rin: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of rin
- grin«Word Popularity Bar4/5
grin
- noun a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
grinning; smile; smiling.
- verb to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
- noun a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
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aspirin
- noun the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets
acetylsalicylic acid; Empirin; St. Joseph; Bayer.
- noun the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets
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heparin
- noun a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery
Lipo-Hepin; Liquaemin.
- noun a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery
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erin
An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.
- turin4/5
turin
- noun capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy
Torino.
- noun capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy
- mandarin3/5
mandarin
- noun shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
mandarin orange tree; Citrus reticulata; mandarin orange.
- noun a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
- noun shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
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marin
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- warfarin3/5
warfarin
- noun an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus
Coumadin.
- noun an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus
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chagrin
- noun strong feelings of embarrassment
mortification; humiliation.
- verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
abase; mortify; humble; humiliate.
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
- noun strong feelings of embarrassment
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fibrin
- noun a white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots; it forms a network that traps red cells and platelets
- noun a white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots; it forms a network that traps red cells and platelets
- karin3/5
karin
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- perrin3/5
perrin
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- sanhedrin3/5
sanhedrin
(Jewish Antiq.) the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters.
- morin3/5
morin
(Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted from fustic ( Maclura tinctoria , formerly calledMorus tinctoria ); -- called alsomoric acid .
- transferrin3/5
transferrin
- noun a globulin in blood plasma that carries iron
beta globulin; siderophilin.
- noun a globulin in blood plasma that carries iron
- nitroglycerin3/5
nitroglycerin
- noun a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
nitroglycerine; trinitroglycerin; Nitrospan; glyceryl trinitrate; Nitrostat.
- noun a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
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mazarin
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- sarin2/5
sarin
- noun a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase
GB.
- noun a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase
- darin2/5
darin
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- glycerin2/5
glycerin
- noun a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
glycerol; glycerine.
- noun a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
- gastrin2/5
gastrin
- noun polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach; when peptides and amino acids are present in the small intestine the secretion of gastric acid is stimulated
- noun polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach; when peptides and amino acids are present in the small intestine the secretion of gastric acid is stimulated
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cyclosporin
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- bukharin2/5
bukharin
- noun Bolshevik leader in Russia who advocated gradual collectivism of the farms; was executed in a purge by Stalin (1888-1938)
Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin.
- noun Bolshevik leader in Russia who advocated gradual collectivism of the farms; was executed in a purge by Stalin (1888-1938)
- prin2/5
prin
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- porphyrin2/5
porphyrin
- noun any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues
- noun any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues
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cephalosporin
- noun one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity
Mefoxin.
- noun one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity
- brin2/5
brin
One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches. Knight.
- darrin2/5
darrin
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- aldrin2/5
aldrin
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- florin2/5
florin
- noun the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
gulden; guilder.
- noun formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
Dutch florin; gulden; guilder.
- noun the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
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ribavirin
- noun an inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections
Virazole.
- noun an inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections
- montenegrin2/5
montenegrin
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- saccharin2/5
saccharin
- noun a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener
- noun a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener
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gagarin
- noun Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Yuri Gagarin.
- noun Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
- lohengrin2/5
lohengrin
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- orin2/5
orin
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- cyclodextrin2/5
cyclodextrin
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- coumarin2/5
coumarin
(Chem.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance,Coumarouna ) odorataC9H6O2 , of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.
- trin2/5
trin
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- alizarin2/5
alizarin
- noun an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing
alizarine.
- noun an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing
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hemosiderin
- noun a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism
haemosiderin.
- noun a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism
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permethrin
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- burin2/5
burin
- noun a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving
- noun a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving
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dieldrin
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protoporphyrin
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- kirin2/5
kirin
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motrin
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic
isobutylphenyl propionic acid; Advil; Nuprin; ibuprofen.
- daily use of ibuprofen can irritate the stomach
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic
- estrin2/5
estrin
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- premarin2/5
- spectrin2/5
- perforin2/5
perforin
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- couperin2/5
couperin
- noun French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733)
Francois Couperin.
- noun French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733)
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dextrin
- noun any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements
- noun any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements
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laurin
(Chem.) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay ( Laurus nobilis ), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
- aneurin2/5
aneurin
- noun a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth
vitamin B1; thiamine; thiamin; antiberiberi factor.
- noun a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth
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tamarin
- noun small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail
lion monkey; leoncita; lion marmoset.
- noun small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail
- mirin2/5
mirin
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- korin1/5
korin
(Zoöl.) The gazelle.
- savarin1/5
savarin
- noun a sponge cake baked in a ring mold
- noun a sponge cake baked in a ring mold
- serin1/5
serin
- noun any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe
- noun any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe
- murrin1/5
murrin
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- clarin1/5
clarin
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- luciferin1/5
luciferin
- noun pigment occurring in luminescent organisms (as fireflies); emits heatless light when undergoing oxidation
- noun pigment occurring in luminescent organisms (as fireflies); emits heatless light when undergoing oxidation
- citrin1/5
citrin
- noun a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation
vitamin P; bioflavinoid.
- noun a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation
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- mathurin1/5
mathurin
(R. C. Ch.) See Trinitarian .
- larin1/5
larin
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- phycoerythrin1/5
phycoerythrin
- noun red pigment in red algae
- noun red pigment in red algae
- endrin1/5
endrin
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- excedrin1/5
excedrin
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- pelerin1/5
pelerin
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- maltodextrin1/5
maltodextrin
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- tartarin1/5
- suberin1/5
suberin
(Bot.) A material found in the cell walls of cork. It is a modification of lignin.
- agrin1/5
agrin
In the act of grinning. "His visage all agrin." Tennyson.
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- tarin1/5
tarin
(Zoöl.) The siskin. Prov.
- drin1/5
drin
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- pyrethrin1/5
pyrethrin
(Chem.) A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor .a complex of several substances. Used as insecticides.
- stearin1/5
stearin
- noun an ester of glycerol and stearic acid
- noun an ester of glycerol and stearic acid
- neosporin1/5
neosporin
- noun trade name for a topical drug containing several antibacterials; used as an ointment for skin irritations and in the form of eyedrops for minor eye infections
- noun trade name for a topical drug containing several antibacterials; used as an ointment for skin irritations and in the form of eyedrops for minor eye infections
- culverin1/5
culverin
- noun a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries
- noun a medieval musket
- noun a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries
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chloropicrin
- noun a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas
nitrochloroform.
- noun a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas
- chlorin1/5
chlorin
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- filaggrin1/5
filaggrin
- noun the main protein of the keratohyalin granules
- the specific target of the immune response in rheumatoid arthritis is filaggrin
- noun the main protein of the keratohyalin granules
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pterin
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- peregrin1/5
peregrin
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haemosiderin
- noun a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism
hemosiderin.
- noun a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism
- hytrin1/5
hytrin
- noun antihypertensive drug (trade name Hytrin) used to treat high blood pressure
terazosin.
- noun antihypertensive drug (trade name Hytrin) used to treat high blood pressure
- tuberin1/5
- hematoporphyrin1/5
- taurin1/5
taurin
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- navarin1/5
navarin
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- nuprin1/5
nuprin
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic
isobutylphenyl propionic acid; Advil; Motrin; ibuprofen.
- daily use of ibuprofen can irritate the stomach
- noun a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic
- crin1/5
crin
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- purin1/5
purin
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- endocrin1/5
endocrin
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- abrin1/5
abrin
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- bufferin1/5
bufferin
- noun aspirin coated with a substance capable of neutralizing acid (trade name Bufferin)
buffered aspirin.
- noun aspirin coated with a substance capable of neutralizing acid (trade name Bufferin)
- cyanohydrin1/5
cyanohydrin
- noun any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom
- noun any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom
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- uroporphyrin1/5
uroporphyrin
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- cholesterin1/5
cholesterin
- noun an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues
cholesterol.
- noun an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues
- sinigrin1/5
sinigrin
(Chem.) A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard ( Brassica nigra , formerlySinapis nigra ) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid.
- chlorohydrin1/5
chlorohydrin
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- bacterin1/5
bacterin
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- tambourin1/5
tambourin
A tambourine. Obs.
- empirin1/5
empirin
- noun the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets
acetylsalicylic acid; St. Joseph; Bayer; aspirin.
- noun the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets
- loestrin1/5
loestrin
- noun trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone
- noun trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone
- antipyrin1/5
antipyrin
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- cerin1/5
cerin
(Chem.) A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol. Watts.
- edecrin1/5
edecrin
- noun diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema
ethacrynic acid.
- noun diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema
- amarin1/5
amarin
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- purpurin1/5
- tristearin1/5
tristearin
- noun a triglyceride of stearic acid
glycerol tristearate.
- noun a triglyceride of stearic acid
- amyrin1/5
- mandrin1/5
- linamarin1/5
- lutrin1/5
- averin1/5
averin
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- nonaspirin1/5
- resazurin1/5
- terin1/5
terin
(Zoöl.) A small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the European siskin. Called also tarin .
- patrin1/5
patrin
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- tributyrin1/5
tributyrin
- noun a bitter oily triglyceride of butyric acid; a form of butyrin
- noun a bitter oily triglyceride of butyric acid; a form of butyrin
Suffixes of rin
- ring«Word Popularity Bar5/5
ring
- noun a characteristic sound
- it has the ring of sincerity
- noun a toroidal shape
annulus; anchor ring; doughnut; halo.
- a ring of ships in the harbor
- a halo of smoke
- noun a characteristic sound
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rings
- noun gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises
- the rings require a strong upper body
- noun a characteristic sound
ring.
- it has the ring of sincerity
- noun gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises
- ringing4/5
ringing
- noun the sound of a bell ringing
tintinnabulation; ring.
- the distinctive ring of the church bell
- the ringing of the telephone
- the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe
- noun the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
- noun the sound of a bell ringing
- rinse4/5
rinse
- noun a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
- noun the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
rinsing.
- noun a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
- rinsed3/5
rinse
- noun a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
- noun the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
rinsing.
- noun a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
- ringed3/5
ringed
- adjective satellite shaped like a ring
ring-shaped; annulate; annulated; annular; doughnut-shaped; circinate.
- verb sound loudly and sonorously
ring; peal.
- the bells rang
- adjective satellite shaped like a ring
- rind3/5
rind
- noun the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
- noun the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
- rink3/5
rink
- noun building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating
skating rink.
- noun building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating
- ringer3/5
ringer
- noun a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
toller; bell ringer.
- noun a person who is almost identical to another
clone; dead ringer.
- noun a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
- rinsing3/5
rinsing
- noun the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
rinse.
- verb wash off soap or remaining dirt
rinse off; rinse.
- noun the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
- ringo3/5
ringo
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- ringlets2/5
ringlet
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
gyre; scroll; whorl; coil; curl; curlicue; roll.
- noun a strand or cluster of hair
lock; curl; whorl.
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
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ringer
- noun a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
toller; bell ringer.
- noun a person who is almost identical to another
clone; dead ringer.
- noun a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
- ringleaders2/5
ringleader
- noun a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
- noun a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
- ringworm2/5
ringworm
- noun infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches
roundworm; tinea.
- noun infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches
- ringleader2/5
ringleader
- noun a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
- noun a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
- rincon2/5
rincon
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- ringling2/5
ringling
- noun United States showman whose song-and-dance troop evolved into a circus (1863-1926)
Charles Ringling.
- noun United States showman whose song-and-dance troop evolved into a circus (1863-1926)
- ringgold2/5
ringgold
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- rinses2/5
rinse
- noun a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
- noun the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
rinsing.
- noun a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint
- ringside2/5
ringside
- noun first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring
ringside seat.
- noun first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring
- rinds2/5
rind
- noun the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
- noun the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
- ringgit2/5
ringgit
- noun the basic unit of money in Malaysia; equal to 100 sen
- noun the basic unit of money in Malaysia; equal to 100 sen
- rinderpest2/5
rinderpest
- noun an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes
cattle plague.
- noun an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes
- rinding2/5
rind
- noun the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
- noun the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
- ringmaster2/5
ringmaster
- noun the person in charge of performances in a circus ring
- noun the person in charge of performances in a circus ring
- rinks2/5
rink
- noun building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating
skating rink.
- noun building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating
- ringe2/5
ring
- noun a characteristic sound
- it has the ring of sincerity
- noun a toroidal shape
annulus; anchor ring; doughnut; halo.
- a ring of ships in the harbor
- a halo of smoke
- noun a characteristic sound
- rine1/5
rind
- noun the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
- noun the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
- rinker1/5
rink
- noun building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating
skating rink.
- noun building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating
- ringtones1/5
ringtones
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- ringlet1/5
ringlet
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
gyre; scroll; whorl; coil; curl; curlicue; roll.
- noun a strand or cluster of hair
lock; curl; whorl.
- noun a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- ringtail1/5
ringtail
- noun raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
cacomixle; bassarisk; coon cat; ring-tailed cat; civet cat; cacomistle; Bassariscus astutus; miner's cat; raccoon fox.
- noun North American raccoon
Procyon lotor; common racoon; coon; common raccoon.
- noun raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
- ringle1/5
ringle
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- ringtone1/5
ringtone
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- ringlike1/5
ringlike
- adjective satellite having the shape of a ring
- adjective satellite having the shape of a ring
- ringless1/5
ringless
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- rines1/5
- ringwork1/5
- rins1/5
rins
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- ringtailed1/5
ringtail
- noun raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
cacomixle; bassarisk; coon cat; ring-tailed cat; civet cat; cacomistle; Bassariscus astutus; miner's cat; raccoon fox.
- noun North American raccoon
Procyon lotor; common racoon; coon; common raccoon.
- noun raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
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ringneck
(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the genus Ægialitis , having a ring around the neck. The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover (Æ. semipalmata ) and the piping plover (Æ. meloda ) are common North American species. Called alsoring plover , andring-necked plover .
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ringway
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
ring road; bypass; beltway.
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
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rinsing
- noun the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
rinse.
- verb wash off soap or remaining dirt
rinse off; rinse.
- noun the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
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ringing
- noun the sound of a bell ringing
tintinnabulation; ring.
- the distinctive ring of the church bell
- the ringing of the telephone
- the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe
- noun the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
- noun the sound of a bell ringing
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ringdove
- noun greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged
Streptopelia risoria.
- noun Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck
cushat; wood pigeon; Columba palumbus.
- noun greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged
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ringbone
(Far.) A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the small pastern and the great pastern bones. J. H. Walsh.
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rinner
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
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ringleted
- adjective satellite (of hair) shaped into ringlets
- adjective satellite (of hair) shaped into ringlets
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ringtail
- noun raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
cacomixle; bassarisk; coon cat; ring-tailed cat; civet cat; cacomistle; Bassariscus astutus; miner's cat; raccoon fox.
- noun North American raccoon
Procyon lotor; common racoon; coon; common raccoon.
- noun raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
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rinser
One who, or that which, rinses.
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rinceau
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
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ringbolt
An eyebolt having a ring through the eye.
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ringgit
- noun the basic unit of money in Malaysia; equal to 100 sen
- noun the basic unit of money in Malaysia; equal to 100 sen
Derived words of rin
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during
In the time of; as long as the action or existence of; as, during life;during the space of a year.
- bring5/5
bring
- verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
take; convey.
- Bring me the box from the other room
- Take these letters to the boss
- This brings me to the main point
- verb cause to come into a particular state or condition
- Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence
- bring water to the boiling point
- verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
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principle
- noun a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
rule.
- their principles of composition characterized all their works
- noun a rule or standard especially of good behavior
- a man of principle
- he will not violate his principles
- noun a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
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principle
- noun a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
rule.
- their principles of composition characterized all their works
- noun a rule or standard especially of good behavior
- a man of principle
- he will not violate his principles
- noun a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
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spring
- noun the season of growth
springtime.
- the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring
- he will hold office until the spring of next year
- noun a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- the spring was broken
- noun the season of growth
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principal
- noun the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- noun the educator who has executive authority for a school
head; school principal; head teacher.
- she sent unruly pupils to see the principal
- noun the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
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hearing
- noun (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
- noun an opportunity to state your case and be heard
audience.
- they condemned him without a hearing
- he saw that he had lost his audience
- noun (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
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engineering
- noun the practical application of science to commerce or industry
technology.
- noun the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
engineering science; applied science; technology.
- he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study
- noun the practical application of science to commerce or industry
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drink
- noun a single serving of a beverage
- I asked for a hot drink
- likes a drink before dinner
- noun the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
crapulence; drinking; boozing; drunkenness.
- drink was his downfall
- noun a single serving of a beverage
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print
- noun the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
- I want to see it in print
- noun a picture or design printed from an engraving
- noun the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
- suffering5/5
suffering
- noun a state of acute pain
excruciation; agony.
- noun misery resulting from affliction
woe.
- noun a state of acute pain
- prince5/5
prince
- noun a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- noun a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- string5/5
string
- noun a lightweight cord
twine.
- noun stringed instruments that are played with a bow
bowed stringed instrument.
- the strings played superlatively well
- noun a lightweight cord
- doctrine5/5
doctrine
- noun a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought; ism.
- noun a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
- printed5/5
print
- noun the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
- I want to see it in print
- noun a picture or design printed from an engraving
- noun the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
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monitoring
- noun the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it)
- the monitoring of enemy communications plays an important role in war times
- verb keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance
monitor; supervise.
- we are monitoring the air quality
- the police monitor the suspect's moves
- noun the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it)
- considering5/5
consider
- verb deem to be
reckon; see; regard; view.
- She views this quite differently from me
- I consider her to be shallow
- I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do
- verb give careful consideration to
study.
- consider the possibility of moving
- verb deem to be
- bringing5/5
bringing
- noun the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
delivery.
- his reluctant delivery of bad news
- verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
bring; take; convey.
- Bring me the box from the other room
- Take these letters to the boss
- This brings me to the main point
- noun the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
- manufacturing5/5
manufacturing
- noun the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
manufacture; fabrication.
- the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals
- an improvement in the manufacture of explosives
- manufacturing is vital to Great Britain
- verb put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; He manufactured a popular cereal"
manufacture; fabricate; construct.
- the company fabricates plastic chairs
- They manufacture small toys
- noun the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
- offering5/5
offering
- noun something offered (as a proposal or bid)
offer.
- noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds
- noun money contributed to a religious organization
- noun something offered (as a proposal or bid)
- sharing5/5
sharing
- noun using or enjoying something jointly with others
- noun having in common
- the sharing of electrons creates molecules
- noun using or enjoying something jointly with others
- wearing5/5
wearing
- noun (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
eating away; eroding; erosion; wearing away.
- noun the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
wear.
- she bought it for everyday wear
- noun (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
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drinking
- noun the act of consuming liquids
imbibition; imbibing.
- noun the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
crapulence; drink; boozing; drunkenness.
- drink was his downfall
- noun the act of consuming liquids
- brings5/5
bring
- verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
take; convey.
- Bring me the box from the other room
- Take these letters to the boss
- This brings me to the main point
- verb cause to come into a particular state or condition
- Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence
- bring water to the boiling point
- verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- bearing5/5
bearing
- noun relevant relation or interconnection
- those issues have no bearing on our situation
- noun the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
aim; heading.
- noun relevant relation or interconnection
- entering5/5
entering
- noun a movement into or inward
entrance.
- noun the act of entering
entry; entrance; incoming; ingress.
- she made a grand entrance
- noun a movement into or inward
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marine
- noun a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land
- noun a member of the United States Marine Corps
shipboard soldier; devil dog; leatherneck.
- noun a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land
- preparing5/5
prepare
- verb make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
set; fix; set up; gear up; ready.
- Get the children ready for school!
- prepare for war
- I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
- verb prepare for eating by applying heat
cook; ready; fix; make.
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
- verb make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
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princeton
- noun a university town in central New Jersey
- noun a university in New Jersey
Princeton University.
- noun a university town in central New Jersey
- covering5/5
covering
- noun a natural object that covers or envelops
cover; natural covering.
- under a covering of dust
- the fox was flushed from its cover
- noun an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
- noun a natural object that covers or envelops
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measuring
- noun the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
mensuration; measure; measurement.
- the measurements were carefully done
- his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate
- verb determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
mensurate; measure out; measure.
- Measure the length of the wall
- noun the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
- printing5/5
printing
- noun text handwritten in the style of printed matter
- noun the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
- noun text handwritten in the style of printed matter
- gathering5/5
gathering
- noun a group of persons together in one place
assemblage.
- noun the social act of assembling
assembly; assemblage.
- they demanded the right of assembly
- noun a group of persons together in one place
- requiring5/5
require
- verb require as useful, just, or proper
call for; necessitate; involve; need; take; demand; ask; postulate.
- It takes nerve to do what she did
- success usually requires hard work
- This job asks a lot of patience and skill
- This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
- This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
- This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
- verb consider obligatory; request and expect
ask; expect.
- We require our secretary to be on time
- Aren't we asking too much of these children?
- I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons
- verb require as useful, just, or proper
- referring5/5
refer
- verb make reference to
name; bring up; advert; mention; cite.
- His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
- verb be relevant to
touch on; relate; pertain; have-to doe with; bear on; touch; come to; concern.
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
- verb make reference to
- occurring5/5
occur
- verb come to pass
fall out; pass off; come about; pass; hap; happen; take place; go on.
- What is happening?
- The meeting took place off without an incidence
- Nothing occurred that seemed important
- verb come to one's mind; suggest itself
come.
- It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary
- A great idea then came to her
- verb come to pass
- comparing5/5
comparing
- noun the act of examining resemblances
comparison.
- they made a comparison of noise levels
- the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator
- verb examine and note the similarities or differences of
compare.
- John compared his haircut to his friend's
- We compared notes after we had both seen the movie
- noun the act of examining resemblances
- reprinted5/5
reprint
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
reissue; reprinting.
- noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
offprint; separate.
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
- staring5/5
staring
- adjective satellite (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
agaze.
- staring eyes
- verb look at with fixed eyes
stare; gaze.
- The students stared at the teacher with amazement
- adjective satellite (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
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princess
- noun a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
- noun a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
- wondering5/5
wondering
- adjective satellite showing curiosity
inquisitive; speculative; questioning.
- if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive
- raised a speculative eyebrow
- verb have a wish or desire to know something
inquire; enquire; wonder.
- He wondered who had built this beautiful church
- adjective satellite showing curiosity
- caring5/5
caring
- noun a loving feeling
lovingness.
- verb feel concern or interest
care.
- I really care about my work
- I don't care
- noun a loving feeling
- springs5/5
spring
- noun the season of growth
springtime.
- the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring
- he will hold office until the spring of next year
- noun a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- the spring was broken
- noun the season of growth
- exploring5/5
explore
- verb inquire into
search; research.
- the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project
- He searched for information on his relatives on the web
- Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness
- verb travel to or penetrate into
- explore unknown territory in biology
- verb inquire into
- catherine5/5
catherine
- noun first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
Catherine of Aragon.
- noun empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
Catherine the Great; Catherine II.
- noun first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
- intrinsic5/5
intrinsic
- adjective belonging to a thing by its very nature
intrinsical.
- form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey
- adjective satellite situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts
- intrinsic muscles
- adjective belonging to a thing by its very nature
- urine5/5
urine
- noun liquid excretory product
weewee; piddle; water; pee; piss.
- there was blood in his urine
- the child had to make water
- noun liquid excretory product
- firing5/5
firing
- noun the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
fire.
- hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes
- they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire
- noun the act of discharging a gun
discharge; firing off.
- noun the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
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appearing
- noun formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
coming into court; appearance.
- verb give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
seem; look; appear.
- She seems to be sleeping
- This appears to be a very difficult problem
- This project looks fishy
- They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time
- noun formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
- ensuring5/5
ensure
- verb make certain of
insure; assure; secure; guarantee.
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
insure; control; see to it; assure; see; ascertain; check.
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- verb make certain of
- ordering5/5
ordering
- noun logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
order; ordination.
- we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation
- noun the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
order.
- there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list
- noun logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
- printer5/5
printer
- noun someone whose occupation is printing
pressman.
- noun (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
- noun someone whose occupation is printing
- strings5/5
strings
- noun the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments
string section.
- noun a lightweight cord
twine; string.
- noun the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments
- drinks5/5
drink
- noun a single serving of a beverage
- I asked for a hot drink
- likes a drink before dinner
- noun the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
crapulence; drinking; boozing; drunkenness.
- drink was his downfall
- noun a single serving of a beverage
- answering5/5
answering
- adjective satellite replying
respondent.
- an answering glance
- an answering smile
- verb react verbally
answer; reply; respond.
- She didn't want to answer
- answer the question
- We answered that we would accept the invitation
- adjective satellite replying
- remembering5/5
remembering
- noun the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
memory.
- he can do it from memory
- he enjoyed remembering his father
- verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
retrieve; remember; recall; recollect; call back; think; call up.
- I can't remember saying any such thing
- I can't think what her last name was
- can you remember her phone number?
- Do you remember that he once loved you?
- call up memories
- noun the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
- springer5/5
springer
- noun the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs
impost.
- noun a cow about to give birth
springing cow.
- noun the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs
- clearing5/5
clearing
- noun a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
glade.
- noun the act of freeing from suspicion
- noun a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
- rendering5/5
rendering
- noun a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
rendition.
- they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert
- noun an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
rendition; interpretation; interpreting.
- the edict was subject to many interpretations
- he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables
- often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning
- noun a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
- scattering5/5
scattering
- noun a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
sprinkling.
- the first scatterings of green
- a sprinkling of grey at his temples
- noun the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
- noun a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
- offspring5/5
offspring
- noun the immediate descendants of a person
progeny; issue.
- she was the mother of many offspring
- he died without issue
- noun something that comes into existence as a result
materialisation; materialization.
- industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring
- this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts
- noun the immediate descendants of a person
- restructuring5/5
restructure
- verb construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
reconstitute.
- After his accident, he had to restructure his life
- The governing board was reconstituted
- verb construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
- doctrines5/5
doctrine
- noun a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought; ism.
- noun a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
- ignoring5/5
ignore
- verb refuse to acknowledge
disregard; cut; snub.
- She cut him dead at the meeting
- verb bar from attention or consideration
dismiss; brush aside; brush off; discount; push aside; disregard.
- She dismissed his advances
- verb refuse to acknowledge
- securing5/5
secure
- verb get by special effort
procure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb cause to be firmly attached
fasten; fix.
- fasten the lock onto the door
- she fixed her gaze on the man
- verb get by special effort
- trinity5/5
trinity
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
deuce-ace; trio; triplet; tercet; tierce; troika; three; trey; 3; ternion; trine; ternary; triad; threesome; leash; III; terzetto.
- noun the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead
Sacred Trinity; Holy Trinity; Blessed Trinity.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- acquiring5/5
acquiring
- noun the act of acquiring something
getting.
- I envied his talent for acquiring
- he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving
- verb come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
acquire; get.
- She got a lot of paintings from her uncle
- They acquired a new pet
- Get your results the next day
- Get permission to take a few days off from work
- noun the act of acquiring something
- differing5/5
differ
- verb be different
- These two tests differ in only one respect
- verb be of different opinions
dissent; disagree; take issue.
- I beg to differ!
- She disagrees with her husband on many questions
- verb be different
- urinary5/5
urinary
- adjective of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine
- adjective of or relating to the urinary system of the body
- adjective of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine
- enduring5/5
enduring
- adjective satellite unceasing
abiding; imperishable.
- an abiding belief
- imperishable truths
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
stomach; brook; support; put up; tolerate; bear; abide; endure; stick out; suffer; digest; stand.
- I cannot bear his constant criticism
- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
- he learned to tolerate the heat
- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
- adjective satellite unceasing
- neighboring5/5
neighboring
- adjective satellite having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"
conterminous; contiguous; adjacent.
- Rhode Island has two bordering states
- the side of Germany conterminous with France
- Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho
- neighboring cities
- verb live or be located as a neighbor
neighbour; neighbor.
- the neighboring house
- adjective satellite having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"
- hiring5/5
hire
- noun a newly hired employee
- the new hires need special training
- noun the act of hiring something or someone
- he signed up for a week's car hire
- noun a newly hired employee
- offerings5/5
offering
- noun something offered (as a proposal or bid)
offer.
- noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds
- noun money contributed to a religious organization
- noun something offered (as a proposal or bid)
- prints5/5
print
- noun the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
- I want to see it in print
- noun a picture or design printed from an engraving
- noun the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
- wandering5/5
wandering
- noun travelling about without any clear destination
vagabondage; roving.
- she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him
- verb move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
ramble; stray; cast; swan; drift; wander; tramp; range; rove; roam; vagabond; roll.
- The gypsies roamed the woods
- roving vagabonds
- the wandering Jew
- The cattle roam across the prairie
- the laborers drift from one town to the next
- They rolled from town to town
- noun travelling about without any clear destination
- grinned5/5
grin
- noun a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
grinning; smile; smiling.
- verb to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
- noun a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- delivering4/5
deliver
- verb deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
present.
- The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students
- verb bring to a destination, make a delivery
- our local super market delivers
- verb deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- princes4/5
prince
- noun a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- noun a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- lowering4/5
lowering
- noun the act of causing to become less
- noun the act of causing something to move to a lower level
letting down.
- noun the act of causing to become less
- discovering4/5
discover
- verb discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
notice; observe; detect; find.
- She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water
- We found traces of lead in the paint
- verb get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
pick up; get a line; see; hear; learn; find out; get wind; get word.
- I learned that she has two grown-up children
- I see that you have been promoted
- verb discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
- steering4/5
steering
- noun the act of guiding or showing the way
guidance.
- noun the act of setting and holding a course
guidance; direction.
- a new council was installed under the direction of the king
- noun the act of guiding or showing the way
- stirring4/5
stirring
- noun agitating a liquid with an implement
- constant stirring prevents it from burning on the bottom of the pan
- noun arousing to a particular emotion or action
inspiration.
- noun agitating a liquid with an implement
- principally4/5
principally
- adverb for the most part
in the main; mainly; chiefly; primarily.
- he is mainly interested in butterflies
- adverb for the most part
- superintendent4/5
superintendent
- noun a person who directs and manages an organization
overseer.
- noun a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
super.
- noun a person who directs and manages an organization
- declaring4/5
declare
- verb state emphatically and authoritatively
- He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with
- verb announce publicly or officially
announce.
- The President declared war
- verb state emphatically and authoritatively
- daring4/5
daring
- noun a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
dare.
- he could never refuse a dare
- noun the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
hardiness; boldness; hardihood.
- the proposal required great boldness
- the plan required great hardiness of heart
- noun a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
- scoring4/5
scoring
- noun evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
marking; grading.
- what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do
- verb gain points in a game
rack up; tally; score; hit.
- The home team scored many times
- He hit a home run
- He hit .300 in the past season
- noun evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
- shrine4/5
shrine
- noun a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
- verb enclose in a shrine
enshrine.
- the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral
- noun a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
- boring4/5
boring
- noun the act of drilling
drilling.
- noun the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
oil production; drilling.
- noun the act of drilling
- filtering4/5
filter
- noun device that removes something from whatever passes through it
- noun an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
- noun device that removes something from whatever passes through it
- pouring4/5
pouring
- adjective satellite flowing profusely
gushing.
- a gushing hydrant
- pouring flood waters
- verb cause to run
pour.
- pour water over the floor
- adjective satellite flowing profusely
- hearings4/5
hearing
- noun (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
- noun an opportunity to state your case and be heard
audience.
- they condemned him without a hearing
- he saw that he had lost his audience
- noun (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
- neighbouring4/5
neighbour
- noun a person who lives (or is located) near another
neighbor.
- noun a nearby object of the same kind
neighbor.
- Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas
- what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?
