ough: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ough
- through«Word Popularity Bar5/5
through
- adjective satellite having finished or arrived at completion
done; through with.
- certain to make history before he's done
- it's a done deed
- after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up
- almost through with his studies
- adjective satellite (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes
- a through street
- a through bus
- through traffic
- adjective satellite having finished or arrived at completion
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though
- adverb (postpositive) however
- it might be unpleasant, though
- adverb (postpositive) however
- although5/5
although
Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though. Although all shall be offended, yet will no I. Mark xiv. 29.
Syn. -- Although ,Though .Although, which originally was perhaps more emphatic than though, is now interchangeable with it in the sense given above. Euphonic consideration determines the choice.
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enough
- noun an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
sufficiency.
- enough is as good as a feast
- there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country
- adjective satellite sufficient for the purpose
decent; adequate.
- an adequate income
- the food was adequate
- a decent wage
- enough food
- food enough
- noun an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
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rough
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- verb prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
rough in; rough out.
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- tough5/5
tough
- noun someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
street fighter.
- noun an aggressive and violent young criminal
strong-armer; goon; punk; hoodlum; thug; toughie; hood.
- noun someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
- thorough5/5
thorough
- adjective satellite painstakingly careful and accurate
- our accountant is thorough
- thorough research
- adjective satellite performed comprehensively and completely
exhaustive; thoroughgoing.
- an exhaustive study
- made a thorough search
- thoroughgoing research
- adjective satellite painstakingly careful and accurate
- cough4/5
cough
- noun a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
coughing.
- verb exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
- The smoker coughs all day
- noun a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
- dough4/5
dough
- noun a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; boodle; lettuce; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly; bread.
- noun a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
- breakthrough4/5
breakthrough
- noun a productive insight
find; discovery.
- noun making an important discovery
- noun a productive insight
- borough4/5
borough
- noun one of the administrative divisions of a large city
- noun an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
- noun one of the administrative divisions of a large city
- trough4/5
trough
- noun a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
- noun a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
gutter.
- noun a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
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plough
- noun a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
plow.
- noun a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
Wagon; Wain; Charles's Wain; Big Dipper; Dipper.
- noun a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
- marlborough3/5
marlborough
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- scarborough3/5
scarborough
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- bough3/5
bough
- noun any of the larger branches of a tree
- noun any of the larger branches of a tree
- slough3/5
slough
- noun necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
gangrene; sphacelus.
- noun a hollow filled with mud
- noun necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
- hough3/5
hough
Same as Hock , a joint.
- mccullough3/5
mccullough
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- peterborough3/5
- clough3/5
clough
A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley. Nares.
- lough3/5
lough
- noun a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
- noun Irish word for a lake
- noun a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
- furlough3/5
furlough
- noun a temporary leave of absence from military duty
- verb dismiss, usually for economic reasons
lay off.
- She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized
- noun a temporary leave of absence from military duty
- gainsborough2/5
gainsborough
- noun English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)
Thomas Gainsborough.
- noun English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)
- sourdough2/5
sourdough
- noun a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread
- noun a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)
- noun a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread
- yarborough2/5
- brough2/5
borough
- noun one of the administrative divisions of a large city
- noun an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
- noun one of the administrative divisions of a large city
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- chough1/5
chough
- noun a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage
- noun a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage
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hiccough
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
hiccup; singultus.
- how do you cure the hiccups?
- verb breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
hiccup.
- When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
- sough1/5
sough
- verb make a murmuring sound
purl.
- the water was purling
- verb make a murmuring sound
- feedthrough1/5
feedthrough
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- harborough1/5
harbour
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
harbor; haven; seaport.
- noun a place of refuge and comfort and security
harbor.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
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- interborough1/5
interborough
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- drivethrough1/5
- snowplough1/5
snowplough
- noun a vehicle used to push snow from roads
snowplow.
- noun a vehicle used to push snow from roads
- wherethrough1/5
wherethrough
Through which. R. "Wherethrough that I may know." Chaucer.Windows . . . wherethrough the sun Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee. Shak.
- ynough1/5
enough
- noun an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
sufficiency.
- enough is as good as a feast
- there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country
- adjective satellite sufficient for the purpose
decent; adequate.
