rb: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of rb
- verb«Word Popularity Bar5/5
verb
- noun the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
- noun a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
- noun the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
- absorb4/5
absorb
- verb become imbued
- The liquids, light, and gases absorb
- verb take up mentally
assimilate; take in; ingest.
- he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
- verb become imbued
- disturb4/5
disturb
- verb move deeply
upset; trouble.
- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
- verb change the arrangement or position of
raise up; commove; stir up; vex; shake up; agitate.
- verb move deeply
- curb4/5
curb
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
kerb; curbing.
- noun a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
curb bit.
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- suburb4/5
suburb
- noun a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
suburbia; suburban area.
- noun a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
- herb4/5
herb
- noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
herbaceous plant.
- noun aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
- noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
- superb4/5
superb
- adjective satellite of surpassing excellence
brilliant.
- a brilliant performance
- a superb actor
- adjective satellite surpassingly good
- a superb meal
- adjective satellite of surpassing excellence
- serb4/5
serb
- noun a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
Serbian.
- noun a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
- proverb4/5
proverb
- noun a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
saw; byword; adage.
- noun a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- garb3/5
garb
- noun clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
dress; attire.
- formal attire
- battle dress
- verb provide with clothes or put clothes on
enclothe; garment; fit out; raiment; apparel; habilitate; dress; tog; clothe.
- Parents must feed and dress their child
- noun clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
- barb3/5
barb
- noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
shaft; gibe; shot; dig; slam; jibe.
- his parting shot was `drop dead'
- she threw shafts of sarcasm
- she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
- noun the pointed part of barbed wire
- noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- adverb3/5
adverb
- noun the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
- noun a word that modifies something other than a noun
- noun the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
- orb3/5
orb
- noun the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
eyeball.
- noun an object with a spherical shape
globe; ball.
- a ball of fire
- noun the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
- arb3/5
arb
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
arbitrager; arbitrageur.
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
- nlrb3/5
nlrb
- noun an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions
National Labor Relations Board.
- noun an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions
- rhubarb3/5
rhubarb
- noun long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
pieplant.
- noun plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous
rhubarb plant.
- noun long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
- carb3/5
carb
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- adsorb2/5
adsorb
- verb accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
- verb accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
- perturb2/5
perturb
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- verb disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom
- The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
- reabsorb2/5
reabsorb
- verb undergo resorption
resorb.
- verb undergo resorption
- kerb2/5
kerb
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
curb; curbing.
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- blurb2/5
blurb
- noun a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
indorsement; endorsement.
- the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book
- noun a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
- reverb2/5
reverb
To echo. Obs. Shak.
- urb2/5
urb
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- desorb1/5
desorb
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- verb remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed
- the substance was desorbed
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- sorb1/5
sorb
- noun acid gritty-textured fruit
sorb apple.
- verb take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
take up.
- noun acid gritty-textured fruit
- resorb1/5
resorb
- verb undergo resorption
reabsorb.
- verb undergo resorption
- willowherb1/5
willowherb
- noun a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs
- noun a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs
- potherb1/5
potherb
- noun any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning
- noun any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning
- forb1/5
forb
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- aldicarb1/5
- darb1/5
darb
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- corb1/5
corb
A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf .
- preverb1/5
preverb
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- bicarb1/5
bicarb
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- turb1/5
turb
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- gorb1/5
gorb
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- gerb1/5
gerb
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- warb1/5
warb
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Suffixes of rb
- rbc«Word Popularity Bar3/5
rbc
- noun a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus
red blood cell; erythrocyte.
- noun a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus
- rbi3/5
rbi
- noun a run that is the result of the batter's performance
run batted in.
- he had more than 100 rbi last season
- noun a run that is the result of the batter's performance
- rbis2/5
rbi
- noun a run that is the result of the batter's performance
run batted in.
- he had more than 100 rbi last season
- noun a run that is the result of the batter's performance
Derived words of rb
- carbon«Word Popularity Bar5/5
carbon
- noun an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
C; atomic number 6.
- noun a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper
carbon paper.
- noun an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
- absorbed5/5
absorbed
- adjective satellite giving or marked by complete attention to
enwrapped; engrossed; captive; wrapped; intent.
- that engrossed look or rapt delight
- then wrapped in dreams
- so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare
- rapt with wonder
- wrapped in thought
- verb become imbued
absorb.
- The liquids, light, and gases absorb
- adjective satellite giving or marked by complete attention to
- disturbed5/5
disturbed
- adjective satellite having the place or position changed
- the disturbed books and papers on her desk
- disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed
- verb move deeply
disturb; upset; trouble.
- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
- adjective satellite having the place or position changed
- disturbing5/5
disturbing
- adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
distressing; distressful; perturbing; troubling; worrying; worrisome.
- distressing (or disturbing) news
- lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
- a disturbing amount of crime
- a revelation that was most perturbing
- a new and troubling thought
- in a particularly worrisome predicament
- a worrying situation
- a worrying time
- verb move deeply
disturb; upset; trouble.
- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
- adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
- urban5/5
urban
- adjective relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
- urban sociology
- urban development
- adjective located in or characteristic of a city or city life
- urban property owners
- urban affairs
- urban manners
- adjective relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
- marble5/5
marble
- noun a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
- noun a small ball of glass that is used in various games
- noun a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
- verbs5/5
verb
- noun the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
- noun a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
- noun the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
- disturbance5/5
disturbance
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
perturbation.
- the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset
- he looked around for the source of the disturbance
- there was a disturbance of neural function
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
perturbation; upset.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
- verbal5/5
verbal
- adjective satellite communicated in the form of words
- verbal imagery
- a verbal protest
- adjective of or relating to or formed from words in general
- verbal ability
- adjective satellite communicated in the form of words
- harbor5/5
harbor
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
haven; harbour; seaport.
- noun a place of refuge and comfort and security
harbour.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- forbidden5/5
forbidden
- adjective satellite excluded from use or mention
proscribed; tabu; prohibited; verboten; taboo; out.
- forbidden fruit
- in our house dancing and playing cards were out
- a taboo subject
- verb command against
prohibit; forbid; proscribe; disallow; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- adjective satellite excluded from use or mention
- herbert5/5
herbert
- noun United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924)
Victor Herbert.
- noun United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924)
- arbitration5/5
arbitration
- noun (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management)
- noun the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment
arbitrament; arbitrement.
- they submitted their disagreement to arbitration
- noun (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management)
- orbit5/5
orbit
- noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
celestial orbit.
- he plotted the orbit of the moon
- noun a particular environment or walk of life
arena; domain; sphere; area; field.
- his social sphere is limited
- it was a closed area of employment
- he's out of my orbit
- noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- arbitrary5/5
arbitrary
- adjective based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice
- an arbitrary decision
- the arbitrary rule of a dictator
- an arbitrary penalty
- of arbitrary size and shape
- an arbitrary choice
- arbitrary division of the group into halves
- adjective based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice
- nearby5/5
nearby
- adjective satellite close at hand
- the nearby towns
- concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus
- adverb not far away in relative terms
- she works nearby
- the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars
- adjective satellite close at hand
- barbara5/5
barbara
(Logic) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives. Whately.
- carbonate4/5
carbonate
- noun a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)
- verb turn into a carbonate
- noun a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)
- absorbing4/5
absorbing
- adjective satellite capable of arousing and holding the attention
riveting; engrossing; gripping; fascinating.
- a fascinating story
- verb become imbued
absorb.
- The liquids, light, and gases absorb
- adjective satellite capable of arousing and holding the attention
- exacerbated4/5
exacerbate
- verb make worse
worsen; aggravate; exasperate.
- This drug aggravates the pain
- verb exasperate or irritate
aggravate; exasperate.
- verb make worse
- barbed4/5
barbed
- adjective satellite capable of wounding
biting; pungent; nipping; mordacious.
- a barbed compliment
- a biting aphorism
- pungent satire
- verb provide with barbs
barb.
- barbed wire
- adjective satellite capable of wounding
- adsorbed4/5
adsorb
- verb accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
- verb accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
- disturbances4/5
disturbance
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
perturbation.
- the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset
- he looked around for the source of the disturbance
- there was a disturbance of neural function
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
perturbation; upset.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
- suburban4/5
suburban
- adjective relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
- suburban population
- adjective relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
- garbage4/5
garbage
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
scraps; food waste; refuse.
- noun a worthless message
drivel.
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
- urbanization4/5
urbanization
- noun the condition of being urbanized
urbanisation.
- noun the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
urbanisation.
- noun the condition of being urbanized
- hydrocarbons4/5
hydrocarbon
- noun an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
- noun an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
- perturbation4/5
perturbation
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
disturbance; upset.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
- hydrocarbon4/5
hydrocarbon
- noun an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
- noun an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
- harbour4/5
harbour
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
harbor; haven; seaport.
- noun a place of refuge and comfort and security
harbor.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- suburbs4/5
suburb
- noun a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
suburbia; suburban area.
- noun a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
- carbohydrate4/5
carbohydrate
- noun an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
saccharide; sugar.
- noun an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
- turbulence4/5
turbulence
- noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas
turbulency.
- noun instability in the atmosphere
- noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas
- carbohydrates4/5
carbohydrate
- noun an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
saccharide; sugar.
- noun an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
- forbid4/5
forbid
- verb command against
prohibit; proscribe; disallow; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
prevent; preclude; foreclose; forestall.
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
- verb command against
- morbid4/5
morbid
- adjective satellite suggesting an unhealthy mental state
- morbid interest in death
- morbid curiosity
- adjective satellite suggesting the horror of death and decay
ghoulish.
- morbid details
- adjective satellite suggesting an unhealthy mental state
- forbidding4/5
forbidding
- noun an official prohibition or edict against something
ban; forbiddance; banning.
- verb command against
prohibit; forbid; proscribe; disallow; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- noun an official prohibition or edict against something
- forbade4/5
forbid
- verb command against
prohibit; proscribe; disallow; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
prevent; preclude; foreclose; forestall.
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
- verb command against
- herbs4/5
herb
- noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
herbaceous plant.
- noun aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
- noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
- turbulent4/5
turbulent
- adjective satellite characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
tumultuous; troubled; disruptive; riotous.
- effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive
- riotous times
- these troubled areas
- the tumultuous years of his administration
- a turbulent and unruly childhood
- adjective satellite (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
roiling; churning; roiled; roily.
- the river's roiling current
- turbulent rapids
- adjective satellite characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
- barber4/5
barber
- noun a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
- noun United States composer (1910-1981)
Samuel Barber.
- noun a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
- morbidity4/5
morbidity
- noun the relative incidence of a particular disease
- noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
morbidness.
- his fear of being alone verges on morbidity
- noun the relative incidence of a particular disease
- herbal4/5
herbal
- noun tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs
herb tea; herbal tea.
- adjective of or relating to herbs
- herbal tea, herbal medicine
- noun tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs
- airborne4/5
airborne
- adjective satellite moved or conveyed by or through air
- adjective satellite moved or conveyed by or through air
- nonverbal4/5
nonverbal
- adjective satellite being other than verbal communication
gestural.
- the study of gestural communication
- art like gesture is a form of nonverbal expression
- adjective satellite lacking verbal skill
- rural students often come from nonverbal backgrounds
- adjective satellite being other than verbal communication
- serbian4/5
serbian
- noun a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
Serb.
- adjective of or relating to the people or language or culture of the region of Serbia
- noun a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
- serbs4/5
serb
- noun a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
Serbian.
- noun a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
- verbally4/5
verbally
- adverb as a verb
- he had a habit of using nouns verbally
- adverb by means of language
- verbally expressive
- adverb as a verb
- orbits4/5
orbit
- noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
celestial orbit.
- he plotted the orbit of the moon
- noun a particular environment or walk of life
arena; domain; sphere; area; field.
- his social sphere is limited
- it was a closed area of employment
- he's out of my orbit
- noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- barbarians4/5
barbarian
- noun a member of an uncivilized people
savage.
- noun a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
Goth; boor; tyke; peasant; churl; tike.
- noun a member of an uncivilized people
- bourbon4/5
bourbon
- noun whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels
- noun a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)
- noun whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels
- barbarous4/5
barbarous
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
savage; vicious; brutal; cruel; fell; roughshod.
- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
- adjective satellite primitive in customs and culture
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- barbarian4/5
barbarian
- noun a member of an uncivilized people
savage.
- noun a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
Goth; boor; tyke; peasant; churl; tike.
- noun a member of an uncivilized people
- arbor4/5
arbor
- noun tree (as opposed to shrub)
- noun any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
spindle; mandrel; mandril.
- noun tree (as opposed to shrub)
- proverbs4/5
proverb
- noun a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
saw; byword; adage.
- noun a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- serbia4/5
serbia
- noun a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries
Srbija.
- noun a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries
- yearbook4/5
yearbook
- noun a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students
- noun a reference book that is published regularly once every year
yearly; annual.
- noun a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students
- paperback4/5
paperback
- noun a book with paper covers
paper-back book; paperback book; soft-cover book; softback book; soft-cover; softback.
- adjective satellite (of books) having a flexible binding
paperbacked.
- noun a book with paper covers
- gorbachev4/5
gorbachev
- noun Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931)
Mikhail Gorbachev; Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev.
- noun Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931)
- arbitrator4/5
arbitrator
- noun someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
arbiter; umpire.
- the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature
- the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants
- an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case
- noun someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
- derby4/5
derby
- noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
bowler; bowler hat; plug hat; derby hat.
- noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
- orbital4/5
orbital
- adjective of or relating to an orbit
- orbital revolution
- orbital velocity
- adjective of or relating to the eye socket
- orbital scale
- orbital arch
- adjective of or relating to an orbit
- canterbury4/5
canterbury
A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas à Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.
- arbitrarily4/5
arbitrarily
- adverb in a random manner
willy-nilly; indiscriminately; haphazardly; every which way; randomly; at random.
- the houses were randomly scattered
- bullets were fired into the crowd at random
- adverb in a random manner
- urbana4/5
urbana
- noun a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign
- noun a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign
- turbine4/5
turbine
- noun rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate
- noun rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate
- undisturbed4/5
undisturbed
- adjective satellite untroubled by interference or disturbance
- he could pursue his studies undisturbed
- adjective satellite untroubled by interference or disturbance
- overboard4/5
overboard
- adverb to extremes
- he went overboard to please his in-laws
- adverb from on board a vessel into the water
- they dropped their garbage overboard
- adverb to extremes
- forbes4/5
forbes
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- kirby4/5
kirby
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- carbons3/5
carbon
- noun an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
C; atomic number 6.
