ps: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ps
- groups«Word Popularity Bar5/5
group
- noun any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
grouping.
- noun (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
radical; chemical group.
- noun any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
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keep
- noun the financial means whereby one lives
living; support; livelihood; bread and butter; sustenance.
- each child was expected to pay for their keep
- he applied to the state for support
- he could no longer earn his own livelihood
- noun the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
dungeon; donjon.
- noun the financial means whereby one lives
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relationship
- noun a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
human relationship.
- the relationship between mothers and their children
- noun a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
- he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship
- noun a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
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tip
- noun the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- noun a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
baksheesh; pourboire; bakshis; bakshish; gratuity; backsheesh.
- noun the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
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camp
- noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
encampment; bivouac; cantonment.
- wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
- noun a group of people living together in a camp
- the whole camp laughed at his mistake
- noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
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develop
- verb make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather
- They developed a new technique
- verb work out
evolve; germinate.
- We have developed a new theory of evolution
- verb make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
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drop
- noun a shape that is spherical and small
bead; pearl.
- he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops
- beads of sweat on his forehead
- noun a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
driblet; drib.
- he had a drop too much to drink
- a drop of each sample was analyzed
- there is not a drop of pity in that man
- years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling
- noun a shape that is spherical and small
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steps
- noun a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
stairs.
- noun the course along which a person has walked or is walking in
- I followed in his steps
- he retraced his steps
- his steps turned toward home
- noun a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
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lip
- noun either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
- noun (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
- noun either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
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help
- noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
aid; assistance; assist.
- he gave me an assist with the housework
- could not walk without assistance
- rescue party went to their aid
- offered his help in unloading
- noun a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
assistant; helper; supporter.
- my invaluable assistant
- they hired additional help to finish the work
- noun the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
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ship
- noun a vessel that carries passengers or freight
- verb transport commercially
send; transport.
- noun a vessel that carries passengers or freight
- maps5/5
map
- noun a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
- noun (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
function; single-valued function; mathematical function; mapping.
- noun a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
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crop
- noun the yield from plants in a single growing season
harvest.
- noun a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
- noun the yield from plants in a single growing season
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shop
- noun a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
store.
- he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod
- noun small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
workshop.
- noun a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
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trip
- noun a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
- he took a trip to the shopping center
- noun a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
- an acid trip
- noun a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
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stops
- noun a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Michigan; Newmarket; boodle; Chicago.
- noun the event of something ending
stop; halt.
- it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
- noun a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
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cup
- noun a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
- he put the cup back in the saucer
- the handle of the cup was missing
- noun the quantity a cup will hold
cupful.
- he drank a cup of coffee
- he borrowed a cup of sugar
- noun a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
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gap
- noun a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
spread.
- gap between income and outgo
- the spread between lending and borrowing costs
- noun an open or empty space in or between things
opening.
- there was a small opening between the trees
- the explosion made a gap in the wall
- noun a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- ups5/5
up
- verb raise
- up the ante
- adjective being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
- the anchor is up
- the sun is up
- he lay face up
- he is up by a pawn
- the market is up
- the corn is up
- verb raise
- partnerships5/5
partnership
- noun the members of a business venture created by contract
- noun a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
- effective language learning is a partnership between school, teacher and student
- the action teams worked in partnership with the government
- noun the members of a business venture created by contract
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chips
- noun strips of potato fried in deep fat
french fries; fries; french-fried potatoes.
- noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
bit; fleck; chip; flake; scrap.
- a bit of rock caught him in the eye
- noun strips of potato fried in deep fat
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troops
- noun soldiers collectively
soldiery; military personnel.
- noun a group of soldiers
troop.
- noun soldiers collectively
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corps
- noun an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
army corps.
- noun a body of people associated together
- diplomatic corps
- noun an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
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bishop
- noun a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
- noun port wine mulled with oranges and cloves
- noun a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
- perhaps5/5
perhaps
- adverb by chance
perchance; maybe; possibly; peradventure; mayhap.
- perhaps she will call tomorrow
- we may possibly run into them at the concert
- it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time
- adverb by chance
- phillips5/5
phillips
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strip
- noun a relatively long narrow piece of something
- he felt a flat strip of muscle
- noun artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
slip.
- noun a relatively long narrow piece of something
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loop
- noun fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
eyelet; grommet; grummet; cringle.
- noun anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
- noun fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
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stamp
- noun the distinctive form in which a thing is made
mould; cast; mold.
- pottery of this cast was found throughout the region
- noun a type or class
- more men of his stamp are needed
- noun the distinctive form in which a thing is made
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jump
- noun a sudden and decisive increase
leap.
- a jump in attendance
- noun an abrupt transition
leap; saltation.
- a successful leap from college to the major leagues
- noun a sudden and decisive increase
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subgroup
- noun a distinct and often subordinate group within a group
- noun (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group
- noun a distinct and often subordinate group within a group
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scraps
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
food waste; refuse; garbage.
- noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
bit; fleck; chip; flake; scrap.
- a bit of rock caught him in the eye
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
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tops
- adjective satellite of the highest quality
first-rate; ace; topnotch; A-one; top-notch; crack; tiptop; super.
- an ace reporter
- a crack shot
- a first-rate golfer
- a super party
- played top-notch tennis
- an athlete in tiptop condition
- she is absolutely tops
- noun the upper part of anything
top.
- the mower cuts off the tops of the grass
- the title should be written at the top of the first page
- adjective satellite of the highest quality
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pump
- noun a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
- noun the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
heart; ticker.
- he stood still, his heart thumping wildly
- noun a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
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slip
- noun a socially awkward or tactless act
gaffe; gaucherie; solecism; faux pas.
- noun a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
parapraxis; slip-up; miscue.
- noun a socially awkward or tactless act
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sleep
- noun a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
slumber.
- he didn't get enough sleep last night
- calm as a child in dreamless slumber
- noun a torpid state resembling deep sleep
sopor.
- noun a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
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props
- noun proper respect
- I have to give my props to the governor for the way he handled the problem
- noun a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling
prop.
- noun proper respect
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leap
- noun a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
spring; leaping; bounce; bound; saltation.
- noun an abrupt transition
jump; saltation.
- a successful leap from college to the major leagues
- noun a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
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grip
- noun the act of grasping
clutches; clutch; clench; grasp; hold; clasp.
- he released his clasp on my arm
- he has a strong grip for an old man
- she kept a firm hold on the railing
- noun the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
hold; handgrip; handle.
- he grabbed the hammer by the handle
- it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip
- noun the act of grasping
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heaps
- noun a large number or amount
rafts; wads; piles; lots; scads; slews; tons; gobs; scores; oodles; loads; dozens; stacks; lashings.
- made lots of new friends
- she amassed stacks of newspapers
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
agglomerate; cumulus; pile; heap; mound; cumulation.
- noun a large number or amount
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flaps
- noun a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
flap.
- noun any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
flap.
- he wrote on the flap of the envelope
- noun a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
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strap
- noun an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
- noun hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
- noun an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
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swamp
- noun low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
swampland.
- noun a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
- he was trapped in a medical swamp
- noun low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
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pop
- noun an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
dad; dada; papa; pappa; pa; daddy.
- noun a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
tonic; soda pop; soda water; soda.
- in New England they call sodas tonics
- noun an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
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cop
- noun uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
pig; fuzz; copper; bull.
- verb take by theft
knock off; glom; thieve; hook; snitch.
- Someone snitched my wallet!
- noun uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
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cap
- noun a tight-fitting headdress
- noun a top (as for a bottle)
- noun a tight-fitting headdress
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trap
- noun a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- noun drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
- noun a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
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friendship
- noun the state of being friends (or friendly)
friendly relationship.
- noun the state of being friends (or friendly)
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clip
- noun a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
magazine; cartridge holder; cartridge clip.
- noun an instance or single occasion for some event
time.
- this time he succeeded
- he called four times
- he could do ten at a clip
- noun a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
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scholarship
- noun financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit
- noun profound scholarly knowledge
eruditeness; encyclopaedism; learnedness; learning; erudition; encyclopedism.
- noun financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit
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mp
- noun a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners
military policeman.
- noun a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners
military police.
- noun a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners
- temps4/5
temp
- noun a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
temporary worker; temporary.
- noun a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
- taps4/5
taps
- noun (military) signal to turn the lights out
lights-out.
- noun the sound made by a gentle blow
tap; pat; rap.
- noun (military) signal to turn the lights out
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workshop
- noun small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
shop.
- noun a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving
- noun small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
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hip
- noun either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
- noun the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
pelvis; pelvic girdle; pelvic arch.
- noun either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
- footsteps4/5
footstep
- noun the sound of a step of someone walking
step; footfall.
- he heard footsteps on the porch
- noun the act of taking a step in walking
- noun the sound of a step of someone walking
- lamps4/5
lamp
- noun an artificial source of visible illumination
- noun a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs
- noun an artificial source of visible illumination
- gps4/5
gps
- noun a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
Global Positioning System.
- noun a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
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hardship
- noun a state of misfortune or affliction
hard knocks; adversity.
- debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
- a life of hardship
- noun something hard to endure
rigourousness; severeness; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; asperity; grimness; severity.
- the asperity of northern winters
- noun a state of misfortune or affliction
- alps4/5
alp
- noun any high mountain
- noun any high mountain
- fingertips4/5
fingertip
- noun the end (tip) of a finger
- noun the end (tip) of a finger
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soup
- noun liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
- noun any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup
- noun liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
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interrelationship
- noun mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness
interrelation; interrelatedness.
- interrelationships of animal structure and function
- noun mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness
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dip
- noun a depression in an otherwise level surface
- there was a dip in the road
- noun (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
magnetic dip; angle of dip; inclination; magnetic inclination.
- noun a depression in an otherwise level surface
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stump
- noun the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
tree stump.
- noun the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
- noun the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
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membership
- noun the body of members of an organization or group
rank.
- they polled their membership
- they found dissension in their own ranks
- he joined the ranks of the unemployed
- noun the state of being a member
- noun the body of members of an organization or group
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ramp
- noun an inclined surface connecting two levels
incline.
- noun North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers
Allium tricoccum; wild leek.
- noun an inclined surface connecting two levels
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flip
- noun an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
summersault; somersault; summerset; somerset; somersaulting.
- noun hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- noun an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
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sap
- noun a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
- noun a person who lacks good judgment
fool; saphead; tomfool; muggins.
- noun a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
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sweep
- noun a wide scope
expanse.
- the sweep of the plains
- noun someone who cleans soot from chimneys
chimneysweep; chimneysweeper.
- noun a wide scope
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bump
- noun a lump on the body caused by a blow
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; swelling; excrescence; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- noun a lump on the body caused by a blow
- wraps3/5
wrap
- noun cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
wrapper.
- noun a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla
- noun cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
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lump
- noun a compact mass
clod; ball; glob; clump; chunk.
- a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
- noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
swelling; puffiness.
- noun a compact mass
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backup
- noun an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- a traffic backup on the main street
- he discovered a backup in the toilet
- noun someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
stand-in; fill-in; substitute; relief; reliever; backup man.
- the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
- we need extra employees for summer fill-ins
- noun an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
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overlap
- noun a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
convergence; intersection.
- there was no overlap between their proposals
- noun the property of partial coincidence in time
- noun a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
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cramp
- noun a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
muscle spasm; spasm.
- noun a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
- noun a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
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clump
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
clustering; cluster; bunch.
- a bunch of trees
- a cluster of admirers
- noun a compact mass
clod; ball; glob; lump; chunk.
- a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
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chop
- noun the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)
- the boat headed into the chop
- noun a small cut of meat including part of a rib
- noun the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)
- championships3/5
championship
- noun the status of being a champion
title.
- he held the title for two years
- noun a competition at which a champion is chosen
- noun the status of being a champion
- snaps3/5
snap
- noun the act of catching an object with the hands
catch; grab; snatch.
- Mays made the catch with his back to the plate
- he made a grab for the ball before it landed
- Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away
- the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion
- noun a spell of cold weather
- a cold snap in the middle of May
- noun the act of catching an object with the hands
- dumps3/5
dumps
- noun an informal expression for a mildly depressed state
mopes.
- in the dumps
- have the mopes
- noun a coarse term for defecation
dump; shit.
- he took a shit
- noun an informal expression for a mildly depressed state
- ips3/5
ip
- noun the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
informatics; information processing; information science.
- noun the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
- soaps3/5
soap
- noun a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
- noun money offered as a bribe
- noun a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
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whip
- noun an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
- noun a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline
party whip.
- noun an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
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handicap
- noun the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
impairment; disablement; disability.
- reading disability
- hearing impairment
- noun advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning
- noun the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
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flop
- noun an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
floating-point operation.
- this computer can perform a million flops per second
- noun someone who is unsuccessful
washout; dud.
- noun an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
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bps
- noun (computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem)
bits per second.
- noun (computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem)
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scallop
- noun one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
crenel; crenation; crenelle; crenature.
- noun edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
scollop; escallop.
- noun one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
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setup
- noun equipment designed to serve a specific function
apparatus.
- noun the way something is organized or arranged
- it takes time to learn the setup around here
- noun equipment designed to serve a specific function
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weep
- verb shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
cry.
- She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death
- The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs
- verb shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
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rip
- noun a dissolute man in fashionable society
rake; rakehell; blood; roue; profligate.
- noun an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
tear; split; rent; snag.
- there was a rip in his pants
- she had snags in her stockings
- noun a dissolute man in fashionable society
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cyclops
- noun minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms
water flea.
- noun (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
- noun minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms
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warship
- noun a government ship that is available for waging war
war vessel; combat ship.
- noun a government ship that is available for waging war
- chaps3/5
chap
- noun a boy or man
fella; cuss; blighter; lad; gent; fellow; bloke; feller.
- that chap is your host
- there's a fellow at the door
- he's a likable cuss
- he's a good bloke
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
crevice; cranny; fissure; crack.
- noun a boy or man
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hops
- noun twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
hop.
- noun the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
hop.
- noun twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
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ops
- noun (Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
- noun (Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
- cps3/5
cps
- noun the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second
Hz; cycles/second; cycle per second; hertz; cycle.
- noun the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second
- swaps3/5
swap
- noun an equal exchange
swop; barter; trade.
- we had no money so we had to live by barter
- verb exchange or give (something) in exchange for
switch; swop; trade.
- noun an equal exchange
- wasps3/5
wasp
- noun a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
- noun social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
- noun a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
- laps3/5
lap
- noun the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
- he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap
- noun an area of control or responsibility
- the job fell right in my lap
- noun the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
- pups3/5
pup
- noun young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
whelp.
- noun an inexperienced young person
puppy.
- noun young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
- creeps3/5
creeps
- noun a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait
- noun a feeling of fear and revulsion
- he gives me the creeps
- noun a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait
- clamps3/5
clamp
- noun a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
clinch.
- verb fasten or fix with a clamp
- clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened
- noun a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
- gasps3/5
gasp
- noun a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
pant.
- she gave a gasp and fainted
- verb breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
puff; heave; pant.
- The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily
- noun a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
- grasps3/5
grasp
- noun understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
appreciation; hold.
- he has a good grasp of accounting practices
- noun the limit of capability
range; reach; compass.
- within the compass of education
- noun understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- lordships3/5
lordship
- noun a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
- Your Lordship
- His Lordship
- noun the authority of a lord
- noun a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
- sips3/5
sip
- noun a small drink
- verb drink in sips
- She was sipping her tea
- noun a small drink
- outcrops3/5
outcrop
- noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
rock outcrop; outcropping.
- verb appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground
- Big boulders outcropped
- noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
- worships3/5
worship
- noun the activity of worshipping
- noun a feeling of profound love and admiration
adoration.
- noun the activity of worshipping
- trumps3/5
trump
- noun a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
trump card.
- the ace of trumps is a sure winner
- noun (card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand
- clubs were declared trumps
- a trump can take a trick even when a card of a different suit is led
- noun a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
- naps3/5
nap
- noun a period of time spent sleeping
sleep.
- he felt better after a little sleep
- there wasn't time for a nap
- noun a soft or fuzzy surface texture
- noun a period of time spent sleeping
- wisps3/5
wisp
- noun a small tuft or lock
- wisps of hair
- noun a small person
- a mere wisp of a girl
- noun a small tuft or lock
- mishaps3/5
mishap
- noun an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
mischance; bad luck.
- if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all
- noun an instance of misfortune
mischance; misadventure.
- noun an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
- drips3/5
drip
- noun flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
trickle; dribble.
- there's a drip through the roof
- noun the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop
dripping.
- the constant sound of dripping irritated him
- noun flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
- skips3/5
skip
- noun a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- noun a mistake resulting from neglect
omission.
- noun a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- sharps3/5
sharp
- noun a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
- noun a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- noun a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
- jeeps3/5
jeep
- noun a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain
landrover.
- noun a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain
- tramps3/5
tramp
- noun a disreputable vagrant
hobo; bum.
- a homeless tramp
- he tried to help the really down-and-out bums
- noun a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
swinger.
- noun a disreputable vagrant
- forceps3/5
forceps
- noun an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
- noun an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
- biceps3/5
biceps
- noun any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)
- noun any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)
- reps3/5
rep
- noun informal abbreviation of `representative'
- noun a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs
repp.
- noun informal abbreviation of `representative'
- townships3/5
township
- noun an administrative division of a county
town.
- the town is responsible for snow removal
- noun an administrative division of a county
- fellowships3/5
fellowship
- noun an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
family.
- the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family
- the church welcomed new members into its fellowship
- noun the state of being with someone
company; companionship; society.