- an adequate income
- the food was adequate
- a decent wage
- enough food
- food enough
- noun an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
Suffixes of ough
- ought«Word Popularity Bar5/5
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- oughts2/5
- oughly1/5
oughly
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- oughtness1/5
oughtness
The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness. R. N. W. Taylor.
Derived words of ough
- thought«Word Popularity Bar5/5
thought
- noun the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
idea.
- it was not a good idea
- the thought never entered my mind
- noun the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
cerebration; thinking; mentation; intellection; thought process.
- thinking always made him frown
- she paused for thought
- noun the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- brought5/5
bring
- verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
take; convey.
- Bring me the box from the other room
- Take these letters to the boss
- This brings me to the main point
- verb cause to come into a particular state or condition
- Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence
- bring water to the boiling point
- verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- throughout5/5
throughout
- adverb from first to last
end-to-end.
- the play was excellent end-to-end
- adverb used to refer to cited works
passim.
- adverb from first to last
- thoughts5/5
thought
- noun the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
idea.
- it was not a good idea
- the thought never entered my mind
- noun the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
cerebration; thinking; mentation; intellection; thought process.
- thinking always made him frown
- she paused for thought
- noun the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- sought5/5
sought
- adjective that is looked for
- the long sought relatives
- verb try to get or reach
seek.
- seek a position
- seek an education
- seek happiness
- adjective that is looked for
- bought5/5
buy
- noun an advantageous purchase
steal; bargain.
- she got a bargain at the auction
- the stock was a real buy at that price
- verb obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
purchase.
- The family purchased a new car
- The conglomerate acquired a new company
- She buys for the big department store
- noun an advantageous purchase
- fought5/5
fight
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
battle; engagement; conflict.
- Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
- he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
scrap; combat; fighting.
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- thoroughly5/5
thoroughly
- adverb in an exhaustive manner
exhaustively.
- we searched the files thoroughly
- adverb completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
good; soundly.
- he was soundly defeated
- we beat him good
- adverb in an exhaustive manner
- roughly5/5
roughly
- adverb (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
about; around; some; approximately; just about; or so; more or less; close to.
- lasted approximately an hour
- in just about a minute
- he's about 30 years old
- I've had about all I can stand
- we meet about once a month
- some forty people came
- weighs around a hundred pounds
- roughly $3,000
- holds 3 gallons, more or less
- 20 or so people were at the party
- adverb with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
rough.
- he was pushed roughly aside
- they treated him rough
- adverb (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- thoughtful4/5
thoughtful
- adjective satellite having intellectual depth
- a deeply thoughtful essay
- adjective exhibiting or characterized by careful thought
- a thoughtful paper
- adjective satellite having intellectual depth
- drought4/5
drought
- noun a shortage of rainfall
drouth.
- farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season
- noun a prolonged shortage
drouth.
- when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought
- noun a shortage of rainfall
- wrought4/5
wrought
- adjective satellite shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
molded; shaped.
- a shaped handgrip
- the molded steel plates
- the wrought silver bracelet
- verb exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
work.
- I will work hard to improve my grades
- she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor
- adjective satellite shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
- houghton4/5
houghton
- noun United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895)
Henry Oscar Houghton.
- noun a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula
- noun United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895)
- throughput4/5
throughput
- noun output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time)
- noun output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time)
- thoughtfully4/5
thoughtfully
- adverb in a thoughtful manner
- he stared thoughtfully out the window
- adverb showing consideration and thoughtfulness
- he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share
- adverb in a thoughtful manner
- coughing4/5
coughing
- noun a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
cough.
- verb exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
cough.
- The smoker coughs all day
- noun a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
- roughness4/5
roughness
- noun a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
raggedness.
- noun the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
harshness.
- noun a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
- toughness3/5
toughness
- noun enduring strength and energy
stamina; staying power.
- noun the property of being big and strong
huskiness; ruggedness.
- noun enduring strength and energy
- tougher3/5
tough
- noun someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
street fighter.
- noun an aggressive and violent young criminal
strong-armer; goon; punk; hoodlum; thug; toughie; hood.
- noun someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
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burroughs
- noun United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
William S. Burroughs; William Seward Burroughs; William Burroughs.
- noun United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898)
William Seward Burroughs.
- noun United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
- coughed3/5
cough
- noun a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
coughing.