- noun a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper
carbon paper.
- noun an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
- radiocarbon3/5
radiocarbon
- noun a radioactive isotope of carbon
carbon 14.
- noun a radioactive isotope of carbon
- carbonic3/5
carbonic
- adjective relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon
carboniferous; carbonous; carbonaceous.
- adjective relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon
- carbonates3/5
carbonate
- noun a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)
- verb turn into a carbonate
- noun a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)
- carboniferous3/5
carboniferous
- adjective of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era
- carboniferous rock system
- noun from 345 million to 280 million years ago
Carboniferous period.
- adjective of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era
- absorbs3/5
absorb
- verb become imbued
- The liquids, light, and gases absorb
- verb take up mentally
assimilate; take in; ingest.
- he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
- verb become imbued
- exacerbate3/5
exacerbate
- verb make worse
worsen; aggravate; exasperate.
- This drug aggravates the pain
- verb exasperate or irritate
aggravate; exasperate.
- verb make worse
- disturbs3/5
disturb
- verb move deeply
upset; trouble.
- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
- verb change the arrangement or position of
raise up; commove; stir up; vex; shake up; agitate.
- verb move deeply
- carbonyl3/5
carbonyl
- noun a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide
- adjective relating to or containing the carbonyl group
carbonylic.
- noun a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide
- carboxylic3/5
carboxylic
- adjective relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical
carboxyl.
- adjective relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical
- urbanized3/5
urbanized
- adjective satellite made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics
urbanised.
- the urbanized Eastern states
- verb make more industrial or city-like
urbanise; urbanize.
- The area was urbanized after many people moved in
- adjective satellite made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics
- carboxyl3/5
carboxyl
- noun the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids
carboxyl group.
- adjective relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical
carboxylic.
- noun the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids
- exacerbating3/5
exacerbating
- adjective satellite making worse
aggravating; exasperating.
- verb make worse
worsen; aggravate; exasperate; exacerbate.
- This drug aggravates the pain
- adjective satellite making worse
- airbus3/5
airbus
- noun a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances
- noun a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances
- barbecue3/5
barbecue
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
barbeque.
- noun a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
barbeque.
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
- bicarbonate3/5
bicarbonate
- noun a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate
hydrogen carbonate.
- noun a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate
- starboard3/5
starboard
- noun the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
- verb turn to the right, of helms or rudders
- noun the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
- marbles3/5
marbles
- noun a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
- noun the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
wits.
- he used his wits to get ahead
- I was scared out of my wits
- he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind
- noun a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
- perturbations3/5
perturbation
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
disturbance; upset.
- there was too much anger and disturbance
- she didn't realize the upset she caused me
- noun (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
- noun an unhappy and worried mental state
- perturbed3/5
perturbed
- adjective satellite thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
rattled; flustered; hot and bothered.
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- adjective satellite thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
- herbicides3/5
herbicide
- noun a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth
weedkiller; weed killer.
- noun a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth
- absorbance3/5
absorbance
- noun (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
transmission density; optical density; photographic density.
- noun (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
- herbicide3/5
herbicide
- noun a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth
weedkiller; weed killer.
- noun a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth
- absorber3/5
absorber
- noun (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation
- noun (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation
- urbanisation3/5
urbanisation
- noun the condition of being urbanized
urbanization.
- noun the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
urbanization.
- noun the condition of being urbanized
- counterbalance3/5
counterbalance
- noun a weight that balances another weight
counterpoise; equalizer; counterweight; equaliser; balance.
- noun equality of distribution
balance; equipoise; equilibrium.
- noun a weight that balances another weight
- exacerbation3/5
exacerbation
- noun action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
aggravation.
- the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care
- noun violent and bitter exasperation
- his foolishness was followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel
- noun action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
- absorbent3/5
absorbent
- noun a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
absorbent material.
- adjective having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)
absorptive.
- as absorbent as a sponge
- noun a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
- reverberated3/5
reverberate
- verb ring or echo with sound
ring; echo; resound.
- the hall resounded with laughter
- verb have a long or continuing effect
- The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life
- verb ring or echo with sound
- counterbalanced3/5
counterbalanced
- adjective satellite brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another
counterpoised.
- verb adjust for
even off; make up; compensate; counterbalance; even out; even up; correct.
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
- adjective satellite brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another
- exacerbations3/5
exacerbation
- noun action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
aggravation.
- the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care
- noun violent and bitter exasperation
- his foolishness was followed by an exacerbation of their quarrel
- noun action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
- verbalize3/5
verbalize
- verb be verbose
verbalise.
- This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious
- verb express in speech
verbalise; mouth; utter; talk; speak.
- She talks a lot of nonsense
- This depressed patient does not verbalize
- verb be verbose
- forbids3/5
forbid
- verb command against
prohibit; proscribe; disallow; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
prevent; preclude; foreclose; forestall.
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
- verb command against
- arbitrage3/5
arbitrage
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- verb practice arbitrage, as in the stock market
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- carbide3/5
carbide
- noun a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
- noun a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
- harbors3/5
harbor
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
haven; harbour; seaport.
- noun a place of refuge and comfort and security
harbour.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- forbearance3/5
forbearance
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
longanimity; patience.
- noun a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
- his forbearance to reply was alarming
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
- harbored3/5
harbor
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
haven; harbour; seaport.
- noun a place of refuge and comfort and security
harbour.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- warburg3/5
warburg
- noun German biochemist who pioneered the use of chemical techniques in biological investigations; noted for studies of cellular respiration (1883-1970)
Otto Heinrich Warburg.
- noun German art historian (1866-1929)
Aby Warburg; Aby Moritz Warburg.
- noun German biochemist who pioneered the use of chemical techniques in biological investigations; noted for studies of cellular respiration (1883-1970)
- herbivores3/5
herbivore
- noun any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
- horses are herbivores
- the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores
- noun any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
- herbaceous3/5
herbaceous
- adjective satellite characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part
- adjective satellite characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part
- harbours3/5
harbour
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
harbor; haven; seaport.
- noun a place of refuge and comfort and security
harbor.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- harboring3/5
harbor
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
haven; harbour; seaport.
- noun a place of refuge and comfort and security
harbour.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- thunderbolt3/5
thunderbolt
- noun a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
bolt; bolt of lightning.
- noun a shocking surprise
thunderclap; bombshell.
- news of the attack came like a bombshell
- noun a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- curbing3/5
curbing
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
kerb; curb.
- verb lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
control; moderate; hold in; curb; contain; hold; check.
- moderate your alcohol intake
- hold your tongue
- hold your temper
- control your anger
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- floorboards3/5
floorboard
- noun a board in the floor
floor board.
- noun the floor of an automobile
- noun a board in the floor
- suburbia3/5
suburbia
- noun a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
suburb; suburban area.
- noun suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture
- noun a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
- reverberation3/5
reverberation
- noun the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
replication; sound reflection; echo.
- she could hear echoes of her own footsteps
- noun a remote or indirect consequence of some action
repercussion.
- his declaration had unforeseen repercussions
- reverberations of the market crash were felt years later
- noun the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- overburdened3/5
overburdened
- adjective satellite heavily burdened with work or cares
bowed down; loaded down; weighed down.
- bowed down with troubles
- found himself loaded down with responsibilities
- overburdened social workers
- weighed down with cares
- verb burden with too much work or responsibility
overburden.
- adjective satellite heavily burdened with work or cares
- curbed3/5
curb
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
kerb; curbing.
- noun a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
curb bit.
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- vanderbilt3/5
vanderbilt
- noun United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)
Cornelius Vanderbilt; Commodore Vanderbilt.
- noun United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877)
- adverbs3/5
adverb
- noun the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
- noun a word that modifies something other than a noun
- noun the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
- barbaric3/5
barbaric
- adjective satellite without civilizing influences
savage; barbarian; uncivilized; uncivilised; wild.
- barbarian invaders
- barbaric practices
- a savage people
- fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade
- wild tribes
- adjective satellite unrestrained and crudely rich
- barbaric use of color or ornament
- adjective satellite without civilizing influences
- masturbation3/5
masturbation
- noun manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure
onanism.
- noun manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure
- quarterback3/5
quarterback
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
field general; signal caller.
- noun (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
field general; signal caller.
- quarterback is the most important position on the team
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
- arbiter3/5
arbiter
- noun someone with the power to settle matters at will
supreme authority.
- she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion
- noun someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
arbitrator; umpire.
- the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature
- the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants
- an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case
- noun someone with the power to settle matters at will
- turban3/5
turban
- noun a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
- noun a small round woman's hat
pillbox; toque.
- noun a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
- durban3/5
durban
- noun a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center
- noun a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center
- fairbanks3/5
fairbanks
- noun United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr..
- noun United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939)
Julius Ullman; Douglas Fairbanks; Douglas Elton Fairbanks.
- noun United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000)
- exorbitant3/5
exorbitant
- adjective satellite greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
extortionate; usurious; outrageous; unconscionable; steep.
- exorbitant rent
- extortionate prices
- spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
- usurious interest rate
- unconscionable spending
- adjective satellite greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
- orbiting3/5
orbit
- noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
celestial orbit.
- he plotted the orbit of the moon
- noun a particular environment or walk of life
arena; domain; sphere; area; field.
- his social sphere is limited
- it was a closed area of employment
- he's out of my orbit
- noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- harbinger3/5
harbinger
- noun something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
predecessor; herald; forerunner; precursor.
- verb foreshadow or presage
herald; announce; foretell; annunciate.
- noun something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
- overbearing3/5
overbearing
- adjective satellite expecting unquestioning obedience
authoritarian; dictatorial.
- the timid child of authoritarian parents
- insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter
- verb overcome
overbear.
- overbear criticism, protest, or arguments
- adjective satellite expecting unquestioning obedience
- berber3/5
berber
A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people.
- forbear3/5
forbear
- noun a person from whom you are descended
forebear.
- verb refrain from doing
hold back.
- she forbore a snicker
- noun a person from whom you are descended
- refurbished3/5
refurbish
- verb make brighter and prettier
renovate; freshen up.
- we refurbished the guest wing
- My wife wants us to renovate
- verb make brighter and prettier
- arbitrate3/5
arbitrate
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
mediate; intermediate; liaise; intercede.
- He interceded in the family dispute
- He mediated a settlement
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- barbarity3/5
barbarity
- noun the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
barbarousness; atrocity; heinousness; atrociousness.
- noun a brutal barbarous savage act
barbarism; savagery; brutality.
- noun the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
- turbid3/5
turbid
- adjective satellite (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
murky; muddy; mirky; cloudy.
- a cloudy liquid
- muddy coffee
- murky waters
- adjective satellite (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
- carbine3/5
carbine
- noun light automatic rifle
- noun light automatic rifle
- carburetor3/5
carburetor
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
carburettor.
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
- orbs3/5
orb
- noun the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
eyeball.
- noun an object with a spherical shape
globe; ball.
- a ball of fire
- noun the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
- garbled3/5
garbled
- adjective satellite lacking orderly continuity
disordered; disconnected; scattered; confused; disjointed; unconnected; illogical.
- a confused set of instructions
- a confused dream about the end of the world
- disconnected fragments of a story
- scattered thoughts
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; distort; garble.
- adjective satellite lacking orderly continuity
- barbers3/5
barber
- noun United States composer (1910-1981)
Samuel Barber.
- noun a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
- noun United States composer (1910-1981)
- barbados3/5
barbados
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.
- proverbial3/5
proverbial
- adjective of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb
- he kicked the proverbial bucket
- the proverbial grasshopper
- adjective satellite widely known and spoken of
- her proverbial lateness
- the proverbial absentminded professor
- your proverbial dizzy blonde
- adjective of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb
- barbarism3/5
barbarism
- noun a brutal barbarous savage act
savagery; brutality; barbarity.
- noun a brutal barbarous savage act
- verbatim3/5
verbatim
- adjective satellite in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
direct.
- a direct quotation
- repeated their dialog verbatim
- adverb using exactly the same words
word for word.
- he repeated her remarks verbatim
- adjective satellite in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
- arbitral3/5
arbitral
- adjective relating to or resulting from arbitration
arbitrational.
- the arbitral adjustment of the controversy
- an arbitrational settlement
- adjective relating to or resulting from arbitration
- arbitrators3/5
arbitrator
- noun someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
arbiter; umpire.
- the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature
- the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants
- an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case
- noun someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
- corbett3/5
corbett
- noun United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933)
James John Corbett; Jim Corbett; Gentleman Jim.
- noun United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933)
- turbidity3/5
turbidity
- noun muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended
turbidness.
- noun muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended
- adverbial3/5
adverbial
- noun a word or group of words function as an adverb
- adjective of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
- adverbial syntax
- noun a word or group of words function as an adverb
- hyperbole3/5
hyperbole
- noun extravagant exaggeration
exaggeration.
- noun extravagant exaggeration
- barbiturates3/5
barbiturate
- noun organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal
- noun organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal
- sorbonne3/5
sorbonne
- noun a university in Paris; intellectual center of France
Paris University; University of Paris.
- noun a university in Paris; intellectual center of France
- superbly3/5
superbly
- adverb (used as an intensifier) extremely well
wondrously; marvellously; terrifically; wondrous; toppingly; wonderfully; marvelously.
- her voice is superbly disciplined
- the colors changed wondrously slowly
- adverb (used as an intensifier) extremely well
- paperbacks3/5
paperback
- noun a book with paper covers
paper-back book; paperback book; soft-cover book; softback book; soft-cover; softback.
- adjective satellite (of books) having a flexible binding
paperbacked.
- noun a book with paper covers
- underbrush3/5
underbrush
- noun the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
underwood; undergrowth.
- noun the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
- barbary3/5
barbary
The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. Obs. Also, a kind of pigeon.
- gingerbread3/5
gingerbread
- noun cake flavored with ginger
- noun cake flavored with ginger
- warbler3/5
warbler
- noun a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song
- noun a small active songbird
- noun a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song
- unperturbed3/5
unperturbed
- adjective satellite free from emotional agitation or nervous tension
unflustered; unruffled; unflurried.
- the waiters were unflurried and good natured
- with contented mind and unruffled spirit"- Anthony Trollope
- adjective satellite free from emotional agitation or nervous tension
- burbank3/5
burbank
- noun United States horticulturist who developed many new varieties of fruits and vegetables and flowers (1849-1926)
Luther Burbank.
- noun United States horticulturist who developed many new varieties of fruits and vegetables and flowers (1849-1926)
- urbane3/5
urbane
- adjective satellite showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
refined; svelte; polished.