- noun a person who lives (or is located) near another
- katherine4/5
katherine
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- marines4/5
marine
- noun a member of the United States Marine Corps
shipboard soldier; devil dog; leatherneck.
- noun a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land
- noun a member of the United States Marine Corps
- reprint4/5
reprint
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
reissue; reprinting.
- noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
offprint; separate.
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
- clustering4/5
clustering
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
cluster; clump; bunch.
- a bunch of trees
- a cluster of admirers
- verb come together as in a cluster or flock
cluster; flock; clump; constellate.
- The poets constellate in this town every summer
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
- submarine4/5
submarine
- noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
U-boat; sub; pigboat.
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
wedge; bomber; hero; sub; hero sandwich; poor boy; zep; Cuban sandwich; grinder; torpedo; hoagie; Italian sandwich; hoagy; submarine sandwich.
- noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- printers4/5
printer
- noun someone whose occupation is printing
pressman.
- noun (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
- noun someone whose occupation is printing
- restoring4/5
restore
- verb return to its original or usable and functioning condition
reconstruct.
- restore the forest to its original pristine condition
- verb return to life; get or give new life or energy
regenerate; rejuvenate.
- The week at the spa restored me
- verb return to its original or usable and functioning condition
- recovering4/5
recovering
- adjective satellite returning to health after illness or debility
convalescent.
- convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed
- verb get or find back; recover the use of
regain; recover; retrieve; find.
- She regained control of herself
- She found her voice and replied quickly
- adjective satellite returning to health after illness or debility
- altering4/5
altering
- noun the sterilization of an animal
fixing; neutering.
- they took him to the vet for neutering
- verb cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
modify; alter; change.
- The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city
- The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
- noun the sterilization of an animal
- transferring4/5
transfer
- noun the act of moving something from one location to another
conveyance; transportation; transport; transferral.
- noun someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
transferee.
- the best student was a transfer from LSU
- noun the act of moving something from one location to another
- fringe4/5
fringe
- noun the outside boundary or surface of something
outer boundary; periphery.
- noun a part of the city far removed from the center
outskirt.
- they built a factory on the outskirts of the city
- noun the outside boundary or surface of something
- featuring4/5
feature
- noun a prominent attribute or aspect of something
characteristic.
- the map showed roads and other features
- generosity is one of his best characteristics
- noun the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
lineament.
- an expression of pleasure crossed his features
- his lineaments were very regular
- noun a prominent attribute or aspect of something
- infringement4/5
infringement
- noun an act that disregards an agreement or a right
violation.
- he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment
- noun a crime less serious than a felony
violation; infraction; misdemeanor; misdemeanour.
- noun an act that disregards an agreement or a right
- flowering4/5
flowering
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
efflorescence; blossoming; florescence; anthesis; inflorescence.
- noun a developmental process
unfolding.
- the flowering of antebellum culture
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
- capturing4/5
capture
- noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
seizure; gaining control.
- noun a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
- noun the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
- storing4/5
store
- noun a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
shop.
- he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod
- noun a supply of something available for future use
fund; stock.
- he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
- noun a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
- fearing4/5
fear
- noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
fearfulness; fright.
- noun an anxious feeling
care; concern.
- care had aged him
- they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction
- noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- corinthians4/5
corinthian
- noun a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
playboy; man-about-town.
- noun a resident of Corinth
- noun a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
- inspiring4/5
inspiring
- adjective stimulating or exalting to the spirit
- verb heighten or intensify
invigorate; enliven; animate; inspire; exalt.
- These paintings exalt the imagination
- adjective stimulating or exalting to the spirit
- principals4/5
principal
- noun the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- noun the educator who has executive authority for a school
head; school principal; head teacher.
- she sent unruly pupils to see the principal
- noun the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- recurring4/5
recurring
- adjective satellite coming back
revenant.
- a revenant ghost
- verb happen or occur again
repeat; recur.
- This is a recurring story
- adjective satellite coming back
- grinding4/5
grinding
- noun material resulting from the process of grinding
- vegetable grindings clogged the drain
- noun a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
- noun material resulting from the process of grinding
- tearing4/5
tearing
- noun shedding tears
lacrimation; watering; lachrymation.
- verb separate or cause to separate abruptly
tear; snap; rupture; bust.
- The rope snapped
- tear the paper
- noun shedding tears
- sufferings4/5
suffering
- noun a state of acute pain
excruciation; agony.
- noun misery resulting from affliction
woe.
- noun a state of acute pain
- uterine4/5
uterine
- adjective of or involving the uterus
- uterine cancer
- adjective of or involving the uterus
- imprint4/5
imprint
- noun a distinctive influence
- English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion
- noun a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
impression; depression.
- he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
- noun a distinctive influence
- marina4/5
marina
- noun a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers
- noun a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers
- shrink4/5
shrink
- noun a physician who specializes in psychiatry
head-shrinker; psychiatrist.
- verb wither, as with a loss of moisture
wither; shrivel; shrivel up.
- The fruit dried and shriveled
- noun a physician who specializes in psychiatry
- lingering4/5
lingering
- noun the act of tarrying
tarriance.
- verb remain present although waning or gradually dying
linger.
- Her perfume lingered on
- noun the act of tarrying
- disappearing4/5
disappearing
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
disappearance.
- verb get lost, as without warning or explanation
go away; vanish; disappear.
- He disappeared without a trace
- noun the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
- administering4/5
administer
- verb work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
administrate.
- administer a program
- she administers the funds
- verb perform (a church sacrament) ritually
- administer the last unction
- verb work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
- endocrine4/5
endocrine
- noun the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
hormone; internal secretion.
- noun any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
ductless gland; endocrine gland.
- noun the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
- pioneering4/5
pioneer
- noun someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
trailblazer; groundbreaker; innovator.
- noun one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
- they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them
- noun someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
- structuring4/5
structure
- noun a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
construction.
- the structure consisted of a series of arches
- she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons
- noun the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
- artists must study the structure of the human body
- the structure of the benzene molecule
- noun a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- mentoring4/5
mentor
- noun a wise and trusted guide and advisor
wise man.
- verb serve as a teacher or trusted counselor
- The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school
- She is a fine lecturer but she doesn't like mentoring
- noun a wise and trusted guide and advisor
- bearings4/5
bearing
- noun relevant relation or interconnection
- those issues have no bearing on our situation
- noun the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
aim; heading.
- noun relevant relation or interconnection
- roaring4/5
roaring
- noun a deep prolonged loud noise
roar; thunder; boom.
- noun a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
holla; bellow; roar; hollo; yowl; holler; hollering; holloa; bellowing.
- his bellow filled the hallway
- noun a deep prolonged loud noise
- chlorine4/5
chlorine
- noun a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)
atomic number 17; Cl.
- noun a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)
- veterinary4/5
veterinary
- noun a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
veterinary surgeon; vet; veterinarian.
- adjective of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine
- noun a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- nurturing4/5
nurture
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
rearing; raising.
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; upbringing; bringing up; rearing; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- rearing4/5
rearing
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
nurture; raising.
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; upbringing; bringing up; nurture; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- fostering4/5
fostering
- noun encouragement; aiding the development of something
fosterage.
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
upbringing; bringing up; rearing; nurture; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun encouragement; aiding the development of something
- stringent4/5
stringent
- adjective satellite demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
rigorous; tight.
- rigorous discipline
- tight security
- stringent safety measures
- adjective satellite demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
- configuring4/5
configure
- verb set up for a particular purpose
- configure my new computer
- configure a plane for a combat mission
- verb set up for a particular purpose
- interfering4/5
interfering
- adjective satellite intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
busy; officious; meddlesome; meddling; busybodied.
- an interfering old woman
- bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself
- busy about other people's business
- verb come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
interfere.
- Your talking interferes with my work!
- adjective satellite intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
- whispering4/5
whispering
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
whisper; rustle; rustling.
- noun speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
whisper; susurration; voicelessness.
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- springfield4/5
springfield
- noun capital of the state of Illinois
capital of Illinois.
- noun a city of southwestern Missouri
- noun capital of the state of Illinois
- reassuring4/5
reassuring
- adjective restoring confidence and relieving anxiety
- a very reassuring remark
- verb cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
assure; reassure.
- The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe
- adjective restoring confidence and relieving anxiety
- grinning4/5
grinning
- noun a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
smile; smiling; grin.
- verb to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
grin.
- noun a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- wiring4/5
wiring
- noun a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity
- noun the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device
- noun a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity
- brink4/5
brink
- noun a region marking a boundary
threshold; verge.
- noun the edge of a steep place
- noun a region marking a boundary
- gatherings4/5
gathering
- noun a group of persons together in one place
assemblage.
- noun the social act of assembling
assembly; assemblage.
- they demanded the right of assembly
- noun a group of persons together in one place
- shrinking4/5
shrinking
- noun process or result of becoming less or smaller
shrinkage.
- the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage
- noun the act of becoming less
- noun process or result of becoming less or smaller
- intrinsically4/5
intrinsically
- adverb with respect to its inherent nature
in and of itself; per se; as such.
- this statement is interesting per se
- adverb with respect to its inherent nature
- trinidad4/5
trinidad
- noun an island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela
- noun an island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela
- glittering4/5
glittering
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
glittery; fulgid; glistering; scintillant; coruscant; sparkly; aglitter; glinting; scintillating.
- bugle beads all aglitter
- glinting eyes
- glinting water
- his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent
- shop window full of glittering Christmas trees
- glittery costume jewelry
- scintillant mica
- the scintillating stars
- a dress with sparkly sequins
- `glistering' is an archaic term
- verb be shiny, as if wet
shine; glint; glitter; glisten; gleam.
- His eyes were glistening
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
- doctrinal4/5
doctrinal
- adjective relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine
- quibbling over doctrinal minutiae
- adjective relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine
- numbering4/5
numbering
- noun a numbered list
enumeration.
- verb add up in number or quantity
amount; total; come; number; add up.
- The bills amounted to $2,000
- The bill came to $2,000
- noun a numbered list
- peering4/5
peer
- noun a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
compeer; equal; match.
- noun a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
- noun a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- retiring4/5
retiring
- adjective satellite not arrogant or presuming
unassuming.
- unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work
- a shy retiring girl
- verb go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
retire.
- He retired at age 68
- adjective satellite not arrogant or presuming
- preferring4/5
prefer
- verb like better; value more highly
- Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels
- We prefer sleeping outside
- verb select as an alternative over another
opt; choose.
- I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
- She opted for the job on the East coast
- verb like better; value more highly
- extrinsic4/5
extrinsic
- adjective not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
- extrinsic evidence
- an extrinsic feature of the new building
- that style is something extrinsic to the subject
- looking for extrinsic aid
- adjective not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
- wrinkled4/5
wrinkled
- adjective marked by wrinkles
wrinkly.
- tired travelers in wrinkled clothes
- verb gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
wrinkle; purse.
- purse ones's lips
- adjective marked by wrinkles
- empowering4/5
empower
- verb give or delegate power or authority to
authorize; authorise.
- She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
- verb give qualities or abilities to
endue; gift; invest; indue; endow.
- verb give or delegate power or authority to
- figuring4/5
figuring
- noun problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
calculation; reckoning; computation.
- verb judge to be probable
calculate; figure; reckon; forecast; estimate; count on.
- noun problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- towering4/5
towering
- adjective satellite of imposing height; especially standing out above others
soaring; eminent; lofty.
- an eminent peak
- lofty mountains
- the soaring spires of the cathedral
- towering icebergs
- verb appear very large or occupy a commanding position
tower; loom; hulk; predominate.
- The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain
- Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall
- adjective satellite of imposing height; especially standing out above others
- assuring4/5
assuring
- adjective satellite giving confidence
- verb make certain of
insure; assure; ensure; secure; guarantee.
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- adjective satellite giving confidence
- glaring4/5
glaring
- adjective satellite shining intensely
blinding; dazzling; blazing; fulgent; glary.
- the blazing sun
- blinding headlights
- dazzling snow
- fulgent patterns of sunlight
- the glaring sun
- verb look at with a fixed gaze
glower; glare.
- The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her
- adjective satellite shining intensely
- curing4/5
curing
- noun the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
solidifying; hardening; set; solidification.
- the hardening of concrete
- he tested the set of the glue
- verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
heal; cure; bring around.
- The treatment cured the boy's acne
- The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
- noun the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- admiring4/5
admire
- verb feel admiration for
look up to.
- verb look at with admiration
- verb feel admiration for
- touring4/5
tour
- noun a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
circuit.
- they took an extended tour of Europe
- we took a quick circuit of the park
- a ten-day coach circuit of the island
- noun a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
go; turn; spell.
- it's my go
- a spell of work
- noun a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
- staggering4/5
staggering
- adjective satellite so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
astonishing; stupefying; astounding.
- such an enormous response was astonishing
- an astounding achievement
- the amount of money required was staggering
- suffered a staggering defeat
- the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying
- verb walk as if unable to control one's movements
swag; lurch; stagger; keel; careen; reel.
- The drunken man staggered into the room
- adjective satellite so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
- watering4/5
watering
- noun shedding tears
lacrimation; tearing; lachrymation.
- noun wetting with water
- the lawn needs a great deal of watering
- noun shedding tears
- blueprint4/5
blueprint
- noun something intended as a guide for making something else
pattern; design.
- a blueprint for a house
- a pattern for a skirt
- noun photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
- noun something intended as a guide for making something else
- hovering4/5
hover
- verb be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
vacillate; vibrate; oscillate.
- He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
- verb move to and fro
linger.
- The shy student lingered in the corner
- verb be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- shivering4/5
shivering
- noun a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
chill.
- verb tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
shudder; throb; shiver; thrill.
- noun a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
- coloring4/5
coloring
- noun a digestible substance used to give color to food
food coloring; food colouring; food colour; colouring; food color.
- food color made from vegetable dyes
- noun a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
color; colour; colouring.
- a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
- noun a digestible substance used to give color to food
- sprinkle4/5
sprinkle
- noun a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
sprinkling; scattering.
- noun the act of sprinkling or splashing water
sprinkling; sparge.
- baptized with a sprinkling of holy water
- a sparge of warm water over the malt
- noun a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
- shrines4/5
shrine
- noun a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
- verb enclose in a shrine
enshrine.
- the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral
- noun a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
- repairing4/5
repair
- noun the act of putting something in working order again
reparation; fixing; fix; mending; fixture; mend.
- noun a formal way of referring to the condition of something
- the building was in good repair
- noun the act of putting something in working order again
- desiring4/5
desire
- noun the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- noun an inclination to want things
- a man of many desires
- noun the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- upbringing4/5
upbringing
- noun properties acquired during a person's formative years
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; bringing up; rearing; nurture; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun properties acquired during a person's formative years
- cheering4/5
cheering
- noun encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
shouting.
- it's all over but the shouting
- verb give encouragement to
embolden; cheer; recreate; hearten.
- noun encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
- grind4/5
grind
- noun an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
wonk; dweeb; nerd; swot.
- noun the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- a coarse grind of coffee
- noun an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- triggering4/5
trigger
- noun lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
gun trigger.
- noun a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
- noun lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
- catering4/5
catering
- noun providing food and services
- verb give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
provide; cater; ply; supply.
- The hostess provided lunch for all the guests
- noun providing food and services
- syringe4/5
syringe
- noun a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
- verb spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe
- noun a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
- aspiring4/5
aspiring
- adjective satellite desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
wishful; aspirant.
- verb have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
aspire; draw a bead on; shoot for; aim.
- adjective satellite desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
- harrington4/5
harrington
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- herring4/5
herring
- noun valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
- noun commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
Clupea harangus.
- noun valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
- labyrinth4/5
labyrinth
- noun complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
maze.
- noun a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
inner ear; internal ear.
- noun complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
- bothering4/5
bother
- noun an angry disturbance
trouble; hassle; fuss.
- he didn't want to make a fuss
- they had labor trouble
- a spot of bother
- noun something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
annoyance; pain in the ass; pain; infliction; botheration; pain in the neck.
- washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer
- a bit of a bother
- he's not a friend, he's an infliction
- noun an angry disturbance
- favoring4/5
favor
- noun an act of gracious kindness
favour.
- noun an advantage to the benefit of someone or something
favour.
- the outcome was in his favor
- noun an act of gracious kindness
- pairing4/5
pairing
- noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
coupling; union; sexual union; conjugation; mating.
- the casual couplings of adolescents
- the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
- noun the act of grouping things or people in pairs
- noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- submarines4/5
submarine
- noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
U-boat; sub; pigboat.
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
wedge; bomber; hero; sub; hero sandwich; poor boy; zep; Cuban sandwich; grinder; torpedo; hoagie; Italian sandwich; hoagy; submarine sandwich.
- noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- registering4/5
register
- noun an official written record of names or events or transactions
registry.
- noun (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
- noun an official written record of names or events or transactions
- soaring4/5
soaring
- noun the activity of flying a glider
gliding; sailing; glide; sailplaning.
- verb rise rapidly
soar up; surge; zoom; soar upwards; soar.
- the dollar soared against the yen
- noun the activity of flying a glider
- shrinkage4/5
shrinkage
- noun process or result of becoming less or smaller
shrinking.
- the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage
- noun the amount by which something shrinks
- noun process or result of becoming less or smaller
- bordering4/5
border
- noun a line that indicates a boundary
delimitation; borderline; boundary line; mete.
- noun the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
perimeter; margin.
- noun a line that indicates a boundary
- encountering4/5
encounter
- noun a minor short-term fight
skirmish; brush; clash.
- noun a casual or unexpected convergence
meeting.
- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
- noun a minor short-term fight
- swearing4/5
swearing
- noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
swearword; expletive; cuss; curse; oath; curse word.
- expletives were deleted
- noun a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
oath.
- noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- weathering4/5
weather
- noun the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
atmospheric condition; conditions; weather condition.
- they were hoping for good weather
- every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception
- the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow
- verb face and withstand with courage
brave out; brave; endure.
- She braved the elements
- noun the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
- conquering4/5
conquering
- noun the act of conquering
subjection; conquest; subjugation.
- verb to put down by force or authority
inhibit; stamp down; subdue; suppress; curb; conquer.
- suppress a nascent uprising
- stamp down on littering
- conquer one's desires
- noun the act of conquering
- mastering4/5
mastering
- noun becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of
- his mastering the art of cooking took a long time
- noun the act of making a master recording from which copies can be made
- he received a bill for mastering the concert and making 100 copies
- noun becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of
- springing4/5
spring
- noun the season of growth
springtime.
- the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring
- he will hold office until the spring of next year
- noun a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- the spring was broken
- noun the season of growth
- fringes4/5
fringe
- noun the outside boundary or surface of something
outer boundary; periphery.
- noun a part of the city far removed from the center
outskirt.
- they built a factory on the outskirts of the city
- noun the outside boundary or surface of something
- flickering4/5
flickering
- adjective satellite shining unsteadily
aflicker.
- verb move back and forth very rapidly
flitter; flicker; quiver; flutter; waver.
- the candle flickered
- adjective satellite shining unsteadily
- sprinkled4/5
sprinkle
- noun a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
sprinkling; scattering.
- noun the act of sprinkling or splashing water
sprinkling; sparge.
- baptized with a sprinkling of holy water
- a sparge of warm water over the malt
- noun a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
- inquiring4/5
inquiring
- noun a request for information
questioning.
- verb inquire about
ask; inquire; enquire.
- I asked about their special today
- He had to ask directions several times
- noun a request for information
- flattering4/5
flattering
- adjective showing or representing to advantage
- a flattering color
- verb praise somewhat dishonestly
flatter; blandish.
- adjective showing or representing to advantage
- footprints4/5
footprint
- noun a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
step; footmark.
- the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window
- noun a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
- the footprints of an earlier civilization
- noun a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- tutoring4/5
tutor
- noun a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)
coach; private instructor.
- verb be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction
- She tutored me in Spanish
- noun a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)
- starring4/5
starring
- adjective satellite indicating the most important performer or role
stellar; leading; prima; star.
- the leading man
- prima ballerina
- prima donna
- a star figure skater
- the starring role
- a stellar role
- a stellar performance
- verb feature as the star
star.
- The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man
- adjective satellite indicating the most important performer or role
- corinth4/5
corinth
A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance.
- quivering4/5
quivering
- noun a shaky motion
quiver; vibration; palpitation; trembling; shakiness; shaking.
- the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
- noun the act of vibrating
quiver; vibration.
- noun a shaky motion
- fingerprints4/5
fingerprint
- noun a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
- noun a generic term for any identifying characteristic
- that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it
- noun a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
- wrinkles4/5
wrinkle
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
crease; seam; crinkle; line; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- noun a minor difficulty
- they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
- nearing4/5
near
- verb move towards
go up; come near; draw near; draw close; come on; approach.
- We were approaching our destination
- They are drawing near
- The enemy army came nearer and nearer
- adjective not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
close; nigh.
- near neighbors
- in the near future
- they are near equals
- his nearest approach to success
- a very near thing
- a near hit by the bomb
- she was near tears
- she was close to tears
- had a close call
- verb move towards
- adhering4/5
adhere
- verb be compatible or in accordance with
- You must adhere to the rules
- verb follow through or carry out a plan without deviation
- They adhered to their plan
- verb be compatible or in accordance with
- honoring4/5
honoring
- noun conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
observance.
- verb bestow honor or rewards upon
honour; reward; honor.
- Today we honor our soldiers
- The scout was rewarded for courageous action
- noun conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
- blurring4/5
blur
- noun a hazy or indistinct representation
fuzz.
- it happened so fast it was just a blur
- he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz
- verb become glassy; lose clear vision
glaze over; film over.
- Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep
- noun a hazy or indistinct representation
- weariness3/5
weariness
- noun temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
fatigue; tiredness.
- he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue
- growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills
- weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep
- noun temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
- katrina3/5
katrina
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- laundering3/5
laundering
- noun washing clothes and bed linens
- verb cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
wash; launder.
- Wash the towels, please!
- noun washing clothes and bed linens
- sponsoring3/5
sponsor
- noun someone who supports or champions something
patron; supporter.
- noun an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)
presenter.
- noun someone who supports or champions something
- sparing3/5
sparing
- adjective satellite avoiding waste
stinting; frugal; scotch; economical.
- an economical meal
- an economical shopper
- a frugal farmer
- a frugal lunch
- a sparing father and a spending son
- sparing in their use of heat and light
- stinting in bestowing gifts
- thrifty because they remember the great Depression
- `scotch' is used only informally
- verb refrain from harming
save; spare.
- adjective satellite avoiding waste
- earrings3/5
earring
- noun jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe
- noun jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe
- uttering3/5
utter
- verb articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
give tongue to; express; verbalise; verbalize.
- She expressed her anger
- He uttered a curse
- verb express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
let loose; emit; let out.
- She let out a big heavy sigh
- He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand
- verb articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
- muttering3/5
muttering
- noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
murmuring; mutter; murmuration; murmur; mussitation.
- noun a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
murmuring; grumbling; grumble; mutter; murmur.
- noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- shattering3/5
shattering
- noun the act of breaking something into small pieces
smashing.
- verb break into many pieces
shatter.
- The wine glass shattered
- noun the act of breaking something into small pieces
- fluttering3/5
fluttering
- noun the motion made by flapping up and down
flutter; flap; flapping.
- verb move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
flit; dart; flutter; fleet.
- The hummingbird flitted among the branches
- noun the motion made by flapping up and down
- epinephrine3/5
epinephrine
- noun a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action
epinephrin; adrenaline; Adrenalin.
- noun a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action
- warring3/5
warring
- adjective satellite engaged in war
militant; belligerent; war-ridden.
- belligerent (or warring) nations
- verb make or wage war
war.
- adjective satellite engaged in war
- fingerprint3/5
fingerprint
- noun a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
- noun a generic term for any identifying characteristic
- that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it
- noun a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
- katharine3/5
katharine
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- principled3/5
principled
- adjective based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality
- principled pragmatism and unprincipled expediency
- a principled person
- adjective based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality
- enshrined3/5
enshrine
- verb enclose in a shrine
shrine.
- the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral
- verb hold sacred
saint.
- verb enclose in a shrine
- volunteering3/5
volunteer
- noun (military) a person who freely enlists for service
military volunteer; voluntary.
- noun a person who performs voluntary work
unpaid worker.
- noun (military) a person who freely enlists for service
- laboring3/5
laboring
- adjective satellite doing arduous or unpleasant work
labouring; toiling; drudging.
- drudging peasants
- the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton
- toiling coal miners in the black deeps
- verb strive and make an effort to reach a goal
push; drive; labor; labour; tug.
- She tugged for years to make a decent living
- We have to push a little to make the deadline!
- She is driving away at her doctoral thesis
- adjective satellite doing arduous or unpleasant work
- shimmering3/5
shimmer
- noun a weak and tremulous light
play.
- the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers
- the play of light on the water
- verb shine with a weak or fitful light
- Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight
- noun a weak and tremulous light
- maturing3/5
mature
- verb develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
maturate; grow.
- He matured fast
- The child grew fast
- verb develop and work out fully in one's mind
- I need to mature my thoughts
- verb develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
- princely3/5
princely
- adjective satellite rich and superior in quality
gilded; sumptuous; opulent; luxurious; grand; deluxe.
- a princely sum
- gilded dining rooms
- adjective satellite having the rank of or befitting a prince
- a princely bearing
- princely manner
- adjective satellite rich and superior in quality
- conferring3/5
confer
- verb have a conference in order to talk something over
confab; consult; confabulate.
- We conferred about a plan of action
- verb present
bestow.
- The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated
- bestow an honor on someone
- verb have a conference in order to talk something over
- barring3/5
barring
- noun the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
blackball.
- verb prevent from entering; keep out
debar; bar; exclude.
- He was barred from membership in the club
- noun the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
- shearing3/5
shearing
- noun removing by cutting off or clipping
- verb cut with shears
shear.
- shear hedges
- noun removing by cutting off or clipping
- pickering3/5
picker
- noun a person who chooses or selects out
chooser; selector.
- noun someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
- noun a person who chooses or selects out
- norepinephrine3/5
norepinephrine
- noun a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses
noradrenaline.
- noun a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses
- murine3/5
murine
- noun a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae
- adjective of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice)
- a murine plague
- noun a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae
- footprint3/5
footprint
- noun a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
step; footmark.
- the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window
- noun a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
- the footprints of an earlier civilization
- noun a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- childbearing3/5
childbearing
- noun the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
childbirth; vaginal birth; accouchement.
- adjective relating to or suitable for childbirth
- of childbearing age
- noun the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
- mirroring3/5
mirror
- noun polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
- noun a faithful depiction or reflection
- the best mirror is an old friend
- noun polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
- chattering3/5
chattering
- noun the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
chatter.
- noun the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
chatter.
- noun the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
- murdering3/5
murder
- noun unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
slaying; execution.
- verb kill intentionally and with premeditation
off; slay; dispatch; remove; hit; bump off; polish off.
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
- noun unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
- uncovering3/5
uncovering
- noun the removal of covering
stripping; husking; baring; denudation.
- noun the act of discovering something
find; discovery.
- noun the removal of covering
- pondering3/5
pondering
- adjective satellite deeply or seriously thoughtful;
pensive; broody; ruminative; brooding; contemplative; musing; meditative; reflective.
- Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man
- verb reflect deeply on a subject
ponder; ruminate; mull; muse; think over; reflect; contemplate; meditate; chew over; mull over; excogitate; speculate.
- I mulled over the events of the afternoon
- philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
- The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
- adjective satellite deeply or seriously thoughtful;
- colouring3/5
colouring
- noun a digestible substance used to give color to food
food coloring; food colouring; food colour; coloring; food color.
- food color made from vegetable dyes
- noun a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
color; colour; coloring.
- a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
- noun a digestible substance used to give color to food
- concurring3/5
concurring
- adjective satellite being of the same opinion
concordant.
- verb be in accord; be in agreement
hold; concur; agree; concord.
- We agreed on the terms of the settlement
- I can't agree with you!
- I hold with those who say life is sacred
- Both philosophers concord on this point
- adjective satellite being of the same opinion
- perinatal3/5
perinatal
- adjective occurring during the period around birth (5 months before and 1 month after)
- perinatal mortality
- perinatal care
- adjective occurring during the period around birth (5 months before and 1 month after)
- lecturing3/5
lecturing
- noun teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
lecture.
- verb deliver a lecture or talk
lecture; talk.
- She will talk at Rutgers next week
- Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
- noun teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
- procuring3/5
procure
- verb get by special effort
secure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- verb arrange for sexual partners for others
pander; pimp.
- verb get by special effort
- murmuring3/5
murmuring
- noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
muttering; mutter; murmuration; murmur; mussitation.
- noun a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
grumbling; grumble; muttering; mutter; murmur.
- noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- anchoring3/5
anchor
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
ground tackle.
- noun a central cohesive source of support and stability
mainstay; backbone; linchpin; lynchpin; keystone.
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- noun a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- mariner3/5
mariner
- noun a man who serves as a sailor
Jack-tar; tar; old salt; sea dog; seaman; gob; Jack; seafarer.
- noun a man who serves as a sailor
- overpowering3/5
overpowering
- adjective satellite so strong as to be irresistible
overwhelming.
- an overpowering need for solitude
- the temptation to despair may become overwhelming
- an overwhelming majority
- verb overcome by superior force
overpower; overwhelm; overmaster.
- adjective satellite so strong as to be irresistible
- centering3/5
centering
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
direction; focussing; focus; focal point; focusing.
- the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
- he had no direction in his life
- noun (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
snap.
- the quarterback fumbled the snap
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
- wavering3/5
wavering
- noun indecision in speech or action
vacillation; hesitation.
- noun the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
fluctuation.
- he kept a record of price fluctuations
- noun indecision in speech or action
- imprinted3/5
imprint
- noun a distinctive influence
- English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion
- noun a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
impression; depression.
- he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
- noun a distinctive influence
- snoring3/5
snoring
- noun the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound
stertor; snore.
- verb breathe noisily during one's sleep
snore; saw wood; saw logs.
- she complained that her husband snores
- noun the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound
- bewildering3/5
bewilder
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- verb cause to be confused emotionally
bemuse; throw; discombobulate.
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
- scarring3/5
scar
- noun a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
cicatrix; cicatrice.
- noun an indication of damage
scratch; scrape; mark.
- noun a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- hammering3/5
hammering
- noun the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
pounding; pound; hammer.
- the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard
- the pounding of feet on the hallway
- verb beat with or as if with a hammer
hammer.
- hammer the metal flat
- noun the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- drinkers3/5
drinker
- noun a person who drinks liquids
- noun a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
juicer; toper; imbiber.
- noun a person who drinks liquids
- flooring3/5
flooring
- noun the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
floor.
- they needed rugs to cover the bare floors
- we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent
- noun building material used in laying floors
- noun the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
- reprints3/5
reprint
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
reissue; reprinting.
- noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
offprint; separate.
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
- sprint3/5
sprint
- noun a quick run
dash.
- verb run very fast, usually for a short distance
- noun a quick run
- surrendering3/5
surrender
- noun acceptance of despair
resignation.
- noun a verbal act of admitting defeat
yielding; giving up.
- noun acceptance of despair
- veterinarian3/5
veterinarian
- noun a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
veterinary surgeon; vet; veterinary.
- noun a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- authoring3/5
author
- noun writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
writer.
- noun someone who originates or causes or initiates something
source; generator.
- he was the generator of several complaints
- noun writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
- brine3/5
brine
- noun water containing salts
seawater; saltwater.
- the water in the ocean is all saltwater
- noun a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
- noun water containing salts
- turing3/5
turing
- noun English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954)
Alan Mathison Turing; Alan Turing.
- noun English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954)
- maneuvering3/5
maneuver
- noun a military training exercise
simulated military operation; manoeuvre.
- noun a plan for attaining a particular goal
manoeuvre; tactics; tactic.
- noun a military training exercise
- despairing3/5
despairing
- adjective satellite arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
desperate.