- he missed their company
- he enjoyed the society of his friends
- noun an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
- hoops3/5
hoops
- noun a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
basketball; basketball game.
- noun a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
hoop.
- noun a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
- battleships3/5
battleship
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
battlewagon.
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
- amps3/5
amp
- noun the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
A; ampere.
- a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps
- noun a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP
adenosine monophosphate; adenylic acid.
- noun the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- coups3/5
coup
- noun a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
takeover; coup d'etat; putsch.
- noun a brilliant and notable success
- noun a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
- triceps3/5
triceps
- noun any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)
- noun any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)
- champs3/5
champ
- noun someone who has won first place in a competition
champion; title-holder.
- verb chafe at the bit, like horses
- noun someone who has won first place in a competition
- dictatorships3/5
dictatorship
- noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
tyranny; absolutism; monocracy; Stalinism; shogunate; authoritarianism; despotism; one-man rule; Caesarism; totalitarianism.
- noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- stirrups3/5
stirrup
- noun support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go
stirrup iron.
- noun the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
stapes.
- noun support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go
- slaps3/5
slap
- noun a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
smack.
- noun the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
smacking; smack.
- noun a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- archbishops3/5
archbishop
- noun a bishop of highest rank
- noun a bishop of highest rank
- philips3/5
philip
- noun Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
Duke of Edinburgh; Prince Philip.
- noun Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
- lps3/5
lp
- noun a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
L-P.
- noun a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm
- polyps3/5
polyp
- noun a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
polypus.
- noun one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth
- in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase
- noun a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
- internships3/5
internship
- noun the position of a medical intern
- noun the position of a medical intern
- quadriceps3/5
quadriceps
- noun a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
quad; quadriceps femoris; musculus quadriceps femoris.
- noun a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
- turnips3/5
turnip
- noun widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
white turnip; Brassica rapa.
- noun root of any of several members of the mustard family
- noun widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
- rooftops3/5
rooftop
- noun the top of a (usually flat) roof
- noun the top of a (usually flat) roof
- raindrops3/5
raindrop
- noun a drop of rain
- noun a drop of rain
- japs3/5
jap
- noun (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
Nip.
- noun (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
- fps3/5
fps
- noun an agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business
Federal Protective Service.
- noun an agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business
- treetops3/5
treetop
- noun the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant
crown.
- noun the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant
- laptops3/5
laptop
- noun a portable computer small enough to use in your lap
laptop computer.
- noun a portable computer small enough to use in your lap
- dps3/5
dp
- noun a person forced to flee from home or country
stateless person; displaced person.
- noun a person forced to flee from home or country
- tulips3/5
tulip
- noun any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
- noun any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
- mumps3/5
mumps
- noun an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
epidemic parotitis.
- noun an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
- phelps3/5
phelps
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- mbps3/5
mbps
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- kbps3/5
kbps
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- sps3/5
- newsgroups3/5
newsgroups
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- pps3/5
pps
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- oops3/5
oop
To bind with a thread or cord; to join; to unite. Scot. Jamieson.
- phipps3/5
phipps
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- cripps3/5
cripps
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- quips2/5
quip
- noun a witty saying
epigram.
- noun witty remark
wisecrack; sally; crack.
- noun a witty saying
- harps2/5
harp
- noun a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
- noun a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
- noun a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
- stoops2/5
stoop
- noun an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
- noun basin for holy water
stoup.
- noun an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
- claps2/5
clap
- noun a sudden very loud noise
bam; bang; blast; eruption.
- noun a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra
gonorrhoea; gonorrhea.
- noun a sudden very loud noise
- warps2/5
warp
- noun a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
deflection.
- noun a shape distorted by twisting or folding
buckle.
- noun a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
- bontemps2/5
bontemps
- noun United States writer (1902-1973)
Arna Wendell Bontemps.
- noun United States writer (1902-1973)
- wimps2/5
wimp
- noun a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
chicken; crybaby.
- noun a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe
weakly interacting massive particle.
- noun a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
- slops2/5
slops
- noun wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
pigwash; slop; swill; pigswill.
- noun cheap clothing (as formerly issued to sailors in Britain)
- noun wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
- roundups2/5
roundup
- noun the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold
- noun a summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup"
- noun the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold
- ownerships2/5
ownership
- noun the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
- noun the act of having and controlling property
possession.
- noun the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
- gossips2/5
gossip
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
chin wag; chit-chat; chitchat; chin-wagging; causerie; chin-wag; small talk; gabfest; chin wagging; chit chat; tittle-tattle; gab.
- noun a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
comment; scuttlebutt.
- the divorce caused much gossip
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
- desktops2/5
desktop
- noun the top of a desk
- noun (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
screen background; background.
- noun the top of a desk
- raps2/5
rap
- noun a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
blame.
- he took the blame for it
- it was a bum rap
- noun a gentle blow
strike; tap.
- noun a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- mips2/5
mips
- noun (computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system)
million instructions per second.
- 4 MIPS is 4,000,000 instructions per second
- noun (computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system)
- gulps2/5
gulp
- noun a large and hurried swallow
draught; swig; draft.
- he finished it at a single gulp
- noun a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
gulping.
- noun a large and hurried swallow
- envelops2/5
envelop
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
wrap; enclose; enfold; enwrap.
- Fog enveloped the house
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
- pips2/5
pip
- noun a disease of poultry
- noun a minor nonspecific ailment
- noun a disease of poultry
- sops2/5
sops
- noun piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
sop.
- noun piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
sop.
- noun piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
- slumps2/5
slump
- noun a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
falling off; slack; falloff; drop-off.
- the team went into a slump
- a gradual slack in output
- a drop-off in attendance
- a falloff in quality
- noun a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
economic crisis; depression.
- noun a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- crisps2/5
crisp
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
Saratoga chip; potato chip; chip.
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crease; crinkle; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
- grownups2/5
grownup
- noun a fully developed person from maturity onward
adult.
- adjective satellite (of animals) fully developed
grown; full-grown; big; adult; fully grown.
- an adult animal
- a grown woman
- noun a fully developed person from maturity onward
- humps2/5
hump
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; prominence; bump; swelling; excrescence; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- verb round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
hunch forward; hunch; hunch over.
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- proprietorships2/5
proprietorship
- noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
proprietary.
- noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
- peeps2/5
peep
- noun the short weak cry of a young bird
cheep.
- noun a secret look
peek.
- noun the short weak cry of a young bird
- markups2/5
markup
- noun the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price
- noun detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics)
- noun the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price
- kips2/5
kip
- noun sleep
- roused him from his kip
- noun the basic unit of money in Laos
- noun sleep
- equips2/5
equip
- verb provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
fit out; fit; outfit.
- The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities
- verb provide with abilities or understanding
- She was never equipped to be a dancer
- verb provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
- paps2/5
pap
- noun worthless or oversimplified ideas
pablum.
- noun a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders
spoon food; soft diet.
- noun worthless or oversimplified ideas
- zips2/5
zip
- noun a quantity of no importance
cypher; aught; nil; nada; zero; nix; cipher; zilch; goose egg; zippo; nothing; naught; null.
- it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
- reduced to nil all the work we had done
- we racked up a pathetic goose egg
- it was all for naught
- I didn't hear zilch about it
- noun a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
postal code; postcode; ZIP code.
- noun a quantity of no importance
- droops2/5
droop
- noun a shape that sags
sag.
- there was a sag in the chair seat
- verb droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
flag; swag; sag.
- noun a shape that sags
- sidesteps2/5
sidestep
- noun a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
- verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
dodge; fudge; evade; parry; elude; skirt; duck; hedge; circumvent; put off.
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
- noun a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
- breakups2/5
breakup
- noun the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)
dissolution.
- noun coming apart
detachment; separation.
- noun the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)
- cleanups2/5
cleanup
- noun a very large profit
killing.
- noun (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)
cleanup position; cleanup spot.
- noun a very large profit
- scarps2/5
scarp
- noun a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
escarpment.
- noun a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
escarpment; escarp; protective embankment.
- noun a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
- damps2/5
damp
- noun a slight wetness
dampness; moistness.
- verb deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
dampen; mute; muffle; tone down; dull.
- noun a slight wetness
- buildups2/5
buildup
- noun the act of building up an accumulation
- I envied his rapid buildup of assets
- a military buildup in preparation for the invasion
- noun the result of the process of accumulation
- the buildup of leaves blocked the drain pipes
- noun the act of building up an accumulation
- vamps2/5
vamp
- noun a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
minx; prickteaser; tease; vamper; coquette; flirt.
- noun an improvised musical accompaniment
- noun a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- speedups2/5
speedup
- noun the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
acceleration; quickening.
- noun the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- rasps2/5
rasp
- noun uttering in an irritated tone
rasping.
- noun a coarse file with sharp pointed projections
wood file.
- noun uttering in an irritated tone
- scalps2/5
scalp
- noun the skin that covers the top of the head
- they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy
- verb sell illegally, as on the black market
- noun the skin that covers the top of the head
- scoops2/5
scoop
- noun the quantity a scoop will hold
scoopful.
- noun a hollow concave shape made by removing something
pocket.
- noun the quantity a scoop will hold
- scripps2/5
scripps
- noun United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)
Edward Wyllis Scripps.
- noun United States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908)
James Edmund Scripps.
- noun United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)
- seeps2/5
seep
- verb pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
ooze.
- verb pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
- shrimps2/5
shrimp
- noun disparaging terms for small people
peewee; runt; half-pint.
- noun any of various edible decapod crustaceans
prawn.
- noun disparaging terms for small people
- pickups2/5
pickup
- noun a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
pickup truck.
- noun a warrant to take someone into custody
- put out a pickup on that man
- noun a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
- steamships2/5
steamship
- noun a ship powered by one or more steam engines
steamer.
- noun a ship powered by one or more steam engines
- whoops2/5
whoop
- noun a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement
- verb shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
- The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table
- noun a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement
- craps2/5
craps
- noun expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot
snake eyes.
- noun a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice
- noun expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot
- dealerships2/5
dealership
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
franchise.
- noun a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
- hookups2/5
hookup
- noun a device providing a connection between a power source and a user
- some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers
- noun a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
assemblage.
- noun a device providing a connection between a power source and a user
- mops2/5
mop
- noun cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
swob; swab.
- verb to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
wipe up; mop up.
- Mop the hallway now
- He mopped her forehead with a towel
- noun cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
- hiccups2/5
hiccup
- 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
singultus; hiccough.
- how do you cure the hiccups?
- verb breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
hiccough.
- 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
- imps2/5
imp
- noun (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
gremlin; hob; elf; brownie; pixie; pixy.
- noun one who is playfully mischievous
monkey; rascal; rapscallion; scallywag; scamp; scalawag.
- noun (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- comps2/5
comp
- noun an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
comprehensive; comprehensive examination.
- she took her comps in English literature
- noun an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
- lookups2/5
lookup
- noun an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
search.
- they wrote a program to do a table lookup
- noun an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
- haps2/5
hap
- noun an accidental happening
- he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life
- verb come to pass
fall out; pass off; come about; pass; happen; take place; occur; go on.
- What is happening?
- The meeting took place off without an incidence
- Nothing occurred that seemed important
- noun an accidental happening
- parsnips2/5
parsnip
- noun the whitish root of cultivated parsnip
- noun a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root
Pastinaca sativa.
- noun the whitish root of cultivated parsnip
- startups2/5
startup
- noun the act of setting in operation
- repeated shutdowns and startups are expensive
- noun the act of starting a new operation or practice
inauguration.
- he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation
- the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes
- noun the act of setting in operation
- sponsorships2/5
sponsorship
- noun the act of sponsoring (either officially or financially)
- noun the act of sponsoring (either officially or financially)
- leaderships2/5
leadership
- noun the activity of leading
leading.
- his leadership inspired the team
- noun the body of people who lead a group
leaders.
- the national leadership adopted his plan
- noun the activity of leading
- nips2/5
nip
- noun a small drink of liquor
shot.
- he poured a shot of whiskey
- noun (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
Jap.
- noun a small drink of liquor
- pulps2/5
pulp
- noun any soft or soggy mass
mush.
- he pounded it to a pulp
- noun a soft moist part of a fruit
flesh.
- noun any soft or soggy mass
- swoops2/5
swoop
- noun (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
slide.
- the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides
- noun a very rapid raid
- noun (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
- chirps2/5
chirp
- noun a sharp sound made by small birds or insects
- verb make high-pitched sounds
cheep; peep; chirrup.
- the birds were chirping in the bushes
- noun a sharp sound made by small birds or insects
- lesseps2/5
lesseps
- noun French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)
Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps; Ferdinand de Lesseps.
- noun French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)
- usurps2/5
usurp
- verb seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
assume; arrogate; take over; seize.
- He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town
- he usurped my rights
- She seized control of the throne after her husband died
- verb take the place of
- gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke
- verb seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- snips2/5
snips
- noun (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal
tinsnips.
- noun a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
snip; snippet; snipping.
- noun (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal
- goosebumps2/5
goosebump
- noun reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation
horripilation; goose bump; gooseflesh; goose pimple; goose skin; pilomotor reflex.
- noun reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation
- steeps2/5
steep
- noun a steep place (as on a hill)
- verb devote (oneself) fully to
plunge; immerse; absorb; soak up; engross; engulf.
- He immersed himself into his studies
- noun a steep place (as on a hill)
- tabletops2/5
tabletop
- noun the top horizontal work surface of a table
- noun the top horizontal work surface of a table
- carps2/5
carp
- noun the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
- noun any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
- noun the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
- kneecaps2/5
kneecap
- noun a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
kneepan; patella.
- verb shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning
- They kneecapped the industrialist
- noun a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
- paratroops2/5
paratroops
- noun infantry trained and equipped to parachute
- noun infantry trained and equipped to parachute
- judgeships2/5
judgeship
- noun the position of judge
judicature.
- noun the position of judge
- readerships2/5
readership
- noun the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)
- noun the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)
- fops2/5
fop
- noun a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
gallant; dandy; clotheshorse; beau; swell; dude; sheik; fashion plate.
- noun a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- kidnaps2/5
kidnap
- verb take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
abduct; nobble; snatch.
- The industrialist's son was kidnapped
- verb take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- pimps2/5
pimp
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
pander; procurer; fancy man; ponce; pandar; panderer.
- verb arrange for sexual partners for others
pander; procure.
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
- clasps2/5
clasp
- noun a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
- noun the act of grasping
grip; clutches; clutch; clench; grasp; hold.
- he released his clasp on my arm
- he has a strong grip for an old man
- she kept a firm hold on the railing
- noun a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
- cusps2/5
cusp
- noun point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
- noun a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
leaflet.
- noun point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
- bitmaps2/5
bitmap
- noun an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels
electronic image.
- noun an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels
- deeps2/5
deep
- noun the central and most intense or profound part
- in the deep of night
- in the deep of winter
- noun a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
trench; oceanic abyss.
- noun the central and most intense or profound part
- hydrops2/5
hydrops
- noun swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
dropsy; oedema; edema.
- noun swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
- syrups2/5
syrup
- noun a thick sweet sticky liquid
sirup.
- noun a thick sweet sticky liquid
- beeps2/5
beep
- noun a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
bleep.
- verb make a loud noise
toot; claxon; blare; honk.
- The horns of the taxis blared
- noun a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
- checkups2/5
checkup
- noun a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
medical checkup; health check; medical examination; medical; medical exam.
- noun a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person
- airships2/5
airship
- noun a steerable self-propelled aircraft
dirigible.
- noun a steerable self-propelled aircraft
- countertops2/5
- reaps2/5
reap
- verb gather, as of natural products
harvest; glean.
- harvest the grapes
- verb get or derive
draw.
- He drew great benefits from his membership in the association
- verb gather, as of natural products
- hilltops2/5
hilltop
- noun the peak of a hill
brow.
- the sun set behind the brow of distant hills
- noun the peak of a hill
- vips2/5
vip
- noun an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
high muckamuck; high-up; dignitary; panjandrum; very important person.
- noun an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
- thumps2/5
thump
- noun a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
thud; clump; clunk; thumping.
- noun a heavy blow with the hand
- noun a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
- missteps2/5
misstep
- noun an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
trip-up; trip; stumble.
- he recited the whole poem without a single trip
- he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later
- confusion caused his unfortunate misstep
- noun an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
- schnapps2/5
schnapps
- noun any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes
schnaps.
- noun any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes
- microchips2/5
microchip
- noun electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
silicon chip; chip; micro chip; microprocessor chip.
- noun electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
- coops2/5
coop
- noun a farm building for housing poultry
hencoop; chicken coop; henhouse.
- noun an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
cage.
- noun a farm building for housing poultry
- wiretaps2/5
wiretap
- noun the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
tap.
- verb tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
intercept; tap; bug.
- The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy
- Is this hotel room bugged?
- noun the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
- gallops2/5
gallop
- noun a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
- verb ride at a galloping pace
- He was galloping down the road
- noun a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously
- outstrips2/5
outstrip
- verb be or do something to a greater degree
exceed; surpass; outperform; outgo; outmatch; surmount; outdo.
- her performance surpasses that of any other student I know
- She outdoes all other athletes
- This exceeds all my expectations
- This car outperforms all others in its class
- verb go far ahead of
distance; outdistance.
- He outdistanced the other runners
- verb be or do something to a greater degree
- headlamps2/5
headlamp
- noun a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive
headlight.
- noun a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive
- lineups2/5
lineup
- noun (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
batting order; card.
- the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate
- noun a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification
- noun (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat
- yelps2/5
yelp
- noun a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
yelping; yip.
- verb bark in a high-pitched tone
yip; yap.