- his polished manner
- maintained an urbane tone in his letters
- adjective satellite showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
- verbose3/5
verbose
- adjective satellite using or containing too many words
tedious; windy; wordy; long-winded.
- long-winded (or windy) speakers
- verbose and ineffective instructional methods
- newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials
- proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes
- adjective satellite using or containing too many words
- azerbaijan3/5
azerbaijan
- noun a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet
Azerbajdzhan Republic; Azerbajdzhan; Azerbaijani Republic.
- noun a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet
- doorbell3/5
doorbell
- noun a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
buzzer; bell.
- noun a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
- hyperbolic3/5
hyperbolic
- adjective satellite enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
inflated.
- a hyperbolic style
- adjective of or relating to a hyperbola
- hyperbolic functions
- adjective satellite enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
- arbitrariness3/5
arbitrariness
- noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
whimsy; whimsicality; capriciousness; whimsey; flightiness.
- I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
- noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
- riverbank3/5
riverbank
- noun the bank of a river
riverside.
- noun the bank of a river
- carbondale3/5
carbondale
- noun a town in southern Illinois
- noun a town in southern Illinois
- phenobarbital3/5
phenobarbital
- noun a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
phenobarbitone; purple heart; sodium thiopental; Luminal.
- noun a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
- barbarossa3/5
barbarossa
- noun Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190)
Frederick Barbarossa; Frederick I.
- noun Barbary pirate (died in 1546)
Khayr ad-Din.
- noun Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190)
- turbines3/5
turbine
- noun rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate
- noun rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate
- orbitals3/5
orbital
- adjective of or relating to an orbit
- orbital revolution
- orbital velocity
- adjective of or relating to the eye socket
- orbital scale
- orbital arch
- adjective of or relating to an orbit
- barbie3/5
barbie
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- darby3/5
darby
A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.
- starbucks3/5
starbucks
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- motherboard3/5
motherboard
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- corbusier3/5
corbusier
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- turbo3/5
turbo
(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo or familyTurbinidæ , usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum.
- norbert3/5
norbert
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- carbamazepine3/5
- urbanism3/5
urbanism
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- scarborough3/5
scarborough
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- dearborn3/5
dearborn
A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.
- gerber3/5
gerbe
(Pyrotechny) A kind of ornamental firework. Farrow.
- barbour3/5
barbour
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- ascorbic3/5
ascorbic
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- peterborough3/5
- derbyshire3/5
derbyshire
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- marburg3/5
marburg
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- carbs3/5
carbs
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- erbium2/5
erbium
- noun a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
atomic number 68; Er.
- noun a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
- carbonaceous2/5
carbonaceous
- adjective relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon
carboniferous; carbonous; carbonic.
- adjective relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon
- carbonated2/5
carbonated
- adjective satellite having carbonation (especially artificially carbonated)
- verb turn into a carbonate
carbonate.
- adjective satellite having carbonation (especially artificially carbonated)
- carbonized2/5
carbonize
- verb unite with carbon
carburize; carbonise; carburise.
- carburize metal
- verb turn into carbon, as by burning
carbonise.
- carbonize coal
- verb unite with carbon
- carburizing2/5
carburize
- verb unite with carbon
carbonise; carburise; carbonize.
- carburize metal
- verb unite with carbon
- exacerbates2/5
exacerbate
- verb make worse
worsen; aggravate; exasperate.
- This drug aggravates the pain
- verb exasperate or irritate
aggravate; exasperate.
- verb make worse
- barbs2/5
barb
- noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
shaft; gibe; shot; dig; slam; jibe.
- his parting shot was `drop dead'
- she threw shafts of sarcasm
- she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
- noun the pointed part of barbed wire
- noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- sorbent2/5
sorbent
- noun a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption
sorbent material.
- noun a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption
- garbed2/5
garbed
- adjective satellite dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
garmented; habilimented; appareled; dressed; attired; robed.
- the elegantly attired gentleman
- neatly dressed workers
- monks garbed in hooded robes
- went about oddly garmented
- professors robed in crimson
- tuxedo-attired gentlemen
- crimson-robed Harvard professors
- verb provide with clothes or put clothes on
enclothe; garment; fit out; garb; raiment; apparel; habilitate; dress; tog; clothe.
- Parents must feed and dress their child
- adjective satellite dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
- carboxylate2/5
carboxylate
- verb treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid
- verb treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid
- airbrush2/5
airbrush
- noun an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air
- verb paint with an airbrush
- The old car looks like new now that we airbrushed it
- noun an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air
- sorbed2/5
sorbed
- adjective satellite (of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance
occluded.
- the sorbed oil mass
- large volumes of occluded hydrogen in palladium
- verb take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
take up; sorb.
- adjective satellite (of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance
- urbanised2/5
urbanised
- adjective satellite made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics
urbanized.
- the urbanized Eastern states
- verb impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
urbanise; urbanize.
- Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them
- adjective satellite made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics
- sorbents2/5
sorbent
- noun a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption
sorbent material.
- noun a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption
- turbojet2/5
turbojet
- noun an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine
fanjet; turbofan; fan-jet.
- noun a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust
fanjet engine; fanjet; turbojet engine; turbofan engine; turbofan; fan-jet.
- noun an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine
- desorbed2/5
desorb
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- verb remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed
- the substance was desorbed
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- adsorbing2/5
adsorb
- verb accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
- verb accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
- carbonization2/5
carbonization
- noun the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
carbonisation.
- noun the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
- fluorocarbon2/5
fluorocarbon
- noun a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols
- noun a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols
- urbanizing2/5
urbanize
- verb make more industrial or city-like
urbanise.
- The area was urbanized after many people moved in
- verb impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
urbanise.
- Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them
- verb make more industrial or city-like
- airbrushed2/5
airbrush
- noun an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air
- verb paint with an airbrush
- The old car looks like new now that we airbrushed it
- noun an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air
- turboprop2/5
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
- adsorbs2/5
adsorb
- verb accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
- verb accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
- sorbate2/5
sorbate
- noun a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption
- noun a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption
- absorbers2/5
absorber
- noun (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation
- noun (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation
- checkerboard2/5
checkerboard
- noun a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
checker board.
- noun a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
- reabsorbed2/5
reabsorb
- verb undergo resorption
resorb.
- verb undergo resorption
- motorbike2/5
motorbike
- noun small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars
minibike.
- verb ride a motorcycle
cycle; motorcycle.
- noun small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars
- adsorbent2/5
adsorbent
- noun a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance
adsorbent material.
- adjective having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface
surface-assimilative; adsorptive.
- noun a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance
- reverberating2/5
reverberating
- adjective satellite characterized by resonance
resonant; resonating; resounding; reverberative.
- a resonant voice
- hear the rolling thunder
- verb ring or echo with sound
reverberate; ring; echo; resound.
- the hall resounded with laughter
- adjective satellite characterized by resonance
- reverberate2/5
reverberate
- verb ring or echo with sound
ring; echo; resound.
- the hall resounded with laughter
- verb have a long or continuing effect
- The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life
- verb ring or echo with sound
- barbecued2/5
barbecued
- adjective satellite cooked over an outdoor grill
grilled.
- verb cook outdoors on a barbecue grill
barbecue; cook out; barbeque.
- let's barbecue that meat
- We cooked out in the forest
- adjective satellite cooked over an outdoor grill
- counterbalancing2/5
counterbalance
- noun a weight that balances another weight
counterpoise; equalizer; counterweight; equaliser; balance.
- noun equality of distribution
balance; equipoise; equilibrium.
- noun a weight that balances another weight
- adsorbate2/5
adsorbate
- noun a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed
- adjective capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid
adsorbable.
- noun a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed
- verbalized2/5
verbalized
- adjective satellite communicated in words
uttered; verbalised; expressed.
- frequently uttered sentiments
- verb be verbose
verbalise; verbalize.
- This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious
- adjective satellite communicated in words
- barbecues2/5
barbecue
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
barbeque.
- noun a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
barbeque.
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
- reverberates2/5
reverberate
- verb ring or echo with sound
ring; echo; resound.
- the hall resounded with laughter
- verb have a long or continuing effect
- The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life
- verb ring or echo with sound
- chlorofluorocarbons2/5
chlorofluorocarbon
- noun a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans
CFC.
- the chlorine in CFCs causes depletion of atmospheric ozone
- noun a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans
- barbeque2/5
barbeque
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
barbecue.
- noun a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
barbecue.
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
- motorboat2/5
motorboat
- noun a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
powerboat.
- verb ride in a motorboat
- noun a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
- perturbing2/5
perturbing
- adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
distressing; distressful; troubling; disturbing; worrying; worrisome.
- distressing (or disturbing) news
- lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
- a disturbing amount of crime
- a revelation that was most perturbing
- a new and troubling thought
- in a particularly worrisome predicament
- a worrying situation
- a worrying time
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
- motorbikes2/5
motorbike
- noun small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars
minibike.
- verb ride a motorcycle
cycle; motorcycle.
- noun small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars
- larboard2/5
larboard
- noun the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
port.
- adjective satellite located on the left side of a ship or aircraft
port.
- noun the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose
- adsorbents2/5
adsorbent
- noun a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance
adsorbent material.
- adjective having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface
surface-assimilative; adsorptive.
- noun a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance
- curbside2/5
curbside
- noun the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb
- policemen stood at intervals along the curbside
- noun the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb
- decarboxylation2/5
decarboxylation
- noun the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen)
- noun the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen)
- carbamate2/5
carbamate
- noun a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid
- noun a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid
- verbalizing2/5
verbalize
- verb be verbose
verbalise.
- This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious
- verb express in speech
verbalise; mouth; utter; talk; speak.
- She talks a lot of nonsense
- This depressed patient does not verbalize
- verb be verbose
- resorbed2/5
resorb
- verb undergo resorption
reabsorb.
- verb undergo resorption
- motorboats2/5
motorboat
- noun a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
powerboat.
- verb ride in a motorboat
- noun a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
- carbamates2/5
carbamate
- noun a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid
- noun a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid
- verbalizes2/5
verbalize
- verb be verbose
verbalise.
- This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious
- verb express in speech
verbalise; mouth; utter; talk; speak.
- She talks a lot of nonsense
- This depressed patient does not verbalize
- verb be verbose
- adsorbates2/5
adsorbate
- noun a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed
- adjective capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid
adsorbable.
- noun a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed
- counterbalances2/5
counterbalance
- noun a weight that balances another weight
counterpoise; equalizer; counterweight; equaliser; balance.
- noun equality of distribution
balance; equipoise; equilibrium.
- noun a weight that balances another weight
- chemisorbed2/5
chemisorb
- verb take up a substance by chemisorption
- verb take up a substance by chemisorption
- powerboat2/5
powerboat
- noun a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
motorboat.
- noun a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
- barbecuing2/5
barbecuing
- noun roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire
- verb cook outdoors on a barbecue grill
barbecue; cook out; barbeque.
- let's barbecue that meat
- We cooked out in the forest
- noun roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire
- carborundum2/5
carborundum
- noun an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals
- noun an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals
- herbivore2/5
herbivore
- noun any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
- horses are herbivores
- the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores
- noun any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
- overburden2/5
overburden
- noun the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
- noun an excessive burden
overload.
- noun the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
- curbs2/5
curb
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
kerb; curbing.
- noun a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
curb bit.
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- thunderbird2/5
thunderbird
- noun (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird
- noun (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird
- harboured2/5
harbour
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
harbor; haven; seaport.
- noun a place of refuge and comfort and security
harbor.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- marbled2/5
marbled
- adjective satellite patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble
marbleised; marbleized.
- marbleized pink skin
- verb paint or stain like marble
marble.
- marble paper
- adjective satellite patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble
- refurbishment2/5
refurbishment
- noun the state of being restored to its former good condition
restoration; renovation.
- the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house
- noun the state of being restored to its former good condition
- arboretum2/5
arboretum
- noun a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition
botanical garden.
- noun a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition
- reverberations2/5
reverberation
- noun the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
replication; sound reflection; echo.
- she could hear echoes of her own footsteps
- noun a remote or indirect consequence of some action
repercussion.
- his declaration had unforeseen repercussions
- reverberations of the market crash were felt years later
- noun the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
- herbarium2/5
herbarium
- noun a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study
- noun a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study
- urbanity2/5
urbanity
- noun polished courtesy; elegance of manner
- noun the quality or character of life in a city or town
- there is an important difference between rusticity and urbanity
- noun polished courtesy; elegance of manner
- decarboxylase2/5
decarboxylase
- noun any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group
- noun any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group
- harbouring2/5
harbour
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
harbor; haven; seaport.
- noun a place of refuge and comfort and security
harbor.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- carbides2/5
carbide
- noun a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
- noun a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
- passerby2/5
passerby
- noun a person who passes by casually or by chance
passer; passer-by.
- noun a person who passes by casually or by chance
- acerbic2/5
acerbic
- adjective satellite sour or bitter in taste
acerb; astringent.
- adjective satellite harsh or corrosive in tone
blistering; acrid; vitriolic; virulent; sulphurous; acerb; sulfurous; caustic; acid; bitter.
- an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
- a barrage of acid comments
- her acrid remarks make her many enemies
- bitter words
- blistering criticism
- caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
- a sulfurous denunciation
- a vitriolic critique
- adjective satellite sour or bitter in taste
- cerberus2/5
cerberus
(Class. Myth.) A monster, in the shape, of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.
- thunderbolts2/5
thunderbolt
- noun a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
bolt; bolt of lightning.
- noun a shocking surprise
thunderclap; bombshell.
- news of the attack came like a bombshell
- noun a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- hyperbilirubinemia2/5
hyperbilirubinemia
- noun abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood
- noun abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood
- carbonation2/5
carbonation
- noun saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water)
- noun saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water)
- interbreeding2/5
interbreeding
- noun (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
cross; crossbreeding; crossing; hybridizing; hybridisation; hybridization.
- noun reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
miscegenation; crossbreeding.
- noun (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- floorboard2/5
floorboard
- noun a board in the floor
floor board.
- noun the floor of an automobile
- noun a board in the floor
- carbuncle2/5
carbuncle
- noun deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
- noun an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus
- noun deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
- paperboard2/5
paperboard
- noun a cardboard suitable for making posters
posterboard; poster board.
- noun a cardboard suitable for making posters
- isosorbide2/5
isosorbide
- noun drug (trade name Isordil) used to treat angina pectoris and congestive heart failure
Isordil.