- a despairing view of the world situation
- the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal
- a desperate cry for help
- helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether
- her desperate screams
- verb abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
despair.
- Don't despair--help is on the way!
- adjective satellite arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
- mothering3/5
mother
- noun a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
female parent.
- the mother of three children
- noun a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
- noun a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
- labouring3/5
labouring
- adjective satellite doing arduous or unpleasant work
toiling; drudging; laboring.
- drudging peasants
- the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton
- toiling coal miners in the black deeps
- verb work hard
moil; travail; dig; grind; labour; drudge; toil; labor; fag.
- She was digging away at her math homework
- Lexicographers drudge all day long
- adjective satellite doing arduous or unpleasant work
- devouring3/5
devouring
- adjective satellite (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
esurient; avid; greedy.
- avid for adventure
- an avid ambition to succeed
- fierce devouring affection
- the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity
- greedy for fame
- verb destroy completely
devour.
- Fire had devoured our home
- adjective satellite (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
- venturing3/5
venture
- noun any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- noun an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
speculation.
- he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it
- noun any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- margarine3/5
margarine
- noun a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
oleo; marge; oleomargarine; margarin.
- noun a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
- sprinkling3/5
sprinkling
- noun a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
scattering.
- the first scatterings of green
- a sprinkling of grey at his temples
- noun a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
sprinkle; scattering.
- noun a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
- sparingly3/5
sparingly
- adverb to a meager degree or in a meager manner
meagrely; slenderly; meagerly.
- these voices are meagerly represented at the conference
- the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources
- adverb to a meager degree or in a meager manner
- lettering3/5
lettering
- noun letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
inscription.
- verb win an athletic letter
letter.
- noun letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
- incurring3/5
incurring
- noun acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable)
- incurring debts is easier than paying them
- verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
incur.
- People who smoke incur a great danger to their health
- noun acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable)
- wanderings3/5
wandering
- noun travelling about without any clear destination
vagabondage; roving.
- she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him
- verb move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
ramble; stray; cast; swan; drift; wander; tramp; range; rove; roam; vagabond; roll.
- The gypsies roamed the woods
- roving vagabonds
- the wandering Jew
- The cattle roam across the prairie
- the laborers drift from one town to the next
- They rolled from town to town
- noun travelling about without any clear destination
- alluring3/5
alluring
- adjective satellite highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
beguiling; tempting; enticing.
- an alluring prospect
- her alluring smile
- the voice was low and beguiling
- difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement
- a tempting invitation
- verb dispose or incline or entice to
allure; tempt.
- We were tempted by the delicious-looking food
- adjective satellite highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
- intrauterine3/5
intrauterine
- adjective within the womb
- adjective within the womb
- battering3/5
battering
- noun the act of subjecting to strong attack
banging.
- verb strike against forcefully
batter; knock about; buffet.
- Winds buffeted the tent
- noun the act of subjecting to strong attack
- serine3/5
serine
- noun a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine
- noun a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine
- tiring3/5
tiring
- adjective satellite producing exhaustion
exhausting; wearing; wearying.
- an exhausting march
- the visit was especially wearing
- verb lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
jade; fatigue; pall; tire; weary.
- I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
- adjective satellite producing exhaustion
- figurines3/5
figurine
- noun a small carved or molded figure
statuette.
- noun a small carved or molded figure
- stuttering3/5
stutter
- noun a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
stammer.
- verb speak haltingly
falter; bumble; stammer.
- The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room
- noun a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
- mariners3/5
mariner
- noun a man who serves as a sailor
Jack-tar; tar; old salt; sea dog; seaman; gob; Jack; seafarer.
- noun a man who serves as a sailor
- marino3/5
marino
- noun Italian poet (1569-1625)
Marini; Giambattista Marino; Giambattista Marini.
- noun Italian poet (1569-1625)
- gesturing3/5
gesture
- noun motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
- noun the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
motion.
- noun motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
- tailoring3/5
tailoring
- noun the occupation of a tailor
- verb adjust to a specific need or market
tailor; orient.
- a magazine oriented towards young people
- tailor your needs to your surroundings
- noun the occupation of a tailor
- infringing3/5
infringe
- verb go against, as of rules and laws
run afoul; conflict; contravene.
- He ran afoul of the law
- This behavior conflicts with our rules
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
impinge; encroach.
- verb go against, as of rules and laws
- neutrino3/5
neutrino
- noun an elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass
- noun an elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass
- furthering3/5
further
- verb promote the growth of
foster.
- Foster our children's well-being and education
- verb contribute to the progress or growth of
advance; encourage; promote; boost.
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
- verb promote the growth of
- endocrinology3/5
endocrinology
- noun the branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions
- noun the branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions
- endeavouring3/5
endeavour
- noun a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
endeavor; enterprise.
- he had doubts about the whole enterprise
- noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
try; effort; endeavor; attempt.
- made an effort to cover all the reading material
- wished him luck in his endeavor
- she gave it a good try
- noun a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
- buffering3/5
buffer
- noun (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- noun a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
buffer zone.
- noun (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- corinthian3/5
corinthian
- adjective or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture
- noun a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
playboy; man-about-town.
- adjective or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture
- catharine3/5
catharine
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- sabrina3/5
sabrina
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- layering3/5
layer
- noun single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
bed.
- slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
- noun a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
- noun single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
- thundering3/5
thundering
- adjective satellite sounding like thunder
- the thundering herd
- verb move fast, noisily, and heavily
thunder.
- The bus thundered down the road
- adjective satellite sounding like thunder
- withering3/5
withering
- noun any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
atrophy.
- verb wither, as with a loss of moisture
wither; shrivel; shrink; shrivel up.
- The fruit dried and shriveled
- noun any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
- injuring3/5
injure
- verb cause injuries or bodily harm to
wound.
- verb hurt the feelings of
spite; wound; bruise; hurt; offend.
- She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
- This remark really bruised my ego
- verb cause injuries or bodily harm to
- trinitarian3/5
trinitarian
Of or pertaining to the Trinity, the doctrine of the Trinity, or believers in that doctrine.
- shrinks3/5
shrink
- noun a physician who specializes in psychiatry
head-shrinker; psychiatrist.
- verb wither, as with a loss of moisture
wither; shrivel; shrivel up.
- The fruit dried and shriveled
- noun a physician who specializes in psychiatry
- fringed3/5
fringed
- adjective satellite surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in combination
- a large suburban community...fringed by an industrial area
- a grass-fringed stream
- verb adorn with a fringe
fringe.
- The weaver fringed the scarf
- adjective satellite surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in combination
- clearinghouse3/5
clearinghouse
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- tapering3/5
tapering
- noun the act of gradually lowering the size or amount
- the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose
- verb diminish gradually
taper.
- Interested tapered off
- noun the act of gradually lowering the size or amount
- countering3/5
counter
- noun table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- noun game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- noun table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- infringe3/5
infringe
- verb go against, as of rules and laws
run afoul; conflict; contravene.
- He ran afoul of the law
- This behavior conflicts with our rules
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
impinge; encroach.
- verb go against, as of rules and laws
- drinker3/5
drinker
- noun a person who drinks liquids
- noun a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
juicer; toper; imbiber.
- noun a person who drinks liquids
- sheltering3/5
shelter
- noun a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
- noun protective covering that provides protection from the weather
- noun a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
- clarinet3/5
clarinet
- noun a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
- noun a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
- shuddering3/5
shuddering
- adjective satellite shaking convulsively or violently
- verb shake, as from cold
shudder; shiver.
- The children are shivering--turn on the heat!
- adjective satellite shaking convulsively or violently
- infringed3/5
infringe
- verb go against, as of rules and laws
run afoul; conflict; contravene.
- He ran afoul of the law
- This behavior conflicts with our rules
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
impinge; encroach.
- verb go against, as of rules and laws
- searing3/5
searing
- adjective satellite severely critical
- verb make very hot and dry
sear; scorch.
- The heat scorched the countryside
- adjective satellite severely critical
- princesses3/5
princess
- noun a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
- noun a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
- partnering3/5
partner
- noun a person's partner in marriage
married person; spouse; mate; better half.
- noun an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest
collaborator; cooperator; pardner.
- the musician and the librettist were collaborators
- sexual partners
- noun a person's partner in marriage
- sputtering3/5
sputtering
- noun the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
splatter; spatter; spattering; sputter; splattering; splutter.
- he heard a spatter of gunfire
- verb make an explosive sound
sputter.
- sputtering engines
- noun the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- superintendents3/5
superintendent
- noun a person who directs and manages an organization
overseer.
- noun a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector
super.
- noun a person who directs and manages an organization
- coverings3/5
covering
- noun a natural object that covers or envelops
cover; natural covering.
- under a covering of dust
- the fox was flushed from its cover
- noun an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
- noun a natural object that covers or envelops
- unwavering3/5
unwavering
- adjective satellite marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
firm; unbendable; steadfast; stiff; steady; unfaltering; unshakable.
- firm convictions
- a firm mouth
- steadfast resolve
- a man of unbendable perseverence
- unwavering loyalty
- adjective satellite not showing abrupt variations
level.
- spoke in a level voice
- she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchincloss
- adjective satellite marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- outpouring3/5
outpouring
- noun a natural flow of ground water
spring; natural spring; outflow; fountain.
- noun a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
gush; flush.
- he heard the flush of a toilet
- there was a little gush of blood
- she attacked him with an outpouring of words
- noun a natural flow of ground water
- favouring3/5
favour
- noun a feeling of favorable regard
favor.
- noun an inclination to approve
favor.
- that style is in favor this season
- noun a feeling of favorable regard
- blueprints3/5
blueprint
- noun something intended as a guide for making something else
pattern; design.
- a blueprint for a house
- a pattern for a skirt
- noun photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
- noun something intended as a guide for making something else
- meandering3/5
meandering
- adjective satellite of a path e.g.
winding; wandering; rambling.
- meandering streams
- rambling forest paths
- the river followed its wandering course
- a winding country road
- verb to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
wander; meander; thread; wind; weave.
- the river winds through the hills
- the path meanders through the vineyards
- sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
- adjective satellite of a path e.g.
- springtime3/5
springtime
- noun the season of growth
spring.
- the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring
- he will hold office until the spring of next year
- noun the season of growth
- simmering3/5
simmering
- noun cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil
stewing; boiling.
- verb boil slowly at low temperature
simmer.
- simmer the sauce
- simmering water
- noun cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil
- picturing3/5
picturing
- noun visual imagery
envisioning.
- noun visual representation as by photography or painting
pictorial representation.
- noun visual imagery
- reengineering3/5
- indoctrination3/5
indoctrination
- noun teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically
- noun teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically
- jarring3/5
jarring
- adjective satellite making or causing a harsh and irritating sound
- the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk
- verb be incompatible; be or come into conflict
jar; collide; clash.
- These colors clash
- adjective satellite making or causing a harsh and irritating sound
- principalities3/5
principality
- noun territory ruled by a prince
princedom.
- noun territory ruled by a prince
- flaring3/5
flaring
- adjective satellite streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
aflare.
- ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her
- flags aflare in the breeze
- verb burn brightly
blaze up; flare; flame up; burn up.
- Every star seemed to flare with new intensity
- adjective satellite streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
- wrinkle3/5
wrinkle
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
crease; seam; crinkle; line; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- noun a minor difficulty
- they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
- smoldering3/5
smoldering
- adjective satellite showing scarcely suppressed anger
smouldering.
- her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering"- James Hensel
- verb burn slowly and without a flame
smolder; smoulder.
- a smoldering fire
- adjective satellite showing scarcely suppressed anger
- obscuring3/5
obscure
- verb make less visible or unclear
befog; haze over; fog; becloud; mist; obnubilate; cloud.
- The stars are obscured by the clouds
- the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
- verb make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
confuse; obnubilate; blur.
- Her remarks confused the debate
- Their words obnubilate their intentions
- verb make less visible or unclear
- 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
- sintering3/5
sinter
- verb cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
- verb cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
- faltering3/5
faltering
- noun the act of pausing uncertainly
falter; hesitation; waver.
- there was a hesitation in his speech
- verb be unsure or weak
falter; waver.
- Their enthusiasm is faltering
- noun the act of pausing uncertainly
- sobering3/5
sobering
- adjective satellite tending to make sober or more serious
- the news had a sobering effect
- verb cause to become sober
sober.
- A sobering thought
- adjective satellite tending to make sober or more serious
- neuroendocrine3/5
neuroendocrine
- adjective of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together)
- adjective of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together)
- factoring3/5
factoring
- noun (mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity
factorisation; factorization.
- verb resolve into factors
factor in; factor out; factor.
- a quantum computer can factor the number 15
- noun (mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity
- urination3/5
urination
- noun the discharge of urine
micturition.
- noun the discharge of urine
- baring3/5
baring
- noun the removal of covering
uncovering; stripping; husking; denudation.
- verb lay bare
bare.
- bare your breasts
- bare your feelings
- noun the removal of covering
- chlorinated3/5
chlorinate
- verb treat or combine with chlorine
- chlorinated water
- verb disinfect with chlorine
- chlorinate a pool
- verb treat or combine with chlorine
- goring3/5
gore
- noun Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
Al Gore; Albert Gore Jr..
- noun coagulated blood from a wound
- noun Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
- plundering3/5
plundering
- noun the act of stealing valuable things from a place
pillage; pillaging.
- the plundering of the Parthenon
- his plundering of the great authors
- verb take illegally; of intellectual property
plunder; loot.
- This writer plundered from famous authors
- noun the act of stealing valuable things from a place
- inferring3/5
infer
- verb reason by deduction; establish by deduction
derive; deduce; deduct.
- verb draw from specific cases for more general cases
extrapolate; generalize; generalise.
- verb reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- ministering3/5
minister
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
curate; pastor; rector; minister of religion; parson.
- clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
- noun a person appointed to a high office in the government
government minister.
- Minister of Finance
- noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
- endeavoring3/5
endeavor
- noun a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
endeavour; enterprise.
- he had doubts about the whole enterprise
- noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
try; effort; attempt; endeavour.
- made an effort to cover all the reading material
- wished him luck in his endeavor
- she gave it a good try
- noun a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
- torturing3/5
torturing
- noun the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
torture.
- it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
- verb torment emotionally or mentally
torment; excruciate; torture; rack.
- noun the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
- bering3/5
bear
- noun massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
- noun an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
- noun massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
- tampering3/5
tampering
- noun the act of altering something secretly or improperly
meddling.
- verb play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
tamper; fiddle; monkey.
- Someone tampered with the documents on my desk
- The reporter fiddle with the facts
- noun the act of altering something secretly or improperly
- fibrinogen3/5
fibrinogen
- noun a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots
factor I.
- noun a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots
- 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
- endangering3/5
endanger
- verb pose a threat to; present a danger to
jeopardise; peril; jeopardize; imperil; threaten; menace.
- The pollution is endangering the crops
- verb put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
scupper; expose; peril; queer.
- verb pose a threat to; present a danger to
- printout3/5
printout
- noun the output of a computer in printed form
- noun the output of a computer in printed form
- estuarine3/5
estuarine
- adjective of or relating to or found in estuaries
estuarial.
- adjective of or relating to or found in estuaries
- cyclosporine3/5
- endearing3/5
endearing
- adjective satellite lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
lovely; adorable.
- verb make attractive or lovable
endear.
- This behavior endeared her to me
- adjective satellite lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
- grinder3/5
grinder
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
wedge; bomber; hero; sub; hero sandwich; poor boy; submarine; zep; Cuban sandwich; torpedo; hoagie; Italian sandwich; hoagy; submarine sandwich.
- noun grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
molar.
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- imprints3/5
imprint
- noun a distinctive influence
- English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion
- noun a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
impression; depression.
- he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
- noun a distinctive influence
- airing3/5
airing
- noun the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
spreading; public exposure; dissemination.
- noun a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air
- he took the dogs for an airing
- noun the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
- posturing3/5
posturing
- noun adopting a vain conceited posture
- verb behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
pose; posture.
- Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!
- She postured and made a total fool of herself
- noun adopting a vain conceited posture
- gearing3/5
gearing
- noun wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
geartrain; train; power train; gear.
- the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain
- verb set the level or character of
gear; pitch.
- She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience
- noun wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- blistering3/5
blistering
- noun the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
vesiculation; vesication.
- verb get blistered
blister; vesicate.
- Her feet blistered during the long hike
- noun the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
- insuring3/5
insure
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
control; see to it; assure; see; ensure; ascertain; check.
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- verb make certain of
assure; ensure; secure; guarantee.
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- verb be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- metering3/5
meter
- noun the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
m; metre.
- noun any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
- noun the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
- adoring3/5
adoring
- adjective satellite showing adoration
worshipful.
- verb love intensely
adore.
- he just adored his wife
- adjective satellite showing adoration
- pringle3/5
pringle
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- barrington3/5
barrington
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- perineal3/5
perineal
- adjective of or relating to the perineum
- perineal pains
- adjective of or relating to the perineum
- sprinkler3/5
sprinkler
- noun mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden
- noun mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden
- hindering3/5
hindering
- adjective satellite preventing movement
impeding; clogging; obstructive.
- the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street
- verb be a hindrance or obstacle to
hinder; impede.
- She is impeding the progress of our project
- adjective satellite preventing movement
- 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
- principe3/5
principe
- noun an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe
- noun an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe
- principality3/5
principality
- noun territory ruled by a prince
princedom.
- noun territory ruled by a prince
- soldering3/5
soldering
- noun fastening firmly together
bonding.
- verb join or fuse with solder
solder.
- solder these two pipes together
- noun fastening firmly together
- imprinting3/5
imprinting
- noun a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
- verb establish or impress firmly in the mind
imprint; form.
- We imprint our ideas onto our children
- noun a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
- fluorine3/5
fluorine
- noun a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
atomic number 9; F.
- noun a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
- lumbering3/5
lumbering
- noun the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
- verb move heavily or clumsily
lumber; pound.
- The heavy man lumbered across the room
- noun the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
- severing3/5
severing
- noun the act of severing
severance.
- verb set or keep apart
sever; break up.
- sever a relationship
- noun the act of severing
- wringing3/5
wring
- noun a twisting squeeze
squeeze.
- gave the wet cloth a wring
- verb twist and press out of shape
distort; deform; contort.
- noun a twisting squeeze
- stringer3/5
stringer
- noun a member of a squad on a team
- a first stringer
- a second stringer
- noun a worker who strings
- a stringer of beads
- noun a member of a squad on a team
- deciphering3/5
decipher
- verb convert code into ordinary language
decode; decrypt.
- verb read with difficulty
trace.
- Can you decipher this letter?
- The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs
- verb convert code into ordinary language
- grins3/5
grin
- noun a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
grinning; smile; smiling.
- verb to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
- noun a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- fingerprinting3/5
fingerprinting
- noun the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification
- verb take an impression of a person's fingerprints
fingerprint.
- noun the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification
- peregrine3/5
peregrine
- noun a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
Falco peregrinus; peregrine falcon.
- adjective satellite migratory
mobile; wandering; nomadic; roving.
- a restless mobile society
- the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
- believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
- wandering tribes
- noun a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
- fingering3/5
fingering
- noun the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument
- noun touching something with the fingers
- noun the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument
- conspiring3/5
conspire
- verb engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
complot; machinate; cabal; conjure.
- They conspired to overthrow the government
- verb act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
collude.
- The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall
- verb engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
- mooring3/5
mooring
- noun a place where a craft can be made fast
berth; moorage; slip.
- noun (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place
mooring line.
- noun a place where a craft can be made fast
- springboard3/5
springboard
- noun a flexible board for jumping upward
- noun a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
point of departure; jumping-off point.
- he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own
- reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions
- the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out
- noun a flexible board for jumping upward
- scouring3/5
scouring
- noun moving over territory to search for something
- scouring the entire area revealed nothing
- noun the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
scrub; scrubbing.
- noun moving over territory to search for something
- conjuring3/5
conjuring
- noun calling up a spirit or devil
conjuration; conjury; invocation.
- verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
arouse; raise; invoke; conjure up; bring up; call down; call forth; evoke; put forward; stir; conjure.
- raise the specter of unemployment
- he conjured wild birds in the air
- call down the spirits from the mountain
- noun calling up a spirit or devil
- domineering3/5
domineering
- adjective tending to domineer
- verb rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
tyrannize; tyrannise; domineer.
- her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her
- adjective tending to domineer
- principia3/5
principia
First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton's Principia.
- neutrinos3/5
neutrino
- noun an elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass
- noun an elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass
- corinne3/5
corinne
(Zoöl.) The common gazelle ( Gazella dorcas ). SeeGazelle .Written also korin .
- engendering3/5
engender
- verb call forth
spawn; breed.
- verb make children
sire; get; father; mother; bring forth; beget; generate.
- Abraham begot Isaac
- Men often father children but don't recognize them
- verb call forth
- warrington3/5
- trinkets3/5
trinket
- noun cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
fallal; bangle; novelty; gewgaw; gaud; bauble.
- noun cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
- bickering3/5
bickering
- noun a quarrel about petty points
squabble; fuss; bicker; pettifoggery; tiff; spat.
- verb argue over petty things
niggle; squabble; pettifog; bicker; brabble; quibble.
- Let's not quibble over pennies
- noun a quarrel about petty points
- imploring3/5
imploring
- adjective begging
beseeching; pleading.
- verb call upon in supplication; entreat
pray; implore; beg.
- I beg you to stop!
- adjective begging
- marinade3/5
marinade
- noun mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking
- verb soak in marinade
marinate.
- marinade herring
- noun mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking
- syringes3/5
syringe
- noun a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
- verb spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe
- noun a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
- waring3/5
war
- noun the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
warfare.
- thousands of people were killed in the war
- noun a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
state of war.
- war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring
- noun the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
- slaughtering3/5
slaughter
- noun the killing of animals (as for food)
- noun a sound defeat
trouncing; drubbing; whipping; thrashing; debacle; walloping.
- noun the killing of animals (as for food)
- renderings3/5
rendering
- noun a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
rendition.
- they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert
- noun an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
rendition; interpretation; interpreting.
- the edict was subject to many interpretations
- he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables
- often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning
- noun a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
- showering3/5
shower
- noun a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
- they installed a shower in the bathroom
- noun washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
shower bath.
- he took a shower after the game
- noun a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
- wring3/5
wring
- noun a twisting squeeze
squeeze.
- gave the wet cloth a wring
- verb twist and press out of shape
distort; deform; contort.
- noun a twisting squeeze
- sprinted3/5
sprint
- noun a quick run
dash.
- verb run very fast, usually for a short distance
- noun a quick run
- scaring3/5
scar
- noun a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
cicatrix; cicatrice.
- noun an indication of damage
scratch; scrape; mark.
- noun a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
- counterintuitive3/5
counterintuitive
- adjective satellite contrary to what common sense would suggest
- adjective satellite contrary to what common sense would suggest
- moorings3/5
mooring
- noun a place where a craft can be made fast
berth; moorage; slip.
- noun (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place
mooring line.
- noun a place where a craft can be made fast
- tinkering3/5
tinker
- noun a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
tinkerer.
- noun formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
- noun a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
- blaring3/5
blaring
- noun a loud harsh or strident noise
clamor; cacophony; din; blare.
- verb make a strident sound
blast; blare.
- She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone
- noun a loud harsh or strident noise
- deferring3/5
defer
- verb hold back to a later time
prorogue; set back; remit; put off; put over; shelve; table; postpone; hold over.
- let's postpone the exam
- verb yield to another's wish or opinion
give in; accede; submit; bow.
- The government bowed to the military pressure
- verb hold back to a later time
- cringed3/5
cringe
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; flinch; recoil; wince; quail; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- verb show submission or fear
fawn; crawl; grovel; cower; creep.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
- savoring3/5
savoring
- noun taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
degustation; relishing; savouring; tasting.
- cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
enjoy; savor; savour; bask; relish.
- She relished her fame and basked in her glory
- noun taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
- persevering3/5
persevering
- adjective satellite quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
diligent.
- a diligent (or patient) worker
- with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business
- verb be persistent, refuse to stop
persevere; hold on; hang on; hang in; persist.
- he persisted to call me every night
- The child persisted and kept asking questions
- adjective satellite quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
- clattering3/5
clatter
- noun a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)
- the shutters clattered against the house
- the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones
- verb make a rattling sound
brattle; clack.
- clattering dishes
- noun a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)
- reordering3/5
reordering
- noun a rearrangement in a different order
- verb assign a new order to
reorder.
- noun a rearrangement in a different order
- torino3/5
torino
- noun capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy
Turin.
- noun capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy
- urinate3/5
urinate
- verb pass after the manner of urine
- The sick men urinated blood
- verb eliminate urine
wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; micturate; pee-pee; make; pass water; make water; relieve oneself; take a leak; pee; puddle; piss.
- Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
- verb pass after the manner of urine
- glimmering3/5
glimmering
- noun a slight suggestion or vague understanding
glimmer; intimation; inkling.
- he had no inkling what was about to happen
- verb shine brightly, like a star or a light
gleam; glimmer.
- noun a slight suggestion or vague understanding
- veterinarians3/5
veterinarian
- noun a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
veterinary surgeon; vet; veterinary.
- noun a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- squaring3/5
square
- noun (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
foursquare.
- you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides
- noun the product of two equal terms
second power.
- nine is the second power of three
- gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
- noun (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
- tempering3/5
tempering
- noun hardening something by heat treatment
annealing.
- verb bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
normalize; anneal; temper.
- temper glass
- noun hardening something by heat treatment
- urinalysis3/5
urinalysis
- noun (medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis)
uranalysis.
- noun (medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis)
- riverine3/5
riverine
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- impairing3/5
impair
- verb make worse or less effective
- His vision was impaired
- verb make imperfect
mar; deflower; vitiate; spoil.
- nothing marred her beauty
- verb make worse or less effective
- newsprint3/5
newsprint
- noun cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
newspaper.
- they used bales of newspaper every day
- noun cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
- tendering3/5
tender
- noun something that can be used as an official medium of payment
legal tender; stamp.
- noun someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
attendant; attender.
- noun something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- whimpering3/5
whimper
- noun a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
whine.
- verb cry weakly or softly
pule; mewl; wail.
- she wailed with pain
- noun a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
- gendering3/5
gender
- noun a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
grammatical gender.
- noun the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
sexuality; sex.
- she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus
- noun a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
- seafaring3/5
seafaring
- noun the work of a sailor
navigation; sailing.
- noun travel by water
water travel.
- noun the work of a sailor
- tottering3/5
tottering
- adjective satellite unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
tottery.
- a tottering skeleton of a horse
- a tottery old man
- verb move without being stable, as if threatening to fall
totter.
- The drunk man tottered over to our table
- adjective satellite unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
- loring3/5
lore
- noun knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
traditional knowledge.
- early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend
- noun knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
- loitering3/5
loiter
- verb be about
loaf; footle; mess about; lallygag; linger; lollygag; lurk; tarry; mill about; hang around; lounge; mill around.
- The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
- Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
- verb be about
- underscoring3/5
underscore
- noun a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)
underline.
- verb give extra weight to (a communication)
emphasise; underline; emphasize.
- Her gesture emphasized her words
- noun a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)
- wintering3/5
winter
- noun the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
wintertime.
- verb spend the winter
overwinter.
- We wintered on the Riviera
- Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island
- noun the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
- amerindian3/5
amerindian
- noun any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
Native American.
- noun any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
- pressuring3/5
pressure
- noun the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
pressure level; force per unit area.
- the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure
- noun a force that compels
- the public brought pressure to bear on the government
- noun the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
- reassuringly3/5
reassuringly
- adverb in a reassuring manner
- the prime minister pointed reassuringly to the silence of the British press
- adverb in a reassuring manner
- fracturing3/5
fracture
- noun breaking of hard tissue such as bone
break.
- it was a nasty fracture
- the break seems to have been caused by a fall
- noun (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
fault; geological fault; break; faulting; shift.
- they built it right over a geological fault
- he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
- noun breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- perineum3/5
perineum
- noun the general region between the anus and the genital organs
- noun the general region between the anus and the genital organs
- unerring3/5
unerring
- adjective satellite not liable to error
inerrant; inerrable.
- the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton
- lack an inerrant literary sense
- an unerring marksman
- adjective satellite not liable to error
- erring3/5
erring
- adjective satellite capable of making an error
error-prone.
- all men are error-prone
- verb to make a mistake or be incorrect
slip; err; mistake.
- adjective satellite capable of making an error
- counterinsurgency3/5
counterinsurgency
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
pacification.
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- rediscovering3/5
rediscover
- verb discover again
- I rediscovered the books that I enjoyed as a child
- verb discover again
- deterring3/5
deter
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
discourage.
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- verb turn away from by persuasion
dissuade.
- Negative campaigning will only dissuade people
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
- genitourinary3/5
genitourinary
- adjective of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions
GU.
- genitourinary infections
- adjective of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions
- purine3/5
purine
- noun any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
- noun a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances
- noun any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
- irina3/5
irina
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- figurine3/5
figurine
- noun a small carved or molded figure
statuette.
- noun a small carved or molded figure
- smothering3/5
smothering
- adjective satellite causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
suffocating; suffocative.
- the choking June dust
- the smothering soft voices
- smothering heat
- the room was suffocating--hot and airless
- verb envelop completely
smother; surround.
- smother the meat in gravy
- adjective satellite causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
- infringements3/5
infringement
- noun an act that disregards an agreement or a right
violation.
- he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment
- noun a crime less serious than a felony
violation; infraction; misdemeanor; misdemeanour.
- noun an act that disregards an agreement or a right
- cringe3/5
cringe
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; flinch; recoil; wince; quail; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- verb show submission or fear
fawn; crawl; grovel; cower; creep.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
- censoring3/5
censoring
- noun counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
security review; censorship.
- noun deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
censorship.
- noun counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
- reconsidering3/5
reconsider
- verb consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing
- Won't you reconsider your decision?
- verb consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it
- verb consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing
- uncaring3/5
uncaring
- adjective satellite lacking affection or warm feeling
detached; unaffectionate.
- an uncaring person
- adjective satellite without care or thought for others; `Let them eat cake'"
thoughtless; unthinking.
- the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread
- adjective satellite lacking affection or warm feeling
- luring3/5
lure
- noun qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
come-on; enticement.
- noun anything that serves as an enticement
come-on; bait; sweetener; hook.
- noun qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
- sparring3/5
sparring
- noun an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage
- noun making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer
spar.
- noun an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage
- mountaineering3/5
mountaineering
- noun the activity of climbing a mountain
mountain climbing.
- verb climb mountains for pleasure as a sport
mountaineer.
- noun the activity of climbing a mountain
- unprincipled3/5
unprincipled
- adjective lacking principles or moral scruples
- freedom from coarse unprincipled calumny"- A.E.Stevenson
- adjective satellite having little or no integrity
- adjective lacking principles or moral scruples
- hamstring3/5
hamstring
- noun one of the tendons at the back of the knee
hamstring tendon.
- verb make ineffective or powerless
- The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules
- noun one of the tendons at the back of the knee
- slumbering3/5
slumber
- noun a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
sleep.
- he didn't get enough sleep last night
- calm as a child in dreamless slumber
- noun a dormant or quiescent state
- noun a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
- sneering3/5
sneering
- adjective satellite expressive of contempt
snide; supercilious.
- curled his lip in a supercilious smile
- spoke in a sneering jeering manner
- makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one
- verb express through a scornful smile
sneer.
- she sneered her contempt
- adjective satellite expressive of contempt
- expiring3/5
expire
- verb lose validity
run out.
- My passports expired last month
- verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
- verb lose validity
- ushering3/5
usher
- noun Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)
Ussher; James Usher; James Ussher.
- noun an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
doorkeeper.