- the puppies yelped
- noun a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
- blips2/5
blip
- noun a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption
- the market had one bad blip today
- you can't react to the day-to-day blips
- renewed jitters in the wake of a blip in retail sales
- noun a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
pip; radar target.
- noun a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption
- whitecaps2/5
whitecap
- noun a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white
white horse.
- noun a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white
- cheops2/5
cheops
- noun Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza
Khufu.
- noun Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza
- directorships2/5
directorship
- noun the position of a director of a business concern
- noun the position of a director of a business concern
- limps2/5
limp
- noun the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
hobble; hitch.
- verb walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
hobble; hitch; gimp.
- The old woman hobbles down to the store every day
- noun the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
- lapps2/5
lapp
- noun a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
Saame; Sami; Saami; Lapplander; Same.
- noun the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula
Saame; Sami; Same; Saami.
- noun a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
- clerkships2/5
clerkship
- noun the job of clerk
- noun the job of clerk
- kps2/5
kp
- noun an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks
kitchen police.
- noun an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks
- eyedrops2/5
eyedrop
- noun a drop from an eye dropper
eye-drop.
- noun a method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists
eye-drop.
- noun a drop from an eye dropper
- teardrops2/5
teardrop
- noun anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)
- noun a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
tear.
- his story brought tears to her eyes
- noun anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring)
- stomps2/5
stomp
- noun a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step
- verb walk heavily
stamp; stump.
- The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots
- noun a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step
- housetops2/5
housetop
- noun the roof of a house
- shout it from the housetops
- noun the roof of a house
- dewdrops2/5
- preps2/5
prep
- noun preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
preparation; homework.
- noun preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
- bookshops2/5
bookshop
- noun a shop where books are sold
bookstore; bookstall.
- noun a shop where books are sold
- apprenticeships2/5
apprenticeship
- noun the position of apprentice
- noun the position of apprentice
- sweatshops2/5
sweatshop
- noun factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
- noun factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
- sloops2/5
sloop
- noun a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
- noun a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
- usps2/5
usps
- noun an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States
US Postal Service; United States Postal Service.
- noun an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States
- asps2/5
asp
- noun of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
Vipera aspis; asp viper.
- noun cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
Naja haje; Egyptian cobra.
- noun of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
- backdrops2/5
backdrop
- noun scenery hung at back of stage
background; backcloth.
- noun scenery hung at back of stage
- teacups2/5
teacup
- noun as much as a teacup will hold
teacupful.
- noun a cup from which tea is drunk
- noun as much as a teacup will hold
- spaceships2/5
spaceship
- noun a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)
starship.
- noun a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)
- professorships2/5
professorship
- noun the position of professor
chair.
- he was awarded an endowed chair in economics
- noun the position of professor
- buttercups2/5
buttercup
- noun any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
kingcup; butterflower; butter-flower; goldcup; crowfoot.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
- bootstraps2/5
bootstrap
- noun a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on
- verb help oneself, often through improvised means
- noun a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on
- tarps2/5
tarp
- noun waterproofed canvas
tarpaulin.
- noun waterproofed canvas
- contretemps2/5
contretemps
- noun an awkward clash
- he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman
- noun an awkward clash
- satraps2/5
satrap
- noun a governor of a province in ancient Persia
- noun a governor of a province in ancient Persia
- lollipops2/5
lollipop
- noun ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
ice lolly; popsicle; lolly.
- in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly
- noun hard candy on a stick
sucker; all-day sucker.
- noun ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
- airstrips2/5
airstrip
- noun an airfield without normal airport facilities
landing strip; flight strip; strip.
- noun an airfield without normal airport facilities
- pushups2/5
pushup
- noun an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms
press-up.
- noun an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms
- governorships2/5
governorship
- noun the office of governor
- noun the office of governor
- starships2/5
starship
- noun a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)
spaceship.
- noun a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)
- hubcaps2/5
hubcap
- noun cap that fits over the hub of a wheel
- noun cap that fits over the hub of a wheel
- pawnshops2/5
pawnshop
- noun a shop where loans are made with personal property as security
loan office; pawnbroker's shop.
- noun a shop where loans are made with personal property as security
- barbershops2/5
barbershop
- noun a shop where men can get their hair cut
- noun a shop where men can get their hair cut
- thrips2/5
thrips
- noun any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
thrip; thripid.
- noun any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
thrip; thripid.
- noun any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
- gramps2/5
gramps
- noun the father of your father or mother
grandad; granddaddy; granddad; grandfather; grandpa.
- noun the father of your father or mother
- doorsteps2/5
doorstep
- noun the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
doorsill; threshold.
- noun the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
- seps2/5
sep
- noun the month following August and preceding October
September; Sept.
- noun the month following August and preceding October
- snowdrops2/5
snowdrop
- noun common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers
Anemone quinquefolia; wood anemone.
- noun common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers
- chimps2/5
chimp
- noun intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
Pan troglodytes; chimpanzee.
- noun intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
- triceratops2/5
triceratops
- noun huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill
- noun huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill
- amidships2/5
amidships
- adverb at or near or toward the center of a ship
midships; amidship.
- in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and at the rear
- adverb at or near or toward the center of a ship
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- apps2/5
apps
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- princeps2/5
princeps
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- rps2/5
rps
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- gunships2/5
gunships
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- timestamps2/5
- mountaintops2/5
mountaintops
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- outgroups2/5
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- crips2/5
crips
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- pelops2/5
pelops
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- streetlamps2/5
streetlamps
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- ceps2/5
ceps
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- wingtips2/5
wingtips
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- leps2/5
- authorships1/5
authorship
- noun the act of creating written works
penning; composition; writing.
- writing was a form of therapy for him
- it was a matter of disputed authorship
- noun the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
paternity.
- the authorship of the theory is disputed
- noun the act of creating written works
- kinships1/5
kinship
- noun a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
affinity.
- found a natural affinity with the immigrants
- felt a deep kinship with the other students
- anthropology's kinship with the humanities
- noun (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
family relationship; relationship.
- noun a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
- plumps1/5
plump
- noun the sound of a sudden heavy fall
- verb drop sharply
plummet.
- The stock market plummeted
- noun the sound of a sudden heavy fall
- citizenships1/5
citizenship
- noun the status of a citizen with rights and duties
- noun conduct as a citizen
- award for good citizenship
- noun the status of a citizen with rights and duties
- holdups1/5
holdup
- noun robbery at gunpoint
armed robbery; stickup; heist.
- noun the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
delay.
- noun robbery at gunpoint
- snoops1/5
snoop
- noun a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others
snooper.
- verb watch, observe, or inquire secretly
sleuth; spy; stag.
- noun a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others
- recaps1/5
recap
- noun a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
review; recapitulation.
- noun a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
retread.
- noun a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
- unwraps1/5
unwrap
- verb remove the outer cover or wrapping of
undo.
- Let's unwrap the gifts!
- undo the parcel
- verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
disclose; reveal; bring out; expose; let on; discover; divulge; break; let out; give away.
- The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
- The actress won't reveal how old she is
- bring out the truth
- he broke the news to her
- unwrap the evidence in the murder case
- verb remove the outer cover or wrapping of
- entraps1/5
entrap
- verb take or catch as if in a snare or trap
ensnare; frame; set up.
- I was set up!
- The innocent man was framed by the police
- verb catch in or as if in a trap
trammel; ensnare; snare; trap.
- The men trap foxes
- verb take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- receiverships1/5
receivership
- noun the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver
- the business is in receivership
- noun a court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so that it can be preserved for the benefit of all
- noun the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver
- wallops1/5
wallop
- noun a forceful consequence; a strong effect
impact.
- the book had an important impact on my thinking
- the book packs a wallop
- noun a severe blow
- noun a forceful consequence; a strong effect
- regroups1/5
regroup
- verb organize anew, as after a setback
reorganize; reorganise.
- verb reorganize into new groups
- verb organize anew, as after a setback
- mflops1/5
mflop
- noun (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system
megaflop; million floating point operations per second.
- noun (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system
- lisps1/5
lisp
- noun a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'
- noun a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists
list-processing language.
- noun a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'
- turboprops1/5
turboprop
- noun an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine
turbo-propeller plane; propjet.
- noun an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine
- enwraps1/5
enwrap
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
wrap; enclose; envelop; enfold.
- Fog enveloped the house
- verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
- ftps1/5
ftp
- noun protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
file transfer protocol.
- verb use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another
- You can FTP these data
- noun protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
- strops1/5
strop
- noun a leather strap used to sharpen razors
- verb sharpen on a strop
- strop razors
- noun a leather strap used to sharpen razors
- teraflops1/5
teraflop
- noun (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system
trillion floating point operations per second.
- noun (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system
- followups1/5
followup
- noun a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
follow-up.
- his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with
- noun an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
follow-up.
- noun a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
- whelps1/5
whelp
- noun young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
pup.
- verb birth
pup.
- the dog whelped
- noun young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
- rumps1/5
rump
- noun the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
croup; croupe; hindquarters.
- noun fleshy hindquarters; behind the loin and above the round
- noun the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
- romps1/5
romp
- noun an easy victory
laugher; blowout; runaway; walkaway; shoo-in.
- noun a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
tomboy; hoyden.
- noun an easy victory
- plops1/5
plop
- noun the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
- verb drop something with a plopping sound
- noun the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
- courtships1/5
courtship
- noun a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
wooing; suit; courting.
- its was a brief and intense courtship
- noun a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
- tursiops1/5
tursiops
- noun a genus of Delphinidae
genus Tursiops.
- noun a genus of Delphinidae
- scamps1/5
scamp
- noun one who is playfully mischievous
monkey; rascal; rapscallion; scallywag; imp; scalawag.
- verb perform hastily and carelessly
- noun one who is playfully mischievous
- claviceps1/5
claviceps
- noun fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
genus Claviceps.
- noun fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
- burps1/5
burp
- noun a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
burping; belch; eructation; belching.
- verb expel gas from the stomach
belch; bubble; eruct.
- In China it is polite to burp at the table
- noun a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
- flagships1/5
flagship
- noun the chief one of a related group
- it is their flagship newspaper
- noun the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag
- noun the chief one of a related group
- ingroups1/5
ingroup
- noun an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
coterie; inner circle; camp; clique; pack.
- noun an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
- lops1/5
lop
- verb cut off from a whole
discerp; sever.
- His head was severed from his body
- The soul discerped from the body
- verb cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
trim; prune; clip; cut back; crop; snip; dress.
- dress the plants in the garden
- verb cut off from a whole
- guardianships1/5
guardianship
- noun attention and management implying responsibility for safety
charge; tutelage; care.
- he is in the care of a bodyguard
- noun the responsibility of a guardian or keeper
keeping; safekeeping.
- he left his car in my keeping
- noun attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- oversteps1/5
overstep
- verb pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
trespass; transgress.
- verb be superior or better than some standard
transcend; exceed; top; go past; pass.
- She exceeded our expectations
- She topped her performance of last year
- verb pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
- crimps1/5
crimp
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
plication; crease; fold; bend; flexure.
- a fold in the napkin
- a crease in his trousers
- a plication on her blouse
- a flexure of the colon
- a bend of his elbow
- noun someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
crimper.
- noun an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- troopships1/5
troopship
- noun ship for transporting troops
- noun ship for transporting troops
- studentships1/5
studentship
- noun the position of student
- noun the position of student
- lectureships1/5
lectureship
- noun the post of lecturer
- noun the post of lecturer
- mugwumps1/5
mugwump
- noun someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884
- noun a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
independent; fencesitter.
- noun someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884
- baps1/5
bap
- noun a small loaf or roll of soft bread
- noun a small loaf or roll of soft bread
- zaps1/5
zap
- noun a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
- they gave it another zap of radiation
- verb strike suddenly and with force
- This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes
- noun a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
- thunderclaps1/5
thunderclap
- noun a single sharp crash of thunder
- noun a shocking surprise
thunderbolt; bombshell.
- news of the attack came like a bombshell
- noun a single sharp crash of thunder
- decamps1/5
decamp
- verb leave a camp
break camp.
- The hikers decamped before dawn
- verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
abscond; make off; absquatulate; bolt; go off; run off.
- The thief made off with our silver
- the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
- verb leave a camp
- blowups1/5
blowup
- noun a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
explosion; detonation.
- noun an unrestrained expression of emotion
effusion; ebullition; gush; outburst.
- noun a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- poops1/5
poop
- noun obscene terms for feces
crap; dirt; shite; turd; shit.
- noun a stupid foolish person
nincompoop; ninny.
- noun obscene terms for feces
- chumps1/5
chump
- noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
fool; soft touch; sucker; gull; patsy; fall guy; mug; mark.
- noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- yaps1/5
yap
- noun informal terms for the mouth
maw; gob; trap; cakehole; hole.
- verb bark in a high-pitched tone
yip; yelp.
- the puppies yelped
- noun informal terms for the mouth
- sups1/5
sup
- noun a small amount of liquid food
swallow.
- a sup of ale
- verb take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
- noun a small amount of liquid food
- aegilops1/5
aegilops
(Med.) An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.
- insteps1/5
instep
- noun the arch of the foot
- noun the part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot
- noun the arch of the foot
- catnaps1/5
catnap
- noun sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
cat sleep; nap; short sleep; snooze; forty winks.
- verb take a siesta
nap; catch a wink.
- She naps everyday after lunch for an hour
- noun sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
- handgrips1/5
handgrip
- noun the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
grip; hold; handle.
- he grabbed the hammer by the handle
- it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip
- noun the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- merops1/5
merops
- noun type genus of the Meropidae
genus Merops.
- noun type genus of the Meropidae
- makeups1/5
makeup
- noun cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
war paint; make-up.
- noun an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event
make-up.
- he missed the test and had to take a makeup
- the two teams played a makeup one week later
- noun cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
- podiceps1/5
podiceps
(Zoöl.) See Grebe .
- adps1/5
adp
- noun an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage
adenosine diphosphate.
- noun data processing by a computer
automatic data processing.
- noun an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage
- eavesdrops1/5
eavesdrop
- verb listen without the speaker's knowledge
listen in.
- the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations
- verb listen without the speaker's knowledge
- gyps1/5
gyp
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; confidence game; bunco; hustle; confidence trick; con.
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- nephrops1/5
nephrops
- noun a genus of Nephropsidae
genus Nephrops.
- noun a genus of Nephropsidae
- lightships1/5
lightship
- noun a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable
- noun a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable
- nincompoops1/5
nincompoop
- noun a stupid foolish person
poop; ninny.
- noun a stupid foolish person
- recoups1/5
recoup
- verb reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
reimburse.
- verb regain or make up for
recuperate; recover.
- recuperate one's losses
- verb reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
- acquaintanceships1/5
acquaintanceship
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
acquaintance.
- noun a relationship less intimate than friendship
- grumps1/5
grump
- noun a bad-tempered person
grouch; churl; crank; crosspatch.
- noun a bad-tempered person
- bothrops1/5
bothrops
- noun fer-de-lance
genus Bothrops.
- noun fer-de-lance
- revamps1/5
revamp
- verb to patch up or renovate; repair or restore
- They revamped their old house before selling it
- verb provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
vamp.
- revamp my old boots
- verb to patch up or renovate; repair or restore
- handclaps1/5
handclap
- noun a clap of the hands to indicate approval
- noun a clap of the hands to indicate approval
- sardinops1/5
sardinops
- noun pilchards
genus Sardinops.
- noun pilchards
- getups1/5
getup
- noun a set of clothing (with accessories)
rig; turnout; outfit.
- his getup was exceedingly elegant
- noun a set of clothing (with accessories)
- hardtops1/5
hardtop
- noun a car that resembles a convertible but has a fixed rigid top
- noun a car that resembles a convertible but has a fixed rigid top
- rulerships1/5
- cardsharps1/5
cardsharp
- noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
card sharper; sharpy; sharper; card shark; cardsharper; card sharp; sharpie.
- noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
- backstops1/5
backstop
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
catcher.
- noun (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
- ladyships1/5
ladyship
- noun a title used to address any peeress except a duchess
- Your Ladyship
- Her Ladyship
- noun a title used to address any peeress except a duchess
- overleaps1/5
overleap
- verb defeat (oneself) by going too far
- verb jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
vault.
- verb defeat (oneself) by going too far
- crumps1/5
crump
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
scrunch; thud.
- verb bombard with heavy shells
- verb make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
- mantraps1/5
mantrap
- noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
sweetheart; peach; beauty; knockout; lulu; smasher; stunner; ravisher; dish; looker.
- noun a trap for catching trespassers
- noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
- chirrups1/5
chirrup
- noun a series of chirps
twitter.
- verb make high-pitched sounds
cheep; chirp; peep.
- the birds were chirping in the bushes
- noun a series of chirps
- masterships1/5
mastership
- noun the skill of a master
- noun the position of master
- noun the skill of a master
- cheeps1/5
cheep
- noun the short weak cry of a young bird
peep.
- verb make high-pitched sounds
chirp; peep; chirrup.
- the birds were chirping in the bushes
- noun the short weak cry of a young bird
- milksops1/5
milksop
- noun a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
pansy; sissy; pantywaist; Milquetoast.
- noun a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
- twerps1/5
twerp
- noun someone who is regarded as contemptible
twit; twirp.
- noun someone who is regarded as contemptible
- madcaps1/5
madcap
- noun a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
harum-scarum; swashbuckler; lunatic; daredevil; hothead.
- adjective satellite characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; (`brainish' is archaic)
impetuous; brainish; tearaway; impulsive; hotheaded.