- noun drug (trade name Isordil) used to treat angina pectoris and congestive heart failure
- corbels2/5
corbel
- noun (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
truss.
- verb furnish with a corbel
- noun (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
- marbling2/5
marbling
- noun the intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat
- verb paint or stain like marble
marble.
- marble paper
- noun the intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat
- dicarboxylic2/5
dicarboxylic
- adjective containing two carboxyls per molecule
- adjective containing two carboxyls per molecule
- carbuncles2/5
carbuncle
- noun deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
- noun an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus
- noun deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
- corbel2/5
corbel
- noun (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
truss.
- verb furnish with a corbel
- noun (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
- afterburner2/5
afterburner
- noun a device injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust
- noun a device injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust
- thunderbirds2/5
thunderbird
- noun (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird
- noun (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird
- absorbency2/5
absorbency
- noun the property of being absorbent
- noun the property of being absorbent
- barbershop2/5
barbershop
- noun a shop where men can get their hair cut
- noun a shop where men can get their hair cut
- bourbons2/5
bourbon
- noun a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)
- noun whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels
- noun a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)
- waterborne2/5
waterborne
- adjective satellite transported by water
- waterborne freight
- adjective satellite supported by water
- waterborne craft
- adjective satellite transported by water
- absorbable2/5
absorbable
- adjective capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface
- adjective capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface
- arbiters2/5
arbiter
- noun someone with the power to settle matters at will
supreme authority.
- she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion
- noun someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
arbitrator; umpire.
- the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature
- the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants
- an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case
- noun someone with the power to settle matters at will
- turbans2/5
turban
- noun a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
- noun a small round woman's hat
pillbox; toque.
- noun a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
- orbiter2/5
orbiter
- noun man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
satellite; artificial satellite.
- noun man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
- berbers2/5
berber
- noun a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa
- noun a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco
- noun a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa
- herbivorous2/5
herbivorous
- adjective feeding only on plants
- adjective feeding only on plants
- courbet2/5
courbet
- noun French painter noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes (1819-1877)
Gustave Courbet.
- noun French painter noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes (1819-1877)
- masturbate2/5
masturbate
- verb stimulate sexually
- The old man wanted to be masturbated by the prostitute
- verb get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
fuck off; wank; jerk off; she-bop; jack off.
- verb stimulate sexually
- waterbury2/5
waterbury
- noun a city in west central Connecticut
- noun a city in west central Connecticut
- durbar2/5
durbar
- noun the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur
- noun the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur
- masturbating2/5
masturbate
- verb stimulate sexually
- The old man wanted to be masturbated by the prostitute
- verb get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
fuck off; wank; jerk off; she-bop; jack off.
- verb stimulate sexually
- verbiage2/5
verbiage
- noun overabundance of words
verbalism.
- noun the manner in which something is expressed in words
diction; phrasing; choice of words; phraseology; wording.
- use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton
- noun overabundance of words
- carbines2/5
carbine
- noun light automatic rifle
- noun light automatic rifle
- karbala2/5
karbala
- noun a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680
Kerbala; Kerbela.
- noun a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680
- harbingers2/5
harbinger
- noun something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
predecessor; herald; forerunner; precursor.
- verb foreshadow or presage
herald; announce; foretell; annunciate.
- noun something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
- verbalization2/5
verbalization
- noun the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization
verbalisation.
- noun the activity of expressing something in words
verbalisation.
- noun the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization
- beaverbrook2/5
beaverbrook
- noun British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964)
William Maxwell Aitken; 1st Baron Beaverbrook.
- noun British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964)
- turbinate2/5
turbinate
- noun any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
turbinate bone; turbinal.
- adjective of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
- noun any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
- arbitrations2/5
arbitration
- noun (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management)
- noun the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment
arbitrament; arbitrement.
- they submitted their disagreement to arbitration
- noun (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management)
- refurbishing2/5
refurbish
- verb make brighter and prettier
renovate; freshen up.
- we refurbished the guest wing
- My wife wants us to renovate
- verb make brighter and prettier
- barbican2/5
barbican
- noun a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
barbacan.
- noun a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
- hairbrush2/5
hairbrush
- noun a brush used to groom a person's hair
- noun a brush used to groom a person's hair
- forbearing2/5
forbearing
- adjective satellite showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment
longanimous.
- seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression
- was longanimous in the face of suffering
- verb refrain from doing
forbear; hold back.
- she forbore a snicker
- adjective satellite showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment
- quarterbacks2/5
quarterback
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
field general; signal caller.
- noun (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
field general; signal caller.
- quarterback is the most important position on the team
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
- arbitrated2/5
arbitrate
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
mediate; intermediate; liaise; intercede.
- He interceded in the family dispute
- He mediated a settlement
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- burbage2/5
burbage
- noun English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619)
Richard Burbage.
- noun English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619)
- forbears2/5
forbear
- noun a person from whom you are descended
forebear.
- verb refrain from doing
hold back.
- she forbore a snicker
- noun a person from whom you are descended
- refurbish2/5
refurbish
- verb make brighter and prettier
renovate; freshen up.
- we refurbished the guest wing
- My wife wants us to renovate
- verb make brighter and prettier
- forbore2/5
forbear
- noun a person from whom you are descended
forebear.
- verb refrain from doing
hold back.
- she forbore a snicker
- noun a person from whom you are descended
- orbited2/5
orbit
- noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
celestial orbit.
- he plotted the orbit of the moon
- noun a particular environment or walk of life
arena; domain; sphere; area; field.
- his social sphere is limited
- it was a closed area of employment
- he's out of my orbit
- noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- verbosity2/5
verbosity
- noun an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
verboseness.
- noun an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
- fingerboard2/5
fingerboard
- noun a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger
fingerpost.
- noun a bank of keys on a musical instrument
clavier; piano keyboard.
- noun a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger
- masturbated2/5
masturbate
- verb stimulate sexually
- The old man wanted to be masturbated by the prostitute
- verb get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
fuck off; wank; jerk off; she-bop; jack off.
- verb stimulate sexually
- barbarities2/5
barbarity
- noun the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
barbarousness; atrocity; heinousness; atrociousness.
- noun a brutal barbarous savage act
barbarism; savagery; brutality.
- noun the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
- carburetors2/5
carburetor
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
carburettor.
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
- morbidities2/5
morbidity
- noun the relative incidence of a particular disease
- noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
morbidness.
- his fear of being alone verges on morbidity
- noun the relative incidence of a particular disease
- herbals2/5
herbal
- noun tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs
herb tea; herbal tea.
- adjective of or relating to herbs
- herbal tea, herbal medicine
- noun tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs
- verbalizations2/5
verbalization
- noun the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization
verbalisation.
- noun the activity of expressing something in words
verbalisation.
- noun the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization
- arbs2/5
arb
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
arbitrager; arbitrageur.
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
- barbel2/5
barbel
- noun slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
feeler.
- noun slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
- knickerbockers2/5
knickerbockers
- noun trousers ending above the knee
knee pants; knee breeches; knickers; breeches.
- noun trousers ending above the knee
- interbreed2/5
interbreed
- verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
hybridize; crossbreed; cross; hybridise.
- cross a horse and a donkey
- Mendel tried crossbreeding
- these species do not interbreed
- verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
- arbitrating2/5
arbitrate
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
mediate; intermediate; liaise; intercede.
- He interceded in the family dispute
- He mediated a settlement
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- arbitrageurs2/5
arbitrageur
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
arb; arbitrager.
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
- overborne2/5
overbear
- verb overcome
- overbear criticism, protest, or arguments
- verb bear too much
- verb overcome
- burberry2/5
burberry
- noun a lightweight belted raincoat typically made of tan gabardine with a distinctive tartan lining; named for the original manufacturer
- noun a lightweight belted raincoat typically made of tan gabardine with a distinctive tartan lining; named for the original manufacturer
- carburettor2/5
carburettor
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
carburetor.
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
- hypercarbia2/5
hypercarbia
- noun the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood
hypercapnia.
- noun the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood
- chatterbox2/5
chatterbox
- noun orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
stream orchid; giant helleborine; Epipactis gigantea.
- noun an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
prater; chatterer; spouter; magpie; babbler.
- noun orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
- serbians2/5
serbian
- noun a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
Serb.
- adjective of or relating to the people or language or culture of the region of Serbia
- noun a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
- cucurbita2/5
cucurbita
- noun type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
genus Cucurbita.
- noun type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
- terbinafine2/5
terbinafine
- noun an oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease
Lamisil.
- noun an oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease
- barbershops2/5
barbershop
- noun a shop where men can get their hair cut
- noun a shop where men can get their hair cut
- curbstone2/5
curbstone
- noun a paving stone forming part of a curb
kerbstone.
- noun a paving stone forming part of a curb
- sorbian2/5
sorbian
- noun a speaker of Sorbian
- noun a Slavonic language spoken in rural area of southeastern Germany
Lusatian.
- noun a speaker of Sorbian
- garbo2/5
garbo
- noun United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)
Greta Garbo; Greta Louisa Gustafsson.
- noun United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)
- arboreal2/5
arboreal
- adjective of or relating to or formed by trees
arborical; arborous; arborary.
- an arborous roof
- adjective inhabiting or frequenting trees
tree-living; arboreous.
- arboreal apes
- adjective of or relating to or formed by trees
- herbage2/5
herbage
- noun succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land
pasturage.
- noun succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land
- gearbox2/5
gearbox
- noun the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
gear case; gear box.
- noun the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
- ferber2/5
ferber
- noun United States novelist; author of several popular novels (1887-1968)
Edna Ferber.
- noun United States novelist; author of several popular novels (1887-1968)
- collarbone2/5
collarbone
- noun bone linking the scapula and sternum
clavicle.
- noun bone linking the scapula and sternum
- warblers2/5
warbler
- noun a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song
- noun a small active songbird
- noun a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song
- thurber2/5
thurber
- noun United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961)
James Grover Thurber; James Thurber.
- noun United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961)
- overblown2/5
overblown
- adjective satellite puffed up with vanity
pompous; portentous; grandiloquent; pontifical.
- a grandiloquent and boastful manner
- overblown oratory
- a pompous speech
- pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
- adjective satellite past the stage of full bloom
- overblown roses
- adjective satellite puffed up with vanity
- imperturbable2/5
imperturbable
- adjective satellite not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure
unflappable.
- hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm
- an imperturbable self-possession
- unflappable in a crisis
- adjective satellite not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure
- underbelly2/5
underbelly
- noun lower side
- the underbellies of clouds
- noun the soft belly or underside of an animal's body
underbody.
- noun lower side
- hyperbola2/5
hyperbola
- noun an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone
- noun an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone
- herbalists2/5
herbalist
- noun a therapist who heals by the use of herbs
herb doctor.
- noun a therapist who heals by the use of herbs
- arbour2/5
arbour
- noun a framework that supports climbing plants
arbor; bower; pergola.
- the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park
- noun a framework that supports climbing plants
- herbalist2/5
herbalist
- noun a therapist who heals by the use of herbs
herb doctor.
- noun a therapist who heals by the use of herbs
- meyerbeer2/5
meyerbeer
- noun German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864)
Jakob Liebmann Beer; Giacomo Meyerbeer.
- noun German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864)
- yearbooks2/5
yearbook
- noun a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students
- noun a reference book that is published regularly once every year
yearly; annual.
- noun a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students
- barbiturate2/5
barbiturate
- noun organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal
- noun organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal
- verbena2/5
verbena
- noun any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
vervain.
- noun any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
- barbuda2/5
barbuda
- noun an island in Antigua and Barbuda
- noun an island in Antigua and Barbuda
- euphorbia2/5
euphorbia
(Bot.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.
- warbling2/5
warble
- noun a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
- verb sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
quaver; trill.
- noun a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
- tarbell2/5
tarbell
- noun United States writer remembered for her muckraking investigations into industries in the early 20th century (1857-1944)
Ida Tarbell; Ida M. Tarbell; Ida Minerva Tarbell.
- noun United States writer remembered for her muckraking investigations into industries in the early 20th century (1857-1944)
- suburbanites2/5
suburbanite
- noun a resident of a suburb
- noun a resident of a suburb
- herbart2/5
herbart
- noun German philosopher (1776-1841)
Johann Friedrich Herbart.
- noun German philosopher (1776-1841)
- nonverbally2/5
nonverbally
- adverb without words
non-verbally.
- they communicated nonverbally
- adverb without words
- warble2/5
warble
- noun a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
- verb sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
quaver; trill.
- noun a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
- beerbohm2/5
beerbohm
- noun English writer and caricaturist (1872-1956)
Max Beerbohm; Sir Henry Maxmilian Beerbohm.
- noun English writer and caricaturist (1872-1956)
- arbors2/5
arbor
- noun tree (as opposed to shrub)
- noun any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
spindle; mandrel; mandril.
- noun tree (as opposed to shrub)
- elderberry2/5
elderberry
- noun a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
black elder; bourtree; common elder; European elder; Sambucus nigra.
- noun berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies
- noun a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
- plasterboard2/5
plasterboard
- noun wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls
gypsum board.
- noun wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls
- reverberant2/5
reverberant
- adjective having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected
- a reverberant room
- the reverberant booms of cannon
- adjective having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected
- gerbert2/5
gerbert
- noun French pope from 999 to 1003 who was noted for his great learning (945-1003)
Sylvester II.
- noun French pope from 999 to 1003 who was noted for his great learning (945-1003)
- warbled2/5
warble
- noun a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
- verb sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
quaver; trill.
- noun a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
- overbite2/5
overbite
- noun (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth
- noun (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth
- fiberboard2/5
fiberboard
- noun wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets
particle board; fibreboard.
- noun wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets
- barbarously2/5
barbarously
- adverb in a barbarous manner
- they were barbarously murdered
- adverb in a barbarous manner
- disturber2/5
disturber
- noun a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion
- noun a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion
- berberis2/5
berberis
- noun large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds
genus Berberis.
- noun large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds
- euphorbiaceae2/5
euphorbiaceae
- noun a family of plants of order Geraniales
family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family.
- noun a family of plants of order Geraniales
- disturbers2/5
disturber
- noun a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion
- noun a troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion
- orbison2/5
orbison
- noun United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988)
Roy Orbison.
- noun United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988)
- jitterbug2/5
jitterbug
- noun a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
- verb do the jitterbug
- noun a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
- turbinates2/5
turbinate
- noun any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
turbinate bone; turbinal.
- adjective of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
- noun any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
- prayerbook2/5
prayerbook
- noun a book containing prayers
prayer book.