- verb exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
- The smoker coughs all day
- noun a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
- boughs3/5
bough
- noun any of the larger branches of a tree
- noun any of the larger branches of a tree
- toughest3/5
tough
- noun someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
street fighter.
- noun an aggressive and violent young criminal
strong-armer; goon; punk; hoodlum; thug; toughie; hood.
- noun someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
- breakthroughs3/5
breakthrough
- noun a productive insight
find; discovery.
- noun making an important discovery
- noun a productive insight
- thoughtless3/5
thoughtless
- adjective showing lack of careful thought
- the debate turned into thoughtless bickering
- adjective satellite without care or thought for others; `Let them eat cake'"
unthinking; uncaring.
- the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread
- adjective showing lack of careful thought
- droughts3/5
drought
- noun a shortage of rainfall
drouth.
- farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season
- noun a prolonged shortage
drouth.
- when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought
- noun a shortage of rainfall
- afterthought3/5
afterthought
- noun thinking again about a choice previously made
rethink; second thought; reconsideration.
- he had second thoughts about his purchase
- noun an addition that was not included in the original plan
- the garage was an afterthought
- noun thinking again about a choice previously made
- nought3/5
nought
- noun a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
0; zero; cipher; cypher.
- noun a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
- boroughs3/5
borough
- noun one of the administrative divisions of a large city
- noun an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
- noun one of the administrative divisions of a large city
- ploughing3/5
ploughing
- noun tilling the land with a plow
plowing.
- he hired someone to do the plowing for him
- verb move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
plow; plough.
- The ship plowed through the water
- noun tilling the land with a plow
- thoroughfare3/5
thoroughfare
- noun a public road from one place to another
- noun a public road from one place to another
- troughs3/5
trough
- noun a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
- noun a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
gutter.
- noun a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
- thoroughness3/5
thoroughness
- noun conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task
- noun conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task
- ploughed3/5
ploughed
- adjective (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow
plowed.
- plowed fields
- verb move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
plow; plough.
- The ship plowed through the water
- adjective (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow
- coughs3/5
cough
- noun a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
coughing.
- verb exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
- The smoker coughs all day
- noun a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
- doughnuts3/5
doughnut
- noun a toroidal shape
annulus; ring; anchor ring; halo.
- a ring of ships in the harbor
- a halo of smoke
- noun a small ring-shaped friedcake
donut; sinker.
- noun a toroidal shape
- brougham3/5
brougham
- noun light carriage; pulled by a single horse
- noun a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat
- noun light carriage; pulled by a single horse
- doughnut3/5
doughnut
- noun a toroidal shape
annulus; ring; anchor ring; halo.
- a ring of ships in the harbor
- a halo of smoke
- noun a small ring-shaped friedcake
donut; sinker.
- noun a toroidal shape
- rougher3/5
rough
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- verb prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
rough in; rough out.
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- thoroughgoing3/5
thoroughgoing
- adjective satellite performed comprehensively and completely
exhaustive; thorough.
- an exhaustive study
- made a thorough search
- thoroughgoing research
- adjective satellite without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
perfect; double-dyed; complete; gross; arrant; unadulterated; sodding; stark; consummate; pure; utter; everlasting; staring.
- an arrant fool
- a complete coward
- a consummate fool
- a double-dyed villain
- gross negligence
- a perfect idiot
- pure folly
- what a sodding mess
- stark staring mad
- a thoroughgoing villain
- utter nonsense
- the unadulterated truth
- adjective satellite performed comprehensively and completely
- thoroughbred3/5
thoroughbred
- noun a well-bred person
- noun a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares
- noun a well-bred person
- broughton3/5
broughton
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- forethought3/5
forethought
- noun planning or plotting in advance of acting
premeditation.
- noun judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger
precaution; caution; care.
- he exercised caution in opening the door
- he handled the vase with care
- noun planning or plotting in advance of acting
- besought3/5
beseech
- verb ask for or request earnestly
bid; entreat; press; adjure; conjure.
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- verb ask for or request earnestly
- thoughtfulness3/5
thoughtfulness
- noun a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
contemplation; reflection; reflexion; rumination; musing.
- noun kind and considerate regard for others
consideration; considerateness.
- he showed no consideration for her feelings
- noun a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
- doughty3/5
doughty
Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a .doughty heroSir Thopas wex [grew] a doughty swain. Chaucer.