- a hotheaded decision
- liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers
- an impetuous display of spending and gambling
- madcap escapades
- noun a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
- editorships1/5
editorship
- noun the position of editor
- noun the position of editor
- leptotyphlops1/5
leptotyphlops
- noun blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas
genus Leptotyphlops.
- noun blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas
- ascocarps1/5
ascocarp
- noun mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus
- noun mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus
- sciaenops1/5
sciaenops
- noun a genus of Sciaenidae
genus Sciaenops.
- noun a genus of Sciaenidae
- triops1/5
triops
- noun type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye
genus Triops.
- noun type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye
- pomps1/5
pomp
- noun cheap or pretentious or vain display
gaudery.
- noun ceremonial elegance and splendor
eclat.
- entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses
- noun cheap or pretentious or vain display
- dollops1/5
dollop
- noun a small measure (usually of food)
- noun a small measure (usually of food)
- croups1/5
croup
- noun a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing
spasmodic laryngitis.
- noun the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
croupe; hindquarters; rump.
- noun a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing
- closeups1/5
closeup
- noun a photograph taken at close range
- noun a photograph taken at close range
- gips1/5
gip
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
- verb deprive of by deceit
- peps1/5
pep
- noun liveliness and energy
peppiness; ginger.
- this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep
- noun liveliness and energy
- yips1/5
yips
- noun nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
- to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting
- noun a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
yelping; yip; yelp.
- noun nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
- veps1/5
veps
- noun a member of a Finnish people of Russia
Vepsian; Vepse.
- noun a Finnic language spoken by the Veps
Vepsian; Vepse.
- noun a member of a Finnish people of Russia
- traineeships1/5
traineeship
- noun financial aid that enables you to get trained for a specified job
- the bill provided traineeships in vocational rehabilitation
- noun financial aid that enables you to get trained for a specified job
- lockups1/5
lockup
- noun jail in a local police station
- noun the act of locking something up to protect it
locking.
- noun jail in a local police station
- sumps1/5
sump
- noun an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine
- noun a well or other hole in which water has collected
- noun an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine
- mousetraps1/5
mousetrap
- noun a trap for catching mice
- noun (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated
trap play.
- noun a trap for catching mice
- bellhops1/5
bellhop
- noun someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
bellboy; bellman.
- noun someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
- unzips1/5
unzip
- verb open the zipper of
- unzip the bag
- verb open the zipper of
- matchups1/5
matchup
- noun the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition
match-up.
- it was a good match-up but the home team won
- we need a matchup of the best teachers with the neediest schools
- noun the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition
- nightcaps1/5
nightcap
- noun an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic
- noun a cloth cap worn in bed
- noun an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic
- skullcaps1/5
skullcap
- noun rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
- noun a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised
helmetflower.
- noun rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
- slurps1/5
slurp
- verb eat noisily
- He slurped his soup
- verb eat noisily
- scrips1/5
scrip
- noun a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
- noun a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
- landslips1/5
landslip
- noun a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
landslide.
- noun a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
- bleeps1/5
bleep
- noun a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
beep.
- verb emit a single short high-pitched signal
- The computer bleeped away
- noun a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
- icecaps1/5
icecap
- noun a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)
ice cap.
- noun a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)
- earflaps1/5
earflap
- noun one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm
earlap.
- noun one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm
- consulships1/5
consulship
- noun the post of consul
- noun the post of consul
- companionships1/5
companionship
- noun the state of being with someone
fellowship; company; society.
- he missed their company
- he enjoyed the society of his friends
- noun the state of being with someone
- kingships1/5
kingship
- noun the dignity or rank or position of a king
- noun the dignity or rank or position of a king
- screwups1/5
screwup
- noun the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation
- a typical bureaucratic screwup
- noun the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation
- bops1/5
bop
- noun the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
Federal Bureau of Prisons.
- noun an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
bebop.
- noun the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
- umps1/5
ump
- noun an official at a baseball game
umpire.
- noun an official at a baseball game
- flattops1/5
flattop
- noun a closely cropped haircut; usually for men
crew cut.
- noun a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
attack aircraft carrier; aircraft carrier; carrier.
- noun a closely cropped haircut; usually for men
- encamps1/5
encamp
- verb live in or as if in a tent
bivouac; camp; camp out; tent.
- Can we go camping again this summer?
- The circus tented near the town
- The houseguests had to camp in the living room
- verb live in or as if in a tent
- overtops1/5
overtop
- verb look down on
overlook; dominate; command.
- The villa dominates the town
- verb look down on
- hasps1/5
hasp
- noun a fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock
- verb secure or lock with a hasp
- noun a fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock
- chomps1/5
chomp
- noun the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
bite.
- verb chew noisily
champ.
- The boy chomped his sandwich
- noun the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
- tamps1/5
tamp
- noun a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
tamper; tamping bar.
- verb press down tightly
tamp down; pack.
- tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso
- noun a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
- turps1/5
turps
- noun volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
oil of turpentine; spirit of turpentine; turpentine.
- noun removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia)
transurethral resection of the prostate; TURP.
- noun volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
- echinops1/5
echinops
- noun genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles
genus Echinops.
- noun genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles
- rosehips1/5
- chieftainships1/5
chieftainship
- noun the position of chieftain
chieftaincy.
- noun the position of chieftain
- sporocarps1/5
sporocarp
- noun specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia
spore case.
- noun specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia
- quicksteps1/5
quickstep
- noun military march accompanying quick time
- noun a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps
- noun military march accompanying quick time
- dewlaps1/5
dewlap
- noun a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck
- noun a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck
- trollops1/5
trollop
- noun a dirty untidy woman
slovenly woman; slattern; slut.
- noun a woman adulterer
strumpet; adulteress; jade; slut; hussy; loose woman; fornicatress.
- noun a dirty untidy woman
- headships1/5
headship
- noun the position of headmaster or headmistress
- noun the position of head
- noun the position of headmaster or headmistress
- schnaps1/5
schnaps
- noun any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes
schnapps.
- noun any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes
- redcaps1/5
redcap
- noun a member of the military police in Britain
- noun a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station
- noun a member of the military police in Britain
- ambassadorships1/5
ambassadorship
- noun the post of ambassador
- noun the post of ambassador
- containerships1/5
containership
- noun a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes
container ship; container vessel.
- the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceed 90 pounds
- noun a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes
- fuckups1/5
fuckup
- noun someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
bumbler; sad sack; bungler; fumbler; blunderer; butcher; stumbler; botcher.
- noun an embarrassing mistake
botch; boo-boo; flub; blooper; blunder; foul-up; pratfall; boner; bungle; bloomer.
- noun someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
- pileups1/5
pileup
- noun multiple collisions of vehicles
- noun multiple collisions of vehicles
- jockstraps1/5
jockstrap
- noun a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
suspensor; jock; supporter; athletic supporter.
- noun a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
- censorships1/5
censorship
- noun counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
security review; censoring.
- noun deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
censoring.
- noun counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
- flytraps1/5
flytrap
- noun a trap for catching flies
- noun a trap for catching flies
- gimps1/5
gimp
- noun disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
claudication; gameness; lameness; limping; gimpiness.
- verb walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
hobble; limp; hitch.
- The old woman hobbles down to the store every day
- noun disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
- stopgaps1/5
stopgap
- noun something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
make-do; makeshift.
- noun something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
- snowcaps1/5
snowcap
- noun a covering of snow (as on a mountain peak)
- noun a covering of snow (as on a mountain peak)
- stewardships1/5
- frumps1/5
frump
- noun a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
dog.
- she got a reputation as a frump
- she's a real dog
- noun a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
- clops1/5
clop
- noun the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
clip-clop; clunking; clopping; clippety-clop; clumping.
- verb make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
clump; clunk; plunk.
- noun the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
- linkups1/5
linkup
- noun a fastener that serves to join or connect
tie-in; link; tie.
- the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction
- noun a fastener that serves to join or connect
- toecaps1/5
toecap
- noun a protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it
- noun a protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it
- horsewhips1/5
horsewhip
- noun a whip for controlling horses
- verb whip with a whip intended for horses
- noun a whip for controlling horses
- ketchups1/5
ketchup
- noun thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes
tomato ketchup; catsup; cetchup.
- noun thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes
- blimps1/5
blimp
- noun any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
Colonel Blimp.
- noun a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
sausage balloon; sausage.
- noun any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
- biochips1/5
biochip
- noun a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment
- noun a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment
- juleps1/5
julep
- noun bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice
mint julep.
- noun bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice
- chairmanships1/5
chairmanship
- noun the position of chairman
- noun the position of chairman
- paperclips1/5
paperclip
- noun a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together
paper clip; gem clip.
- the paper clip was invented in 1900
- noun a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together
- gumdrops1/5
gumdrop
- noun a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals
- noun a jellied candy coated with sugar crystals
- trusteeships1/5
trusteeship
- noun a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations
trust territory.
- noun the position of trustee
- noun a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations
- shortstops1/5
shortstop
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
- noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
short.
- noun (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position
- wops1/5
wop
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
Guinea; dago; greaseball; ginzo.
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
- gingersnaps1/5
gingersnap
- noun a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
snap; ginger nut; ginger snap.
- noun a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- eardrops1/5
eardrop
- noun an earring with a pendant ornament
drop earring; pendant earring.
- noun an earring with a pendant ornament
- airdrops1/5
airdrop
- noun delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft
- until then, front line troops will be supplied by airdrop
- noun delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft
- teashops1/5
teashop
- noun a restaurant where tea and light meals are available
tearoom; teahouse; tea parlor; tea parlour.
- noun a restaurant where tea and light meals are available
- salps1/5
salp
- noun minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end
salpa.
- noun minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end
- dipterocarps1/5
dipterocarp
- noun tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae
- noun tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae
- neaps1/5
neap
- noun a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon
neap tide.
- noun a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon
- wickiups1/5
wickiup
- noun a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States
wikiup.
- noun a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States
- caltrops1/5
caltrop
- noun tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
devil's weed; Tribulus terestris.
- noun a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
water chestnut plant; water chestnut.
- noun tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
- doorstops1/5
doorstop
- noun a stop that keeps open doors from moving
doorstopper.
- noun a stop that keeps open doors from moving
- stoups1/5
stoup
- noun an archaic drinking vessel
- noun basin for holy water
stoop.
- noun an archaic drinking vessel
- premierships1/5
premiership
- noun the office of premier
- noun the office of premier
- carhops1/5
carhop
- noun a waiter at a drive-in restaurant
- noun a waiter at a drive-in restaurant
- skeps1/5
skep
- noun a large round wicker basket (used on farms)
- noun a domed beehive made of twisted straw
- noun a large round wicker basket (used on farms)
- principalships1/5
- secretaryships1/5
secretaryship
- noun the position of secretary
- noun the position of secretary
- stickups1/5
stickup
- noun robbery at gunpoint
armed robbery; heist; holdup.
- noun robbery at gunpoint
- preceptorships1/5
preceptorship
- noun the position of preceptor
- noun the position of preceptor
- countercoups1/5
countercoup
- noun a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
- noun a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
- cowslips1/5
cowslip
- noun early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers
paigle; Primula veris.
- noun swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
May blob; kingcup; water dragon; meadow bright; Caltha palustris; marsh marigold.
- noun early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers
- kelps1/5
kelp
- noun large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
- noun large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
- layups1/5
layup
- noun a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
lay-up.
- noun a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
- blackcaps1/5
blackcap
- noun raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
black raspberry; blackcap raspberry; Rubus occidentalis; thimbleberry.
- noun small black-headed European gull
pewit; pewit gull; laughing gull; Larus ridibundus.
- noun raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit
- sunlamps1/5
sunlamp
- noun a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments
sun lamp; sunray lamp; sun-ray lamp.
- noun a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments
- tups1/5
tup
- noun uncastrated adult male sheep
ram.
- a British term is `tup'
- noun uncastrated adult male sheep
- oxlips1/5
oxlip
- noun Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel
Primula elatior; paigle.
- noun Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel
- protoceratops1/5
protoceratops
- noun small horned dinosaur
- noun small horned dinosaur
- midships1/5
midships
- adverb at or near or toward the center of a ship
amidship; amidships.
- in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and at the rear
- adverb at or near or toward the center of a ship
- kipps1/5
- kops1/5
kops
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- playgroups1/5
playgroups
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- palps1/5
palp
(Zoöl.) Same as Palpus .
- perps1/5
- timps1/5
timps
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- copps1/5
copse
- noun a dense growth of bushes
thicket; coppice; brush; brushwood.
- noun a dense growth of bushes
- filmstrips1/5
filmstrips
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- mockups1/5
mockups
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- fireships1/5
- mashups1/5
mashups
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- flipflops1/5
flipflops
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- loups1/5
loups
(Ethnol.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf.
- knops1/5
knop
A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button. Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. Ex. xxv. 21.
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- dops1/5
dop
A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
- aethiops1/5
aethiops
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- hangups1/5
hangups
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- longships1/5
longships
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- pinups1/5
pinups
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- woodchips1/5
- daps1/5
dap
(Angling) To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water. To catch a club by dapping with a grasshoper. Walton.
- externships1/5
- intercrops1/5
- distributorships1/5
distributorships
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- conservatorships1/5
- neps1/5
- warmups1/5
warmups
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- scops1/5
scops
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- workups1/5
workups
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- semigroups1/5
- waps1/5
wap
To beat; to whap. Obs. or Prov. Eng. Sir T. Malory.
- preamps1/5
preamps
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- collops1/5
collop
A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh. God knows thou art a collop of my flesh. Shak.
Sweetbread and collops were with skewers pricked. Dryden.
- kemps1/5
kemps
(Bot.) The long flower stems of the ribwort plantain ( Dr. Prior.Plantago Lanceolata ).
- popups1/5
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- shallops1/5
shallop
(Naut.) A boat. [She] thrust the shallop from the floating strand. Spenser.
✍ The term shallop is applied to boats of all sizes, from a light canoe up to a large boat with masts and sails.
- micropumps1/5
- palmtops1/5
palmtops
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- worktops1/5
worktops
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- situps1/5
situps
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- sibships1/5
- draps1/5
- wardships1/5
wardship
The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. Blackstone.
- chrysops1/5
chrysops
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- mayhaps1/5
mayhap
- adverb by chance
perchance; perhaps; maybe; possibly; peradventure.
- perhaps she will call tomorrow
- we may possibly run into them at the concert
- it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time
- adverb by chance
- cooktops1/5
- epops1/5
epops
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- sitemaps1/5
- breviceps1/5
breviceps
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- hipps1/5
hip
- noun either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
- noun the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
pelvis; pelvic girdle; pelvic arch.
- noun either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
- coverups1/5
coverups
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- athwartships1/5
- backflips1/5
- slipups1/5
slipups
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- particeps1/5
- supergroups1/5
- typhlops1/5
typhlops
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- flareups1/5
flareups
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- roups1/5
roup
To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction. Scot. Jamieson.
- megalops1/5
megalops
A larva, in a stage following the zoëa, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also used adjectively.
- heps1/5
hep
- adjective satellite informed about the latest trends
hip; hip to.
- adjective satellite informed about the latest trends
- remaps1/5
remaps
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- muttonchops1/5
muttonchops
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- wips1/5
wips
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- stirps1/5
stirps
(Law) Stock; race; family. Blackstone.
- flashlamps1/5
flashlamps
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- ceriops1/5
- clifftops1/5
clifftops
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- circlips1/5
- pullups1/5
pullups
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- gumps1/5
- wineshops1/5
wineshops
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- bullwhips1/5
bullwhips
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- chiefships1/5
- voivodeships1/5
- ripps1/5
ripps
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- writeups1/5
- slapps1/5
- stairsteps1/5
- prenups1/5
prenups
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- storeships1/5
storeship
A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like.
- chamaerops1/5
- chinstraps1/5
chinstraps
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- samps1/5
samp
An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.
- cookshops1/5
cookshop
An eating house. "A subterranean cookshop." Macaulay.
- zosterops1/5
zosterops
(Zoöl.) A genus of birds that comprises the white-eyes. See White-eye .
- cantrips1/5
cantrip
A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief. Written also Scot.cantraip .
- mixups1/5
mixups
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- lollypops1/5
lollipop
- noun ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
ice lolly; popsicle; lolly.
- in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly
- noun hard candy on a stick
sucker; all-day sucker.
- noun ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
- sysops1/5
sysops
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Suffixes of ps
- psychology«Word Popularity Bar5/5
psychology
- noun the science of mental life
psychological science.
- noun the science of mental life
- psychological5/5
psychological
- adjective satellite mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature
- give psychological support
- psychological warfare
- adjective of or relating to or determined by psychology
- psychological theories
- adjective satellite mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature
- psychiatry5/5
psychiatry
- noun the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
psychopathology; psychological medicine.
- noun the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
- psychologists5/5
psychologist
- noun a scientist trained in psychology
- noun a scientist trained in psychology
- psychotherapy5/5
psychotherapy
- noun the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
psychotherapeutics; mental hygiene.
- noun the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means
- noun the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
- psychic5/5
psychic
- noun a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
- adjective satellite affecting or influenced by the human mind
psychical.
- psychic energy
- psychic trauma
- noun a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
- psychologist5/5
psychologist
- noun a scientist trained in psychology
- noun a scientist trained in psychology
- psalm5/5
psalm
- noun any sacred song used to praise the deity
- noun one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David
- noun any sacred song used to praise the deity
- psychiatric5/5
psychiatric
- adjective relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry
psychiatrical.
- psychiatric disorder
- psychiatric hospital
- adjective relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry
- psi4/5
psi
- noun a unit of pressure
pounds per square inch.