- noun a book containing prayers
- tinderbox2/5
tinderbox
- noun a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence
- the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe
- noun a box for holding tinder
- noun a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence
- procarbazine2/5
procarbazine
- noun an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease
- noun an antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease
- riverbed2/5
riverbed
- noun a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river
river bottom.
- noun a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river
- barbell2/5
barbell
- noun a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting
- noun a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting
- cherbourg2/5
cherbourg
- noun a port town in northwestern France on the English Channel; site of a naval base
- noun a port town in northwestern France on the English Channel; site of a naval base
- morbidly2/5
morbidly
- adverb in a morbid manner or to a morbid degree
- he was morbidly fascinated by dead bodies
- adverb in a morbid manner or to a morbid degree
- adverbials2/5
adverbial
- noun a word or group of words function as an adverb
- adjective of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
- adverbial syntax
- noun a word or group of words function as an adverb
- riverbanks2/5
riverbank
- noun the bank of a river
riverside.
- noun the bank of a river
- sherbet2/5
sherbet
- noun a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
sherbert.
- noun a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
- azerbaijani2/5
azerbaijani
- noun a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan
- noun the Turkic language spoken by the Azerbaijani
- noun a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan
- supraorbital2/5
supraorbital
- adjective located or occurring above the eye socket
supraocular.
- adjective located or occurring above the eye socket
- pentobarbital2/5
pentobarbital
- noun a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
yellow jacket; pentobarbital sodium; Nembutal.
- noun a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
- barbadian2/5
barbadian
Of or pertaining to Barbados. --n. A native of Barbados.
- gerbil2/5
gerbil
- noun small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
gerbille.
- noun small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
- flowerbeds2/5
flowerbed
- noun a bed in which flowers are growing
bed of flowers; flower bed.
- noun a bed in which flowers are growing
- gerbils2/5
gerbil
- noun small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
gerbille.
- noun small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
- proverbially2/5
proverbially
- adverb in the manner of something that has become a byword
- this proverbially bitter plant, wormwood
- adverb in the manner of something that has become a byword
- arbutus2/5
arbutus
- noun any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America
- noun any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America
- barberry2/5
barberry
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
- waterbirds2/5
waterbird
- noun freshwater aquatic bird
water bird; waterfowl.
- noun freshwater aquatic bird
- conurbation2/5
conurbation
- noun an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
sprawl; urban sprawl.
- noun an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
- garbanzo2/5
garbanzo
- noun the seed of the chickpea plant
chickpea.
- noun large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried
chickpea.
- noun the seed of the chickpea plant
- riverbeds2/5
riverbed
- noun a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river
river bottom.
- noun a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river
- conurbations2/5
conurbation
- noun an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
sprawl; urban sprawl.
- noun an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
- blurbs2/5
blurb
- noun a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
indorsement; endorsement.
- the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book
- noun a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
- ashurbanipal2/5
ashurbanipal
- noun king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC)
Asurbanipal; Assurbanipal.
- noun king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC)
- sherbert2/5
sherbert
- noun a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
sherbet.
- noun a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
- flowerbed2/5
flowerbed
- noun a bed in which flowers are growing
bed of flowers; flower bed.
- noun a bed in which flowers are growing
- cornerback2/5
cornerback
- noun a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers
- noun a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers
- disturbingly2/5
disturbingly
- adverb in a disturbing manner
- the details of the kidnaper's letter had sounded disturbingly convincing
- adverb in a disturbing manner
- sorbet2/5
sorbet
- noun an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice
water ice.
- noun an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice
- turbot2/5
turbot
- noun flesh of a large European flatfish
- noun a large brownish European flatfish
Psetta maxima.
- noun flesh of a large European flatfish
- afterbirth2/5
afterbirth
- noun the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born
- noun the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born
- blunderbuss2/5
blunderbuss
- noun a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
- noun a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
- verboten2/5
verboten
- adjective satellite excluded from use or mention
proscribed; forbidden; tabu; prohibited; taboo; out.
- forbidden fruit
- in our house dancing and playing cards were out
- a taboo subject
- adjective satellite excluded from use or mention
- leatherback2/5
leatherback
- noun wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
Dermochelys coriacea; leatherback turtle; leathery turtle.
- noun wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
- turbaned2/5
turbaned
- adjective satellite wearing a turban
- adjective satellite wearing a turban
- interbank2/5
interbank
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- polycarbonate2/5
polycarbonate
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- arbuthnot2/5
arbuthnot
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- hyperbaric2/5
hyperbaric
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- harbin2/5
harbin
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- sorbitol2/5
sorbitol
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- knickerbocker2/5
knickerbocker
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- preverbal2/5
preverbal
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- barbra2/5
barbra
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- suburbanization2/5
- riverboat2/5
riverboat
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- verbum2/5
- orbicularis2/5
- herbivory2/5
- ascorbate2/5
ascorbate
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- orbitofrontal2/5
- carboxy2/5
carboxy
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- narbonne2/5
- immunosorbent2/5
- arbuscular2/5
arbuscular
Of or pertaining to a dwarf tree; shrublike. Da Costa.
- carbo2/5
carbo
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- premorbid2/5
premorbid
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- urbanites2/5
urbanites
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- carbolic2/5
carbolic
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, . Seecarbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol)Phenol .
- motherboards2/5
motherboards
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- carbone2/5
carbone
To broil. Obs. "We had a calf's head carboned". Pepys.
- barberini2/5
barberini
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- carboxylase2/5
carboxylase
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- yarborough2/5
- yerba2/5
yerba
(Bot.) An herb; a plant. ✍ This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena Sp., a good herb , a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (Mentha sativa ,viridis , etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii ).
- perturbative2/5
perturbative
Tending to cause perturbation; disturbing. Sir J. Herschel.
- barba2/5
barba
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- starburst2/5
starburst
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- sherbrooke2/5
- barbe2/5
barbe
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- periorbital2/5
- airbags2/5
airbags
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- infraorbital2/5
infraorbital
(Anat.) Below the orbit; as, the infraorbital foramen; theinfraorbital nerve.
- marblehead2/5
- barbera2/5
barbera
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- airbag2/5
airbag
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- corbet2/5
corbet
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- airbase2/5
airbase
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- interurban2/5
interurban
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- corby2/5
corby
(Zoöl.) The raven. Scot.
- arber2/5
arber
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- overbroad2/5
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- enderby2/5
enderby
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- malherbe2/5
- darbar2/5
darbar
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- winterbourne2/5
- colorblind2/5
colorblind
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- postverbal2/5
postverbal
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- barbadoes2/5
barbadoes
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.
- nonabsorbable2/5
nonabsorbable
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- barbeau2/5
- arba2/5
arba
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- masturbatory2/5
masturbatory
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- herba2/5
herba
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- herbalism2/5
herbalism
The knowledge of herbs.
- carby2/5
carby
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- letterbox2/5
letterbox
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- lederberg2/5
lederberg
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- norberto2/5
norberto
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- herbed2/5
herb
- noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
herbaceous plant.
- noun aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
- noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
- urbanist2/5
urbanist
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- unabsorbed2/5
unabsorbed
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- riverboats2/5
riverboats
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tricarboxylic
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- turbocharged2/5
turbocharged
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- urbs2/5
urbs
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turbocharger
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purbeck
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- warbeck2/5
- turbidite2/5
turbidite
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- carboxypeptidase2/5
carboxypeptidase
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- carboxylation2/5
carboxylation
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- barbies2/5
barbies
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- herbes2/5
herb
- noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
herbaceous plant.
- noun aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
- noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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imperturbable
- adjective satellite not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure
unflappable.
- hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm
- an imperturbable self-possession
- unflappable in a crisis
- adjective satellite not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure
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- carberry2/5
carberry
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- superba2/5
superba
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- exurban2/5
exurban
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- arborea2/5
arborea
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bourbaki
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- verbals2/5
verbal
- adjective satellite communicated in the form of words
- verbal imagery
- a verbal protest
- adjective of or relating to or formed from words in general
- verbal ability
- adjective satellite communicated in the form of words
- morbus2/5
morbus
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- berberine2/5
berberine
(Chem.) An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.
- corbie2/5
corbie
(Zoöl.) The raven. Scot.
- urbanists2/5
urbanists
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- overbought2/5
overbuy
To buy too much.
- waterbed2/5
waterbed
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- overbank2/5
- ytterbium1/5
ytterbium
- noun a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime
Yb; atomic number 70.
- noun a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime
- terbium1/5
terbium
- noun a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
Tb; atomic number 65.
- noun a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
- carbonised1/5
carbonise
- verb unite with carbon
carburize; carburise; carbonize.
- carburize metal
- verb turn into carbon, as by burning
carbonize.
- carbonize coal
- verb unite with carbon
- carburized1/5
carburize
- verb unite with carbon
carbonise; carburise; carbonize.
- carburize metal
- verb unite with carbon
- carbonizing1/5
carbonize
- verb unite with carbon
carburize; carbonise; carburise.
- carburize metal
- verb turn into carbon, as by burning
carbonise.
- carbonize coal
- verb unite with carbon
- carbocyclic1/5
carbocyclic
- adjective having or relating to or characterized by a ring composed of carbon atoms
- adjective having or relating to or characterized by a ring composed of carbon atoms
- carburising1/5
carburise
- verb unite with carbon
carburize; carbonise; carbonize.
- carburize metal
- verb unite with carbon
- carbonize1/5
carbonize
- verb unite with carbon
carburize; carbonise; carburise.
- carburize metal
- verb turn into carbon, as by burning
carbonise.
- carbonize coal
- verb unite with carbon
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turbofan
- noun an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine
turbojet; fanjet; fan-jet.
- noun a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust
fanjet engine; fanjet; turbojet engine; turbofan engine; turbojet; fan-jet.
- noun an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine
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fluorocarbon
- noun a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols
- noun a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols
- carboxylates1/5
carboxylate
- verb treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid
- verb treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid
- carboxylated1/5
carboxylate
- verb treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid
- verb treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid
- garbs1/5
garb
- noun clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
dress; attire.
- formal attire
- battle dress
- verb provide with clothes or put clothes on
enclothe; garment; fit out; raiment; apparel; habilitate; dress; tog; clothe.
- Parents must feed and dress their child
- noun clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
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airbrush
- noun an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air
- verb paint with an airbrush
- The old car looks like new now that we airbrushed it
- noun an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air
- sorbs1/5
sorb
- noun acid gritty-textured fruit
sorb apple.
- verb take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
take up.
- noun acid gritty-textured fruit
- decarboxylated1/5
decarboxylate
- verb lose a carboxyl group
- the compound decarboxylated
- verb remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)
- verb lose a carboxyl group
- barbes1/5
barb
- noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
shaft; gibe; shot; dig; slam; jibe.
- his parting shot was `drop dead'
- she threw shafts of sarcasm
- she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
- noun the pointed part of barbed wire
- noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- sorbing1/5
sorb
- noun acid gritty-textured fruit
sorb apple.
- verb take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
take up.
- noun acid gritty-textured fruit
- desorbing1/5
desorb
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- verb remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed
- the substance was desorbed
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
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turbojet
- noun an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine
fanjet; turbofan; fan-jet.
- noun a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust
fanjet engine; fanjet; turbojet engine; turbofan engine; turbofan; fan-jet.
- noun an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine
- carbureted1/5
carburet
- verb combine with carbon
- verb combine with carbon
- 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
- carbonisation1/5
carbonisation
- noun the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
carbonization.
- noun the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
- urbanising1/5
urbanise
- verb impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
urbanize.
- Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them
- verb make more industrial or city-like
urbanize.
- The area was urbanized after many people moved in
- verb impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
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- suburbanized1/5
suburbanized
- adjective satellite surrounded by many suburbs
suburbanised.
- a highly suburbanized city
- verb take on suburban character
suburbanize; suburbanise.
- the city suburbanized
- adjective satellite surrounded by many suburbs
- desorbs1/5
desorb
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- verb remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed
- the substance was desorbed
- verb go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
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turbofan
- noun an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine
turbojet; fanjet; fan-jet.
- noun a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust
fanjet engine; fanjet; turbojet engine; turbofan engine; turbojet; fan-jet.
- noun an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine
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urbanize
- verb make more industrial or city-like
urbanise.
- The area was urbanized after many people moved in
- verb impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
urbanise.
- Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them
- verb make more industrial or city-like
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airbrush
- noun an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air
- verb paint with an airbrush
- The old car looks like new now that we airbrushed it
- noun an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air
- sorbates1/5
sorbate
- noun a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption
- noun a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption
- carbonado1/5
carbonado
- noun an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing
black diamond.
- noun a piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled
- noun an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing
- suburbanizing1/5
suburbanize
- verb take on suburban character
suburbanise.
- the city suburbanized
- verb make suburban in character
suburbanise.
- highly suburbanized cities
- verb take on suburban character
- barbarized1/5
barbarize
- verb become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language
barbarise.
- verb make crude or savage in behavior or speech
barbarise.
- his years in prison have barbarized the young man
- verb become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language
- decarboxylate1/5
decarboxylate
- verb lose a carboxyl group
- the compound decarboxylated
- verb remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)
- verb lose a carboxyl group
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motorbus
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
coach; omnibus; bus; motorcoach; passenger vehicle; charabanc; jitney; autobus; double-decker.
- he always rode the bus to work
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
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carbonyl
- noun a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide
- adjective relating to or containing the carbonyl group
carbonylic.
- noun a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide
- parboiled1/5
parboil
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
blanch.
- Parboil the beans before freezing them
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
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absorbent
- noun a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
absorbent material.
- adjective having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)
absorptive.
- as absorbent as a sponge
- noun a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
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perturb
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
- verb disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom
- The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
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acerbity
- noun a sharp bitterness
- noun a sharp sour taste
tartness.
- noun a sharp bitterness
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powerboat
- noun a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
motorboat.
- noun a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
- perfluorocarbon1/5
perfluorocarbon
- noun a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum
PFC.
- noun a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum
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absorbance
- noun (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
transmission density; optical density; photographic density.
- noun (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
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bicarbonate
- noun a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate
hydrogen carbonate.
- noun a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate
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chlorofluorocarbon
- noun a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans
CFC.
- the chlorine in CFCs causes depletion of atmospheric ozone
- noun a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans
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weatherboard
- noun a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
clapboard; weatherboarding.
- noun the side toward the wind
weather side; to windward; windward side.
- noun a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
- verbalise1/5
verbalise
- verb be verbose
verbalize.