- noun Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)
- labyrinthine3/5
labyrinthine
- adjective relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear
- labyrinthine deafness
- adjective satellite resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
mazy; labyrinthian.
- a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths
- adjective relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear
- astringent3/5
astringent
- noun a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
astringent drug; styptic.
- adjective satellite sour or bitter in taste
acerb; acerbic.
- noun a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
- srinagar3/5
srinagar
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- cowering3/5
cower
- verb crouch or curl up
huddle.
- They huddled outside in the rain
- verb show submission or fear
fawn; crawl; grovel; cringe; creep.
- verb crouch or curl up
- wariness3/5
wariness
- noun the trait of being cautious and watchful
chariness.
- noun the trait of being cautious and watchful
- malingering3/5
malingering
- noun evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
skulking.
- they developed a test to detect malingering
- verb avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
skulk; malinger.
- noun evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
- earring3/5
earring
- noun jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe
- noun jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe
- stringed3/5
string
- noun a lightweight cord
twine.
- noun stringed instruments that are played with a bow
bowed stringed instrument.
- the strings played superlatively well
- noun a lightweight cord
- pairings3/5
pairing
- noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
coupling; union; sexual union; conjugation; mating.
- the casual couplings of adolescents
- the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
- noun the act of grouping things or people in pairs
- noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- muscarinic3/5
muscarinic
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- floundering3/5
flounder
- noun flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
- noun any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
- noun flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
- counterintelligence3/5
counterintelligence
- noun intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
- noun intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
- smattering3/5
smattering
- noun a small number or amount
handful.
- only a handful of responses were received
- noun a slight or superficial understanding of a subject
- noun a small number or amount
- smouldering3/5
smouldering
- adjective satellite showing scarcely suppressed anger
smoldering.
- her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering"- James Hensel
- verb have strong suppressed feelings
smolder; smoulder.
- adjective satellite showing scarcely suppressed anger
- brinkley3/5
brinkley
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- latrine3/5
latrine
- noun a public toilet in a military area
- noun a public toilet in a military area
- stringing3/5
string
- noun a lightweight cord
twine.
- noun stringed instruments that are played with a bow
bowed stringed instrument.
- the strings played superlatively well
- noun a lightweight cord
- admiringly3/5
admiringly
- adverb with admiration
- he looked at his wife admiringly
- adverb with admiration
- untiring3/5
untiring
- adjective satellite characterized by hard work and perseverance
industrious; hardworking; tireless.
- adjective satellite characterized by hard work and perseverance
- hyperinflation3/5
hyperinflation
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- marinated3/5
marinate
- verb soak in marinade
marinade.
- marinade herring
- verb soak in marinade
- unflattering3/5
unflattering
- adjective showing or representing unfavorably
uncomplimentary.
- an unflattering portrait
- an uncomplimentary dress
- adjective showing or representing unfavorably
- florins3/5
florin
- noun the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
gulden; guilder.
- noun formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
Dutch florin; gulden; guilder.
- noun the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
- clamoring2/5
clamoring
- noun loud and persistent outcry from many people
clamor; clamour; hue and cry; clamouring.
- he ignored the clamor of the crowd
- verb make loud demands
clamor; clamour.
- he clamored for justice and tolerance
- noun loud and persistent outcry from many people
- superintendence2/5
superintendence
- noun management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
oversight; supervising; supervision.
- noun management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
- trina2/5
trina
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- motoring2/5
motoring
- noun the act of driving an automobile
- verb travel or be transported in a vehicle
drive; motor.
- We drove to the university every morning
- They motored to London for the theater
- noun the act of driving an automobile
- rehearing2/5
rehearing
- noun the act of hearing again
relistening.
- verb hear or try a court case anew
retry; rehear.
- noun the act of hearing again
- stirrings2/5
stirring
- noun agitating a liquid with an implement
- constant stirring prevents it from burning on the bottom of the pan
- noun arousing to a particular emotion or action
inspiration.
- noun agitating a liquid with an implement
- enquiring2/5
enquire
- verb inquire about
ask; inquire.
- I asked about their special today
- He had to ask directions several times
- verb conduct an inquiry or investigation of
inquire; investigate.
- The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities
- inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady
- verb inquire about
- substring2/5
substring
- noun a string that is part of a longer string
- noun a string that is part of a longer string
- suriname2/5
suriname
- noun a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975
Netherlands Guiana; Surinam; Dutch Guiana; Republic of Suriname.
- noun a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975
- purring2/5
purr
- noun a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat
- verb make a soft swishing sound
birr; whizz; whiz; whir; whirr.
- the motor whirred
- the car engine purred
- noun a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat
- infringer2/5
infringe
- verb go against, as of rules and laws
run afoul; conflict; contravene.
- He ran afoul of the law
- This behavior conflicts with our rules
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
impinge; encroach.
- verb go against, as of rules and laws
- springsteen2/5
springsteen
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- honouring2/5
honour
- noun the state of being honored
honor; laurels.
- noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
accolade; honor; award; laurels.
- an award for bravery
- noun the state of being honored
- faring2/5
fare
- noun an agenda of things to do
menu.
- they worked rapidly down the menu of reports
- noun the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
transportation.
- noun an agenda of things to do
- festering2/5
festering
- noun (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
maturation; suppuration.
- noun a fluid product of inflammation
sanies; suppuration; purulence; ichor; pus.
- noun (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
- ballerina2/5
ballerina
- noun a female ballet dancer
danseuse.
- noun a female ballet dancer
- latrines2/5
latrine
- noun a public toilet in a military area
- noun a public toilet in a military area
- smearing2/5
smear
- noun slanderous defamation
malignment; vilification.
- noun a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
cytosmear; cytologic smear.
- noun slanderous defamation
- fathering2/5
father
- noun a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
male parent; begetter.
- his father was born in Atlanta
- noun the founder of a family
forefather; sire.
- keep the faith of our forefathers
- noun a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- birefringence2/5
birefringence
- noun splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly
double refraction.
- noun splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly
- manoeuvring2/5
manoeuvre
- noun a plan for attaining a particular goal
maneuver; tactics; tactic.
- noun a military training exercise
maneuver; simulated military operation.
- noun a plan for attaining a particular goal
- sensorineural2/5
sensorineural
- adjective of or relating to the neural process of sensation
- adjective of or relating to the neural process of sensation
- hollering2/5
hollering
- noun a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
holla; bellow; roar; hollo; yowl; holler; holloa; bellowing; roaring.
- his bellow filled the hallway
- verb shout out
holler; holler out.
- He hollered out to surrender our weapons
- noun a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
- sweltering2/5
sweltering
- adjective satellite excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness
sweltry.
- a sweltering room
- sweltering athletes
- verb be uncomfortably hot
swelter.
- adjective satellite excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness
- cephalosporins2/5
cephalosporin
- noun one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity
Mefoxin.
- noun one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity
- stammering2/5
stammer
- noun a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
stutter.
- verb speak haltingly
falter; bumble; stutter.
- The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room
- noun a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
- poring2/5
pore
- noun any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
- noun any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
- noun any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
- azathioprine2/5
azathioprine
- noun an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ
Imuran.
- noun an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ
- flavoring2/5
flavoring
- noun something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
seasoner; flavouring; seasoning; flavorer; flavourer.
- verb lend flavor to
season; flavor; flavour.
- Season the chicken breast after roasting it
- noun something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
- wrinkling2/5
wrinkle
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
crease; seam; crinkle; line; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- noun a minor difficulty
- they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
- goering2/5
goer
- noun someone who leaves
departer; leaver.
- noun someone who leaves
- tamarind2/5
tamarind
- noun long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
tamarind tree; tamarindo; Tamarindus indica.
- noun large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
tamarindo.
- noun long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
- splintering2/5
splintering
- noun the act of chipping something
chip; chipping.
- verb withdraw from an organization or communion
splinter; break away; secede.
- After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
- noun the act of chipping something
- bolstering2/5
bolster
- noun a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
long pillow.
- verb support and strengthen
bolster up.
- bolster morale
- noun a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
- suturing2/5
suturing
- noun surgical joining of two surfaces
- verb join with a suture
suture.
- suture the wound after surgery
- noun surgical joining of two surfaces
- strindberg2/5
strindberg
- noun Swedish dramatist and novelist (1849-1912)
Johan August Strindberg; August Strindberg.
- noun Swedish dramatist and novelist (1849-1912)
- stringy2/5
stringy
- adjective satellite lean and sinewy
wiry.
- adjective satellite (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
fibrous; unchewable; sinewy.
- adjective satellite lean and sinewy
- printouts2/5
printout
- noun the output of a computer in printed form
- noun the output of a computer in printed form
- blundering2/5
blunder
- noun an embarrassing mistake
botch; boo-boo; flub; blooper; foul-up; pratfall; boner; fuckup; bungle; bloomer.
- verb commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
drop the ball; goof; boob; sin.
- I blundered during the job interview
- noun an embarrassing mistake
- whirring2/5
whirring
- noun sound of something in rapid motion
birr; whir; whirr.
- whir of a bird's wings
- the whir of the propellers
- verb make a soft swishing sound
purr; birr; whizz; whiz; whir; whirr.
- the motor whirred
- the car engine purred
- noun sound of something in rapid motion
- hamstrings2/5
hamstring
- noun one of the tendons at the back of the knee
hamstring tendon.
- verb make ineffective or powerless
- The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules
- noun one of the tendons at the back of the knee
- mandarins2/5
mandarin
- noun shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
mandarin orange tree; Citrus reticulata; mandarin orange.
- noun a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group
- noun shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
- sprinting2/5
sprint
- noun a quick run
dash.
- verb run very fast, usually for a short distance
- noun a quick run
- stringency2/5
stringency
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
tightness.
- noun conscientious attention to rules and details
strictness.
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
- spurring2/5
spurring
- noun a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
goading; goad; prodding; prod; spur; urging.
- the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves
- verb incite or stimulate
spur.
- The Academy was formed to spur research
- noun a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
- paring2/5
paring
- noun a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
shaving; sliver.
- noun (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel
- she could peel an apple with a single long paring
- noun a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
- kettering2/5
kettering
- noun United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958)
Charles Franklin Kettering; Charles Kettering.
- noun United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958)
- butchering2/5
butchering
- noun the business of a butcher
butchery.
- verb kill (animals) usually for food consumption
slaughter; butcher.
- They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter
- noun the business of a butcher
- mustering2/5
muster
- noun a gathering of military personnel for duty
- he was thrown in the brig for missing muster
- noun compulsory military service
selective service; draft; conscription.
- noun a gathering of military personnel for duty
- racketeering2/5
racketeering
- noun engaging in a racket
- verb carry on illegal business activities involving crime
racketeer.
- noun engaging in a racket
- clearings2/5
clearing
- noun a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
glade.
- noun the act of freeing from suspicion
- noun a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
- reprinting2/5
reprinting
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
reprint; reissue.
- verb print anew
reissue; reprint.
- They never reprinted the famous treatise
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
- amerindians2/5
amerindian
- noun any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
Native American.
- noun any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
- orinoco2/5
orinoco
- noun a South American river 1,500 miles long; flows into the South Atlantic
Orinoco River.
- noun a South American river 1,500 miles long; flows into the South Atlantic
- gringo2/5
gringo
- noun a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen)
- noun a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen)
- veering2/5
veering
- noun the act of turning aside suddenly
swerve; swerving.
- verb turn sharply; change direction abruptly
swerve; cut; veer; trend; curve; sheer; slew; slue.
- The car cut to the left at the intersection
- The motorbike veered to the right
- noun the act of turning aside suddenly
- powering2/5
power
- noun possession of controlling influence
powerfulness.
- the deterrent power of nuclear weapons
- the power of his love saved her
- his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade
- noun (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
- noun possession of controlling influence
- exocrine2/5
exocrine
- noun a gland that secretes externally through a duct
duct gland; exocrine gland.
- adjective of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions
- noun a gland that secretes externally through a duct
- ephedrine2/5
ephedrine
- noun white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma
- noun white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma
- principes2/5
principe
- noun an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe
- noun an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe
- charing2/5
char
- noun a charred substance
- noun a human female employed to do housework
cleaning woman; woman; charwoman; cleaning lady.
- the char will clean the carpet
- I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write
- noun a charred substance
- bartering2/5
barter
- noun an equal exchange
swop; swap; trade.
- we had no money so we had to live by barter
- verb exchange goods without involving money
- noun an equal exchange
- perspiring2/5
perspire
- verb excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
sweat; sudate.
- Exercise makes one sweat
- verb excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
- soldiering2/5
soldiering
- noun skills that are required for the life of soldier
soldiership.
- noun the evasion of work or duty
slacking; shirking; goofing off; goldbricking.
- noun skills that are required for the life of soldier
- crinkled2/5
crinkled
- adjective satellite uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
rippled; wavy; crinkly; wavelike.
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crisp; crease; crinkle; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- adjective satellite uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
- sprinklers2/5
sprinkler
- noun mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden
- noun mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden
- reconfiguring2/5
- lacustrine2/5
lacustrine
- adjective of or relating to or living near lakes
- adjective of or relating to or living near lakes
- refactoring2/5
refactoring
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- cringing2/5
cringing
- adjective satellite totally submissive
wormlike; grovelling; groveling; wormy.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; flinch; recoil; wince; quail; cringe; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- adjective satellite totally submissive
- doctrinaire2/5
doctrinaire
- noun a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
dogmatist.
- adjective satellite stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
- noun a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
- teetering2/5
teeter
- noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
tilting board; teeter-totter; teetertotter; seesaw; dandle board; teeterboard.
- verb move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
totter; seesaw.
- noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
- urinating2/5
urinate
- verb pass after the manner of urine
- The sick men urinated blood
- verb eliminate urine
wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; micturate; pee-pee; make; pass water; make water; relieve oneself; take a leak; pee; puddle; piss.
- Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
- verb pass after the manner of urine
- prospering2/5
prospering
- adjective satellite very lively and profitable
booming; prosperous; palmy; thriving; roaring; flourishing.
- flourishing businesses
- a palmy time for stockbrokers
- a prosperous new business
- doing a roaring trade
- a thriving tourist center
- did a thriving business in orchids
- verb make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
prosper; flourish; fly high; thrive.
- The new student is thriving
- adjective satellite very lively and profitable
- brinton2/5
brinton
- noun United States anthropologist who was the first to attempt a systematic classification of Native American languages (1837-1899)
Daniel Garrison Brinton.
- noun United States anthropologist who was the first to attempt a systematic classification of Native American languages (1837-1899)
- majoring2/5
major
- noun a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
- noun British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
John Roy Major; John Major; John R. Major.
- noun a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
- polychlorinated2/5
- carinii2/5
carinii
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- overhearing2/5
overhear
- verb hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
catch; take in.
- We overheard the conversation at the next table
- verb hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- merino2/5
merino
- noun white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality
merino sheep.
- noun white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality
- brokering2/5
broker
- noun a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
agent; factor.
- verb act as a broker
- noun a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
- leering2/5
leering
- adjective satellite showing sly or knowing malice in a glance
- she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell
- verb look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression
leer.
- The men leered at the young women on the beach
- adjective satellite showing sly or knowing malice in a glance
- orderings2/5
ordering
- noun logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
order; ordination.
- we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation
- noun the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
order.
- there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list
- noun logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
- carina2/5
carina
- noun any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom
- noun a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus
- noun any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom
- herrings2/5
herring
- noun valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
- noun commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
Clupea harangus.
- noun valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
- chlorination2/5
chlorination
- noun the addition or substitution of chlorine in organic compounds
- noun disinfection of water by the addition of small amounts of chlorine or a chlorine compound
- noun the addition or substitution of chlorine in organic compounds
- tambourine2/5
tambourine
- noun a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
- noun a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
- prinz2/5
prinz
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- shouldering2/5
shoulder
- noun the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
- noun a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
- noun the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
- culturing2/5
culture
- noun a particular society at a particular time and place
civilization; civilisation.
- early Mayan civilization
- noun the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
- noun a particular society at a particular time and place
- wellspring2/5
wellspring
- noun the source of water for a well
wellhead.
- noun an abundant source
well; fountainhead.
- she was a well of information
- noun the source of water for a well
- shoring2/5
shoring
- noun a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
shore.
- noun the act of propping up with shores
shoring up; propping up.
- noun a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
- meringue2/5
meringue
- noun sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar
- noun sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar
- labyrinths2/5
labyrinth
- noun complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
maze.
- noun a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
inner ear; internal ear.
- noun complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
- swaggering2/5
swaggering
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
overbearing; haughty; prideful; imperious; lordly; disdainful; supercilious; sniffy.
- some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
- haughty aristocrats
- his lordly manners were offensive
- walked with a prideful swagger
- very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
- his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
- a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
- verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
sashay; ruffle; tittup; strut; prance; swagger; cock.
- He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- princeps2/5
princeps
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- jeering2/5
jeering
- noun showing your contempt by derision
jeer; scoffing; scoff; mockery.
- verb laugh at with contempt and derision
barrack; jeer; gibe; scoff; flout.
- The crowd jeered at the speaker
- noun showing your contempt by derision
- surinam2/5
surinam
- noun a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975
Netherlands Guiana; Dutch Guiana; Republic of Suriname; Suriname.
- noun a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975
- chagrined2/5
chagrined
- adjective satellite feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
embarrassed; abashed.
- felt abashed at the extravagant praise
- chagrined at the poor sales of his book
- was embarrassed by her child's tantrums
- verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
abase; chagrin; mortify; humble; humiliate.
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
- adjective satellite feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
- hampering2/5
hamper
- noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
trammel; shackle; bond.
- noun a basket usually with a cover
- noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- superintend2/5
superintend
- verb watch and direct
oversee; manage; supervise.
- Who is overseeing this project?
- verb watch and direct
- clambering2/5
clamber
- noun an awkward climb
- reaching the crest was a real clamber
- verb climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
shin; shinny; skin; sputter; scramble; struggle.
- noun an awkward climb
- grinds2/5
grind
- noun an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
wonk; dweeb; nerd; swot.
- noun the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- a coarse grind of coffee
- noun an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- fibrinolytic2/5
fibrinolytic
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- electioneering2/5
electioneering
- noun persuasion of voters in a political campaign
bell ringing; canvassing.
- noun the campaign of a candidate to be elected
campaigning; candidacy; candidature; political campaign.
- noun persuasion of voters in a political campaign
- indoctrinated2/5
indoctrinate
- verb teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
- The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples
- verb teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
- garnering2/5
garner
- noun a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
granary.
- verb acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
earn.
- noun a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
- centring2/5
centre
- noun a low-lying region in central France
- noun an area that is approximately central within some larger region
heart; middle; eye; center.
- it is in the center of town
- they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
- they were in the eye of the storm
- noun a low-lying region in central France
- wolverine2/5
wolverine
- noun musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
Gulo gulo; glutton.
- noun a native or resident of Michigan
Michigander.
- noun musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
- fringing2/5
fringe
- noun the outside boundary or surface of something
outer boundary; periphery.
- noun a part of the city far removed from the center
outskirt.
- they built a factory on the outskirts of the city
- noun the outside boundary or surface of something
- printings2/5
printing
- noun text handwritten in the style of printed matter
- noun the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
- noun text handwritten in the style of printed matter
- tangerine2/5
tangerine
- noun a variety of mandarin orange
tangerine tree.
- noun any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa
- noun a variety of mandarin orange
- princesse2/5
prince
- noun a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- noun a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
- springy2/5
springy
- adjective satellite elastic; rebounds readily
resilient; bouncy; live; lively.
- clean bouncy hair
- a lively tennis ball
- as resilient as seasoned hickory
- springy turf
- adjective satellite (of movements) light and confidently active
- he walked away with a springy step
- adjective satellite elastic; rebounds readily
- urinal2/5
urinal
- noun a plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate
- noun a plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate
- squandering2/5
squandering
- noun spending resources lavishly and wastefully
- more wasteful than the squandering of time
- verb spend thoughtlessly; throw away
blow; waste; squander.
- He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
- You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
- noun spending resources lavishly and wastefully
- inquiringly2/5
inquiringly
- adverb in an inquiring manner
enquiringly.
- Tom Swift looked at his cabin mates inquiringly
- adverb in an inquiring manner
- glycerine2/5
glycerine
- noun a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
glycerin; glycerol.
- noun a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
- pandering2/5
pander
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
procurer; pimp; fancy man; ponce; pandar; panderer.
- verb yield (to); give satisfaction to
gratify; indulge.
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
- slithering2/5
slithering
- adjective satellite moving as on a slippery surface
slipping.
- his slipping and slithering progress over the ice
- verb to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
slide; slither.
- They slid through the wicket in the big gate
- adjective satellite moving as on a slippery surface
- 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
- denaturing2/5
denature
- verb add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
- verb modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished
- verb add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
- marinetti2/5
- haring2/5
hare
- noun swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
- noun flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
rabbit.
- noun swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
- firings2/5
firing
- noun the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
fire.
- hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes
- they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire
- noun the act of discharging a gun
discharge; firing off.
- noun the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
- profiteering2/5
profiteer
- noun someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
- verb make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
- noun someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
- littering2/5
litter
- noun the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
- noun rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
- noun the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
- dewatering2/5
dewatering
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- fibrinolysis2/5
fibrinolysis
- noun a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots
- drugs causing fibrinolysis have been utilized therapeutically
- noun a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots
- taurine2/5
taurine
- noun a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a bull
- noun a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals
- feathering2/5
feathering
- noun turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
feather.
- verb join tongue and groove, in carpentry
feather.
- noun turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
- voluntariness2/5
voluntariness
The quality or state of being voluntary; spontaneousness; specifically, the quality or state of being free in the exercise of one's will.
- doctoring2/5
doctor
- noun a licensed medical practitioner
MD; medico; physician; doc; Dr..
- I felt so bad I went to see my doctor
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching
Doctor of the Church.
- the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages
- noun a licensed medical practitioner
- quartering2/5
quartering
- noun a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
- noun living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
- noun a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
- glowering2/5
glowering
- adjective satellite showing a brooding ill humor
saturnine; dour; morose; sour; dark; glum; sullen; moody.
- a dark scowl
- the proverbially dour New England Puritan
- a glum, hopeless shrug
- he sat in moody silence
- a morose and unsociable manner
- a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven
- a sour temper
- a sullen crowd
- verb look at with a fixed gaze
glower; glare.
- The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her
- adjective satellite showing a brooding ill humor
- pestering2/5
pestering
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
nettlesome; plaguey; plaguy; galling; teasing; vexing; pesky; bothersome; vexatious; annoying; pestiferous; irritating.
- tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
- aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
- found it galling to have to ask permission
- an irritating delay
- nettlesome paperwork
- a pesky mosquito
- swarms of pestering gnats
- a plaguey newfangled safety catch
- a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
- a vexatious child
- it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
- verb annoy persistently
badger; beleaguer; pester; bug; tease.
- The children teased the boy because of his stammer
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
- wuthering2/5
- bioengineering2/5
bioengineering
- noun the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments
biotechnology; ergonomics.
- noun the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments
- reappearing2/5
reappear
- verb appear again
re-emerge.
- The sores reappeared on her body
- Her husband reappeared after having left her years ago
- verb appear again
- grinders2/5
grinder
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
wedge; bomber; hero; sub; hero sandwich; poor boy; submarine; zep; Cuban sandwich; torpedo; hoagie; Italian sandwich; hoagy; submarine sandwich.
- noun grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
molar.
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- plastering2/5
plastering
- noun the application of plaster
daubing.
- verb apply a heavy coat to
stick on; plaster; plaster over.
- noun the application of plaster
- printable2/5
printable
- adjective fit for publication because free of material that is morally or legally objectionable
- printable language
- adjective fit for publication because free of material that is morally or legally objectionable
- offshoring2/5
offshore
- adjective (of winds) coming from the land
seaward.
- offshore winds
- adjective satellite at some distance from the shore
- offshore oil reserves
- an offshore island
- adjective (of winds) coming from the land
- superintending2/5
superintend
- verb watch and direct
oversee; manage; supervise.
- Who is overseeing this project?
- verb watch and direct
- marinate2/5
marinate
- verb soak in marinade
marinade.
- marinade herring
- verb soak in marinade
- recapturing2/5
recapture
- noun a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
- noun the act of taking something back
retaking.
- noun a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
- hankering2/5
hankering
- noun a yearning for something or to do something
yen.
- verb desire strongly or persistently
yearn; long; hanker.
- noun a yearning for something or to do something
- printmaking2/5
printmaking
- noun artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens
- noun artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens
- wonderingly2/5
wonderingly
- adverb in a curious and questioning manner
questioningly.
- they turned their heads questioningly, as if awaiting further instructions
- adverb in a curious and questioning manner
- shoestring2/5
shoestring
- noun a lace used for fastening shoes
shoelace; shoe string; shoe lace.
- noun a small amount of money
shoe string.
- he managed it on a shoestring
- noun a lace used for fastening shoes
- ordinariness2/5
ordinariness
- noun the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
mundaneness; mundanity.
- noun the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
- backscattering2/5
backscatter
- verb scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes
- verb scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes
- bettering2/5
bettering
- adjective changing for the better
- verb surpass in excellence
better; break.
- She bettered her own record
- break a record
- adjective changing for the better
- farina2/5
farina
- noun fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings
- noun fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings
- sauntering2/5
saunter
- noun a careless leisurely gait
- he walked with a kind of saunter as if he hadn't a care in the world
- noun a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
promenade; perambulation; amble; stroll.
- noun a careless leisurely gait
- scampering2/5
scamper
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
scramble; scurry.
- verb to move about or proceed hurriedly
skitter; scurry; scuttle.
- so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
- noun rushing about hastily in an undignified way
- trine2/5
trine
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
deuce-ace; trio; triplet; tercet; tierce; troika; three; trey; 3; ternion; ternary; triad; threesome; leash; III; trinity; terzetto.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- sprinkles2/5
sprinkles
- noun bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream
jimmies.
- noun a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
sprinkling; sprinkle; scattering.
- noun bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream
- disfiguring2/5
disfigure
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
deface; blemish.
- scars defaced her cheeks
- The vandals disfigured the statue
- verb mar or spoil the appearance of
- infringes2/5
infringe
- verb go against, as of rules and laws
run afoul; conflict; contravene.
- He ran afoul of the law
- This behavior conflicts with our rules
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
impinge; encroach.
- verb go against, as of rules and laws
- dithering2/5
dithering
- noun the process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color
- verb act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain
dither.
- noun the process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color
- ultramarine2/5
ultramarine
- noun blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli
ultramarine blue.
- noun a vivid blue to purple-blue color
- noun blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli
- saarinen2/5
saarinen
- noun Finnish architect and city planner who moved to the United States in 1923; father of Eero Saarinen (1873-1950)
Eliel Saarinen.
- noun United States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961)
Eero Saarinen.
- noun Finnish architect and city planner who moved to the United States in 1923; father of Eero Saarinen (1873-1950)
- drinkwater2/5
- trinidadian2/5
trinidadian
- noun inhabitant or native of Trinidad
- adjective of or relating to the island of Trinidad
- Trinidadian rum
- noun inhabitant or native of Trinidad
- bringeth2/5
bring
- verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
take; convey.
- Bring me the box from the other room
- Take these letters to the boss
- This brings me to the main point
- verb cause to come into a particular state or condition
- Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence
- bring water to the boiling point
- verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- pampering2/5
pampering
- noun the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
indulging; indulgence; humoring.
- 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 act of indulging or gratifying a desire
- sprints2/5
sprint
- noun a quick run
dash.
- verb run very fast, usually for a short distance
- noun a quick run
- preprint2/5
preprint
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- bantering2/5
bantering
- adjective satellite cleverly amusing in tone
facetious; tongue-in-cheek.
- a bantering tone
- facetious remarks
- tongue-in-cheek advice
- verb be silly or tease one another
banter; chaff; josh; jolly; kid.
- After we relaxed, we just kidded around
- adjective satellite cleverly amusing in tone
- privateering2/5
privateer
- noun an officer or crew member of a privateer
privateersman.
- noun a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
- noun an officer or crew member of a privateer
- deploring2/5
deplore
- verb express strong disapproval of
- We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners
- verb regret strongly
bemoan; bewail; lament.
- I deplore this hostile action
- we lamented the loss of benefits
- verb express strong disapproval of
- barberini2/5
barberini
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- blustering2/5
blustering
- adjective satellite blowing in violent and abrupt bursts
blustery; blusterous.
- blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia
- a cold blustery day
- a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind
- verb blow hard; be gusty, as of wind
bluster.
- A southeaster blustered onshore
- The flames blustered
- adjective satellite blowing in violent and abrupt bursts
- wagering2/5
wager
- noun the act of gambling
bet.
- he did it on a bet
- noun the money risked on a gamble
stake; bet; stakes.
- noun the act of gambling
- marinas2/5
marina
- noun a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers
- noun a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers
- puncturing2/5
puncture
- noun loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- noun a small hole made by a sharp object
- noun loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- despairingly2/5
despairingly
- adverb with desperation
despondently.
- `Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly
- adverb with desperation
- spearing2/5
spear
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
lance; shaft.
- noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
gig; fizgig; fishgig; lance.
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- chairing2/5
chair
- noun a seat for one person, with a support for the back
- he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down
- noun the position of professor
professorship.
- he was awarded an endowed chair in economics
- noun a seat for one person, with a support for the back
- bringer2/5
bring
- verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
take; convey.
- Bring me the box from the other room
- Take these letters to the boss
- This brings me to the main point
- verb cause to come into a particular state or condition
- Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence
- bring water to the boiling point
- verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- glaringly2/5
glaringly
- adverb in a glaring manner
- it was glaringly obvious
- adverb in a glaring manner
- marini2/5
marini
- noun Italian poet (1569-1625)
Giambattista Marino; Marino; Giambattista Marini.
- noun Italian poet (1569-1625)
- underinsured2/5
- palestrina2/5
palestrina
- noun Italian composer (1526-1594)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
- noun Italian composer (1526-1594)
- hyperintense2/5
- clavering2/5
claver
- verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
shoot the breeze; chit-chat; chew the fat; confab; chitchat; jaw; visit; chaffer; chat; natter; gossip; chatter; confabulate.
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
- verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
- cornering2/5
corner
- noun a place off to the side of an area
- he tripled to the rightfield corner
- the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean
- noun the point where two lines meet or intersect
- the corners of a rectangle
- noun a place off to the side of an area
- stringers2/5
stringer
- noun a member of a squad on a team
- a first stringer
- a second stringer
- noun a worker who strings
- a stringer of beads
- noun a member of a squad on a team
- tethering2/5
tether
- noun restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
leash; lead.
- verb tie with a tether
- tether horses
- noun restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- contouring2/5
contour
- noun a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
contour line.
- noun any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
shape; configuration; form; conformation.
- he could barely make out their shapes
- noun a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
- chartering2/5
charter
- noun a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- noun a contract to hire or lease transportation
- noun a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- mainspring2/5
mainspring
- noun the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism
- noun the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism
- gerrymandering2/5
gerrymander
- noun an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
- verb divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts
- noun an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
- grindstone2/5
grindstone
- noun a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools
- noun a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools
- corrine2/5
corrine
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- allopurinol2/5
allopurinol
- noun a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid
Zyloprim.
- noun a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid
- twittering2/5
twitter
- noun a series of chirps
chirrup.
- verb make high-pitched sounds, as of birds
chitter.
- noun a series of chirps
- ering2/5
ere
Before; sooner than. Archaic or PoeticMyself was stirring ere the break of day. Shak.
Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore. Dryden.
Sir, come down ere my child die. John iv. 49.