- noun the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
- noun a unit of pressure
- psychoanalysis4/5
psychoanalysis
- noun a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
depth psychology; analysis.
- his physician recommended psychoanalysis
- noun a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
- psyche4/5
psyche
- noun that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
brain; head; mind; nous.
- his mind wandered
- I couldn't get his words out of my head
- noun the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
soul.
- noun that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
- pseudo4/5
pseudo
- noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
fraud; shammer; imposter; impostor; faker; pseud; role player; fake; pretender; sham.
- adjective satellite (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of
- a pseudo esthete
- pseudoclassic
- noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- psychoanalytic4/5
psychoanalytic
- adjective of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud
psychoanalytical.
- Freud's psychoanalytical theories
- psychoanalytic treatment
- adjective of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud
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psalm
- noun one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David
- noun any sacred song used to praise the deity
- noun one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David
- psychotic4/5
psychotic
- noun a person afflicted with psychosis
psychotic person; psycho.
- adjective satellite characteristic of or suffering from psychosis
- noun a person afflicted with psychosis
- psychopathology4/5
psychopathology
- noun the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior
abnormal psychology.
- noun the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
psychiatry; psychological medicine.
- noun the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior
- psa4/5
psa
- noun a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
prostate specific antigen.
- noun a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
- psychiatrist4/5
psychiatrist
- noun a physician who specializes in psychiatry
head-shrinker; shrink.
- noun a physician who specializes in psychiatry
- psychologically4/5
psychologically
- adverb with regard to psychology
- war that caught them in its toils either psychologically or physically
- the event was very damaging to the child psychologically
- adverb in terms of psychology
- classify poetry psychologically
- adverb with regard to psychology
- psycho4/5
psycho
- noun a person afflicted with psychosis
psychotic person; psychotic.
- noun a person afflicted with psychosis
- psychosis4/5
psychosis
- noun any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
- noun any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
- psychiatrists4/5
psychiatrist
- noun a physician who specializes in psychiatry
head-shrinker; shrink.
- noun a physician who specializes in psychiatry
- psychosocial4/5
psychosocial
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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
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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
- psychotherapist3/5
psychotherapist
- noun a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
clinical psychologist.
- noun a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
- psychomotor3/5
psychomotor
- adjective of or relating to or characterizing mental events that have motor consequences or vice versa
- adjective of or relating to or characterizing mental events that have motor consequences or vice versa
- psychotherapists3/5
psychotherapist
- noun a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
clinical psychologist.
- noun a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
- pseudomonas3/5
pseudomonas
- noun type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae
genus Pseudomonas.
- noun type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae
- psychogenic3/5
psychogenic
- adjective of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder
psychogenetic.
- adjective satellite mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin
- a psychogenic disorder
- adjective of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder
- psychoanalytical3/5
psychoanalytical
- adjective of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud
psychoanalytic.
- Freud's psychoanalytical theories
- psychoanalytic treatment
- adjective of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud
- psychical3/5
psychical
- adjective satellite affecting or influenced by the human mind
psychic.
- psychic energy
- psychic trauma
- adjective satellite outside the sphere of physical science
psychic.
- psychic phenomena
- adjective satellite affecting or influenced by the human mind
- psychometric3/5
psychometric
- adjective of or relating to psychometrics
- psychometric journals
- adjective of or relating to psychometrics
- psalmist3/5
psalmist
- noun a composer of sacred songs
- David is called The Psalmist because he is believed to be the author of the Book of Psalms
- noun a composer of sacred songs
- psalter3/5
psalter
The Book of Psalms; -- often applied to a book containing the Psalms separately printed.
- psychopharmacology3/5
psychopharmacology
- noun the study of drugs that affect the mind
- noun the study of drugs that affect the mind
- psychoanalyst3/5
psychoanalyst
- noun a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
analyst.
- noun a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
- psychotherapeutic3/5
psychotherapeutic
- adjective of or relating to or practicing psychotherapy
- psychotherapeutic sessions
- adjective satellite emotionally purging
cathartic.
- adjective of or relating to or practicing psychotherapy
- psychedelic3/5
psychedelic
- adjective satellite producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis
- psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and mescaline
- adjective satellite having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states
- a psychedelic painting
- adjective satellite producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis
- psychoanalysts3/5
psychoanalyst
- noun a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
analyst.
- noun a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
- psychopathic3/5
psychopathic
- adjective satellite suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
psychopathologic; psychopathological.
- adjective satellite suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
- psychopathy3/5
psychopathy
- noun any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
mental disease; mental illness.
- noun any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
- psychoses3/5
psychosis
- noun any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
- noun any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
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psoriasis
- noun a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences
- noun a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences
- psychosomatic3/5
psychosomatic
- adjective satellite used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis
- adjective satellite used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis
- psychotropic3/5
psychotropic
- adjective affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes
psychoactive.
- psychoactive drugs
- adjective affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes
- psychoactive3/5
psychoactive
- adjective affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes
psychotropic.
- psychoactive drugs
- adjective affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes
- psf3/5
psf
- noun a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al-Fatah; staged terrorist attacks against Israel across the Lebanese border
Popular Struggle Front.
- noun a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al-Fatah; staged terrorist attacks against Israel across the Lebanese border
- pst3/5
pst
- noun standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the United States
Pacific Time; Pacific Standard Time.
- noun standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the United States
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psychodynamic
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psychol
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- psych3/5
psych
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psychophysical
Of or pertaining to psychophysics; involving the action or mutual relations of the psychical and physical in man.
- psychologic3/5
psychologic
Of or pertaining to psychology. See Note under --Psychic .Psy`cho*log"ic*al*ly , adv.
- psyches2/5
psyche
- noun that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
brain; head; mind; nous.
- his mind wandered
- I couldn't get his words out of my head
- noun the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
soul.
- noun that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
- psychologies2/5
psychology
- noun the science of mental life
psychological science.
- noun the science of mental life
- 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
- psychodynamics2/5
psychodynamics
- noun the interrelation of conscious and unconscious processes and emotions that determine personality and motivation
- noun the branch of social psychology that deals with the processes and emotions that determine psychology and motivation
- noun the interrelation of conscious and unconscious processes and emotions that determine personality and motivation
- psychosexual2/5
psychosexual
- adjective of or relating to the mental or emotional attitudes about sexuality
- adjective of or relating to the mental or emotional attitudes about sexuality
- psychophysiology2/5
psychophysiology
- noun the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes
neuropsychology; physiological psychology.
- noun the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes
- psychics2/5
psychic
- noun a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
- adjective satellite affecting or influenced by the human mind
psychical.
- psychic energy
- psychic trauma
- noun a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
- psychotherapies2/5
psychotherapy
- noun the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
psychotherapeutics; mental hygiene.
- noun the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means
- noun the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
- psycholinguistics2/5
psycholinguistics
- noun the branch of cognitive psychology that studies the psychological basis of linguistic competence and performance
- noun the branch of cognitive psychology that studies the psychological basis of linguistic competence and performance
- pseudepigrapha2/5
pseudepigrapha
- noun 52 texts written between 200 BC and AD 200 but ascribed to various prophets and kings in the Hebrew scriptures; many are apocalyptic in nature
- noun 52 texts written between 200 BC and AD 200 but ascribed to various prophets and kings in the Hebrew scriptures; many are apocalyptic in nature
- pseudoscience2/5
pseudoscience
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- pseud2/5
pseud
- noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
fraud; shammer; imposter; impostor; pseudo; faker; role player; fake; pretender; sham.
- noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- psychometrics2/5
psychometrics
- noun any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
psychometry; psychometrika.
- noun any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
- psychometrika2/5
psychometrika
- noun any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
psychometry; psychometrics.
- noun any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
- psychoanalyse2/5
psychoanalyse
- verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment
analyze; analyse; psychoanalyze.
- I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist
- verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment
- psycholinguistic2/5
psycholinguistic
- adjective of or relating to the psychology of language
- adjective of or relating to the psychology of language
- psychophysics2/5
psychophysics
- noun the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects
- noun the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects
- psoas2/5
psoas
- noun either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh
- noun either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh
- psychopathological2/5
psychopathological
- adjective satellite suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
psychopathic; psychopathologic.
- adjective satellite suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
- pseudoephedrine2/5
pseudoephedrine
- noun poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it
- noun poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it
- psalmody2/5
psalmody
- noun the act of singing psalms or hymns
hymnody.
- noun the act of singing psalms or hymns
- psilocybin2/5
psilocybin
- noun a hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom
psilocin.
- noun a hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom
- psychotics2/5
psychotic
- noun a person afflicted with psychosis
psychotic person; psycho.
- adjective satellite characteristic of or suffering from psychosis
- noun a person afflicted with psychosis
- psalmists2/5
psalmist
- noun a composer of sacred songs
- David is called The Psalmist because he is believed to be the author of the Book of Psalms
- noun a composer of sacred songs
- psychopath2/5
psychopath
- noun someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
sociopath.
- noun someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
- psychopaths2/5
psychopath
- noun someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
sociopath.
- noun someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
- psychopharmacological2/5
psychopharmacological
- adjective of or relating to psychopharmacology
- adjective of or relating to psychopharmacology
- psychically2/5
psychically
- adverb from a psychic point of view
- he was psychically blind
- adverb from a psychic point of view
- psyllium2/5
psyllium
- noun plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative
Spanish psyllium; Plantago psyllium; fleawort.
- noun plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative
- pseudoscientific2/5
pseudoscientific
- adjective satellite based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific
- adjective satellite based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific
- psychosurgery2/5
psychosurgery
- noun brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems
- noun brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems
- psychophysiological2/5
psychophysiological
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- psychoeducational2/5
psychoeducational
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- pseudocode2/5
- psoriatic2/5
psoriatic
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- psig2/5
psig
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- psychodrama2/5
psychodrama
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- psychobiology2/5
psychobiology
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- pseudorandom2/5
- psia2/5
psia
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- pshaw2/5
pshaw
Pish! pooch! -- an exclamation used as an expression of contempt, disdain, dislike, etc. Written also psha .
- psychobiological2/5
- psychologism2/5
psychologism
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- psychoanalytically2/5
psychoanalytical
- adjective of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud
psychoanalytic.
- Freud's psychoanalytical theories
- psychoanalytic treatment
- adjective of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud
- psychographic2/5
psychographic
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- psychosomatics2/5
psychosomatic
- adjective satellite used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis
- adjective satellite used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis
- psychonomic2/5
- pseudomembranous2/5
- pseudocyst2/5
pseudocyst
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- pskov2/5
- psychoneuroimmunology2/5
psychoneuroimmunology
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- psyched2/5
psyched
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- psychedelics2/5
psychedelic
- adjective satellite producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis
- psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and mescaline
- adjective satellite having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states
- a psychedelic painting
- adjective satellite producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis
- pseudarthrosis2/5
- pseudogenes2/5
- psychiatrically2/5
psychiatrical
- adjective relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry
psychiatric.
- psychiatric disorder
- psychiatric hospital
- adjective relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry
- psid2/5
psid
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- psychoanal2/5
psychoanal
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- psychographics2/5
- psychoticism2/5
- psychohistory2/5
- psychometrically2/5
- psst2/5
- psis1/5
psi
- noun a unit of pressure
pounds per square inch.
- noun the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
- noun a unit of pressure
- psychogenesis1/5
psychogenesis
- noun the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors
- noun a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind
- noun the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors
- psycholinguists1/5
psycholinguist
- noun a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language
- noun a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language
- psycholinguist1/5
psycholinguist
- noun a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language
- noun a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language
- psychosexuality1/5
psychosexuality
- noun the mental representation of sexual activities
- noun the mental representation of sexual activities
- psychometry1/5
psychometry
- noun any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
psychometrika; psychometrics.
- noun any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
- pseudotsuga1/5
pseudotsuga
- noun douglas fir; closely related to genera Larix and Cathaya
genus Pseudotsuga.
- noun douglas fir; closely related to genera Larix and Cathaya
- psychedelia1/5
psychedelia
- noun the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs
- noun the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs
- psychopathologies1/5
psychopathology
- noun the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior
abnormal psychology.
- noun the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
psychiatry; psychological medicine.
- noun the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior
- psyops1/5
psyop
- noun military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments
psychological operation.
- noun military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments
- psyop1/5
psyop
- noun military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments
psychological operation.
- noun military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments
- psidium1/5
psidium
- noun guavas
genus Psidium.
- noun guavas
- psychoanalyze1/5
psychoanalyze
- verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment
psychoanalyse; analyze; analyse.
- I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist
- verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment
- pseudacris1/5
pseudacris
- noun chorus frogs
genus Pseudacris.
- noun chorus frogs
- psychogenetic1/5
psychogenetic
- adjective of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder
psychogenic.
- adjective of or relating to the origin and development of the mind
- adjective of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder
- psychoanalyzing1/5
psychoanalyze
- verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment
psychoanalyse; analyze; analyse.
- I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist
- verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment
- psychoanalyzed1/5
psychoanalyze
- verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment
psychoanalyse; analyze; analyse.
- I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist
- verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment
- psocoptera1/5
psocoptera
- noun an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice
order Corrodentia; Corrodentia; order Psocoptera.
- noun an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice
- pseudemys1/5
pseudemys
- noun sliders; red-bellied terrapin
genus Pseudemys.
- noun sliders; red-bellied terrapin
- pseudosciences1/5
pseudoscience
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- noun an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
- pseudos1/5
pseudo
- noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
fraud; shammer; imposter; impostor; faker; pseud; role player; fake; pretender; sham.
- adjective satellite (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of
- a pseudo esthete
- pseudoclassic
- noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- psittacus1/5
psittacus
- noun type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey
genus Psittacus.
- noun type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey
- psychotherapeutics1/5
psychotherapeutics
- noun the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
psychotherapy; mental hygiene.
- noun the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
- pseudococcidae1/5
pseudococcidae
- noun scalelike insects: mealybugs
family Pseudococcidae.
- noun scalelike insects: mealybugs
- psittacula1/5
psittacula
- noun a genus of Psittacidae
genus Psittacula.
- noun a genus of Psittacidae
- psittaciformes1/5
psittaciformes
- noun an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
order Psittaciformes.
- noun an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
- psittacidae1/5
psittacidae
- noun coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
family Psittacidae.
- noun coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
- psilotum1/5
psilotum
- noun type genus of the Psilotaceae
genus Psilotum.
- noun type genus of the Psilotaceae
- psychodidae1/5
psychodidae
- noun very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies
family Psychodidae.
- noun very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies
- pseudohermaphrodite1/5
pseudohermaphrodite
- noun someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth
- adjective satellite having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex
pseudohermaphroditic.
- noun someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth
- psychoanalyses1/5
psychoanalyse
- verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment
analyze; analyse; psychoanalyze.
- I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist
- verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment
- psyllidae1/5
psyllidae
- noun jumping plant lice
family Psyllidae; Chermidae; family Chermidae.
- noun jumping plant lice
- pseudococcus1/5
pseudococcus
- noun type genus of the Pseudococcidae
genus Pseudococcus.
- noun type genus of the Pseudococcidae
- psalters1/5
psalter
- noun a collection of Psalms for liturgical use
Book of Psalms.
- noun a collection of Psalms for liturgical use
- pseudopodia1/5
pseudopodium
- noun temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
pseudopod.
- noun temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
- pseudomonads1/5
pseudomonad
- noun bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals
- noun bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals
- psychokinesis1/5
psychokinesis
- noun the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force
telekinesis.
- noun the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force
- psychobabble1/5
psychobabble
- noun using language loaded with psychological terminology
- noun using language loaded with psychological terminology
- psaltery1/5
psaltery
- noun an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
- noun an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
- pseudohermaphroditism1/5
pseudohermaphroditism
- noun congenital condition in which a person has external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex
- noun congenital condition in which a person has external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex
- psychos1/5
psycho
- noun a person afflicted with psychosis
psychotic person; psychotic.
- noun a person afflicted with psychosis
- pseudobulbs1/5
pseudobulb
- noun a solid bulblike enlargement of the stem of some orchids
- noun a solid bulblike enlargement of the stem of some orchids
- pseudopods1/5
pseudopod
- noun temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
pseudopodium.
- noun temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
- psychoneurotic1/5
psychoneurotic
- noun a person suffering from neurosis
mental case; neurotic.
- adjective affected with emotional disorder
neurotic.
- noun a person suffering from neurosis
- psychrometer1/5
psychrometer
- noun a hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer; their difference indicates the dryness of the surrounding air
- noun a hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer; their difference indicates the dryness of the surrounding air
- pseudopod1/5
pseudopod
- noun temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
pseudopodium.
- noun temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
- psyllid1/5
psyllid
- noun small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
jumping plant louse; psylla.
- noun small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
- psychopomp1/5
psychopomp
- noun a conductor of souls to the afterworld
- Hermes was their psychopomp
- noun a conductor of souls to the afterworld
- psyllids1/5
psyllid
- noun small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
jumping plant louse; psylla.
- noun small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
- psychotria1/5
psychotria
- noun tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees
genus Psychotria.
- noun tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees
- psilocin1/5
psilocin
- noun a hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom
psilocybin.
- noun a hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom
- psylla1/5
psylla
- noun small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
jumping plant louse; psyllid.
- noun small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
- pseudobulb1/5
pseudobulb
- noun a solid bulblike enlargement of the stem of some orchids
- noun a solid bulblike enlargement of the stem of some orchids
- psychopathologic1/5
psychopathologic
- adjective satellite suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
psychopathic; psychopathological.