- This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious
- verb express in speech
verbalize; mouth; utter; talk; speak.
- She talks a lot of nonsense
- This depressed patient does not verbalize
- verb be verbose
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halocarbon
- noun one of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens
- noun one of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens
- verbalised1/5
verbalised
- adjective satellite communicated in words
uttered; verbalized; expressed.
- frequently uttered sentiments
- verb be verbose
verbalise; verbalize.
- This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious
- adjective satellite communicated in words
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parboil
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
blanch.
- Parboil the beans before freezing them
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
- reabsorbs1/5
reabsorb
- verb undergo resorption
resorb.
- verb undergo resorption
- perfluorocarbons1/5
perfluorocarbon
- noun a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum
PFC.
- noun a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum
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barbeque
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
barbecue.
- noun a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
barbecue.
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
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hydrofluorocarbon
- noun a fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing
HFC.
- noun a fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing
- reabsorbing1/5
reabsorb
- verb undergo resorption
resorb.
- verb undergo resorption
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barbeque
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
barbecue.
- noun a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
barbecue.
- noun meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
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checkerboard
- noun a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
checker board.
- noun a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
- parboiling1/5
parboil
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
blanch.
- Parboil the beans before freezing them
- verb cook (vegetables) briefly
- halocarbon1/5
halocarbon
- noun one of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens
- noun one of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens
- verbalising1/5
verbalise
- verb be verbose
verbalize.
- This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious
- verb express in speech
verbalize; mouth; utter; talk; speak.
- She talks a lot of nonsense
- This depressed patient does not verbalize
- verb be verbose
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barbarization
- noun an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized
barbarisation.
- noun an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized
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harborage
- noun (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
harbourage.
- noun (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
- harbourage1/5
harbourage
- noun (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
harborage.
- noun (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
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adsorbable
- adjective capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid
adsorbate.
- adjective capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid
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weatherboarding
- noun a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
weatherboard; clapboard.
- noun a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
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weatherboard
- noun a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
clapboard; weatherboarding.
- noun the side toward the wind
weather side; to windward; windward side.
- noun a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
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forbid
- verb command against
prohibit; proscribe; disallow; veto; nix; interdict.
- I forbid you to call me late at night
- Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
- Dad nixed our plans
- verb keep from happening or arising; make impossible
prevent; preclude; foreclose; forestall.
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
- verb command against
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overburden
- noun the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
- noun an excessive burden
overload.
- noun the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
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orbicular
- adjective satellite circular or nearly circular
orbiculate.
- adjective satellite having the shape of a sphere or ball
spherical; ball-shaped; globular; global; spheric; globose.
- a spherical object
- nearly orbicular in shape
- little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey
- adjective satellite circular or nearly circular
- herbaria1/5
herbarium
- noun a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study
- noun a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study
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hyperborean
(Greek Myth.) Of or pertaining to the region beyond the North wind, or to its inhabitants.
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hyperborean
- noun (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind
- noun (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind
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posterboard
- noun a cardboard suitable for making posters
paperboard; poster board.
- noun a cardboard suitable for making posters
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kerb
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
curb; curbing.
- noun an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
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turbulence
- noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas
turbulency.
- noun instability in the atmosphere
- noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas
- afterburners1/5
afterburner
- noun a device injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust
- noun a device injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust
- masturbator1/5
masturbator
- noun a person who practices masturbation
onanist.
- noun a person who practices masturbation
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centerboard
- noun a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward
centreboard; drop keel; sliding keel.
- noun a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward
- carbamide1/5
carbamide
- noun the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics
urea.
- noun the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics
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marbleized
- adjective satellite patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble
marbled; marbleised.
- marbleized pink skin
- verb make something look like marble
marbleize; marbleise.
- marbleize the fireplace
- adjective satellite patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble
- verbalism1/5
verbalism
- noun the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
verbal expression; expression.
- expressions of good will
- he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas
- the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours
- noun overabundance of words
verbiage.
- noun the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
- monocarboxylic1/5
monocarboxylic
- adjective containing one carboxyl group
- adjective containing one carboxyl group
- rebarbative1/5
rebarbative
- adjective satellite serving or tending to repel
repellant; repellent.
- he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful
- I find his obsequiousness repellent
- adjective satellite serving or tending to repel
- refurbishments1/5
refurbishment
- noun the state of being restored to its former good condition
restoration; renovation.
- the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house
- noun the state of being restored to its former good condition
- turbellaria1/5
turbellaria
(Zoöl.) An extensive group of worms which have the body covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdoc&oe;la and Dendroc&oe;la. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group.
- arbitraging1/5
arbitrage
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- verb practice arbitrage, as in the stock market
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- arboreta1/5
arboretum
- noun a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition
botanical garden.
- noun a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition
- corbeled1/5
corbel
- noun (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
truss.
- verb furnish with a corbel
- noun (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
- hydrochlorofluorocarbons1/5
hydrochlorofluorocarbon
- noun a fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere
HCFC.
- noun a fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere
- masturbators1/5
masturbator
- noun a person who practices masturbation
onanist.
- noun a person who practices masturbation
- overburdens1/5
overburden
- noun the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
- noun an excessive burden
overload.
- noun the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
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forbearance
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
longanimity; patience.
- noun a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting
- his forbearance to reply was alarming
- noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
- arbitrages1/5
arbitrage
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- verb practice arbitrage, as in the stock market
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- decarboxylases1/5
decarboxylase
- noun any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group
- noun any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group
- arboretums1/5
arboretum
- noun a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition
botanical garden.
- noun a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition
- arbitraged1/5
arbitrage
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- verb practice arbitrage, as in the stock market
- noun a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price
- forbiddance1/5
forbiddance
- noun an official prohibition or edict against something
ban; forbidding; banning.
- noun the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
inhibition; prohibition.
- they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
- a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
- he ignored his parents' forbiddance
- noun an official prohibition or edict against something
- urbanities1/5
urbanity
- noun polished courtesy; elegance of manner
- noun the quality or character of life in a city or town
- there is an important difference between rusticity and urbanity
- noun polished courtesy; elegance of manner
- hydrochlorofluorocarbon1/5
hydrochlorofluorocarbon
- noun a fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere
HCFC.
- noun a fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere
- overbalanced1/5
overbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb cause to be off balance
- It is not desirable to overbalance the budget
- verb weigh more heavily
- burbling1/5
burbling
- adjective satellite uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
burbly; effusive; gushing.
- a novel told in burbly panting tones
- verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
babble; burble; guggle; ripple; bubble; gurgle.
- babbling brooks
- adjective satellite uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
- barbels1/5
barbel
- noun slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
feeler.
- noun slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
- arbitrageur1/5
arbitrageur
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
arb; arbitrager.
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
- overbalance1/5
overbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb cause to be off balance
- It is not desirable to overbalance the budget
- verb weigh more heavily
- arboriculture1/5
arboriculture
- noun the cultivation of tree for the production of timber
tree farming.
- noun the cultivation of tree for the production of timber
- forborne1/5
forbear
- noun a person from whom you are descended
forebear.
- verb refrain from doing
hold back.
- she forbore a snicker
- noun a person from whom you are descended
- arboviruses1/5
arbovirus
- noun a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis
arborvirus.
- noun a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis
- burbled1/5
burble
- verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
babble; guggle; ripple; bubble; gurgle.
- babbling brooks
- verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- cucurbitaceae1/5
cucurbitaceae
- noun a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
family Cucurbitaceae; gourd family.
- noun a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
- rollerblading1/5
rollerblading
- noun skating using Rollerblades
- verb travel on shoes with a single line of rubber wheels attached to their soles
Rollerblade.
- you'd better wear a helmet and knee protectors when you Rollerblade!
- The muscular actor loves to Rollerblade
- noun skating using Rollerblades
- barbette1/5
barbette
- noun (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
- noun (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
- peterburg1/5
peterburg
- noun a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia
Saint Petersburg; Petrograd; St. Petersburg; Leningrad.
- noun a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia
- barbering1/5
barber
- noun United States composer (1910-1981)
Samuel Barber.
- noun a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
- noun United States composer (1910-1981)
- orbed1/5
orb
- noun the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
eyeball.
- noun an object with a spherical shape
globe; ball.
- a ball of fire
- noun the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
- featherbed1/5
featherbed
- noun a mattress stuffed with feathers
feather bed.
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
pamper; cosset; cocker; mollycoddle; spoil; indulge; baby; coddle.
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- noun a mattress stuffed with feathers
- rollerblades1/5
rollerblade
- noun (trademark) an in-line skate
- verb travel on shoes with a single line of rubber wheels attached to their soles
- you'd better wear a helmet and knee protectors when you Rollerblade!
- The muscular actor loves to Rollerblade
- noun (trademark) an in-line skate
- flurbiprofen1/5
flurbiprofen
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally
Ansaid.
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally
- carbonara1/5
carbonara
- noun sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese
- noun sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese
- garble1/5
garble
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; distort.
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- masturbates1/5
masturbate
- verb stimulate sexually
- The old man wanted to be masturbated by the prostitute
- verb get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
fuck off; wank; jerk off; she-bop; jack off.
- verb stimulate sexually
- orbiters1/5
orbiter
- noun man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
satellite; artificial satellite.
- noun man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
- interbred1/5
interbred
- adjective satellite bred of closely related parents
- verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
hybridize; interbreed; crossbreed; cross; hybridise.
- cross a horse and a donkey
- Mendel tried crossbreeding
- these species do not interbreed
- adjective satellite bred of closely related parents
- carburettors1/5
carburettor
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
carburetor.
- noun mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
- arbovirus1/5
arbovirus
- noun a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis
arborvirus.
- noun a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis
- burble1/5
burble
- verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
babble; guggle; ripple; bubble; gurgle.
- babbling brooks
- verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- underboss1/5
underboss
- noun an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)
- noun an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)
- hairbrushes1/5
hairbrush
- noun a brush used to groom a person's hair
- noun a brush used to groom a person's hair
- rollerblade1/5
rollerblade
- noun (trademark) an in-line skate
- verb travel on shoes with a single line of rubber wheels attached to their soles
- you'd better wear a helmet and knee protectors when you Rollerblade!
- The muscular actor loves to Rollerblade
- noun (trademark) an in-line skate
- verbalisation1/5
verbalisation
- noun the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization
verbalization.
- noun the activity of expressing something in words
verbalization.
- noun the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization
- butterball1/5
butterball
- noun a rotund individual
roly-poly; fatty; fatso; fat person.
- noun small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
bufflehead; dipper; Bucephela albeola.
- noun a rotund individual
- furbelows1/5
furbelow
- noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
ruffle; flounce; frill.
- noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
- garbling1/5
garble
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; distort.
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- arbitrates1/5
arbitrate
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
mediate; intermediate; liaise; intercede.
- He interceded in the family dispute
- He mediated a settlement
- verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- morbific1/5
morbific
- adjective satellite able to cause disease
pathogenic; infective.
- infective agents
- pathogenic bacteria
- adjective satellite able to cause disease
- barbered1/5
barber
- noun United States composer (1910-1981)
Samuel Barber.
- noun a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade
- noun United States composer (1910-1981)
- furbished1/5
furbish
- verb polish and make shiny
burnish; buff.
- buff the wooden floors
- buff my shoes
- verb polish and make shiny
- overbear1/5
overbear
- verb overcome
- overbear criticism, protest, or arguments
- verb bear too much
- verb overcome
- featherbedding1/5
featherbedding
- noun the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
featherbed; pamper; cosset; cocker; mollycoddle; spoil; indulge; baby; coddle.
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- noun the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required
- quarterbacking1/5
quarterback
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
field general; signal caller.
- noun (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
field general; signal caller.
- quarterback is the most important position on the team
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
- kerbala1/5
kerbala
- noun a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680
Kerbela; Karbala.
- noun a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680
- durbars1/5
durbar
- noun the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur
- noun the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur
- sauerbraten1/5
sauerbraten
- noun pot roast marinated several days in seasoned vinegar before cooking; usually served with potato dumplings
- noun pot roast marinated several days in seasoned vinegar before cooking; usually served with potato dumplings
- furbish1/5
furbish
- verb polish and make shiny
burnish; buff.
- buff the wooden floors
- buff my shoes
- verb polish and make shiny
- mortarboard1/5
mortarboard
- noun a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
hawk.
- noun an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top
- noun a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
- overbalancing1/5
overbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb cause to be off balance
- It is not desirable to overbalance the budget
- verb weigh more heavily
- morbidness1/5
morbidness
- noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
morbidity.
- his fear of being alone verges on morbidity
- noun the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
unwholesomeness; morbidity.
- noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
- kerbela1/5
kerbela
- noun a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680
Kerbala; Karbala.
- noun a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680
- underbred1/5
underbred
- adjective satellite (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
bounderish; rude; yokelish; ill-bred; lowbred.
- adjective satellite of inferior or mixed breed
- an underbred dog
- adjective satellite (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
- scatterbrain1/5
scatterbrain
- noun a flighty and disorganized person
forgetful person.
- noun a flighty and disorganized person
- superbugs1/5
superbug
- noun a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics
- noun a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias
poinsettia strain; Bemisia tabaci.
- noun a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics
- garboard1/5
garboard
- noun the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
garboard strake; garboard plank.
- noun the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
- nonabsorbent1/5
nonabsorbent
- adjective not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids)
nonabsorptive.
- adjective not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids)
- overbore1/5
overbear
- verb overcome
- overbear criticism, protest, or arguments
- verb bear too much
- verb overcome
- kerbstones1/5
kerbstone
- noun a paving stone forming part of a curb
curbstone.
- noun a paving stone forming part of a curb
- featherbeds1/5
featherbed
- noun a mattress stuffed with feathers
feather bed.
- verb treat with excessive indulgence
pamper; cosset; cocker; mollycoddle; spoil; indulge; baby; coddle.
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
- noun a mattress stuffed with feathers
- chatterboxes1/5
chatterbox
- noun orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
stream orchid; giant helleborine; Epipactis gigantea.
- noun an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
prater; chatterer; spouter; magpie; babbler.
- noun orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
- turbogenerator1/5
turbogenerator
- noun generator consisting of a steam turbine coupled to an electric generator for the production of electric power
- noun generator consisting of a steam turbine coupled to an electric generator for the production of electric power
- curbstones1/5
curbstone
- noun a paving stone forming part of a curb
kerbstone.
- noun a paving stone forming part of a curb
- furbishing1/5
furbish
- verb polish and make shiny
burnish; buff.