- fluorinated2/5
fluorinated
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- texturing2/5
texture
- noun the feel of a surface or a fabric
- the wall had a smooth texture
- noun the essential quality of something
- the texture of Neapolitan life
- noun the feel of a surface or a fabric
- unerringly2/5
unerringly
- adverb without making errors
- he unerringly fixed things for us
- adverb without making errors
- levering2/5
lever
- noun a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
- noun a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
- noun a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
- lawyering2/5
lawyer
- noun a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
attorney.
- noun a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
- drawstring2/5
drawstring
- noun a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
drawing string; string.
- he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag
- noun a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- unsparing2/5
unsparing
- adjective satellite very generous
overgenerous; unstinting; unstinted; lavish; munificent; too-generous.
- distributed gifts with a lavish hand
- the critics were lavish in their praise
- a munificent gift
- his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
- prodigal praise
- unsparing generosity
- his unstinted devotion
- called for unstinting aid to Britain
- adjective satellite not forbearing; ruthless
- an unsparing critic
- adjective satellite very generous
- trinket2/5
trinket
- noun cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
fallal; bangle; novelty; gewgaw; gaud; bauble.
- noun cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
- mongering2/5
monger
- noun someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
trader; bargainer; dealer.
- verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
vend; pitch; peddle; hawk; huckster.
- noun someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
- uninspiring2/5
uninspiring
- adjective depressing to the spirit
- a villa of uninspiring design
- adjective depressing to the spirit
- thuringia2/5
thuringia
- noun a historical region of southern Germany
- noun a historical region of southern Germany
- quavering2/5
quavering
- adjective satellite (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
tremulous.
- the old lady's quavering voice
- spoke timidly in a tremulous voice
- verb give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
quaver; waver.
- adjective satellite (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
- superintended2/5
superintend
- verb watch and direct
oversee; manage; supervise.
- Who is overseeing this project?
- verb watch and direct
- saccharine2/5
saccharine
- adjective satellite overly sweet
cloying; syrupy; treacly.
- adjective satellite overly sweet
- enshrine2/5
enshrine
- verb enclose in a shrine
shrine.
- the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral
- verb hold sacred
saint.
- verb enclose in a shrine
- gringos2/5
gringo
- noun a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen)
- noun a Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen)
- sprinter2/5
sprinter
- noun someone who runs a short distance at top speed
- noun someone who runs a short distance at top speed
- pilfering2/5
pilfer
- verb make off with belongings of others
filch; pinch; abstract; swipe; sneak; purloin; hook; lift; snarf; cabbage; nobble.
- verb make off with belongings of others
- perfringens2/5
perfringens
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- transpiring2/5
transpiring
- adjective that is passing through
- transpiring gas
- verb pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
transpire; transpirate.
- adjective that is passing through
- phenylephrine2/5
phenylephrine
- noun a powerful vasoconstrictor used to dilate the pupils and relieve nasal congestion
- noun a powerful vasoconstrictor used to dilate the pupils and relieve nasal congestion
- marinus2/5
marinus
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- outpourings2/5
outpouring
- noun a natural flow of ground water
spring; natural spring; outflow; fountain.
- noun a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
gush; flush.
- he heard the flush of a toilet
- there was a little gush of blood
- she attacked him with an outpouring of words
- noun a natural flow of ground water
- mouldering2/5
moulder
- verb break down
molder; rot; decompose.
- The bodies decomposed in the heat
- verb break down
- brinkman2/5
brinkman
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- overwintering2/5
overwinter
- verb spend the winter
winter.
- We wintered on the Riviera
- Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island
- verb spend the winter
- coring2/5
core
- noun a small group of indispensable persons or things
core group; nucleus.
- five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program
- noun the center of an object
- the ball has a titanium core
- noun a small group of indispensable persons or things
- dearing2/5
dear
- noun a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
honey; dearest; love; beloved.
- noun a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
lamb.
- noun a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- decentering2/5
decent
- adjective satellite socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
nice.
- from a decent family
- a nice girl
- adjective satellite according with custom or propriety
comme il faut; becoming; seemly; comely; decorous.
- her becoming modesty
- comely behavior
- it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
- a decent burial
- seemly behavior
- adjective satellite socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
- clamouring2/5
clamouring
- noun loud and persistent outcry from many people
clamor; clamour; clamoring; hue and cry.
- he ignored the clamor of the crowd
- verb utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
clamor; clamour.
- The delegates clamored their disappointment
- noun loud and persistent outcry from many people
- jabbering2/5
jabbering
- noun rapid and indistinct speech
gabble; jabber.
- verb talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
rabbit on; spout; rant; rave; mouth off; jabber.
- noun rapid and indistinct speech
- pattering2/5
patter
- noun plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
spiel; line of gab.
- noun a quick succession of light rapid sounds
- the patter of mice
- the patter of tiny feet
- noun plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
- bowstring2/5
bowstring
- noun the string of an archer's bow
- noun the string of an archer's bow
- aquamarine2/5
aquamarine
- noun a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color
- noun a shade of blue tinged with green
turquoise; aqua; greenish blue; cobalt blue; peacock blue.
- noun a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color
- manuring2/5
manure
- noun any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
- verb spread manure, as for fertilization
muck.
- noun any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material
- rupturing2/5
rupture
- noun state of being torn or burst open
- noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
rift; severance; falling out; break; breach.
- they hoped to avoid a break in relations
- noun state of being torn or burst open
- karina2/5
karina
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- organochlorine2/5
organochlorine
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- mutterings2/5
muttering
- noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
murmuring; mutter; murmuration; murmur; mussitation.
- noun a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
murmuring; grumbling; grumble; mutter; murmur.
- noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- interindividual2/5
- cluttering2/5
clutter
- noun a confused multitude of things
welter; muddle; smother; mare's nest; fuddle; jumble.
- noun unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
- noun a confused multitude of things
- clarinets2/5
clarinet
- noun a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
- noun a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
- daringly2/5
daringly
- adverb in an original manner
- daringly he took the first step
- adverb in an adventurous manner
- daringly, he set out on a camping trip in East Africa
- adverb in an original manner
- herringbone2/5
herringbone
- noun a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
- noun a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery
herringbone pattern.
- noun a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern
- 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
- slurring2/5
slur
- noun (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
- noun a disparaging remark
aspersion.
- in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion
- it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility
- noun (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
- preprinted2/5
preprinted
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- principate2/5
principate
Principality; supreme rule. Obs. Barrow.
- purines2/5
purine
- noun any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
- noun a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances
- noun any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
- pseudoephedrine2/5
pseudoephedrine
- noun poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it
- noun poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it
- kesselring2/5
- philandering2/5
philander
- verb have amorous affairs; of men
womanise; womanize.
- He has been womanizing for years
- verb talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
butterfly; coquet; coquette; mash; flirt; romance; dally; chat up.
- The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
- My husband never flirts with other women
- verb have amorous affairs; of men
- behring2/5
behring
- noun Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)
Vitus Bering; Vitus Behring; Bering.
- noun Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)
- porphyrins2/5
porphyrin
- noun any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues
- noun any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues
- embroidering2/5
embroider
- verb decorate with needlework
broider.
- verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.
- verb decorate with needlework
- stringently2/5
stringently
- adverb in a stringent manner
strictly.
- the laws are stringently enforced
- stringently controlled
- adverb in a stringent manner
- brines2/5
brine
- noun water containing salts
seawater; saltwater.
- the water in the ocean is all saltwater
- noun a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
- noun water containing salts
- reentering2/5
reentering
(Calico Printing.) The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored.
- alexandrine2/5
alexandrine
Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. Bancroft.
- hungering2/5
hunger
- noun a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
hungriness.
- noun strong desire for something (not food or drink)
hungriness; thirstiness; thirst.
- a thirst for knowledge
- hunger for affection
- noun a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
- sequestering2/5
sequester
- verb requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
- the estate was sequestered
- verb take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
attach; seize; confiscate; impound.
- The FBI seized the drugs
- The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
- The police confiscated the stolen artwork
- verb requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
- badgering2/5
badgering
- noun the act of harassing someone
bedevilment; torment; worrying.
- verb annoy persistently
badger; beleaguer; pester; bug; tease.
- The children teased the boy because of his stammer
- noun the act of harassing someone
- wolverines2/5
wolverine
- noun a native or resident of Michigan
Michigander.
- noun musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
Gulo gulo; glutton.
- noun a native or resident of Michigan
- mannering2/5
manner
- noun how something is done or how it happens
style; fashion; way; mode.
- her dignified manner
- his rapid manner of talking
- their nomadic mode of existence
- in the characteristic New York style
- a lonely way of life
- in an abrasive fashion
- noun a way of acting or behaving
personal manner.
- noun how something is done or how it happens
- longsuffering2/5
longsuffering
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- whisperings2/5
whispering
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
whisper; rustle; rustling.
- noun speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
whisper; susurration; voicelessness.
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- proffering2/5
proffer
- noun a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
proposition; suggestion.
- it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse
- verb present for acceptance or rejection
offer.
- She offered us all a cold drink
- noun a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
- snickering2/5
snicker
- noun a disrespectful laugh
snigger; snort.
- verb laugh quietly
snigger.
- noun a disrespectful laugh
- flavorings2/5
flavoring
- noun something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
seasoner; flavouring; seasoning; flavorer; flavourer.
- verb lend flavor to
season; flavor; flavour.
- Season the chicken breast after roasting it
- noun something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
- principium2/5
- splattering2/5
splattering
- noun the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
splatter; spatter; spattering; sputter; sputtering; splutter.
- he heard a spatter of gunfire
- noun the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
splashing; splash; spatter; spattering.
- noun the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- signorina2/5
signorina
- noun an Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman; equivalent to `Miss', it is either used alone or before a name
- noun an Italian title or form of address for an unmarried woman
- noun an Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman; equivalent to `Miss', it is either used alone or before a name
- urinals2/5
urinal
- noun a plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate
- noun a plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate
- birefringent2/5
birefringent
- adjective relating to or characterized by double refraction
- adjective relating to or characterized by double refraction
- springbok2/5
springbok
- noun a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air
springbuck; Antidorcas euchore; Antidorcas marsupialis.
- noun a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air
- dechlorination2/5
dechlorination
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- sherrington2/5
sherrington
- noun English physiologist who conducted research on reflex action (1857-1952)
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington.
- noun English physiologist who conducted research on reflex action (1857-1952)
- petrine2/5
petrine
Of or pertaining to St.Peter; as, the .Petrine Epistles
- disempowering2/5
disempower
To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell.
- spattering2/5
spattering
- noun the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
splatter; spatter; sputter; sputtering; splattering; splutter.
- he heard a spatter of gunfire
- noun the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
splattering; splashing; splash; spatter.
- noun the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- whoring2/5
whore
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; tart.
- verb work as a prostitute
- noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
- foundering2/5
foundering
- noun (of a ship) sinking
going under.
- verb fail utterly; collapse
founder; flop; fall through; fall flat.
- The project foundered
- noun (of a ship) sinking
- katrine2/5
- flavouring2/5
flavouring
- noun something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
seasoner; flavoring; seasoning; flavorer; flavourer.
- verb lend flavor to
season; flavor; flavour.
- Season the chicken breast after roasting it
- noun something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
- urinated2/5
urinate
- verb pass after the manner of urine
- The sick men urinated blood
- verb eliminate urine
wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; micturate; pee-pee; make; pass water; make water; relieve oneself; take a leak; pee; puddle; piss.
- Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
- verb pass after the manner of urine
- superintendency2/5
superintendency
The act of superintending; superintendence. Boyle.
- barringer2/5
barring
- noun the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
blackball.
- verb prevent from entering; keep out
debar; bar; exclude.
- He was barred from membership in the club
- noun the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
- censuring2/5
censure
- noun harsh criticism or disapproval
animadversion.
- noun the state of being excommunicated
exclusion; excommunication.
- noun harsh criticism or disapproval
- carinthia2/5
carinthia
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- doctrinally2/5
doctrinally
- adverb as a matter of doctrine
- adverb as a matter of doctrine
- drinkable2/5
drinkable
- noun any liquid suitable for drinking
beverage; potable; drink.
- may I take your beverage order?
- adjective suitable for drinking
potable.
- noun any liquid suitable for drinking
- spluttering2/5
splutter
- noun the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
splatter; spatter; spattering; sputter; sputtering; splattering.
- he heard a spatter of gunfire
- noun an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
sputter.
- noun the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
- dreariness2/5
dreariness
- noun extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
insipidness; boringness; insipidity.
- noun extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
- indoctrinate2/5
indoctrinate
- verb teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
- The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples
- verb teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
- restructurings2/5
restructure
- verb construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
reconstitute.
- After his accident, he had to restructure his life
- The governing board was reconstituted
- verb construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
- skittering2/5
skitter
- verb to move about or proceed hurriedly
scamper; scurry; scuttle.
- so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
- verb glide easily along a surface
- verb to move about or proceed hurriedly
- briny2/5
briny
- noun any very large body of (salt) water
main.
- adjective satellite slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
brackish.
- a brackish lagoon
- the briny deep
- noun any very large body of (salt) water
- adventuring2/5
adventure
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
risky venture; escapade; dangerous undertaking.
- verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
risk; take a chance; hazard; take chances; chance; gamble; run a risk.
- When you buy these stocks you are gambling
- noun a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
- surinamese2/5
surinamese
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- apocrine2/5
apocrine
- adjective (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion
- mother's milk is one apocrine secretion
- adjective (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion
- imploringly2/5
imploringly
- adverb in a beseeching manner
entreatingly; beseechingly; importunately; pleadingly.
- `You must help me,' she said imploringly
- adverb in a beseeching manner
- slandering2/5
slander
- noun words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
- noun an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
defamation; calumny; denigration; aspersion.
- noun words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
- savouring2/5
savouring
- noun taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
degustation; savoring; relishing; tasting.
- cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most
- verb have flavor; taste of something
taste; savor; savour.
- noun taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
- victorine2/5
victorine
A woman's fur tippet.
- brindle2/5
brindle
- adjective satellite having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
brinded; tabby; brindled.
- adjective satellite having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
- marring2/5
mar
- noun the month following February and preceding April
March.
- noun a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
blemish; defect.
- a facial blemish
- noun the month following February and preceding April
- puckering2/5
pucker
- noun an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
ruck.
- verb to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
knit; rumple; crumple; cockle.
- She puckered her lips
- noun an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
- prefiguring2/5
prefigure
- verb imagine or consider beforehand
- It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured
- verb indicate by signs
omen; auspicate; bode; betoken; portend; foreshadow; predict; foretell; augur; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- verb imagine or consider beforehand
- murmurings2/5
murmuring
- noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
muttering; mutter; murmuration; murmur; mussitation.
- noun a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
grumbling; grumble; muttering; mutter; murmur.
- noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- brindisi2/5
brindisi
- noun a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages
- noun a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages
- nectarines2/5
nectarine
- noun variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh
nectarine tree; Prunus persica nectarina.
- noun a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin
- noun variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh
- endocrinologist2/5
endocrinologist
- noun physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system
- noun physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system
- peregrinations2/5
peregrination
- noun traveling or wandering around
- noun traveling or wandering around
- enshrines2/5
enshrine
- verb enclose in a shrine
shrine.
- the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral
- verb hold sacred
saint.
- verb enclose in a shrine
- borings2/5
boring
- noun the act of drilling
drilling.
- noun the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
oil production; drilling.
- noun the act of drilling
- antisubmarine2/5
antisubmarine
- adjective satellite defensive against enemy submarines
- adjective satellite defensive against enemy submarines
- syrinx2/5
syrinx
- noun a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
pandean pipe; panpipe.
- noun the vocal organ of a bird
- noun a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
- angering2/5
anger
- noun a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
choler; ire.
- noun the state of being angry
angriness.
- noun a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- overindulgence2/5
overindulgence
- noun excessive indulgence
excess.
- the child was spoiled by overindulgence
- noun excessive indulgence
- derringer2/5
derringer
- noun a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
- noun a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
- unfaltering2/5
unfaltering
- adjective satellite marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
firm; unbendable; steadfast; stiff; steady; unshakable; unwavering.
- firm convictions
- a firm mouth
- steadfast resolve
- a man of unbendable perseverence
- unwavering loyalty
- adjective satellite marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- trinomial2/5
trinomial
(Math.) A quantity consisting of three terms, connected by the sign + or -; as, .x + y + z , orax + 2b - c 2
- fairing2/5
fair
- noun a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
funfair; carnival.
- noun gathering of producers to promote business
- world fair
- trade fair
- book fair
- noun a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
- peregrinus2/5
peregrinus
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- queering2/5
queer
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
poove; fairy; nance; queen; fagot; pansy; poof; pouf; faggot; fag.
- verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
thwart; bilk; cross; frustrate; baffle; foil; spoil; scotch.
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- noun offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- tambourines2/5
tambourine
- noun a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
- noun a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
- crinoline2/5
crinoline
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
hoopskirt.
- noun a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
- superinfection2/5
superinfection
- noun infection that occurs while you are being treated for another infection
- noun infection that occurs while you are being treated for another infection
- refractoriness2/5
refractoriness
- noun the trait of being unmanageable
recalcitrancy; unmanageableness; recalcitrance.
- noun the trait of being unmanageable
- blubbering2/5
blubber
- noun an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil
- noun excess bodily weight
avoirdupois; fat; fatness.
- she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others
- noun an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil
- nonrecurring2/5
nonrecurring
Nonrecurrent.
- dismembering2/5
dismember
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- the tiger dismembered the tourist
- verb divide into pieces
discerp; take apart.
- our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
- The Empire was discerped after the war
- verb separate the limbs from the body
- nitroglycerine2/5
nitroglycerine
- noun a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
trinitroglycerin; Nitrospan; glyceryl trinitrate; Nitrostat; nitroglycerin.
- noun a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
- principalship2/5
principalship
- noun the post of principal
- noun the post of principal
- pleasuring2/5
pleasure
- noun a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
pleasance.
- he was tingling with pleasure
- noun something or someone that provides a source of happiness
delight; joy.
- a joy to behold
- the pleasure of his company
- the new car is a delight
- noun a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
- syringomyelia2/5
- montenegrins2/5
- filibustering2/5
filibuster
- noun a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
filibusterer.
- noun (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
- noun a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
- fingerprinted2/5
fingerprint
- noun a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
- noun a generic term for any identifying characteristic
- that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it
- noun a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
- simpering2/5
simper
- noun a silly self-conscious smile
- verb smile affectedly or derisively
smirk.
- noun a silly self-conscious smile
- citrine2/5
citrine
- noun semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz
- noun semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz
- outnumbering2/5
outnumber
- verb be larger in number
- verb be larger in number
- perineural2/5
- wringer2/5
wringer
- noun a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed
- noun a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed
- mercaptopurine2/5
mercaptopurine
- noun a drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia
Purinethol.
- noun a drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia
- guttering2/5
gutter
- noun a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
trough.
- noun misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
toilet; sewer.
- his career was in the gutter
- all that work went down the sewer
- pensions are in the toilet
- noun a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
- charring2/5
char
- noun a charred substance
- noun a human female employed to do housework
cleaning woman; woman; charwoman; cleaning lady.
- the char will clean the carpet
- I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write
- noun a charred substance
- substrings2/5
substring
- noun a string that is part of a longer string
- noun a string that is part of a longer string
- heartstrings2/5
heartstrings
- noun your deepest feelings of love and compassion
- many adoption cases tug at the heartstrings
- noun your deepest feelings of love and compassion
- cantering2/5
cantering
- adjective riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop
- the cantering soldiers
- verb ride at a canter
canter.
- The men cantered away
- adjective riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop
- careering2/5
career
- noun the particular occupation for which you are trained
vocation; calling.
- noun the general progression of your working or professional life
life history.
- the general had had a distinguished career
- he had a long career in the law
- noun the particular occupation for which you are trained
- brinsley2/5
brinsley
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- misprint2/5
misprint
- noun a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
typographical error; erratum; literal; typo; literal error.
- verb print incorrectly
- noun a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
- casuarina2/5
casuarina
- noun any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood
- noun any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood
- enshrining2/5
enshrine
- verb enclose in a shrine
shrine.
- the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral
- verb hold sacred
saint.
- verb enclose in a shrine
- infringers2/5
infringer
One who infringes or violates; a violator. Strype.
- massacring2/5
massacre
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
butchery; carnage; mass murder; slaughter.
- verb kill a large number of people indiscriminately
mow down; slaughter.
- The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
- refiguring2/5
refigure
To figure again. Shak.
- dering2/5
dere
To hurt; to harm; to injure. Obs. Chaucer.
- thumbprint2/5
thumbprint
- noun fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)
- noun fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)
- inhering2/5
inhere
- verb be inherent in something
- verb be inherent in something
- reconnoitering2/5
reconnoitering
- noun exploring in order to gain information
exploratory survey; reconnoitring; scouting.
- scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous
- verb explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
scout; reconnoiter; reconnoitre.
- noun exploring in order to gain information
- slobbering2/5
slobber
- noun saliva spilling from the mouth
drool; drivel; dribble.
- verb let saliva drivel from the mouth
slabber; drivel; slaver; drool; dribble.
- The baby drooled
- noun saliva spilling from the mouth
- offsprings2/5
offspring
- noun the immediate descendants of a person
progeny; issue.
- she was the mother of many offspring
- he died without issue
- noun something that comes into existence as a result
materialisation; materialization.
- industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring
- this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts
- noun the immediate descendants of a person
- sprinters2/5
sprinter
- noun someone who runs a short distance at top speed
- noun someone who runs a short distance at top speed
- pasturing2/5
pasture
- noun a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
pastureland; ley; grazing land; lea.
- noun bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
eatage; pasturage; forage; grass.
- noun a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
- cabrini2/5
cabrini
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- wellsprings2/5
wellspring
- noun the source of water for a well
wellhead.
- noun an abundant source
well; fountainhead.
- she was a well of information
- noun the source of water for a well
- peppering2/5
pepper
- noun climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
common pepper; Piper nigrum; black pepper; Madagascar pepper; white pepper.
- noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
capsicum; capsicum pepper plant.
- noun climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
- crinkle2/5
crinkle
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
crease; seam; line; wrinkle; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crisp; crease; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
- ingathering2/5
ingathering
- noun request for a sum of money
appeal; solicitation; collection.
- an appeal to raise money for starving children
- noun request for a sum of money
- neuroendocrinology2/5
neuroendocrinology
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- rewiring2/5
rewire
- verb provide with new wiring
- the university rewired the dormitories when most students brought computers and television sets
- verb provide with new wiring
- marinara2/5
marinara
- noun sauce for pasta; contains tomatoes and garlic and herbs
- noun sauce for pasta; contains tomatoes and garlic and herbs
- purina2/5
purina
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- trinucleotide2/5
trinucleotide
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- tacrine2/5
tacrine
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- principi2/5
principi
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- printmaker2/5
printmaker
- noun an artist who designs and makes prints
graphic artist.
- noun an artist who designs and makes prints
- ballerinas2/5
ballerina
- noun a female ballet dancer
danseuse.
- noun a female ballet dancer
- crinkling2/5
crinkle
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
crease; seam; line; wrinkle; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crisp; crease; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
- souring2/5
souring
- noun the process of becoming sour
- verb go sour or spoil
ferment; turn; sour; work.
- The milk has soured
- The wine worked
- The cream has turned--we have to throw it out
- noun the process of becoming sour
- snaring2/5
snare
- noun something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
trap.
- the exam was full of trap questions
- it was all a snare and delusion
- noun a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
snare drum; side drum.
- noun something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
- clearinghouses2/5
clearinghouses
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- hectoring2/5
hector
- noun (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
- verb be bossy towards
bully; ballyrag; bullyrag; push around; boss around; strong-arm; browbeat.
- Her big brother always bullied her when she was young
- noun (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
- crinkly2/5
crinkly
- adjective satellite uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
rippled; wavy; crinkled; wavelike.
- adjective satellite uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
- corina2/5
corina
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- preprints2/5
preprints
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- handprints2/5
- reoccurring2/5
reoccurring
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- puttering2/5
putter
- noun a golfer who is putting
- noun the iron normally used on the putting green
putting iron.
- noun a golfer who is putting
- eccrine2/5
eccrine
- adjective (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature
- adjective (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature
- tsarina2/5
tsarina
- noun the wife or widow of a czar
czaritza; tzarina; tsaritsa; czarina.
- noun the wife or widow of a czar
- gibbering2/5
gibber
- noun unintelligible talking
gibberish.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
- noun unintelligible talking
- brinkmanship2/5
brinkmanship
- noun the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)
- noun the policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety)
- nectarine2/5
nectarine
- noun variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh
nectarine tree; Prunus persica nectarina.
- noun a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin
- noun variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh
- papaverine2/5
papaverine
- noun an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive
Kavrin.
- noun an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive
- extrinsically2/5
extrinsical
Extrinsic. --Ex*trin"sic*al*ly adv.
- meanderings2/5
meander
- noun a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
- noun an aimless amble on a winding course
ramble.
- noun a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
- literariness2/5
literariness
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- staggeringly2/5
staggeringly
- adverb extremely
tremendously; enormously; hugely.
- he was enormously popular
- adverb extremely
- clarinetist2/5
clarinetist
- noun a musician who plays the clarinet
clarinettist.
- noun a musician who plays the clarinet
- superstring2/5
superstring
- noun a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time
- noun a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time
- gradgrind2/5
- mouthwatering2/5
mouthwatering
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- marinating2/5
marinate
- verb soak in marinade
marinade.
- marinade herring
- verb soak in marinade
- terrine2/5
terrine
- noun a pate or fancy meatloaf baked in an earthenware casserole
- noun a pate or fancy meatloaf baked in an earthenware casserole
- tangerines2/5
tangerine
- noun a variety of mandarin orange
tangerine tree.
- noun any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa
- noun a variety of mandarin orange
- wayfaring2/5
wayfaring
- noun traveling (especially on foot)
- adjective satellite traveling especially on foot
peripatetic.
- peripatetic country preachers
- a poor wayfaring stranger
- noun traveling (especially on foot)
- reconnoitring2/5
reconnoitring
- noun exploring in order to gain information
exploratory survey; scouting; reconnoitering.
- scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous
- verb explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
scout; reconnoiter; reconnoitre.
- noun exploring in order to gain information
- dishonoring2/5
dishonor
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
dishonour.
- he was resigned to a life of dishonor
- noun lacking honor or integrity
dishonour.
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
- neutering2/5
neutering
- noun the sterilization of an animal
altering; fixing.
- they took him to the vet for neutering
- verb remove the ovaries of
castrate; spay; alter; neuter.
- Is your cat spayed?
- noun the sterilization of an animal
- enduringly2/5
enduringly
- adverb in an enduring manner
- Roman culture was enduringly fertilized
- adverb in an enduring manner
- trincomalee2/5
- colorings2/5
coloring
- noun a digestible substance used to give color to food
food coloring; food colouring; food colour; colouring; food color.
- food color made from vegetable dyes
- noun a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
color; colour; colouring.
- a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
- noun a digestible substance used to give color to food
- transfiguring2/5
transfigure
- verb elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
glorify; spiritualize.
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
transmogrify; metamorphose.
- In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug
- The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman
- Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection
- verb elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
- underinvestment2/5
- conjecturing2/5
conjecture
- noun a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
speculation.
- speculations about the outcome of the election
- he dismissed it as mere conjecture
- noun a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
guess; supposition; surmisal; hypothesis; speculation; surmise.
- noun a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- disordering2/5
disorder
- noun a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
upset.
- the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder
- everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time
- noun a condition in which things are not in their expected places
disorderliness.
- the files are in complete disorder
- noun a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
- cratering2/5
crater
- noun a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
volcanic crater.
- noun a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
- noun a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
- raring2/5
raring
- adjective satellite (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness
impatient.
- impatient to begin
- raring to go
- adjective satellite (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness
- amacrine2/5
- buttering2/5
butter
- noun an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
- noun a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head
- noun an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
- commandeering2/5
commandeer
- verb take arbitrarily or by force
hijack; highjack; pirate.
- The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami
- verb take arbitrarily or by force
- slipperiness2/5
slipperiness
- noun a slippery smoothness
slickness; slick; slip.
- he could feel the slickness of the tiller
- noun the quality of being a slippery rascal
shiftiness; rascality; trickiness.
- noun a slippery smoothness
- pecorino2/5
- ciphering2/5
cipher
- noun a message written in a secret code
cypher.
- noun a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
0; zero; nought; cypher.
- noun a message written in a secret code
- adoringly2/5
adoringly
- adverb with adoration
- he looked at his wife adoringly
- adverb with adoration
- springhouse2/5
- encumbering2/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- capering2/5
caper
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis
- noun pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces
- noun any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis
- ekaterinburg2/5
ekaterinburg
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- powdering2/5
powder
- noun a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
pulverisation; pulverization.
- noun a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
gunpowder.
- noun a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
- tamarins2/5
tamarin
- noun small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail
lion monkey; leoncita; lion marmoset.
- noun small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail
- maneuverings2/5
maneuver
- noun a military training exercise
simulated military operation; manoeuvre.
- noun a plan for attaining a particular goal
manoeuvre; tactics; tactic.
- noun a military training exercise
- bullring2/5
bullring
- noun a stadium where bullfights take place
- noun a stadium where bullfights take place
- overmastering2/5
overmaster
- verb overcome by superior force
overpower; overwhelm.
- verb overcome by superior force
- submariners2/5
submariner
- noun a member of the crew of a submarine
- noun a member of the crew of a submarine
- heparinized2/5
- czarina2/5
czarina
- noun the wife or widow of a czar
czaritza; tsarina; tzarina; tsaritsa.
- noun the wife or widow of a czar
- organochlorines2/5
- moldering2/5
molder
- verb break down
moulder; rot; decompose.
- The bodies decomposed in the heat
- verb break down
- perinuclear2/5
perinuclear
(Biol.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus; situated around a nucleus; as, the .perinuclear protoplasm
- crinoids2/5
crinoid
- noun primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea
- noun primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk
- newsgathering2/5
- timbering2/5
timber
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
lumber.
- noun a beam made of wood
- noun the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- sundering2/5
sunder
- verb break apart or in two, using violence
- verb break apart or in two, using violence
- aspirins2/5
aspirin
- noun the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets
acetylsalicylic acid; Empirin; St. Joseph; Bayer.
- noun the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets
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- passerines2/5
passerine
- noun perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
passeriform bird.
- adjective relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds
- noun perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
- unwaveringly2/5
unwaveringly
- adverb with resolute determination
firm; steadfastly; firmly.
- we firmly believed it
- you must stand firm
- adverb with resolute determination
- glimmerings2/5
glimmering
- noun a slight suggestion or vague understanding
glimmer; intimation; inkling.
- he had no inkling what was about to happen
- verb shine brightly, like a star or a light
gleam; glimmer.
- noun a slight suggestion or vague understanding
- trinidadians2/5
trinidadian
- noun inhabitant or native of Trinidad
- adjective of or relating to the island of Trinidad
- Trinidadian rum
- noun inhabitant or native of Trinidad
- labyrinthitis2/5
labyrinthitis
- noun inflammation of the inner ear; can cause vertigo and vomiting
otitis interna.
- noun inflammation of the inner ear; can cause vertigo and vomiting
- passerine2/5
passerine
- noun perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
passeriform bird.
- adjective relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds
- noun perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
- overprint2/5
overprint
- noun something added by overprinting
surprint.
- verb print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper
print over.
- noun something added by overprinting
- handspring2/5
handspring
- noun an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again
- noun an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again
- margarines2/5
margarine
- noun a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
oleo; marge; oleomargarine; margarin.
- noun a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
- sneeringly2/5
sneeringly
- adverb with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner
superciliously; snidely.
- `I don't believe in these customs,' he said sneeringly
- adverb with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner
- handprint2/5
handprint
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- derring2/5
d
- noun a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
calciferol; viosterol; cholecalciferol; vitamin D; ergocalciferol.
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five
five hundred; 500.