- adjective satellite suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
- pseudohermaphrodites1/5
pseudohermaphrodite
- noun someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth
- adjective satellite having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex
pseudohermaphroditic.
- noun someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth
- psoralea1/5
psoralea
- noun widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers
genus Psoralea.
- noun widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers
- psalteries1/5
psaltery
- noun an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
- noun an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
- pseudomonad1/5
pseudomonad
- noun bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals
- noun bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals
- pseudocyesis1/5
pseudocyesis
- noun physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant
false pregnancy.
- noun physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant
- pseudopodium1/5
pseudopodium
- noun temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
pseudopod.
- noun temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
- psychrometers1/5
psychrometer
- noun a hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer; their difference indicates the dryness of the surrounding air
- noun a hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer; their difference indicates the dryness of the surrounding air
- psychophysicists1/5
psychophysicist
- noun a psychologist trained in psychophysics
- noun a psychologist trained in psychophysics
- pseudoscorpions1/5
pseudoscorpion
- noun small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
false scorpion.
- noun small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
- psychoneurotics1/5
psychoneurotic
- noun a person suffering from neurosis
mental case; neurotic.
- adjective affected with emotional disorder
neurotic.
- noun a person suffering from neurosis
- psittacosis1/5
psittacosis
- noun infectious disease of birds
parrot disease.
- noun an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds
ornithosis; parrot fever.
- noun infectious disease of birds
- psts1/5
pst
- noun standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the United States
Pacific Time; Pacific Standard Time.
- noun standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the United States
- psychoneuroses1/5
psychoneurosis
- noun a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
neurosis; neuroticism.
- noun a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
- psychoneurosis1/5
psychoneurosis
- noun a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
neurosis; neuroticism.
- noun a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
- psychokinetic1/5
psychokinetic
- adjective satellite moving an object without apparent use of physical means
- adjective satellite moving an object without apparent use of physical means
- psammoma1/5
psammoma
- noun a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles
sand tumor.
- noun a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles
- psalterium1/5
psalterium
- noun the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
third stomach; omasum.
- noun the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
- psocids1/5
psocid
- noun small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter
- noun small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter
- psittacosaurus1/5
psittacosaurus
- noun primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal
psittacosaur.
- noun primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal
- psoralen1/5
psoralen
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- psychoacoustic1/5
psychoacoustic
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- psw1/5
- pseudotuberculosis1/5
pseudotuberculosis
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- psychrometric1/5
- psychotropics1/5
psychotropic
- adjective affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes
psychoactive.
- psychoactive drugs
- adjective affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes
- psychologizing1/5
psychologizing
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- psychologistic1/5
- psittaci1/5
psittaci
(Zoöl.) The order of birds which comprises the parrots.
- psora1/5
psora
(Med.) A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch.
- psychosynthesis1/5
psychosynthesis
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- pseudogene1/5
pseudogene
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- psionic1/5
psionic
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- psion1/5
psion
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- psychodynamically1/5
psychodynamically
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- pseudonymity1/5
- psychopathia1/5
psychopathia
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- psychopharmacologic1/5
psychopharmacologic
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- pseudobulbar1/5
- pseudodementia1/5
- psychophysiologic1/5
psychophysiologic
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- psychobiography1/5
- pseudoscalar1/5
- psychoacoustics1/5
- psychologized1/5
psychologized
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- psychism1/5
psychism
(Philos.) The doctrine of Quesne, that there is a fluid universally diffused, end equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations. Fleming.
- pseudoarthrosis1/5
- psychrophilic1/5
- psyching1/5
psyching
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- pseudomorphic1/5
- psoric1/5
psoric
(Med.) Of or pertaining to psora.
- psoralens1/5
- pseudoobscura1/5
- psychometricians1/5
- psec1/5
psec
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- 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
- pseudomorphs1/5
- psha1/5
psha
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- pseudocholinesterase1/5
pseudocholinesterase
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- psychodramatic1/5
- pseudorabies1/5
- psychogeriatric1/5
psychogeriatric
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- pseudomembrane1/5
pseudomembrane
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- pseudepigraphic1/5
pseudepigraphic
Of or pertaining to pseudepigraphy.
- psychasthenia1/5
- psychogeriatrics1/5
- pseudoacacia1/5
pseudoacacia
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- psychodiagnostic1/5
psychodiagnostic
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- psuedo1/5
- psychohistorical1/5
- psittacine1/5
psittacine
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- psychotomimetic1/5
psychotomimetic
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- pseudepigraphical1/5
pseudepigraphical
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- pseudopregnancy1/5
- psychopharmacologist1/5
psychopharmacologist
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- psywar1/5
- psoriasiform1/5
- psychotically1/5
psychotically
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- psychrophiles1/5
- psychologize1/5
psychologize
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- pseudepigraphy1/5
pseudepigraphy
The ascription of false names of authors to works.
- psychosocially1/5
psychosocially
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- pseudopregnant1/5
- psychobiographical1/5
psychobiographical
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- pseudoplatanus1/5
pseudoplatanus
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- psychopharmacologists1/5
psychopharmacologists
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- psalmic1/5
psalmic
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- pseudomembranes1/5
- psammead1/5
- psychopathologists1/5
psychopathologists
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Of or pertaining to psychophysics; involving the action or mutual relations of the psychical and physical in man.
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Hygrometry.
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Derived words of ps
- collapse«Word Popularity Bar5/5
collapse
- noun an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
prostration.
- the commander's prostration demoralized his men
- noun a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
- the roof is in danger of collapse
- the collapse of the old star under its own gravity
- noun an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
- collapsed5/5
collapse
- noun an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
prostration.
- the commander's prostration demoralized his men
- noun a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
- the roof is in danger of collapse
- the collapse of the old star under its own gravity
- noun an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
- thompson5/5
thompson
- noun United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
Homer A. Thompson; Homer Armstrong Thompson; Homer Thompson.
- noun English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)
Count Rumford; Benjamin Thompson.
- noun United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
- upset5/5
upset
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
perturbation; disturbance.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun the act of disturbing the mind or body
overthrow; derangement.
- his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset
- she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
- upstairs5/5
upstairs
- noun the part of a building above the ground floor
- no one was allowed to see the upstairs
- adjective on or of upper floors of a building
upstair.
- the upstairs maid
- an upstairs room
- noun the part of a building above the ground floor
- glimpse5/5
glimpse
- noun a quick look
glance; coup d'oeil.
- noun a brief or incomplete view
- from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake
- noun a quick look
- capsule4/5
capsule
- noun a small container
- noun a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
- noun a small container
- relapse4/5
relapse
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
relapsing; reversion; lapse; reverting; lapsing; backsliding.
- verb deteriorate in health
get worse.
- he relapsed
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
- capsules4/5
capsule
- noun a small container
- noun a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
- noun a small container
- collapsing4/5
collapse
- noun an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
prostration.
- the commander's prostration demoralized his men
- noun a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
- the roof is in danger of collapse
- the collapse of the old star under its own gravity
- noun an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
- synopsis4/5
synopsis
- noun a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
precis; outline; abstract.
- noun a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- lapse4/5
lapse
- noun a mistake resulting from inattention
oversight.
- noun a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
- a lapse of three weeks between letters
- noun a mistake resulting from inattention
- encapsulated4/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- elapsed4/5
elapsed
- adjective (of time) having passed or slipped by
- elapsed time
- verb pass by
elapse; go along; lapse; slip away; go by; glide by; slip by; pass; slide by.
- three years elapsed
- adjective (of time) having passed or slipped by
- corpses4/5
corps
- noun an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
army corps.
- noun a body of people associated together
- diplomatic corps
- noun an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support
- autopsy4/5
autopsy
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; necropsy; post-mortem examination; postmortem; PM.
- verb perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- glimpses4/5
glimpse
- noun a quick look
glance; coup d'oeil.
- noun a brief or incomplete view
- from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake
- noun a quick look
- sepsis4/5
sepsis
- noun the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues
- noun the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues
- simpson4/5
simpson
- noun United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication
Duchess of Windsor; Wallis Warfield Windsor; Mrs. Simpson; Wallis Warfield Simpson.
- noun Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870)
Sir James Young Simpson.
- noun United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication
- upside4/5
upside
- noun the highest or uppermost side of anything
top; upper side; top side.
- put your books on top of the desk
- only the top side of the box was painted
- noun the highest or uppermost side of anything
- eclipse4/5
eclipse
- noun one celestial body obscures another
occultation.
- verb be greater in significance than
dominate; overshadow.
- the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness
- noun one celestial body obscures another
- gypsy4/5
gypsy
- noun a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
gipsy; itinerant.
- itinerant traders
- 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; Rommany; Bohemian; Roma; Romany.
- noun a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
- apocalypse4/5
apocalypse
- noun a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
- noun the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle
Revelation; Revelation of Saint John the Divine; Book of Revelation.
- noun a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
- snapshot4/5
snapshot
- noun an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
snap; shot.
- my snapshots haven't been developed yet
- he tried to get unposed shots of his friends
- noun an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- neuropsychological4/5
neuropsychological
- adjective of or concerned with neuropsychology
- adjective of or concerned with neuropsychology
- hampshire4/5
hampshire
- noun a county of southern England on the English Channel
- noun British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep
Hampshire down.
- noun a county of southern England on the English Channel
- biopsy4/5
biopsy
- noun examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
- noun examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
- corpse4/5
corpse
- noun the dead body of a human being
remains; clay; stiff; cadaver.
- the cadaver was intended for dissection
- the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse
- the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river
- honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay
- noun the dead body of a human being
- epstein4/5
epstein
- noun British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959)
Sir Jacob Epstein; Jacob Epstein.
- noun British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959)
- epilepsy4/5
epilepsy
- noun a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
- noun a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
- upstream4/5
upstream
- adjective in the direction against a stream's current
- adverb toward the source or against the current
upriver.
- adjective in the direction against a stream's current
- collapses3/5
collapse
- noun an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
prostration.
- the commander's prostration demoralized his men
- noun a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
- the roof is in danger of collapse
- the collapse of the old star under its own gravity
- noun an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
- gypsum3/5
gypsum
- noun a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
- noun a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
- relapsed3/5
relapse
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
relapsing; reversion; lapse; reverting; lapsing; backsliding.
- verb deteriorate in health
get worse.
- he relapsed
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
- relapses3/5
relapse
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
relapsing; reversion; lapse; reverting; lapsing; backsliding.
- verb deteriorate in health
get worse.
- he relapsed
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
- relapsing3/5
relapsing
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
relapse; reversion; lapse; reverting; lapsing; backsliding.
- verb deteriorate in health
get worse; relapse.
- he relapsed
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
- upsetting3/5
upsetting
- adjective satellite causing an emotional disturbance
disconcerting.
- his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen
- an upsetting experience
- verb disturb the balance or stability of
upset.
- The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries
- adjective satellite causing an emotional disturbance
- encapsulation3/5
encapsulation
- noun the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths
- noun the process of enclosing (as in a capsule)
- noun the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- antipsychotic3/5
antipsychotic
- noun tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
neuroleptic agent; major tranquilliser; neuroleptic; antipsychotic agent; major tranquilizer; antipsychotic drug; neuroleptic drug; major tranquillizer.
- noun tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
- lapses3/5
lapse
- noun a mistake resulting from inattention
oversight.
- noun a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
- a lapse of three weeks between letters
- noun a mistake resulting from inattention
- upshot3/5
upshot
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
effect; result; consequence; outcome; issue; event.
- the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
- his decision had depressing consequences for business
- he acted very wise after the event
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- upsurge3/5
upsurge
- noun a sudden forceful flow
rush; spate; surge.
- noun a sudden or abrupt strong increase
surge.
- stimulated a surge of speculation
- an upsurge of emotion
- an upsurge in violent crime
- noun a sudden forceful flow
- antipsychotics3/5
antipsychotic
- noun tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
neuroleptic agent; major tranquilliser; neuroleptic; antipsychotic agent; major tranquilizer; antipsychotic drug; neuroleptic drug; major tranquillizer.
- noun tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
- encapsulates3/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- trypsin3/5
trypsin
- noun an enzyme of pancreatic origin; catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins to smaller polypeptide units
- noun an enzyme of pancreatic origin; catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins to smaller polypeptide units
- capsular3/5
capsular
- adjective resembling a capsule
- the capsular ligament is a sac surrounding the articular cavity of a freely movable joint and attached to the bones
- adjective of or relating to a capsule
- adjective resembling a capsule
- upsets3/5
upset
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
perturbation; disturbance.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun the act of disturbing the mind or body
overthrow; derangement.
- his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset
- she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
- topsoil3/5
topsoil
- noun the layer of soil on the surface
surface soil.
- noun the layer of soil on the surface
- encapsulate3/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- calypso3/5
calypso
- noun rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf
fairy-slipper; Calypso bulbosa.
- noun (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years
- noun rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf
- lipstick3/5
lipstick
- noun makeup that is used to color the lips
lip rouge.
- verb form by tracing with lipstick
- The clown had lipsticked circles on his cheeks
- noun makeup that is used to color the lips
- synapses3/5
synapsis
- noun the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis
- noun the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis
- glimpsed3/5
glimpse
- noun a quick look
glance; coup d'oeil.
- noun a brief or incomplete view
- from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake
- noun a quick look
- lapsed3/5
lapsed
- adjective satellite no longer active or practicing
nonchurchgoing.
- a lapsed Catholic
- verb pass into a specified state or condition
lapse; sink; pass.
- He sank into nirvana
- adjective satellite no longer active or practicing
- synapse3/5
synapse
- noun the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
- nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters
- noun the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
- prolapse3/5
prolapse
- noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
prolapsus; descensus.
- verb slip or fall out of place, as of body parts
- prolapsed rectum
- noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
- neuropsychology3/5
neuropsychology
- noun the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes
psychophysiology; physiological psychology.
- noun the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes
- ellipsis3/5
ellipsis
- noun omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
eclipsis.
- noun omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
- ellipses3/5
ellipsis
- noun omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
eclipsis.
- noun omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
- lopsided3/5
lopsided
- adjective satellite having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other
- adjective satellite turned or twisted toward one side
skew-whiff; wonky; askew; cockeyed; awry.
- a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton
- his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff
- adjective satellite having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other
- dyspepsia3/5
dyspepsia
- noun a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea
indigestion; upset stomach; stomach upset.
- noun a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea
- upstart3/5
upstart
- noun an arrogant or presumptuous person
- noun a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
arriviste; parvenu; nouveau-riche.
- noun an arrogant or presumptuous person
- elapse3/5
elapse
- verb pass by
go along; lapse; slip away; go by; glide by; slip by; pass; slide by.
- three years elapsed
- verb pass by
- rhapsody3/5
rhapsody
- noun an epic poem adapted for recitation
- noun an epic poem adapted for recitation
- gypsies3/5
gypsy
- noun a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
gipsy; itinerant.
- itinerant traders
- 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; Rommany; Bohemian; Roma; Romany.
- noun a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
- ellipse3/5
ellipse
- noun a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
oval.
- the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant
- noun a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
- arabidopsis3/5
arabidopsis
- noun a genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers; closely related to genus Arabis
genus Arabidopsis.
- noun a genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers; closely related to genus Arabis
- snapshots3/5
snapshot
- noun an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
snap; shot.
- my snapshots haven't been developed yet
- he tried to get unposed shots of his friends
- noun an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- pepsi3/5
pepsi
- noun Pepsi Cola is a trademarked cola
Pepsi Cola.
- noun Pepsi Cola is a trademarked cola
- uppsala3/5
uppsala
- noun a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm
Upsala.
- noun a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm
- eclipses3/5
eclipse
- noun one celestial body obscures another
occultation.
- verb be greater in significance than
dominate; overshadow.
- the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness
- noun one celestial body obscures another
- apse3/5
apse
- noun a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
apsis.
- noun a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- capstone3/5
capstone
- noun a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination
finishing touch; copestone.
- noun a stone that forms the top of wall or building
coping stone; copestone; stretcher.
- noun a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination
- dumpster3/5
dumpster
- noun a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste
- noun a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste
- ellipsoid3/5
ellipsoid
- noun a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles
- the Earth is an ellipsoid
- adjective satellite having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
ellipsoidal; spheroidal.
- noun a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles
- neuropsychiatric3/5
neuropsychiatric
- adjective of or relating to neuropsychiatry
- adjective of or relating to neuropsychiatry
- eclipsed3/5
eclipse
- noun one celestial body obscures another
occultation.
- verb be greater in significance than
dominate; overshadow.
- the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness
- noun one celestial body obscures another
- biopsies3/5
biopsy
- noun examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
- noun examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
- campsite3/5
campsite
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
encampment; bivouac; camping site; camping area; camping ground; campground.
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
- dempsey3/5
dempsey
- noun United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)
Manassa Mauler; William Harrison Dempsey; Jack Dempsey.
- noun United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983)
- knapsack3/5
knapsack
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
packsack; back pack; haversack; backpack; rucksack.
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
- campsites3/5
campsite
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
encampment; bivouac; camping site; camping area; camping ground; campground.
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
- eclampsia3/5
eclampsia
- noun a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy
- noun a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy
- preeclampsia3/5
preeclampsia
- noun abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated
pre-eclampsia.
- noun abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated
- harpsichord3/5
harpsichord
- noun a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
cembalo.