- buff the wooden floors
- buff my shoes
- verb polish and make shiny
- burbles1/5
burble
- verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
babble; guggle; ripple; bubble; gurgle.
- babbling brooks
- verb flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
- kerbstone1/5
kerbstone
- noun a paving stone forming part of a curb
curbstone.
- noun a paving stone forming part of a curb
- overbalances1/5
overbalance
- verb weigh more heavily
outweigh; outbalance; preponderate.
- these considerations outweigh our wishes
- verb cause to be off balance
- It is not desirable to overbalance the budget
- verb weigh more heavily
- mephobarbital1/5
mephobarbital
- noun a long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy
Mebaral.
- noun a long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy
- arbitragers1/5
arbitrager
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
arb; arbitrageur.
- noun someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
- quarterbacked1/5
quarterback
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
field general; signal caller.
- noun (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team
field general; signal caller.
- quarterback is the most important position on the team
- noun (football) the person who plays quarterback
- superbug1/5
superbug
- noun a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics
- noun a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias
poinsettia strain; Bemisia tabaci.
- noun a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics
- verbalisations1/5
verbalisation
- noun the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization
verbalization.
- noun the activity of expressing something in words
verbalization.
- noun the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization
- verbalizer1/5
verbalizer
- noun someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser.
- the speaker at commencement
- an utterer of useful maxims
- noun someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
- hyperboloidal1/5
hyperboloidal
- adjective satellite having the shape of a hyperboloid
- adjective satellite having the shape of a hyperboloid
- barbettes1/5
barbette
- noun (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
- noun (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
- turbogenerators1/5
turbogenerator
- noun generator consisting of a steam turbine coupled to an electric generator for the production of electric power
- noun generator consisting of a steam turbine coupled to an electric generator for the production of electric power
- garbles1/5
garble
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; distort.
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- hyperbolized1/5
hyperbolize
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- refurbishes1/5
refurbish
- verb make brighter and prettier
renovate; freshen up.
- we refurbished the guest wing
- My wife wants us to renovate
- verb make brighter and prettier
- barbicans1/5
barbican
- noun a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
barbacan.
- noun a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
- fingerboards1/5
fingerboard
- noun a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger
fingerpost.
- noun a bank of keys on a musical instrument
clavier; piano keyboard.
- noun a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger
- arbalest1/5
arbalest
- noun an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
catapult; mangonel; trebuchet; trebucket; arbalist; bricole; onager; ballista.
- noun an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
- verbalizers1/5
verbalizer
- noun someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser.
- the speaker at commencement
- an utterer of useful maxims
- noun someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
- mortarboards1/5
mortarboard
- noun a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
hawk.
- noun an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top
- noun a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
- arborescent1/5
arborescent
- adjective satellite resembling a tree in form and branching structure
arboresque; tree-shaped; treelike; arboreal; dendriform; arboriform; arboreous; dendroidal; dendroid.
- arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda
- dendriform sponges
- adjective satellite resembling a tree in form and branching structure
- purblind1/5
purblind
- adjective satellite having greatly reduced vision
dim-sighted; visually impaired; sand-blind; visually challenged; near-blind.
- adjective satellite lacking in insight or discernment
obtuse.
- too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior
- a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin
- adjective satellite having greatly reduced vision
- gearboxes1/5
gearbox
- noun the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
gear case; gear box.
- noun the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
- sorbus1/5
sorbus
- noun a genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves
genus Sorbus.
- noun a genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves
- exorbitantly1/5
exorbitantly
- adverb to an exorbitant degree
usuriously; extortionately.
- prices are exorbitantly high in the capital
- adverb to an exorbitant degree
- imperturbability1/5
imperturbability
- noun calm and unruffled self-assurance
coolness; imperturbableness.
- he performed with all the coolness of a veteran
- noun calm and unruffled self-assurance
- cummerbund1/5
cummerbund
- noun a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
- noun a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
- cucurbits1/5
- arbitrable1/5
arbitrable
- adjective appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration
- an arbitrable wage and health benefits policy
- an arbitrable dispute
- adjective appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration
- arbours1/5
arbour
- noun a framework that supports climbing plants
arbor; bower; pergola.
- the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park
- noun a framework that supports climbing plants
- collarbones1/5
collarbone
- noun bone linking the scapula and sternum
clavicle.
- noun bone linking the scapula and sternum
- hyperbolas1/5
hyperbola
- noun an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone
- noun an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone
- barbarisms1/5
barbarism
- noun a brutal barbarous savage act
savagery; brutality; barbarity.
- noun a brutal barbarous savage act
- paperboy1/5
paperboy
- noun a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
- noun a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
- arbitrament1/5
arbitrament
- noun the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment
arbitration; arbitrement.
- they submitted their disagreement to arbitration
- noun the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment
- hyperboloid1/5
hyperboloid
- noun a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis
- noun a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis
- gerbera1/5
gerbera
- noun genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies
genus Gerbera.
- noun genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies
- verbascum1/5
verbascum
- noun genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves
genus Verbascum.
- noun genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves
- warbles1/5
warble
- noun a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
- verb sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
quaver; trill.
- noun a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
- hairball1/5
hairball
- noun a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur)
hair ball; trichobezoar.
- noun a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur)
- hyperboles1/5
hyperbole
- noun extravagant exaggeration
exaggeration.
- noun extravagant exaggeration
- suburbanite1/5
suburbanite
- noun a resident of a suburb
- noun a resident of a suburb
- carbineers1/5
carbineer
- noun a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
carabinier; carabineer.
- noun a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
- cucurbit1/5
cucurbit
- noun any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
- noun any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
- elderberries1/5
elderberry
- noun a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
black elder; bourtree; common elder; European elder; Sambucus nigra.
- noun berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies
- noun a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
- derbies1/5
derby
- noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
bowler; bowler hat; plug hat; derby hat.
- noun a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
- carboy1/5
carboy
- noun a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container
- noun a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container
- underbid1/5
underbid
- verb bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants
- verb bid lower than a competing bidder
- verb bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants
- barbwire1/5
barbwire
- noun strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage
barbed wire.
- noun strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage
- verbenaceae1/5
verbenaceae
- noun family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees
family Verbenaceae; verbena family; vervain family.
- noun family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees
- powerbrokers1/5
powerbroker
- noun a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control
power broker.
- a power broker who does you a favor will expect you to return it
- noun a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control
- isocarboxazid1/5
isocarboxazid
- noun a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depression
Marplan.
- noun a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depression
- verbenas1/5
verbena
- noun any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
vervain.
- noun any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
- butterbur1/5
butterbur
- noun small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas
Petasites vulgaris; bog rhubarb; Petasites hybridus.
- noun small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas
- arborist1/5
arborist
- noun a specialist in treating damaged trees
tree surgeon.
- noun a specialist in treating damaged trees
- overbid1/5
overbid
- noun a bid that is higher than preceding bids
- noun (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)
overcall.
- noun a bid that is higher than preceding bids
- carboys1/5
carboy
- noun a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container
- noun a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container
- hairballs1/5
hairball
- noun a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur)
hair ball; trichobezoar.
- noun a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur)
- fingerbreadths1/5
fingerbreadth
- noun the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
finger's breadth; digit; finger.
- noun the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
- jitterbugging1/5
jitterbug
- noun a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
- verb do the jitterbug
- noun a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
- uncurbed1/5
uncurbed
- adjective satellite not restrained or controlled
ungoverned; unbridled; unchecked.
- unbridled rage
- an unchecked temper
- ungoverned rage
- adjective satellite not restrained or controlled
- euphorbias1/5
euphorbia
- noun type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
genus Euphorbia.
- noun type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
- methocarbamol1/5
methocarbamol
- noun muscle relaxant for skeletal muscles (trade name Robaxin) used to treat spasms
Robaxin.
- noun muscle relaxant for skeletal muscles (trade name Robaxin) used to treat spasms
- turbulently1/5
turbulently
- adverb in a turbulent manner; with turbulence
- the river rolls turbulently boiling
- adverb in a stormy or violent manner
passionately; stormily.
- adverb in a turbulent manner; with turbulence
- tetherball1/5
tetherball
- noun a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole
- noun a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole
- exurbia1/5
exurbia
- noun a residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia
- noun a residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia
- overbold1/5
overbold
- adjective satellite improperly forward or bold
saucy; impudent; wise; impertinent; fresh; sassy; smart.
- don't be fresh with me
- impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup
- an impudent boy given to insulting strangers
- Don't get wise with me!
- adjective satellite improperly forward or bold
- overbidding1/5
overbid
- noun a bid that is higher than preceding bids
- noun (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)
overcall.
- noun a bid that is higher than preceding bids
- underbidding1/5
underbid
- verb bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants
- verb bid lower than a competing bidder
- verb bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants
- arborists1/5
arborist
- noun a specialist in treating damaged trees
tree surgeon.
- noun a specialist in treating damaged trees
- warblings1/5
warble
- noun a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
- verb sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
quaver; trill.
- noun a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly
- turbidities1/5
turbidity
- noun muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended
turbidness.
- noun muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended
- cummerbunds1/5
cummerbund
- noun a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
- noun a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
- tarboosh1/5
tarboosh
- noun a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown
fez.
- noun a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown
- underbellies1/5
underbelly
- noun lower side
- the underbellies of clouds
- noun the soft belly or underside of an animal's body
underbody.
- noun lower side
- srbija1/5
srbija
- noun a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries
Serbia.
- noun a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries
- hyperboloids1/5
hyperboloid
- noun a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis
- noun a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis
- airburst1/5
airburst
- noun an explosion in the atmosphere
- noun an explosion in the atmosphere
- shutterbug1/5
shutterbug
- noun a photography enthusiast
- noun a photography enthusiast
- berberidaceae1/5
berberidaceae
- noun shrubs or herbs
family Berberidaceae; barberry family.
- noun shrubs or herbs
- exorbitance1/5
exorbitance
- noun excessive excess
outrageousness.
- noun excessive excess
- jitterbugs1/5
jitterbug
- noun a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
- verb do the jitterbug
- noun a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s
- powerbroker1/5
powerbroker
- noun a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control
power broker.
- a power broker who does you a favor will expect you to return it
- noun a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control
- arborizing1/5
arborize
- verb branch out like trees
arborise.
- nerve fibers arborize
- verb branch out like trees
- garbageman1/5
garbageman
- noun someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse
garbage collector; refuse collector; garbage carter; dustman; garbage man; garbage hauler.
- noun someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse
- gerberas1/5
gerbera
- noun genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies
genus Gerbera.
- noun genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies
- garbagemen1/5
garbageman
- noun someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse
garbage collector; refuse collector; garbage carter; dustman; garbage man; garbage hauler.
- noun someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse
- gasherbrum1/5
gasherbrum
- noun a mountain in northern Kashmir (26,470 feet high)
- noun a mountain in northern Kashmir (26,470 feet high)
- counterblow1/5
counterblow
- noun a return blow; a retaliatory blow
- noun a return blow; a retaliatory blow
- paperboys1/5
paperboy
- noun a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
- noun a boy who sells or delivers newspapers
- arborize1/5
arborize
- verb branch out like trees
arborise.
- nerve fibers arborize
- verb branch out like trees
- potherbs1/5
potherb
- noun any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning
- noun any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning
- barbarea1/5
barbarea
- noun biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress
genus Barbarea.
- noun biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress
- fingerbreadth1/5
fingerbreadth
- noun the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
finger's breadth; digit; finger.
- noun the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
- carbineer1/5
carbineer
- noun a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
carabinier; carabineer.
- noun a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
- azerbaijanis1/5
azerbaijani
- noun a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan
- noun the Turkic language spoken by the Azerbaijani
- noun a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan
- doorbells1/5
doorbell
- noun a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
buzzer; bell.
- noun a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
- suborbital1/5
suborbital
- adjective having or involving a trajectory of less than one orbit
- the first manned suborbital flight
- adjective situated on or below the floor of the eye socket
subocular.
- a suborbital bone
- adjective having or involving a trajectory of less than one orbit
- barbet1/5
barbet
- noun small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings
- noun small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings
- razorback1/5
razorback
- noun a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
razorbacked hog; razorback hog.
- noun any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
rorqual.
- noun a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
- barbells1/5
barbell
- noun a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting
- noun a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting
- choirboy1/5
choirboy
- noun a boy who sings in a choir
- noun a boy who sings in a choir
- choirboys1/5
choirboy
- noun a boy who sings in a choir
- noun a boy who sings in a choir
- amobarbital1/5
amobarbital
- noun a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant
- noun a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant
- phenobarbitone1/5
phenobarbitone
- noun a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
purple heart; sodium thiopental; phenobarbital; Luminal.
- noun a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
- barbadians1/5
barbadian
- noun a native or inhabitant of Barbados
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Barbados or its inhabitants
- a Barbadian vacation
- noun a native or inhabitant of Barbados
- assurbanipal1/5
assurbanipal
- noun king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC)
Asurbanipal; Ashurbanipal.
- noun king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC)
- underbody1/5
underbody
- noun the soft belly or underside of an animal's body
underbelly.
- noun the soft belly or underside of an animal's body
- waterbird1/5
waterbird
- noun freshwater aquatic bird
water bird; waterfowl.
- noun freshwater aquatic bird
- superbia1/5
superbia
- noun unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
pride.
- noun unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- secobarbital1/5
secobarbital
- noun barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions
Seconal; secobarbital sodium; red devil.
- noun barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions
- scatterbrained1/5
scatterbrained
- adjective satellite lacking sense or discretion
rattlebrained; scatty; rattlepated.
- his rattlebrained crackpot ideas
- how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott
- adjective satellite guided by whim and fancy
flighty; flyaway; head-in-the-clouds.
- flighty young girls
- adjective satellite lacking sense or discretion
- bearberry1/5
bearberry
- noun shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
Rhamnus purshianus; chittamwood; chittimwood; bearwood; cascara buckthorn.
- noun deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
Ilex decidua; winterberry; possum haw.
- noun shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
- arborvitae1/5
arborvitae
- noun any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis
- noun any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis
- forbiddingly1/5
forbiddingly
- adverb in an unpleasant or menacing manner
- it was forbiddingly dark in the corridor
- adverb in an unpleasant or menacing manner
- counterblast1/5
counterblast
- noun a vigorous and unrestrained response
- her tirade provoked a counterblast from her husband
- noun a vigorous and unrestrained response
- urbanely1/5
urbanely
- adverb in an urbane manner
- `I had tea occasionally with the Duke,' said Mr. Eggers urbanely
- adverb in an urbane manner
- razorbacks1/5
razorback
- noun a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
razorbacked hog; razorback hog.