- noun a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
- transitoriness2/5
transitoriness
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
transience; transiency.
- noun an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
- humoring2/5
humoring
- noun the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
indulging; pampering; indulgence.
- verb put into a good mood
humor; humour.
- noun the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
- orienteering2/5
orienteering
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- dexedrine2/5
dexedrine
- noun an isomer of amphetamine (trade name Dexedrine) used as a central nervous system stimulant
dextroamphetamine sulphate.
- noun an isomer of amphetamine (trade name Dexedrine) used as a central nervous system stimulant
- doddering2/5
doddering
- adjective satellite mentally or physically infirm with age
senile; gaga; doddery.
- his mother was doddering and frail
- verb walk unsteadily
totter; waddle; paddle; coggle; dodder; toddle.
- small children toddle
- adjective satellite mentally or physically infirm with age
- extrauterine2/5
extrauterine
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- papering2/5
papering
- noun the application of wallpaper
paperhanging.
- verb cover with paper
paper.
- paper the box
- noun the application of wallpaper
- syringa2/5
syringa
- noun large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
mock orange; Philadelphus coronarius.
- noun genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs
genus Syringa.
- noun large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
- wrings2/5
wring
- noun a twisting squeeze
squeeze.
- gave the wet cloth a wring
- verb twist and press out of shape
distort; deform; contort.
- noun a twisting squeeze
- fingerings2/5
fingering
- noun the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument
- noun touching something with the fingers
- noun the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument
- endearingly2/5
endearingly
- adverb in an adorable manner
adorably.
- the toddler behaved adorably
- adverb in an adorable manner
- sniggering2/5
snigger
- noun a disrespectful laugh
snicker; snort.
- verb laugh quietly
snicker.
- noun a disrespectful laugh
- unsparingly2/5
unsparingly
- adverb in a scathing and unsparing manner
scathingly.
- she criticized him scathingly
- adverb in a scathing and unsparing manner
- solitariness2/5
solitariness
- noun the state of being alone in solitary isolation
loneliness.
- noun a disposition toward being alone
aloneness; loneliness; lonesomeness.
- noun the state of being alone in solitary isolation
- westering2/5
wester
- noun wind that blows from west to east
west wind.
- adjective situated in or facing or moving toward the west
west.
- noun wind that blows from west to east
- quirinal2/5
quirinal
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- earing2/5
ear
- noun the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- noun good hearing
- he had a keen ear
- a good ear for pitch
- noun the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- marinades2/5
marinade
- noun mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking
- verb soak in marinade
marinate.
- marinade herring
- noun mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking
- grinch2/5
grinch
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- tittering2/5
tittering
- adjective being or sounding of nervous or suppressed laughter
thoriated.
- verb laugh nervously
giggle; titter.
- The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom
- adjective being or sounding of nervous or suppressed laughter
- nonmanufacturing2/5
nonmanufacturing
Not carrying on manufactures.
- laddering2/5
ladder
- noun steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
- noun ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
- he climbed the career ladder
- noun steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
- fibrinous2/5
fibrinous
- adjective characterized by the presence of fibrin
- adjective characterized by the presence of fibrin
- nattering2/5
natter
- verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
shoot the breeze; chit-chat; chew the fat; confab; chitchat; jaw; claver; visit; chaffer; chat; gossip; chatter; confabulate.
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
- verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
- carinated2/5
carinated
- adjective having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
ridged; keeled; carinate.
- a carinate sepal
- adjective having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
- overinvestment2/5
- decentring2/5
decentring
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- backfiring2/5
backfire
- noun the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
blowback.
- noun a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
- noun the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- revering2/5
revere
- noun American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)
Paul Revere.
- noun a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side
revers.
- noun American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)
- printmakers2/5
printmaker
- noun an artist who designs and makes prints
graphic artist.
- noun an artist who designs and makes prints
- myringotomy2/5
myringotomy
- noun surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear)
- noun surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear)
- berberine2/5
berberine
(Chem.) An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.
- stevedoring2/5
stevedore
- noun a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
dock worker; dock-walloper; lumper; dockhand; loader; dockworker; docker; longshoreman.
- noun a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
- indoctrinating2/5
indoctrinate
- verb teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
- The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples
- verb teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
- cyprinus2/5
cyprinus
- noun type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp
genus Cyprinus.
- noun type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp
- shriners2/5
- alexandrina2/5
alexandrina
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- listerine2/5
listerine
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- treasuring2/5
treasure
- noun accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
hoarded wealth.
- the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies
- noun art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
gem.
- noun accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
- remanufacturing2/5
remanufacturing
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- meringues2/5
meringue
- noun sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar
- noun sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar
- pottering2/5
potter
- noun a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
ceramist; thrower; ceramicist.
- verb do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
monkey around; mess around; monkey; putter; tinker; muck around; muck about.
- The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
- noun a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
- wrinkly2/5
wrinkly
- adjective marked by wrinkles
wrinkled.
- tired travelers in wrinkled clothes
- adjective marked by wrinkles
- veneering2/5
veneering
- noun coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
veneer.
- noun the act of applying veneer
- noun coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
- brinks2/5
brink
- noun a region marking a boundary
threshold; verge.
- noun the edge of a steep place
- noun a region marking a boundary
- trinitarianism2/5
trinitarianism
The doctrine of the Trinity; the doctrine that there are three distinct persons in the Godhead.
- heparins2/5
heparin
- noun a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery
Lipo-Hepin; Liquaemin.
- noun a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery
- mattering2/5
matter
- noun a vaguely specified concern
thing; affair.
- several matters to attend to
- it is none of your affair
- things are going well
- noun some situation or event that is thought about
topic; issue; subject.
- he kept drifting off the topic
- he had been thinking about the subject for several years
- it is a matter for the police
- noun a vaguely specified concern
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- furring1/5
furring
- noun a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue
- noun strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard
furring strip.
- noun a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue
- grindal1/5
grindal
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- perseveringly1/5
perseveringly
- adverb with perseverance
- adverb with perseverance
- silvering1/5
silver
- noun a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
atomic number 47; Ag.
- noun coins made of silver
- noun a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
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- burins1/5
burin
- noun a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving
- noun a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving
- tillering1/5
tiller
- noun a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
- noun someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
- noun a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
- nonprint1/5
nonprint
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- endocrinologists1/5
endocrinologist
- noun physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system
- noun physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system
- calendaring1/5
calendar
- noun a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year
- noun a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc)
- I have you on my calendar for next Monday
- noun a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year
- grindle1/5
grindle
- noun primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
Amia calva; dogfish; bowfin.
- noun primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
- weltering1/5
welter
- noun a confused multitude of things
muddle; smother; clutter; mare's nest; fuddle; jumble.
- verb toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way
- The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours
- noun a confused multitude of things
- renumbering1/5
renumbering
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- thuringian1/5
thuringian
Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people. --n. A native, or inhabitant of Thuringia.
- fibrinoid1/5
- springboards1/5
springboard
- noun a flexible board for jumping upward
- noun a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
point of departure; jumping-off point.
- he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own
- reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions
- the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out
- noun a flexible board for jumping upward
- trinitarians1/5
trinitarian
- noun adherent of Trinitarianism
- noun adherent of Trinitarianism
- bewilderingly1/5
bewilderingly
- adverb in a bewildering and confusing manner
confusingly.
- her situation was bewilderingly unclear
- adverb in a bewildering and confusing manner
- tarring1/5
tar
- noun any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
pitch.
- noun a man who serves as a sailor
Jack-tar; old salt; sea dog; seaman; gob; Jack; seafarer; mariner.
- noun any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- caricaturing1/5
caricature
- noun a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
impersonation; imitation.
- verb represent in or produce a caricature of
ape.
- The drawing caricatured the President
- noun a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
- contrariness1/5
contrariness
- noun deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
perverseness; perversity.
- noun a fussy and eccentric disposition
crotchetiness; grumpiness; crankiness.
- noun deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
- brinjal1/5
brinjal
- noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
aubergine; eggplant; eggplant bush; Solanum melongena; mad apple; garden egg.
- noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
- florine1/5
florine
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- pastoring1/5
pastoring
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- siring1/5
sire
- noun a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
- noun the founder of a family
father; forefather.
- keep the faith of our forefathers
- noun a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
- endocrinological1/5
endocrinological
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- solferino1/5
solferino
- noun a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino
purplish pink.
- noun an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
battle of Solferino.
- noun a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino
- ensnaring1/5
ensnare
- verb take or catch as if in a snare or trap
entrap; frame; set up.
- I was set up!
- The innocent man was framed by the police
- verb catch in or as if in a trap
trammel; entrap; snare; trap.
- The men trap foxes
- verb take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- shuttering1/5
shutter
- noun a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
- noun a hinged blind for a window
- noun a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
- flavourings1/5
flavouring
- noun something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
seasoner; flavoring; seasoning; flavorer; flavourer.
- verb lend flavor to
season; flavor; flavour.
- Season the chicken breast after roasting it
- noun something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
- prine1/5
prine
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- slavering1/5
slaver
- noun a person engaged in slave trade
slave dealer; slave trader.
- noun someone who holds slaves
slave owner; slaveholder.
- noun a person engaged in slave trade
- peregrines1/5
peregrine
- noun a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
Falco peregrinus; peregrine falcon.
- adjective satellite migratory
mobile; wandering; nomadic; roving.
- a restless mobile society
- the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
- believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
- wandering tribes
- noun a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
- grandfathering1/5
grandfather
- noun the father of your father or mother
grandad; granddaddy; granddad; grandpa; gramps.
- noun the father of your father or mother
- perinephric1/5
- interinstitutional1/5
interinstitutional
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- sculpturing1/5
sculpture
- noun a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- noun creating figures or designs in three dimensions
carving.
- noun a three-dimensional work of plastic art
- misprints1/5
misprint
- noun a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
typographical error; erratum; literal; typo; literal error.
- verb print incorrectly
- noun a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
- overing1/5
over
- noun (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- adjective satellite having come or been brought to a conclusion
concluded; terminated; complete; ended; all over.
- the harvesting was complete
- the affair is over, ended, finished
- the abruptly terminated interview
- noun (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- amerind1/5
amerind
- noun any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
Indian; American Indian; American-Indian language; Amerindian language.
- adjective of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages
Native American; Indian; Amerindic.
- Native American religions
- Indian arrowheads
- noun any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
- cohering1/5
cohere
- verb come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
cleave; stick; cling; adhere.
- The dress clings to her body
- The label stuck to the box
- The sushi rice grains cohere
- verb cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole
- Religion can cohere social groups
- verb come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- untiringly1/5
untiring
- adjective satellite characterized by hard work and perseverance
industrious; hardworking; tireless.
- adjective satellite characterized by hard work and perseverance
- diapering1/5
diaper
- noun garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
napkin; nappy.
- noun a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures
- noun garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
- benzedrine1/5
benzedrine
- noun a form of amphetamine
bennie.
- noun a form of amphetamine
- unprintable1/5
unprintable
- adjective unfit for print because morally or legally objectionable or offensive to good taste
- an unprintable epithet
- unprintable pictures
- adjective unfit for print because morally or legally objectionable or offensive to good taste
- sugaring1/5
sugar
- noun a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
refined 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
carbohydrate; saccharide.
- noun a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
- nonprinting1/5
- pamphleteering1/5
pamphleteer
- noun a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
- noun a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
- calcarine1/5
calcarine
(Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.
- astringency1/5
astringency
- noun a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
astringence.
- noun the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
stypsis.
- noun a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker
- umpiring1/5
umpire
- noun an official at a baseball game
ump.
- noun someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
arbitrator; arbiter.
- 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 an official at a baseball game
- offprints1/5
offprint
- noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
reprint; separate.
- noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
- hyperinsulinism1/5
- navarino1/5
navarino
- noun a decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships
battle of Navarino.
- noun a decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships
- trinitrate1/5
trinitrate
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- peregrina1/5
peregrina
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- maurine1/5
maurine
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- algerine1/5
algerine
Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.
- principii1/5
principii
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- fissuring1/5
fissure
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
crevice; chap; cranny; crack.
- noun a long narrow opening
crevice; cleft; scissure; crack.
- noun a long narrow depression in a surface
- overprinting1/5
overprint
- noun something added by overprinting
surprint.
- verb print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper
print over.
- noun something added by overprinting
- corine1/5
corine
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- kringle1/5
kringle
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- mazarine1/5
mazarine
Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661.
- hunkering1/5
hunker
- verb sit on one's heels
scrunch; crouch; hunker down; squat; scrunch up.
- In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
- The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm
- verb sit on one's heels
- submariner1/5
submariner
- noun a member of the crew of a submarine
- noun a member of the crew of a submarine
- abjuring1/5
abjure
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
retract; resile; forswear; recant.
- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- enshrinement1/5
enshrinement
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- warmongering1/5
warmongering
- noun a policy of advocating war
war advocacy.
- noun a policy of advocating war
- quinacrine1/5
quinacrine
- noun a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
quinacrine hydrochloride; Atabrine; mepacrine.
- noun a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
- coumarins1/5
coumarin
(Chem.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance,Coumarouna ) odorataC9H6O2 , of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.
- erinyes1/5
erinyes
- noun (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
Fury; Eumenides.
- noun (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
- colourings1/5
colouring
- noun a digestible substance used to give color to food
food coloring; food colouring; food colour; coloring; food color.
- food color made from vegetable dyes
- noun a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
color; colour; coloring.
- a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
- noun a digestible substance used to give color to food
- brindled1/5
brindled
- adjective satellite having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
brindle; brinded; tabby.
- adjective satellite having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
- pyrethrins1/5
pyrethrin
(Chem.) A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor .a complex of several substances. Used as insecticides.
- hairiness1/5
hairiness
- noun the quality of having hair
pilosity.
- noun the quality of having hair
- dishonouring1/5
dishonour
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
dishonor.
- he was resigned to a life of dishonor
- noun lacking honor or integrity
dishonor.
- noun a state of shame or disgrace
- grindstones1/5
grindstone
- noun a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools
- noun a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools
- urinates1/5
urinate
- verb pass after the manner of urine
- The sick men urinated blood
- verb eliminate urine
wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; micturate; pee-pee; make; pass water; make water; relieve oneself; take a leak; pee; puddle; piss.
- Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
- verb pass after the manner of urine
- crinkles1/5
crinkle
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
crease; seam; line; wrinkle; furrow.
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
- verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
scrunch; crisp; crease; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane
- noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
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- bowering1/5
bower
- noun a framework that supports climbing plants
arbor; pergola; arbour.
- the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park
- verb enclose in a bower
embower.
- noun a framework that supports climbing plants
- thring1/5
thring
To press, crowd, or throng. Obs. Chaucer.
- lingeringly1/5
lingeringly
- adverb in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way
protractedly.
- her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly" -Rossetti
- adverb in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way
- cringes1/5
cringe
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; flinch; recoil; wince; quail; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- verb show submission or fear
fawn; crawl; grovel; cower; creep.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
- quirinus1/5
- skewering1/5
skewer
- noun a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted
- verb drive a skewer through
spit.
- skewer the meat for the BBQ
- noun a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted
- yammering1/5
yammer
- verb cry loudly, as of animals
wrawl; yowl; howl.
- The coyotes were howling in the desert
- verb complain whiningly
yawp; whine; grizzle.
- verb cry loudly, as of animals
- lovering1/5
lover
- noun a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
- noun an ardent follower and admirer
devotee; fan; buff.
- noun a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
- tubocurarine1/5
tubocurarine
- noun a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles
curare.
- curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction
- noun a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles
- abhorring1/5
abhor
- verb find repugnant
abominate; execrate; loathe.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
- verb find repugnant
- mainsprings1/5
mainspring
- noun the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism
- noun the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism
- overindulge1/5
overindulge
- verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
engorge; gormandize; gormandise; overgorge; glut; overeat; satiate; englut; stuff; ingurgitate; gorge; scarf out; gourmandize; binge; pig out.
- She stuffed herself at the dinner
- The kids binged on ice cream
- verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- averring1/5
aver
- verb report or maintain
say; allege.
- He alleged that he was the victim of a crime
- He said it was too late to intervene in the war
- The registrar says that I owe the school money
- verb to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
avow; affirm; verify; swan; assert; swear.
- Before God I swear I am innocent
- verb report or maintain
- crinolines1/5
crinoline
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
hoopskirt.
- noun a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
- timesharing1/5
timesharing
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- gettering1/5
getter
One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates.
- flatteringly1/5
flattering
- adjective showing or representing to advantage
- a flattering color
- verb praise somewhat dishonestly
flatter; blandish.
- adjective showing or representing to advantage
- unprinted1/5
- falteringly1/5
falteringly
- adverb in an unsteady manner
unsteadily; uncertainly.
- he walked unsteadily toward the exit
- The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs
- adverb in an unsteady manner
- astringents1/5
astringent
- noun a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
astringent drug; styptic.
- adjective satellite sour or bitter in taste
acerb; acerbic.
- noun a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
- prehearing1/5
- carinae1/5
carina
- noun a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus
- noun any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom
- noun a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus
- springboks1/5
springbok
- noun a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air
springbuck; Antidorcas euchore; Antidorcas marsupialis.
- noun a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air
- brinell1/5
brinell
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- respiring1/5
respire
- verb breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
- verb undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
- verb breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
- cycloserine1/5
cycloserine
- noun an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus
- noun an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus
- buccaneering1/5
buccaneering
- noun hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
piracy.
- air piracy
- verb live like a buccaneer
buccaneer.
- noun hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
- erythrina1/5
erythrina
- noun any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental
coral tree.
- noun any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental
- armoring1/5
armor
- noun protective covering made of metal and used in combat
armour.
- noun a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
armour.
- noun protective covering made of metal and used in combat
- undrinkable1/5
undrinkable
- adjective unsuitable for drinking
- adjective unsuitable for drinking
- lathering1/5
lather
- noun the froth produced by soaps or detergents
soapsuds; suds.
- noun agitation resulting from active worry
swither; sweat; stew; fret.
- don't get in a stew
- he's in a sweat about exams
- noun the froth produced by soaps or detergents
- brining1/5
brine
- noun water containing salts
seawater; saltwater.
- the water in the ocean is all saltwater
- noun a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
- noun water containing salts
- bringers1/5
bringer
One who brings. Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office. Shak.
- 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)
- parings1/5
paring
- noun a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
shaving; sliver.
- noun (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel
- she could peel an apple with a single long paring
- noun a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
- severinus1/5
severinus
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- enquiringly1/5
enquiringly
- adverb in an inquiring manner
inquiringly.
- Tom Swift looked at his cabin mates inquiringly
- adverb in an inquiring manner
- alluringly1/5
alluring
- adjective satellite highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
beguiling; tempting; enticing.
- an alluring prospect
- her alluring smile
- the voice was low and beguiling
- difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement
- a tempting invitation
- verb dispose or incline or entice to
allure; tempt.
- We were tempted by the delicious-looking food
- adjective satellite highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
- vectoring1/5
vector
- noun a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
- noun a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
- noun a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
- misfiring1/5
misfire
- noun an explosion that fails to occur
dud.
- noun a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
miss.
- noun an explosion that fails to occur
- scatterings1/5
scattering
- noun a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
sprinkling.
- the first scatterings of green
- a sprinkling of grey at his temples
- noun the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
- noun a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
- tigrinya1/5
tigrinya
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- bedsprings1/5
bedspring
- noun (usually plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed
- noun (usually plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed
- deflowering1/5
deflower
- verb deprive of virginity
ruin.
- This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village
- verb make imperfect
impair; mar; vitiate; spoil.
- nothing marred her beauty
- verb deprive of virginity
- nonmarine1/5
- fluorination1/5
fluorination
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- overprinted1/5
overprint
- noun something added by overprinting
surprint.
- verb print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper
print over.
- noun something added by overprinting
- sloganeering1/5
sloganeering
- noun persuasion by means of empty slogans
- verb coin new slogans
sloganeer.
- noun persuasion by means of empty slogans
- scissoring1/5
scissor
- verb cut with or as if with scissors
- verb cut with or as if with scissors
- perinatally1/5
perinatal
- adjective occurring during the period around birth (5 months before and 1 month after)
- perinatal mortality
- perinatal care
- adjective occurring during the period around birth (5 months before and 1 month after)
- gringa1/5
gringa
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- belaboring1/5
belabor
- verb to work at or to absurd length
belabour.
- belabor the obvious
- verb attack verbally with harsh criticism
belabour.
- She was belabored by her fellow students
- verb to work at or to absurd length
- shriner1/5
shrine
- noun a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
- verb enclose in a shrine
enshrine.
- the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral
- noun a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
- frittering1/5
fritter
- noun small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables
- verb spend frivolously and unwisely
shoot; fool; fool away; fritter away; dissipate; frivol away.
- Fritter away one's inheritance
- noun small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables
- tiering1/5
tier
- noun a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
grade; level.
- lumber of the highest grade
- noun any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
- noun a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- trinitrotoluene1/5
trinitrotoluene
- noun explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
TNT.
- noun explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
- offprint1/5
offprint
- noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
reprint; separate.
- noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
- summering1/5
summer
- noun the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
summertime.
- they spent a lazy summer at the shore
- noun the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty
- the golden summer of his life
- noun the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
- peregrination1/5
peregrination
- noun traveling or wandering around
- noun traveling or wandering around
- superstrings1/5
superstring
- noun a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time
- noun a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time
- superincumbent1/5
superincumbent
- adjective satellite lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else
- superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition
- adjective satellite lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else
- hoofprints1/5
hoofprint
- noun a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal
hoof mark; hoof-mark.
- noun a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal
- farinaceous1/5
farinaceous
- adjective satellite resembling starch
amyloid; amyloidal; starchlike; amylaceous.
- adjective satellite composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
gritty; grainy; granular; mealy; coarse-grained; granulose.
- granular sugar
- the photographs were grainy and indistinct
- it left a mealy residue
- adjective satellite resembling starch
- petering1/5
peter
- noun obscene terms for penis
shaft; prick; cock; tool; dick; putz; pecker.
- noun disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
St. Peter; Saint Peter the Apostle; Saint Peter; Simon Peter; St. Peter the Apostle.
- noun obscene terms for penis
- fettering1/5
fetter
- noun a shackle for the ankles or feet
hobble.
- verb restrain with fetters
shackle.
- noun a shackle for the ankles or feet
- humouring1/5
humour
- noun a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
humor; temper; mood.
- whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
- he was in a bad humor
- noun a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
witticism; wittiness; wit; humor.
- noun a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
- contradictoriness1/5
contradictoriness
- noun the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist
- noun the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist
- airiness1/5
airiness
- noun the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air
- noun the property of something weightless and insubstantial
buoyancy.
- noun the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air
- detouring1/5
detour
- noun a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
roundabout way.
- verb travel via a detour
- noun a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
- calendering1/5
calender
- noun a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers
- verb press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets
- calender paper
- noun a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers
- perinatology1/5
perinatology
- noun the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium
- noun the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium
- cheeriness1/5
cheeriness
The state of being cheery.
- yekaterinburg1/5
yekaterinburg
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- boringly1/5
boringly
- adverb in a tedious manner
tediously; tiresomely.
- boringly slow work
- he plodded tediously forward
- adverb in a tedious manner
- heparinization1/5
- teleprinter1/5
teleprinter
- noun a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
telex machine; teletype machine; teletypewriter; telex.
- noun a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
- shrinkwrap1/5
shrinkwrap
- verb wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling
- shrinkwrap the CDs
- verb wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling
- grint1/5
grin
- noun a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
grinning; smile; smiling.
- verb to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
- noun a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
- dextrins1/5
dextrin
- noun any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements
- noun any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements
- perineurium1/5
perineurium
- noun the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of nerve fibers
- noun the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of nerve fibers
- overindulged1/5
overindulge
- verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
engorge; gormandize; gormandise; overgorge; glut; overeat; satiate; englut; stuff; ingurgitate; gorge; scarf out; gourmandize; binge; pig out.
- She stuffed herself at the dinner
- The kids binged on ice cream
- verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- doctrinaires1/5
doctrinaire
- noun a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
dogmatist.
- adjective satellite stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
- noun a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
- clusterings1/5
clustering
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
cluster; clump; bunch.
- a bunch of trees
- a cluster of admirers
- verb come together as in a cluster or flock
cluster; flock; clump; constellate.
- The poets constellate in this town every summer
- noun a grouping of a number of similar things
- dickering1/5
dicker
- verb negotiate the terms of an exchange
bargain.
- We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar
- verb negotiate the terms of an exchange
- unwrinkled1/5
unwrinkled
- adjective not wrinkled or creased
wrinkleless.
- adjective not wrinkled or creased
- springwater1/5
- blathering1/5
blather
- noun foolish gibberish
blatherskite.
- verb to talk foolishly
babble; smatter; blether; blither.
- The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
- noun foolish gibberish
- antineutrino1/5
antineutrino
- noun the antiparticle of a neutrino
- noun the antiparticle of a neutrino
- rosmarinus1/5
rosmarinus
- noun rosemary
genus Rosmarinus.
- noun rosemary
- crinoid1/5
crinoid
- noun primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea
- noun primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk
- trinitatis1/5
trinitatis
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- manoeuvrings1/5
manoeuvre
- noun a plan for attaining a particular goal
maneuver; tactics; tactic.
- noun a military training exercise
maneuver; simulated military operation.
- noun a plan for attaining a particular goal
- cyclobenzaprine1/5
cyclobenzaprine
- noun muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury
Flexeril.
- noun muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury
- caprine1/5
caprine
- adjective being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats
- caprine creatures
- a caprine strain of virus
- a caprine voice
- adjective being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats
- bunkering1/5
bunker
- noun a hazard on a golf course
trap; sand trap.
- noun a large container for storing fuel
- the ship's bunkers were full of coal
- noun a hazard on a golf course
- jitteriness1/5
jitteriness
- noun the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
nervousness; jumpiness; restiveness.
- noun the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
- principalis1/5
principalis
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- perrins1/5
- thunderings1/5
thunder
- noun a deep prolonged loud noise
roar; roaring; boom.
- noun a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
- noun a deep prolonged loud noise
- cyprinidae1/5
cyprinidae
- noun a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace
family Cyprinidae.
- noun a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace
- springtails1/5
springtail
- noun any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water
collembolan.
- noun any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water
- profitsharing1/5
- rehiring1/5
- overinflated1/5
overinflated
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- bowstrings1/5
bowstring
- noun the string of an archer's bow
- noun the string of an archer's bow
- jarringly1/5
jarringly
- adverb in a manner that jars and irritates
- the piano was jarringly out of tune
- adverb in a manner that jars and irritates
- chauffeuring1/5
chauffeur
- noun a man paid to drive a privately owned car
- verb drive someone in a vehicle
drive around.
- noun a man paid to drive a privately owned car
- superintends1/5
superintend
- verb watch and direct
oversee; manage; supervise.
- Who is overseeing this project?
- verb watch and direct
- trinomials1/5
trinomial
(Math.) A quantity consisting of three terms, connected by the sign + or -; as, .x + y + z , orax + 2b - c 2
- delayering1/5
delayer
- noun a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late
- noun a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late
- springlike1/5
springlike
- adjective satellite resembling a spring or the action of a spring
- adjective satellite resembling a spring or the action of a spring
- springwood1/5
- superinduced1/5
superinduce
To bring in, or upon, as an addition to something. Long custom of sinning superinduces upon the soul new and absurd desires. South.
- quiring1/5
choir
- noun a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
- noun a family of similar musical instrument playing together
consort.
- noun a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
- waterings1/5
watering
- noun shedding tears
lacrimation; tearing; lachrymation.
- noun wetting with water
- the lawn needs a great deal of watering
- noun shedding tears
- endocrinologic1/5
endocrinologic
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- princeling1/5
princeling
- noun a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality
- noun a young prince
- noun a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality
- briner1/5
brine
- noun water containing salts
seawater; saltwater.
- the water in the ocean is all saltwater
- noun a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
- noun water containing salts
- limbering1/5
limber
- noun a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
- verb attach the limber
limber up.
- limber a cannon
- noun a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
- antipyrine1/5
antipyrine
(Med.) An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever.
- overpoweringly1/5
overpoweringly
- adverb incapable of being resisted
irresistibly; overwhelmingly.
- the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man
- adverb incapable of being resisted
- wallcoverings1/5
- littorina1/5
littorina
(Zoöl.) A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle .
- dilatoriness1/5
dilatoriness
- noun slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
procrastination.
- noun slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
- jittering1/5
jittering
- adjective satellite undergoing small rapid variations
- adjective satellite undergoing small rapid variations
- alexandrines1/5
alexandrine
- noun (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
- noun (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
- upbringings1/5
upbringing
- noun properties acquired during a person's formative years
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
fostering; bringing up; rearing; nurture; fosterage; breeding; raising.
- they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
- noun properties acquired during a person's formative years
- dimenhydrinate1/5
dimenhydrinate
- noun antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness
Dramamine.
- noun antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness
- tamarindo1/5
tamarindo
- noun long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
tamarind tree; tamarind; Tamarindus indica.
- noun large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
tamarind.
- noun long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
- princedom1/5
princedom
- noun the dignity or rank or position of a prince
- noun territory ruled by a prince
principality.
- noun the dignity or rank or position of a prince
- wallpapering1/5
wallpaper
- noun a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
- verb cover with wallpaper
paper.
- noun a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
- carpentering1/5
carpenter
- noun a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
- verb work as a carpenter
- noun a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
- forints1/5
forint
- noun the basic unit of money in Hungary
- noun the basic unit of money in Hungary
- roistering1/5
roister
- verb engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
carouse; riot.
- They were out carousing last night
- verb engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
- counterintuitively1/5
counterintuitively
- adverb in a counterintuitive manner
- adverb in a counterintuitive manner
- involuntariness1/5
involuntariness
- noun the trait of being unwilling
unwillingness.
- his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made
- in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton
- noun the trait of being unwilling
- wonderings1/5
wonder
- noun the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
admiration; wonderment.
- noun something that causes feelings of wonder
marvel.
- the wonders of modern science
- noun the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
- hirings1/5
hire
- noun a newly hired employee
- the new hires need special training
- noun the act of hiring something or someone
- he signed up for a week's car hire
- noun a newly hired employee
- overinterpretation1/5
overinterpretation
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- ferring1/5
- oleomargarine1/5
oleomargarine
- noun a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
margarine; oleo; marge; margarin.
- noun a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
- printhead1/5
- forint1/5
forint
- noun the basic unit of money in Hungary
- noun the basic unit of money in Hungary
- merinos1/5
merino
- noun white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality
merino sheep.
- noun white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality
- grinded1/5
grind
- noun an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
wonk; dweeb; nerd; swot.
- noun the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- a coarse grind of coffee
- noun an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- slathering1/5
slather
- verb spread thickly
- I can't eat bagels without slathering them with cream cheese
- verb spread thickly
- syringing1/5
syringe
- noun a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
- verb spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe
- noun a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
- eeriness1/5
eeriness
- noun strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
ghostliness.
- noun strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
- porringer1/5
porringer
- noun a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle)
- the child was eating pottage from a porringer
- noun a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle)
- embittering1/5
embitter
- verb cause to be bitter or resentful
acerbate; envenom.
- These injustices embittered her even more
- verb cause to be bitter or resentful
- springiness1/5
springiness
- noun the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
spring; give.
- noun the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- padrino1/5
padrino
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- superintendant1/5
- dayspring1/5
dayspring
- noun the first light of day
sunup; daybreak; break of day; dawning; aurora; morning; break of the day; first light; dawn; cockcrow; sunrise.
- we got up before dawn
- they talked until morning
- noun the first light of day
- princelings1/5
princeling
- noun a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality
- noun a young prince
- noun a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality
- hardwiring1/5
- coprinus1/5
coprinus
- noun genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae
genus Coprinus.