- noun a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
- upscale3/5
upscale
- adjective satellite appropriate for people with good incomes
- an upscale neighborhood
- an upscale motel
- adjective satellite appropriate for people with good incomes
- ipsilateral3/5
ipsilateral
- adjective on or relating to the same side (of the body)
- adjective on or relating to the same side (of the body)
- upstate3/5
upstate
- adverb in or toward the northern parts of a state
- he lives upstate New York
- adverb in or toward the northern parts of a state
- sampson3/5
sampson
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- ipso3/5
ipso
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- napster3/5
napster
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- hampstead3/5
hampstead
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- ipswich3/5
ipswich
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- shropshire3/5
shropshire
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- ipsa3/5
ipsa
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- topsy3/5
topsy
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- epsilon2/5
epsilon
- noun the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
- noun the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
- synopses2/5
synopsis
- noun a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
precis; outline; abstract.
- noun a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- encapsulating2/5
encapsulate
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; capsulize.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule or other small container
- capsaicin2/5
capsaicin
- noun colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno
- noun colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno
- sharpshooters2/5
sharpshooter
- noun an athlete noted for accurate aim
- noun someone skilled in shooting
crack shot; marksman.
- noun an athlete noted for accurate aim
- pepsin2/5
pepsin
- noun an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones
- noun an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones
- lapsing2/5
lapsing
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
relapsing; relapse; reversion; lapse; reverting; backsliding.
- verb pass into a specified state or condition
lapse; sink; pass.
- He sank into nirvana
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state
- keepsake2/5
keepsake
- noun something of sentimental value
token; souvenir; relic.
- noun something of sentimental value
- lipscomb2/5
lipscomb
- noun United States chemist noted for his theories of molecular structure (born in 1919)
William Nunn Lipscom Jr..
- noun United States chemist noted for his theories of molecular structure (born in 1919)
- upstage2/5
upstage
- noun the rear part of the stage
- verb treat snobbishly, put in one's place
- noun the rear part of the stage
- sharpshooter2/5
sharpshooter
- noun an athlete noted for accurate aim
- noun someone skilled in shooting
crack shot; marksman.
- noun an athlete noted for accurate aim
- keepsakes2/5
keepsake
- noun something of sentimental value
token; souvenir; relic.
- noun something of sentimental value
- soapstone2/5
soapstone
- noun a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments
soap-rock; steatite; soaprock.
- noun a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments
- klopstock2/5
klopstock
- noun German poet (1724-1803)
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock.
- noun German poet (1724-1803)
- thompsons2/5
thompson
- noun United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
Homer A. Thompson; Homer Armstrong Thompson; Homer Thompson.
- noun English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)
Count Rumford; Benjamin Thompson.
- noun United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)
- opsonization2/5
opsonization
- noun process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis
opsonisation.
- noun process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis
- tipsy2/5
tipsy
- adjective satellite slightly intoxicated
potty; tiddly.
- adjective satellite unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated
- a tipsy boat
- adjective satellite slightly intoxicated
- copse2/5
copse
- noun a dense growth of bushes
thicket; coppice; brush; brushwood.
- noun a dense growth of bushes
- capsid2/5
capsid
- noun a variety of leaf bug
mirid; mirid bug.
- noun the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus
- noun a variety of leaf bug
- sheepskin2/5
sheepskin
- noun tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
fleece.
- noun skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
parchment; lambskin.
- noun tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
- autopsies2/5
autopsy
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; necropsy; post-mortem examination; postmortem; PM.
- verb perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- slapstick2/5
slapstick
- noun a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes
- noun acoustic device consisting of two paddles hinged together; used by an actor to make a loud noise without inflicting injury when striking someone
- noun a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes
- solipsism2/5
solipsism
- noun (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist
- noun (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist
- rhodopsin2/5
rhodopsin
- noun a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light
visual purple; retinal purple.
- noun a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light
- capsized2/5
capsize
- verb overturn accidentally
turtle; turn turtle.
- Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!
- verb overturn accidentally
- parapsychology2/5
parapsychology
- noun phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes
psychic phenomena; psychic phenomenon.
- noun phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes
- neuropsychiatry2/5
neuropsychiatry
- noun the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system
- noun the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system
- jumpsuit2/5
jumpsuit
- noun one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform
jump suit.
- noun one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform
- capsize2/5
capsize
- verb overturn accidentally
turtle; turn turtle.
- Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!
- verb overturn accidentally
- 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
- elapses2/5
elapse
- verb pass by
go along; lapse; slip away; go by; glide by; slip by; pass; slide by.
- three years elapsed
- verb pass by
- upstarts2/5
upstart
- noun an arrogant or presumptuous person
- noun a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
arriviste; parvenu; nouveau-riche.
- noun an arrogant or presumptuous person
- dapsone2/5
dapsone
- noun antibacterial drug used to treat leprosy and some kinds of skin diseases
- noun antibacterial drug used to treat leprosy and some kinds of skin diseases
- jumpstart2/5
jumpstart
- noun starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car
jump-start.
- my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor
- verb start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
jump; jump-start.
- noun starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car
- prolapsed2/5
prolapse
- noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
prolapsus; descensus.
- verb slip or fall out of place, as of body parts
- prolapsed rectum
- noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
- metempsychosis2/5
metempsychosis
- noun after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
rebirth.
- noun after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
- hipster2/5
hipster
- noun someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
hippie; flower child; hippy.
- noun someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
- glimpsing2/5
glimpse
- noun a quick look
glance; coup d'oeil.
- noun a brief or incomplete view
- from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake
- noun a quick look
- asepsis2/5
asepsis
- noun (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
sterility; sterileness; antisepsis.
- noun the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms
antisepsis.
- noun (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
- slipstream2/5
slipstream
- noun the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
wash; race; backwash; airstream.
- noun the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
- upstaged2/5
upstage
- noun the rear part of the stage
- verb treat snobbishly, put in one's place
- noun the rear part of the stage
- opsin2/5
opsin
- noun retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin
- noun retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin
- copses2/5
copse
- noun a dense growth of bushes
thicket; coppice; brush; brushwood.
- noun a dense growth of bushes
- capsizing2/5
capsizing
- noun (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water
- verb overturn accidentally
turtle; capsize; turn turtle.
- Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!
- noun (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water
- rhapsodies2/5
rhapsody
- noun an epic poem adapted for recitation
- noun an epic poem adapted for recitation
- lipsticks2/5
lipstick
- noun makeup that is used to color the lips
lip rouge.
- verb form by tracing with lipstick
- The clown had lipsticked circles on his cheeks
- noun makeup that is used to color the lips
- hipsters2/5
hipsters
- noun a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
flower people; hippies.
- noun someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
hipster; hippie; flower child; hippy.
- noun a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
- troopship2/5
troopship
- noun ship for transporting troops
- noun ship for transporting troops
- sheepskins2/5
sheepskin
- noun tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
fleece.
- noun skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
parchment; lambskin.
- noun tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
- capsids2/5
capsid
- noun a variety of leaf bug
mirid; mirid bug.
- noun the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus
- noun a variety of leaf bug
- antisepsis2/5
antisepsis
- noun (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
sterility; asepsis; sterileness.
- noun the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms
asepsis.
- noun (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
- gipsy2/5
gipsy
- noun a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
gypsy; itinerant.
- itinerant traders
- 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)
Romani; Rommany; Gypsy; Bohemian; Roma; Romany.
- noun a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
- simpsons2/5
simpson
- noun United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication
Duchess of Windsor; Wallis Warfield Windsor; Mrs. Simpson; Wallis Warfield Simpson.
- noun Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870)
Sir James Young Simpson.
- noun United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication
- palimpsest2/5
palimpsest
- noun a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
- noun a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
- collapsible2/5
collapsible
- adjective capable of collapsing or being collapsed
collapsable.
- a collapsible boat
- adjective capable of collapsing or being collapsed
- dropsy2/5
dropsy
- noun swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
oedema; hydrops; edema.
- noun swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
- capsicum2/5
capsicum
- noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
pepper; capsicum pepper plant.
- noun chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers
genus Capsicum.
- noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
- ellipsoidal2/5
ellipsoidal
- adjective satellite having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
ellipsoid; spheroidal.
- adjective satellite having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
- dipstick2/5
dipstick
- noun a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level
- noun a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level
- gipsies2/5
gipsy
- noun a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
gypsy; itinerant.
- itinerant traders
- 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)
Romani; Rommany; Gypsy; Bohemian; Roma; Romany.
- noun a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
- necropsy2/5
necropsy
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; post-mortem examination; postmortem; autopsy; PM.
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- apocalypses2/5
apocalypse
- noun a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
- noun the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle
Revelation; Revelation of Saint John the Divine; Book of Revelation.
- noun a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
- stepsister2/5
stepsister
- noun a sister who has only one parent in common with you
half-sister; half sister.
- noun a sister who has only one parent in common with you
- traipsing2/5
traipse
- verb walk or tramp about
shlep.
- verb walk or tramp about
- ellipsoids2/5
ellipsoid
- noun a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles
- the Earth is an ellipsoid
- adjective satellite having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
ellipsoidal; spheroidal.
- noun a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles
- dumpsters2/5
dumpster
- noun a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste
- noun a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste
- upstroke2/5
upstroke
- noun a stroke normally made in an upward direction
- noun a stroke normally made in an upward direction
- apses2/5
apse
- noun a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
apsis.
- noun a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- prelapsarian2/5
prelapsarian
- adjective of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve
- adjective of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve
- parapsychological2/5
parapsychological
- adjective satellite beyond normal physical explanation
- adjective satellite beyond normal physical explanation
- stepsisters2/5
stepsister
- noun a sister who has only one parent in common with you
half-sister; half sister.
- noun a sister who has only one parent in common with you
- traipsed2/5
traipse
- verb walk or tramp about
shlep.
- verb walk or tramp about
- upsala2/5
upsala
- noun a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm
Uppsala.
- noun a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm
- chopsticks2/5
chopstick
- noun one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with
- noun one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with
- narcolepsy2/5
narcolepsy
- noun a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep
- he believes that narcolepsy is attributable to an inability to suppress REM sleep during waking
- noun a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep
- upstanding2/5
upstanding
- adjective satellite meriting respect or esteem
solid.
- an upstanding member of the community
- adjective satellite meriting respect or esteem
- sweepstakes2/5
sweepstakes
- noun a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants
- noun a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants
- eclipsing2/5
eclipse
- noun one celestial body obscures another
occultation.
- verb be greater in significance than
dominate; overshadow.
- the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness
- noun one celestial body obscures another
- topsail2/5
topsail
- noun a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
- noun a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
- capstan2/5
capstan
- noun a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
- noun a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
- popsicle2/5
popsicle
- noun ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
ice lolly; lolly; lollipop.
- in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly
- noun ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
- hopscotch2/5
hopscotch
- noun a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone
- noun a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone
- knapsacks2/5
knapsack
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
packsack; back pack; haversack; backpack; rucksack.
- noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
- polydipsia2/5
polydipsia
- noun excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction)
- noun excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction)
- slipshod2/5
slipshod
- adjective satellite marked by great carelessness
haphazard; slapdash; sloppy.
- a most haphazard system of record keeping
- slapdash work
- slipshod spelling
- sloppy workmanship
- adjective satellite marked by great carelessness
- topsails2/5
topsail
- noun a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
- noun a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
- lampshade2/5
lampshade
- noun a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
lamp shade.
- noun a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- apsidal2/5
apsidal
- adjective of or relating to an apse
- adjective of or relating to an apse
- lampshades2/5
lampshade
- noun a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
lamp shade.
- noun a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- popsicles2/5
popsicle
- noun ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
ice lolly; lolly; lollipop.
- in England a popsicle is called an ice lolly
- noun ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
- shipshape2/5
shipshape
- adjective satellite of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
trim; well-kept.
- even the barn was shipshape
- a trim little sailboat
- adjective satellite of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
- chopstick2/5
chopstick
- noun one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with
- noun one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with
- stepson2/5
stepson
- noun the son your spouse by a former marriage
- noun the son your spouse by a former marriage
- hapsburg2/5
hapsburg
- noun a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806
Habsburg.
- noun a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806
- epilepsies2/5
epilepsy
- noun a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
- noun a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
- rhapsodic2/5
rhapsodic
- adjective satellite feeling great rapture or delight
rapturous; enraptured; ecstatic; rapt.
- adjective satellite feeling great rapture or delight
- hapsburgs2/5
hapsburg
- noun a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806
Habsburg.
- noun a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806
- catalepsy2/5
catalepsy
- noun a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli
- noun a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli
- topside2/5
topside
- noun (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
- noun (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
- ipse2/5
ipse
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- dempster2/5
- intrapsychic2/5
intrapsychic
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- empson2/5
empson
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- epilepsia2/5
epilepsia
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- epsom2/5
epsom
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- upswing2/5
upswing
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- chipset2/5
chipset
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- hatshepsut2/5
- antitrypsin2/5
antitrypsin
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- orthopsychiatry2/5
orthopsychiatry
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- solipsistic2/5
solipsistic
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- epson2/5
epson
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- lithotripsy2/5
lithotripsy
(Surg.) The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.
- neuropsychologist2/5
neuropsychologist
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- chymotrypsin2/5
chymotrypsin
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- cathepsin2/5
cathepsin
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- corpsman2/5
corpsman
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- upslope2/5
- iliopsoas2/5
iliopsoas
(Anat.) The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles.
- biopsied2/5
biopsy
- noun examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
- noun examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
- ypsilanti2/5
ypsilanti
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- microcapsules2/5
- ellipsometry2/5
- chipsets2/5
- subcapsular2/5
subcapsular
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- neuropsychologists2/5
neuropsychologists
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- extracapsular2/5
extracapsular
(Anat.) Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
- stereopsis2/5
- corpsmen2/5
corpsmen
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- nucleocapsid2/5
nucleocapsid
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- metapsychology2/5
- bacteriorhodopsin2/5
bacteriorhodopsin
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- capsulotomy2/5
- intracapsular2/5
intracapsular
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- assumpsit2/5
assumpsit
(Law) (a) A promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in writing not under seal. It may be express or implied. (b) An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit is founded on an express promise or undertaking. Wharton.
- sociopsychological2/5
sociopsychological
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- upscaling2/5
- microencapsulation2/5
microencapsulation
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- lampstand2/5
lampstand
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- capsulitis2/5
capsulitis
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- upsilon1/5
upsilon
- noun the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet
- noun the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet
- epsilons1/5
epsilon
- noun the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
- noun the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
- opsonized1/5
opsonize
- verb make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
- verb make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
- opsonizing1/5
opsonize
- verb make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
- verb make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
- opsonize1/5
opsonize
- verb make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
- verb make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
- pepsinogen1/5
pepsinogen
- noun precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach
- noun precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach
- terpsichore1/5
terpsichore
- noun taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
dance; saltation; dancing.
- noun (Greek mythology) the Muse of the dance and of choral song
- noun taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- rhapsodized1/5
rhapsodize
- verb recite a rhapsody
rhapsodise.
- verb say (something) with great enthusiasm
rhapsodise.
- verb recite a rhapsody
- upsurges1/5
upsurge
- noun a sudden forceful flow
rush; spate; surge.
- noun a sudden or abrupt strong increase
surge.
- stimulated a surge of speculation
- an upsurge of emotion
- an upsurge in violent crime
- noun a sudden forceful flow
- encapsulations1/5
encapsulation
- noun the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths
- noun the process of enclosing (as in a capsule)
- noun the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
- topsoils1/5
topsoil
- noun the layer of soil on the surface
surface soil.
- noun the layer of soil on the surface
- calypsos1/5
calypso
- noun rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf
fairy-slipper; Calypso bulbosa.
- noun (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years
- noun rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf
- capsulated1/5
capsulated
- adjective satellite used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule
capsulate.
- verb enclose in a capsule
capsulate; capsule; capsulise; capsulize.
- adjective satellite used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule
- rhapsodize1/5
rhapsodize
- verb recite a rhapsody
rhapsodise.
- verb say (something) with great enthusiasm
rhapsodise.
- verb recite a rhapsody
- rhapsodizing1/5
rhapsodize
- verb recite a rhapsody
rhapsodise.
- verb say (something) with great enthusiasm
rhapsodise.
- verb recite a rhapsody
- rhapsodizes1/5
rhapsodize
- verb recite a rhapsody
rhapsodise.
- verb say (something) with great enthusiasm
rhapsodise.
- verb recite a rhapsody
- periapsis1/5
periapsis
- noun (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited
point of periapsis.
- noun (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited
- magnoliopsida1/5
magnoliopsida
- noun comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae
Dicotyledones; class Dicotyledones; class Dicotyledonae; class Magnoliopsida; Dicotyledonae.
- noun comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae
- dripstone1/5
dripstone
- noun the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites
- noun a protective drip that is made of stone
hoodmould; hoodmold.
- noun the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites
- tipstaff1/5
tipstaff
- noun staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable
- noun staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable
- upstages1/5
upstage
- noun the rear part of the stage
- verb treat snobbishly, put in one's place
- noun the rear part of the stage
- capsulized1/5
capsulize
- verb enclose in a capsule
capsulate; capsule; capsulise.
- verb put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
capsulise; capsule; encapsulate.
- capsulize the news
- verb enclose in a capsule
- upshots1/5
upshot
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
effect; result; consequence; outcome; issue; event.
- the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
- his decision had depressing consequences for business
- he acted very wise after the event
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- phillipsite1/5
phillipsite
- noun a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum
- noun a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum
- opsonisation1/5
opsonisation
- noun process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis
opsonization.
- noun process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis
- pepsins1/5
pepsin
- noun an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones
- noun an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones
- apoapsis1/5
apoapsis
- noun (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
point of apoapsis.