Doughty families, hugging old musty quarrels to their hearts, buffet each other from generation to generation. Motley.
✍ Now seldom used, except in irony or burlesque.
- thoroughfares3/5
thoroughfare
- noun a public road from one place to another
- noun a public road from one place to another
- overwrought2/5
overwrought
- adjective satellite deeply agitated especially from emotion
distraught.
- distraught with grief
- adjective satellite deeply agitated especially from emotion
- roughing2/5
rough
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- verb prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
rough in; rough out.
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- ploughs2/5
plough
- noun a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
Wagon; Wain; Charles's Wain; Big Dipper; Dipper.
- noun a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
plow.
- noun a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
- roughened2/5
roughened
- adjective satellite used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure
chapped; cracked.
- chapped lips
- verb make rough or rougher
roughen.
- roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other
- adjective satellite used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure
- bethought2/5
bethink
- verb cause oneself to consider something
- verb consider or ponder something carefully
- She bethought her of their predicament
- verb cause oneself to consider something
- toughened2/5
toughened
- adjective physically toughened
tough.
- the tough bottoms of his feet
- verb make tough or tougher
toughen.
- This experience will toughen her
- adjective physically toughened
- roughest2/5
rough
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- verb prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
rough in; rough out.
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- thoughtlessly2/5
thoughtlessly
- adverb in a thoughtless manner
unthinkingly; unthinking.
- he stared thoughtlessly at the picture
- adverb showing thoughtlessness
- he treated his parents thoughtlessly
- adverb in a thoughtless manner
- ploughman2/5
ploughman
- noun a man who plows
plower; plowman.
- noun a man who plows
- rethought2/5
rethink
- noun thinking again about a choice previously made
second thought; afterthought; reconsideration.
- he had second thoughts about his purchase
- verb change one's mind
- He rethought his decision to take a vacation
- noun thinking again about a choice previously made
- thoughtlessness2/5
thoughtlessness
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
inconsiderateness; inconsideration.
- noun the trait of not thinking carefully before acting
unthoughtfulness.
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
- dreadnought2/5
dreadnought
- noun battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
dreadnaught.
- noun battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
- sloughing2/5
sloughing
- noun the process whereby something is shed
shedding.
- verb cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
moult; exuviate; shed; molt; slough.
- our dog sheds every Spring
- noun the process whereby something is shed
- roughed2/5
rough
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- verb prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
rough in; rough out.
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- roughshod2/5
roughshod
- adjective satellite (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
savage; barbarous; vicious; brutal; cruel; fell.
- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
- adjective satellite (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
- unthought2/5
unthought
- adjective satellite so unexpected as to have not been imagined
unhoped; unhoped-for; unthought-of.
- an unhoped-for piece of luck
- an unthought advantage
- an unthought-of place to find the key
- adjective satellite so unexpected as to have not been imagined
- toughening2/5
toughen
- verb make tough or tougher
- This experience will toughen her
- verb make tough or tougher
- sloughs2/5
slough
- noun necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
gangrene; sphacelus.
- noun a hollow filled with mud
- noun necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
- sloughed2/5
slough
- noun necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
gangrene; sphacelus.
- noun a hollow filled with mud
- noun necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
- thoroughbreds2/5
thoroughbred
- noun a well-bred person
- noun a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares
- noun a well-bred person
- methought2/5
- toughen2/5
toughen
- verb make tough or tougher
- This experience will toughen her
- verb make tough or tougher
- unsought2/5
unsought
- adjective satellite not desired
undesired.
- an undesired result
- adjective satellite not desired
- doughboys2/5
doughboy
- noun an American infantryman in World War I
- noun a rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread
- the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut
- noun an American infantryman in World War I
- toughs2/5
tough
- noun someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
street fighter.
- noun an aggressive and violent young criminal
strong-armer; goon; punk; hoodlum; thug; toughie; hood.
- noun someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
- roughage2/5
roughage
- noun coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
fiber.
- noun coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- roughs2/5
rough
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- verb prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
rough in; rough out.
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- ploughshares2/5
ploughshare
- noun a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
plowshare; share.
- noun a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
- doughs2/5
dough
- noun a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
- noun informal terms for money
moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; loot; boodle; lettuce; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly; bread.
