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified. Written also Erinnys .
- pennywort1/5
pennywort
(Bot.) A European trailing herb ( Linaria Cymbalaria ) with roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets.
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- unyieldingly1/5
unyielding
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
tenacious; dour; dogged; persistent; pertinacious.
- dogged persistence
- dour determination
- the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
- a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
- men tenacious of opinion
- adjective satellite resistant to physical force or pressure
- an unyielding head support
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
- diphenylmethane1/5
- hieronymite1/5
hieronymite
(Eccl.) See Jeronymite .
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ethynyl
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kirinyaga
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funnyman
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propenyl
(Chem.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, C3H5 , isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin. Cf.Allyl , andGlyceryl .
- anybody'd1/5
anybody
Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person. His Majesty could not keep any secret from anybody. Macaulay.
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synonymic
(Gram.) The science, or the scientific treatment, of synonymous words.
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anonyma
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synonymize
To express by a synonym or synonyms; to give the synonym or synonyms corresponding to. This word "fortis" we may synonymize after all these fashions: stout, hardy, valiant, doughty, courageous, adventurous, brave, bold, daring, intrepid. Camden.
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canyon
- noun a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
canon.
- noun a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
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teenyboppers
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vinylic
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bunyon
(Med.) An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac (one of the bursæ muscosæ), usually occurring on the first joint of the great toe.
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dinitrophenylhydrazine
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enyo
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synonyma
Synonyms. Obs. Fuller.
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guanyl
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phenylthiocarbamide
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thienyl
(Chem.) The hypothetical radical C4H3S , regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives.
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paraphenylenediamine
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- megalonyx1/5
megalonyx
(Paleon.) An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth.
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cryptonym
A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.
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adenylic
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- nannying1/5
nanny
- noun a woman who is the custodian of children
nurse; nursemaid.
- noun female goat
she-goat; nanny-goat.
- noun a woman who is the custodian of children
- ronyon1/5
ronyon
A mangy or scabby creature. "Aroint thee, with!" the rump-fed ronyon cries. Shak.
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