- noun genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae
- reprintings1/5
reprinting
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
reprint; reissue.
- verb print anew
reissue; reprint.
- They never reprinted the famous treatise
- noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
- blithering1/5
blither
- verb to talk foolishly
babble; blather; smatter; blether.
- The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
- adjective satellite lacking or showing a lack of due concern
blithe.
- spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation
- verb to talk foolishly
- vitrine1/5
vitrine
- noun a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
case; display case; showcase.
- noun a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- witheringly1/5
witheringly
- adverb in a withering manner
- guns fired witheringly at the railroad cars
- adverb in a withering manner
- fairings1/5
fair
- noun a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
funfair; carnival.
- noun gathering of producers to promote business
- world fair
- trade fair
- book fair
- noun a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
- trines1/5
trine
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
deuce-ace; trio; triplet; tercet; tierce; troika; three; trey; 3; ternion; ternary; triad; threesome; leash; III; trinity; terzetto.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- obligatoriness1/5
obligatoriness
The quality or state of being obligatory.
- boccherini1/5
- amrinone1/5
amrinone
- noun a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium
Inocor.
- noun a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium
- suckering1/5
sucker
- noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
fool; soft touch; gull; patsy; fall guy; mug; chump; mark.
- noun a shoot arising from a plant's roots
- noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- voiceprint1/5
voiceprint
- noun biometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice
- voiceprints are uniquely characteristic of individual speakers
- noun biometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice
- muscarine1/5
- cyprinids1/5
cyprinid
- noun soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
cyprinid fish.
- adjective of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae
cyprinoid.
- noun soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
- signorini1/5
- thumbprints1/5
thumbprint
- noun fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)
- noun fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)
- bouldering1/5
boulder
- noun a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
bowlder.
- noun a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town
- noun a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
- tringa1/5
tringa
(Zoöl.) A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin ,Knot , andSandpiper .
- deringer1/5
deringer
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- rostering1/5
roster
- noun a list of names
roll.
- his name was struck off the rolls
- noun a list of names
- blurriness1/5
blurriness
- noun the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
softness; indistinctness; fogginess; fuzziness.
- noun the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
- posturings1/5
posturing
- noun adopting a vain conceited posture
- verb behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
pose; posture.
- Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!
- She postured and made a total fool of herself
- noun adopting a vain conceited posture
- trinities1/5
trinity
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
deuce-ace; trio; triplet; tercet; tierce; troika; three; trey; 3; ternion; trine; ternary; triad; threesome; leash; III; terzetto.
- noun the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead
Sacred Trinity; Holy Trinity; Blessed Trinity.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- overinvolved1/5
- supermarine1/5
- wallcovering1/5
wallcovering
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- hyperinflationary1/5
hyperinflationary
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- mering1/5
mere
- noun a small pond of standing water
- adjective satellite being nothing more than specified
- a mere child
- noun a small pond of standing water
- nickering1/5
nicker
- noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse
whinny; neigh; whicker.
- verb make a characteristic sound, of a horse
whinny; neigh; whicker.
- noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse
- quarterings1/5
quartering
- noun a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
- noun living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
- noun a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
- morinda1/5
morinda
(Bot.) A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks.
- tringle1/5
tringle
A curtain rod for a bedstead.
- urines1/5
urine
- noun liquid excretory product
weewee; piddle; water; pee; piss.
- there was blood in his urine
- the child had to make water
- noun liquid excretory product
- enciphering1/5
encipher
- verb convert ordinary language into code
code; encrypt; write in code; cypher; inscribe; cipher.
- We should encode the message for security reasons
- verb convert ordinary language into code
- glistering1/5
glistering
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
glittery; fulgid; scintillant; coruscant; sparkly; aglitter; glinting; scintillating; glittering.
- bugle beads all aglitter
- glinting eyes
- glinting water
- his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent
- shop window full of glittering Christmas trees
- glittery costume jewelry
- scintillant mica
- the scintillating stars
- a dress with sparkly sequins
- `glistering' is an archaic term
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
- reconquering1/5
reconquer
- verb conquer anew
- The country reconquered the territory lost in the previous war
- verb conquer anew
- brined1/5
brine
- noun water containing salts
seawater; saltwater.
- the water in the ocean is all saltwater
- noun a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
- noun water containing salts
- chittering1/5
chitter
- verb make high-pitched sounds, as of birds
twitter.
- verb make high-pitched sounds, as of birds
- overinflation1/5
- demurring1/5
demur
- noun (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
demurral; demurrer.
- verb take exception to
except.
- he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday
- noun (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
- madrina1/5
madrina
An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules. S. America
- drawstrings1/5
drawstring
- noun a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
drawing string; string.
- he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag
- noun a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- endocrinopathy1/5
endocrinopathy
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- perduring1/5
perdure
To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting. ArchaicThe mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand lines. Hickok.
- moringa1/5
moringa
(Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species ( Moringa pterygosperma ) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those ofM. aptera , are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben.
- printshop1/5
printshop
A shop where prints are sold.
- temporariness1/5
temporariness
- noun the property of lasting only a short time
- noun the property of lasting only a short time
- discoloring1/5
discolor
- verb lose color or turn colorless
- The painting discolored
- verb cause to lose or change color
- The detergent discolored my shirts
- verb lose color or turn colorless
- blueprinting1/5
blueprint
- noun something intended as a guide for making something else
pattern; design.
- a blueprint for a house
- a pattern for a skirt
- noun photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
- noun something intended as a guide for making something else
- springtide1/5
springtide
- noun a swelling rush of anything
- he rose on the springtide of prosperity
- noun a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons
- noun a swelling rush of anything
- chamfering1/5
chamfer
- noun two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
bevel; cant.
- verb cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel
bevel.
- bevel the surface
- noun two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
- forswearing1/5
forswearing
- noun the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
renunciation; forgoing.
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
retract; resile; abjure; forswear; recant.
- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
- noun the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
- coauthoring1/5
coauthor
- noun a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
joint author.
- noun a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
- overinclusive1/5
overinclusive
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- nondrinkers1/5
nondrinker
- noun a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
abstainer; abstinent.
- noun a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
- unsatisfactoriness1/5
unsatisfactoriness
- noun the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable
- noun the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable
- overindulging1/5
overindulge
- verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
engorge; gormandize; gormandise; overgorge; glut; overeat; satiate; englut; stuff; ingurgitate; gorge; scarf out; gourmandize; binge; pig out.
- She stuffed herself at the dinner
- The kids binged on ice cream
- verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- collaring1/5
collar
- noun a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
neckband.
- noun (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- noun a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
- premiering1/5
premier
- noun the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
Prime Minister; PM.
- noun the person who is head of state (in several countries)
chancellor; prime minister.
- noun the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
- neurinoma1/5
neurinoma
- noun tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve
- noun tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve
- princedoms1/5
princedom
- noun the dignity or rank or position of a prince
- noun territory ruled by a prince
principality.
- noun the dignity or rank or position of a prince
- acarina1/5
acarina
(Zoöl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.
- besprinkled1/5
besprinkle
- verb scatter with liquid; wet lightly
sprinkle; sparge.
- Sprinkle the lawn
- verb scatter with liquid; wet lightly
- debarring1/5
debar
- verb bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
suspend.
- verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
stave off; avert; avoid; deflect; obviate; head off; forefend; fend off; ward off; forfend.
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
- verb bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
- strine1/5
strine
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- juddering1/5
judder
- verb shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
shake.
- The old engine was juddering
- verb shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
- tigrinum1/5
tigrinum
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- kathrine1/5
kathrine
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- synephrine1/5
synephrine
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- tamarinds1/5
tamarind
- noun long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
tamarind tree; tamarindo; Tamarindus indica.
- noun large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys
tamarindo.
- noun long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
- sheering1/5
sheer
- verb turn sharply; change direction abruptly
swerve; cut; veer; trend; curve; slew; slue.
- The car cut to the left at the intersection
- The motorbike veered to the right
- verb cause to sheer
- She sheered her car around the obstacle
- verb turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- cyprinid1/5
cyprinid
- noun soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
cyprinid fish.
- adjective of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae
cyprinoid.
- noun soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
- overwatering1/5
- chambering1/5
chamber
- noun a natural or artificial enclosed space
- noun an enclosed volume in the body
- the chambers of his heart were healthy
- noun a natural or artificial enclosed space
- shoestrings1/5
shoestring
- noun a lace used for fastening shoes
shoelace; shoe string; shoe lace.
- noun a small amount of money
shoe string.
- he managed it on a shoestring
- noun a lace used for fastening shoes
- upholstering1/5
upholster
- verb provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers
- verb provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers
- armouring1/5
armour
- noun a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
armor.
- noun protective covering made of metal and used in combat
armor.
- noun a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
- poitrine1/5
poitrine
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- disfavoring1/5
disfavor
- noun the state of being out of favor
disfavour.
- he is in disfavor with the king
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
dislike; disapproval; disfavour.
- noun the state of being out of favor
- geering1/5
- algerines1/5
- stringencies1/5
stringency
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
tightness.
- noun conscientious attention to rules and details
strictness.
- noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
- anserine1/5
anserine
- adjective of or resembling a goose
- adjective satellite having or revealing stupidity
goosey; dopy; goosy; dopey; jerky; foolish; gooselike.
- ridiculous anserine behavior
- a dopey answer
- a dopey kid
- some fool idea about rewriting authors' books
- adjective of or resembling a goose
- momentariness1/5
momentariness
The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.
- printery1/5
printery
A place where cloth is printed; print works; also, a printing office. R.
- extraordinariness1/5
extraordinariness
- noun the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered
- noun the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered
- airings1/5
airing
- noun the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
spreading; public exposure; dissemination.
- noun a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air
- he took the dogs for an airing
- noun the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
- perine1/5
perine
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- culverins1/5
culverin
- noun a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries
- noun a medieval musket
- noun a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries
- taring1/5
tar
- noun any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
pitch.
- noun a man who serves as a sailor
Jack-tar; old salt; sea dog; seaman; gob; Jack; seafarer; mariner.
- noun any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- semiring1/5
semiring
(Anat.) One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds. The semerings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing birds.
- interring1/5
inter
- verb place in a grave or tomb
lay to rest; inhume; bury; entomb.
- Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square
- The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids
- My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday
- verb place in a grave or tomb
- clobbering1/5
clobber
- noun informal terms for personal possessions
stuff.
- did you take all your clobber?
- verb strike violently and repeatedly
baste; batter.
- She clobbered the man who tried to attack her
- noun informal terms for personal possessions
- orphenadrine1/5
orphenadrine
- noun a skeletal muscle relaxant (trade name Norflex) used to treat severe muscle strain and Parkinsonism
Norflex.
- noun a skeletal muscle relaxant (trade name Norflex) used to treat severe muscle strain and Parkinsonism
- cringle1/5
cringle
- noun fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
eyelet; grommet; grummet; loop.
- noun fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
- regrind1/5
regrind
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- misprinted1/5
misprint
- noun a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
typographical error; erratum; literal; typo; literal error.
- verb print incorrectly
- noun a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
- searingly1/5
searing
- adjective satellite severely critical
- verb make very hot and dry
sear; scorch.
- The heat scorched the countryside
- adjective satellite severely critical
- globigerina1/5
globigerina
- noun marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes
- noun marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes
- costarring1/5
costarring
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- aventurine1/5
aventurine
- noun a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals
sunstone.
- noun a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals
- counterinsurgent1/5
counterinsurgent
- adjective of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- adjective of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- ekaterinoslav1/5
ekaterinoslav
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- keyring1/5
- carinatum1/5
carinatum
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- burring1/5
bur
- noun seed vessel having hooks or prickles
burr.
- noun small bit used in dentistry or surgery
burr.
- noun seed vessel having hooks or prickles
- sprinklings1/5
sprinkling
- noun a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
scattering.
- the first scatterings of green
- a sprinkling of grey at his temples
- noun a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
sprinkle; scattering.
- noun a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
- farinha1/5
- ergometrine1/5
- springers1/5
springer
- noun the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs
impost.
- noun a cow about to give birth
springing cow.
- noun the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs
- regathering1/5
regather
To gather again.
- carinthian1/5
- maundering1/5
maunder
- verb wander aimlessly
- verb talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
mussitate; mumble; mutter.
- verb wander aimlessly
- subflooring1/5
- overindulgent1/5
overindulgent
- adjective satellite excessively indulgent
- adjective satellite excessively indulgent
- crinum1/5
crinum
(Bot.) A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.
- tamarindus1/5
tamarindus
- noun widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa
genus Tamarindus.
- noun widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa
- cooccurring1/5
cooccurring
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
concurrent; co-occurrent; coinciding; simultaneous; coincident; coincidental.
- a series of coincident events
- adjective satellite occurring or operating at the same time
- roarings1/5
roaring
- noun a deep prolonged loud noise
roar; thunder; boom.
- noun a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
holla; bellow; roar; hollo; yowl; holler; hollering; holloa; bellowing.
- his bellow filled the hallway
- noun a deep prolonged loud noise
- flouring1/5
flour
- noun fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
- verb cover with flour
- flour fish or meat before frying it
- noun fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
- vitrines1/5
vitrine
- noun a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
case; display case; showcase.
- noun a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- blabbering1/5
blabber
- noun one who reveals confidential information in return for money
squealer; informer; rat; betrayer.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; twaddle.
- noun one who reveals confidential information in return for money
- succouring1/5
succour
- noun assistance in time of difficulty
succor; relief; ministration.
- the contributions provided some relief for the victims
- verb help in a difficult situation
succor.
- noun assistance in time of difficulty
- farine1/5
farine
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- deburring1/5
- caringly1/5
caring
- noun a loving feeling
lovingness.
- verb feel concern or interest
care.
- I really care about my work
- I don't care
- noun a loving feeling
- manoeuvering1/5
manoeuver
- verb act in order to achieve a certain goal
maneuver; manoeuvre.
- He maneuvered to get the chairmanship
- She maneuvered herself into the directorship
- verb direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
maneuver; head; point; direct; guide; channelise; manoeuvre; channelize; steer.
- verb act in order to achieve a certain goal
- serines1/5
serine
- noun a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine
- noun a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine
- manicuring1/5
manicure
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- verb trim carefully and neatly
- manicure fingernails
- noun professional care for the hands and fingernails
- dehydrochlorination1/5
dehydrochlorination
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- murinus1/5
murinus
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- lobstering1/5
lobster
- noun flesh of a lobster
- noun any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
- noun flesh of a lobster
- anserina1/5
anserina
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- subculturing1/5
subculture
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
- cashiering1/5
cashier
- noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
bank clerk; teller.
- noun a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)
- noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
- shudderingly1/5
shudderingly
- adverb with a shudder
- shudderingly, she acknowledged to herself that she dared not face what lay before her
- adverb with a shudder
- jeeringly1/5
jeeringly
- adverb in a disrespectful jeering manner
mockingly; gibingly.
- adverb in a disrespectful jeering manner
- unshrinking1/5
unshrinking
- adjective satellite not shrinking from danger
unintimidated; unblinking; unflinching.
- adjective satellite not shrinking from danger
- tawdriness1/5
tawdriness
- noun tasteless showiness
gaudiness; glitz; meretriciousness; flashiness; brashness; loudness; garishness.
- noun tasteless showiness
- fringilla1/5
fringilla
(Zoöl.) A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling.
- buggering1/5
bugger
- noun someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
sodomist; sodomite; sod.
- verb practice anal sex upon
sodomize; sodomise.
- noun someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
- fotheringhay1/5
- fragmentariness1/5
fragmentariness
The quality or property of being in fragnebts, or broken pieces, incompleteness; want of continuity. G. Eliot.
- sultriness1/5
sultriness
- noun oppressively hot and humid weather
- noun the quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire
- the sultriness of her look was unmistakable
- the sultriness of lust was in the air
- noun oppressively hot and humid weather
- succoring1/5
succor
- noun assistance in time of difficulty
succour; relief; ministration.
- the contributions provided some relief for the victims
- verb help in a difficult situation
succour.
- noun assistance in time of difficulty
- auguring1/5
augur
- noun (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
auspex.
- verb indicate by signs
omen; prefigure; auspicate; bode; betoken; portend; foreshadow; predict; foretell; prognosticate; forecast; presage.
- These signs bode bad news
- noun (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
- cadaverine1/5
cadaverine
- noun a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue
- noun a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue
- surintendant1/5
surintendant
Superintendent. R.
- unflatteringly1/5
unflattering
- adjective showing or representing unfavorably
uncomplimentary.
- an unflattering portrait
- an uncomplimentary dress
- adjective showing or representing unfavorably
- wittering1/5
wittering
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- lacquering1/5
lacquer
- noun a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish
- noun a hard glossy coating
- noun a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish
- outmaneuvering1/5
outmaneuver
- verb defeat by more skillful maneuvering
outmanoeuvre; outsmart.
- The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans
- My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations
- verb defeat by more skillful maneuvering
- iring1/5
iring
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- printability1/5
- recontouring1/5
- antineutrinos1/5
antineutrino
- noun the antiparticle of a neutrino
- noun the antiparticle of a neutrino
- ocarina1/5
ocarina
- noun egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
sweet potato.
- noun egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
- satisfactoriness1/5
satisfactoriness
- noun the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement
- noun the quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement
- sprinklered1/5
sprinkler
- noun mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden
- noun mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden
- unfalteringly1/5
unfalteringly
- adverb with determination; in a determined manner
determinedly; unshakably.
- he clung to the past determinedly
- adverb with determination; in a determined manner
- nerine1/5
nerine
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- carination1/5
- springe1/5
springe
A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
- hyperinflated1/5
- huckstering1/5
huckster
- noun a seller of shoddy goods
cheap-jack.
- noun a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
- noun a seller of shoddy goods
- atabrine1/5
atabrine
- noun a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
quinacrine hydrochloride; quinacrine; mepacrine.
- noun a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
- handsprings1/5
handspring
- noun an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again
- noun an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again
- belabouring1/5
belabour
- verb to work at or to absurd length
belabor.
- belabor the obvious
- verb beat soundly
belabor.
- verb to work at or to absurd length
- flittering1/5
flitter
- verb move back and forth very rapidly
flicker; quiver; flutter; waver.
- the candle flickered
- verb move back and forth very rapidly
- lothringen1/5
lothringen
- noun an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits
Lorraine.
- noun an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits
- casuarinas1/5
casuarina
- noun any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood
- noun any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood
- brinksmanship1/5
brinksmanship
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- juring1/5
juring
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- meering1/5
meer
Simple; unmixed. See Obs.Mere , a.
- sering1/5
sere
- adjective satellite (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
withered; sear; shriveled; shrivelled; dried-up.
- dried-up grass
- the desert was edged with sere vegetation
- shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
- withered vines
- adjective satellite (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
- grinter1/5
grint
3d pers. sing. pres. of Obs. Chaucer.Grind ,contr. from .grindeth
- chaffering1/5
chaffer
- verb wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
higgle; haggle; huckster.
- Let's not haggle over a few dollars
- verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
shoot the breeze; chit-chat; chew the fat; confab; chitchat; jaw; claver; visit; chat; natter; gossip; chatter; confabulate.
- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
- verb wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
- blisteringly1/5
blistering
- noun the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
vesiculation; vesication.
- verb get blistered
blister; vesicate.
- Her feet blistered during the long hike
- noun the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
- scaremongering1/5
scaremonger
- noun a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
stirrer.
- noun a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
- overprints1/5
overprint
- noun something added by overprinting
surprint.
- verb print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper
print over.
- noun something added by overprinting
- palustrine1/5
palustrine
Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy.
- photoprint1/5
photoprint
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- principial1/5
principial
Elementary. Obs. Bacon.
- trinkle1/5
trinkle
To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper. Obs. Wright.
- hoovering1/5
hoover
- noun United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
William Hoover; William Henry Hoover.
- noun United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
John Edgar Hoover; J. Edgar Hoover.
- noun United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
- auctioneering1/5
auctioneer
- noun an agent who conducts an auction
- verb sell at an auction
auction; auction off.
- noun an agent who conducts an auction
- superinfections1/5
superinfection
- noun infection that occurs while you are being treated for another infection
- noun infection that occurs while you are being treated for another infection
- chlorines1/5
chlorine
- noun a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)
atomic number 17; Cl.
- noun a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)
- spiering1/5
spiering
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- woolgathering1/5
woolgathering
- noun an idle indulgence in fantasy
- verb have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
woolgather; stargaze; dream; daydream.
- noun an idle indulgence in fantasy
- spacefaring1/5
spacefaring
- noun a voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere
space travel; spaceflight.
- noun a voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere
- nonjuring1/5
nonjuring
Not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or their successors.
- proctoring1/5
proctor
- noun someone who supervises (an examination)
monitor.
- verb watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating)
invigilate.
- noun someone who supervises (an examination)
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- fourdrinier1/5
fourdrinier
A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.
- piperine1/5
piperine
- noun derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper
piperin.
- noun derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper
- marineland1/5
marineland
- noun a commercial aquarium featuring trained dolphins
- noun a commercial aquarium featuring trained dolphins
- dechlorinated1/5
dechlorinate
- verb remove chlorine from (water)
- verb remove chlorine from (water)
- clarinettist1/5
clarinettist
- noun a musician who plays the clarinet
clarinetist.
- noun a musician who plays the clarinet
- chlorinating1/5
chlorinate
- verb treat or combine with chlorine
- chlorinated water
- verb disinfect with chlorine
- chlorinate a pool
- verb treat or combine with chlorine
- mitering1/5
miter
- noun joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
mitre; miter joint; mitre joint.
- noun the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made
mitre.
- he covered the miter with glue before making the joint
- noun joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
- enrapturing1/5
enrapture
- verb hold spellbound
enthrall; ravish; delight; enthral; enchant; transport.
- verb hold spellbound
- newspapering1/5
newspapering
- noun journalism practiced for the newspapers
- noun journalism practiced for the newspapers
- trinil1/5
trinil
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- marinduque1/5
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- squiring1/5
squire
- noun young nobleman attendant on a knight
- noun an English country landowner
- noun young nobleman attendant on a knight
- perjuring1/5
perjure
- verb knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury
- verb knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury
- signorino1/5
- springless1/5
springless
- adjective satellite lacking in elasticity or vitality
- went off with springless steps
- adjective satellite lacking in elasticity or vitality
- adjuring1/5
adjure
- verb ask for or request earnestly
beseech; bid; entreat; press; conjure.
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- verb command solemnly
- verb ask for or request earnestly
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- consideringly1/5
consider
- verb deem to be
reckon; see; regard; view.
- She views this quite differently from me
- I consider her to be shallow
- I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do
- verb give careful consideration to
study.
- consider the possibility of moving
- verb deem to be
- alcheringa1/5
- portering1/5
porter
- noun a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- noun someone who guards an entrance
ostiary; gatekeeper; door guard; doorkeeper; doorman; hall porter.
- noun a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
- louring1/5
lour
- verb set lower
lower.
- lower a rating
- lower expectations
- verb make lower or quieter
lower; turn down.
- turn down the volume of a radio
- verb set lower
- floorings1/5
flooring
- noun the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
floor.
- they needed rugs to cover the bare floors
- we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent
- noun building material used in laying floors
- noun the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
- holstering1/5
holster
- noun a sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun
- noun a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools
- noun a sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun
- beringei1/5
beringei
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- suring1/5
sure
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
certain.
- felt certain of success
- was sure (or certain) she had seen it
- was very sure in his beliefs
- sure of her friends
- adjective satellite exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
certain.
- be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through
- be sure to lock the doors
- adjective having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- klipspringer1/5
klipspringer
(Zoöl.) A small, graceful South African antelope ( Nanotragus oreotragus ), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called alsokainsi .Written also klippspringer .
- miring1/5
mire
- noun a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
quag; morass; slack; quagmire.
- noun deep soft mud in water or slush
slop.
- they waded through the slop
- noun a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- shrined1/5
shrine
- noun a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
- verb enclose in a shrine
enshrine.
- the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral
- noun a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
- thuringians1/5
thuringian
Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people. --n. A native, or inhabitant of Thuringia.
- layerings1/5
layer
- noun single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
bed.
- slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach
- noun a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
- noun single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
- disinterring1/5
disinter
- verb dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
exhume.
- verb dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
- syringed1/5
syringe
- noun a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
- verb spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe
- noun a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids
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- financiering1/5
financier
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
moneyman.
- verb conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
- noun a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
- mishearing1/5
mishear
To hear incorrectly.
- torinese1/5
torinese
Of or pertaining to Turin. --n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Turin; collectively, the people of Turin.
- scorings1/5
scoring
- noun evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
marking; grading.
- what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do
- verb gain points in a game
rack up; tally; score; hit.
- The home team scored many times
- He hit a home run
- He hit .300 in the past season
- noun evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
- passerina1/5
passerina
- noun a genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings
genus Passerina.
- noun a genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings
- myringoplasty1/5
myringoplasty
- noun surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graft
- noun surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graft
- compering1/5
compere
- noun British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc
- verb act as a master of ceremonies
emcee.
- noun British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc
- cantilevering1/5
cantilever
- noun projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
- verb project as a cantilever
- noun projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
- reacquiring1/5
reacquiring
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- naringenin1/5
- recoloring1/5
recoloring
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- smatterings1/5
smattering
- noun a small number or amount
handful.
- only a handful of responses were received
- noun a slight or superficial understanding of a subject
- noun a small number or amount
- neurinomas1/5
neurinoma
- noun tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve
- noun tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve
- aparine1/5
aparine
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- remastering1/5
remastering
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- perineurial1/5
perineurial
(Anat.) Surrounding nerves or nerve fibers; of or pertaining to the perineurium.
- upspringing1/5
- farinas1/5
farina
- noun fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings
- noun fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings
- inuring1/5
inure
- verb cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
harden; indurate.
- He was inured to the cold
- verb cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
- grindings1/5
grinding
- noun material resulting from the process of grinding
- vegetable grindings clogged the drain
- noun a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
- noun material resulting from the process of grinding
- erinys1/5
erinys
(Class. Myth.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified. Written also Erinnys .
- bestirring1/5
bestir
- verb become active
rouse.
- He finally bestirred himself
- verb become active
- tigrina1/5
tigrina
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- fibrine1/5
fibrine
Belonging to the fibers of plants.
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- overinvest1/5
overinvest
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- mortaring1/5
mortar
- noun a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
howitzer; trench mortar.
- noun used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- noun a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
- trinary1/5
trinary
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- citrina1/5
citrina
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- shrinkable1/5
shrinkable
- adjective capable of being shrunk
- a shrinkable fabric
- adjective capable of being shrunk
- ferine1/5
ferine
- adjective satellite wild and menacing
savage; feral.
- a pack of feral dogs
- adjective satellite wild and menacing
- banteringly1/5
banteringly
- adverb in a bantering fashion
tongue-in-cheek.
- he spoke to her banteringly
- adverb in a bantering fashion
- carinal1/5
carinal
- adjective relating to or resembling a carina
- adjective relating to or resembling a carina
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- narine1/5
narine
Of or belonging to the nostrils.
- amerinds1/5
amerind
- noun any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
Indian; American Indian; American-Indian language; Amerindian language.
- adjective of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages
Native American; Indian; Amerindic.
- Native American religions
- Indian arrowheads
- noun any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
- clarinetists1/5
clarinetist
- noun a musician who plays the clarinet
clarinettist.
- noun a musician who plays the clarinet
- andrianampoinimerina1/5
andrianampoinimerina
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- telemetering1/5
telemeter
- noun any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer
- noun any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer
- terrines1/5
terrine
- noun a pate or fancy meatloaf baked in an earthenware casserole
- noun a pate or fancy meatloaf baked in an earthenware casserole
- inspiringly1/5
inspiring
- adjective stimulating or exalting to the spirit
- verb heighten or intensify
invigorate; enliven; animate; inspire; exalt.
- These paintings exalt the imagination
- adjective stimulating or exalting to the spirit
- mandarinate1/5
mandarinate
The collective body of officials or persons of rank in China. S. W. Williams.
- negrine1/5
- nondrinking1/5
- farinosa1/5
farinosa
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- misremembering1/5
misremember
- verb remember incorrectly
- I misremembered the date
- verb remember incorrectly
- methedrine1/5
methedrine
- noun an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
chicken feed; methamphetamine; trash; shabu; ice; chalk; glass; crank; meth; methamphetamine hydrochloride; deoxyephedrine.
- noun an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- surinamensis1/5
surinamensis
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- flowerings1/5
flowering
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
efflorescence; blossoming; florescence; anthesis; inflorescence.
- noun a developmental process
unfolding.
- the flowering of antebellum culture
- noun the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
- cloistering1/5
cloister
- noun residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
religious residence.
- noun a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
- noun residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- saccharina1/5
saccharina
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- shrinkages1/5
shrinkage
- noun process or result of becoming less or smaller
shrinking.
- the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage
- noun the amount by which something shrinks
- noun process or result of becoming less or smaller
- shatteringly1/5
shattering
- noun the act of breaking something into small pieces
smashing.
- verb break into many pieces
shatter.
- The wine glass shattered
- noun the act of breaking something into small pieces
- beleaguering1/5
beleaguering
- noun the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
siege; besieging; military blockade.
- verb annoy persistently
badger; beleaguer; pester; bug; tease.
- The children teased the boy because of his stammer
- noun the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
- oystering1/5
oyster
- noun marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
- noun edible body of any of numerous oysters
huitre.
- noun marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
- fibrinopeptide1/5
fibrinopeptide
- noun peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood
- noun peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood
- teleprinters1/5
teleprinter
- noun a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
telex machine; teletype machine; teletypewriter; telex.
- noun a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
- cosponsoring1/5
cosponsor
- verb sponsor together with another sponsor
- verb sponsor together with another sponsor
- trinchera1/5
trinchera
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- rescattering1/5
- erinaceus1/5
erinaceus
- noun type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
genus Erinaceus.
- noun type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs
- aminopyrine1/5
aminopyrine
- noun a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic
amidopyrine.
- noun a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic
- endocrinal1/5
endocrinal
- adjective of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
endocrine.
- endocrine system
- adjective of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
- dechlorinating1/5
dechlorinate
- verb remove chlorine from (water)
- verb remove chlorine from (water)
- crinoidea1/5
crinoidea
(Zoöl.) A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea ,Cystoidea ,Comatula .
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- sectoring1/5
sector
- noun a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
- noun a social group that forms part of the society or the economy
- the public sector
- noun a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle
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- naringin1/5
- tyring1/5
tyre
- noun a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
Sur.
- noun hoop that covers a wheel
tire.
- automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air
- noun a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
- numberings1/5
numbering
- noun a numbered list
enumeration.
- verb add up in number or quantity
amount; total; come; number; add up.
- The bills amounted to $2,000
- The bill came to $2,000
- noun a numbered list
- alizarine1/5
alizarine
- noun an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing
alizarin.
- noun an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing
- orinase1/5
orinase
- noun sulfonylurea; an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Orinase) used in the treatment of adult-onset diabetes mellitus
tolbutamide.
- noun sulfonylurea; an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Orinase) used in the treatment of adult-onset diabetes mellitus
- stringybark1/5
stringybark
- noun any of several Australian eucalypts having fibrous inner bark
- noun any of several Australian eucalypts having fibrous inner bark
- porringers1/5
porringer
- noun a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle)
- the child was eating pottage from a porringer
- noun a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle)
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- hamstringing1/5
hamstring
- noun one of the tendons at the back of the knee
hamstring tendon.
- verb make ineffective or powerless
- The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules
- noun one of the tendons at the back of the knee
- stringless1/5
stringless
Having no strings. His tongue is now a stringless instrument. Shak.