- noun a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
- afterthoughts2/5
afterthought
- noun thinking again about a choice previously made
rethink; second thought; reconsideration.
- he had second thoughts about his purchase
- noun an addition that was not included in the original plan
- the garage was an afterthought
- noun thinking again about a choice previously made
- aforethought2/5
aforethought
- adjective satellite planned in advance
planned; plotted.
- with malice aforethought
- adjective satellite planned in advance
- doughy2/5
doughy
- adjective satellite having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking; it's a doughy mess"
soggy.
- the cake fell
- adjective satellite having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking; it's a doughy mess"
- roughening2/5
roughen
- verb make rough or rougher
- roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other
- verb make rough or rougher
- furloughs2/5
furlough
- noun a temporary leave of absence from military duty
- verb dismiss, usually for economic reasons
lay off.
- She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized
- noun a temporary leave of absence from military duty
- doughboy2/5
doughboy
- noun an American infantryman in World War I
- noun a rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread
- the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut
- noun an American infantryman in World War I
- throughputs2/5
throughput
- noun output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time)
- noun output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time)
- dreadnoughts2/5
dreadnought
- noun battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
dreadnaught.
- noun battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
- ploughshare2/5
ploughshare
- noun a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
plowshare; share.
- noun a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
- overbought2/5
overbuy
To buy too much.
- ploughmen1/5
plowman
- noun a man who plows
plower; ploughman.
- noun a man who plows
- roughnecks1/5
roughneck
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
yobo; ruffian; tough; bully; hooligan; rowdy; yob; yobbo.
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
- throughly1/5
thorough
- adjective satellite painstakingly careful and accurate
- our accountant is thorough
- thorough research
- adjective satellite performed comprehensively and completely
exhaustive; thoroughgoing.
- an exhaustive study
- made a thorough search
- thoroughgoing research
- adjective satellite painstakingly careful and accurate
- roughneck1/5
roughneck
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
yobo; ruffian; tough; bully; hooligan; rowdy; yob; yobbo.
- noun a cruel and brutal fellow
- furloughed1/5
furlough
- noun a temporary leave of absence from military duty
- verb dismiss, usually for economic reasons
lay off.
- She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized
- noun a temporary leave of absence from military duty
- soughing1/5
soughing
- adjective satellite characterized by soft sounds
murmurous; susurrous; rustling.
- a murmurous brook
- a soughing wind in the pines
- a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren
- verb make a murmuring sound
sough; purl.
- the water was purling
- adjective satellite characterized by soft sounds
- roughhousing1/5
roughhouse
- verb engage in rough or disorderly play
- verb engage in rough or disorderly play
- roughy1/5
- roughen1/5
roughen
- verb make rough or rougher
- roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other
- verb make rough or rougher
- noughts1/5
nought
- noun a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
0; zero; cipher; cypher.
- noun a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
- mought1/5
may
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
English hawthorn; Crataegus oxycantha; whitethorn; Crataegus laevigata.
- noun the month following April and preceding June
- noun thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
- hiccoughs1/5
hiccough
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
hiccup; singultus.
- how do you cure the hiccups?
- verb breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
hiccup.
- When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
- roughnesses1/5
roughness
- noun a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
raggedness.
- noun the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses
harshness.
- noun a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
- roughhouse1/5
roughhouse
- verb engage in rough or disorderly play
- verb engage in rough or disorderly play
- unwrought1/5
- roughhewn1/5
roughhewn
- adjective satellite of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing
rough-cut.
- adjective satellite of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing
- unbought1/5
- ploughboy1/5
ploughboy
- noun a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
plowboy.
- noun a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
- toughens1/5
toughen
- verb make tough or tougher
- This experience will toughen her
- verb make tough or tougher
- inwrought1/5
inwrought
- adjective satellite having a decorative pattern worked or woven in
- an inwrought design
- adjective satellite having a decorative pattern worked or woven in
- sourdoughs1/5
sourdough
- noun a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread
- noun a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)
- noun a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread
- choughs1/5
chough
- noun a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage
- noun a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage
- droughty1/5
droughty
Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. Droughty and parched countries. Ray.