- noun (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
- jumpsuits1/5
jumpsuit
- noun one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform
jump suit.
- noun one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform
- phalaenopsis1/5
phalaenopsis
- noun genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia
genus Phalaenopsis.
- noun genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia
- trypsinogen1/5
trypsinogen
- noun inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine
- noun inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine
- soapsuds1/5
soapsuds
- noun the froth produced by soaps or detergents
lather; suds.
- noun the froth produced by soaps or detergents
- elapsing1/5
elapse
- verb pass by
go along; lapse; slip away; go by; glide by; slip by; pass; slide by.
- three years elapsed
- verb pass by
- prolepsis1/5
prolepsis
- noun anticipating and answering objections in advance
- noun anticipating and answering objections in advance
- synapsis1/5
synapsis
- noun the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis
- noun the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis
- solenopsis1/5
solenopsis
- noun fire ants
genus Solenopsis.
- noun fire ants
- upstaging1/5
upstage
- noun the rear part of the stage
- verb treat snobbishly, put in one's place
- noun the rear part of the stage
- tipster1/5
tipster
- noun one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
tout.
- noun one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
- prolapsus1/5
prolapsus
- noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
prolapse; descensus.
- noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
- apsu1/5
apsu
- noun father of the gods and consort of Tiamat
- noun father of the gods and consort of Tiamat
- thanatopsis1/5
thanatopsis
- noun an essay expressing a view on the subject of death
- noun an essay expressing a view on the subject of death
- sharpshooting1/5
sharpshoot
- verb aim and shoot with great precision
snipe.
- verb aim and shoot with great precision
- lipsticked1/5
lipstick
- noun makeup that is used to color the lips
lip rouge.
- verb form by tracing with lipstick
- The clown had lipsticked circles on his cheeks
- noun makeup that is used to color the lips
- prolapsing1/5
prolapse
- noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
prolapsus; descensus.
- verb slip or fall out of place, as of body parts
- prolapsed rectum
- noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
- peepshow1/5
peepshow
- noun an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass
raree-show.
- noun a short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth
- noun an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass
- lopsidedly1/5
lopsidedly
- adverb in a crooked lopsided manner
crookedly.
- he smiled lopsidedly
- adverb in a crooked lopsided manner
- prolapses1/5
prolapse
- noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
prolapsus; descensus.
- verb slip or fall out of place, as of body parts
- prolapsed rectum
- noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
- opsins1/5
opsin
- noun retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin
- noun retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin
- capsizes1/5
capsize
- verb overturn accidentally
turtle; turn turtle.
- Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!
- verb overturn accidentally
- tipsters1/5
tipster
- noun one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
tout.
- noun one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
- lopsidedness1/5
lopsidedness
- noun an oblique or slanting asymmetry
skewness.
- noun an oblique or slanting asymmetry
- melampsora1/5
melampsora
- noun rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer
genus Melampsora.
- noun rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer
- fasciolopsis1/5
fasciolopsis
- noun a genus of Fasciolidae
genus Fasciolopsis.
- noun a genus of Fasciolidae
- rhodopsins1/5
rhodopsin
- noun a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light
visual purple; retinal purple.
- noun a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light
- hypsometry1/5
hypsometry
- noun measurement of the elevation of land above sea level
hypsography.
- noun measurement of the elevation of land above sea level
- prolepses1/5
prolepsis
- noun anticipating and answering objections in advance
- noun anticipating and answering objections in advance
- melopsittacus1/5
melopsittacus
- noun a genus of Psittacidae
genus Melopsittacus.
- noun a genus of Psittacidae
- tipsiness1/5
tipsiness
- noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
insobriety; drunkenness; inebriety; inebriation; intoxication.
- noun a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
- eclipsis1/5
eclipsis
- noun omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
ellipsis.
- noun omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
- peepshows1/5
peepshow
- noun an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass
raree-show.
- noun a short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth
- noun an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass
- traipse1/5
traipse
- verb walk or tramp about
shlep.
- verb walk or tramp about
- hemianopsia1/5
hemianopsia
- noun blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes
hemianopia.
- noun blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes
- palimpsests1/5
palimpsest
- noun a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
- noun a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
- parapsychologists1/5
parapsychologist
- noun someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance
- noun someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance
- gpss1/5
gps
- noun a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
Global Positioning System.
- noun a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
- opsonins1/5
opsonin
- noun an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
- noun an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
- crapshoot1/5
crapshoot
- noun a risky and uncertain venture
- getting admitted to the college of your choice has become a crapshoot
- noun playing craps
crap game; crap shooting.
- noun a risky and uncertain venture
- tapster1/5
tapster
- noun a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
tapper.
- noun a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
- whipsaw1/5
whipsaw
- noun a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
lumberman's saw; two-man saw; two-handed saw.
- verb victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
- noun a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
- upsides1/5
upside
- noun the highest or uppermost side of anything
top; upper side; top side.
- put your books on top of the desk
- only the top side of the box was painted
- noun the highest or uppermost side of anything
- capsicums1/5
capsicum
- noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
pepper; capsicum pepper plant.
- noun chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers
genus Capsicum.
- noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
- gypsophila1/5
gypsophila
- noun Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers
genus Gypsophila.
- noun Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers
- capsella1/5
capsella
- noun shepherd's purse
genus Capsella.
- noun shepherd's purse
- harpsichordist1/5
harpsichordist
- noun someone who plays the harpsichord
- noun someone who plays the harpsichord
- opsonin1/5
opsonin
- noun an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
- noun an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
- capstones1/5
capstone
- noun a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination
finishing touch; copestone.
- noun a stone that forms the top of wall or building
coping stone; copestone; stretcher.
- noun a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination
- apsides1/5
apsis
- noun a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
apse.
- noun a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- whipsawed1/5
whipsaw
- noun a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
lumberman's saw; two-man saw; two-handed saw.
- verb victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
- noun a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
- dumpsite1/5
dumpsite
- noun a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
dump; trash dump; rubbish dump; wasteyard; waste-yard; garbage dump.
- noun a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
- parapsychologist1/5
parapsychologist
- noun someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance
- noun someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance
- caryopsis1/5
caryopsis
- noun dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
grain.
- noun dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
- dipsticks1/5
dipstick
- noun a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level
- noun a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level
- rapscallion1/5
rapscallion
- noun a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
varlet; rascal; scallywag; rogue; knave; scalawag.
- noun one who is playfully mischievous
monkey; rascal; scallywag; imp; scamp; scalawag.
- noun a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- apsis1/5
apsis
- noun a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
apse.
- noun a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- upsetter1/5
upsetter
- noun an unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor
- noun an unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor
- upsetters1/5
upsetter
- noun an unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor
- noun an unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor
- terpsichorean1/5
terpsichorean
- noun a performer who dances professionally
dancer; professional dancer.
- adjective of or relating to dancing
- her terpsichorean activities
- noun a performer who dances professionally
- dipsomaniac1/5
dipsomaniac
- noun a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
souse; alcoholic; lush; alky; boozer; soaker.
- noun a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- pepsis1/5
- metamorphopsia1/5
metamorphopsia
- noun a defect of vision in which objects appear to be distorted; usually due to a defect in the retina
- noun a defect of vision in which objects appear to be distorted; usually due to a defect in the retina
- meconopsis1/5
meconopsis
- noun herbs almost entirely of mountains of China and Tibet; often monocarpic
genus Meconopsis.
- noun herbs almost entirely of mountains of China and Tibet; often monocarpic
- dropsies1/5
dropsy
- noun swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
oedema; hydrops; edema.
- noun swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
- castanopsis1/5
castanopsis
- noun evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand
genus Castanopsis.
- noun evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand
- necropsies1/5
necropsy
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; post-mortem examination; postmortem; autopsy; PM.
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- synapsids1/5
synapsid
- noun extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull
synapsid reptile.
- noun extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull
- upstrokes1/5
upstroke
- noun a stroke normally made in an upward direction
- noun a stroke normally made in an upward direction
- rapscallions1/5
rapscallion
- noun a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
varlet; rascal; scallywag; rogue; knave; scalawag.
- noun one who is playfully mischievous
monkey; rascal; scallywag; imp; scamp; scalawag.
- noun a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
- dumpsites1/5
dumpsite
- noun a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
dump; trash dump; rubbish dump; wasteyard; waste-yard; garbage dump.
- noun a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
- trapshooting1/5
trapshooting
- noun the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
skeet; skeet shooting.
- noun the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
- dropseed1/5
dropseed
- noun a grass of the genus Sporobolus
drop-seed.
- noun a grass of the genus Sporobolus
- hoopskirts1/5
hoopskirt
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
crinoline.
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
- caryopses1/5
caryopsis
- noun dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
grain.
- noun dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
- whipsawing1/5
whipsaw
- noun a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
lumberman's saw; two-man saw; two-handed saw.
- verb victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
- noun a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
- diapsid1/5
diapsid
- noun reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
diapsid reptile.
- noun reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
- dipsacus1/5
dipsacus
- noun type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel
genus Dipsacus.
- noun type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel
- diapsids1/5
diapsid
- noun reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
diapsid reptile.
- noun reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
- tapsters1/5
tapster
- noun a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
tapper.
- noun a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
- whipsaws1/5
whipsaw
- noun a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
lumberman's saw; two-man saw; two-handed saw.
- verb victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
- noun a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
- hoopskirt1/5
hoopskirt
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
crinoline.
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
- synapsid1/5
synapsid
- noun extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull
synapsid reptile.
- noun extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull
- cyamopsis1/5
cyamopsis
- noun small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia
genus Cyamopsis.
- noun small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia
- hypsometer1/5
hypsometer
- noun an altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation
- noun an altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation
- coreopsis1/5
coreopsis
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America
tickweed; tickseed; tick-weed.
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America
- harpsichords1/5
harpsichord
- noun a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
cembalo.
- noun a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
- dropsical1/5
dropsical
- adjective satellite swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid
edematous.
- adjective satellite swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid
- topspin1/5
topspin
- noun forward spin (usually of a moving ball) that is imparted by an upward stroke
- noun forward spin (usually of a moving ball) that is imparted by an upward stroke
- sapsucker1/5
sapsucker
- noun small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees
- noun small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees
- clepsydra1/5
clepsydra
- noun clock that measures time by the escape of water
water clock; water glass.
- noun clock that measures time by the escape of water
- metalepsis1/5
metalepsis
- noun substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another
- noun substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another
- capstans1/5
capstan
- noun a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
- noun a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails
- sheepshanks1/5
- therapsids1/5
therapsid
- noun probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals
protomammal.
- noun probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals
- sempstress1/5
sempstress
- noun someone who makes or mends dresses
dressmaker; modiste; seamstress; needlewoman.
- noun someone who makes or mends dresses
- sapsuckers1/5
sapsucker
- noun small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees
- noun small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees
- soupspoon1/5
soupspoon
- noun a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup
soup spoon.
- noun a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup
- hampshires1/5
hampshire
- noun a county of southern England on the English Channel
- noun British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep
Hampshire down.
- noun a county of southern England on the English Channel
- ipsus1/5
ipsus
- noun a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius
battle of Ipsus.
- noun a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius
- syllepsis1/5
syllepsis
- noun use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one
- noun use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one
- slapshot1/5
slapshot
- noun a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick
- noun a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick
- pipsissewa1/5
pipsissewa
- noun any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila
prince's pine.
- noun any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila
- campstool1/5
campstool
- noun a folding stool
- noun a folding stool
- therapsid1/5
therapsid
- noun probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals
protomammal.
- noun probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals
- sheepshearing1/5
sheepshearing
- noun the time or season when sheep are sheared
- noun a festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared
- noun the time or season when sheep are sheared
- sempstresses1/5
sempstress
- noun someone who makes or mends dresses
dressmaker; modiste; seamstress; needlewoman.
- noun someone who makes or mends dresses
- heliopsis1/5
heliopsis
- noun any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers
oxeye.
- noun any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers
- whipsnake1/5
whipsnake
- noun any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails
whip snake; whip-snake.
- noun any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails
- sheepshead1/5
sheepshead
- noun large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
Archosargus probatocephalus.
- noun large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
- cheapskate1/5
cheapskate
- noun a miserly person
tightwad.
- noun a miserly person
- stepsons1/5
stepson
- noun the son your spouse by a former marriage
- noun the son your spouse by a former marriage
- dipsomania1/5
dipsomania
- noun an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
alcoholism; potomania.
- noun an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
- whipstitch1/5
whipstitch
- noun a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
whipping; whipstitching.
- noun a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
- ripsaw1/5
ripsaw
- noun a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood
splitsaw.
- noun a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood
- cheapskates1/5
cheapskate
- noun a miserly person
tightwad.
- noun a miserly person
- topsides1/5
topside
- noun (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
- noun (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
- ceratopsians1/5
ceratopsian
- noun any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia
horned dinosaur.
- noun any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia
- rhapsodically1/5
rhapsodically
- adverb in an ecstatic manner
rapturously; ecstatically.
- he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa
- adverb in an ecstatic manner
- ceratopsian1/5
ceratopsian
- noun any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia
horned dinosaur.
- noun any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia
- gripsack1/5
gripsack
- noun a small suitcase
- noun a small suitcase
- kapsiki1/5
kapsiki
- noun a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
Higi.
- noun a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
- compsognathus1/5
compsognathus
- noun very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria
- noun very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria
- apsaras1/5
apsaras
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- upsidedown1/5
- nonpsychotic1/5
- autopsied1/5
autopsy
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; necropsy; post-mortem examination; postmortem; PM.
- verb perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
- diopside1/5
diopside
(Min.) A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite.
- panpsychism1/5
- metapsychological1/5
metapsychological
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- upswept1/5
upswept
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- upsizing1/5
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monopsonist
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microencapsulated
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solipsist
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lapsus
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topstitch
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pipsqueak
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ipsilateral
- adjective on or relating to the same side (of the body)
- adjective on or relating to the same side (of the body)
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- thapsus1/5
thapsus
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biopsychology
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upswings
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microcapsule
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apso
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rhapsode
(Gr. Antiq.) A rhapsodist. R. Grote.
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synapse
- noun the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
- nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters
- noun the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
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skepsis
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analepsis
(Med.) (a) Recovery of strength after sickness. (b) A species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.
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sweepstake
A winning of all the stakes or prizes. Heylin.
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collapsibility
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calypsonian
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slipslop
Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing.
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topsyturvy
In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage .topsy-turvy
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- topstitching1/5
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- upshift1/5
upshift
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rhapsodist
Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets.
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hempseed
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neuropsychiatrist
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- chapstick1/5
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hypsometric
Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
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upsweep
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- upscaled1/5
upscale
- adjective satellite appropriate for people with good incomes
- an upscale neighborhood
- an upscale motel
- adjective satellite appropriate for people with good incomes
- rhapsodists1/5
rhapsodist
Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets.
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klipspringer
(Zoöl.) A small, graceful South African antelope ( Nanotragus oreotragus ), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called alsokainsi .Written also klippspringer .
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upsize
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rhapsodical
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lapsi
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dipsy
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capsa
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scepsis
Skepticism; skeptical philosophy. R.Among their products were the system of Locke, the scepsis of Hume, the critical philosophy of kant. J. martineau.
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- tipsily1/5
tipsy
- adjective satellite slightly intoxicated
potty; tiddly.
- adjective satellite unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated
- a tipsy boat
- adjective satellite slightly intoxicated
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hipshot
Having the hip dislocated; hence, having one hip lower than the other. L'Estrange.
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strepsiptera
(Zoöl.) A group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called also Rhipiptera . See Illust. underRhipipter .
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trypsinize
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- supralapsarian1/5
supralapsarian
(Eccl. Hist.) One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian .
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campsis
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capsula
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lapstrake
Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.
- capsulation1/5
capsulation
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upstand
To stand up; to be erected; to rise. Spenser. Milton.At once upstood the monarch, and upstood The wise Ulysses. Cowper.
- upsloping1/5
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topsiders
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- orthopsychiatric1/5
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gypsiferous
Containing gypsum.
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vipsanius
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hypsodont
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- rhapsodie1/5
rhapsody
- noun an epic poem adapted for recitation
- noun an epic poem adapted for recitation
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antipsoric
(Med.) Of use in curing the itch. --n. An antipsoric remedy.
- micropsia1/5
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hopscotch
- noun a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone
- noun a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone
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necropsy
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
postmortem examination; post-mortem; post-mortem examination; postmortem; autopsy; PM.
- noun an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
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leucopsis
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- hopscotched1/5
hopscotch
- noun a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone
- noun a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone
- ypsilon1/5
- gypseous1/5
gypseous
Resembling or containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum.
- neuropsych1/5
neuropsych
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- poopsie1/5
poopsie
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- supralapsarianism1/5
supralapsarianism
The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Supralapsarians.
- synapsed1/5
synapse
- noun the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
- nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters
- noun the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle
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dipsas
A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst. Milton.
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solipsists
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lapstone
A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.
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photopsia
(Med.) An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceives luminous rays, flashes, coruscations, etc. See phosphene .
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copsewood
Brushwood; coppice. Macaulay.
- prepsychotic1/5
prepsychotic
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- relapsers1/5
relapser
One who relapses. Bp. Hall.
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opsanus
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somatopsychic
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upshifts
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upsurge
- noun a sudden forceful flow
rush; spate; surge.
- noun a sudden or abrupt strong increase
surge.
- stimulated a surge of speculation
- an upsurge of emotion
- an upsurge in violent crime
- noun a sudden forceful flow
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