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- peremptoriness1/5
peremptoriness
The quality of being peremptory; positiveness.
- brinjals1/5
brinjal
- noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
aubergine; eggplant; eggplant bush; Solanum melongena; mad apple; garden egg.
- noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
- discolouring1/5
discolour
- verb change color, often in an undesired manner
color; discolor; colour.
- The shirts discolored
- verb change color, often in an undesired manner
- stirringly1/5
stirringly
- adverb in a stirring manner
- he talked stirringly about his days during the war
- adverb in a stirring manner
- endocrines1/5
endocrine
- noun the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
hormone; internal secretion.
- noun any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
ductless gland; endocrine gland.
- noun the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
- repowering1/5
repowering
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- vetturino1/5
vetturino
One who lets or drives a vettura.
- geoengineering1/5
geoengineering
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- labyrinthian1/5
labyrinthian
- adjective satellite resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
labyrinthine; mazy.
- a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths
- adjective satellite resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
- secondariness1/5
secondariness
The state of being secondary. Full of a girl's sweet sense of secondariness to the object of her love. Mrs. Oliphant.
- kirinyaga1/5
kirinyaga
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- spiring1/5
spire
- noun a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
steeple.
- noun a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
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spore
- noun a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
- a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes
- noun a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
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hankering
- noun a yearning for something or to do something
yen.
- verb desire strongly or persistently
yearn; long; hanker.
- noun a yearning for something or to do something
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- utterings1/5
utter
- verb articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
give tongue to; express; verbalise; verbalize.
- She expressed her anger
- He uttered a curse
- verb express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
let loose; emit; let out.
- She let out a big heavy sigh
- He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand
- verb articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
- sedentariness1/5
sedentariness
Quality of being sedentary.
- unhearing1/5
unhearing
- adjective satellite totally deaf; unable to hear anything
profoundly deaf; stone-deaf; deaf as a post.
- adjective satellite totally deaf; unable to hear anything
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complementariness
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- chagrins1/5
chagrin
- noun strong feelings of embarrassment
mortification; humiliation.
- verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
abase; mortify; humble; humiliate.
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
- noun strong feelings of embarrassment
- vapouring1/5
vapour
- noun a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
vapor.
- noun the process of becoming a vapor
evaporation; vaporisation; vaporization; vapor.
- noun a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
- paltriness1/5
paltriness
- noun worthlessness due to insignificance
sorriness.
- noun worthlessness due to insignificance
- serinus1/5
serinus
- noun Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins
genus Serinus.
- noun Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins
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- crine1/5
crine
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- londrina1/5
londrina
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- nonbearing1/5
nonbearing
- adjective (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own
- they took out a nonbearing wall
- adjective (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own
- eserine1/5
eserine
(Chem.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.
- checkering1/5
checker
- noun an attendant who checks coats or baggage
- noun one who checks the correctness of something
- noun an attendant who checks coats or baggage
- shrinkwrapped1/5
shrinkwrap
- verb wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling
- shrinkwrap the CDs
- verb wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling
- drinkables1/5
drinkable
- noun any liquid suitable for drinking
beverage; potable; drink.
- may I take your beverage order?
- adjective suitable for drinking
potable.
- noun any liquid suitable for drinking
- coopering1/5
cooper
- noun United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883)
Peter Cooper.
- noun United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961)
Gary Cooper; Frank Cooper.
- noun United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883)
- rechartering1/5
recharter
A second charter; a renewal of a charter. D. Webster.
- underinsurance1/5
- shrinker1/5
shrink
- noun a physician who specializes in psychiatry
head-shrinker; psychiatrist.
- verb wither, as with a loss of moisture
wither; shrivel; shrivel up.
- The fruit dried and shriveled
- noun a physician who specializes in psychiatry
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blueprint
- noun something intended as a guide for making something else
pattern; design.
- a blueprint for a house
- a pattern for a skirt
- noun photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
- noun something intended as a guide for making something else
- bittering1/5
bitter
- noun English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
- noun the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
bitterness.
- noun English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
- trink1/5
trink
A kind of fishing net. Obs. Crabb.
- orneriness1/5
orneriness
- noun meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
cussedness.
- noun meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
- unmooring1/5
unmoor
(Naut.) (a) To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors. (b) To loose from anchorage. See Moor , v. t.
- vomerine1/5
vomerine
Of or pertaining to the vomer.
- carinate1/5
carinate
- noun birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles
carinate bird; flying bird.
- adjective having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
ridged; keeled; carinated.
- a carinate sepal
- noun birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles
- waverings1/5
wavering
- noun indecision in speech or action
vacillation; hesitation.
- noun the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
fluctuation.
- he kept a record of price fluctuations
- noun indecision in speech or action
- overdrinking1/5
overdrink
To drink to excess.
- antitrinitarian1/5
antitrinitarian
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- ottorino1/5
ottorino
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- cellaring1/5
cellaring
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- regrinding1/5
regrinding
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- grindingly1/5
grinding
- noun material resulting from the process of grinding
- vegetable grindings clogged the drain
- noun a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
- noun material resulting from the process of grinding
- scourings1/5
scouring
- noun moving over territory to search for something
- scouring the entire area revealed nothing
- noun the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
scrub; scrubbing.
- noun moving over territory to search for something
- voiceprints1/5
voiceprint
- noun biometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice
- voiceprints are uniquely characteristic of individual speakers
- noun biometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice
- chlorinator1/5
chlorinator
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- cumbering1/5
cumber
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain.
- verb hold back
- saccharinum1/5
saccharinum
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- nonflowering1/5
nonflowering
- adjective without flower or bloom and not producing seeds
flowerless.
- a flowerless plant
- adjective without flower or bloom and not producing seeds
- chlorinity1/5
chlorinity
- noun a measure of the quantity of chlorine or other halides in water (especially seawater)
- noun a measure of the quantity of chlorine or other halides in water (especially seawater)
- grindelia1/5
grindelia
(Med.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed ( Grindelia ), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.
- chorine1/5
chorine
- noun a woman who dances in a chorus line
chorus girl; showgirl.
- noun a woman who dances in a chorus line
- trinitrobenzene1/5
- martyring1/5
martyr
- noun one who suffers for the sake of principle
sufferer.
- noun one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
- noun one who suffers for the sake of principle
- ottering1/5
otter
- noun the fur of an otter
- noun freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
- noun the fur of an otter
- perinatologist1/5
perinatologist
- noun an obstetrician specializing in perinatology
- noun an obstetrician specializing in perinatology
- embowering1/5
embower
- verb enclose in a bower
bower.
- verb enclose in a bower
- overinvested1/5
overinvested
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- perinde1/5
- outscoring1/5
outscore
- verb score more points than one's opponents
outpoint.
- verb score more points than one's opponents
- shirring1/5
shirring
- noun baking shelled eggs
- verb bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set
shirr.
- shirr the eggs
- noun baking shelled eggs
- victorines1/5
- thuringer1/5
- attiring1/5
attire
- noun clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
dress; garb.
- formal attire
- battle dress
- verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
rig out; dress up; fig out; overdress; trick up; deck out; prink; tog out; get up; fig up; deck up; fancy up; tog up; gussy up; trick out.
- She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
- The young girls were all fancied up for the party
- noun clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
- printworks1/5
- mepacrine1/5
mepacrine
- noun a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
quinacrine hydrochloride; quinacrine; Atabrine.
- noun a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
- fringillidae1/5
fringillidae
- noun finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
family Fringillidae.
- noun finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
- gambrinus1/5
- springhead1/5
springhead
A fountain or source.
- pelerine1/5
pelerine
A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind.
- paltering1/5
paltering
- noun a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
fibbing.
- verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
beat around the bush; equivocate; tergiversate; palter; prevaricate.
- noun a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
- vesicouterine1/5
vesicouterine
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the uterus.
- earthshattering1/5
- sisyrinchium1/5
sisyrinchium
- noun chiefly North American grasslike herbs
genus Sisyrinchium.
- noun chiefly North American grasslike herbs
- scariness1/5
scariness
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- whisperingly1/5
whispering
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
whisper; rustle; rustling.
- noun speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
whisper; susurration; voicelessness.
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- helleborine1/5
helleborine
- noun any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
rattlesnake plantain.
- noun any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
- noun any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
- twitterings1/5
twitter
- noun a series of chirps
chirrup.
- verb make high-pitched sounds, as of birds
chitter.
- noun a series of chirps
- stringlike1/5
- beavering1/5
beaver
- noun the soft brown fur of the beaver
beaver fur.
- noun a native or resident of Oregon
Oregonian.
- noun the soft brown fur of the beaver
- palavering1/5
palaver
- noun flattery intended to persuade
cajolery; blandishment.
- noun loud and confused and empty talk
rhetoric; empty talk; empty words; hot air.
- mere rhetoric
- noun flattery intended to persuade
- adulterine1/5
adulterine
- adjective satellite conceived in adultery
- adjective satellite conceived in adultery
- degendering1/5
degender
To degenerate. Obs. "Degendering to hate." Spenser.He degenereth into beastliness. Joye.
- sharings1/5
sharing
- noun using or enjoying something jointly with others
- noun having in common
- the sharing of electrons creates molecules
- noun using or enjoying something jointly with others
- trinal1/5
trinal
Threefold. "Trinal unity." Milton.In their trinal triplicities on high. Spenser.
- urinalyses1/5
urinalysis
- noun (medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis)
uranalysis.
- noun (medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis)
- hoofprint1/5
hoofprint
- noun a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal
hoof mark; hoof-mark.
- noun a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal
- wringers1/5
wringer
- noun a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed
- noun a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed
- springtail1/5
springtail
- noun any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water
collembolan.
- noun any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water
- learing1/5
lear
- noun British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
Edward Lear.
- noun the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
King Lear.
- noun British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
- trinuclear1/5
trinuclear
- adjective having three nuclei
trinucleated; trinucleate.
- adjective having three nuclei
- waveringly1/5
wavering
- noun indecision in speech or action
vacillation; hesitation.
- noun the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
fluctuation.
- he kept a record of price fluctuations
- noun indecision in speech or action
- springes1/5
spring
- noun the season of growth
springtime.
- the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring
- he will hold office until the spring of next year
- noun a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- the spring was broken
- noun the season of growth
- overbearingly1/5
overbearingly
- adverb in an overbearing manner
- adverb in an overbearing manner
- fruitbearing1/5
- noninterfering1/5
- furbearing1/5
- crinoidal1/5
crinoidal
(Zoöl.) Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing, crinoids.
- fibrinolysin1/5
fibrinolysin
- noun an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots
plasmin.
- noun an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots
- shudderings1/5
shudder
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
frisson; quiver; thrill; shiver; tingle; chill.
- a frisson of surprise shot through him
- noun an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
tremor.
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- maunderings1/5
maunder
- verb wander aimlessly
- verb talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
mussitate; mumble; mutter.
- verb wander aimlessly
- superintelligent1/5
- trinitro1/5
trinitro
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- trailering1/5
trailer
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
poke; dawdler; laggard; drone; lagger.
- noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
preview; prevue.
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- bedspring1/5
bedspring
- noun (usually plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed
- noun (usually plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed
- indoctrinates1/5
indoctrinate
- verb teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
- The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples
- verb teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
- superintendencies1/5
superintendency
The act of superintending; superintendence. Boyle.
- rehearings1/5
rehearing
- noun the act of hearing again
relistening.
- verb hear or try a court case anew
retry; rehear.
- noun the act of hearing again
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- lutestring1/5
lutestring
A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon. Goldsmith.
- curring1/5
cur
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
mutt; mongrel.
- noun a cowardly and despicable person
- noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed
- retrolabyrinthine1/5
retrolabyrinthine
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- transmarine1/5
transmarine
Lying or being beyond the sea. Howell.
- citrinum1/5
citrinum
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- blunderingly1/5
blunder
- noun an embarrassing mistake
botch; boo-boo; flub; blooper; foul-up; pratfall; boner; fuckup; bungle; bloomer.
- verb commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
drop the ball; goof; boob; sin.
- I blundered during the job interview
- noun an embarrassing mistake
- aquamarines1/5
aquamarine
- noun a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color
- noun a shade of blue tinged with green
turquoise; aqua; greenish blue; cobalt blue; peacock blue.
- noun a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color
- perforins1/5
- porporino1/5
porporino
A composition of quicksilver, tin, and sulphur, forming a yellow powder, sometimes used by mediæval artists, for the sake of economy, instead of gold. Fairholt.
- clarine1/5
clarine
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- coffering1/5
coffer
- noun an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
lacuna; caisson.
- noun a chest especially for storing valuables
- noun an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
- remeasuring1/5
remeasure
To measure again; to retrace. They followed him . . . The way they came, their steps remeasured right. Fairfax.
- coppering1/5
copper
- noun a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
Cu; atomic number 29.
- noun a copper penny
- noun a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
- uriniferous1/5
uriniferous
Bearing or conveying urine; as, .uriniferous tubules
- clarina1/5
- sapphirine1/5
sapphirine
- noun a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks
- adjective made of or resembling sapphire
- noun a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks
- holocrine1/5
holocrine
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- laurina1/5
laurina
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- cankering1/5
canker
- noun a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark
- noun an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
canker sore.
- noun a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark
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- assuringly1/5
assuring
- adjective satellite giving confidence
- verb make certain of
insure; assure; ensure; secure; guarantee.
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- adjective satellite giving confidence
- underinflated1/5
- rescoring1/5
- cypriniformes1/5
cypriniformes
- noun an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi
order Cypriniformes.
- noun an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi
- stringcourse1/5
- chorines1/5
chorine
- noun a woman who dances in a chorus line
chorus girl; showgirl.
- noun a woman who dances in a chorus line
- nondrinker1/5
nondrinker
- noun a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
abstainer; abstinent.
- noun a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
- shiverings1/5
shivering
- noun a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
chill.
- verb tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
shudder; throb; shiver; thrill.
- noun a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
- defibrinated1/5
- pourings1/5
pour
- verb cause to run
- pour water over the floor
- verb move in large numbers
swarm; teem; stream; pullulate.
- people were pouring out of the theater
- beggars pullulated in the plaza
- verb cause to run
- photoprinting1/5
- furriners1/5
foreigner
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
alien; noncitizen; outlander.
- noun someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
outsider.
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- ridesharing1/5
- urinogenital1/5
urinogenital
(Anat.) Pertaining to the urinary and genital organs; genitourinary; urogenital; as, the .urinogenital canal
- kashering1/5
- beggaring1/5
beggar
- noun a pauper who lives by begging
mendicant.
- verb be beyond the resources of
- This beggars description!
- noun a pauper who lives by begging
- offscourings1/5
offscouring
That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised. Lam. iii. 45.
- marinera1/5
- recentring1/5
- amorini1/5
- microprint1/5
- urinometer1/5
urinometer
A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine.
- sacring1/5
sacring
a. & n. from Sacre .
- urinous1/5
urinous
Of or pertaining to urine, or partaking of its qualities; having the character or odor of urine; similar to urine. Arbuthnot.
- gringas1/5
- mandarine1/5
- chlorinate1/5
chlorinate
- verb treat or combine with chlorine
- chlorinated water
- verb disinfect with chlorine
- chlorinate a pool
- verb treat or combine with chlorine
- quiveringly1/5
quivering
- noun a shaky motion
quiver; vibration; palpitation; trembling; shakiness; shaking.
- the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
- noun the act of vibrating
quiver; vibration.
- noun a shaky motion
- heparinoid1/5
heparinoid
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- stammerings1/5
stammer
- noun a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
stutter.
- verb speak haltingly
falter; bumble; stutter.
- The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room
- noun a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
- replastering1/5
- indenturing1/5
indenture
- noun a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
indentation.
- noun formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
- noun a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
- drinkings1/5
drinking
- noun the act of consuming liquids
imbibition; imbibing.
- noun the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
crapulence; drink; boozing; drunkenness.
- drink was his downfall
- noun the act of consuming liquids
- unstirring1/5
- chippering1/5
chipper
- adjective satellite having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
debonaire; debonair; jaunty.
- looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton
- life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds
- walked with a jaunty step
- a jaunty optimist
- adjective satellite having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
- neuroendocrinological1/5
neuroendocrinological
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- chatterings1/5
chattering
- noun the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
chatter.
- noun the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
chatter.
- noun the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
- pomarine1/5
pomarine
(Zoöl.) Having the nostril covered with a scale.
- quiverings1/5
quivering
- noun a shaky motion
quiver; vibration; palpitation; trembling; shakiness; shaking.
- the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
- noun the act of vibrating
quiver; vibration.
- noun a shaky motion
- sandpapering1/5
sandpaper
- noun stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand
emery paper.
- verb rub with sandpaper
sand.
- sandpaper the wooden surface
- noun stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand
- trinucleotides1/5
- aminopurine1/5
- antitrinitarians1/5
- reinsuring1/5
reinsure
- verb provide additional insurance for
- verb insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed
- verb provide additional insurance for
- cinnabarinus1/5
cinnabarinus
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- batterings1/5
battering
- noun the act of subjecting to strong attack
banging.
- verb strike against forcefully
batter; knock about; buffet.
- Winds buffeted the tent
- noun the act of subjecting to strong attack
- longshoring1/5
longshore
Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore. "Longshore thieves." R. Browning.
- quarrington1/5
- sheepshearing1/5
sheepshearing
- noun the time or season when sheep are sheared
- noun a festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared
- noun the time or season when sheep are sheared
- marinates1/5
marinate
- verb soak in marinade
marinade.
- marinade herring
- verb soak in marinade
- unchlorinated1/5
- scrinium1/5
- shrinkingly1/5
shrinking
- noun process or result of becoming less or smaller
shrinkage.
- the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage
- noun the act of becoming less
- noun process or result of becoming less or smaller
- scandalmongering1/5
scandalmongering
- noun spreading malicious gossip
- adjective satellite typical of tabloids
sensationalistic; yellow.
- sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal
- yellow press
- noun spreading malicious gossip
- untethering1/5
- bootprints1/5
- bullrings1/5
bullring
- noun a stadium where bullfights take place
- noun a stadium where bullfights take place
- unstring1/5
unstring
- verb remove the strings from
- unstring my guitar
- verb remove the strings from
- pterins1/5
- unanswering1/5
- shearings1/5
shearing
- noun removing by cutting off or clipping
- verb cut with shears
shear.
- shear hedges
- noun removing by cutting off or clipping
- labyrinthodonts1/5
labyrinthodont
- noun an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia
- noun an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia
- glitteringly1/5
glittering
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
glittery; fulgid; glistering; scintillant; coruscant; sparkly; aglitter; glinting; scintillating.
- bugle beads all aglitter
- glinting eyes
- glinting water
- his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent
- shop window full of glittering Christmas trees
- glittery costume jewelry
- scintillant mica
- the scintillating stars
- a dress with sparkly sequins
- `glistering' is an archaic term
- verb be shiny, as if wet
shine; glint; glitter; glisten; gleam.
- His eyes were glistening
- adjective satellite having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
- peperino1/5
peperino
(Geol.) A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, scoria, cinders, etc.
- marination1/5
marination
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- reupholstering1/5
reupholstering
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- prinia1/5
prinia
- noun a genus of Sylviidae
genus Prinia.
- noun a genus of Sylviidae
- cheeringly1/5
cheering
- noun encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
shouting.
- it's all over but the shouting
- verb give encouragement to
embolden; cheer; recreate; hearten.
- noun encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
- hairing1/5
hair
- noun a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
- he combed his hair
- each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells
- noun a very small distance or space
hair's-breadth; whisker; hairsbreadth.
- they escaped by a hair's-breadth
- they lost the election by a whisker
- noun a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
- immuring1/5
immure
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
incarcerate; jug; remand; lag; gaol; jail; put away; imprison; put behind bars.
- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
- verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
- shiveringly1/5
shivering
- noun a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
chill.
- verb tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
shudder; throb; shiver; thrill.
- noun a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
- stammeringly1/5
stammer
- noun a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
stutter.
- verb speak haltingly
falter; bumble; stutter.
- The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room
- noun a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
- offscouring1/5
offscouring
That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised. Lam. iii. 45.
- antiwrinkle1/5
- counterinsurgents1/5
counterinsurgent
- adjective of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- adjective of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- styring1/5
- afibrinogenemia1/5
afibrinogenemia
- noun the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding
- noun the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding
- lightering1/5
lighter
- noun a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
ignitor; igniter.
- noun a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
light; ignitor; igniter.
- do you have a light?
- noun a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
- zebrina1/5
- exemplariness1/5
exemplariness
The state or quality of being exemplary; fitness to be an example.
- wirings1/5
wiring
- noun a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity
- noun the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device
- noun a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity
- princelet1/5
princelet
A petty prince. R.
- superinfected1/5
superinfect
- verb infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms
- verb infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms
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casuarinaceae
- noun one genus: genus Casuarina
family Casuarinaceae.
- noun one genus: genus Casuarina
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unlimber
(Mil.) To detach the limber from; as, to .unlimber a gun
- unfettering1/5
unfetter
To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to .unfetter the mind
- fleering1/5
fleer
- noun someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
fugitive; runaway.
- fugitives from the sweatshops
- noun contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words
- noun someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
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fluster
- noun a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
perturbation.
- verb be flustered; behave in a confused manner
- noun a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
- postering1/5
poster
- noun a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
notice; placard; posting; bill; card.
- a poster advertised the coming attractions
- noun someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards
bill poster; bill sticker.
- noun a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
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pillaring
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- neurocrine1/5
- transferrins1/5
transferrin
- noun a globulin in blood plasma that carries iron
beta globulin; siderophilin.
- noun a globulin in blood plasma that carries iron
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indoctrination
- noun teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically
- noun teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically
- hotsprings1/5
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charioteer
- noun the driver of a chariot
- noun a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way
Auriga.
- noun the driver of a chariot
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- prink1/5
prink
- verb dress very carefully and in a finicky manner
- verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
rig out; dress up; fig out; overdress; trick up; deck out; tog out; get up; fig up; deck up; fancy up; attire; tog up; gussy up; trick out.
- She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
- The young girls were all fancied up for the party
- verb dress very carefully and in a finicky manner
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colubrina
- noun mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits
genus Colubrina.
- noun mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits
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nature
- noun the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
- it is the nature of fire to burn
- the true nature of jealousy
- noun a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
- the laws of nature
- nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women
- noun the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
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schoolmaster
- noun presiding officer of a school
headmaster; master.
- noun any person (or institution) who acts as an educator
- noun presiding officer of a school
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fibrinopeptide
- noun peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood
- noun peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood
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- sistering1/5
sister
- noun a female person who has the same parents as another person
sis.
- my sister married a musician
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address)
- the Sisters taught her to love God
- noun a female person who has the same parents as another person
- pebrine1/5
pebrine
An epidemic disease of the silkworm, characterized by the presence of minute vibratory corpuscles in the blood.
- inpouring1/5
inpouring
- noun an inflow
inrush; inpour.
- an inpouring of spiritual comfort
- adjective satellite pouring inward
- inpouring throngs of immigrants
- noun an inflow
- soring1/5
sore
- noun an open skin infection
- adjective satellite hurting
raw; sensitive; tender.
- the tender spot on his jaw
- noun an open skin infection
- vaporing1/5
vaporing
- noun an instance of boastful talk
crow; crowing; bragging; brag; line-shooting; gasconade.
- his brag is worse than his fight
- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
- noun an instance of boastful talk
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minor
- noun a young person of either sex
tiddler; nipper; tyke; small fry; nestling; youngster; child; fry; shaver; tike; kid.
- she writes books for children
- they're just kids
- `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
- adjective of lesser importance or stature or rank
- a minor poet
- had a minor part in the play
- a minor official
- many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen
- minor back roads
- noun a young person of either sex
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earing
(Naut.) (a) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called head earing .(b) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing .(c) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.
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wearing
- noun (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
eating away; eroding; erosion; wearing away.
- noun the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
wear.
- she bought it for everyday wear
- noun (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
- murthering1/5
murder
- noun unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
slaying; execution.
- verb kill intentionally and with premeditation
off; slay; dispatch; remove; hit; bump off; polish off.
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
- noun unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
- trining1/5
trine
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
deuce-ace; trio; triplet; tercet; tierce; troika; three; trey; 3; ternion; ternary; triad; threesome; leash; III; trinity; terzetto.
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
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tinker
- noun a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
tinkerer.
- noun formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
- noun a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
- wildering1/5
wild
- noun a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
natural state; state of nature.
- he lived in the wild
- they collected mushrooms in the wild
- noun a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
wilderness.
- it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers
- noun a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
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- whickering1/5
whicker
- noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse
whinny; nicker; neigh.
- verb make a characteristic sound, of a horse
whinny; nicker; neigh.
- noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse
- pilferings1/5
pilfer
- verb make off with belongings of others
filch; pinch; abstract; swipe; sneak; purloin; hook; lift; snarf; cabbage; nobble.
- verb make off with belongings of others
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stationariness
- noun remaining in place
fixedness; immobility.
- noun remaining in place
- derringers1/5
derringer
- noun a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
- noun a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
- fieriness1/5
fieriness
- noun the heat or the color of fire
red heat.
- noun a passionate and quick-tempered nature
- noun the heat or the color of fire
- squarings1/5
square
- noun (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
foursquare.
- you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides
- noun the product of two equal terms
second power.
- nine is the second power of three
- gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
- noun (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
- outmanoeuvring1/5
outmanoeuvre
- verb defeat by more skillful maneuvering
outmaneuver; outsmart.
- The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans
- My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations
- verb defeat by more skillful maneuvering
- chirring1/5
chirr
- verb make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
- verb make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
- cyanohydrins1/5
cyanohydrin
- noun any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom
- noun any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom
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cyprinodontidae
- noun large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies
family Cyprinodontidae.
- noun large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies
- cringingly1/5
cringing
- adjective satellite totally submissive
wormlike; grovelling; groveling; wormy.
- verb draw back, as with fear or pain
squinch; flinch; recoil; wince; quail; cringe; shrink; funk.
- she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
- adjective satellite totally submissive
- foddering1/5
fodder
- noun soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
fresh fish; cannon fodder.
- noun coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
- noun soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
- blethering1/5
blether
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
prattle; chin music; prate; idle talk.
- verb to talk foolishly
babble; blather; smatter; blither.
- The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
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furriner
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
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syringa
- noun large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
mock orange; Philadelphus coronarius.
- noun genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs
genus Syringa.
- noun large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
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restringing
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- recurringly1/5
recurring
- adjective satellite coming back
revenant.
- a revenant ghost
- verb happen or occur again
repeat; recur.
- This is a recurring story
- adjective satellite coming back
- vaporings1/5
vaporing
- noun an instance of boastful talk
crow; crowing; bragging; brag; line-shooting; gasconade.
- his brag is worse than his fight
- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
- noun an instance of boastful talk
- detering1/5
deter
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
discourage.
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
- verb turn away from by persuasion
dissuade.
- Negative campaigning will only dissuade people
- verb try to prevent; show opposition to
- zippering1/5
zipper
- noun a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
slide fastener; zip fastener; zip.
- verb close with a zipper
zip up; zip.
- Zip up your jacket--it's cold
- noun a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
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- fringy1/5
fringy
- adjective satellite at or constituting a border or edge
marginal.
- the marginal strip of beach
- adjective satellite at or constituting a border or edge
- conjurings1/5
conjuring
- noun calling up a spirit or devil
conjuration; conjury; invocation.
- verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
arouse; raise; invoke; conjure up; bring up; call down; call forth; evoke; put forward; stir; conjure.
- raise the specter of unemployment
- he conjured wild birds in the air
- call down the spirits from the mountain
- noun calling up a spirit or devil
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- warfaring1/5
warfare
- noun the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
war.
- thousands of people were killed in the war
- noun an active struggle between competing entities
war.
- a price war
- a war of wits
- diplomatic warfare
- noun the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
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unaspiring
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- springtimes1/5
springtime
- noun the season of growth
spring.
- the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring
- he will hold office until the spring of next year
- noun the season of growth
- talebearing1/5
talebearing
- adjective satellite prone to communicate confidential information
leaky; tattling; blabbermouthed.
- adjective satellite prone to communicate confidential information
- crinita1/5
crinita
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
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- cyphering1/5
cypher
- noun a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
0; zero; nought; cipher.
- noun a quantity of no importance
aught; zip; nil; nada; zero; nix; cipher; zilch; goose egg; zippo; nothing; naught; null.
- it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
- reduced to nil all the work we had done
- we racked up a pathetic goose egg
- it was all for naught
- I didn't hear zilch about it
- noun a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
- restring1/5
restring
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- figurings1/5
figuring
- noun problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
calculation; reckoning; computation.
- verb judge to be probable
calculate; figure; reckon; forecast; estimate; count on.
- noun problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
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jigger
- noun a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
shot glass; pony.
- noun any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
jiggermast.
- noun a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
- oaring1/5
oar
- noun an implement used to propel or steer a boat
- noun an implement used to propel or steer a boat
- unmurmuring1/5
- overinvesting1/5
overinvesting
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- springall1/5
springall
An active, springly young man. Obs. "There came two springals of full tender years." Spenser.Joseph, when he was sold to Potiphar, that great man, was a fair young springall. Latimer.
- dechlorinate1/5
dechlorinate
- verb remove chlorine from (water)
- verb remove chlorine from (water)
- merriness1/5
merriness
- noun the trait of merry joking
jocoseness; humorousness; jocosity.
- noun the trait of merry joking
- farinacea1/5
farinacea
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- superinduce1/5
superinduce
To bring in, or upon, as an addition to something. Long custom of sinning superinduces upon the soul new and absurd desires. South.
- rumormongering1/5
rumormonger
- noun a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
gossipmonger; rumourmonger; gossiper; newsmonger; gossip.
- noun a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
- gregarines1/5
gregarine
- noun vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates
- noun vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates
- crines1/5
crines
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- counterinsurgencies1/5
counterinsurgency
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
pacification.
- noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- sewering1/5
sewer
- noun a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
cloaca; sewerage.
- noun someone who sews
- a sewer of fine gowns
- noun a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
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brinded
- adjective satellite having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
brindle; tabby; brindled.
- adjective satellite having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
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yekaterinoslav
- noun city in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River; center of metallurgical industry
Dnipropetrovsk.
- noun city in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River; center of metallurgical industry
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- blunderings1/5
blunder
- noun an embarrassing mistake
botch; boo-boo; flub; blooper; foul-up; pratfall; boner; fuckup; bungle; bloomer.
- verb commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
drop the ball; goof; boob; sin.
- I blundered during the job interview
- noun an embarrassing mistake
- blarina1/5
blarina
- noun shrews
genus Blarina.
- noun shrews
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- whimperings1/5
whimper
- noun a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
whine.
- verb cry weakly or softly
pule; mewl; wail.
- she wailed with pain
- noun a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
- purins1/5
purins
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- stutterings1/5
stutter
- noun a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
stammer.
- verb speak haltingly
falter; bumble; stammer.
- The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room
- noun a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds
- counterboring1/5
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
- erinacea1/5
erinacea
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
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- chelerythrine1/5
chelerythrine
(Chem.) Am alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts, It is a coloriess crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is identical with sanguinarine.
- atherine1/5
atherine
(Zoöl.) A small marine fish of the family Atherinidæ , having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species(Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species(Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. SeeSilversides .
- skippering1/5
skipper
- noun a student who fails to attend classes
- noun an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
captain; master; sea captain.
- noun a student who fails to attend classes
- imprinter1/5
imprint
- noun a distinctive influence
- English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion
- noun a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
impression; depression.
- he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
- noun a distinctive influence
- stoppering1/5
stopper
- noun an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
showstopper; show-stopper.
- noun a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
conversation stopper.
- noun an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
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- norinyl1/5
norinyl
- noun trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol
- noun trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol
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