- outfought1/5
outfight
- verb to fight better than; get the better of
- the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs
- The French forces outfought the Germans
- verb to fight better than; get the better of
- roughcast1/5
roughcast
- noun a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls
- noun a rough preliminary model
- noun a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls
- ploughland1/5
ploughland
- noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
cultivated land; farmland; tilled land; tilth; plowland; tillage.
- noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
- toughie1/5
toughie
- noun an aggressive and violent young criminal
strong-armer; tough; goon; punk; hoodlum; thug; hood.
- noun a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
poser; sticker; stumper.
- noun an aggressive and violent young criminal
- toughly1/5
toughly
- adverb in a ruggedly tough manner
- toughly vigorous story-telling
- adverb in a ruggedly tough manner
- toughed1/5
tough
- noun someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
street fighter.
- noun an aggressive and violent young criminal
strong-armer; goon; punk; hoodlum; thug; toughie; hood.
- noun someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
- roughages1/5
roughage
- noun coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
fiber.
- noun coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- toughing1/5
tough
- noun someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
street fighter.
- noun an aggressive and violent young criminal
strong-armer; goon; punk; hoodlum; thug; toughie; hood.
- noun someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
- loughs1/5
lough
- noun a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
- noun Irish word for a lake
- noun a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
- hiccoughed1/5
hiccough
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
hiccup; singultus.
- how do you cure the hiccups?
- verb breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
hiccup.
- When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
- unploughed1/5
unploughed
- adjective (of farmland) not plowed
unplowed; unbroken.
- unplowed fields
- unbroken land
- adjective (of farmland) not plowed
- broughams1/5
brougham
- noun light carriage; pulled by a single horse
- noun a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat
- noun light carriage; pulled by a single horse
- tought1/5
tought
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- soughed1/5
sough
- verb make a murmuring sound
purl.
- the water was purling
- verb make a murmuring sound
- ploughlands1/5
ploughland
- noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
cultivated land; farmland; tilled land; tilth; plowland; tillage.
- noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
- throughway1/5
throughway
- noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
motorway; thruway; pike; freeway; superhighway; state highway; expressway.
- noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
- hiccoughing1/5
hiccough
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
hiccup; singultus.
- how do you cure the hiccups?
- verb breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
hiccup.
- When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
- feedthroughs1/5
- roughish1/5
roughish
- adjective satellite somewhat rough
- adjective satellite somewhat rough
- boughten1/5
boughten
- adjective satellite purchased; not homemade
store-bought.
- my boughten clothes
- a store-bought dress
- adjective satellite purchased; not homemade
- thoughted1/5
thought
- noun the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
idea.
- it was not a good idea
- the thought never entered my mind
- noun the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
cerebration; thinking; mentation; intellection; thought process.
- thinking always made him frown
- she paused for thought
- noun the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- unthoughtful1/5
unthoughtful
- adjective satellite not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought
unthinking; unreflective.
- adjective satellite not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought
- roughens1/5
roughen
- verb make rough or rougher
- roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other
- verb make rough or rougher
- doughface1/5
doughface
A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded. Political cant, U. S.
- thoroughbass1/5
- rought1/5
rought
imp. of Reach .
- houghs1/5
- refought1/5
- roughriders1/5
roughrider
- noun a horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle
- noun a horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle
- sloughy1/5
sloughy
- adjective satellite (of soil) soft and watery
mucky; swampy; soggy; boggy; quaggy; muddy; marshy; sloppy; miry; waterlogged; squashy.
- the ground was boggy under foot
- a marshy coastline
- miry roads
- wet mucky lowland
- muddy barnyard
- quaggy terrain
- the sloughy edge of the pond
- swampy bayous
- adjective satellite (of soil) soft and watery
- merrythought1/5
merrythought
The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone . SeeFurculum .✍ It is a sportive custom for two persons to break this bone by pulling the ends apart to see who will get the longer piece, the securing of which is regarded as a lucky omen, signifying that the person holding it will obtain the gratification of some secret wish.
- ploughboys1/5
ploughboy
- noun a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
plowboy.
- noun a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
- ploughings1/5
ploughing
- noun tilling the land with a plow
plowing.
- he hired someone to do the plowing for him
- verb move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
plow; plough.
- The ship plowed through the water
- noun tilling the land with a plow
- troughed1/5
trough
- noun a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
- noun a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
gutter.
- noun a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
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