- noun any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
rorqual.
- noun a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
- sherbets1/5
sherbet
- noun a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
sherbert.
- noun a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
- hyperbaton1/5
hyperbaton
- noun reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')
- noun reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')
- garbanzos1/5
garbanzo
- noun the seed of the chickpea plant
chickpea.
- noun large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried
chickpea.
- noun the seed of the chickpea plant
- adverbially1/5
adverbially
- adverb as an adverb
- the prepositional phrase here is used adverbially
- adverb as an adverb
- jerboa1/5
jerboa
- noun mouselike jumping rodent
- noun mouselike jumping rodent
- barberries1/5
barberry
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
- korbut1/5
korbut
- noun Soviet gymnast (born in 1955)
Olga Korbut.
- noun Soviet gymnast (born in 1955)
- winterberry1/5
winterberry
- noun deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
Ilex decidua; bearberry; possum haw.
- noun deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
- barbets1/5
barbet
- noun small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings
- noun small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings
- barbital1/5
barbital
- noun a barbiturate used as a hypnotic
veronal; diethylmalonylurea; barbitone; diethylbarbituric acid.
- noun a barbiturate used as a hypnotic
- cornerbacks1/5
cornerback
- noun a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers
- noun a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers
- rollerbladers1/5
rollerblader
- noun a skater who uses Rollerblades
- noun a skater who uses Rollerblades
- jerboas1/5
jerboa
- noun mouselike jumping rodent
- noun mouselike jumping rodent
- verbosely1/5
verbosely
- adverb in a verbose manner
long-windedly; wordily; windily.
- she explained her ideas verbosely
- adverb in a verbose manner
- pourboire1/5
pourboire
- noun a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
baksheesh; bakshis; bakshish; gratuity; tip; backsheesh.
- noun a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
- barbasco1/5
barbasco
- noun West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
joewood; Jacquinia keyensis.
- noun West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
- hyperbolically1/5
hyperbolically
- adverb in an exaggerated manner
exaggeratedly.
- adverb in an exaggerated manner
- sorbets1/5
sorbet
- noun an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice
water ice.
- noun an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice
- shelterbelts1/5
shelterbelt
- noun hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion
windbreak.
- noun hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion
- waterbuck1/5
waterbuck
- noun any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers
- noun any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers
- scorbutic1/5
scorbutic
- adjective of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy
- scorbutic symptoms
- adjective of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy
- dyirbal1/5
dyirbal
- noun a language of Australian aborigines
Jirrbal.
- noun a language of Australian aborigines
- barbu1/5
barbu
- noun found along western Atlantic coast
Polydactylus virginicus.
- noun found along western Atlantic coast
- bowerbird1/5
bowerbird
- noun any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
catbird.
- noun any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
- bowerbirds1/5
bowerbird
- noun any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
catbird.
- noun any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
- shelterbelt1/5
shelterbelt
- noun hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion
windbreak.
- noun hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion
- blunderbusses1/5
blunderbuss
- noun a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
- noun a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
- counterbore1/5
counterbore
- noun a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole
countersink bit; countersink.
- noun a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole
- morbilliform1/5
morbilliform
- adjective of a rash that resembles that of measles
- adjective of a rash that resembles that of measles
- razorblade1/5
razorblade
- noun a blade that has very sharp edge
- noun a blade that has very sharp edge
- overbearingly1/5
overbearingly
- adverb in an overbearing manner
- adverb in an overbearing manner
- weaverbird1/5
weaverbird
- noun finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
weaver; weaver finch.
- noun finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
- unverbalized1/5
unverbalized
- adjective satellite not made explicit
unexpressed; unstated; unverbalised; unvoiced; unuttered; unspoken; unsaid.
- the unexpressed terms of the agreement
- things left unsaid
- some kind of unspoken agreement
- his action is clear but his reason remains unstated
- adjective satellite not made explicit
- weaverbirds1/5
weaverbird
- noun finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
weaver; weaver finch.
- noun finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
- orbitale1/5
orbitale
- noun the craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit
orbital point.
- noun the craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit
- razorbill1/5
razorbill
- noun black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill
razor-billed auk; Alca torda.
- noun black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill
- razorbills1/5
razorbill
- noun black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill
razor-billed auk; Alca torda.
- noun black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill
- porbeagle1/5
porbeagle
- noun voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific
Lamna nasus.
- noun voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific
- butcherbird1/5
butcherbird
- noun shrikes that impale their prey on thorns
- noun large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
- noun shrikes that impale their prey on thorns
- leatherbacks1/5
leatherback
- noun wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
Dermochelys coriacea; leatherback turtle; leathery turtle.
- noun wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
- silverback1/5
silverback
- noun an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back
- noun an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back
- butterbean1/5
butterbean
- noun small flat green bean similar to lima beans
butter bean; civet bean; sieva bean.
- noun small flat green bean similar to lima beans
- silverbacks1/5
silverback
- noun an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back
- noun an adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back
- burbot1/5
burbot
- noun elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
ling; cusk; Lota lota; eelpout.
- noun elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
- corbelled1/5
corbelled
- adjective having a corbel
- adjective having a corbel
- nonarbitrary1/5
nonarbitrary
- adjective not subject to individual determination
unarbitrary.
- adjective not subject to individual determination
- noncarbonated1/5
noncarbonated
- adjective satellite not having carbonation
uncarbonated.
- adjective satellite not having carbonation
- nonturbulent1/5
nonturbulent
- adjective satellite (of a liquid) not turbulent
- nonturbulent flow
- adjective satellite (of a liquid) not turbulent
- superblock1/5
superblock
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- overbooking1/5
overbooking
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- carbachol1/5
- carbonari1/5
carbonari
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- carboxyhemoglobin1/5
carboxyhemoglobin
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- arbitron1/5
arbitron
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- cinderblock1/5
cinderblock
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- beiderbecke1/5
beiderbecke
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- parbat1/5
parbat
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- deverbal1/5
deverbal
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- starbursts1/5
starbursts
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- sorbic1/5
sorbic
(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb; specifically, designating an acid, CHCOH, of the acetylene series, found in the unripe berries of this tree, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
- turbomachinery1/5
turbomachinery
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- colorblindness1/5
colorblindness
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- paperbound1/5
- corbeil1/5
corbeil
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- barbas1/5
barbas
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- carboxymethyl1/5
carboxymethyl
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- barbusse1/5
- hairbreadth1/5
hairbreadth
The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch. Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss. Judg. xx. 16
- herby1/5
hereby
- adverb (formal) by means of this
herewith.
- I hereby declare you man and wife
- adverb (formal) by means of this
- polysorbate1/5
polysorbate
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- overbooked1/5
overbooked
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- carbamoyl1/5
carbamoyl
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- barberton1/5
barberton
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- harbormaster1/5
harbormaster
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- superbowl1/5
superbowl
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- urbanite1/5
urbanite
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- arbitrium1/5
- nonurban1/5
- airboat1/5
airboat
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- carbene1/5
carbene
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- tarbox1/5
- hyperbolical1/5
hyperbolical
(Math.) Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola.
- reverberatory1/5
reverberatory
Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; reverberative.
- intraorbital1/5
- arborization1/5
arborization
The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite.
- adsorber1/5
adsorber
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overby
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tinkerbell
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postorbital
(Anat. & Zoöl.) Situated behind the orbit; --as, the .postorbital scales of some fishes and reptilesn. A postorbital bone or scale.
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barbatus
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superbus
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tarball
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herber
A garden; a pleasure garden. Obs. "Into an herber green." Chaucer.
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corban
(Jewish Antiq.) An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow. ✍ In the old Testament the hebrew word is usually translated "oblation" as in Numb. xviii. 9, xxxi. 50. ✍ The traditionists laid down that a man might interdict himself by vow, not only from using for himself, but from giving to another, or receiving from him, some particular object, whether of food or any other kind. A person might thus exempt himself from assisting parents in distress, under plea of corban. Dr. W. Smith.
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arbela
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ahenobarbus
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overbuilt
Having too many buildings; as, an .overbuilt part of a town
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garbe
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corbeau
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arborescens
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courbe
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carbodiimide
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airbases
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harbour
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
harbor; haven; seaport.
- noun a place of refuge and comfort and security
harbor.
- noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
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carbinol
(Chem.) Methyl alcohol, CH3OH ; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type.
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karbi
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burbs
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charbon
(Far.) A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.
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overbuild
To build over. Milton.
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carboxymethylcellulose
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interorbital
(Anat.) Between the orbits; as, the .interorbital septum
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carbanion
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verbless
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erbil
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orbell
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acerbically
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nullarbor
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harbi
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paperbark
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dithiocarbamate
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urbanistic
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barbar
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borbon
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carburization
(Chem.) The act, process, or result of carburizing.
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barbarella
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herbicidal
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carbonatite
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turbochargers
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kerbside
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arboreum
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decarburization
The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
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periorbita
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arbitre
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barbata
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interbranch
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diethylcarbamazine
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chequerboard
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radioallergosorbent
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herbartian
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exurbs
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arborization
The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite.
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barbacoa
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suburban
- adjective relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
- suburban population
- adjective relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
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turbocharging
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antiscorbutic
(Med.) Counteracting scurvy. --n. A remedy for scurvy.
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charbroiled
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barbae
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warbird
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theorbo
(Mus.) An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes. ✍ A larger form of theorbo was also called the archlute , and was used chiefly, if not only, as an accompaniment to the voice. Both have long fallen into disuse.
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interborough
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wunderbar
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turbopump
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barbituric
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counterbattery
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wonderbra
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barbless
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forby
Near; hard by; along; past. Obs.To tell her if her child went ought forby. Chaucer.
To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the sides of the city without let. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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earbuds
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carbonaro
A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic. ✍ The origin of the Carbonari is uncertain, but the society is said to have first met, in 1808, among the charcoal burners of the mountains, whose phraseology they adopted.
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turbo
(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo or familyTurbinidæ , usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum.
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absorbing
- adjective satellite capable of arousing and holding the attention
riveting; engrossing; gripping; fascinating.
- a fascinating story
- verb become imbued
absorb.
- The liquids, light, and gases absorb
- adjective satellite capable of arousing and holding the attention
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waterbeds
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orbital
- adjective of or relating to an orbit
- orbital revolution
- orbital velocity
- adjective of or relating to the eye socket
- orbital scale
- orbital arch
- adjective of or relating to an orbit
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forbearer
One who forbears. Tusser.
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carbonless
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orbita
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reverb
To echo. Obs. Shak.
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corbel
- noun (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
truss.
- verb furnish with a corbel
- noun (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
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herby
Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage. "Herby valleys." Chapman.
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carboline
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tarballs
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tourbillon
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sorbo
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carbamyl
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semiurban
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superbum
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jerba
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darbha
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tarbush
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transorbital
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arboreus
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planorbis
(Zoöl.) Any fresh-water air-breathing mollusk belonging to Planorbis and other allied genera, having shells of a discoidal form.
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letterboxes
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sanguisorba
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perturber
One who, or that which, perturbs, or cause perturbation.
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- forbye1/5
forby
Near; hard by; along; past. Obs.To tell her if her child went ought forby. Chaucer.
To the intent that ships may pass along forby all the sides of the city without let. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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overbook
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carboxypeptidases
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arborescence
The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the .arborescence produced by precipitating silver
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barbarically
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corbell
(Arch.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel. Obs.
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preorbital
a. (Anat.) Situated in front or the orbit.
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barbiers
(Med.) A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form.
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barbadense
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orby
Orblike; having the course of an orb; revolving. Obs. "Orby hours." Chapman.
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turbellarian
(Zoöl.) One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively.
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warbonnet
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waterboard
A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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turbinate
- noun any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
turbinate bone; turbinal.
- adjective of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
- noun any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
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decarbonization
The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.
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carbonitride
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rurban
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airboats
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herbacea
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carbamino
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overbake
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carbamic
(Chem.) Pertaining to an acid so called.
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absorbability
The state or quality of being absorbable. Graham (Chemistry).
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gerbe
(Pyrotechny) A kind of ornamental firework. Farrow.
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arbores
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counterbore
- noun a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole
countersink bit; countersink.
- noun a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole
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pentobarbitone
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arboricultural
Pertaining to arboriculture. Loudon.
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furbearer
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overbuild
To build over. Milton.
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barbarianism
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herbaceum
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hyperbolae
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absorbed
- adjective satellite giving or marked by complete attention to
enwrapped; engrossed; captive; wrapped; intent.
- that engrossed look or rapt delight
- then wrapped in dreams
- so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare
- rapt with wonder
- wrapped in thought
- verb become imbued
absorb.
- The liquids, light, and gases absorb
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silverbell
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arbitress
A female arbiter; an arbitratrix. Milton.
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pepperbox
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barbut
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skarbek
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arbuscula
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turbomachine
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perturbational
Of or pertaining to perturbation, esp. to the perturbations of the planets. "The perturbational theory." Sir J. Herschel.
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hairband
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herbivora
(Zoöl.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation.
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weatherboard
- noun a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
clapboard; weatherboarding.
- noun the side toward the wind
weather side; to windward; windward side.
- noun a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
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turbary
(Eng. Law) A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the ground where turf is dug.
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reverberator
One who, or that which, produces reverberation.
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turban
- noun a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
- noun a small round woman's hat
pillbox; toque.
- noun a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
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barbudo
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phenylthiocarbamide
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carboxylases
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arbutifolia
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colourblind
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bourbonism
The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.
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earbud
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thurberi
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arbuscule
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noncarbonate
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barbotine
A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.
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antorbital
(Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit. --n. The antorbital bone.
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turbocharge
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darbies
Manacles; handcuffs. CantJem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott.
✍ In "The Steel Glass" by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line "To binde such babes in father Derbies bands."
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turbellarian
(Zoöl.) One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively.
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borborygmus
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noncarbon
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forboden
p. p. of Chaucer.Forbid .
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urbanum
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carbarn
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carbos
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semibarbarous
Half barbarous.
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perturber
One who, or that which, perturbs, or cause perturbation.
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counterbore
- noun a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole
countersink bit; countersink.
- noun a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole
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verby
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exurbanites
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orbit
- noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
celestial orbit.
- he plotted the orbit of the moon
- noun a particular environment or walk of life
arena; domain; sphere; area; field.
- his social sphere is limited
- it was a closed area of employment
- he's out of my orbit
- noun the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
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